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 Most traditional business owners don't have a full understanding of why it's so important to have an efficient digital marketing strategy. As recently as the 1990s, it was not standard for all businesses to have a presence online, but today, an efficient digital marketing strategy has the power to make or break your business.
Think about it. How many mom-and-pop organizations in your area depend on the foot traffic that walks past their front door? For example, I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio where there are lots of small, locally-owned restaurants, and compared to the way things were back in the day, they're suffering to maintain a strong business because they're missing out on marketing channels their competition is taking advantage of. Yelp has done a good job of giving the small guy a shot at getting a bigger piece of the pie, but serious business owners will agree that they need to have their own understanding of how to leverage the internet in order to gain access to the masses.
An efficient digital marketing strategy always includes these basic components:
1. A solid social media presence
2. Promotions & email marketing strategy
3. A blog - your business' "home" on the web
Let's look at these in greater detail...
1. Social Media Presence: Social media is perhaps the easiest part of creating an efficient digital marketing strategy, and for new internet marketers, it's a great place to start. My suggestion is to start with a Facebook business page. Facebook has a total of approximately 1.25 billion users, and a brick-and-mortar business like a restaurant, salon, or a barber shop can be just about 100% sure that the people they're targeting are active on the site. Setting the page up is simple, and there are step by step instructions to insure you set up the right kind of page. And, based on your existing knowledge about the customer's "avatar", you can even pinpoint users in your geographic location who like "corned beef" or "barber shops"... or maybe even a competitor of yours. Once that's done, you simply create a pay-per-click (PPC) campaign. Eventually, you'll have a strong following that you can migrate out using an email signup form - a little more advanced, but that leads us to the second component in an efficient digital marketing strategy.
2. Promotions & Email Marketing: Promotions are important to every business. Here in the U.S., the fourth quarter of the year is when retailers make their final push for the end of the year, by taking advantage of the marketing opportunities provided by the holidays. This year, I actually saw the Halloween stores setting up shop in July! Since the downturn in the economy, businesses have pushed harder and harder to reach customers so they can hit their revenue goals. The four major holidays in the fourth quarter are Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Successful businesses of all sizes take advantage of these holidays by offering promotions to their customers and target market. Just think about all the emails you get from department stores (Labor Day Sales), craft and party supply stores (Labor, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas), grocery & department stores (Thanksgiving & Christmas), and the list goes on. Think of the cool promotions your business could run by leveraging the followers you've amassed on Facebook to announce an irresistible promotion you're offering to help them get ready for these holidays! By simply adding a form to your Facebook business page using an email autoreponder like Aweber or GetResponse, you can gather their email addresses to send them things like coupons, or exclusive store event invitations. Not only does this generate incremental revenue for your business, but it builds good will between you and your customers. It also helps you generate new business as your audience shares your content with their friends.
3. Blog: Having a blog is perhaps the most important part of creating an efficient digital marketing strategy. Most people who go into business do so because they're somewhat of an expert in their niche. If you open a massage parlor, you probably graduated from massage therapy school, and you know a little something the benefits of massage. Write about it. Your customers will appreciate knowing what techniques will work best for them. Your blog is your business' home on the web, and the search engines LOVE a good blog. Google, Bing, and Yahoo automatically pick up on your content when you use keywords and HTML coding correctly. As your audience grows, and traffic to your site increases, you'll begin to see it appear at the top of the search results. This is what we call search engine optimization or SEO. (Don't worry - it's all much easier that it sounds.
Are you seeing how all of this ties together? By using these tools correctly, you can literally create your own "web on the web". Having an attractive Facebook business page, and connecting it to your blog and email autoresponder puts you well beyond square one in creating your digital marketing empire.
And now you know why it's so important to have an efficient digital marketing strategy!

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The Gulf of Mexico Alliance (Alliance) wrapped up the 11th annual All Hands meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi this week. Much progress was made identifying new actions toward healthy ecosystems. The Alliance was pleased to be a part of Restore America's Estuaries' release of, "Living Shorelines: From Barriers to Opportunities." This new report provides a national assessment of institutional barriers that are preventing broader use of living shorelines and provides clear recommendations and strategies to move forward.
Information from this comprehensive work will be very useful to Alliance partners working in habitat restoration. The report identifies three major obstacles to broader use of living shorelines: 1) institutional inertia; 2) lack of a broader planning context; and 3) lack of an advocate. To address these obstacles, the report identifies four broad strategies, including: 1) education and outreach; 2) regulatory reform; 3) improve institutional capacity; and 4) public agencies as role models. Each strategy identifies a number of specific and actionable recommendations for decision and policy makers.
"We know what we need to do and now it's time to make progress," said Jeff Benoit, president and CEO of Restore America's Estuaries. "Historically we have managed our shorelines by building hard structures like seawalls and bulkheads, which actually cause more erosion and create a false sense of security because when they fail, they increase flooding and risk to lives and property."
Report authors include five experts in living shorelines policy, including those from the Gulf of Mexico. The authors include Restore America's Estuaries, North Carolina Coastal Federation, American Littoral Society, Scheda Ecological Associates, and the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.
"We've been using living shorelines for years because they work to protect shorelines in a cost-effective way," said Thomas Ries, Executive Vice President of Scheda Ecological Associates and report team member. "We've had consistent challenges in getting them on the ground, so this report is critical in finding solutions. Living shorelines are a win-win approach: property owners get the reassurance they want and bays and estuaries are healthier."
Continuing to place walls around our shorelines, particularly in coastal bays, will end up drowning coastal habitat critical for fisheries production and resulting in a "bathtub effect" where water will simply slosh back and forth. Mobile Bay, Alabama is often cited as a Gulf coast estuary with this growing problem. Science shows that a better approach is to use living shorelines to manage shorelines, protecting them from erosion while allowing them to maintain their ecological functions.
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2 Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Health Sciences University, Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey
3 Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Special Ozlem Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center, Konya, Turkey DOI : 10.5606/tftrd.2019.1931 Objectives: The objective of this study is to compare effects of neural therapy and exercise on pain, quality of life (QoL), depression, anxiety and functioning status in patients diagnosed with FMS.
Patients and methods: The study was conducted on 72 patients (60 females and 12 males) diagnosed with FMS according to the 1990ACR criteria. Patients were randomized and divided into two groups. The first treatment group (n=30) received an exercise program (strengthening, stretching, relaxation and aerobic exercises, 3 days a week), while the second treatment group (n=42) received total 6 sessions of neural therapy as 1 session a week in addition to the same exercise program. Pain levels were assessed with the visual analog scale, emotional state with Beck depression and Beck anxiety scales, quality of life with SF 36 and functioning status with Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ). Precision points of the patients were further assessed. The patients were evaluated at the end of treatment (week 6) and one month after the end of treatment.
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Today I am SO excited to feature some of my POP Pilates students! As you may know, I have been a POP instructor for a while and it has changed my life so much. Teaching makes me so happy and I leave each class on cloud 9! Through teaching POP I have met some INCREDIBLE people. Honestly, I look forward to teach class knowing I get to spend an hour (or more) with them. Women AND men of all ages, shapes, sizes, backgrounds and views inspire me to grow and be a better, more helpful person.
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Meet Taylor!
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POP has changed the face of group fitness. It's a routine that you don't expect to be as hard as it is! Being a POP instructor is SO rewarding because of the students.
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Google announced this week that it will soon release a version of its Chrome browser for Windows 8 Metro mode.
Chrome for Metro will be available in the next Chrome Dev channel release by setting it as your default browser, Carlos Pizano, a Google software engineer and "Metro Gnome," wrote in a blog post. It will work with the Release Preview of Windows 8, which Microsoft released last week.
Google first announced plans for a Metro-style Chrome browser in March. "Our goal is to be able to offer our users a speedy, simple, secure Chrome experience across all platforms, which includes both the desktop and Metro versions of Windows 8," Google said at the time.
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Google was sure to bring up the fact that the Windows on ARM version of the upcoming Windows 8 OS will not support browsers other than Internet Explorer. "Chrome won't run in WinRT," Pizano said simply.
Like the other versions of Windows 8, Windows RT will include two environments: the classic Windows interface and the more Windows Phone-esque Metro style option. Last month, however, Mozilla complained publicly that "Windows on ARM prohibits any browser except for Internet Explorer from running in the privileged 'Windows Classic' environment." Google soon chimed in that it shared Mozilla's concerns.
Microsoft has not commented on the controversy, but the Senate Judiciary Committee said it is examining whether Windows RT runs afoul of any antitrust regulations.
For more, see Who's Ready for Microsoft's Windows RT? Also check out PCMag's Hands On With Windows 8 Release Preview and the slideshow below.
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Kathryn Boren, Whole Foods spokeswoman, said the sandwich has been "flying off the shelves" at other Whole Foods stores.
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Wednesdays are for wearing something extra dark and powerful. They're for working at Hip Wa Zee, eating El Burrito and watching American Horror Story. Wednesday's are a personal victory, an ode to the middle of the week, an ode to balance right before the weekend. One of my favorite things about this semester is how I've come to appreciate hump days. Granted, I only have classes two days a week, but regardless I feel like I never slow down. Although my Wednesdays are spent working, I've managed to find some sweetness in them. During the month of October, and the most hectic month of the year, my friend Ivory and I decided to have "Witch Wednesday", in which, you guessed it, we dressed in our darkest clothes. If you remember my witch post, you'll know that every day is witch-day for me.. but it is fun to have a day designated to wearing my favorite pieces. Witch Wednesday soon coupled itself with the return of American Horror Story and so began my love affair for this very special day of the week. Here's the thing; life is crazy and hard and hectic, and during all of this we forget how good it can be. Here's a trick; don't wait for life to throw something wonderful at you, instead, make something to look forward to for yourself. For me, this means spending the day wearing an outfit that makes me feel like a Death Queen, working with one of my closest friends at work and then ending the day by watching my favorite tv show. American Horror Story: Freak Show is amazing and watching it with Ivory and my sister makes it that much better.Today, I paired my favorite tulip shorts with a harness bra, some knee socks and my favorite "Witch" bag.
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When I was taking Russian 3, after we had finished the unit on hygiene and the imperfective aspect we were tasked with preparing a short oral presentation describing the actions we take every day to get ready in the morning. I looked up the word for oatmeal (овсянка, if memory serves me correctly) and organized my essay around that. Every morning I put oatmeal on the stove. Then, while the oatmeal cooks, I take a shower, wash my hair, brush my teeth, use the toilet, get dressed--in that order--and come back to make sure the oatmeal is cooked completely. Then, after mixing in some сироп and nuts, I eat it. I eat it with a spoon. Every morning. I have to say, it was one of the most successful talks I ever gave in Russian class, perhaps second only to the presentation I gave we learned different terms for family members. I pretended to be Sarah Palin and described my myriad progeny, prefacing the talk by noting, "You may think it's strange that I am speaking Russian to you right now... but, конечно, I can see Russia from my house."
It was true that I was eating oatmeal just about every morning for breakfast when I was in Russian 3. It wasn't true that I was brushing my teeth before eating it--gross. Even though I tend to lean toward a two-egg omelet or a quick socca for breakfast these days, I think oatmeal will always hold a special place in my heart as my favorite breakfast food. Maybe it's not a weekday thing--it's a slow food, the kind of meal you need to toss on the stove first thing when you wake up before you've had your coffee and then shovel down after you're already late for your bus. But if you take a little time, sit down on the weekend and make some oatmeal, spike it with some honey or a poached egg... oh my stars! Oat my stars.
3 parts steel-cut oats
1 part millet
1 part quinoa
1/2 part pearl barley
1/2 part brown rice
1/4 part amaranth
1/4 part wheat bran
kosher salt
Mix the grains together and store in a large jar. Make sure they're evenly distributed.
One serving of oatmeal is about half a cup of oatmeal mix. When you're ready to make oatmeal, pour your desired quantity of oatmeal mix into a pot and cook over low heat for a minute or two, just to toast the grains. Add several generous pinches of salt and four cups of water for each cup of oatmeal mix. Bring to a full boil, then turn the heat to low, cover, and cook for 30-40 minutes. At that point, taste a spoonful to make sure all the grains are cooked through. If they are, remove the lid and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the oatmeal reaches your desired consistency.
The seven grains above make up my preferred oatmeal blend, but more often than not I'll just use whatever I have hanging around, haphazardly grabbing a few random bags of grain out of the pantry and tossing them into a pot one-by-one. Feel free to experiment.
Here are a few failed experiments on my part: 1) too much amaranth can give you a grassy flavor, which can be unpleasant unless you're a cow; 2) buckwheat turns really sludgy and gross; 3) wheat berries will never soften by the time your oatmeal is ready. I'm about to have these findings published in a peer-reviewed oatmeal journal.
If you want to go gluten-free, you can ditch the barley and the wheat bran, and make sure that the oats you're using weren't processed in a facility that also processes wheat.
If you're adding a fat like brown butter or olive oil, it doesn't hurt to toast the oatmeal mix for a few seconds in that and then add the water. Be careful to do this over very low heat and for for just a few seconds--tiny grains like amaranth can burn very quickly when you're toasting them in fat.
I like red quinoa better than golden quinoa, but it's gotten really expensive, as chronicled in this article, which is kind of a downer. Black quinoa can be kind of sandy and I do not dig it--like, who was eating my oatmeal at the beach? Is that a hermit crab?
Any kind of rice is fine, including super fancy jade or black rice, but try to pick one that cooks in 30 minutes or less so it's not too chewy when the oats are done. Now that I'm not using red quinoa anymore, I dig red rice for its nuttiness and color contrast.
Oatmeal keeps surprisingly well in the fridge--make a larger batch earlier in the week, and then later in the week you can heat up a portion by stirring into an extra half-cup of boiling water and cooking for 5 minutes or so. The texture is a little less exciting than fresh oatmeal, but it gets the job done.
Some people like cooking their oatmeal in milk or cream--I think it's a very Irish thing to do--but I actually like the contrast of cold milk separate from the warm chewy grains. But don't listen to anything I say; you might end up in grad school.
PBAB -- Once the oatmeal is cooked through, add a few tablespoons of peanut butter and stir until smooth. You may need to add a little warm water to thin things out afterward. Pour the oatmeal into a bowl and garnish with tangy apple butter, maybe a little milk too.
Elvis -- Add peanut butter as above, then garnish with sliced banana, chopped toasted peanuts or walnuts, milk, honey, and granola. What really makes this for me is cooking the oatmeal extra long so it's nice and chewy, then pouring cold milk over it. Lovely.
Fat Elvis -- Peanut butter, then garnish with sliced banana, crisp bacon (duh), and honey. Sans oatmeal, plus oat bread, this is also my favorite sandwich on Earth.
Good Morning, Campers -- Extra-virgin olive oil, maple syrup, and salt. Last year, I spilled half a pot of this on a rock on the way to Clouds Rest in Yosemite. Warning--this oatmeal is so delicious that after you make it for the first time, you will be asked to make it on all subsequent camping trips.
Ultimate Oatmeal -- Maple syrup, miso, and tahini. I like this because it marries three flavors from different continents into one crazy good savory oatmeal. Mix the miso and tahini with a little hot water before adding them to the mix, otherwise they'll clump up, and nobody wants to hit a big chunk of miso paste in the middle of breakfast.
Sunday Oatmeal -- Caramelize some onions with salt and curry powder, then serve the oatmeal with a poached egg and caramelized onions. Wonderful.
Arpeggio -- Brown a tablespoon (maybe two) of butter per person in the pot that you're going to use to cook the oatmeal. Pour half of this brown butter off into a small bowl. Toast the grains in the brown butter for a few seconds, then add water, salt, and a light drizzle of maple syrup. While the oatmeal is cooking, poach one egg per person and keep them in a bowl of cold water. When the oatmeal is ready, reheat your poached eggs in simmering water for 15 seconds. Top each bowl of oatmeal with a poached egg, a drizzle of brown butter, finely minced chives, fancy salt, and white pepper. Stunning. See photograph above.
FRIED OATMEAL -- Make some extra oatmeal. Right before you add any fatty elements like cream, milk, peanut butter, or tahini, take a serving of oatmeal and spread it out in a shallow dish at a thickness of 1/2 inch (crispy) - 1 inch (custardy). Let the oatmeal cool to room temperature, and then cool it, covered, in the fridge overnight. When you're ready to have your mind blown, take the cooled oatmeal and fry it in a cast iron skillet over medium heat with a bit of butter (clarified butter is even better, because it won't start smoking). Add a little more butter, flip, and place the skillet into a 350 ºF oven. Cook for 5 or 6 minutes, or until warmed through and crispy on the second side. Move to a plate, 9then top with salt, pepper, and a poached egg. Tears. Streaming.
I've always thought that oatmeal or fried oatmeal would be a really good bed on which to rest some lamb braised in tomato sauce. Or, if you're a vegan, some cauliflower roasted with turmeric. Either way, it's something I need to try at my next dinner party.


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The UAlberta Classics blog is intended for all things Classics, but in the summer it focuses on the adventures of students in their Greek field school: The Kastro Kallithea Archaeological Project (KKAP), directed by Associate Professor Margriet Haagsma.
This year marks the 12th season of the KKAP, a project conducted by the University of Alberta and the Council of Antiquities in Larissa, Greece, with the support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the Canadian Institute in Athens. The site at Kastro Kallithea is an ancient fortified city located on a 600 metre-high hill in Thessaly, Greece, with a surface area of 34 hectares. The city had an acropolis, impressive defensive structures and an intact city plan with the architecture of many houses, and public structures visible at the surface. The project included mapping, surveying and excavating a very well preserved Classical/Hellenistic city.
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Logic is the subject that has helped me most in picking stocks, if only because it taught me to identify the peculiar illogic of Wall Street. Actually Wall Street thinks just as the Greeks did. The early Greeks used to sit around for days and debate how many teeth a horse has. They thought they could figure it out just by sitting there, instead of checking the horse. A lot of investors sit around and debate whether a stock is going up, as if the financial muse will give them the answer, instead of checking the company.Send Quote
Three classes inhabited the city (Alexandria in Egypt): first the Aegyptian or native stock of people, who were quick-tempered and not inclined to civil life; and secondly the mercenary class, who were severe and numerous and intractable...; and, third, the tribe of the Alexandrians, who also were not distinctly inclined to civil life, and for the same reasons, but still they were better than those others, for even though they were a mixed people, still they were Greeks by origin and mindful of the customs common to the Greeks.Send Quote
People knew there were two ways of coming at truth. One was science, or what the Greeks called Logos, reason, logic. And that was essential that the discourse of science or logic related directed to the external world. The other was mythos, what the Greeks called myth, which didn't mean a fantasy story, but it was a narrative associated with ritual and ethical practice but it helped us to address problems for which there were no easy answers, like mortality, cruelty, the sorrow that overtakes us all that's part of the human condition. And these two were not in opposition, we needed both.Send Quote
Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a commercial for sour cream potato chips and rush out to buy, but now they call this free will. At least the ancient Greeks were being honest.Send Quote
In every civilization, life grows easier. Men grow lazier in consequence. We have a picture of what happened to the individual Greek. (I cannot look at history, or at any human action, except as I look at the individual.) The Greeks had good food, good witty talk, pleasant dinner parties; and they were content. When the individual man had reached that condition in Athens, when the thought not of giving to the state but of what the state could give to him, Athens' freedom was doomed.Send Quote
The Parisian is to the French what the Athenian was to the Greeks: no one sleeps better than he, no one is more openly frivolous and idle, no one appears more heedless. But this is misleading. He is given to every kind of listlessness, but when there is glory to be won he may be inspired with every kind of fury. Give him a pike and he will enact the tenth of August, a musket and you have Austerlitz. He was the springboard of Napoleon and the mainstay of Danton. At the cry of "la patrie" he enrols, and at the call of liberty he tears up the pavements. Beware of him!Send Quote
Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other crazy to go to sea? Why upon your first voyage as a passenger, did you yourself feel such a mystical vibration, when first told that you and your ship were now out of sight of land? Why did the old Persians hold the sea holy? Why did the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother of Jove? Surely all this is not without meaning.Send Quote
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding, and questioning of the social conditions under which man exists and tries to better himself. One of the first moves of a dictatorship is to stifle the artists and thinkers who have the ability to stir up dissent from any prescribed dogma which might enslave them. Because the artist can arouse the curiosity and conscience of his community, he becomes a threat to those who have taken power.Send Quote
I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty because I think one illuminates the other. We're all cruel, aren't we? We are all extreme in one way or another at times and that's what drama, since the Greeks, has dealt with. I hope the overall view isn't just that though, or I've failed in my writing. There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies.Send Quote
It is astonishing to think that millions of people in my time""now, too, I suppose""actually thought that at a given moment in history two human beings had evolved to a higher state than that of all the gods that ever were or ever will be. This is titanism, as the Greeks would say. This is madness.Send Quote
Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks offered simple psychological training, we live in an age of style and spin in which perceptions of good and evil slither and shift with the political view of the moment.Send Quote
As the Deity has given us Greeks all other blessings in moderation, so our moderation gives us a kind of wisdom which is timid, in all likelihood, and fit for common people, not one which is kingly and splendid. This wisdom, such as it is, observing that human life is ever subject to all sorts of vicissitudes, forbids us to be puffed up by the good things we have, or to admire a man's felicity while there is still time for it to change.Send Quote
Santa Claus is a god. He's no less a god than Ahura Mazda, or Odin, or Zeus. Think of the white beard, the chariot pulled through the air by a breed of animal which doesn't ordinarily fly, the prayers (requests for gifts) which are annually mailed to him and which so baffle the Post Office, the specially-garbed priests in all the department stories. And don't gods reflect their creators' society? The Greeks had a huntress goddess, and gods of agriculture and war and love. What else would we have but a god of giving, of merchandising, and of consumption?Send Quote
The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatreSend Quote
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.Send Quote
England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots.Send Quote
That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is that has browsed off all the woods on Walden shore, that Trojan horse, with a thousand men in his belly, introduced by mercenary Greeks! Where is the country's champion, the Moore of Moore Hall, to meet him at the Deep Cut and thrust an avenging lance between the ribs of the bloated pest?Send Quote
Whoever heard of such a mixture of languages in one army, since there were French, Flemings, Frisians, Gauls, Sayonards, Lotharingians, Allemani, Bavarians, Normans, English, Scots, Aquitanians, Italians, Danes, Apulians, Iberians, Bretons, Greeks and Armenians.Send Quote
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See the ancient and vengeful bosses lurking in the four new instances for the soon-to-be-released Aion 4.0 expansion.
The Fortress Reward offers a riveting fortress siege in the Katalam region. "Katalam fortresses have unique terrain such as mountains, plains, even fortresses where flight control will be very important. Unlike established conventions, there is also a solo instance," said NCsoft.
Time limits and AP gains for these new instances will be similar to current instances, the Aion developer added. Legions that take the fortresses will get "special versions" of the instances where better rewards are offered, which should make controlling the fortresses especially competitive.
Underground Katalam is an expansive underground cave that spans the northern and southern areas of the new region for the MMORPG. Here players will be able to access the 12-person raid dungeon Katalamize and Lunadium, a top-tier instance for level 65 Daevas.
Katalamize pits an ancient weapon of destruction called Hyperion against Daevas brave enough to face it. "Hyperion with be the strongest boss of Aion 4.0, so players will need to be very organized to defeat it," said NCsoft.
Meanwhile, Lunadium introduces Grendal, a grieving witch boss that will prove difficult for even the most veteran players.
"Grendal assaults players within a confined area with five different attacks; moving outside the area causes instant death, so careful movement and precise timing are essential. There is a time limit to this fight: Grendal must be defeated before she becomes enraged," said NCsoft.
Of course, conquering these new Aion 4.0 instances will be more than worth it, rewarding some of the finest crafting materials, weapons and class-specific gear so far in the free online rpg.
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If siblings come along bring drink and snacks and an extra set of hands if necessary. I do have some toys to help entertain, but sessions can get long. It also is helpful for younger ones to have someone else bring them half way through the session.
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A central feature of the program is the mentoring provided by UW-Whitewater faculty, where each scholar receives guidance in working on a research project, as well as regular contact with a professional role model. The research component requires each scholar to complete a research project and present that project at a professional conference. Scholars participate in a research internship during their second summer at a university, regional, or national research center. This program promotes:
Ronald E. McNair was best known for his illustrious service to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. McNair was born October 12, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina. He attended North Carolina AT&T State University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1971 with a BS in Physics. McNair then enrolled in the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1976, at the age of 26, he earned a Ph.D. in Physics. McNair became a recognized expert in laser physics while working as a staff physicist with Hughes Research laboratory. He was selected by NASA for the space shuttle program in 1978 and was a mission specialist aboard the 1984 flight of the shuttle Challenger. Ronald McNair was tragically killed in the Challenger accident in 1986. After his death, members of Congress provided funding for the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program to encourage college students to enroll in graduate studies.
Turn in completed materials to McCutchan Hall 219 or electronically to firstname.lastname@example.com. Complete meeting with a McNair staff to review application materials, undergraduate research plan and graduate school plans by calling 262-472-2804. McNair Advisory Committee will confirm prospects after formal review. Sign McNair Scholars Program Student agreement.


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WATCH: Clinic patients charged monthly for texting service they didn't even use
A Quebec service that notifies you about wait times in clinics is now in trouble with Quebec's consumer protection office.
Consumers are complaining about being charged more than what they were told.
NDG resident Jennifer Hulleman started using Patient in Line about a year ago - the texting service would notify her when her turn was coming up at the medical clinic.
Hulleman's credit card was charged a fee for each time she went, which was once or twice.
But Hulleman said after she was charged for her visit this past January, she was charged again - $3.44 - in February, when she didn't use the service or even go to the clinic.
Hulleman had heard about other users being charged monthly when they didn't use the service. Hulleman cancelled her credit card to stop the charges.
"When I signed up to use it back in January, there was no notification that this was a monthly subscription," said Hulleman in an interview with CJAD 800 News.
"I wasn't very happy about it. I don't understand why anyone would need to use a monthly subscription to a walk-in clinic notification."
Consumer protection office spokesman Charles Tanguay said they've received nearly a hundred complaints so far and they've fired off a warning to the company.
"The merchant has to have a very clear notification about what's in (the service contract) and what is this charge," said Tanguay in a phone interview.
"You cannot charge any consumer for a service he didn't ask for."
Tanguay said if the company continues to ignore their warnings, they'll start proceedings which could result in fines if the company is found to have violated the Consumer Protection Act.
CJAD is still waiting for a comment from Patient in Line.


text: Richard Spencer, one of the most newly famous neo-Nazis, is another great example of someone who has shied away from the neo-Nazi label while obviously holding beliefs that match perfect with those of old school Nazis. Spencer coined the term "alt-right," and though words can change and evolve over time, he was pretty clear about his intentions with the word. The term "alt-right" was a way to make the white supremacist movement more palatable, especially online. And it gave racists and fascists cover. They could echo the exact thoughts of neo-Nazis while they feigned offense that anyone dare call them one. They're alt-right, they insist. Not neo-Nazi.


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Marriage. She's a tough one. A beast really. When she's good-she's great. When she's not- damn. Eric and I have been married 18 years. Sounds crazy. I think it's a record. At least in my mind it is. And let me tell you, it's not been all sunshine and rainbows.
We really could not be more different. Lucky for Eric, I only spent the first 10 years of our lives trying to fix him.smile emoticon Because you know I had it all figured out. He was really raised in an environment where counseling was king. I was raised in an environment more along the lines of stuff it and move on. Counseling was for the weak in my mind. Little did I know my future. Strong people don't need counseling. We can work it out on our own I thought That's how I was raised. So when Eric wanted to talk about his feelings and really work through things I would get so angry. Turns out when you get married, you actually bring all of your crap-and I mean all of it -straight up into your sweet little union.... (And if you don't think you have crap, your probably reading the wrong post)....Insecurities. At their fullest.
Here we are 18 years into this gig, thinking we probably have another 40 to go. I can only imagine. And just when we figure some stuff out, we get a do over and the way our life looks changes completely.
I don't have any awesome advice about marriage. Typically we marry people because of all the awesomeness about them. Then we spend the next however many years trying to change them. Really no clue why this happens. But it does.
It's only been after some massive years of counseling and sorting out some of my random junk that I realized maybe I should just love Eric for exactly who he is.
Ground breaking.
Eric is one of the most Type A, outgoing, truth telling, biggest givers I have ever met in my life. Sometimes he is so outgoing and so comfortable sharing his thoughts with others it makes me squirm- because I'm a stuffer. But what I finally learned, and I know it's quite impressive after 18 years-That's exactly why I married him...for all of these exact things about him. He actually does not need to be me....If he was me, we would probably be living like a couple of gypsies on the High sea.
What actually happens when you marry someone totally different than you if you stick with it long enough- is you'll actually complement one another. Don't get me wrong. We share some of the exact same core beliefs- that is why it works. We are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. That's what brought us together in the first place.
It's crazy how your rolls can shift over the years. Add in a business, two businesses, one, two, three, four, five kids, foster care ends and outs, home, families, in-laws, a life together- it's a wee bit to juggle.
So cheers to doing the hard. Marriage aint for sissies. We love, we mess up, and we get another chance tomorrow. Can you relate?
Judge less. Love more. Seems to be a theme that would be great if it would stick across the United States right about now.
Love on your partner. And remember why you started loving them in the first place.
Big Love,
Marriage. She's a Tough One.
Marriage. She's a tough one. A beast really. When she's good-she's great. When she's not- damn. Eric and I have been married 18 years. Sounds crazy. I think it's a record. At least in my mind it is. And let me tell you, it's not been all sunshine and rainbows.


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Patient Reviews
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"Dr. Lisk, Thank you for your call yesterday – that was a very pleasant, reassuring and thoughtful thing to do. My teeth amaze me! I spend all my time looking in the mirror. I can't thank you enough for this transformation!"
– Anne T., North Raleigh, NC
"After completing Before & After photos: "Dr. Lisk & Super Staff, Thank you so much for a fun [photo shoot]. You are all terrific, individually and together. A photo cannot begin to capture the difference your work has made in my life. It is not about appearance, but rather an inner feeling of fully expressing myself with a wholesome smile and not holding back or covering up. Whether I'm with a grandchild or friend, expressing myself is no longer marred – I see it in their eyes! Thank you!"
– Anne T., North Raleigh, NC
"Dr. Lisk, I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am for what you've done for me. Giving me a smile I can be happy with has literally changed my life. It is a delight to smile back at strangers and offer a cheery 'hello' to everyone. I've noticed also that I am now treated with more respect. This came as a surprise to me. I'm finding out just how important appearances are and have decided to help others have beautiful smiles also. If you have a benevolence fund at your practice, please let me know. I would like to contribute when I can. Thank you from my heart."
– Julia M., North Raleigh, NC
"After completing Before & After photos: "I'm glad I took the photos but I'll be honest with you, I'm deeply embarrassed by my before photo. It reminds me of all the many years I was ashamed of my smile - not a pleasant memory. After getting my new smile I had to practice using cheek muscles to smile bigger! I wasn't used to that!"
– Julia M., North Raleigh, NC
"Dr. Lisk, I would like to extend my thanks to you and your very competent staff in helping me with this most recent dental procedure. It was handled very professionally."
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"Dr. Lisk and Staff, When first approached with the idea of restoration of my teeth I had mixed emotions. Surely I've always wanted a perfect smile, but didn't know it would be so easily done in a few office visits with no stress and no pain. Each step was explained ahead of time. I felt comfortable, trusting and relaxed. Look at me now!"
– Margaret H., North Raleigh, NC
"Dr. Lisk and staff, I would like to thank you for your kindness and friendship as well as your professional work. I will be scheduling my next appointment within the week. Thanks, again, for all your help!"
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For some days now, there has been some channel migrations, what i meant is that, some satellites are now adding channels to it bird. Like Joytv,if you blind scan your decoder, you will be amazed with the channels you will find there. Also on SES5, 3W,7E, there are lots of FTAs on that sat for now.
To get MBC HD 1-4, please follow this guidelines;
Track joytv with 12522 V 27000, then after u hit green, nail it. Input 12303 H 27500 and lift it a bit, you should hit green. After you hit green, again nail it and input 12265 H 27500 and scan, you should get the channels. But if you decide to go with 12265 H 27500,you will only end up hitting dstv, as dstv has same TP on it satellite.
Enjoy while it last.
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Why A Teleprompter App is the Key To Social Media Engagement
Video has become the dominant force in social media, and marketers are looking for solutions for videomaking that save them time and money and simplify the production process. The best solution today is to use an app that allows you to record video on your phone in a manner that allows you to make a very professional looking video.
Why Video is the Dominant Force in Social Media
The statistics on this are clear. Forbes estimates that eighty percent of web traffic will be video related by 2019. Also, one-third of time spent online is dedicated to watching videos. Brightcove did a study and found that adding video to social media posts boosted engagement by 1200%.
These are just a few statistics that prove that video is huge. Whether your goal is to sell a product, convince people of a cause, or simply to reach a large number of people and influence them or communicate to them in any way, for any reason – using a video is like grabbing 30 blocks of prime real estate for your message. Using the same analogy, a single tweet without video is like writing your message on a paper napkin. Nobody notices.
How to produce more video
There are basically two major obstacles companies and individuals face when producing video. The first is the filming process, and the second is the editing process.
To produce video quickly, you want to minimize the time that is spent memorizing scripts and rehearsing. A teleprompter is an obvious solution – but it is more difficult than it sounds on the surface. To truly work effectively, a teleprompter must be paired with a camera and placed far enough away from the speaker that the audience cannot tell that they are not looking directly at the camera.
I, personally, have tried to use both tablets and laptops for the solution, with poor results.
The solution? The BIGVU Teleprompter App and Online Video Maker
The first solution is the BIGVU Teleprompter app. This will display a teleprompter, and simultaneously record your video. The script will scroll, as you read, and the video is recorded. It uses the selfie camera of your phone or tablet to record – which has, in the past few years, become a professional-level video camera on all major brand-name smartphones.
How to create videos without a timeline video editor
After the video is recorded, you are going to need to edit it. Even an experienced video editor will tell you that a simple video will take at least an hour, if not 10 hours or more, to edit – if you include the process of importing the footage, organizing it properly on a hard drive, actually editing the video by combining images or other videos with the main clip, adding titles, adding music, and exporting in a proper format.
This can come as a surprise to many business owners and marketers who do not have experience with video. Ideally, they would like to see the editing process take as little as five minutes, with perhaps an hour or two being reserved for complex projects .
Fortunately – using the BIGVU Composer, videos can be edited at these kinds of speeds. Captions are added in one click, stylized in a couple minutes, stock images and videos (or videos that are uploaded by the user) are added with a drag and drop interface, tweets can be embedded within the video using the simple search sidebar and a drag and drop. And the video is published to your social channels directly from your desk (our online interface where you access the video editor and edit your videos).
The bottom-line
If you want your message to be heard, and to be heard in a big way, then video is the tool you need to use to grab attention online.
The BIGVU Teleprompter and BIGVU Composer combine to help you make and publish a video in a matter of minutes, so you can start getting attention for your brand or your ideas online.
Check out the BIGVU Teleprompter app on our main site – BIGVU.TV


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Hub Construction Specialties has been in the business of supplying concrete accessories for more than 55 years. In addition we stock all types of contractor tools, products, and materials. We have more than 20,000 items, including 100 private label products, and 14 branches, as well as a rebar fabrication and detailing facility, to serve you, our valued customer, throughout California and Arizona.
Hub is determined to service your needs in the most cost-effective, efficient manner possible. In addition, we provide Tilt-up Construction Detailing Services for concrete tilt-up projects. We carry a vast array of tilt-up related items for long and short term rental as well as for sale. Our Forming Division can provide you with rental forms and shoring supplies to complete your project on time and within your budget.
Hub can provide your construction project with the all the framing hardware you may require. We stock all the major brands of power tools, hand tools, and concrete finishing equipment at all 14 locations. We also carry industrial products ranging from first aid kits through to material handling equipment. Hub keeps in stock, a large supply of concrete repair and restoration materials, as well as products for graffiti removal and earthquake retrofitting.
Our Reputation is Built on Service. We strive to identify and understand the specific needs of each customer and work with our suppliers, to respond with quality products, information, and excellent service.
Hub Construction Specialties, Inc., a leading supplier of construction materials, tools, and equipment, is proud to announce more than 55 years of service to the Construction Industry in the Inland Empire.
It is 1957 and Bob Gogo stands by the 25' x 25' garage that will be the home of his new dream - Hub Construction Specialties, Inc.
"I opened with a staff of two - myself and someone to answer the phones while I was out," says Bob. "I made all the sales calls, deliveries, product pick-ups and even typed invoices. Those were the hectic days but definitely the fun days."
After working for a concrete accessory company in Los Angeles, Gogo decided to create, as the name suggests, a "hub" for concrete accessories in the Inland Empire.
"At that time, the Inland Empire was a well kept secret. It was in its infancy with no freeways or interchanges. I figured that if I kept a low profile, I could consolidate this area."
Working many days from 6 a.m. to midnight, Gogo made sales calls on his first customers. Many were working on the major projects that transformed San Bernardino from a backwoods roadstop to a thriving municipality. "Companies like E.L. Yeager, Matich Construction, and J.D. Diffenbaugh, were some of my first customers, and we are still servicing them. Other current customers hadn't even started yet." says Gogo. "In those early days, we supplied materials and equipment to a lot of schools, freeways, hospitals, flood control channels, shopping centers, and water storage tanks."
As HUB became known in the area as a reliable supplier, Gogo expanded his lines from strictly concrete accessories to include tools, epoxies, concrete curing materials, equipment, and now, most recently, a Forming and Shoring Division, a Rebar Fabrication and Detailing facility, and a Framing Hardware Division. "When I first started the business, we had maybe 20 items to sell or rent. Now we have 20,000 items." says Gogo.
With inventory expansion, came the need for more warehouse space. Gogo first expanded from a 25' wide lot to a 100' wide lot, and then to the 34,000 feet of warehouse HUB occupies today in San Bernardino. To service his customers around the region, and throughout the state, Gogo opened sales locations in Ontario, Indio, San Marcos, San Diego, Glendale, Bakersfield, Lake Havasu City AZ, Murrieta, Santa Ana, Long Beach/Paramount, Fresno, Oakland, and Rancho Cordova.
HUB itself has grown in size over the years, and, Gogo proudly says, the best thing about the growth has been the people who work at HUB, "I have just tremendous people. We train our personnel, and try to promote from within. Most of our people in any position of authority have worked for me practically all their working years. We give everyone an opportunity. Almost all of our personnel started out in the warehouse, learning the product lines much as I did."
HUB has little turn over in personnel. And why do they stay? It could be Gogo's open door policy. It may be that he treats everyone fairly and with respect, from a person in the warehouse to his top managers. It may be that HUB is now an employee owned company. "I hope it's because I did something right." says Gogo.
And what about HUB customers? Why do they keep coming back?
"It all goes back to having good personnel who like what they do and care about the customer," says Gogo. "We're more than just a supplier, we're a company that really helps our customers. We don't always bid low, but we do service them as best we can. If we can't come up with an answer right away, you bet we're going to find it out and relay it on. Anyone can supply something, but there are very few companies that really want to help. And that's what makes our jobs fun."
Prices posted on this website may vary from branch prices and refer to currently available stock. Pricing herein represent prices for cash, debit or credit card purchases only. No payment terms are associated with website purchases.
Because of the possibility of human and mechanical error as well as other factors, Hub is not responsible for any errors or omissions, by either its own or its information providers. All information is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Hub makes no warranties or representations and disclaims all express, implied and statutory warranties of any kind, including as to accuracy, timeliness, completeness, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
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I recently came across this beautiful letter written by Makoto Fujimura to young artists. It is a message that a young artist should hear. It is also a message any artist should hear. Read it. Re-read it. I have.
Portions of it have been rolling around in my own head for years. But, there are pieces that are a revelation to me. It has taken me decades to bring 'art' to a point in my life where it can be synonymous with prayer/meditation. Not always, but sometimes. and then I desire to incorporate gold and silver and even more. If my prayers (read: scrawled nonsensical journalings and sketchings) are a sweet smelling sacrifice (and I pray they are), this desire for pure beauty to be part of them seems right.
Here is one of those revelations that came through this letter, though. I have found my art supplies, since college days, from the drug store, the back sale corners of craft stores, things people are throwing away. And this is OK. I have lived "reduce, reuse, recycle" since way before it was trendy. Old stuff and 'trash' paper, will continue to make it into what I do. But...here is the clincher. This is my offering to God. My journals have been taking me there. And, if so, can I invest in metaphorical expensive oil, like Mary? I have set art aside for most of my life to invest time in family, church, etc. I have spent little money on it, again, to invest other ways.
In this I may have been more like Martha than her sister Mary, one of the other Mary's the Bible speaks of.
This is an Iphone capture from one of my journals.
Here is a small excerpt from Makoto's letter.
"Like Mary's expensive oil, our expression flows out as a response to grace in our lives. Even if you are not cognizant of a grace reality, you can still create in the possibility of future grace. That takes faith to do, but if you can do that, you will be joining so many artists of the past who wrestled deeply with faith, doubt, poverty, rejection, longing and yet chose to create. Know that the author of creativity longs for you to barge in, break open the gift you have been saving; he will not only receive you, he can bring you purpose behind the battle, and rebuke those who reject you. Mary's oil was the only thing Jesus wore to the cross. He was stripped of everything else, but art can sometimes endure even torture. A friend of mine said that in the aroma of Christ, Mary's oil mixed with Christ's blood and sweat, there are da Vincis and Bachs floating about. He will bring your art, music and dance to the darkness of death, and into the resurrection of the third day.
So endeavor to create generatively. Don't be a critic when you create. You can look at your work later and discern what is good. Your growth as an artist is not in being able to impress others, or even God."
If I had come across this discussion years ago would it have changed what I did with my time and money? I don't know.
Will it change me now?
And about Makoto Fujimura's art? He uses gold and ground semi-precious stones in his painting.
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I have put several thin coats of varnish on the hull of my Eastport pram and have sanded it with 440 wet sandpaper between each coat. What I am not sure of is how much varnish I am removing by sanding? I am concerned if I am removing too much there won't be enough varnish left behind even after five coats to provide adequate UV protection. I sand until most of the gloss of the varnish is gone with some shiny spots left, but I still feel like I am taking most of it off. Is there any way to tell how much varnish is on the hull?
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RE: How much varnish is left?
Many of us use Scotchbrite pads instead of sand paper. They will rough up the surface for bonding to the next coat without removing mutch varnish. If you have drips and runs, you will need the sand paper to get those out, but otherwise the pads should do it. If you do a search on this sight for Scotchbrite, you should pick up a rather extensive discussion on this issue from a few months ago.
By the way, both of my boats have 5 coats of Captain's varnish. I sanded one and used scotchbrite on the other. The sanded one is now 2 1/2 years old and shows no damage to the epoxy.
Good luck. You are almost done!!
Paul G.
Thanks Paul but..
I am aware of the Scotchbrite route but decided to go with the sanding. Do you know how to tell if enough varnish is on the wood regardless of the method used?


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Compass School has an Independent Appeals Panel appointed in accordance with the provisions of the statutory Code of Practice on School Admission Appeals. If your child has not been offered a place at Compass School, you have the right of appeal to the panel.
Please find the timetable for admissions appeals for students who wish to join the school in September 2017:
Please contact the school for more information and forms.


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5.NBT.B.7 Worksheets
"Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Decimal Subtraction
Money Math: Solve Sales Tax Word Problems
Money Math: Shopping and Shipping #1
Money Math: Shopping and Shipping #2
Money Math: Calculate Tips
Darting Decimals #1
Adding Decimals
Multiplying Decimals
Dividing Decimals: Math Riddle
Multiply Decimals and Color 1
Division Coloring Page
Solve for X
Order of Operations Practice #1
Decimal Addition Practice
Practice Multiplying Decimals
Centimeters to Inches
Lab Sale
Calculating Batting Average in Baseball
Add the Decimals
How to Multiply Decimals
More Bang for Your Buck
Buying in Bulk
Magic Square: Decimals
Presidential Problems at The Pizza Place
Batter Up! Compare Batting Averages of Major League Baseball Players
Add and Subtract Decimals on a Number Line
What's Up, Decimals?
Decimal Challenge #1
Decimal Challenge #2


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California real property not owned by a living trust is at risk of probate.
Huntington Beach, Callifornia (PRWEB) June 25, 2015
Deed and Record is an online service to change ownership of real property. This press release has tips on how ownership change into a trust avoids probate in California and reduces taxes.
1. Avoid Probate: The best way to avoid probate in California is with a trust. Many Californians have a living trust and own real property but have not connected the two together by "funding" the real property into the living trust. Funding real property into a living trust is by "deed." On death of the owner, the successor trustee transfers real property by deed to heirs, relatives or others as directed in the trust.
Deeds are paper documents signed by real property owners to convey ownership or to change how real property is owned. Deeds are either "warranty deeds" "grant deeds" or "quit claim deeds." It does not matter what deed to use to fund a trust because the real property owner changes only how real property is owned. There is no change in actual ownership.
The deed must be part of the public database maintained by each county in California. The deed is "recorded" in the county where the real property is located. Each county's department to process deeds is aptly named the "County Recorder." Recording the deed puts the world on notice how title is held and is the final word on ownership.
There are no transfer taxes or property tax increases on trust transfers. But trust transfers of real property by a married couple in California have a unique capital gains tax challenge. A transfer out of joint tenancy into a trust may not be treated as community property by the IRS.
2. Reduce Capital Gains Tax: The surviving spouse can avoid or reduce capital gains tax in a community property state like California. Community property receives a full step-up in basis on the first spouse's death and the opportunity to avoid or reduce capital gains tax. If community property treatment is desired, good practice is in writing to expressly state the real estate is community property. The best place to make the community property affirmation is directly on the deed terminating the joint tenancy.
"Community property" designation does have legal consequences in the event of divorce or dissolution of marriage. Any separate property interest in real property designated as community property may lose its separate property interest and the other spouse obtains a one-half ownership in the real property in the event of a divorce.
3. Avoid Property Tax Increase. Each county property tax assessor's office in California reviews all recorded deeds for that county to determine which properties require reappraisal under California law. Proposition 13 requires the county assessor to reassess the property to its current fair market value as of the date change in ownership.
Since property taxes are based on the assessed value of a property at the time of acquisition, a current market value higher than the previously assessed Proposition 13 adjusted base year value will increase the property taxes. But there are exclusions. Transfers in and out of a trust are exempt. To obtain the exclusion, the grantee fills out a form for the county assessor entitled Preliminary Change of Ownership Report (PCOR).
In California the best way to avoid probate is with a trust. Funding real property into a trust is by "deed." A deed is a paper documents signed by real property owner to convey ownership and change title. Deed and Record prepares and records deeds for owners of real property who have created a trust.
This press release is provided by Mark W. Bidwell, a licensed California attorney. Office is 4952 Warner Avenue, Suite 235, Huntington Beach, California. Phone number is 714-846-2888.