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Welcome to the January edition of Ron's Newsletter.
                It was a great year... I would like to thank you for your support and testimonials and most especially, for your friendship over the past year. The large number of new subscribers has been impressive. Also, many thanks to those (and you know who you are), that sent their financial support through PayPal. The donations of loyal supporters continue to keep this a Free Newsletter for everyone. I hope you all have a good year and much success with whatever drives your own happiness.
— now sit back, read, click and enjoy.

Did You Know ... Nicollette Sheridan, the Desperate Housewives star, has been named Worst Dressed by Mr. Blackwell's Annual Worst-Dressed Celebrity List. Lindsay Lohan was second, followed by sisters Jessica and Ashlee Simpson tied for third place. Other fashion losers were Paris Hilton, Anna Nicole Smith, Meryl Streep, Paula Abdul, Britney Spears, Courtney Love and Serena Williams.
Blackwell gave kudos, however, to these "fabulous fashion babes" ... Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Barbara Walters, Kate Winslet, Annette Bening, Oprah Winfrey, Scarlett Johansson, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Garner and Teri Hatcher.

— OK, let's make up our own list —
—  Let's Play  — "I Wanna-Be Mr. Blackwell"
( spousal permission - - may be required )
Send me your list of  "My Favorite Top 10 Hotties" and next month I'll tally up and show you the winners. ( woo-hoo )

Comments invited.

C YA  nEXT mONTH,
  

«  Now, some stories in the news  »

This year's game, Super Bowl XXXIX... takes place Feb. 6 at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, FL. Alicia Keys will sing "America the Beautiful" prior to the game, and the halftime show will feature a performance by Paul McCartney. Last year's half-time had the Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake controversy. Alicia Keys also recently announced her 34-City 'Diary Tour'.

New Battery Lasts nearly Twice As Long ... Soon you will be able to buy a more powerful battery that promises enough juice for twice as many digital pictures as regular batteries. The Oxyride battery, developed by Matsushita for Panasonic, maintains higher voltage and output longer because its electricity-producing materials can be packed more closely inside the cell. The Oxyride battery will be available in the U. S. in April, a year after it was first sold in Japan and they will cost about 10 percent more than regular, alkaline batteries. read more.

The host of 'Survivor' is in Love ... Maine native Julie Berry came in fifth on the CBS program Survivor: Vanuatu, but she still wound up with a prize of her own--the show's host, Jeff Probst. Julie and Jeff began dating after the show had finished filming. Probst, 43, said he sparked the relationship by sending the cute contestant an email to say hello over the summer. Julie, 24, is moving to California to pursue her master's degree in family counseling and to be closer to Jeff, who resides in LA.
Coming, next month, February 17th on CBS is Survivor 10: PALAU.

Make your calories count ... whether eating or drinking them, consider this... Studies show that people who consume too many calories from alcoholic beverages are less likely to compensate by cutting back elsewhere in their diet. Read more.
 •  A 12-ounce bottle of beer has 150 calories.
 •  Light beers have about 100 calories.
 •  A 3 1/2-ounce glass of wine has 75 calories.
 •  A 12-ounce wine cooler has 180 calories.
 •  About 1 1/2 ounces of most liqueurs have 160 calories.
  If you're watching your carbohydrates,
 •  Hard alcohol has little or no sugar, and that means no carbs.
 •  White Wines average about 1 gram of carbs per serving.
 •  Red Wines about 2 grams.
 •  Light beers have about 5 grams of carbs.
 •  Low-carb beers can have as few as 3 grams.
 •  Regular beers have about 13 grams.

The fourth season of American Idol... returns this month on Jan. 18, 19. Don’t miss the two-hour debut and the start of a brand new season. More info at their website. Remember, they have a New Age Limit this year: 16-28. The minimum age remains at 16, but the maximum age for contenders was raised from 26 to 28 ... they felt too many talented "older people" were getting turned away.
Related Links:
Shop the American Idol Store | See Idol photos and videos

Turning 'Poop' Into Gold... Tom Szaky, a 22-year-old Canadian, is dropping out of Princeton to corner the market on worm poop. He's turning garbage into gold and brown into green. Szaky is building a business in New Jersey by turning the half-ton of worm waste a week into 6,000 bottles of fertilizer. The trade secret is what he feeds his worms and the product is proving to be remarkably effective, after closing deals with Wal-Mart and Home Depot. His pot of gold is a ton of crap. Read more.

Study Links Obesity to Living in the USA... The flip side of the American dream - of finding a better life in the land of plenty - is obesity. Long-term exposure to American culture may be hazardous to immigrants' health. A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States. Only 8 percent of immigrants who had lived in the U.S. for less than a year were obese, but that jumped to 19 percent for those who had been here at least 15 years. The study was in the Journal of the American Medical Assoc. Hey — Welcome to America! — the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers.

The Calendar Girls Of Rylstone ... These calendar girls were pillars of society, members of the honorable Women’s Institute of Britain. So why would these women, all between the ages of 46 and 66, decide to take off all their clothes, except for their pearls, and pose for nude photographs?   Answer — Charity.
As Angela Baker, who was "Miss February" explains, she and other members chose to bare themselves to raise money for cancer research after her husband, John, died. Moyra Livesey, 52, 'Miss May' said, "we weren't naked ... we still had our pearls on."
AND, if imitation is the highest form of flattery, the women of Rylstone have plenty to be flattered by, as there have been dozens of imitators, like the Rotarians from Batavia, N.Y., raising eyebrows and money for a local hospital. The Ladies from Granby, Colorado dropped their dresses for a downtown development. And, the First Men's Garden Club of Dallas also went au naturale. The women of Rylstone have now raised nearly $2 million, all going to cancer research. read more. (Ahh charity, as long as it's for a good cause, right? Like anything like that ever happens around here?)

Woman Eats 6 pound Burger at a Clearfield Pub ... A 100-pound female college student is the first person in 7 years to meet the Denny's Beer Barrel Pub challenge: down the restaurant's six-pound hamburger and five pounds of fixins', within three hours. Well, guess what? Kate Stelnick, 19, of Princeton, N.J. did it. "I saw it on TV and I really thought I could do it," Stelnick said, after downing the monster burger in two hours, 54 minutes. To prepare for the challenge, she hadn't eaten anything for two days. Denny Leigey Jr., the owner of Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, said the burger called Ye Olde 96er (so named because it contains 96 ounces of meat), takes 45 minutes to cook and those who try to meet the three-hour limit must use no utensils and eat all of these fixins: one large onion, two whole tomatoes, a half head of lettuce, 12 slices of cheese, top and bottom buns, and a cup each of mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, relish, banana peppers and some pickles. Until now, nobody had done it since it was first introduced on Super Bowl Sunday 1998. For her trouble, Stelnick got a certificate, a T-shirt and other prizes and Leigey picked up the $23.95 tab for the burger. See her website Kate Stelnick.

    J-O-K-E  of  the  M-O-N-T-H

A man spoke frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"

"Is this her first child?" the doctor asked. "No!", the man shouted, "This is her husband!"
—

A little boy went up to his father and asked: "Dad, where did all of my intelligence come from?"
The father replied. "Well son, you must have got it from your mother, cause I still have mine."
—

"Mr. Clark, I have reviewed this case very carefully," the divorce court Judge said, "And I've decided to give your wife $775 a week."

"That's very fair, your honor," the husband said. "And every now and then I'll try to send her a few bucks myself."

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Your CPU Speed ...
Want to know the CPU speed that Windows shows for your computer processor?
-» Right click My Computer icon.
-» and select Properties.
-» Click the General tab.
-» The processor speed is listed under  'Computer'.

Time for a Quiz:
What do the following have in common ?

Desire, Drab, Experiment, Gravity, Hershey, Mars, Moscow, Ono, Panic, Paradise, Pillow, Porkey, Possum Hollow, Uno?

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They're all towns in Pa.
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Got a New XP Computer?
Getting a new computer often requires repeating much of the same setup configuration you originally did with your old computer. And even after all the reconfiguration, you still don't have your data from the old computer.
Transfer Files to a New Computer
Locating this data and figuring out how to move it can be a challenge. The Windows XP operating system streamlines this process with the new Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. By providing clear instructions at each step, the wizard walks you through the process of automatically gathering your files and settings from your old computer and transferring them to your new computer.
For more help, read this article at
Microsoft TechNet

A Tip regarding Spam Email
Do not reply to junk messages ... even if they contain an address to write to requesting removal from the mailing list. This is usually a trick that is often used to verify that your e-mail address is valid.

Do it yourself:
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Cut Text from Command Prompt
Need to cut text from the Command Prompt window and paste it in another application?
-» In Command Prompt
-» Click the Control Box
(the icon in the top left corner.)
-» Choose Properties
-» On the Options tab,
-» Check the "QuickEdit Mode."
-» To copy text to the clipboard, highlight it with the mouse, and press enter. You can then paste it in another application.

To Set your IE home page:
Got a web site you want to make your homepage?
-» Connect to the Internet.
-» Start Internet Explorer.
-» Go to the site you want to set.
-» Click Tools,
-» Then Internet Options.
  ( In the Home page section )
-» Click Use Current. then OK.

Ad-Aware SE
from Lavasoft
is the latest version of this free spyware-removal tool. The utility scans your system for the most common types of advertising spyware and safely removes offending software. It's an essential component of any Windows system. This latest version from Lavasoft features an improved interface and a new technology to identify new and unknown variants of known targets. The help manual has been overhauled too. If you treasure your privacy, you should definitely consider downloading Ad-Aware.
Important Ad-Aware SE may not function correctly if old versions are not removed prior to an upgrade or installing a new version. If you need help, see their support forums.

Did You Know?
Any computer that doesn't have all the latest Windows patches can also become infected just by being online. You can get them at windowsupdate.microsoft.com

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