There are surveys that say a nicely planted and maintained landscape adds 10 (percent) to 20 percent to the value of a home.

To be effective in today's marketplace, financial institutions must ensure that their interactions with customers provide added value -- they must be timely, have appropriate content and respect the consumers' preferences for communications methods. Whether the message is for marketing, improving service, or fraud prevention, consumers have become more demanding and their expectation is for meaningful, time-sensitive, content-rich dialogues.

There is value in everyone working together. . . . I think it's worth it to get broader support for something that already has strong support.

What we take out today takes 30 to 100 years to replace back into the aquifer. You can use 10,000 to 20,000 gallons (of water) on even a small lot. Micro-irrigation uses about a 10th of that.

You use a lot less water because you are actually getting water right to the root system. Plants don't absorb water through the leaves. Wet leaves are more vulnerable to bacterial and fungal diseases and insects.

This kid is awesome. I'm just so proud.