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How many different ways are there to look at your business? Between working with leads who are interested in using the products and communicating with your downlines and prospects about the business opportunity and training, there is always something you must do to stay on top of your game! FLP360 can be the ultimate business partner to not only help you have a complete view of your business but also help you communicate and stay organized, making you a better Forever Business Owner! And, with some changes we've recently made in 2018, FLP360 just got even better!
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Juggling a business can be difficult. Between trying to keep up with the new people you've introduced to the products and opportunity and ensuring your team has what they need to succeed, all of your tasks can quickly add up! FLP360 was created with you in mind, to help you succeed at all that you do by helping you stay organized and giving you tools to communicate and analyze your business.
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PHOENIX (Tuesday, April 24, 2012) -- As the National Mortgage Settlement between Arizona and 48 other states, the federal government, and the country's five largest residential mortgage loan servicers goes into effect, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is alerting Arizona consumers looking for mortgage relief to beware of scam artists.
"Consumers should be aware that scammers are already using the media coverage of the settlement to exploit homeowners by promising quicker assistance in obtaining the refinancing, principal reduction, or cash payments available to eligible consumers under the settlement," Horne said. "If you receive an unsolicited contact regarding the mortgage settlement, you need to protect yourself."
Attorney General Horne's alert includes these tips:
- Beware of anyone who claims they can speed up the assistance you might be eligible for under the settlement for a fee. You will not be charged a fee to obtain relief under the settlement.
- Beware of anyone who calls claiming to be from your mortgage servicer or the government and asks to confirm personal or financial information to speed up your relief under the settlement. Neither your bank nor the government will ever ask for your routing number, checking account number, or other financial information over the phone.
- You may receive legitimate mail from your servicer regarding the settlement if your mortgage loan is serviced by Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citi, or GMAC/Ally. If you do receive a call or mail regarding the settlement, examine it closely to determine whether it is from the same entity you make your mortgage payments to. Scammers often use company names very close to another company to confuse and deceive consumers. (For example, instead of a letter from GMAC, you may receive a letter from GAMC).
- If you are unsure whether a caller is legitimate, ask for the person's name and title and tell them you are going to call your bank and confirm. Make sure to use the official contact information listed below, not a number the caller provides.
o Bank of America: 877-488-7814
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- If you are looking to refinance or get a loan modification, remember that it is against state and federal law to charge upfront fees for mortgage-related assistance in most cases.
Consumers who feel they have been a victim of mortgage fraud, or who would like to report consumer fraud, may file a consumer complaint with our Office. To file a complaint online, consumers can visit: www.azag.gov/complaints. For more information about the national mortgage settlement, visit www.azag.gov/consumer/foreclosure/settlement.html or contact the Attorney General's Mortgage Settlement Team at 602-542-1797 or 1 (855) 256-2834 toll free or firstname.lastname@example.com. To find out if you are eligible for relief under the national mortgage settlement, contact your mortgage servicer at the number listed above, or a HUD-certified housing counselor.

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Search Engine Optimization agencies, professionals and in-house teams have difficult jobs – obtain improved organic search results as quickly as possible given a limited budget and timeframe, while Google changes its algorithm on a daily basis and competitors continue to optimize their web presence. I think it's safe to say that managing the clients' or boss' expectations in this turbulent environment are almost more difficult than the moving target of SEO itself.
I spend a lot of time thinking about how the SEO landscape has changed for the better over the past three years, with Google's continued and unwavering focus on the concept of relevance. However, three aspects of SEO have not changed at the same pace. The outcome is often a gap in expectations between the team delivering SEO services and the client literally banking on the results. The three aspects of SEO that I feel have not changed at the same pace as the SEO industry include:
- The way SEO services are marketed and sold.
- The processes around how SEO is delivered and reported on.
- The ability for agencies and in-house teams to prove the ROI of SEO efforts.
But the importance of SEO in the digital marketing mix remains unchanged and unchallenged. There are consistently 1 billion Google searches performed every day with 94% of those searchers clicking on organic search results over paid search results. Patience will continue to be a virtue to the marketer who invests in SEO over the long run.
Here are 10 SEO truths I have discovered in SEO conversations I have had with agencies, in-house marketing teams and end clients over the past 12 months:
SEO Truth #1: Rank Doesn't Matter, Conversion Does.
If I had a dime for every time I heard the statement, "Oh, we don't need SEO, we already rank #1 for [insert keyword here]."
I witness many SEO conversations where improvement in rank or position is the focus without any consideration given to web page visits and conversions. Many prospects, clients and bosses are lost in the infatuation of 'Ranking #1 in Google' and unfortunately because that's what they want to pay for, that's what they are sold and/or what we attempt to prove to them.
The more important metric is conversion.
So it could be that a client wants to rank #1 for 'HR Software', and they currently rank #5 for that keyword with a conversion rate of 5%, while a similar keyword phrase, 'HR Software for SMBs', has a conversion rate of 10% and is ranked #9. Clearly the latter should be the focus since it already has a higher conversion rate with a lower rank. Assigning resources to understanding the opportunities throughout the web presence, and optimizing content for the keyword 'HR Software for SMBs' is a better investment of time and money.
SEO Truth #2: Great SEO Results Require Great SEO Data.
SEO is the ongoing process of understanding a web presence, how it compares to the competition, which keywords are driving organic search conversion, and optimizing for those keywords by producing fresh, relevant content. This process is impossible without access to accurate, timely data about that web presence including:
- page-level rank
- backlink metrics and social signals data
- organic search keyword research
- competitive intelligence
- analytics conversion data
Basing SEO decisions on old, inaccurate SEO data will yield corresponding SEO results. SEO data is the starting point to the entire SEO process and outcome. Great insights will lead to great outcomes. SEO data and SEO software should be considered a cost of doing business or executing a campaign just as email marketing campaigns require an email marketing platform.
SEO Truth #3: Report on Social Signals Just Like Backlinks.
Think of social signals as the new backlink. Now don't get me wrong, backlinks are still important to organic search and should continue to be reported on, but social signals also deserve ongoing focus and integration into an SEO strategy.
It has been two years since Google and Bing announced that social signals are now factored into their organic search algorithms. Agencies and in-house SEO teams need to demonstrate that they are increasing the number of Likes, Shares, +1s, Tweets, Retweets and YouTube Views at both the web page level and the network level. Social signal metrics should be included in the monthly SEO report as well.
SEO Truth #4: SEO Technology is Telling.
Just as a sales consultant hired to improve sales processes and ultimately conversion rates would not attempt to do so without customer relationship management (CRM) software, neither should an SEO agency or in-house team attempt to effectively improve a web presence for SEO without some support and assistance from technology.
There are many SEO software and tool options – from full software systems to stand alone tools. SEO technology is required more today than ever before in order to assist in the ongoing efforts of keyword research, rank checking, competitive analysis, backlink discovery and tracking, content tracking, analytics, social signal monitoring and monthly SEO reporting capabilities. The technology and tools you select can make or break you too.
Going it alone, without the support of a technological foundation to track a web presence on a daily basis for the purpose of ranking higher organically in the search engines is like trying to do email marketing by BCCing your list from MS Outlook – your deliverability rates, open rates and conversion rates will be immeasurable and less than expected.
SEO Truth #5: Daily Insights into SEO Metrics is Essential.
The SEO reporting cycle is still very much a monthly process (although I'm seeing this standard move to weekly with larger agencies and marketing teams). Having daily and weekly insight into all the SEO metrics included in an SEO campaign is important to understand how your efforts are tracking towards the ultimate goal. Having the insight and intelligence to adjust the goal if more or less progress is being made than anticipated can only be accomplished with daily insight into accurate SEO data and metrics.
SEO Truth #6: A Backlink Strategy Without a Content Marketing Strategy is Just Plain Scary.
Even after all the Panda, Penguin and Freshness updates, I'm still amazed to see some agencies providing quotes to clients where the main thrust of the contract is a promise to build 'x' number of backlinks per month. SEOs should continue to deliberately build backlinks in directories that are industry or locally specific to the client, but that's where deliberate backlink building should end.
To build long-term, non-spammy backlinks, an optimized content marketing strategy is required where fresh relevant optimized content is being produced on a consistent basis. Content in the form of blogs, press releases, case studies, and whitepapers wherein the content contains keywords that are driving organic search conversions as well as naturally occurring backlinks to the main corporate website. Not only will this approach to backlink building withstand the test of time, it will also create social signals which will also positively impact the web presence.
SEO Truth #7: Spend Less Time on Reporting, More Time on SEO.
A typical SEO contract consists of analysis, recommendations, implementation and reporting. The most painful of which is reporting – mashing together end-of-month reports from multiple data sources to demonstrate progress to the end client, never mind trying to make it look pretty. Laborious, repetitive reporting takes away too much time from what will really pay off – the doing of SEO.
This reinforces truth #4: SEO Technology is Telling. Making use of technology for weekly or monthly automated reporting will allow for more time being spent on the task of SEO which will yield better results for the client and will allow you to scale your business.
SEO Truth #8: Think Outside the Google Search Box.
Yes, Google continues to be the entity that SEOs attempt to please, and rightfully so. I can't see this focus changing in the near or distant future either. With the continual convergence of social media and SEO, we also need to think about the prospect of searchers starting their searches directly on social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Pinterest. A web presence should be represented for its branded keyword phrases within these sites as well. Test your branded keywords and test your clients' branded keywords to see if they return the expected search results on these social networks. If not, optimize!
SEO Truth #9: Communicate the CTR Opportunity Gap by Keyword.
Once there is an understanding of the high-converting keywords, it is worth the exercise of applying paid search volume data with organic clickthrough rates (CTRs) to communicate the opportunity gap between ranking #9 versus #3.
Let's use the keyword "HR Software" as an example. The total Google search volume (U.S., Canada, and Australia) is 2,120 searches per month, combined with the fact that 94 percent of searchers click through on organic search results (GroupM UK and Nielsen, August 2012). Given Optify's CTR data for positions #1 through #20, the opportunity gap can be communicated to the client.
2120 monthly searches * 94 percent = 1992 * 3.0 percent /30 days = 2 daily click-
throughs for position #9 in Google.com for the keyword "HR Software"
Position #9 will yield 60 clicks per month (2 clicks per day * 30 days) while increasing the position to #3 will yield 180 clicks per month (6 clicks per day * 30 days) presenting an opportunity gap of 180-60 = 120 clickthroughs per month. What value does this translate into for the client?
SEO Truth #10: It's about the Hierarchy of Web Presence Optimization.
Search Engine Optimization is now more about Web Presence Optimization. As the ways we sell and deliver SEO services continue to evolve, the hierarchy of web presence optimization is a model that may help structure sales contracts and service delivery tasks while ensuring that keyword metrics are focused on conversion, backlinks are built out effectively, and social signals are integrated into the overall SEO strategy.
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When the Macon County and Allen County, Kentucky, Sheriff's Departments began working together last week on a case involving a stolen lawn mower, they had no idea that the theft trail would lead officers to discover an active meth lab.
According to MCSD Detective Donnie Crawford, his department became aware that a riding lawn mower, thought to be stolen out of Kentucky, was located at a residence on King Hill Road in Red Boiling Springs.
"Myself and Sheriff Mark Gammons arrived at the residence and spoke to the home owner," Detective Crawford stated. "She said that her husband had purchased the lawn mower from an individual in Kentucky. We ran the numbers from the mower through our system and it came back that it was stolen out of Allen County, Kentucky."
After contacting Allen County Sheriff's Office Detective Mike Wilson with the name of the individual the RBS residents bought the lawn mower from, Detective Wilson was able to obtain a search warrant.
"Upon executing the search warrant, Allen County officers discovered a meth lab and other stolen property," Detective Crawford explained. "There were over 80 components used to manufacture methamphetamine at the scene."
Chris Andrews and Misty Summers, formally of Macon County, were arrested at their Allen County, KY, residence. Both Andrews and Summers have had a history of manufacturing methamphetamine.
The riding lawn mower and a chain saw, another item found to be stolen out of Kentucky and purchased by a Macon County resident, were recently returned to Allen County authorities.


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Killing the Complexity Monster in E&P
Eight critical actions for upstream oil and gas companiesRead the story
The months and years ahead promise continued volatility in oil prices.
Companies must cope with price volatility and still gain value from the significant investments in exploration and production that they have and will have to make. Managing geopolitical and economic risk is increasingly difficult. In addition, transformational technology is shifting the competitive landscape as companies tap new energy reserves to capitalize on opportunities in these areas.
Whether they specialize in conventional or unconventional energy markets, enterprises need new approaches to this rapidly changing sector. One critical challenge that companies face is how to improve their performance in large-project capital management. Companies must successfully apply lean principles to manage operating expenses and create clear strategies for renegotiating oil and gas contracts. Linked to that is a need to rethink cost and complexity of the entire value chain. Much of the E&P sector has seen prices rise above inflation, and along with it, increased complexity in how business is done.
To succeed in today's challenging energy market, upstream companies must make clear strategic decisions about how they will differentiate themselves. They must be prepared to make broad operating model changes to manage their increasingly complex portfolios.
These eight critical actions can help oil and gas companies achieve sustainable improvements in unit operating costs within 12 to 24 months:
Choosing appropriate standards and limiting choices
Optimizing head count and upgrading talent
Reducing administrative costs and bureaucracy
Leveraging partnership opportunities and overhauling agreements
Rethinking schedules and policies
Adjusting contracts and optimizing asset utilization
Cooperating with peers to reduce infrastructure and asset costs
Exercising greater discipline in—and thinking more strategically about—cost management
Eight critical actions for upstream oil and gas companiesRead the story
Andrew Fawthorp—who was with Chevron for 40 years—discusses how a partnership with BCG led to cultural and behavioral change that brought sustainable results to the company. This is one part in a series in which Henning Streubel interviews experts in oil and gas.Watch the video
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The event is designed to raise $150,000 to support promising gene therapy, stem cell and pharmaceutical-based research that could save and even restore sight, according to organizers. Blinding retinal degenerative diseases like macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa and Usher syndrome affect more than 10 million Americans, but the Foundation Fighting Blindness is funding cutting-edge research and clinical trials that have actually restored significant vision in children and young adults who were previously blind.
Co-chairing VisionWalk are 20-year-old identical twins Alexa and Nicole Finzi of Rancho Santa Fe, who were unexpectedly diagnosed with the genetic retinal disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in 2011, despite no family history of vision problems. The girls still have near 20/20 vision with limitations only in dimmer settings, but RP causes night blindness and a progressive loss of peripheral sight that can lead to blindness.
The women have traveled the country, competing for many years at the national level in synchronized ice skating, where 16 skaters perform together on the ice. Alexa went on to skate on Team USA. Both women are studying at Concordia University in Irvine. Alexa is pursuing psychology and a business minor, while Nicole is working to become an elementary education teacher. Determined to help advance research that could one day save their sight, the Finzi sisters hope to rally their "Double Vision" walk team to build on the impressive $66,000 they raised last year.
"Being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa was a complete shock, but we're hopeful because of the amazing research and many clinical trials the Foundation Fighting Blindness is making possible, including right here in San Diego," said the women in a statement. "Raising awareness and funds for research through VisionWalk is our way to help move the needle forward so that one day, we and others won't have to live in darkness."
Walkers and runners, many of whom are affected by retinal disease, are expected to participate in the family-friendly, free VisionWalk, which includes entertainment from a live band, children's activities, a bounce house, laser tag, refreshments and more.
Dogs and strollers are welcome on the scenic 3.1-mile walk/run course along the water. Serving as media sponsor for the event is Yelp. Other sponsors include San Diego County Ford Dealers Association. Since the VisionWalk program started in 2006, tens of thousands have participated in events across the country to raise more than
$27 million for blindness research.
The walk/run begins at 10 a.m. with registration at 9 a.m. at NTC Park on Cushing Road.
To participate or support the San Diego VisionWalk, visit www.Fight-Blindness.org/SanDiego-VisionWalk.


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Young Jeezy Arrested For Battery and Making Terroristic Threats Against Son
Rapper Young Jeezy is facing some serious charges, including false imprisonment, battery and making terroristic threats against his own son.
Based on documents obtained by TMZ, Jeezy and his son got into an altercation when the rapper threw his kid into a glass shower door, punched him into the face, dragged him into a bedroom, threw him on a bed and kept hitting him.
The reports go on to say that Jeezy threatened to kill him, choked him and claimed, "I will put a bullet in your head right now ... If I could get away with it, I would kill you."
Even more horrifying? When the boy tried to escape Jeezy's bodyguard blocked his exit.
Said event occurred in September of 2012 and the rapper turned himself in on Friday when a warrant was issued by a grand jury for each charge against Jeezy.
He was later released on $45,000 bond.
Added his lawyers about the situation, "We have no doubt this matter will resolve itself appropriately. At this moment, Mr. Jenkins is thankful for the support of his fans and the respect for his family's privacy."


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Syfy's newest disaster flick "Sharknado" is dominating social media after airing Thursday night.
The TV movie stars "Beverly Hills, 90210" alum Ian Ziering as a Santa Monica, Calif., bar owner turned reluctant hero after a horde of sharks get caught up in a hurricane, which spawns smaller tornadoes that terrorize the West Coast. The flick has spun no shortage of biting commentary.
"Oh, god, this is going to be awful. I can't wait. I wish I had booze on hand," Fark user ecmoRandomNumbers said before the show.
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Listen closely...that's the sound of 10,000 media planners smacking their foreheads repeatedly. #Sharknado. #Oops — AAF (@AAFNational) July 12, 2013
The film's writer, Thunder Levin doesn't see any gaps in logic.
"If you were a shark and you found yourself flying through the air, wouldn't you keep biting? I think you'd be pretty pissed about being plucked out of your nice familiar ocean where you're king of the predators, and you'd probably take it out on whoever got in your way," Levin told io9.com Thursday. "Honestly, I don't understand why people are so perplexed by this concept. The logic is undeniable."
The film also stars John Heard, better known as the father in "Home Alone" and Tara Reid, the actress from "The Big Lebowski" and "American Pie" who's been in the news more for her exploits off the screen than on them.
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (publ. 9/17/2012, page A2)
A chart accompanying a story on Propositions 30 and 38, two statewide November ballot measures that would raise taxes, failed to note that Californians who earn more than $1 million annually pay a surcharge of 1 percent to help fund mental health services. So the highest tax rate is 10.3 percent, not 9.3 percent.
SACRAMENTO — As Gov. Jerry Brown and wealthy civil-rights attorney Molly Munger brace for a fall showdown over their initiatives to raise taxes for schools, educators are agonizing over picking sides.
The state's two largest teachers unions — the California Teachers' Association and the California Federation of Teachers — are putting their muscle behind Brown's ballot measure, Proposition 30, while the less powerful state PTA supports Proposition 38, bankrolled almost entirely by Munger.
But across the Bay Area and throughout the state, teachers and school boards are torn. Some like Proposition 38 better because they believe it'll pump a greater and more stable stream of revenue into the state's K-12 school system, but also believe it will most likely be defeated at the polls. Many educators are walking on egg shells to avoid a bitter ballot war, fearful it could doom both initiatives.
"It's in our best interest to support both initiatives in hopes that one of them passes," said Frank Biehl, president of the East Side Union High School District board in San Jose, which recently voted to support Proposition 30 but would not back his motion to support Proposition 38.
"I'm just worried that we may not get anything passed," Biehl said.
If both initiatives pass, the one with the most votes will take effect.
But if neither does, districts face severe reductions in the length of the school year — perhaps by as much as three weeks. Brown in June signed a budget that would trigger $5.9 billion in cuts — mostly to schools — if his measure fails.
Some school districts, including Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego, have hedged their bets, endorsing both measures, as has the California School Boards Association. Also supporting both propositions are the Palo Alto school board, the San Francisco school board, the Santa Clara County Board of Education and the San Mateo County Board of Education.
Though Munger has touted Proposition 38 as the superior measure, she supports a "yes-yes" voting strategy. But she also welcomes voters who prefer to vote yes on 38 and no on 30.
Both sides have made peace offerings to each other to avoid a campaign bloodletting that could turn off voters, but grenades continue to get lobbed between the two campaigns.
Last month, supporters of Brown's measure, including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, asked Munger's campaign to stop criticizing Proposition 30, proposing that the two campaigns pledge to refrain from attacking each other. But the idea went nowhere.
PTA President Carol Kocivar complained that allies of Proposition 30 had written ballot arguments against Proposition 38. And now both campaigns are ramping up for a televised air war.
Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, is delighted. "When your adversaries are engaged in a battle, the best thing to do is step out of the way," Coupal said. "We've seen some pretty aggressive posturing between the two, and I don't see that letting up between now and November."
The association this week began running a statewide radio ad targeting Brown's measure. Coupal said his group is less worried about Proposition 38, which he views as less viable.
The governor argues that Proposition 30 is the better because, at least in the short term, it fends off billions in devastating cuts to schools. But Munger argues that her initiative provides an unprecedented infusion of money into a moribund school system for 12 years.
"What else can we do?" she asked this newspaper's editorial board this week. "Let's make it happen for our kids."
The full effect of her measure won't be felt for the first four years, when schools would get about 60 percent of the $10 billion in yearly taxes through 2016-17 — with the rest going to early-childhood care and paying off state debt.
Proposition 30 has consistently had higher popular support in polls, probably because most of the tax hikes would fall on the wealthy.
Munger's measure tests voters' willingness to dig into their own pockets because the tax burden would be distributed among almost all income groups.
Hoi-Yung Poon, a Cupertino parent and activist, said she's supporting Proposition 30 and hasn't decided whether she'll also vote for Proposition 38.
"Everyone seems to be confused about the two propositions," said Poon, executive director of the education-advocacy group Parents for Great Education.
Tom Lynch, who serves on the executive board of Alameda County's Peralta District PTA, has been — along with his organization — campaigning for Munger's "Our Children, Our Future" initiative. But Lynch knows Munger's measure is the underdog. "I, myself, favor Prop. 38, but I'm also realistic that we can't afford for both of them to lose," he said. "When people ask me, I say, 'Vote for both.'"
Dan Reynolds, an English and film studies teacher at Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, said it was important to him that Proposition 30 would raise income taxes on only the wealthiest Californians, "those who can most afford to pay."
Sam Davis, an Oakland parent, is worried sick about more potential cuts. A former adult education teacher who lost his job when the school district closed all of its adult schools in 2010, he said he's hoping to dispel a sense of complacency among parents at the high-performing language immersion school, Manzanita SEED.
"I think there's this feeling that things are going great," Davis said. But "a big cut could totally destroy our program."
Like Reynolds, Davis prefers Proposition 30 because "that's where the excitement is." And that's the only measure he discusses with the voters he's called.
Still, a competing tax measure on the November ballot is the least of his concerns.
Said Davis: "I'm more worried about the anti-tax campaign that'll twist the language and try to pit the propositions against each other."
Staff writers Theresa Harrington and Sharon Noguchi contributed to this report. Contact Steven Harmon at 916-441-2101. Follow him at Twitter.com/ssharmon. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.
Prop. 30:
Raises income taxes by 1 percentage point on individual income exceeding $250,000, 2 percentage points on income between $300,000 and $500,000, and 3 points on income of more than $500,000. Extra tax would be in effect from 2012 to 2018.
Raises state sales tax by a quarter cent from 2013 to 2016.
Prop. 38
Raises income tax, progressively, starting with a 0.4 percentage point hike on those with taxable income of more than $7,316, with the highest boost — 2.2 percentage points — on those making more than $2.5 million. Tax hike would be in effect from 2013 to 2024.
Revenues raised
Prop. 30
An average of $6 billion annually when both the sales and income tax are in effect through 2016, with revenues dropping slightly in the final two years.
Prop. 38
An average of $10 billion annually.
Prop. 30
Revenues would raise the Proposition 98 guarantee, which means more money for schools, but revenues would also be used to balance the budget.
Prop. 38
For the first four years, $6 billion would be used for schools, $1 billion for child care and preschool and $3 billion for debt payments. From 2018 to 2025, larger shares go to schools, child care and preschool — and debt payments would decline.
If both initiatives pass, the one with the most votes will take effect.
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Since the Christian music industry began there have been discussions of bands and how Christian they are or aren't based on their lyrics and things they say from the stage. Growing up I knew of bands that talked about knowing the Lord on stage and gave altar calls for people to get saved regularly at concerts. Being a Christian band was not necessarily a big money-making profession. It was about the message and the music–in that order.
Flash forward to more than 20 years later and we have a number of artists that cross over from the Christian industry to the mainstream: groups such as POD, Switchfoot, Relient K and others. Some of these crossover groups don't like to be called "Christian" artists because of the stigma that goes with the labeling of the music. Yet these artists started in the Christian scene and worked their way into mainstream success.
It's always easy to badmouth your old job after you quit working there and so it is when bands leave Christian labels. I think sometimes it is a little dishonest for bands to deny their Christian roots. Maybe being in a mainstream band was their goal from the beginning, but if that was the case they should never have gotten involved with the Christian industry.
Christian rock music is a subculture and there are different circles of it. Christian Contemporary Music or CCM is often associated with Nashville, Christian radio and Christian music festivals with bands like the Newsboys or Jars of Clay. The Tooth and Nail segment of Christian music is associated with Cornerstone Music Festival and is an edgy less overtly Christian scene. Many bands that play Cornerstone don't want to be associated with the Christian scene because Cornerstone is the only Christian concert they play the whole year.
So we have CCM bands that make big money playing music to only Christians and we have edgy bands that focus on the secular scene yet have ties to Christian rock. Both groups are considered Christian, but they feel differently about the association. The CCM industry was birthed out of the Jesus Movement in the 70s and the underground scene became known to mass audiences with the emergence of Tooth and Nail Records.
Not every band is going to be evangelistic like those bands I grew up with, but that doesn't mean songs have to be intentionally vague where it could be about God or a girl. I think bands ought to be more honest with themselves about whether they're in it first and foremost for the money or for God. Bands shouldn't be ashamed to be Christians and fans shouldn't disown a band because they're Christians or not making music only for Christians.
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Mark Micire of UMass Lowell is a forward thinking dude. Right now, most of us don't even have one robot, let alone a swarm. But someday, we'll be tripping over 'em! Micire's multitouch interface will help keep them in line.
Micire's interface is built atop Microsoft Surface, and marks one of the neatest (and perhaps most useful) applications for the technology. Through simple, intuitive fingertip commands, Micire is able to select bots from the group, set waypoints and coordinate their formation from above, effortlessly flicking around multiple commands at once. Users can also swoop down for a street-level view and manual control of each bot, providing a tactical edge and a throng of eyes on the ground.
The whole thing is a little Flight Control, a little StarCraft, and entirely cool. But beyond the obvious gamer-drool inducing factor, we're sure this little demo might pique the interest of those in the military, police, and rescue teams, for whom the movement of robots is more than a game. [MAKE via BotJunkie]


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Questions for Thoughtful ObamaCare Supporters
What does it say that the American polity has consistently rejected a wholesale government takeover of health care for 100 years?
What does it say that public opinion has been consistently against the Democrats' health care takeover since July 2009?
What does it say that Democrats are having this much difficulty enacting their health care legislation despite unified Democratic rule? Despite large supermajorities in both chambers of Congress, including a once‐filibuster‐proof Senate majority (see more below)? Despite an opportunistic change in Massachusetts law that provided that crucial 60th vote at a crucial moment? Despite a popular and charismatic president?
What does it say that 38 House Democrats voted against the president's health plan?
What does it say that Massachusetts voters elected, to fill the term of Ted Kennedy, a Republican who ran against the health care legislation that Kennedy helped to shape?
What does it say that the only thing bipartisan about that legislation is the opposition to it?
What does it say that 39 senators voted to declare that legislation's centerpiece unconstitutional?
What does it say that health care researchers — a fairly left‐wing lot — think the Senate bill is unconstitutional?
What does it say that the demands of pro‐life and pro‐choice House Democrats, each of which hold enough votes to determine the fate of this legislation, are irreconcilable?
What does it say that House Democrats are actually contemplating a legislative strategy that would deem the Senate bill to have passed the House — without the House ever actually voting on it?
Given that ours is a system of government where ambition is made to counteract ambition, what does it mean that the only way to pass this legislation is for the House to trust that the Senate will keep the House's interests at heart?


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This little girl...
...is a nerd. I LOVE that about her. She and her bestie will spend hours every afternoon playing school. She writes out and solves math problems for fun. Part of her bedtime ritual lately has been reading pages and pages of words out of her dictionary. (Yep, total nerd!) We say our prayers and then usually she'll say sometime like, "Mom! I got through the c's last night!" And I'll make some sort of comment about how I love her giant brain. So imagine my surprise when last night she confessed that the night before she had stayed up late writing a letter to... Justin Beiber.
Now- Sadie is a fan. She listens to the CD on repeat and I took her to see the movie. But she's never bought into that crazed girl fan thing. Or so I thought. She handed me the letter and asked me to mail it to Justin.
When she gave it to me, it was folded up and looked like this:
...And I thought, "oh how sweet. She drew him a nice picture. That is so wholesome."
Then I opened it up and saw this letter from her brother that he dictated to her:
...And I thought, well... "She did a good job with her sentence formations, etc."
Then I unfolded the letter the rest of the way and what I found made me wonder what had come over my nerdy girl!
Yep- that's my daughter giving Justin her digits and telling him where she lives and that she has bought his "se de" (ummm, CD, I believe) She even signed it xoxo.
*sigh* They grow up so fast!
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December 19, 2012, 6:09 am
Under the Sun pub in Boulder set to open in January, with wood-fired oven, 30+ taps
If a Grateful Dead tour could be reincarnated as a bunch of brewpubs, then the tour – say, Fall '72 – would live in Boulder and Denver, and be named Mountain Sun, Southern Sun, and Vine Street Pub. And here comes another joint, Under the Sun, set to open in Boulder in January. At its best, the Dead was welcoming, improvisational, informal, inspirational. In their own way, I think the Sun pubs capture the same vibe.
Before I delve into Under the Sun, let me rattle on a bit about the Suns (and the Vine).


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Annoying because the underlying thought is "Those NASA/JPL guys are so dumb LOL" and to be expected and encouraged because we wouldn't make any progress without asking questions and, in particular, asking why.
But it doesn't take much research to find the answer. (Even though I'm tempted to answer: "Because it's on friggin' Mars, doofus!")
1. The Mars Science Laboratory project was started eight years ago in 2004. So, all the technology on it is at least eight years old.
2. The trip to Mars means flying in an area with high amount of radiation (from things like cosmic rays, all manner of stuff flying out of the Sun and the Van Allen radiation belt). That means all the electronics needs to be radiation hardened. So, you don't start with just whatever you can get from Fry's Electronics in 2004. You need specifically radiation hardened components like the RAD750 processor in Curiosity.
3. You need to be a bit conservative. The thing you're sending to Mars is going to be on its own and unrepairable. It had better work. So, you're likely to reuse components and techniques that you know work. It has been reported that the skycrane used to land Curiosity used components derived from the 1970s Viking landers and algorithms used on the Apollo craft.
4. And once you've worried about radiation hardening, reliability, and weight you need to worry about bandwidth back to earth. It's no good taking gigapixel photographs if you can't get them back to Earth. For example, Curiosity can communicate with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for a few minutes per day at 2Mbps and with Mars Odyssey at 256kbps.
But rather than explaining all this stuff, I think there's a better way: build, land and operate a rover here on Earth.
The Rover Challenge
I've done one high-altitude balloon flight and watched the progress of many others. Although going to Mars is a very different situation there are similar challenges: weight, environment, communications, landing.
A good way to see how hard it is to build and operate a rover would be to build one designed for operation in an inhospitable part of Earth. Launch it via a high-altitude balloon with parachute descent and then operate it without GPS over a slow, high latency radio link.
It would actually be a fun project. On a balloon you can probably have about 2kg of payload maximum for your rover. Now imagine 2kg weight budget for a semi-autonomous rover that would be dropped into a desert in the South Western USA, or the Sahara, or the Australian outback.
The rover would have to withstand high tempertures, dust, and wind; operate on a perhaps unstable sandy ground; communicate using HF radio; and operate without a human touching it.
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Tim Bevan needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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The forgotten fight
Everyone remembers the 1998 Yankees for being winners. Winners during the regular season, winners during the postseason and of course winners of the World Series.
The '98 champions get a lot of credit for what they accomplished on the field, but not enough credit for being feisty and gritty — which, I think, is why they were so successful.
I can recall watching a game with my family on a September night in 1998. The 11th. Just three years to the day before tragedy struck our nation. Yankees vs. the Toronto Blue Jays in the Bronx. Roger Clemens, who a year later would become a pinstriper himself, beaned third baseman Scott Brosius with a fastball.
Afterwards, madness ensued.
The Yankees' '98 fight with the Baltimore Orioles is one of the most remembered melees in the Bronx Bombers' history, but this fight deserves some props:
Reliving History: 1998
Yesterday I added a new piece to my seemingly never-ending Yankee memorabilia collection. I purchased the official "Winning Streak Dynasty" banner from Modells, since they were having a sale and marketing it for a relatively low price.
Just by glancing at the banner, and each of the 27 years the Yankees have won the World Series, gave me an idea: a look inside some of the World Series the Yankees have won. I figured I would explore the reasons why the Yankees won that specific year, provide some background on the regular season, examine turning points that made each fall classic special, and identify the key players who made it what it was.
I figured I would first relive a very magical season: 1998.
Regular season record: 114-48
Postseason record: 11-2
Manager: Joe Torre (3rd season)
Key off-season additions: David Wells, Scott Brosius, Chili Davis, Chuck Knoblauch
Home Run Leader: Tino Martinez (28)
RBI Leader: Tino Martinez (123)
Hits Leader: Derek Jeter (203)
Wins Leader: David Cone (20)
Saves Leader: Mariano Rivera (36)
Slow Start
The 1998 Yankees, who went on to set a Major League record for most games won overall in a season, began their year in a slow fashion. They lost four out of their first five games to start the year, including a 10-2 beat-down at the hands of the California Angels.
Manager Joe Torre called an "angry meeting" and aired out some of his feelings to his players. The pitchers and the position players noticed somewhat of a rift between each other; some batters were hit and felt the pitchers did not do enough to retaliate.
They eventually found their groove on April 7 against the Seattle Mariners, beating the M's 13-7. From there, they won their next seven games and wound up ending April with a record of 17-6.
On May 17 starting pitcher David Wells tossed a perfect game at home vs. the Minnesota Twins. He retired 27 consecutive batters leading the Yanks to a 4-0 win. It was only the 15th perfect game in MLB history and only the second perfecto thrown by a Yankee.
Later in the season on Sept. 1, Wells almost threw another perfect game. Facing the Oakland Athletics, Wells was perfect through 7 2/3 innings. Needing only seven outs for another perfect game, Jason Giambi lined a single off an 0-2 count to break it up.
May 19 marked a turning point in the season. After Baltimore Orioles' closer Armando Benitez allowed a three-run home run to Bernie Williams, he pegged Tino Martinez in between his shoulder blades. He was immediately run from the game, but the HBP practically caused a riot.
A fracas ensued and the Yanks and O's exchanged shoves, and eventually punches.
The Yankees went on to beat the Orioles 9-5 in that game, and also swept them in that series three games to one.
A Year-Long Tear
The Yankees only lost 17 games in the summer months of July and August, while winning 42. Williams described the season as a "year-long tear," as there really was no other way to characterize how the Bronx Bombers played.
They basically rolled into towns and beat teams up, clinching the American League East with a 7-5 win over the hated Boston Red Sox on Sept. 4–the earliest they had clinched the AL East since 1969. To that point in the season they won 102 games and were set to meet the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series…
In the ALDS, the Yankees easily handed the Texas Rangers a clean sweep. Juan Gonzalez, the player who eventually captured the 1998 A.L. MVP Award was no match for the starting pitching the Yanks had. David Wells, Andy Pettitte, and David Cone shut down the Rangers three games in a row, each notching a playoff win.
Rookie Shane Spencer, Brosius, and right field warrior Paul O'Neill led the Yanks, all hitting home runs in the first round of the postseason.
The American League Championship Series pitted the Yanks against began the defending A.L. Champs, the Cleveland Indians. New York was looking to erase their 1997 ALCS defeat and beat the Tribe 7-2 in Game One.
Game Two however was an ugly defeat for the Yanks. The game was tied up until inning number 12 when Travis Fryman laid down a bunt. Reliever Jeff Nelson threw the ball to first base, as the second baseman Knoblauch covered the bag. The ball hit Fryman in the back and Knoblauch argued with the umpire instead of retrieving the ball, which at that point was trickling down the first baseline.
Enrique Wilson scored and the Indians went on to win 4-1. The momentum carried into Game Three, as the Indians brought the lumber with them. Playing at home, sluggers Jim Thome and Manny Ramirez left he yard twice, and Mark Whiten added a homer en route to a 6-1 win over the Yanks. They pounded Pettitte while newly acquired Yankee Bartolo Colon cruised to a complete game victory.
But the Game Three loss marked the last time the Yanks would lose a playoff game in '98.
Down two games to one, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez took the hill, needing a clutch outing to keep the Yanks alive. Seven shutout innings later, and with some help from O'Neill (who homered) Hernandez and the Yanks picked up a 4-0 Game Four win.
Game One winner Wells took the ball again in Game Five. Now with the ALCS even at two, the Yanks rolled to a 5-3 win, under the strength of a fourth inning home run off the bat of Davis to give the Yanks a three-run lead. Kenny Lofton and Thome both hit home runs, but the Yankee bullpen was able to hold off the rest of the Cleveland lineup.
Now needing one win to get the fall classic, the Yanks came home to play Game Six. They jumped all over Charles Nagy, scoring six runs in the first three innings. Cleveland did not give up easily however, scoring five runs in the fifth, with the main blow being a grand slam from Thome.
The Yankees answered with three runs in the six, plating runs on a triple by Derek Jeter and a single by Williams. They went on to make a winner out of Cone, beating the Indians 9-5 and winning the A.L. pennant for the 35th time.
The Yankees were then headed for the World Series, set to play the San Diego Padres.
ALCS MVP: David Wells (2-0, 2.87 ERA, 15 2/3 IP, 12 Hits, 5 ER, 2 BB, 18 K)
The World Series
1998 was the 94th World Series played in MLB history and the Yankees were gunning for their 24th title in franchise history. The Padres were looking for their first World Series victory, having lost the fall classic in 1984–the only other year in their history that they won the National League pennant.
In Game One, San Diego took a 5-2 lead, getting home runs from sluggers Greg Vaughn and Tony Gwynn. But going into the seventh inning, the Yanks came up with a plan. Knoblauch atoned for his ALCS blunder, smacking a game-tying three-run home run into the left field seats.
Later in the frame with the bases loaded, everything changed.
Martinez came up with the bases loaded and on a full count, blasted a grand slam home run into the upper deck tier seats in right field, giving the Yankees a 9-5 lead.
Yankee Stadium exploded.
And it was the turning point in the series, simply because the Yankees carried the momentum from that home run with them the rest of the way. In Game Two, the Yankees beat the Padres 9-3, with home runs off the bats of Williams and Jorge Posada.
Heading out to San Diego and the Yankees up two games to none, Cone took the mound in Game Three. Both teams didn't score until the sixth, when the Padres plated three runs. The Yanks answered with two in the seventh, receiving a two-run home run from Brosius.
Trevor Hoffman was called on in the eighth inning. San Diego manager Bruce Bochy wanted his closer to nail down a six-out save leading 3-2 going into the frame. Hoffman folded however, giving up a three-run home run to Brosius, which gave New York a 5-3 lead.
Vaughn cut the lead to one with a sac fly in the bottom of the eighth, but the Padres could not rally all the way back, and the Yankees took Game Three, 5-4.
Many people argue that Game Four was just a formality, and in a lot of ways it was. The Padres were all but defeated in the '98 World Series after Game Three, having been outscored 24-13 in the previous three games. Pettitte toed the rubber, hoping to wrap up New York's 24th Championship.
He succeeded.
Both teams were kept off the board until the sixth, when the Yankees plated a run on a groundout by Williams that scored Jeter. The Yankees added two more runs in the eighth, with an RBI single by Brosius and a sac fly by Ricky Ledee to score O'Neill.
The Padres made an effort to come back in the eighth, loading the bases on Nelson. However, Mariano Rivera wiggled out of the jam and pitched a scoreless ninth to clinch the World Series title.
World Series MVP: Scott Brosius (8-for-17, .471 BA, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R, 14 total bases)
1998 was just one of those special seasons that nothing went wrong. They have been described as "The Greatest Team Ever" being that they won 125 total games and only lost 50. Those types of seasons don't come around very often and when they do, it's important to remember them.
I will always remember the 1998 baseball for the Yankees–not Mark McGwire or Sammy Sosa breaking the home run records. I had more fun watching a team play every game as if it were their last than watching two guys race for a hallowed baseball record.
I think that says a lot about how exciting the Yanks were.


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'Allowing people to manipulate the location, size and layout of the keyboard not only makes it easier to type – it gives our users a more personalized way to interact with their technology and each other,' he said.
Swiftkey version 4.3 also has three preset modes - compact, full and thumb.
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What to Expect at the Lucky Rice Cocktail Feast on May 2nd
This year's Lucky Rice festival is coming up soon, and tickets are going fast. The week-long event highlights Asian culture through a food-and-drink-stained lens, starting April 29th with an already sold out dumpling party hosted by James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), Christina Tosi, and Danny Bowien.
On May 2nd, Iron Chef Morimoto is hosting the festival's cocktail feast. Bombay Sapphire is sponsoring the event as chefs and bartenders gather to serve a wealth of gin-based drinks inspired by Asian ingredients.
Andy Ricker's Whiskey Soda Lounge is featuring two drinks for Cocktail Feast: a Sapphire Fizz (pictured above) and a Scotch-based cocktail inspired by Sam Ross' Penicillin. The Fizz mixes gin with pomegranate drinking vinegar, lemon, and soda. "We use coconut or palm vinegar to make the drinking vinegars," Ricker explains, "they have a sweet, natural flavor which I like a lot."
Nicolas de Soto of Experimental Cocktail Club will be serving a clarified milk-based cocktail called Penang Milk Punch and a Koh Tao, a frozen drink inspired by Thailand's mango sticky rice dessert. Clarifying the milk for the punch is a three-day process. After pineapple, green tea, lemon, coconut water, and ten different spices steep for a day, the mixture is strained, and the process is repeated several times. To finish the drink, de Soto adds gin and rum. "You need to balance everything," de Soto says, "but I put in the Plantation Trinidad Rum to give it a little kick."
Tickets ($50 to $88) are on sale here. For the full lineup of the event (as of now), check out the list below.
The Lineup
Añejo Tequileria
Opium on Tap: Bombay Sapphire East, homemade lemongrass tonic, fresh lime
Silk Road Corzo: Reposado tequila, Lillet Blanc, jasmine agave, fresh lemon, Thai chili, rosemary
B Flat
Lush Life: Bombay Sapphire East, Japanese white pear, triple sec, lemon juice, rose water
Cotton Tail: Hojicha (roasted green tea)-infused 42 Below vodka, apricot liqueur, orange juice, orange bitters, Campari
barmini by José Andrés
Dowager's Brew: Bombay Sapphire East, nigori sake syrup, kina, green apple juice
Macharita Corzo: Reposado tequila, macha green tea powder, maraschino, curaçao, lime Juice, agave nectar
Experimental Cocktail Club
Penang Milk Punch: Pandan-infused Bombay Sapphire East, Van Oosten Batavia Arrack, Cameron Highland green tea, fresh pineapple juice, fresh lemon juice, clarified milk, Malaysian herb- and spice-infused coconut water
Koh Tao: Mango-infused Cazadores reposado tequila, Thai mango sticky rice custard, lime juice, young coconut cordial
Macao Trading Co.
The Bashful Maiden: Bombay Sapphire East, velvet falernum, elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, cantaloupe melon puree, mint
Drunken Dragon's Milk: Green tea vodka, young coconut purée, lime juice, pandan leaf syrup, Thai basil leaves, homemade Macao five spice bitters
The Bowery Hotel
Black Thai: Bombay Sapphire East, golden ginger, vanilla syrup, mint, basil, cilantro
Pearls of Gold: Bacardi Gold, chai tea, coconut milk, tapioca pearls
Tribeca Canvas
The Pacific: Bombay Sapphire East, calamansi honey, mint, lemon wedge
The Cognac Smash: D'USSÉ Cognac, strawberries, St-Germain, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup
Whiskey Soda Lounge
Sapphire Fizz: Bombay Sapphire East, pomegranate drinking vinegar, fresh lemon juice, soda water
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Computer Case Buying Guide
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Computer Case Buying Guide
There's no point in painting a great picture if you're never going to frame it so there's no point in building your own custom computer and neglecting the case that everything will go in. No matter how little or how much you want to spend on a computer case, you will be presented with a ton of options. These different choices will offer a huge variety in the styling of the case itself as well as the features of the case. You can house your new computer in a case worth under £25 or in a case worth several hundred. What are the differences? Let me explain.
The most notable thing people can tell with cheaper cases compared to more expensive ones is the build quality of the case itself. Is it made out of aluminum, thin steel or thicker steel panels? Not only does the material dictate how sturdy the case will feel when you pick it up or stress it, but it will also play a large roll in how much noise (both audible and electronic) will escape the case. Thicker materials like steel are better at reducing the noise of the fans and hard drives on the outside of the case. Additionally, steel side panels will also greatly reduce the amount of electrostatic interference that your computer system can cause to sensitive devices which are nearby. Although aluminum is a cheaper material to make a case from, since it is so thin and light it lets a lot more noise through.
Case design is a big factor for a lot of buyers because looks can sometimes be very important. For those who don't care what it looks like, such as office users and casual home users, you can usually pick up a cheap and generic looking beige or black case fairly cheap at your local computer store. The downside to these cases is that a lot of them have a simple internal design which can sometimes mean a poor cooling setup and/or lack of clearance for larger hardware like some video cards. For those willing to put a little more time into case shopping you can often pick up slightly better cases for not a whole lot more than a cheap one would cost you. These often come with slightly improved looks and a much nicer internal setup. However, those putting a lot of money into a nice new system will usually want to do the same with a case, and this is where things can get really fancy with the designs. Visually, more expensive cases will often have things like doors to cover your bays, better paint (such as gloss finishes) and window options. The ways these visual improvements are implemented are totally up to the designer so you might see several different variations on something as simple as a bay door or a side window, depending on how the manufacturers choose to design and incorporate it. Internally, better cases will leave you with a lot of options for both cooling and hardware placement. Although tool-less installation is quite common on most enthusiast cases these days, it's the things like hard drive bay placement, clearance for long video cards and overall hardware layout that will change between cases. There is no right or wrong design type to buy, it's just up to you and how you personally would like things laid out for the type of system you are building.
Cooling is typically provided by 80mm fans in cheaper cases where as more expensive cases will use 120mm fans. Keep in mind that most cases will only include one fan unless you're paying more, so be prepared to purchase another one or two too allow for adequate airflow for your system. The advantage to using larger fans, like the 120mm size, is that they can spin slower than a smaller fan and generally will move a lot more air. These slower fan speeds will of course lead to much less noise in your system than smaller fans. The recommended setup for most computers is at least an intake and an exhaust fan in your case. This allows the air to be pulled into the case, pass over all your components, then exit out the back. Many mid-range to high end cases will also incorporate things such as a door fan, top exhaust fan, and sometimes even a fan on the right side of the case to aid in cooling the hard drive bays. Of course the sky is the limit for designers and you will easily be able to find cases with fans just about everywhere you can fit them.
When the time comes to actually visit the stores and go to online retailers for that "perfect case" you will likely find many other small features that I didn't get a chance to touch on here. I'm seeing some manufacturers incorporating LCD display panels and hot-swap drive racks into their cases as well as much more! Hopefully through the background I've given you here, you will be able to shop for that new PC case with a better background of what to look for and a few more of your questions already answered. Happy shopping!Close


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Fishing can be a phenomenal and fun activity for children and youngsters. Fishing can be a very fulfilling sport; you and your family can fish rather than dealing with the hectic routines of day to day life in Rialto, and enjoy the outdoors. Families regularly enjoy the outside air, find out about the earth, and even create great memories. Best of all, fishing is quality time spent together talking, laughing and sitting next to each other. It can be a perfect game for little children, on the off chance that you present it emphatically. For some families, the experience of fishing with live bait, and catching fish that later become dinner, can be a memory making experience that lasts a lifetime.
Here are some of the thought to make your fishing trip successful in Rialto with your kids.
Rialto Live Bait Well
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"Bait truck's coming this afternoon, you need any bait Benjoy?" Morris lit a Marlboro and squinted southward looking for the last boat in.
"Thanks, me and Mick's going run over to the factory and get a load." I gave the stacks of empty five-gallon buckets a nudge with my foot.
Bait on the wharf was thirty-five dollars for five bushels. John always heaped the old wooden wheeled barrow when he came to dump bait for Dickie and Mick and me so there was usually closer to seven bushels than five when we got done shoveling it into the 55 gallon drums but bait was only two dollars a bushel if we went to the factory and hauled our own.
The cannery in Bass Harbor had closed down a few years ago. Up and down the coast the herring, like the cod fishery, the haddock, the menhaden, the alewives, the salmon, the striped bass, and the tuna were on the wane if not already exited stage left, but the factory in Southwest Harbor was still a going concern. Summer and fall the herring boats came in from where they'd vacuumed up a load caught in seine nets in open water or shut off in a cove, net by net, until they were packed almost as tight in the water as what they would be in the can. Then the factory whistle blew to call in the ladies to snip the heads and tails and pack them in oil or mustard sauce or with chilies.
Mick spun around in the gravel parking lot and reversed through the dust cloud. The group of tourists admiring the view scattered. The painting group in front of the old post-office just above the wharf turned like a flock of gulls. Morris just sat back on an empty lobster crate and lit another smoke.
At the factory Billy opened a sluice gate and let a cascade of heads and tails pour into our buckets and barrels. He watched Mick carry two five-gallon buckets, slopping full, in each hand.
"That boy is a regular force of nature," said Billy. Billy organized the pignic each year. He rigged a pair of motors and gears his grandfather got out of a lighthouse to turn the spits. The volunteer fire department was mostly there tending the fires and the kegs but the police found somewhere else to patrol that weekend. Billy knew all about forces of nature.
"If you told him another fella carried three, he'd do it," I said.
Billy eyed the buckets but here was only four left.
Back at the wharf Dickie watched me dump layers of fish in the rusted fifty-five gallon drums while Mick shoveled in layers of salt.
"I didn't see you to ask if you wanted us to pick up any for you," Mick said.
"I'm still using up what frozen bait I got. I run down to the freezer yesterday." Dickie nodded toward the stack of white boxes in his stall. "Top ones oughta be thawed out enough to haul with tomorrow. You planning on using that tomorrow you want to make sure you touch give her a touch of salt."
"I got fresh set aside already for tomorrow. I made sure Benjoy got his out too," said Mick.
The wharf was quiet by the time I lowered my bait aboard and got ready to head back to the island. Morris watched me. "Ain't you got a place you can keep bait out to the island?" he asked.
"Nah, no space."
"You oughta build a little bait shed and wharf out there."
"I fixed up a place to build traps, geez, the stink and holler about that, can't imagine what they'd say about a bait shed. The shore's not like it used to be."
Morris nodded. "Used to be I could catch a mess of flounder any day while I waited for the boats. Bass Harbor, hasn't been a bass up here in years. Whores eggs and punkins and sea cucumbers, fellas fishing now for what was trash back then."
"I wonder what they'll use for bait when they get down to the plankton," I said.
Morris give me a long look. "Rate we're going it won't be long. Not long for fish or men," he said.


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Do you know anything about the Mobile group? Like where they meet and such?
I know the SEAFA is incredibly active. I've never been able to make it to one of their weekly meet-ups (I'm in Opp, so Dothan can be a bit of a drive) but they get together in Dothan just about every Sunday.
I wish there were something closer, though.
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Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort offers a wide range of golf lessons and schools to help improve your swing and perfect your putt. With clinics and lessons taught by some of Hilton Head's leading golf pros, you'll enjoy the chance to refine your game at one of the top golf programs in the nation.
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Back to Basics Golf School
When: Seasonal- check the schedule for times
Where: Robert Trent Jones Course - Palmetto Dunes
Cost: $99 per person
Description: This school is a definite asset for golfers of all levels, from beginners through advanced student. Each student receives individual attention thanks to a student-instructor ratio of 6:1. Instructors covers putting, chipping, pitching and full swing. Reservations Required.
Short Game School - I
When: Seasonal- check the schedule for times
Where: Robert Trent Jones Course - Palmetto Dunes
Cost: $99 per person
Description: Open to beginners and advanced players. Some 65% of every golfer's game takes place within 60 yards of the pin. Learn how the professionals achieve low scores through creativity, strategy and playing the percentage shots around the greens. This is a "fun" school that will enhance your golf-scoring ability by 10%! Student-Instructor ratio of 6:1. Reservations Required.
Short Game School - II
When: Seasonal- check the schedule for times
Where: Arthur Hills Course - Palmetto Dunes
Cost: $99 per person
Eligibility: Must have completed Back to Basics, Short Game School - I, Ladies Only I or II, or a private lesson.
Description: This lesson, taught on the golf course, gives students an opportunity to learn to play from 100 yards out in the same way the professionals do. Students will learn how to save strokes by playing off the cart path, pine straw, mulch and side-hill lies. They will also learn how to conquer fairway bunkers and make over-the-water shots. Expert instruction prepares each golfer to overcome the most challenging obstacles and enjoy golf more. Reservations Required.
Length: 2 Days, 3 hours of instruction per day
Where: Palmetto Dunes Courses
Cost: $595 per student
Description: This school is great for new golfers who want to be introduced to the game, or advanced players who may need a refresher course. The small group 4:1 student:teacher ratio promotes important quality attention. Skill levels can be mixed and the instructor is able to meet the unique needs of each individual. The school is ideal for those who want to plan other resort activities while here.Scheduling is flexible, allowing for personal demands or side trips. The school covers all areas of the golf game and has time for your special needs and requests. The questionnaire you fill out before you arrive allows time to be used most efficiently. Reservations Required
Length: Three days, four hours of instruction per day
Where: Palmetto Dunes Courses
Cost: $1295 per student
Reservations Required.
The Three-Day School is very popular because of the extra time built into the program to process what students learn during the instructional periods. The itinerary is designed around a questionnaire completed by the student before the first class begins. A testing process on the first day of instruction helps to supplement information obtained from the questionnaire. Improvement begins immediately - students begin to see instant results from the coaching of gracious and patient PGA professionals. On the course, instructors share strategies for successful course management that correspond to each golfer's game. They also employ encouragement and repetitive practice principles to help build confidence.
The Tour Treatment
Length: Three days, six hours of instruction per day
Where: Palmetto Dunes Courses
Cost: $2200 per school
Reservations Required.
Doug Weaver, PGA Teacher of the Year for North and South Carolina, Director of instruction at Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, developed The Tour Treatment School curriculum and serves as the instructor. Weaver is well versed in the "Red Carpet" treatment afforded touring professional golfers, having played in PGA Tour events from 1989 to 2002. Golf requires refining the total person. The mind, body, and spirit will be nourished and activated to promote excellent golf in 2020.
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Three Day Family Golf Class
Length: Three days, two hours of private lessons daily
Where: Palmetto Dunes Courses
Cost: $1300 per school
Reservations Required
Designed by former PGA Tour Professional Doug Weaver, the Family Golf School is a custom program of golf instruction designed to fit a family's needs and skill level. The schedule is flexible, allowing time for other vacation activities.
One Day Family Golf Class
Rip your drive and sharpen your putting with the acclaimed Junior Programs at the Palmetto Dunes Golf Academy. Perfect for beginners or experienced players. Clubs provided if needed.
Advanced Junior Classes
Play with the Pro and get instruction as you go! Start with a supervised warm up, followed by a round with the Professional. Take home notes and a lower score.
Ages: 8-18 (not for beginner skill level)
Student - Teacher ratio: 4:1 2 student minimum
Days/Times: Call Doug Weaver for appointment, 866-455-6890. Class held at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course.
Cost: $99
Junior Clinics - "Fun, Friends and Fresh Air"
Enjoy instruction and games focusing on mastering the fundamentals of all golf shots, etiquette and rules. Three shots covered daily. Learn something new everyday and build your personal golf instruction manual. Attend 4 times and receive a Junior Golf School Manual. $30.00 per clinic. 6:1 Student-Teacher ratio, no minimum. Reservations required. For ages 8 - 18 years old.
Days/Times: Seasonal- check the schedule for times
Little Swingers (offered seasonally)
Learn fundamentals of golf while singing songs causing amazing retention and success. 4:1 ratio, parent support required.
When: Call for Availability
Ages: 3 - 7
Location: Robert Jones Golf Course- Palmetto Dunes
Cost: $30, clubs provided
Juniors, ages 10 and under, when accompanied by an adult paying a regular rate can play for no charge - after 4pm only at Jones, Hills and Fazio.
*No other discounts, promotions or specials may be used with the junior discount. One full paying adult and one junior or two juniors will be treated as one adult and one junior.
Junior Tees/ Instruction
Permanent Junior Tees are a feature of the newly redesigned Robert Trent Jones course. Private instruction is available from our PGA Professionals. The highly-rated George Fazio course also caters to juniors with markings of 150 yards or less on the course and year round instruction from Head Professional Samm Wolfe and his team of PGA Professionals.
Parents Night Out
Ladies Only
When: Seasonal- check the schedule for times
Where: Arthur Hills Course- Palmetto Dunes
Cost: $99 per person
Reservations are required.
This fun, low-stress learning program starts with a supervised warm up. The instructor works with each golfer, providing training on all the basic shots and offering the support each student needs to learn the mechanics. The group then moves to 30 minutes of supervised play on the course where each player learns game management strategies to fit her game. Instructors are patient, gracious and capable of teaching each student how to enjoy the game of golf.
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Cost: $30 per person
Reservations are required.
Introductory course covering mechanics, rules and the etiquette of the game.
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