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Small business websites are no longer an optional marketing tool. Your customers expect you to have a web presence for your small business so they can quickly and easily find information such as your location, your hours, your products and your phone number. If you are just starting your business, the perfect time to register a domain name for your website is during the business naming process. The availability of a certain domain may actually play a role in the name of your business....

Indie folk (also occasionally called lo-fi indie) is characterized by a slew of up-and-coming bands who pull influence from traditional and contemporary folk music, classic country, and indie rock. Many of them cite influences from Bob Dylan to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Radiohead. Lots of indie folk bands are quite large and their songs tend to be thick on complicated instrumentation, lyricism, and multi-voiced harmonies. They’re basically the bands who make a new direction of contemporary folk music palatable to indie rock audiences....

You can start trad climbing with a buddy or mentor who already owns a lead rack of climbing gear, including cams, nuts, lots of carabiners, and a beefy rope. As you learn all the nuances of traditional climbing, including how to place gear and set up anchor systems, you will want to start climbing with your own rack of gear. Build Your Rack Slowly After you’ve followed your buddy up some trad climbs, you will have a better idea of what kind of climbing equipment you need to buy to start creating your own trad rack....

Who are the best golfers in the history of the Champions Tour? Below we give you our ranking of the Top 10 players ever on the senior circuit. The Champions Tour was founded in 1980, and we consider the golfers’ accomplishments only during their time playing that tour, after turning age 50. What they did on the PGA Tour doesn’t figure into our rankings. So, without further adieu, here are the Top 10 Champions Tour golfers ever....

Greetings, ghouls, and goblins. When Halloween is upon us, we must celebrate the mayhem and mischief with the appropriate music. Ready to venture into the night and get your freak on with zombies and werewolves? Good. Here are 15 scary rap songs to get this party started. 01 of 15 Kanye West - “Monster” The Meadows/Getty Images Looking for a Halloween rap song to get the party started? Cue this monstrous posse cut and watch the crowd go wild....

Public health specialists in the Air Force work with medical staff to keep their fellow airmen healthy. They educate Air Force personnel about things like safety procedures and sanitary standards, and also investigate hazardous material (hazmat) situations. The Air Force categorizes this job as Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) 4E0X1. Duties of Air Force Public Health Specialists These airmen work closely with Air Force physicians and nurses to prevent disease outbreaks among Air Force personnel....

Each Aries is different, and it begins with your moon sign, which is the emotional base of the birth chart. Your Aries sun imbues you with the bursting energy of spring—how lucky is that? When others are wilting from fatigue, you’re getting a second wind. Your high spirits can be contagious, and your gift is being able to begin again and again throughout life. Having a cardinal (forward thrusting) sun sign has you leaning into life as you walk....

A good music manager can be instrumental in the success of your band. Unfortunately, because your music career means so much to you, it is remarkably easy for a so-called manager to come along and take you for a ride, especially if you are relatively inexperienced. Any contract you sign for any part of your career should be carefully considered by you, but perhaps none more so than your music manager contract....

What are the best golf movies? There are probably more golf movies out there than most people realize. Our game has long been a popular subject for film. Here are 12 of the best golf movies yet made … which doesn’t necessarily mean they are all gems! But it does mean that they have been and will continue to be enjoyed by many golfers on movie night. ‘Caddyshack’ Movie Poster Image Art/Getty Images If you poll golfers (and we have) about their favorite movie, Caddyshack wins in a landslide....

Do you check email on vacation? If you do, you’re not alone. Surveys report that more than half of employees check email while they are on vacation. The bigger question is whether you should take the time to check your email while you’re on vacation or otherwise not working. If you do, a vacation can turn into a “workcation” when you get bogged down in email messages that need a response....

There’s no need to pay a repair shop big money for new brakes. Most cars have brake pads that are easy to replace. With simple tools and a little time, you can save hundreds of dollars doing it yourself. Follow these easy steps and you can replace your own brake pads at home. What You’ll Need: lug wrenchc-clampopen end / adjustable wrench (depending on your car)Allen wrenches (depending on your car)hammersmall bungee cord...

Kayak surfing in the ocean is one of the best-kept secrets in the paddling world. There are so many benefits to surf kayaking that it’s a wonder the practice isn’t more popular. Whether you’re a whitewater pro wanting to branch out to the sea or you’ve never been in a kayak but curious, this guide will help you on your way to ocean kayak surfing. Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: 1 or more hours...

New cars and other vehicles sold after 1980 have oxygen sensors. Designed to increase the engine’s efficiency, these oxygen sensors send important information to the car’s internal computer, helping the car to run more effectively and reducing emissions. Gasoline-powered engines need oxygen to burn fuel. The ideal ratio of gas to oxygen is 14.7:1. Less oxygen than that can result in excess fuel left over in the wrong place. More oxygen than that can cause performance issues or even harm your engine....

Do you want to know how to promote your business on Instagram but not sure how to get started? If not, you should be. Why Should Instagram be of Interest to Online Marketers? Instagram is a social media heavyweight with over 1 billion users. Simply put, it is a powerful mobile sharing (photos, videos) social networking service that lets users take pictures and short videos (one-minute maximum), then share them on other social networking platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Tumblr....

In gymnastics, a rip—a separation of the upper layers of skin in the palm of the hand or the wrist from the lower layers of blood-rich tissue—is a common and painful occurrence. Here are some tips for dealing with this unpleasant injury. Wash Your Hands It may sting, but it’s important to get the chalk off, especially if it’s a bloody rip. Hit the restroom and wash the injury as well as you can with warm water and mild soap....

01 of 11 Stylish Headscarves and How to Tie Them Photo: Getty/Cultura/Chris Sembrot. Headscarves are perfect for a time when you want to keep your hair away from your face, as a form of protection from the sun and to create a stylish look, even if you didn’t wash your hair that day. Have some scarves that you want to use as a stylish head covering? Here are some ways to stylishly tie a headscarf....

Eminem’s brilliant songwriting is just part of what makes him one of the greatest emcees of our time. His flow is among the best hip-hop has ever witnessed and his animated delivery forces you to pay attention. Whether he’s dissing Mariah Carey or doting on his daughter, Eminem always seems to find the right blend of rhyme and music. ‘Low, Down, and Dirty,’ from ‘Slim Shady EP’ Redferns / Getty Images...

Do you remember that iconic scene from Lizzie McGuire, where resident hot guy Ethan Craft shared that his secret to perfect hair was to not repeat when shampooing, because “they only put repeat on the bottle so that you buy more shampoo.” Well, it turns out that may have misled a whole generation of young people. By now, you definitely recognize “lather, rinse, repeat” as the infamous and widely-ignored directions on the back of the shampoo bottle....

The popularity of veterinary medicine has created a highly competitive admissions process for the available seats in each vet school class. Most of the 30 vet schools in the United States, as well as several international programs, utilize the Veterinary Medical College Application Service (VMCAS) to streamline the admissions process. This centralized service allows students to submit their information to multiple schools by creating a single application. The VMCAS application is certainly an important part of the process, but there are several additional things to consider when applying to vet school....

Everyone should try their hand at songwriting now and then. It’s a fun, creative way to spend a day; and besides, you never know – you could be the next Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell, and you just don’t know it yet.​ Here’s how. What You Need An instrument really helpsA pen and paperSomething to sayA willingness to try something newNo fear Take Some Alone Time Sure, you can work on a song with a few of your closest friends....