SHARK TANK

CULVER CITY, Calif., Jan. 30, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- In the latest episode of SHARK TANK, Sony Pictures Television's hit ABC reality series, Shark investor Mark Cuban, owner of the 2011 NBA National Champions Dallas Mavericks, offered to invest $25,000 in exchange for a 33% stake of entrepreneur Steve Gadlin's unusual online cat drawing business.
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Gadlin, a father of two children and a computer programmer by day, decided to test the limits of what people would buy online. Through his website, www.iwanttodrawacatforyou.com, users can have a picture of any cat they describe drawn for them by Gadlin for just $9.95. In addition, SHARK TANK followed up on season two entrepreneur Rebecca Rescate from Yardley, PA, whose CitiKitty business took off after an investment deal with Shark and infomercial industry pioneer Kevin Harrington. Her cat toilet training kit is now found in major retailers across the U.S. and Canada.
Other entrepreneurs were not able to convince the Sharks to part with their money, with the Sharks passing on pitches from David Greco of North Haven, CT, for his salesperson training software, professional magician Rick Smith Jr. from Broadview Hills, OH, for his family-friendly Las Vegas show and collapsible truck rack inventor Donny A. McCall from Sparta, NC.
Holding nearly all of its impressive week-earlier season premiere number (94%), SHARK TANK was #1 in its time period or tied for #1 across all demos, #2 to CBS in viewers and HH. It was also the #1 ABC program for the night among A18-34, M18-34, M25-54, A25-54 (tie) and #1 program Friday night on any broadcast network among A18-34.
Tune in to ABC at 8PM ET/PT on Friday, February 3  when Shark investors Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Kevin O'Leary, Robert Herjavec and Daymond John face a new round of entrepreneurs including a man from Dothan, AL, who is overcome with emotion when he explains why the Sharks should invest in his unique guitar learning system; an entrepreneur from St. Charles, IL, who claims his fragrance captures the scent of money; a stay-at-home dad from Baton Rouge, LA, hopes his blue jeans accessories that blink when you walk will spark interest; and a woman from San Francisco, CA, claims to have put an invigorating twist on her luxury brand of soap.  Additionally, the creator of Original Shrimp Burger, Shawn Davis from Franklin, TN, appears in a follow-up story.  Find out how Davis is doing since he left the Tank last season without a deal for his gourmet seafood business.
About SHARK TANK
Billionaire Mark Cuban, owner and chairman of HDNet and outspoken owner of the 2011 NBA championship Dallas Mavericks, returns as a Shark and appears in all 13 episodes. Also Lori Greiner, a prolific inventor of retail products and often referred to as the "Queen of QVC," will join the show as a guest Shark investor for several episodes starting February 10. SHARK TANK airs Fridays at 8PM on ABC.
Returning "Sharks" joining Cuban and Greiner are real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran, technology innovator Robert Herjavec, fashion and branding expert Daymond John and venture capitalist Kevin O'Leary.
The panel of five Sharks will hear pitches of the best business and product ideas from some of America's brightest entrepreneurs. When the Sharks hear a great idea, they're ready to fight each other for a piece of it. If and when the Sharks are confronted with a really top-notch idea, and more than one of them wants to sink their teeth into it, a war between them can erupt.
Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill and Phil Gurin are the executive producers of SHARK TANK, based on the Japanese "Dragons' Den" format created by Nippon Television Network Corporation. The episode is directed by Ken Fuchs and Alan Carter. The series is from Sony Pictures Television

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Deadly Shark Attack

Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- A 25-year-old man died after being bitten by a shark while swimming off Second Beach at Port St. Johns in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, the world’s first deadly attack of 2012.

The man sustained “multiple traumatic lacerations” to his torso, arms and legs, John Costello, station commander for the National Sea Rescue Institute in Port St. Johns, said yesterday in an e-mailed statement without identifying the victim. The man, who was swimming in waist-deep water with a crowd of bathers, was declared dead at a local clinic “after all efforts to save him had been exhausted.”

Fourteen people died after being bitten by sharks last year, the highest number of people since 2000, according to data from Princeton, New Jersey-based Shark Research Institute Inc.’s Global Shark Attack File. Of the attacks, 12 took place in the Indian Ocean, four of which were in Australia and three in South Africa, the data shows. Exactly a year ago, 16-year-old South African, Zama Ndamase, died after a shark bit him while surfing off the same Port St. Johns’ beach.

KwaZulu-Natal’s Sharks Board is “carrying out studies in an effort to try to determine why there has been such a frequent spate of shark incidents in Port St. Johns,” Costello said in the statement. The sea water was very warm and there was low visibility off Second Beach yesterday, he said. The victim’s name is not yet being released, Craig Lambinon, the National Sea Rescue Institute’s spokesman, said by phone today.

Human Impact

With the world’s population now topping 7 billion people, low cost travel and an increasing number of people engaging in activities such as scuba diving, there are more people in the water than ever before, according to research done by George Burgess, director of the Gainesville, Florida-based International Shark Attack File. The sharks most often cited for fatal attacks, which include great white sharks and bull sharks, have not become more aggressive, International Shark Attack File said.

“With all the human pressure on fish stocks and impacts on the natural food chain, there may be times when there is less natural prey available to the shark, so they hunt what they can to survive,” Amy Wilkes, a senior aquarist at the Sydney Aquarium, said in an e-mailed response to questions. “Increased numbers of attacks in one area are not necessarily the same shark, rather there are more sharks in that particular area.”

Climate Change

In the past three years, countries including Russia, Seychelles, Egypt and Australia have recorded more than one fatality in the same area over a short period of time, according to Global Shark File data. These attacks often result in calls for the culling of sharks or the use of shark nets, measures that may disturb the ocean’s balance and cut the shark population.

“Changes in climatic conditions, whether anthropogenically driven or otherwise, are likely to produce knock-on effects within marine ecosystems, affecting the movement patterns of large, wide ranging predators,” David Jacoby, who studies shark behavior at The Marine Biological Association of the U.K., said in response to e-mailed questions. “Of course some places just have a larger population of these animals within their waters, such as South Africa.”

Indian Recipes

Chanar Dalna Recipe

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Ingredients:

Ghee:1 tbsp

Paneer – 250 Gms

Potatoes – 1 medium sized

Oil -  as required for frying

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Ginger paste – 1 tsp

Green chilies – 2 – 3 nos

Salt – as required

Cumin seeds paste – 11/2 tsp

Milk – ½ cup

Cumin seeds – ½ tsp

Sugar – ½ tsp

Garam masala – ½ tsp

Water – 1 cup

Method Of Preparation:

1)Take a pan, heat oil and in it fry the potatoes. Keep It aside

2)Follow the same routine for paneer. Put this in warm water.

3)Take ghee in a pan, heat it up and let the cumin seeds splutter.

4)Take the cumin paste and mix it with ginger juice, water and turmeric powder.

5)Keep stirring it for couple of mns

6)Mix the green chilies, potatoes, garam masala powder, salt and sugar. Cover it keep frying it till the potatoes start appearing tender.

7)Now take the oiled paneer out of water and put it along with potatoes.

8)Now add the milk, remaining water and keep mixing it well. Allow it to boil at a low flame. Do this for few mns.

9)To be served hot once done.

Indian Recipes

Simple potato vegetable
Ingredients:
Potato (Aloo)   :- 250 Gms
Oil  : – 2 tbsp
Turmeric (Haldi) powder : – ¼ tsp
Green chili  : – 2 nos
Curry leaves (Kadi pata): -  4-5
Mustard seeds (Rai) : – ½ tsp
Salt   : – as required
Method of Preparation
1)    Take the potatoes, boil it, peel it and cut it into cubes.
2)    Take a pan, heat oil in it and add the green chilies, curry leaves and mustard seeds. Let them splutter. Once done, add turmeric powder, salt, and potatoes in it. Put little water in it, the potatoes will soak the masala. Keep boiling it for close to 5 mns.
3)    In case if you want it to taste little different, you can use the cumin seeds instead of mustard seeds   

Indian Recipes

Ingredients:
Large potatoes   :- 4
Breadcrumbs  :- ½ cups
Raisins   :- 3 tblsp
Medium onion  :- 3
Coriander leaves    :- 1 tblsp
Green chilies  :- 4
Oil  :- 3 tsp
Oil  :- For fry
Salt    :- For taste
Method of Preparation:
1. Peel and chop onion properly.
2. Wash and cut green chilies.
3. Wash, clean and chop coriander leaves.
4. Boil, peel and mash the potatoes.
5. Heat up a little oil in a pan, mix in onion and fry until soft.
6. Add in sauted onion, coriander leaves, green chilies, salt and breadcrumb and salt to the mashed   potatoes and mix it well.
7. Make eight equal parts of this.
8. Stuff each part with cut raisins, make balls and compress them.
9. Heat up the grill and shallow fry the tikkies until light brown color on both sides.
10. Serve hot with chutney and tarmarind

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Most Expensive Cars In The World: Top 10 List 2011-2012

What is the most expensive car in the world? The 1931 Bugatti Royale Kellner Coupe was sold for $8,700,000 in 1987. However, that car and many alike will not be included in this list because it is not available on the market today. It is hard to imagine someone would actually spend 8 million dollars on a car instead of using it for something more productive. However, if you had the money and opportunity, you would probably spend a small fraction of it on a collection of supercars for your private garage.
Here are the 10 most expensive production cars on the market; we will not include concept cars.
1. Bugatti Veyron Super Sports $2,400,000. This is by far the most expensive street legal car available on the market today (the base Veyron costs $1,700,000). It is the fastest accelerating car reaching 0-60 in 2.5 seconds. It is also the fastest street legal car when tested again on July 10, 2010 with the 2010 Super Sport Version reaching a top speed of 267 mph. When competing against the Bugatti Veyron, you better be prepared!

. Pagani Zonda Clinque Roadster $1,850,000. One of the most exotic cars out there is one of the most expensive. It can go from 0-60 in 3.4 seconds with a top speed of 217 mph.

The most powerful and the most expensive Lamborghini ever built is the third on the list. It takes 3.3 seconds to reach 60 mph and it has a top speed of 211 mph. Its rarity (limited to 20) and slick design are the reasons why it is so expensive and costly to own.

burn 0-60 in 2.8 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 260 mph. It has the parts to reach 270 mph, but the supercar is electronically capped at 235 mph. With the completion of certain paperwork, the company will unlock the speed limit for one occasion.

McLaren F1 was the fastest and most expensive car. Even though it was built 15 years ago, it has an unbelievable  top speed of 240 mph and reaching 60 mph in 3.2 seconds. Even today, the McLaren F1 is still top on the list and outperforms many other supercars.

5. Ferrari Enzo $670,000. The most popular supercar ever built. The Enzo has a top speed of 217 mph and reaching 60 mph in 3.4 seconds. Only 400 units were produced and it is currently being sold for over $1,000,000 at auctions.


6. Pagani Zonda C12 F $667,321. Produced by a small independent company in Italy, the Pagani Zonda C12 F is the 6th most expensive car in the world. It promises to delivery a top speed of 215 mph+ and it can reach 0-60 in 3.5 seconds.

7. SSC Ultimate Aero $654,400. Don't let the price tag fool you, the 7th most expensive car is actually the 3rd fastest street legal car in the world with a top speed of 257 mph+ and reaching 0-60 in 2.7 seconds. This baby cost less than half as much as the Bugatti Veyron, yet has enough power to compete against the most expensive car. It is estimated that only 25 of this exact model will ever be produced.

8. Ascari A10 $650,000. This badboy can reach a tested top speed of 215 mph, zooming 0-60 in 2.8 seconds. The British car company plans to assemple 50 of these supercars in their factory in Banbury, England.
9. Saleen S7 Twin Turbo $555,000. The first true American production certified supercar, this cowboy is also rank 4th for the fastest car in the world. It has a top speed of 248 mph+ and it can reach 0-60 in 3.2 seconds. If you are a true American patriot, you can be proud to show off this car.

10. Koenigsegg CCX $545,568. Swedish made, the Koenigsegg is fighting hard to become the fastest car in the world. Currently, it is the 5th fastest car in the world with a top speed of 245 mph+, the car manufacture Koenigsegg has just released the Koenigsegg Agera R to compete against the Bugatti Veyron. The company is a tough contender and will continue to try and produce the fastest car in the world. Good luck with that!