Mr Price became the first ever totally blind water-ski jump world champion in 1987.

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Few signs of life yet, however, for the dead-in-the-water housing market despite a jump in housing starts during June when good weather inspired construction companied to catch-up on previously stalled projects.

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Participants on a 10-to-12 mile Tough Mudder course wade through waist-deep mud, crawl under barbed wire, submerge themselves in ice water and jump through fire.

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The M100 did not jump whole-hog into tech, but dipped their toes in the water and established new positions in two technology names--one in bellwether memory chipmaker Micron Technology and another more substantial one in Israeli information-technology services company Ness Technologies.

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The M100 did not jump whole-hog into tech, but dipped their toes in the water and established new positions in two technology names--one in bellwether memory chipmaker Micron Technology (nyse: MU - news - people ) and another more substantial one in Israeli information-technology services company Ness Technologies (nasdaq: NSTC - news - people ).

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