Article: If you're confident finding frets and strings quickly, you can move past this step and onto reading tabs. However, it never hurts to review some guitar basics:   Fretting: The small metal strips on the guitar neck. If you're right-handed, then the first fret is the one farthest to the left. To play a fret, you push the string down just to the left of fret (right-handed). So, to play the 3rd fret you'd play just to the left of the third metal strip, so your finger is between the second and third frets.  Strings: The six strings are ordered, starting from the thinnest string on the bottom, as eBGDAE. The thinnest string is the 1st string, the thickest string (on top) is the sixth string.
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Review the basics of fret and string numbering.
Article: Before you connect your printer software, make sure the printer is ready.  Plug the printer in to a power source.  Install fresh ink cartridges, toner and paper if necessary.  Make sure your printer is connected to your computer. Software Update will search for the latest OS updates, including new printer software.   Updating your software before adding the printer will give you the best chance of locating the correct software.  Go to the Apple Menu and choose Software Update.  Enter your login and password if necessary. The App Store will open. A list of available updates will appear.  Any OS X updates will appear at the top of the list. Click Update All to download all updates, or choose the updates individually. Updating your software in Lion is simple.  From the Apple Menu, choose Software Update.  The Software Update window will open. Select the items you want to install. Click Install. In this step, you will install the printer driver manually.  Follow these steps:  From the Apple Menu, click System Preferences. Select View, then Print & Scan. If you are prompted to do so, enter your login and password. Click and hold the + (plus sign) button.  From the pop-up menu, choose Add Other Printer or Scanner.  The Add Printer window will open. In the Add Printer window, click the icon that says Default.  A list of printers will appear.  Find your new printer on the list and select it.  Click Add, and your printer will be added.
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Prep your printer. Run a Software Update (Mountain Lion). Run a Software Update (Lion). Add the printer manually.
Article: When you get your year-end statements in January, take a look at the performance of your mutual funds and rearrange your investments by buying and selling shares. This allows you to retain your original balance.  For example, suppose you have $100,000 which you have spread evenly across four different funds. However, at the end of the year, one fund has out-performed the rest so that it is now 30 percent of your portfolio rather than 25 percent. To rebalance your portfolio, you would want to take 5 percent of your shares in that fund and transfer them to the other funds in your portfolio. If your funds are held in a tax-deferred account such as a 401k, transferring assets between funds typically is your best option. However, with taxable accounts it's generally better to simply add new contributions to the lower-performing funds to rebalance. This way you can avoid paying taxes on the assets you sell and transfer. Performance weighting is a rebalancing strategy that involves selling shares from a high-performing fund and buying shares in your lowest-performing fund. While it seems counterintuitive, it follows the principal that funds tend to bounce back.  You can think of this as adhering to the general stock investment strategy of buying low and selling high. You typically can buy more shares in a lower-performing fund, so you'll realize a greater return when it bounces back. Rebalancing your portfolio in this way will put you further ahead in the long-term than other strategies. When investing in mutual funds, discipline and self-control are important for healthy long-term returns. If you are impatient and trade frequently, chasing high-performance funds and large gains, you end up costing yourself a lot of money.  Ultimately, anyone can be a successful investor, and mutual funds are a great investment vehicle for beginning investors. However, you must have a plan to invest and the discipline to stick to that plan. Avoid making decisions based on emotions or out of desperation. If you are questioning your motives for making an investment decision, talk to an advisor who can be objective. Typically, mutual funds will bounce back from a downturn, so it's not necessarily a good strategy to dump a mutual fund just because it performs poorly in the short-term. However, If a fund has taken an overall downward trend for awhile, it may be time to let it go.  You also should watch out for funds that change managers, especially if this happens suddenly. Different managers may have different strategies that could significantly affect performance. Be on the lookout for changes that mean the fund at present has changed character so much that it's no longer the same fund in which you originally invested. Replace it with a fund that more closely matches your original goal for that fund within your portfolio.
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Rebalance your portfolio every year. Practice performance weighting. Take a disciplined approach. Replace under-performing funds.