Mother Knows Best - The Shocking True Story That Inspired the Movie

Hatred and Disgust

Lee Goldsmith, a well-respected, Boca Raton, socialite of 67 years, hated her son in law so much that she hired someone to kill him. Goldsmith, anxious to find a suitable husband for her daughter, Arleen, a Delray Beach nurse, took out an in the local paper: "Nice Jewish Girl Wants to Meet Nice Jewish Boy." David Brownstein is the man who answered the ad, and the two became inseparable. However, Mrs. Goldsmith could not bear the thought of her daughter marrying Brownstein because he was not professional. An air conditioning auto repairman would not have been impressive enough for Goldsmith's socialite friends, so she concocted a plan to ruin his life. According to state testimony, Goldsmith, tried everything in the book, from falsifying letters and threatening to cut Arleen out of her will, to allegations of beatings and extortion from Brownstein. But nothing would fuel her hatred more than not being able to attend her own daughter's wedding, nor see her grandson. So she decided that it was time to have David Brownstein out of their lives for good.

The Plot

The carpet cleaner seemed like the perfect guy to ask about where to find a contract murderer. He was hired to clean the carpet in the Goldsmith's home when Lee asked about helping her find someone to kill her son in law. The man said he would see what he could do to help her out, and instead he informed the police of the plot and received a $ 750 cash reward. The police then devised a plan to trap Goldsmith into paying an undercover cop for the job. The plan was to meet near a restaurant where Lee Goldsmith would give explicit instructions on how the murder should be carried out. The intended victim would be shot in the head and have drugs planted on his body to make it look like a drug related murder. She paid Thomas Brennen $ 1,000 up front, and then once the death was confirmed she would pay the remaining $ 9,000.

On February 8, 1989, David Brownstein kissed his wife Arleen before entering work without knowing that his life was about to change forever. The police notified him of his mother in law's plans to kill him, and he agreed to play along. The county morgue was also in on the plot. They were told to confirm the death of David Brownstein when Goldsmith called. On February 15, 1989, Brennen told Goldsmith that her son in law was dead. She then paid the balance, thanked the officer, and chuckled as she remarked how happy everyone would be "except the one in the morgue." Undercover Police Officers videotaped Lee paying them to kill David while meeting in Lee's CADILLAC. She told the undercover cop that she would have another job for him in six months. She wanted the mother of David Brownstein to have acid poured onto her face. She laughed and laughed as she described exactly how she wanted it done. Police moved in and arrested Lee Goldsmith and charged her with solicitation of first degree murder.

The Trial

During the February 1990 trial, neighbors and friends described Lee Goldsmith as a gentle soul who would not harm anyone. She was described as a civic leader who engaged in fund raising activities and teaching exercise classes to retirees. Milton Goldsmith backed up his wife's story about the beatings and letters that they received. He stated that they became terrified of Brownstein. Arleen was torn as she was asked if she loved her mother. "To say I did not love her would be a falsehood," Arleen said. Meanwhile, Lee Goldsmith looked as though she was falling apart during most of the trial. She wept after she described the beeing she endured. David Browstein spent two hours on the stand condemning taking any part in any beating, nor any behavior exhibited towards his mother in law. Lee Goldsmith was found guilty and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison. "Please, God, no," said Lee, collapsing after hearing the verdict. Her husband Milton was distraught.

In June 1995, Lee Goldsmith was released on probation at the age of 73.

Update

The case became a sensation. After her release from prison Lee and Milton Goldsmith appeared on A Current Affair and the Oprah Winfrey show. The movie Mother Knows Best aired in April 1997.

On Easter Sunday, April 13, 2009, I spoke with Lee Goldsmith. She informed me that her husband Milton had fallen, fractured his neck, and never recovered. He passed away a few months ago. She said these days she feels alone and despondent. She is 86 years old. She no longer engages in any fund raising. She spends most of her time at home. Goldsmith and her adopted daughter Arleen have never spoken to one another again. Lee Goldsmith and I never talked about the crime, and she refers to it only as 'the incident.' She never knew a movie had been made about her. She is not familiar with many cable stations, stating "my husband took care of those things." She said she would like to watch it though. She would like for me to let her know when the movie is on again.

How To Make Money On Your List

This month we're going to start a four month series on how to build your own business using a lead magnet, a squeeze page and Facebook.

First we'll start with creating the perfect leads that targets your audience and makes them sign onto your list.

Then we're going to cover exactly how to build a squeeze page or landing page that gets those visitors to say, "YES! Add me to your list NOW!"

In our third installation we're going to cover how to get as much traffic as you want from Facebook.

Once you have learned all three of these skills, you can literally go into any market and create a list building machine in just days.

Better still, you can take it one step further and build a complete product funnel behind your lead magnet, offering a tripwire (low ticket) offer, followed by your main offer, followed by a big ticket item.

In fact we are going to cover all of that in month 4 of this series.

First, we better reveal what a lead magnet is. You know those freebies you get for subscribing to a list? Those are lead magnets.

They're something offered as a free gift or enticement in exchange for an email address. And they're the easiest, fastest way to build a list of target subscribers.

Remember this: The goal of any lead magnet is to convert traffic into leads.

While it's true you can throw just about anything together and call it a lead magnet, it's also true that the better (and more targeted) the lead magnet is, the easier it will be to build a profitable list.

A lead magnet does not make money by itself. Yet working as your front line ambassador, they can be extremely lucrative.

As you know, there are three ways to grow a business:

· Increase the number of customers

· Increase the average transaction value per customer

· Increase the number of transactions per customer

With the right lead magnet, you can increase the number of prospects and customers you have joining your list.

And with a well-targeted niche, you can also increase the average transaction value and even the number of transactions per customer, by attracting the very best customers for your particular business.

As you go through the following sections, always think of your leads as an irresistible bribe that will offer real value to your prospects.

Your leads have to be so good, your prospects will 'buy' it with their email address.

It should be relevant to your niche and your offers.

It should be ultra-specific in what it gives to the user.

It should be priceless, in that the prospect can not easily Google the information and find it for themselves, or even buy it someplace else.

And it should be easily consumed, because you want the prospect to consume it immediately after they download it.

We'll go through each of these in turn in a moment.

The point to remember right now is this: Your lead magnet is despite the single most important piece of your entire marketing system.

The right leads will bring you a never ending stream of new prospects and soon-to-be customers.

The wrong leads will bring either the wrong prospects for your offers, or no prospects at all.

The Right Way To Choose Web Development Services Provider For Outsourcing

Offshore web development companies has grown pretty faster rate and now a days incorporated with economic and enhanced online solutions, which is necessary for business growth. So offshore outsourcing could be an attractive choice for you. But choosing the right web development service is the most critical part because a wrong decision can damage not only your finances, it can also effect your reputation too if the work is not done with quality and in fixed time.

Possibly there may be few situations, when the work load is more than what your professionals can complete. There could be some situations when you can accomplish the task with your efforts, but it may harm your business development, finance management etc process.

So it's the time to think about outsourcing. Outsourcing or sub serving is basically the process of contracting with third parties, it helps companies to set focus on the core functional areas, these third parties are usually in different countries and called as offshore outsourcing.

So there are some points you can consider, when you are looking for the qualitative outsourcing technology partners:

Destination of service provider:

First thing you should lookout for outsourcing web application development services is the destination. For a considerable period of time India has been foreseen in the field of offshore IT services. There are other countries like China, Russia, Argentina etc. are also involved in outsourcing services.

The time difference:

The second you should consider is the time difference. It is obvious that you would interact with your outsourcing team, to know the status of project that either its working according to your requirement or not. There are some web development companies which can alter their time according to their client, but few of them they do not. So This could be a tricky part, it's better to check the time difference.

Language and cultural difference:

The language and the cultural difference is the other integral issue while doing outsourcing web development. So the fact must be consider that the staff of company is fluent in English and capable of understanding your business ideas. India is involved in outsourcing for quite sometime now, promising market associated with offshore web development services and offers opportunities for innovation.

Consider the Experience:

You should also consider the experience of the web development company. Make it ensure that outsourcing company is experienced enough to provide you quality services, you could consult their prior clients to view the reputation of the company and to view the results of projects. While considering your project you must ensure that web development company is also interested in your project or not.

These days the technology have advances a lot and offshore outsourcing is increasing at a rapid rate. The best way to do this is get someone who has both expertise and technology.

Importance of Business Insurance for Small Businesses

In any business, risks can not be ruled out. In case of a small business, even a small risk can make a huge impact on the growth and sustainability of the business. This is more so with respect to finances as small businesses, by their very nature, are devoid of strong financial support.

If you are a small business owner, you need to seriously consider taking business insurance to protect your businesses from unjust events that cause financial crisis.

Including providing financial support during inconvenient events, insurance helps in increasing the credibility of your business among your employees (critical part of your business) - they feel secured knowing that they are covered under insurance policy.

While choosing an insurance policy, assess and identify the risks that are likely to affect your business significantly. Common risks for any business include, damage to business property, life hazards to employees, and public law suits. None of these is a small liability that you can afford to overlook.

Basic types of business insurance policies:
There are different types of insurance policies covering different types of risks; you can either choose one policy or combine a few of them to make a consolidated policy that covers every risk your business might face. Here are some basic insurance policies that you can choose from:

Business liability: Your business is always at risk of facing law suits from third parties. There can be instances that make your business the subject of a lawsuit - a customer trips on a torn carpet in your office, a customer falls sick using your product, an electrical short-circuit that causes fire and damages your landlord's building etc. These liabilities typically result in huge compensation claims. In such cases, having business liability insurance protects you against all these risks. Business liability insurance generally covers medical expenses and legal fees.

Property insurance: You do not want to mess up with your business property. Do you? So, make sure that your business property is covered properly. Property insurance for your small business covers the fixtures, furniture, the inventory, and other physical assets of business. Property insurance protects the property against the damage, theft or loss.

Auto insurance: You need commercial auto insurance if you use a vehicle solely for your business. You should get a commercial insurance policy if your vehicle has commercial tags on it. Auto insurance covers risks of damage to the vehicle caused by an accident or vandalism. It also protects you from the third-party liability claims if your vehicle is involved in any accident.

Workers' compensation: As an employer, it is your responsibility to take care of your employees at work. If any employee falls sick, gets injured or dies while working, as a business owner, you will be held accountable. You need to take care of his medical expenses. Here, workers' compensation insurance helps you by covering the risk of injury to workers and the consequent medical expenses, etc.

Not buying insurance would put your business at greater risk. It is also not financially sensible to ignore the importance of insurance. Working out the right type and the correct amount of insurance coverage is quite difficult going by the variety of risks to your business.

Here, approach a good insurance broker to get the right insurance coverage for your business.

Jazz Up Your Game With the Latest Gaming Headset

Using a headset has become a necessity due to multiple reasons that are propelled by modern day's lifestyle. One among such reasons that have made the use of wireless headset more popular, is the online games. New games are created to generate a live-action experience for the gamer, thus making the use of headset mandatory. Keeping this in view, different and innovative headset models have been introduced to the market. One such model, which is gaining popularity, is the Wireless Gaming Headset. These headsets are specifically designed for gamers and are equipped with every feature that is demanded by various games. All the models under this product category have certain advantages over the wired headsets. Here, you can find a few to ponder upon.

• These headsets are portable and can be transported easily and can also be used for multiple devices.
• The technology used for transmission in case of wireless headsets are quite advanced and can receive signals even from Bluetooth.
• These Gaming Headsets boasts of a better life-span if standard batteries are used and properly charged.
• Beside regular use, these headsets are mainly developed for gamers. This is the reason why these gaming headsets are much more popular in the area of ​​VR games.
• The quality of the headsets are much higher and the voice is crystal clear. Beside this, they free you from the hassle of wired headsets and enable you to multitask.

Now, let us explore the basic features of the top and best models in the market right now:

• Mics: All the Wireless Gaming Headsets have either an omnidirectional or unidirectional mic to provide perfect gaming experience. However, many prefer to have the unidirectional mic rather than an Omnidirectional mic as latter would grab all the sounds of the axis and create a nonsense.
• Compatibility: While buying a particular company headset, check out the compatibility of the headset with that of the device. Majority of the headsets are designed to support almost all the devices, however, checking on does not harm anyone.
• Battery life: Almost all the gaming Headsets available right now in the market have a lifespan ranging from 10-22 hours. Check with the maximum time of your usage and select a model that fits your need in terms of usage and budget.

Since a long time, these headsets are facing challenges of price, latency and battery life and newer models are out every now and then.

2012's Top 5 Emerging Cell Site Trends

After decades of rapid growth in both the construction of new cell sites (towers and rooftop sites) and in the tower ownership industry, we are entering into mature market phase. Even the major tower companies acknowledge - by action if not by words - that the days of double digit growth in the domestic market are over. They are settling into the comfortable world of REIT corporate ownership structures while moving into international markets to find new sources of growth.

So is anything new on the horizon? Here is the top 5 future developments that wil impact the cell tower industry:

1. The emergence of multi-mode, single RAN equipment will drive consolidation in the base station and antenna equipment deployments.

We are already seeing evidence of this trend with the Radio Access Network (RAN) share deal between Sprint and LightSquared. I expect to see more RAN share deals - especially among the smaller wireless carriers looking to bypass economies of scale advantages of the big two.

2. Consolidation among the carriers resulting in less new build activity.

Consolidation is nothing new in the wireless industry. However, most of the industry was approached by surprise by AT & T's announced deal to acquire T-Mobile. Should this acquisition be approved, then surely more consolidation will follow among the Tier 2 carriers. Watch closely to see if a combined AT & T / T-Mobile uses RAN share technology to consolidate sites.

3. The emergence of "small cell" technology.

Carriers already deploy in-building systems and participate in DAS systems. The next step will be to start using the growing collection of outdoor pico / femto cells and small cell applications like the Alcatel-Lucent lightRadio. Even today, the carriers default to traditional cell site construction / overlay to cover coverage and capacity issues. Yet the economies are too compelling for them not to adopt using small cells to solve very localized network issues.

4. All of the talk about combined satellite / terrestrial networks will result in ... more traffic on existing cell sites.

While satellites may be viable for some applications like video streaming, and data traffic, the latency issues are still too great for them to be used for voice applications. As long as the consumer demands high quality voice services, the carriers will stick to their terrestrial networks.

5. Increased competition for collocations.

As more investors see the benefits of cell site leases, they will be an emerging arbitrage market for the highest cost instances of collocation. Where substitutes for existing cell sites exist, there will be efforts by carriers or other parties to move their equipment in return for lower rent costs. At least one carrier and one tower company are already making moves in this area.

Times of transition always present new opportunities, but also can provide pitfalls for those who do not stay abreast of emerging developments.

PC Power Supply - Keep Your Computer Running

Without the PC power supply unit (PSU), your computer is useless. The power running through your home is an alternating current (more commonly known as 'AC'). Your computer needs a direct current (known as 'DC') in order to run. The switcher technologies within the power-supplies are responsible for directing and converting the currents. Lacking that little box full of inventive technology, your computer would not turn on.

Before the advent of the current PC power supply, turning on a computer meant the use of humongous capacitors and transformers. The applied science of modern times has much reduced the bulk of the former components needed while still fulfilling the targeted demand. Because this component has to go through the cycles of heating and cooling each and every time the computer is turned on and used, it happens to be one of the more likely parts to malfunction or even completely fail.

When you have a PSU failure, you will want to purchase a new one. However, what do you look for? Can you replace it yourself? What will it cost? These are all some common questions that will arise in this situation.

First of all, you need to know the wattage requirements of your computer. To find this information, you will want to add up the requirements listed on the labels of the individual computer components. You will also need to know the type of form factor your computer uses. A lot of newer computers use the Advanced Technology Extended (or ATX) form factor, older PC's may use the AT form factor. There are also a couple of other varieties. Be sure you know which you need before you start shopping. The PC power supply is fairly simple to replace. Always make sure your computer is unplugged from the wall socket before attempting to replace a part. If you are unsure or uncomfortable with taking your computer apart, you can have this done by a professional technician. The cost of your PSU is going to vary depend on all of the factors listed above. The prices will also vary from brand to brand, company to company.

You can find a PC power supply at nearly any computer store either locally or online. Most brick and mortar stores will have a technician or customer service rep that can help you decide which PSU is right for your computer. An Internet retailer will typically have a guided search function, a frequently asked questions section or the ability to instant message a customer tech in case of questions or problems with your purchase.

The PC power supply is essentially the heart of your computer, the same way that the motherboard is essentially the brain. Without either of these two fundamentals, you have nothing other than a box of wires and metal. These are the things that keep your computer running. If you think that your PSU is responsible for any sort of problems or malfunctions that you are having with your computer then it is time to start shopping around for a new one.