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#RaiseTheCool - How to Knock Off a Saddleback Briefcase

Saddleback Camel

Saddleback Leather Company founder Dave Munson create a self-help video... of sorts.

In his words...

"Are you looking for a shortcut to success? Watch this 'How To' video and learn all of the shortcuts and tricks others already use to bypass quality. And you too can make loads of money knocking off . . .

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April 06, 2014

#RaiseTheVote: McCutcheon could boost candidates, parties

The Benjamins

Sean J Miller writes...

"The court’s decision to lift the aggregate contribution limits for individuals to candidates and national parties mean that major donors can now max out contributions of $32,400 to the three national committees of each party and aren’t bound by the aggregate biennial limit of $48,600 to . . .

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April 02, 2014

#RaiseTheVote: McCutcheon vs FEC Ruling

SCOTUS Strikes Down Overall Campaign Contribution Limits

Gavel

In a split 5-4 decision, The US Supreme Court struck down overall campaign contribution limits (currently $48,600), but left in place individual candidate contribution limits (currently set at $2600 per election).

Read the full opinion here.

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April 02, 2014

#RaiseTheTech: WhatsApp's "Secret Sauce" to Scaling Successful

How WhatsApp Grew To Nearly 500 Million Users, 11,000 Cores, And 70 Million Messages A Second (with only 10 "backend" engineers!)

Erlang Keep Calm and Let It Crash

"What has hundreds of nodes, thousands of cores, hundreds of terabytes of RAM, and hopes to serve the billions of smartphones that will soon be a reality around the globe? The Erlang/FreeBSD-based server infrastructure at WhatsApp. We've faced many challenges in meeting the ever-growing demand for our messaging services, . . .

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April 01, 2014

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