Tiger Woods Is Still Golf’s Biggest Earner

Tiger Woods has once again ended a calendar year as golf’s top earner, despite suffering a pay cut of $48 million and failing to win a single tournament. The world’s number two golfer topped Golf Digest magazine’s annual list for 2010 with overall earnings of $74.2 million.Of that, only $2.29 million came from tournament purses with the rest accumulated off-course through endorsements and appearance fees. Phil Mickelson was second with total earnings of $40.18 million, followed by Arnold Palmer ($36 million), Greg Norman fourth ($30 million) and Jack Nicklaus fifth ($25.17 million). Jim Furyk, who collected a $10 million bonus for winning the PGA Tour’s season-long FedExCup in September, was sixth on $23.58 million.

Memphis On-Board Emission Testing

One of the most dreaded waits in the city is the emission testing for vehicles. This morning I had to face the wait. First I get there an hour early and wait till the bay door open then, a four car position that had me next in line.  While waiting I noticed the driver of one of the cars being tested, get out and the tech did something to the vehicle. I said to myself, that driver must have forgotten his controls, you know, lights on/off, wiper on/off that stuff. Well, when I get under the radar I do the lights on/off, brake on then gas, when the tech asked me to step out the vehicle so he could start the On-Board Diagnostics, or OBD.

I said, uh? The tech hooked a terminal to my truck and wha-la, emissions done. WDF! On-Board Diagnostics is a generic term referring to a vehicle’s self-diagnostic and reporting capability. OBD systems give the vehicle owner or a repair technician access to state of health information for various vehicle sub-systems.

Memphis City School Charter (1869 TN Private Acts Chapter 30)

Memphis City Schools is governed by the Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners. It’s composed of nine members, who are residents of the city, elected by the citizens at the general election in November to serve a four year term. Seven members are elected by district to represent a specific area within the city, and two members are elected at large to represent the entire city. At the last meeting in December, the Board elects a President and a Vice-President to serve for a term of one year to be effective January 1. The Board of Education is responsible for establishing goals for the school system and adopting policies for the effective operation of the school system. The Board appoints a Superintendent to oversee the operation of the school system in accordance with the educational goals and policies it establishes.

Duties of the board: The Board focuses on three major areas: policy development, advocacy for Board policies, and accountability for district goals. The district’s strategic plan is a working document used to guide and reinforce MCS’s mission and goals. It is continuously reviewed, evaluated, discussed, updated, and endorsed by the Board Commissioners. The Board of Education also conducts regular evaluations of the Superintendent’s performance. Approval of the budget is a major function of the Board. Commissioners support the hiring of teachers, administrators, and support staff who are responsible for educating the students.

12 Memphis Business Owners Indicted For Tax Fraud

A state grand jury has indicted 12 Memphis business owners for sales tax fraud, Shelby County DA Bill Gibbons announced Thursday. The business owners are accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from taxpayers. The indictments are the result of a four month investigation by the Department of Revenues Special Investigations Section. The majority of the 12 defendants face charges of theft of property over $10,000. All of the defendants face sales tax fraud charges. Some of the defendants were indicted for as many as 25 counts of sales tax fraud.

Defendants Indicted in Sales Tax Fraud Investigation:

Obsiye Adam (Lauderdale Market, 1052 Lauderdale)
Theft of property over $10,000
Sales tax fraud (22 counts)

Ali Al Harbi (Twins Food Market, 766 Jackson Avenue)
Theft of property over $10,000
Sales tax fraud (22 counts)

Find A Lost Cell Phone With GPS Tracking

We have all been there before – our precious cell phone has suddenly gone missing and we have no idea where it is.  We do a quick check of all the places that we normally put it; it is not there.  We then try and rehash every event from the time we last remember having our mobile phone to the time when we first noticed that it was missing.  We try calling our cell phone in the hope that the ringer is on and that it is going to be somewhere nearby.  But when all of this fails us, we are left worrying about where our phone is and we have no way to find it other than hoping that some switch will flip in our brain and we will all of a sudden “remember” exactly where it is.

How can we increase the likelihood of actually finding a lost cell phone? GPS tracking!

GPS stands for the Global Positioning System and is a series of satellites that emit a radio signal that can be read by specialized GPS receivers. These receivers then use the information encoded in these radio signals to do a little math called trilateration which will then ‘inform’ the GPS device of its exact location on the globe. This is the way that all GPS device work from navigation GPS to marine GPS.

GPS tracking can begin to occur when the position information is either gathered by the device and stored locally or is sent out from the device so that real time GPS tracking can occur. Cell phone GPS tracking is of the second variety, and this is a key fact if it is to be used to help a person find their lost cell phone.