USADA moves Armstrong case to arbitration panel

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says its review board has made a unanimous recommendation to file formal doping charges against Lance Armstrong.

That will move the case to an arbitration hearing if Armstrong chooses to challenge, as he has indicated he would.

USADA confirmed the board's recommendation Friday after one of its members, Clark Griffith, told The Associated Press he "can't wait" to see what the arbitration panel thinks of the evidence.

USADA says it has evidence Armstrong was taking performance-enhancing drugs while winning the Tour de France from 1999-2005. Armstrong says he is innocent.

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Hoax prompts free tacos in Alaska town

FILE - This Wednesday, June 6, 2012, file photo shows a Taco Bell restaurant in Richmond, Va. After a hoax had residents of Betlhel, Alaska thinking they would soon be getting Taco Bell, executives for the chain restaurant have arranged to fly enough ingredients from Anchorage to make 10,000 free tacos for a feast on Sunday, July 1, 2012. The city of 6,200 people is about 40 miles inland from the Bering Sea in far western Alaska, and the closest fast food other than a Subway sandwich shop is in Anchorage, 400 miles and a $500 round-trip plane ticket away. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

FILE - This Wednesday, June 6, 2012, file photo shows a Taco Bell restaurant in Richmond, Va. After a hoax had residents of Betlhel, Alaska thinking they would soon be getting Taco Bell, executives for the chain restaurant have arranged to fly enough ingredients from Anchorage to make 10,000 free tacos for a feast on Sunday, July 1, 2012. The city of 6,200 people is about 40 miles inland from the Bering Sea in far western Alaska, and the closest fast food other than a Subway sandwich shop is in Anchorage, 400 miles and a $500 round-trip plane ticket away. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ? Residents of Bethel, Alaska, know from cable TV ads what the major fast-food chains offer: chicken at KFC, burgers at McDonald's and tacos at Taco Bell.

They just haven't been able to get any of it.

The city of 6,200 people is about 40 miles inland from the Bering Sea in far western Alaska, and the closest fast food other than a Subway sandwich shop is in Anchorage, 400 miles and a $500 round-trip plane ticket away.

So they were elated to learn that Taco Bell was soon going to open a restaurant.

The joy, however, turned into disappointment. The flyers announcing the chain's arrival were a hoax ? the result, police say, of a feud between two residents.

But all was not lost.

Taco Bell executives learned of the mix-up and arranged an enormous feast for Sunday. They plan to fly enough ingredients in from Anchorage to make 10,000 tacos.

"It'll be a big event for our community," Mayor Joe Klejka said.

Taco Bell will offer its fare for free. There will be 950 pounds of seasoned beef, 300 pounds of lettuce, 150 pounds of cheddar cheese, 500 pounds of reduced fat sour cream and 300 pounds of tomatoes.

The chain is accustomed to feeding large groups of people in far-flung places.

"If we can feed people in Afghanistan and Iraq, we can feed people in Bethel," company CEO Greg Creed said, declining to discuss the cost of the feast.

The community-wide event comes at the right time.

Since it is the start of the Fourth of July holiday, the population is expected to rise, up to 10,000, as people from outlying villages arrive for the week.

Police Sgt. Chris Salyers said the hoax appeared to be the result of one resident retaliating against another.

Flyers went up in June, announcing the opening and including a phone number to call to inquire about a job at the new restaurant. The number belonged to the targeted person.

Bethel has a large transient population, with people moving from the Lower 48 to work in the hub city. The city has no bars, and will soon have its first movie theater, said Angela Denning-Barnes, news director at radio station KYUK.

There are a dozen or so restaurants, most with similar menus. A couple of restaurants offer some Mexican food, but the price is prohibitive ? $15 for a burrito and rice.

The Subway is quite popular, but getting a taco means flying to Anchorage.

"It's kind of an expensive taco," said Sam Blankenship, who works for the city.

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Galaxy Nexus banned in the U.S. following preliminary injunction in Apple patent case

Jun 29 AT 8:57 PM Sean Riley

You read that right, sales of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the U.S. have been temporarily banned after the court granted Apple?s request for a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Nexus in their ongoing patent lawsuit.

As soon as Apple posts a bond of approximately $96 million (the estimated costs for Samsung should the court decide this injunction was wrongly applied) the ban will go into effect. Samsung can of course appeal this ruling and that could happen as early as next week, which could potentially bring this to a very abrupt end. If Samsung is unable to convince the court to reverse this decision the ban will remain in effect until the trial is concluded.

There are four total patents at issue in this case. The first is the same one that proved problematic for HTC that allows the device to identify text or numbers to pull up a relevant menu or action. The second is basically word prediction for a touchscreen keyboard. The third is the ever popular slide-to-unlock patent and rounding out the quartet is a patent for a single search interface that allows the device to search a variety of sources both on and off the device.

Now those are very simplistic descriptions of these patents, but I am nevertheless baffled as always that not only were these patents granted in the first place, but that a judge finds them to be compelling. And to be clear this does not bode well for Samsung in the trial as the standards for granting a preliminary injunction are fairly high, requiring that the judge believed that the patents were likely valid and that Samsung had indeed infringed upon them and is causing Apple irreparable harm by having the Galaxy Nexus on sale.

There has been no official comment from Samsung as of this posting, but we?ll keep you updated as any new information becomes available.

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A Think Tank's Thoughts and Take on LED Lighting and Eco ...

If we are truly interested in saving money in our homes, non-profits, government agencies, and businesses then we need more efficiency. Let?s put it this way; ?Waste is Evil!? And if you think like that you can win. Let me explain and let?s take a look at some revolutionary uses of LED Lighting and eco-innovation shall we?

You see, personally I have many LED comments, almost too many to mention, and have written numerous articles on the LED topic. Efficiency is what LED lighting is all about. But there is much more to it than that. Indeed, I have lots of innovative concepts, ideas, thoughts which run the gamut. Such as;

Human Bioluminescence

Animation Movie Making Augmented Reality ? VR (gloves for computer interfacing)

Simulator Creation Living Room Gaming Center of the Future ? Theme Parks

Human Biosystem challenges with light frequency and immune systems

LED and House Plant Growth

But when it comes to pure eco-innovations, I?ve always been a fan of magnetic Induction strategies for powering up LED Lighting, you know like the LED shakable flashlights. We can use these strategies for boats, bicycles, kayaks, hikers, trucking, roadside lighting, swimming pools, flight decks, underwater submersibles, aircraft engine warning lights, skateboards, auto ground effects, factory floors, and warehouses.

But that?s not all, what about stadiums, NASCAR, ship corridors, hall ways, wine cellars, space colonies, park walkways, which could be run off the power of merely human footsteps, noise, or vibrational energy? You see, with LED lighting we can do a lot with very little, and that my friends is the true key to efficiency in eco-innovation.

Please consider all this and when you think eco-innovation ? think LED!

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German lawmakers OK fiscal pact, euro fund

BERLIN (AP) ? German lawmakers on Friday approved Europe's new budget-discipline pact as well as the eurozone's permanent ?500 billion ($623 billion) rescue fund, hours after Chancellor Angela Merkel defended concessions she made to financially troubled European nations at a summit.

A solid majority of more than two-thirds of all lawmakers of Parliament's lower house endorsed the two sets of legislations in a late night session, following urgent calls by Merkel to back the projects deemed crucial to stabilizing the 17-nation currency zone.

Merkel said supporting the fiscal pact and rescue fund sent "a signal of unity and determination, domestically and abroad; a signal toward overcoming the European government debt crisis sustainably, and a signal that for us Europe means our future."

"With these agreements, we are taking irreversible steps toward a sustainable stability union," she said.

The plans had support from Germany's two main opposition parties. A two-thirds majority was needed for the fiscal pact because it involves an internationally binding commitment to keep Germany's deficit low.

Parliament's upper house, which represents Germany's 16 states, is expected to approve both plans later in the evening, but its approval doesn't mean that the legislation will take effect immediately.

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has asked President Joachim Gauck not to sign it into law immediately after Friday's parliamentary votes so that it has time to decide on expected calls for injunctions blocking the legislation. A decision could take as much as a few weeks.

Lawmakers voted 491-111 Friday with six abstentions to back the discipline pact ? the so-called fiscal compact to which 25 of the European Union's 27 members have signed up.

Lawmakers also voted 493-106 in favor of the rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism, with five abstentions.

The fund is meant to be operational next month, which required lawmakers to pass the legislation at the latest on Friday. Germany must pay about ?22 billion in capital to underwrite the fund, and it guarantees about a third of its lending capacity.

Merkel noted that, in the future, countries will have to implement the fiscal pact to be eligible for aid from the ESM. "There is a legal link between solidity and solidarity, and I consider that very important," she said.

In her speech a few hours after returning from the summit in Brussels, Merkel defended concessions she had made there. She assured lawmakers that help to struggling countries and banks will still come with strings attached and insisted that some decisions were misunderstood.

Merkel had been opposed, at least in the near term, to some of the measures that she and the other 16 leaders of the euro countries agreed upon Friday. They include allowing Europe's bailout fund in the future to give money directly to a country's banks, without imposing strict austerity conditions on the government.

German media headlines immediately after the summit portrayed the outcome as a political defeat, but Merkel said her tough-love approach was intact.

Merkel told Parliament it was a "sensible decision" to allow countries that pledge to implement reforms demanded by the EU's executive Commission to tap rescue funds without having to go through the kind of tough austerity measures demanded of Greece, Portugal and Ireland. It was a concession to Italy and Spain in particular.

Merkel insisted it was only about helping countries whose financial stability is threatened by high interest rates but don't need to be taken off markets altogether.

She said there will always be conditions and a time frame, which will be supervised, and told lawmakers they should read the EU Commission's current economic policy recommendations for Italy and Spain ? "they are tough conditions."

Heading in to the Thursday-Friday summit in Brussels, Merkel had appeared thoroughly uncompromising ? insisting on the importance of getting budgets in order and improving eurozone strugglers' competitiveness while brushing aside talk of shared debt liability in Europe.

But in a victory for Spain and Italy, she agreed that funds set up to bail out indebted governments could be allowed to funnel money directly to stressed banks, once an "effective single supervisory mechanism" for banks is set up.

Merkel said that it was a matter of "several months or perhaps a year" but that having an effective supervisor that could set and enforce conditions "changes the conditions for the question of how we can deal with banks in the eurozone."

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I first wrote about Belgian painter, illustrator and photographer Ben Heine back in 2010, when I highlighted his delightful series called ?Pencil vs. Camera?, in which he draws a continuation or substitution for part of a scene, usually in pencil on a ragged edged piece of paper or card, and then photographs the drawing held up against the original scene (images above, bottom four).

I?m delighted to say that among his other projects, Heine is continuing Pencil vs. Camera , and you can view the series either on his website or on his deviantART page.

One of Heine?s more recent projects is a series of images he calls ?Digital Circlism?. For these he creates portraits with digital tools in which the image is formed from a series of discreet circles of flat color against black backgrounds, in a process he describes as a cross between pop art and pointillism.

As with his other projects, you can view the galleries on either his website or deviantART. (I found the deviantArt pages easier to browse than the website.)

Heine also maintains a blog in which he discusses his work and features new images and in progress works.

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NCAA Football PS3 Rosters

LSU Roster Revision based on Teambuilder Roster

Quarterbacks
# 8 Zach Mettenberger 6'5 222 Watkinsville, Ga(RSJR)
# 17 Stephen Rivers 6'7 212 Athens, Ala(RSFR) Incorrectly listed as #16 and as Soph.
# 15 Jerrard Randall 6'1 180 Hollywood,Fla(RSFR) Incorrectly listed as a Soph.

The ratings for this group seem fair. 87 may be a point too high for Mettenberger, but I?d want to compare it to other QBs of similar experience before making a final judgement.

Runningbacks
# 11 Spencer Ware 5'11 223 Cincinnati,OH(JR), Short Dreads
# 42 Michael Ford 5'10 215 Leesville,LA(RSJR)
# 4 Alfred Blue 6'2 215 Boutte,LA(JR)
#14 Terrence Magee 5'9 212 Franklinton,LA(SO), Short Dreads, Medium Skin
#20 should actually be # 33 Jeremy Hill 6'2 225 Baton Rouge,LA (FR)

Personally I?d bring Ware down to 88-89. I think that he and Ford are about even in ability (Ford actually was leading rusher) they just have different styles. If #20 is Hill then 72ovr is too low. Hill was a 4 star recruit who greyshirted and who was thought to be better than Hilliard and Magee coming out of high school.

Fullbacks
# 27 Kenny Hilliard 5'11 240 Patterson,LA(SO)
# 44 J.C. Copeland 6'1 280 LaGrange,GA(JR)
Hilliard may end up being the starting TB or he could have a similar role as last year where he played HB/FB so I?d probably leave him at FB in the initial version but consider a move in future versions of the roster file.

Wide Receivers
# 3 Odell Beckham JR 5'11 183 New Orleans,LA(SO) (listed as #33 but should be #3)
#10 Russell Shepard 6'1 185 Houston,TX(SR)
# 80 Jarvis Landry 6'0 190 Lutcher,LA(SO)
# 86 Kadron Boone 6'0 195 Ocala,FL(JR)
#82 James Wright 6'2 201 Belle Chase,LA(JR)
#5 Jarrett Fobbs 5?11 195 Shreveport, LA (RSSoph)
#21 Paul Turner 5?11 186 West Monroe, LA (RSFR) (incorrectly listed as Soph)
#81 should be #2 Avery Johnson 6'2 180 Pompano Beach,FL (FR), Dark Skin
#85 should be #83 Travin Dural 6'2 170 Breaux Bridge,LA (FR), Dark Skin

These ratings need adjusting in my opinion. Shep has lots of natural talent but hasn?t put it together as a WR, I?d probably bump him down to 85ovr. Beckham should be the highest rated guy, I?d probably bump him up to 85-86. The next three in my opinion should be Landry, Wright, Boone in that order. Landry will likely be the starter across from Beckham. Turner will likely be one of the main KR s so he should have decent agility and acceleration but he doesn?t really have gamebreaking speed.

Tight Ends
# 88 Chase Clement 6'5 251 Thibodaux,LA(RSSR)
#47 Tyler Edwards 6'4 235 Monroe,LA(RSSR)
Not sure who the #83 is, his measurables don't match up with the one frosh TE coming in. I would make him into one of the following:
#84 Nic Jacobs 6'5 253 Many,LA(RSSoph), Dark Skin, Short Dreads
# 41 Travis Dickson 6'4 235 Ocean Springs,Miss(RSSoph), Light Skin

After looking at the catching and blocking ratings I can say that Clement and Edwards should have their receiving skills switched. Clement is a guy who can catch and block so he should be balanced. Edwards and Jacobs are blockers, Dickson is mainly a receiver.

Left Tackle
# 76 Chris Faulk 6'6 325 Slidell,LA(JR)
# 73 Chris Davenport 6'4 320 Mansfield,LA(RSJR), Long Dreads

Left Guard
# 70 La'El Collins 6'5 320 Baton Rouge,LA(SO) Was #78 on video should be #70
#79 Matt Branch ?NO LONGER ON ROSTER; Use body to create:
#68 Josh Dworaczyk 6'6 301 New Iberia,LA(RSSR), light skin
I think that #65 is meant to be # 55 Elliot Porter 6'4 278 Waggaman,LA(RSSO) he wore #65 last year but should actually be the backup C. I'd give him #61's rating of 80 overall.

Center
# 64 P.J Lonergan 6'4 305 New Orleans,LA(RSSR)
#61 Ben Dominique-WALKON hasn?t seen the field; Use body to create one of these guys:
# 75 Evan Washington 6'5 326 DeSoto,TX (RSSoph), Dark Skin., Short Dreads, Could be the backup LG if Dworaczyk isn?t healthy or may be the primary backup at one of the tackle spots if he can stay healthy.
Fehoko Fanaika 6'6 340 Sacramento,CA(JR transfer) he likely will be a Guard and will redshirt this year. Medium Skin, Long Dark Hair (Wasn't given a number on June roster). I'd bump him down from 80 overall.

Right Guard
# 74 Josh Williford 6'7 324 Dothan,ALA(RSJR)
#63 is actually # 56 Trai Turner 6'2 332 New Orleans,LA(RSFR) he wore #63 last year. Incorrectly listed as a Soph.

Right Tackle
# 72 Alex Hurst 6'6 340 Barlett,TN(RSSR)
#70 Derek Edinburgh 6'8 325 New Orleans, LA (FR)
# 67 Corey White 6'3 328 Baton Rouge,LA(RSFR) Incorrectly listed as a Soph. Should actually be a Guard and is likely 3rd team. I?d likely make him into one of the following:
# 78 Vadal Alexander 6'6 315 Buford,GA( FR), Dark Skin. Looked to be the 2nd RT coming out of spring
# 71 Jonah Austin 6'6 322 New Orleans,LA(RSFR) Dark Skin, Short Dreads, Battling for the backup RT spot

Only ratings beef is that Hurst probably should be the highest rated lineman and Faulk probably should be the 2nd highest.

Left End
# 49 Barkevious Mingo 6'5 240 West Monroe,LA(JR)
#87 Chancey Aghayere 6'4 279 Garland,TX(RSSR) didn?t participate this spring, not sure what status is for fall.
Not sure about #41. I think that he's supposed to be:
#94 Danielle Hunter 6'5 235 Katy,TX (FR), Dark Skin

Right End
#99 Sam Montgomery 6'4 245 Greenwood,SC(RSJR)
# 89 Lavar Edwards 6'5 264 Gretna,LA(RSSR), Short Dreads
#59 Jermauria Rasco 6'3 255 Shreveport,LA(SO)
#45 Doesn't match any incoming frosh. A couple of guys who could be created with body:
# 54 Justin Maclin 6'4 241 Memphis,TN(RSSoph), Dark Skin
#98 Jordan Allen 6?6 252 West Monroe,LA(RSSoph), Light Skin, Long Brown Hair

Edwards should be the 3rd rated DE behind Montgomery and Mingo. If Aghayere is kept on the roster his rating should be dropped to about where Rasco is.

Defensive Tackle
#93 Bennie Logan 6'3 287 Coushatta,LA(RSJR)
#90 Anthony Johnson 6'3 310 New Orleans,LA(SO) #56 on the video should be #90
#9 Ego Ferguson 6'3 283 Frederick,MD(RSSoph)
# 77 Josh Downs 6'1 287 Bastrop,LA(SR)
# 96 Mickey Johnson 6'1 312 Covinton,LA(RSFR)

I?d even Downs and Johnson out since either could end up starting.

LOLB
# 58 Tahj Jones 6'2 205 Sulphur,LA(RSJR), Long Dreads
Not sure what the deal is with #55 and #51. I think one is a walkon and the other was dismissed. Replace both with these guys who enrolled early this spring:
Turn #51 into # 23 Lamar Louis 6'0 220 Breaux Bridge,LA (FR), Medium Skin
Turn #55 into #22 Ronnie Feist 6'2 225 Edgard,LA (FR) Dark Skin

I?d rate Louis around 78-79 and Feist around 75-76 with Louis having good speed and quickness(former RB) and Feist having the better strength (former DE).

MLB
# 46 Kevin Minter 6'2 242 Suwanee,GA(RSJR)
# 31 D.J. Welter 6'0 226 Crowley,LA(RSSoph)
#48 has no clear match. Create: #35 Lorenzo Phillips 6'2 200 Patterson,LA (FR) medium skin, move to LOLB and bump rating to 73-75

ROLB
#57 Lamin Barrow 6'2 229 Marrero,LA(RSJR), Short Dreads
# 52 Luke Muncie 6'3 220 Klein,TX(JR), Long Blonde Hair
#39 Josh Johns-NO LONGER PLAYING. Replacement:
#37 Kwon Alexander 6'2 220 Oxford,ALA (FR), Dark Skin. Highest rated incoming LB so he could keep Johns? rating.

CBs
# 7 Tyrann Mathieu 5'9 175 New Orleans,LA(JR)
#24 Tharold Simon 6'3 187 Eunice,LA(JR)
# 32 Jalen Collins 6'1 184 Olive Branch,MISS(RSFR), Long Dreads, Incorrectly listed as a Soph.
#34 should be #36 CB Jalen Mills 6? 180 DeSoto,TX(FR), Dark Skin, Short Dreads
#37 should be #19 Derrick Raymond 6'1 175 New Orleans,LA(FR), Dark Skin, Short Dreads
#25 David Jenkins ?TRANSFERRED. Replace with:
#13 Dwayne Thomas 6'0 170 New Orleans,LA (FR) Drop rating to 75-78

Free Safety
#1 Eric Reid 6'2 208 Geismar,LA(JR)
# 28 Ronnie Vinson ?TRANSFERRED. Replace with:
#26 Ronald Martin 6'1 199 White Castle,LA(SO)
#18 Doesn't match true frosh, replace with:
#12 Corey Thompson 6'2 205 Missouri City,TX (FR), Dark Skin. Likely will play with all of the DB transfers. Rating may need to be looked at.

Strong Safety
# 6 Craig Loston 6'2 208 Houston,TX(RSJR)
#29 Sam Gibson-TRANSFERRED. Replace with:
# 34 Micah Eugene 5'11 194 Lafayette,LA(RSFR), Dark Skin

I?d let Martin and Eugene keep the overall ratings of the guys they are replacing.

Kicker
#30 Drew Alleman 5'11 183 Lafayette,LA(RSSR)

Punter
#38 Brad Wing 6'3 184 Baton Rouge,LA(RSSoph)

There are 68 players on the base roster. I've listed extras at a lot of positions if you decide to create a player to fill the last spot. Another guy who should get some consideration:
#30 PK James Hairston 6'0 200 Dallas,TX(SO), Light skin. Primary kickoff guy, should be the primary kicker in 2013. Change #

Credit: Geauxldenboy

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TRMM Satellite measures Debby's drenching Florida rains

Debby's highest rainfall totals from June 20-27 are in excess of 380 mm (~15 inches, shown in purple). The heaviest rains cover a wide patch of central Florida from around Titusville on the east coast to around Homosassa Springs on the west coast within which amounts exceed 260 mm (~10 inches, shown in orange) to over 380 mm in the center. Another band of heavy rain runs east-west across no.Florida from Jacksonville to near Tallahassee. The highest totals are around Lake City and exceed 380 mm. Credit: Credit: NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

NASA's TRMM satellite provided data that allowed scientists to calculate Tropical Storm Debby's rainfall totals across Florida. The highest rainfall totals from June 20-27 topped 380 mm (~15 inches) in a wide patch of central Florida from around Titusville on the east coast.

Even though it never became more than a tropical storm, the residents of northern and central Florida will remember Debby. Debby, which formed as a tropical storm on the 23rd of June 2012 in the central Gulf of Mexico, took three full days to reach the Big Bend of Florida just 350 miles away. Although the center didn't make landfall until around 5 p.m. EDT on the afternoon of June 26 when it crossed the coast near Steinhatchee, Florida, Debby's effects were felt well away from the center.

Most of the rain and weather associated with Debby were well to the north and east of the center over Florida, which was effectively inundated with rain squalls originating over the Gulf and wrapping around the eastern side of the storm for 3 days. The result was copious amounts of rain over the central and northern parts of the state in addition to an outbreak of tornadoes over central and southern Florida on June 24.

In addition to capturing detailed images of tropical storms, TRMM is ideally suited to measure rainfall from space. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA.

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NASA's TRMM satellite captured rainfall rates within Tropical Depression Debby on June 27. The yellow, green and blue areas indicate light-to-moderate rainfall between 20 and 40 millimeters (.78 to 1.57 inches) per hour. The red area is considered heavy rainfall at 2 inches/50 mm per hour. Credit: Credit: NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

For increased coverage, TRMM is used to calibrate rainfall estimates from other additional satellites. The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. is used to estimate rainfall over a wide portion of the globe. TMPA rainfall totals are shown here for the 7-day period June 20 to 27, 2012 over and around Florida.

TRMM data showed that the highest rainfall totals for the period are in excess of 380 mm (~15 inches). The heaviest rains cover a wide patch of central Florida from around Titusville on the east coast to around Homosassa Springs on the west coast within which amounts exceed 260 mm (~10 inches) to over 380 mm (~15 inches) in the center. Another band of heavy rain is oriented east-west across northern Florida from Jacksonville to near Tallahassee with similar amounts or rain.The highest totals in the band occur around Lake City and exceed 380 mm (~15 inches). This east-west band can be attributed to the interaction of Debby's counterclockwise circulation with the coast and a frontal boundary draped across southern Georgia in an east-west orientation.

After coming ashore, Debby was downgraded to a tropical depression as it crossed northern Florida.

At 5 p.m. EDT on June 27, Debby lost tropical characteristics and became a post-tropical cyclone over the Atlantic Ocean. At that time Debby had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kmh) and it was located about180 miles (295 km) east of St. Augustine, Fla., near 29.5 North and 78.3 West.

On Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 8 a.m. EDT, the National Hurricane Center noted that showers and thunderstorms associated with post-tropical storm Debby were about 175 miles west-northwest of Bermuda. The shower and thunderstorm activity increased today and the winds are between 15 and 20 mph.Post-tropical Storm Debby continues to move to the northeast and the National Hurricane Center noted that it has a 10 percent chance of re-generating.

Provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Source: http://phys.org/news260121511.html

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Why Did Microsoft Really Unveil Surface Tablets?

Speculation, once again, is all wrong. Following Apple's model, Microsoft created Surface tablets to lure people into Microsoft stores.

I was startled by a Fox News headline that read, "Microsoft will quit making tablets soon, Acer founder says." The article goes on to speculate on Microsoft's intentions for its new Surface tablets.

According to the article, Microsoft "more or less kept its partners in the dark, with some discovering the breaking news along with everyone else at Monday's event." None of Microsoft's partners have any idea what the long term intentions of the company are. Many claim that Microsoft will relent from the hardware game because of channel conflict. It would just hate to step on the toes of its OEMs.

This is baloney.

First of all, nobody is coming to bat with a Windows 8 tablet and Microsoft knows it. The iPad rules the scene and no one else will do much more than fool around with variations on a theme, mostly using Android. The closest anyone has come, it seems, is Samsung with its Galaxy Note, which isn't really a tablet, but a huge phone.

The space is moribund and so Microsoft jumped in. Does anyone seriously think that if Surface sales skyrocketed and brought in billions of dollars that Microsoft would give the product to Acer or Dell? "Here you make all the money, we have enough!"

Overlooked in all the analysis is the fact that Microsoft needs branded products to sell at the Microsoft stores. It's amazing how many people have yet to grasp the reality that Microsoft is opening storefronts left and right. Today's count indicates that there are 20 stores now open for business with five more coming soon.

These stores will fail if they devolve into a second coming of CompUSA. They need to be like Apple stores and that means they must sell branded merchandise. There are no margins in reselling HP or Dell computers, and HP has already threatened to quit the PC business once already.

While Dell's business does include a lot of sales to individuals, it is not its focus. It's part of its service strategy.

Microsoft sees the writing on the wall and it is more than competent enough to make and sell hardware. It made a point of talking about its hardware business at the press conference. It made the CP/M card for the Apple II in 1980. It made an EGA board shortly thereafter. It made a mouse, keyboards, and toys. The Xbox and the accessories were the final touch. It is a computer, after all.

So why would this shock anyone. Nobody is clamoring to build Windows RT tablets, are they?

The Apple stores, if you haven't noticed, account for the incredible success of the company over the past few years. They bring in a whopping $4,000 per square foot in annual retail sales, topping perennial sales star Tiffany & Co. The 363 stores in 13 countries move products like crazy?and Microsoft has noticed. It needs stores and branded products, period.

Will Microsoft end up competing with its customers? Not if it only builds high-end, high-margin products designed to sell at retail by a sales force. Today's PC market is a commodity market filled with low-ballers trying to sell the cheapest things they can. These folks are always on the verge of dropping Windows. Microsoft knows this, too. It's been playing a defensive marketing game for years.

Microsoft has gone too far with this Surface tablet merely to lure others into licensing some reference design that will be too costly to manufacture and then low-ball. No, this is a machine designed to be a show piece at the stores. Expect to see more products like this from the company over the next few years.

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Foreclosures in Bonaire GA 31005 ? June 2012

Looking for an excellent deal on a Foreclosure in Bonaire GA?? If so, check out the available Foreclosures in Bonaire Georgia 31005.

Currently, there are 11 Bonaire?Foreclosures on the market, down 16% from last month.? The available Bonaire REO properties range in price from $59,900 up to $285,000 and square footage from 1,230 up to 3,108.

This month 2 new Bonaire Foreclosures hit the real estate market. The details for these properties are as follows (address, price, heated sq feet, subdivision, year built):

• 108 Ashford Park, $84,800, 1238, Ashford Park, 1990
• 118 Lattice Bend, $249,900, 3108, Sandy Springs, 2006

Buyers, do not delay or you may miss out on the available Foreclosures in Bonaire Georgia!

For a complete list of available Bonaire Georgia Homes For Sale, visit? Homes for Sale in Bonaire or call me at (478) 960-8055 (C) / (478) 953-8595 x227 (O) so we can discuss your housing needs.

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Stockton, California, to file for bankruptcy

STOCKTON, California (Reuters) - Stockton, California, is expected to file for bankruptcy before the end of the week, becoming the largest U.S. city to seek protection from its creditors.

No one in the city of nearly 300,000 is relishing the prospect, though some see no choice.

Stockton, which boomed a decade ago with workers from the San Francisco Bay area seeking affordable housing, is the most recent casualty of the housing bust of the past few years.

After failing to strike a deal with city employee unions and other creditors, Stockton's city council passed a budget after a five-hour meeting on Tuesday night. The budget calls for an end to retiree healthcare benefits a year after the city files for bankruptcy, which is expected by Friday afternoon.

Stockton busted spectacularly, and it still is swimming in foreclosures. It has been cutting city jobs for years. The cost of pensions and healthcare have overwhelmed it.

The plan for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, which includes dropping healthcare for retirees who are now fully covered, will close a $26 million deficit in Stockton's budget for its fiscal year that begins on July 1.

Former city workers, often too young to retire under stricter federal guidelines, face poor employment prospects.

Since October 2007, the last time unemployment was under 10 percent in Stockton, the city's population of job seekers has swelled by 10,000 and the number of people who are employed has decreased. Unemployment was estimated at 17.5 percent in May.

"I'm pretty much out of luck," said Patricia Hernandez, 57, who retired two years ago from her job with the city library. A cancer survivor, she is worried the disease might return.

Her diabetic husband gets dialysis worth $22,000 a month, which she does not expect to be able to afford after Stockton cuts medical coverage in a year.

Hernandez retired young, but not in luxury, and takes in about $1,700 per month. She is five years too young for early retirement in the federal Social Security program.

Stockton, like many California city and state governments, lets employees retire as early as 50 or 55. While some public pensions in the state are more than $100,000 per year, the statewide monthly average for the California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers), which administers Stockton's plan, is $2,332. The average Calpers retirement age is 60.

CITY NEVER SET ASIDE FUNDS FOR HEALTHCARE

Stockton never set aside funds for retirees' healthcare, so it has had no cushion as their medical costs soared. During the 1990s the city greatly expanded its generous healthcare benefits to retirees. Stockton officials say the city faces today a liability for its retiree medical program of $417 million.

Former Stockton City Manager Dwane Milnes, 66, who represented retirees in talks with the city, estimates that a majority of retired Stockton employees will not be able to pay for healthcare.

Geri Ridge, a single 56-year-old former records assistant for Stockton's police department, has told her daughter to sign up for MediCal, the state's health plan for the indigent. Ridge had counted on having healthcare coverage when she calculated that she could retire early on a pension, which is $1,895 per month.

"I expected the city to take care of me," said Ridge, who left the city's payrolls after a heart attack and will now drop her coverage.

While Stockton will cut retiree healthcare coverage, it does not plan to alter pension plans for fear of a battle with Calpers. Some taxpayers consider benefits for city employees a sweet deal.

"I was amazed by the level of benefits we received," said former city planner Denise Jefferson. "It was ridiculous."

She now works for a business improvement district and sees bankruptcy as being necessary for Stockton. "I'm thinking 'Welcome to the real world,'" she said.

"For people who say, 'You can't do this,' I say show us the pot of money," she said. "There's no money."

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services downgraded Stockton to default from selective default on Wednesday, citing the city's move toward bankruptcy and expectations that it will not substantially pay all of its obligations as they come due.

Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday cut to 'Caa3' various general fund-supported debts of the city, putting the ratings in the "substantial risk" category, one notch above the "may be in default, extremely speculative" grouping.

Moody's said its move was based on Stockton's bankruptcy budget. It suspends $10.2 million in debt payments along with cutting employee compensation and retiree benefits by $11.2 million. About $7 million in savings would come from cutting retiree medical benefits for one year and then phasing them out.

Stockton has already defaulted on about $2 million in debt since February, allowing the trustee for one of its bond insurers to seize a building once slated to be its future city hall and three parking garages.

(Writing by Peter Henderson; Editing by Toni Reinhold and David Brunnstrom)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/stockton-california-file-bankruptcy-001533749--sector.html

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9:00 PM: New Jersey Devils player Patrik Elias, who said he didn't know where the Stanley Cup Finals Game 6 puck was, reportedly found it in his equipment bag. Elias said he would return the puck to the L.A. Kings, and the Kings would make a donation to Elias' charity.

8:45 PM: Former Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball player Corky Taylor died Thursday at the age of 60 due to lung cancer. Taylor is best known for starting a 1972 in-game brawl with Ohio State when he went to help up Buckeyes player Luke Witte but ended up kneeing Witte in the groin.

8:30 PM: Dodgers manager Don Mattingly says Andre Ethier will not go on the DL and is instead day to day with an oblique strain.

8:15 PM: U.S. Olympic basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski released a statement on Dwyane Wade skipping the Games in London in order to undergo knee surgery: "We're totally supportive of Dwyane's decision and hope that he has a full and speedy recovery."

8:00 PM: Philadelphia 76ers center Spencer Hawes does not agree with the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday on Obamacare: "Ronald Reagan is spinning in his grave. We might as well be Russia in 1983."

7:45 PM: With the #1 pick in the NBA Draft, the New Orleans Hornets select Anthony Davis. The tracking of the rest of the evening's picks can be seen here.

7:30 PM: The Arizona Cardinals will hold joint practices with the Kansas City Chiefs during the week of Aug. 6 at the Chiefs' training camp in St. Joseph, Missouri.

7:15 PM: L.A. Kings forward Dustin Penner tweets: "Hey @JonathanQuick32 congrats on the new 10yr deal. 10 more yrs of cursing! ha now u can replace the wallet u lost in vegas #swearjar #143"

7:00 PM: In a January memo obtained by the Oklahoman, Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas said that Notre Dame would be the only school that would add to the league's TV value.

6:45 PM: The West Indies & New Zealand will meet in the first sanctioned cricket matches in the U.S. this weekend in Lauderhill, Florida.

6:30 PM: UniWatch has photos of the 1924 Senators throwback uniforms the Washington Nationals will be wearing for their July 5 game against the San Francisco Giants.

6:15 PM: The DUI trial for Oakland Raiders receiver Darrius Heywood-Bey has been set for July 23 unless the case is resolved beforehand.

6:00 PM: The San Francisco 49ers are suing Santa Clara County for withholding $30 million in taxpayer funds that was marked to go toward a new stadium.

5:45 PM: Celtics coach Doc Rivers & Sixers coach Doug Collins will serve as analysts for NBC's Olympic basketball coverage this summer in London.

5:30 PM: Ivo Karlovic claims he was cheated by the linesmen who called too many foot-faults against him in his second round Wimbledon loss to Andy Murray.

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Fourth of July Offers from Chase | Credit Karma Blog

June 28th, 2012

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Are you traveling this Fourth of July? Or maybe you?d like to plan a fun staycation?

Whatever your celebration style, some of the following Chase credit card offers might help you get the biggest bang out of your vacation spending buck.

For last minute flights: The Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier Card from Chase

• Sign-up bonus: Cardholders receive 25,000 bonus points after their first purchase, equal to more than $400 in airfare, which can be redeemed for a round-trip flight to any of Southwest?s 70+ destinations.
• More ways to earn points: Cardholders earn 2 points for every dollar spent on Southwest Airlines and partner purchases, and 1 point for every dollar spent on all other purchases. Plus, cardholders earn 3,000 bonus points every year ? just for being a cardholder.

When hitting the road: Chase Freedom

• Summer 5 percent cash back categories: According to AAA, 90 percent of Fourth of July travelers will be reaching their destination by car this year. From July 1 through September 30, Chase Freedom offers 5 percent cash back on up to $1,500 in purchases at gas stations and restaurants when you activate by September 14.
• Hassle-free activation: Cardholders can activate their 5 percent cash back online, over the phone, via text message, on Facebook, or at one of Chase?s 5,400 branches.
• Even more cash back on all other purchases: Chase Freedom cardholders receive 1 percent cash back on every other purchase with no limits or expirations ? perfect for any additional expenses that come up while you?re on the road.

Visiting the family: AARP Visa Card from Chase

• Cash back for those 50+: Cardholders earn 3 percent cash back on all travel purchases and 1 percent cash back on all other purchases ? with no limits on the amount of cash back you can earn ? and no annual fee.
• Sign-up bonus: Cardholders receive $100 cash back with their first purchase.

Looking to redeem on a hotel room: The Marriott Rewards Premier Visa Signature Card from Chase

• Sign-up bonus: Cardholders receive 50,000 bonus points after their first purchase.
• Zero foreign transaction fees: Cardholders can save up to 3 percent compared to fees many other issuers charge.
• Annual free night stays: Cardholders get an annual free night stay ? one upon account approval in category 1-4 hotels, and one in category 1-5 hotels each year you reach an account anniversary.
• Extra rewards: Cardholders earn 5 points for every dollar spent at over 3,500 Marriott locations; 2 points for every dollar spent on airline tickets purchased directly with the airline and at car rental agencies and restaurants; and 1 point for every dollar spent on other purchases.

Dining and travel and rewards, oh my: Chase Sapphire Preferred

• A card for all your needs: Ranked ?The top credit card for booking summer travel? by Creditnet.com, Chase Sapphire Preferred cardholders earn 2x on travel and dining at restaurants and more ?so you?ll get the most out of your Independence Day celebrations.
• Sign-up bonus: Cardholders receive 40,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 in the first three months, equal to $500 in travel rewards. For existing cardholders, points can be redeemed through Ultimate Rewards for gift cards, merchandise and unique experiences like a cooking or scuba diving class.
• Added rewards and benefits: Chase Sapphire Preferred cardholders receive two points per dollar spent on travel and dining at restaurants, one point per dollar on all other purchases, 20 percent off travel when you redeem through Ultimate Rewards, and no foreign transaction fees.
• Weekly travel auctions: For additional summer travel deals, Chase Sapphire cardholders have the opportunity to bid on ? and win ? exclusive travel experiences every week. With bidding starting at just 1,000 Ultimate Rewards points, cardholders have the chance to enjoy a variety of exciting destinations, from San Francisco to the Bahamas. Auction bidding starts each week on Monday at 11 a.m. EST and ends on Friday at 12 p.m. EST.

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Social Media: A Powerful Weapon for Paralegals in Police ...

Woodbury, Minn. (PRWEB) June 28, 2012

Social media has become a goldmine for investigations and discovery in civil litigation. To be sure, the popularity of social media has exploded in recent years. As of 2011, Facebook boasts more than 750 million active users, at least 50 percent of whom log on to Facebook on any given day. Twitter has more than 200 million registered users, with 460,000 new users joining every day, and an average of one billion tweets per week, according to The Huffington Post. LinkedIn claims it had more 100 million users and in excess of 2 million businesses with company pages. With increasing frequency, courts are finding that what a person posts on Facebook can be admitted in litigation.

DONT FRIEND THE OPPOSING PARTY

A paralegal or legal assistant may be asked to conduct research on Google, other search engines, or social networking sites for an opposing party, witness, or expert. The supervising attorney may have a legal assistant or paralegal save screen shots of someones Facebook account, then submit an affidavit or otherwise testify about the method in which the information was procured and produced.

Caution should be used, however, when trying to friend an opposing party or witness for litigation purposes. An article appearing in the January/February 2012 issue of Federal Lawyer Magazine, Christopher E. Parker, Travis B. Swearingen, Tweet Me Your Status: Social Media in Discovery and at Trial, 59-FEB Fed. Law. 34 (2012), the authors suggest that paralegals should not friend an opposing party or a witness to obtain information about a person on a social networking site. Courts and ethics opinions have concluded that conduct like this may violate ethical rules (see Philadelphia Bar Opinion 2009-2).

Rather than furtively gain access to a users account through a friend request, legal counsel can pursue information found on social media through traditional discovery, such as interrogatories and requests for production of documents. A paralegal may assist the attorney in drafting discovery requests or responding to discovery requests for information posted on a social networking site.

Besides the use of social media sites for investigations in civil litigation and employment screening, police and law enforcement officials are increasingly using social networking sites to gather information as part of investigations. Content posted on social media sites can serve as direct evidence of a particular crime. In addition, evidence can be used to illustrate the character and lifestyle of an accused person. For example, in 2005, photographs taken at a post-game riot after a Pennsylvania State University football game were posted on Facebook, which police then used to identify and cite about 50 students. Photographs of gang symbols, weapons, or tattoos posted on social networking sites can also be used to identify and gather information of suspects.

As powerful as social media can be as an investigation weapon, it can also be vulnerable to nefarious attack. In June 2012, for example, LinkedIn user data were jeopardized when its database was hacked and at least 6.5 million passwords were stolen and posted on a Russian hacker site. Many people will often use the same password for several sites, which opens up the possibility for hackers to gain unauthorized access to other websites.

In coming years, as social media becomes more widespread, using content and data posted on social networking sites for investigations will continue to increase. And as that need increases, rest assured that paralegals and others in the legal profession will have to have finely-tuned social media skills.

ABOUT BRIAN CRAIG

Brian Craig is the legal program chair for the online division of the Globe network of career colleges, universitiesincluding Globe University and Minnesota School of Businessand training centers based in Woodbury, Minn. He predominantly teaches constitutional issues, intellectual property, business law, criminal law, cyber law, and legal research. Prior to joining the faculty of Globe University and Minnesota School of Business, Brian Craig worked as an attorney at Thomson-Reuters from 2002-2008. He also previously worked as a legal editor for Wolters Kluwer, judicial law clerk for Idaho District Court Judge Carl Kerrick, and legislative aide for Senator George Runner in the California State Legislature.

Craig has taught legal research and writing at the University of Minnesota Law School as an adjunct instructor. He is an active member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and an articles reviewer for the American Business Law Journal. Craig is the author of the textbook Cyberlaw: The Law of the Internet and Information Technology published by Pearson/Prentice Hall in January 2012. He has also written scholarly articles appearing in the North Dakota Law Review, Real Estate Law Journal, Real Estate Review, Perspectives: Teaching Legal & Writing, and Raven: A Journal of Vexillology.

Craig received a B.A. in political science from Brigham Young University and a J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law.

ABOUT GLOBE UNIVERSITY

Globe University is part of a premier, family-managed system of career colleges, universities and training centers based in Woodbury, Minn. These specialty skills colleges prepare work-ready professionals for successful careers in a wide range of high-demand fields. Through its mission, We Care, the organization integrates hands-on and career-focused education with service- and applied-learning experiences that expose students to their communities and real-world situations. Programs offer undergraduate, diploma and graduate degrees in a wide range of career fields, including a paralegal associate degree program, business and accounting, health sciences, legal sciences, technology, creative media and applied arts. More than 30 programs are available online. All academic programs are accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). For more information, visit http://www.globeuniversity.edu.

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gus - No Communication, No Relationship: 5 Ways to Make a Great ...

Tell me and I?ll forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I?ll understand.?It may be an old adage, but?for?non-profits seeking to connect with supporters, sponsors, donors, and volunteers, it?s a good one to keep in mind.?People are busy. They?re out there?taking care of?their own needs and if you want?their attention?you?d better have a compelling story.

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Shouting about how great you are, no matter how?big your megaphone, isn?t going to do it. You need to buildrelationships.?Building relationships means communicating. No communication, no relationship.

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Yes?it?s hard.?Resources?are?stretched?and it?s?a dilemmatrying?to decide?which communications channel mattersmost.?In person is best but hardly?feasible?all the time. So do you send?email?blasts,?direct mail,?or?spend time updating your?Facebook and Twitter?feeds??Or?maybe you should start a?blog? And don?t forget mobile!

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The?fact?is, no one communication?channel is a silver bullet to success;?you?need to?share your story across multiple channels if you want to get noticed.?Why? Because?it?s highly unlikely that?your stakeholders are?all?sitting around together?at your local?Timmy?s?waiting for your email?to arrive?or?monitoring your Facebook feed. They?re busy and they?re not going to spend time looking for you?which means?it?s up to you to figure out?how to reach them.

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These days,?most non-profits?find?an active?Facebook page and occasional email blasts are effective tools for letting people know what you?re up to. But your website is still your most important digital presence. It?s where people?go to try?to learn more about you?and is often the?first encounter?people?have with your brand?so the?welcome mat had better be out!

Still have doubts about sprucing up that?site? Studies show that most donors visit a non-profit?s website before deciding whether or not to donate.?According to a?2010report by Cygnus Applied Research*, 72 percent of Canadians give online. What?s more,?a whopping?90 percent of Canadians under the age of 35 indicated that they would make online charitable donations?that year. The researchers conclude?that online giving has surpassed the tipping point in this country.

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So how is your website?looking? Most nonprofits believe that their?websites are not quite up to par and,?havingviewed?hundreds of?well intentioned but poorly executedsites?languishing?in cyber oblivion,?untended and neglected, I agree. It?s not pretty out there.

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So what makes a good?website??First of?all, you can?t do anything unless?you know who you are, what you?re trying to achieve?and?who your target audience is.?Then share your vision and inspire others by creating a compelling story about your organization or cause. And never forget that a good story has a hero your audience?can relate to.People give to people, not organizations,?and yoursupporters and?donors must feel that they are part of your story.

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Then,?consider the following:

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Overall impact and appearance. Looks aren?t everything, but if your website is having a terminal bad hair day, you?re going to have a hard time attracting new friends. Take the time to do a little research. See what everybody else is doing, discover what others are doing well and then do it even better.

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Content.?Provide good, well written?content?(i.e. no spelling or grammar?errors!)?created with your target audience in mind. If you want to persuade people to join your cause, think about?what it is about your story that will matter to them.?And switch things up frequently. Why?would someone?visit more than once if your content never changes?

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User Experience. You can have the most beautiful site in the world but if your audience can?t find what they?re looking for, you may as well go home.?Includea?search?engine?and clear navigation so people can find their way?around.

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Findability. If people?can?t find you, then, well, it?s over before it begins.

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Sociability.?It?s all about relationships, right? So have a team page with?friendly?photos?of the gang?and tell people who you are.

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And one more?

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Optimize your site for mobile devices?iPhones, Androids, and tablets?and make sure you show people where to find you on Facebook, Twitter, via email, etc.?so they can socialize, connect,?and?share ideas?and?the?passion?you have for your cause.

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*Source link:http://philanthropy.com/blogs/prospecting/more-canadians-than-americans-make-donations-online/27019

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This post was originally published on the Ontario Trillium Foundation?s Sector in Conversation.?

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George Hobica: Ask Airfarewatchdog: Update On 'Rule 240'

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Q: What is the Department of Transportation policy governing airline delays due to mechanical failure? We were stuck at the New Orleans airport for more than 10 hours when our plane had an engine problem and would like compensation.

A: There is no D.O.T. rule concerning compensation when an airline experiences a mechanical problem. There used to be a D.O.T. rule called Rule 240 that required airlines to put you on another airline's flight in such circumstances, if that airline would get you to your destination sooner than your original airline. (But see the next question.) Airlines often will provide some compensation, usually in the form of a travel voucher or frequent flyer miles, in such cases. It doesn't hurt to ask.

Q: Does any airline still have a Rule 240?

A: Rule 240 was a clause in airline contracts of carriage back when airlines were regulated by a government agency. It stated that, except in cases of "force majeure" (i.e., an act of God such as severe weather), airlines had to offer you any available seat on a competitor's next flight out in the event that your original flight was canceled or severely delayed. Airlines formed after deregulation, such as Virgin America and JetBlue, never had a Rule 240, but most "legacy" carriers (American, Delta, US Airways, United, Continental, Eastern, etc.) did.

Of the remaining airlines, only United and Alaska still have language similar to Rule 240 in their contracts. United now calls it Rule 24, and Alaska calls it rule 240AS. The only problem these days is that with so many airlines operating virtual monopolies at some airports, and flights being so full, there is often no alternative seat available on other airlines. To see links to the airlines' contract of carriages, click here.

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