Jill Wiseman of Austin,Texas, left her job at a high-tech company four years ago to do beading full time.

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In fact,the orientation program for new students at Virginia Tech this summer includes a meeting for parents called "Parents as Partners."

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One is Bob Knight, the former coach at Indiana University and Texas Tech University.

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The same could be said for one of her training partner at CrossFit Atlanta, Dr. Ken Gall, a professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech.

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The mass shooting is the worst in the U.S. since a gunman killed 32 people and then took his own life in 2007 at Virginia Tech.

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But it is nothing like as profitable as comparably risky investments abroad or even high-tech companies at home.

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