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A lack of water has Monterey County water managers asking if the Los Padres Dam, a reservoir off of the Carmel River, could be seen as a main source of drinking water for Monterey County residents.Video Transcript
THE DROUGHT. TODAY: THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCED IT HAS SET ASIDE 20 MILLION DOLLARS for FARMERS AND RANCHERS ACROSS THE STATE. THE MONEY CAN BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE MAKING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS MORE EFFICIENT ... AND MAKING SURE UNPLANTED FARM LAND DOESN'T BLOW Away AS DUST. THE MONEY WILL BE IN THE FORM OF GRANTS ... AND MUST BE APPLIED FOR BY MARCH FIRST.# ...AND THE LACK OF WATER THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAS MONTEREY COUNTY WATER MANAGERS ASKING IF THE LOS PADRES DAM -- A RESERVOIR OFF OF THE CARMEL RIVER -- COULD BE SEEN AS A MAIN SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER FOR MONTEREY COUNTY RESIDENTS. ACTION NEWS REPORTER JACQUELINE MAZUR IS LIVE FROM OUR SALINAS NEWSROOM WITH MORE TONIGHT. JACQUELINE? #### DAN/ERIN -- IT'S DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY... BUT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM... FIGURING OUT A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE LACK OF WATER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. "4:40-ROUGHLY BEFORE 4:54 We're starting to take a look at what are the options, what's the role of the dam on the river, what's the effect of dam releases on the water supply?" THAT'S THE JOB FOR WATER MANAGERS AS THEY LOOK FOR LONGTERM SOLUTIONS TO OUR DRINKING WATER PROBLEM THROUGHOUT MONTEREY COUNTY. THE CARMEL RIVER CONNECTS TO THE LOS PADRES DAM -- THE ONLY REMAINING DAM ON THE RIVER. A PORTION OF THE RESERVOIR IS ALREADY BEING USED FOR DRINKING WATER.... BUT BEFORE THEY CAN MOVE FURTHER, MORE ANALYSIS STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE, INCLUDING WHAT IMPACT EXPANSION WOULD HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT... INCLUDING THE STEELHEAD TROUT WHICHS SPAWN in the CARMEL RIVER. THOSE STUDIES, MANAGERS WARN, TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY: "9:37-? Unfortunately, everything requires a lot of studies, CEQA is very expensive and all these monies have to be spent before we know where we're going to end up on the project. "13:25-13:32 That's a hard thing for the public to understand because the money is just going out and they haven't seen a drop of water from it yet." IN MONTEREY -- JACQUELINE MAZUR KSBW ACTION NEWS EIGHT. #### IT COULD TAKE BOARD MEMBERS MONTHS MEANTIME -- TO DISCOVER HOW THEY PROPOSE TO UTILIZE THE DAM. THE NEXT STEP IS TO COME UP WITH THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE PLAN. DAN/ERIN? #### THE MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETS AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS. THAT'S TUESDAY THE EIGHTEETH AT NINE A-M IN THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE ROOM. THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. #### THE SANTA CRUZ WATER COMMISSION HAS DECLARED A WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL NEW MEASURES. THE DECLARATION BY-PASSED STAGE TWO RESTRICTIONS AND MOVED RIGHT INTO STAGE THREE. THE BIG FOCUS: A DRASTIC OUTDOOR WATER USE REDUCTION BY TWO THIRDS CITYWIDE. ANOTHER 5 TO 10 PERCENT OF THE REDUCTION WILL COME FROM INDOOR USE.. AND THE OVERALL GOAL IS FOR THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS TO USE 25 PERCENT LESS WATER. THE RATIONING WILL ALLOCATE JUST 50 GALLONS PER PERSON PER HOME WHERE IF YOU GO OVER THAT LIMIT -- RATES INCREASE TENFOLD. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL STILL NEED TO APPROVE THE PLAN AT ITS MEETING NEXT WEEK. AND ANY NEW RATES LIKELY WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL MAY.#
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I think it's pretty intuitive how singular/simplicial cohomology detects "holes" in a space.
How can we directly visualize how and in what sense the Cech cohomology of a cover does this?
In case it's of any interest, here are two examples I've looked at with the constant sheaf $\mathbb{Z}$:
(1) The disk, covered "Venn diagram style" with three open patches $U_1, U_2, U_3$ overlapping near the center (like this, but with overlaps), and
(2) The restriction of this cover to the boundary circle of the disk: three opens $U_1, U_2, U_3$ with 3 double intersections $U_{12}, U_{13}, U_{23}$ and no triple intersection.
If you look at the Cech complex in (2), the $H^1=\mathbb{Z}$ "comes from" the fact that you can write down a triple of elements $(1,0,0)$ on $U_{12}, U_{13}$,$U_{23}$ which "would" disagree on the triple overlap in (1), but since it's "missing", $(1,0,0)$ gets counted as a cocycle, which is not a coboundary. Even better, the presentation of this $H^1$ you get from the Cech complex is $\mathbb{Z}^3/\{(a,b,c)=(b,c,a)\}$, which is isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}$ because you can "rotate" all the coordinates "around the missing intersection" into the first component.
I think a like minded analysis of higher dimensional analogues provides similar intuition. Are there any formulations of the Cech complex to really make precise how this intuition should work? What's going on here?
Follow up: Following Mariano's answer below, I started reading about Abstract simplicial complexes and their cohomology, which seem like just what I was looking for. What helped me most were the ideas that
1) The (constant sheaf) Cech cohomology of a cover $\cal{U}$ of $X$ "is" the simplicial cohomology of its nerve
$N(\cal{U})$, an abstract simplicial complex,
2) The simplicial cohomology of an abstract simplicial complex "is" the singular cohomology of its geometric realization, and
3) The geometric realization of the nerve of a covering of $X$ is a "simple approximation" of $X$,
So in this sense, we can say precisely that
Cech (constant sheaf) cohomology on a cover detects holes in a "simple approximation" to $X$ defined by that cover.
In particular, seeing the faces of a simplicial complex encoded as formal wedge products of its vertices totally made my day :)


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Show any prime of the form $3k+1$ is of the form $6k+1$.
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CLEVELAND — Travis "The Terror" Clark's bid at regaining his NAAFS middleweight title belt was denied late Saturday night....
Does Travis realize this fight was scheduled for 5 rounds? He speaks about going into the 3rd, but he would have NEVER survived 5 rounds. Anyone who was there saw his lack-luster performance. I'm pretty sure I heard the door to his career slam shut. Travis was man handled by that Canadian. This interview should have been better researched. Obviously this reporter is just another "Terror" fan. Do your homework, KNoth. Ask relevant questions.
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When and why should you replace your guitar strings?
Depends on two factors:
Some strings, like "bright bronze", can lose their sound qualities after a few hours of playing. Others, like "silk and steel", can be played for 100 or more hours. The correct answer is: when you feel that sound isn't bright as it used to be, it is time to change strings.
You can prolong string life time if you
There seems to be a general agreement among the answers here that strings go through several distinct phases:
You almost certainly want to change them before phase 4 (old), but among the first three, it's much more a matter of personal preference.
My own preference is flatwound strings, as they generally age more slowly (and gracefully) than roundwound. Now, even when new, they're never going to be as bright as roundwounds. D'Addario Chromes are probably the brightest ones out there; but they're only Nickel-plated, so when the plating wears off they become dull very fast.
So I switched to Thomastik Nickel-Flats, which are wrapped in pure Nickel: no plating to wear off. These go through the same phases as other strings but v e r y s l o w l y . It takes me about a month to wear them in (1-3 hrs/day), then they don't settle in to "seasoned" until 6-8 months old; then they'll stay that way for several years. That's right: years! The set I've got on my Yamaha is probably almost 4 years old, and I'm starting to consider replacing them. Soon.
As often as you like!
When I'm in a groove, playing 3-5 hours a day... I change them 1-2 a week. When I'm being more responsible with my time and only playing 1-3 hours per day, tend to change them 1-2 times a month.
I change ALL the strings anytime one breaks (it effects the tensions on all the strings, after all, and I don't know what damage could have been done to them) or if the sound becomes dull to my ears.
It's a bit subjective really, but when you put new strings on, you notice how bright they sound. Over time they become dull.
I guess it just depends how long you can stand the dullness :)
I don't do it by a schedule. If they look dirty, I change them. If they stop holding a tune for very long, I change them. The more you play, the more often you should change them.
I actually don't like the extra "shimmer" of new bronze strings on my acoustic guitar, but there's a bad sounding deadness with old strings too. I notice it most if I'm playing with someone else.
I've been using coated strings like Elixir or Martin's coated strings for a few years. I like how they are a little less over-the-top shimmery at first, and how they last 2-5 times as long before going stale. Plus, I have several instruments and changing strings less often leaves more time for playing.
Yes, it's subjective, but not as much as you might think. The string's ability to sustain tone becomes compromised the dirtier it gets. This is less important if you're playing muddy rock than it is if you play strictly acoustic. I hear the tonal sustain disintegrate faster the longer the strings are used. I first noticed it while tuning.
I change my strings about once a week. Any time I'm performing, I change my strings a day before. New strings sound better.
Changing strings is like doing laundry. You don't like it, but you gotta do it.
It's more about what tone you like. Some people call the sound of new strings 'bright' but I think they sound more 'tinny' and harsh. I personally can't stand the tone of ANY new strings so it takes a while for me to break them in (a few days to a few weeks depending on how often I'm playing). Once they reach that 'sweet spot' in tonality I usually try to make them last as long as I can before they get so dull that I can't stand them any more (usually a few months). If I'm being lazy, I'll get a damp cloth (and soap helps) and clean the strings without removing them from the guitar. It's not the best solution, but it's often better than starting over from scratch with brand new strings.
I have three major reasons to change strings:
When One Breaks - I generally believe that when a string breaks, especially if it isn't the high E, that is a sign that the rest of the strings are ready to go.
When I Want To Try Something Different - My #1 guitar, a top-loader Tele, has had Not Even Slinky strings, White Bronze acoustic strings, .009s, .010s, and now has .008-.038 angel-hair strings, simply because I wanted to try the slinky, bend-heavy style that such a setup would allow. I'm sure I will eventually go back to .010s (I have 4 packs waiting) but I don't feel the need to play out my strings before I pull out a new set if I'm curious.
When someone gives me new strings - I've gone to GearFest the last two years, and they offer free restringing, which I usually take advantage of.
If I recorded, I might want bright, new sounding strings more often. If I toured and jumped around under hot lights, I might switch 'em every show just because the sweat would wreck 'em or just because I could put .010 EBs on my rider. But I don't.
It really depends on your personal preference and also on how much you play. The more you play, the more wear the string will end up with and the sooner you'll probably need to consider replacing the strings. If, however, you don't play all that much, you might not have to change the strings for quite a while.
It really depends on how much you play. I usually change them every six months (more or less) and I think once in a year is the least you could do.
If you're like me, you just get a set of string rusty in at most ten hours of playing!
Where it shows the most, though, is usually on the lowest frets : your strings tend to lose their shine in that area. My first marker is always the A on the G string...
Still, it depends on the tone a lot; I myself like the shiny new strings but it wears off quickly and I feel comfortable with these softer high frequencies (but then, my comfort zone would be in the grungy/stoner area, so there you go).
I play many hours per week (25-35hrs), I only change the strings if they sound dire and even then only for gigs/recording, if nothing is happening that week, I don't bother, this is just personal preference born out of my laziness; changing strings is a pain, I just want to play so I only change the strings when I have to. In dire strait's, a light clean with brasso or similar metal polish brings old strings back nicely for a while.
I use Elixir strings on my main gigging guitars, generally 009's so fairly thin, and I usually get around 3 months out of them before I feel they are getting rusty and starting to have that atonal squeak sound. When I change one I change them all as I have Floyd Rose or Kahler trems on most of my guitars - and the same goes if one snaps: I replace the lot.
To make them last this long I do use fast fret every time before I play, and I wipe them down afterwards with a cloth.
My acoustics don't get played anywhere near as much so I change the top E maybe once a year, and as they have fixed bridges I only change a broken string, not the full set.
Seems to work for me.
"When and Why" .. as other say it's more about the state of the string than any regular interval.
Strings go dull as other say but often they're still playable. I personally quite like duller strings as they're a bit less "twangy" and cound sound smoother on an electric guitar.
However if there's a temptation to 'stick with them' to save the effort/expense of changing them, then consider that as a string deteriorates, the thickness of it changes, the weight (muck etc gathered in wound strings) changes meaning it might weigh more in one part than in another (so will sound out of tune on some frets - only slight but annoying), and its tensile strength deteriorates making it more likely to break. Sod's law dictates this will happen during your best work.
Also as you play your guitar you're effectively bending the string against the fret as you push it down to make a note. Eventually the strings, especially the lighter ones, build up kinks where the commonly played frets are and start to buzz on other frets. These kinks also affect the tuning.
This means old strings can make the guitar sound and feel AWFUL even if the guitar itself hasn't changed. Others have explained good intervals / events to change them, but if you're wondering whether you should because maybe the guitar is hard to tune or you think it sounds "not as good as it used to" then try a new set of strings.
Bottom line is that the strings are the bits that make the sound so they need to be in good condition.
To me the the final death of the strings comes at the point where they lose their elasticity and the guitar starts going out of tune way too quick. I have never had the nerves to go past this moment.
Usually I change them when most of them becomes black (dirty). For Elixir Strings (which last longer, because of the nanoweb) this means about 2-3 months of casual playing.
I periodically check this by putting my finger under the D string at the pickups and then slide it towards the head. If there are a lot of marks after the frets I try to change the whole set.
Strings should always be changed before recording. This goes for bass too, where common knowledge states that strings keep up forever. I used to believe it, but that changed after fixing a very dull sounding bass with "recent" strings (a couple of months) by changing to fresh strings.
One way to tell how bad your strings are getting is to lightly run your finger along the underside of the strings in the area where you do the most fretting. If you feel rust, grunge and/or flat spots above the frets (which become worse the more you play), it might be time to change your strings. My gigging guitar only gets played when I am performing at a show and I wipe the strings afterwards on both sides to remove the grime and moisture. I change those strings when they start sounding dull or when one breaks. I practice on other guitars and I may play my practice guitars until the strings get really bad before replacing them. It depends on the brand of string as to how long it takes but I prefer the slightly broken in tone over the jangley sound of brand new strings. One other note, the G string is the one most likely to break on an acoustic set because it has the thinnest core. Second thinnest core is the high E string. For this reason, I buy extra single G and high E strings to keep in my gigging guitar case in case one of those breaks before the rest of the strings are toast. I have broken G strings on a brand new set before.
When to change your Guitar Strings?
Note: As through repeated contact with hands and fingers, guitar strings lose their tone and won't play in tune; they also wear out and eventually may break. Because of the repetitive use, you eventually have to change them, so do it regularly. Just like changing the oil in your car, it's almost impossible to overdo it.
When you see them changing colour and sounding dull.
You can avoid replacing them if you take a silver-cleaning-cloth and rub the strings with it. The oxidation will come off and you will a clear sound again!
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Behold the aging and atrophied 2013 New York Yankees, creaky and getting creakier, supposedly destined for mediocrity, joint inflammation, bifocals, gray hair in the ears, fanny packs, 5:30 p.m. dinners, golf magazines and Norah Jones CDs, and possibly fourth or fifth place in the AL East.
For the first time in a long time, baseball's most presumptuous team begins a season with almost no expectation of a World Series title. Merely making the playoffs may be a stretch. So instead of being overconfident, these Yankees sound like an old man opening the door for a walk. They don't know how they'll feel until they get out there. They are going to see how it goes. Now where did they put their shoes and the Advil?
Yankee Opening Day was Monday in the Bronx, versus the Boston Red Sox, another opulent club amid a franchise soul search, having suffered through an ugly 2012 fire walk under bewildering guru Bobby Valentine. These Red Sox have a new skipper and new players and a humility not seen since those pre-2004 World Series days. Like the Yankees, the Red Sox are expected to finish the year looking up at the feathers of the Blue Jays and Orioles as well as the slippery tail of Tampa Bay Rays. In both Boston and the Bronx, there's worry this could be a cruel summer.
Life has changed. Remember how beautifully obnoxious this series was not long ago? New York vs. Boston used to suck all the oxygen out of baseball, to the point where Yankees-Red Sox seemed like it was 2/3 of ESPN's summer television schedule. It was ridiculous and overexposed but irresistible, a heavyweight match of Atlantic coast free-spenders, and for a while it looked as if the two teams would maintain a tyrannical grip. The Yankees and Red Sox had the cash, the allure, the eight-figure contracts stacked like chips on green fabric. How could the have-nots compete?
But this is why the games get played. Baseball is adapting, finding hidden value in the margins, and the Yankees and the Red Sox have been outpaced by teams that nimbly do more with less. Big paydays still happen all the time—look at the windfall Detroit just poured onto Justin Verlander—but there's no longer the confidence that outspending alone can vanquish the competition. The Yankees are said to be preaching fiscal responsibility—it feels weird just to type that, considering they still have the highest payroll in the game—and though they lavish plenty, they are getting tighter. Or at least tighter-ish.
It's weird to watch. Worse, it's unremarkable. A low-watt New York-Boston rivalry takes some getting used to. Monday brought mid-50s weather and a full stadium—well, it was pretty full—but the lineup cards weren't the starry battle stations of a just few years ago. Jayson Nix, Ben Francisco, Jose Iglesias, Jonny Gomes…where were the back-page boldfacers? Derek Jeter was out, still working back from an injury. Ditto Boston's David Ortiz. The injured and embattled Alex Rodriguez made an appearance on the bench, munching on sunflower seeds at a rate of roughly $172,839 per game or $900 a seed. Kevin Youkilis was there, but now a Yankee, and thus deprived of his magical copper goatee thanks to his new club's prohibition on beards and goatees. The whole afternoon just looked a little off, you know?
The game? Oh, the game. In the second inning the Red Sox scrounged together a handful of hits and four runs off Yankee starter C.C. Sabathia, who struggled with his velocity. One of Boston's runs was plated by rookie Jackie Bradley Jr., a spring training sensation who has become an early obsession in a season of low anticipation. That early rally was all Boston needed, as the Yankees scored only twice. Boston threw on another six, including three in a cold, rainy ninth as the Stadium went vacant and garbage swirled around the outfield, adding to the forlorn atmosphere.
After the 8-2 loss, Yankee manager Joe Girardi was asked about the ballpark exodus in the late innings. "It got kind of raw," Girardi said. "It's a school night as well. It started raining. I don't think that's unusual."
It's silly to draw conclusions from one game in a season of 162, but this was not a stirring start, on a school night or any other night (the game actually began a little after 1 p.m., but Yankee-Red Sox contests run longer than "Godfather" sequels.) New York and Boston may own baseball's most recognizable rivalry, but baseball's attention is migrating elsewhere—to the Nationals in Washington, where Bryce Harper hit two home runs in his first two at-bats; to the remodeled Blue Jays in Toronto; to those gaudy SoCal line-ups of the Angels and Dodgers. Even the Mets across town got themselves an Opening Day win. Yes it's early. Crazy early. Unreasonably early. But it already feels old and cold in the Bronx.
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I did not, and do not, know the Jones brothers or Aundray McDonald. Therefore my thoughts have nothing to do with any relationship with any of those involved in this crime.
All I know of the situation is what I have read in the Leavenworth Times. Reportedly some acquaintances with ill feelings toward each other agreed on a meeting. McDonald, a prior felon, brought a gun, which was illegal for him to be carrying. Two people are dead from fatal gunshot wounds. Circumstances would certainly indicate the gun owner and carrier considered or intended to do grave harm.
Why the prosecutor agreed to plead this case down to manslaughter disturbs me greatly, particularly when the victims' family was opposed to such a plea. I feel it would have been much wiser for a jury to make the determination as to the seriousness of these two killings.
Considering the concern people have with gun violence in our country, for a prosecutor to plea, and a judge to confirm, a manslaughter charge in a case such as this is the height of hypocrisy routinely exhibited by our justice system. In my opinion, justice was not served in this matter.
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I got an email today from the League (the League of American Bicyclists). First of all, let's talk about how awesome it is that they go by "the League." It sounds like some sort of group of cycling superheroes that rides around town painting bike lanes, handing out bike lights and using force to keep cars out of the bike lane.
Ok, but this post wasn't about an idea for a crappy bicycle centric comic book, it was about being thankful for cycling. The League, in the email mentioned above, asked me why I'm thankful for cycling? So, I'm going to spend a couple of posts attempting to address that question.
1. The wind in my hair and all that jazz.
Seriously. I spend 9 to 10 hours a day in a cubicle farm. Under fluorescent lighting. Surrounded by people who may or may not have washed their hands the last time they used the restroom. Lately, I've been riding "the short way" to work. That's about 15 minutes. 15 minutes in the morning, 15 minutes in the evening. And sure, it's cold, it tends to be dark going both ways this time of year, and road grime is only slightly more appealing than touching the door handle of the men's restroom, but I'm outside.
That's right, for at least 30 minutes a day, I'm outside. On my bike. It's fantastic. So, I'm thankful for that.


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On Court Suzanne Lenglen, New Jersey native Christina McHale was trying to upset 2011 French Open champion Li Na. On court No. 1, affectionately called the "Bull Ring" because of its round shape, American immigrant Varvara Lepchenko was trying to upset 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone.
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With many fund investors facing new levies this year, here are strategies for reducing the bite
For fund investors, it's time to brush up on your tax smarts.
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Thanks to the fiscal-cliff negotiations, rates are going up for the highest earners. Even those a few rungs lower on the earnings ladder are getting hit with new levies connected to the 2010 Affordable Care Act. And all of these tax increases are arriving just as funds look ready to pay out larger taxable gains, says Tom Roseen, head of research services at Thomson Reuters Corp.'s Lipper unit.
Unfortunate timing, some might say.
But what all fund investors should know is there are ways to limit and even reduce the bite that taxes take out of their fund returns. Here's how:
Know which popular fund strategies result in more taxes
For starters, investors may want to think twice about sexy strategies marketed recently as good plays for volatile markets. Some "long-short" and "go anywhere" strategies, for example, may be good in dealing with the ups and downs of the market, but also may produce more tax obligations than investors like, says Dan Moisand, a certified financial planner in Melbourne, Fla.
The reason: The more actively a fund is managed, the more potential it has to produce short-term gains and thus higher taxes. Gains from securities owned for a year or less are taxed as ordinary income—rates that for most investors are much higher than the new maximum 20% on long-term gains.
Investors also should be aware that for certain popular assets, the tax rates soar past 15% no matter how long the investment is held. Even long-term gains in an exchange-traded fund that owns physical gold, for example, which is classified as a collectible, are taxed at rates of up to 28%. And when funds hold commodities futures, part of the appreciation each year is taxed at ordinary-income rates, which now go as high as 39.6%. On top of that, this year marks the beginning of the health-care law's new 3.8 percentage point surtax on investment income for individuals with adjusted gross income of $200,000, and couples with $250,000.
To see how big a bite taxes will take out of a fund's return, go to Morningstar.com. When you reach the page for a certain fund, click on the tax tab. There you'll see the fund's tax-adjusted returns broken down for various periods. Morningstar also shows how funds rank with their peers in terms of how much of their returns are lost to taxes.
Be strategic about what funds you put into taxable accounts versus tax-sheltered accounts
Funds that throw off a lot of interest (taxable bond funds, for example) or short-term capital gains (such as funds with active trading strategies) should go into a tax-deferred account, like an IRA or 401(K). Distributions from retirement accounts are taxed as ordinary income, and most investors tend to be in a lower bracket when they retire. But regardless of what bracket you retire in, many advisers recommend deferring paying tax on interest and capital gains for as long as you can, within the law.
Meanwhile, use your taxable account for stock funds whose trades mostly qualify for the long-term gains rate, tax-exempt municipal-bond funds and equity funds that focus on dividends that qualify for the maximum 20% rate.
A fund's prospectus usually will state whether its portfolio is managed with an eye toward holding down taxable distributions. Look also for the "turnover rate," or the percentage of a fund's holdings that change in a 12-month period. Many funds have turnover of around 100%. For a fund to be in a taxable account, the rate should be about 25% or less.
Check actively managed funds for embedded gains or losses
It's like finding money in the laundry. When a fund sells more securities at a loss than a gain, the excess losses can be applied to canceling out taxes in future years. Before 2010, funds could carry losses forward for up to eight years. But following a change in tax law, losses incurred in fund tax years that begin after Dec. 22, 2010, can be carried forward indefinitely.
Since the 2008 market downturn, many funds have been able to keep distributions low by using losses to offset gains. But most funds are likely to have exhausted their loss carry-forwards by now. When funds sell profitable positions now, they likely will have to pay out taxable gains.
Be especially wary of funds that had sizzling performance over the past three years.
"If you buy a fund near the end of a hot streak and a lot of investors bail out, that could force the manager to realize gains to meet redemptions," says Jim Holtzman, who oversees client portfolios at Legend Financial Advisors Inc. in Pittsburgh. Such a fund may have to pay out substantial gains, even though its net asset value is declining.
A fund's annual report should say whether it is carrying unrealized gains or losses. Or click the tax tab on the fund's page at Morningstar.com, which shows how much of a fund's portfolio represents embedded gains or losses.
"If you see a big embedded gain, like 30% or higher, and a fund has high turnover, it's likely to distribute gains in the next couple of years," says Russel Kinnel, director of mutual-fund research at Morningstar.
One fund that still is carrying significant embedded losses is T. Rowe Price Financial Services. According to T. Rowe Price Group, the fund at the end of 2012 had about $143 million in capital-loss carry-forwards and nearly $59 million in unrealized capital gains. So if all its holdings were sold, it would have capital losses equal to nearly 22% of its assets.
Think about harvesting tax losses year-round
Advisers caution against letting taxes alone drive investment decisions. But there can be advantages to harvesting losses when the chance arises, especially if you plan to raise cash later in the year by selling securities at a profit. During a time of sudden market shifts, losses may not stay losses for long.
Use appreciated securities instead of cash for charitable giving
Under tax law, you can avoid taking a big gain in appreciated fund shares by donating the shares to a charity. This is a good way to be both charitable and tax-efficient, says Andrew Altfest, executive vice president at Altfest Personal Wealth Management, New York.
For example, suppose you wanted to donate $10,000 to a charitable foundation. You might consider using fund shares that you originally bought for $5,000, that you have owned for more than a year, and that now have a $5,000 unrealized gain. By giving the shares to the charity, you can deduct the full $10,000 value, and avoid paying capital-gains tax on the appreciation.
Once the donation is completed, you could buy new shares of the same fund at the current, higher price, establishing a higher cost basis and reducing the tax bill on any future sale, Mr. Altfest says.
Consider a fund that tries to limit taxable distributions
Many firms offer "tax-managed" equity funds that aim to minimize taxable distributions. When such funds sell part of a position in a stock, they pick shares that will trigger the lowest tax bill, and they try to match up gains with losses taken elsewhere in the portfolio, says Duncan Richardson, chief equity investment officer at Eaton Vance Management, which has 12 such funds.
Among other firms, Vanguard Group has five tax-managed funds that invest in stocks or stocks and bonds. There are also Dreyfus Tax-Managed Growth and Manning & Napier Tax Managed. USAA Growth and Tax Strategy is a conservative-allocation offering that owns a mix of stocks and tax-exempt bonds.
Keep in mind: index funds and ETFs produce taxable gains, too
Passive funds that are based on broad market indexes can be among the best at avoiding taxable gains distributions. Their portfolios change only infrequently, and primarily because of component changes in the indexes they track.
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, VTI 0.23 % which owns more than 3,000 U.S. stocks, has a tax-cost ratio of just 0.3% for 10 years, according to Morningstar. Tax-cost ratio is the percentage of a fund's annualized return that is reduced by taxes paid by shareholders on its distributions. The average tax-cost ratio for all funds followed by Morningstar is around 1%, which is another way of saying that an average one percentage point of fund return is lost to taxes each year.
Some passive funds, like small-cap index funds, change more often. As small-cap companies mature, they graduate to other categories and need to be replaced in an index. Vanguard Small Cap ETF VB 0.30 % has a five-year tax-cost ratio of about 0.5%.
Choose funds that best fit your tax situation
Tax implications should be of less concern than whether a fund meets your investment objectives. But the funds that you own should be tailored to your specific tax situation.
A taxpayer in one of the two lower federal tax brackets may do better by owning a taxable bond fund than a tax-exempt municipal-bond fund. An investor in a long-term municipal-bond fund would get less than 3% interest. Even after paying tax at 15%, an investor might get nearly 4% from a taxable high-yield bond fund.
"At the end of the day, it's after-tax total return that matters," says Joel Dickson, senior investment strategist and principal in the investment strategy unit of Vanguard Group.
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- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 skinless boneless chicken breast halves, cut into bite-size chunks
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup (150ml) heavy whipping cream
- 11/4 cups hot vegetable stock
- 1 × 12oz (350g) can whole kernel corn, drained
- handful of flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
- half of a 17.3oz (425g) box frozen puff pastry sheets (1 sheet), thawed as package directs
- all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten, for egg wash
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- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Add to the pan and cook, stirring, for 7-10 minutes until golden brown all over. Remove from the pan, and set aside.
- Heat the remaining oil over low heat and add the onion and a pinch of sea salt. Cook gently for 5 minutes until soft. Remove from the heat and stir in the flour and a little cream. Return the pan to low heat and add the remaining cream and the stock, stirring for 5-8 minutes until the mixture thickens. Stir in the corn and parsley and season with salt and pepper.
- Spoon the mixture into a 1 quart (1.1 liter) pie dish. On a floured work surface, roll out the pastry so there is a border all around, extending about 2in (5cm) beyond the pie dish. Cut out a strip of pastry 1in (2.5cm) in from the edge to make a collar. Moisten the edge of the pie dish with water; fit the pastry strip all the way around, and press down firmly. Brush the collar with a little egg wash, then top with the pastry lid. Trim away the excess. Using your finger and thumb, pinch or press the edges together to seal.
- Brush the top with the egg wash, cut a slit to let steam escape during cooking, and bake 30-40 minutes until the pastry is golden and puffed. Serve hot.
- Add sliced mushrooms to the filling at the same time you add the onion.
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Suppose a set $X$ has the property that for all $a,b \in X$, we have that $a=b$. Such a set is either empty, or it's a singleton set. In other words, it has one or fewer elements. What do we call this?
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I've occasionally used "subsingleton". I think this is OK in the context of classical logic, which is what you're using since you say that such a set must be a singleton or empty. In the context of constructive logic, "subsingleton" doesn't look so good, since it suggests that the set is a subset of some singleton, which need not be the case. Unfortunately, I don't know a better term that avoids constructively unwanted suggestions.
In category theory, subobjects of the terminal object are sometimes called subterminal. An equivalent definition: an object $A$ is subterminal if and only if for all objects $B$, there is at most one map $B \to A$. (Note that in the case where the category is $\mathbf{Set}$ and $B = 1$, this says exactly that $A$ has at most one element.) The sets you mention are the subterminal sets.
(But still, if I was writing a paper in which I only mentioned such sets a handful of times, I'd probably just say "sets with at most one element".)
The language of homotopy type theory suggests names for a set with the "any two objects are equal" property. You can call it a $(-1)$-groupoid or a $(-1)$-type or a $h$-proposition.
It may sound like the names involving $-1$ suffer from the same weaknesses as Asaf's suggestion set of size at most one, namely that it depends on numbers. But in fact there is an inductive definition of $n$-type (starting with $-2$), and it is easy to unpack it to get this definition.
Unfortunately, to many audiences these names are currently likely to cause more confusion than joy. Still, maybe someone should try to popularise them outside their current domains.
I would explain the concept and then name it. Since the idea is to capture the uniqueness of any potential member of the set X, I would suggest describing such X as "singular". Be sure not to use "singular" for anything else in that context.
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In an April 17 Rose Garden speech, President Barack Obama blamed "speculators," whom he called "an irresponsible few," for the rise in the price of oil. But, as the July issue of FIRE Policy News reports, energy and finance experts say the president fundamentally misrepresented, or perhaps doesn't understand, the roles that traders and financial markets play in protecting consumers from supply interruptions and sudden price spikes.
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- Home prices hit new post-bubble lows nationally in February, reaching their lowest levels since 2002.
- Everglades Re Ltd., the first-ever catastrophe bond from Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp., will go down as the largest single-tranche, single-peril catastrophe insurance bond in history, with a record offering size of $750 million. The offering's Class A notes have been rated B+ by rating agency Standard & Poor's. The two-year notes would cover three-quarters of the $1 billion in private reinsurance Citizens projected it would obtain for the 2012 storm season, which opened June 1.
- More than $5.8 trillion in U.S. home mortgage debt is now either owned or guaranteed by a federal entity--the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Ginnie Mae, the Veterans Housing Administration, or one of the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) under "conservatorship" since 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Reason Foundation has a plan to transfer housing credit risk back to the private sector by replacing government mortgages with private loans as owners move or refinance--on average, mortgages are refinanced every seven to eight years.
- Economist Robert Wenzel edits and publishes the EconomicPolicyJournal.com Web site, where he regularly takes Federal Reserve policies to task. Nonetheless, the New York Federal Reserve Bank recently invited him to speak. He told the central bankers they could do the nation a service by going out of business. "Nothing good goes on in this place," he said.
- California's harsh land use regulations had already driven housing affordability from fairly typical levels to twice and even three times higher than those of much of the nation. Now, in the name of reducing greenhouse gases, even harsher land use regulations recently have been imposed. Research shows they are unnecessary.
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Ag Bill Would Create Another Crop Insurance Entitlement– May 16, 2012
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Home Prices Hit 10-Year Lows– May 14, 2012
A Plan to Restore Trust in Mortgage-Backed Securities– May 14, 2012
Economist to NY Federal Reserve: 'Nothing Good Goes On In This Place'– May 14, 2012
Flood Insurance Program, Up for Renewal, Nears Insolvency– May 11, 2012
Bankers Address Crisis Prevention, Morgan Reports $2B Trading Loss– May 11, 2012
Massachusetts Realtors 'Clean House' by Stifling Competition– April 30, 2012
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Just bought the Nikon fish-eye 10.5mm lens for my D60 and would like to use the NN3MkII in landscape mode in order to take advantage of the width of the 10.5mm rather than the gain in height. I see a picture or two of landscape mounting in the sample pix at NN's website, and the manual is pretty sparse on landscape setup. I have the the T30 adaptor.
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Fluffy snow? Check. Snow suit? Check. That's all the gear kids of any age need to lie down and create a snow angel just like they would do a jumping jack. Make this simple activity extra fun by using materials to decorate your angel, such as food coloring to draw on a face, and old clothes and accessories to dress it up. Why should snowmen have all the fun?
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text: I couldn't just make a lesson on an awesome football design incorporated with a skull without making a cool baseball concept as well. Here is what I think is cool, a lesson on "how to draw a baseball tattoo", step by step. This is a great design for all you baseball fans out there. I know the sport will be highly active come the spring and summer months, so if you haven't already and are thinking about getting a tattoo to represent the love of the game, this might be a concept to consider. You can also just draw this baseball for the heck of it simply because it's cool. No matter what your choice you will definitely have fun making your own baseball tattoo. Adios and remember to let me know what you think. I shall return with more tuts for you all.


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STRATTON - The public had its first opportunity to view the village's newly constructed Veterans Memorial Park Sunday during a dedication service attended by hundreds of citizens Veterans Day.
The monument includes five stones in a circle around a flagpole flying the American, Ohio and POW/MIA flags. The stones contain the names of more than 350 veterans in all wars from Stratton, Empire, Goose Run, Port Homer and Sugar Grove. The monument, situated in front of the Village Municipal Building, 136 Second Ave., attracted a large crowd to watch the dedication Sunday. After a welcome by Fred Abdalla, Jefferson County sheriff and decorated Vietnam War veteran, the Rev. Steve Johnson, pastor of the Stratton Nazarene Church, recited the invocation and asked those gathered to "remember those in harm's way whether they are on the land, in the air or on the sea."
The Toronto American Legion Post 86 color guard posted colors before Boy Scout Troop 47 raised the flag at the monument's center. The national anthem was sung by the Edison High School chamber ensemble, after which Abdalla, who also acted as master of ceremonies for the event, complimented village leaders for their vision in constructing the monument.
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MEMORIAL DEDICATED — Fred Abdalla, decorated Vietnam War veteran and sheriff of Jefferson County, speaks during Sunday's dedication of the Stratton Veterans Memorial Park in Stratton. The service, also coinciding with Veterans Day, included guest speakers Abdalla and the Rev. Mike Bongart, pastor the the Toronto First Presbyterian Church and decorated Vietnam War veteran. - Mark Miller
"Mayor (John) Abdalla, I don't think there's town in the country that can stand up to what you did," said Abdalla. "It's just amazing - a fantastic job.
"For 200 years the American flag has been covered with the blood of veterans and still continues to be covered to this day," continued Abdalla. "We can't forget the sacrifice of these men."
Abdalla went on to cite several area veterans he considered heroes, including some who were "beaten and tortured" defending the country.
"We can only imagine the pain they endured," said the sheriff. "We should remind veterans (of our gratitude) when they are alive - not when they're dead. They can't hear us thank them when they are dead."
Abdalla also told of his gratitude of veterans of World War II, "the greatest generation. They freed the whole world. When you're shaking hands with a World War II veteran, you're shaking hands with history."
Abdalla said the monument included the names of several veterans who died in World War II, "including three right here in Stratton. A little town like this - how could we forget that?"
Abdalla also discussed how he accompanied the remains of Nate Rock, a Toronto native and veteran who was killed during the Iraq war. He said for the families of those killed in battle, there is no closure.
"People say, 'Finally, there is closure,'" Abdalla said, choking back tears. "I hate that word 'closure.' How can there be closure (for the family of) that loved one?"
Abdalla said the most families of those killed during service can attain is "peace of mind knowing their loved one is back home. I never thought in my lifetime I'd see this. But to the mayor and council, you made this happen. I thank you."
The sheriff then introduced speaker the Rev. Mike Bongart, pastor of the Toronto First Presbyterian Church and decorated Vietnam War veteran, as "one of my heroes. He lived through it and survived."
Bongart praised those who created the monument before telling the gathering all veterans, whether they served during wartime or not, should be remembered. He said it was in 1966 he volunteered to join the Army for active duty in Vietnam, and "although others were drafted, we all took the same oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
"The Army had a way of making us a band of brothers," continued Bongart, adding he was stationed in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot in April of 1968. "It was a very tumultuous time in our history."
The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy both occurred in 1968, and "I had a cushy job," said Bongart, adding his job was to take infantry into the field.
"They were the grunt workers who did all the dirty work," said Bongart, adding his life changed on Oct. 4, 1968, after his helicopter was grounded by enemy fire.
While escaping into a rice paddy a mortar round went off and shrapnel pierced his helmet into his brain, and "I went down," said Bongart. At first he was presumed dead until a medic tried to revive him. Bongart then said he was flown to a hospital where surgery was performed. He added his recovery was speedy enough for him to return to Vietnam for a second tour of duty.
"I am alive today by the grace of God," he said. "The real heroes today are the ones in the armed forces. They are all volunteers."
The ceremony ended with a reading of the "Gettysburg Address" by Stratton Councilman Kelly Householder, a 21-gun salute by the Toronto American Legion Post 86 Firing Squad and the playing of taps.


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After updating to linux 3.10 my GPU stopped working, it is a EVGA NVIDIA geforce 650. So I went about to purge nvidia and reinstall, did not work. The first time I installed it worked the flawlessly. This is what happens, when i go to "Additional Drivers" > Activate > NVIDIA binary Xorgdriver, kernal, module and VDPAU library, I get the following error:
Sorry installation of this driver failed. Please have a look at the log file for details: /var/log/jockey.log`.
So I did the troubleshoot for that and still did not work.
Then, I went to the NVIDIA X Server Settings and got this error:
You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run 'nvidia-xconfi' as root)`
I did that and I get the usual
New X config file written to 'etc/X11/xorg.conf. That still does not work. I purged nVidia again. I downloaded it again via nVidia's website and booted to CMD to do a manual install, but when it won't boot to CMD it is just a black screen and nothing shows up.
I am new to Ubuntu so please go easy on me, I have a bunch of CS projects I have to finish for school so time is of the essence. (I don't know if this will help but I had issues installing JDK, it still does not compile correctly as well as RSA and SSH and GIT. so I don't know if I screwed up big time on the Kernel update).


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This video is the lead-in to my favourite and top-recommended book by Daniel Pink:
Interview: Fairmont's Regional Director of Internet Marketing, Pacific Northwest
As Director of Fairmont Hotel's Pacific Northwest Internet Marketing, Sine Scott is a busy woman. In Vancouver's city core alone, three Fairmont properties operate within walking distance of each other, two no more than 5 minutes apart on foot.
Lucky for me, and you, I got a chance to pick her brain and share her story. Sine Scott divulged what she knows to hold true for marketing hotels online today:
" The industry has been quite quick to respond to social media trends, in particular, I think because it seemed like a low cost opportunity for exposure. Over time hospitality brands have learned that they need to put investment into content development, photography and video to really benefit from social media. Consumers have access to more destination information than ever to make travel decisions… " - Sine Scott, Fairmont Hotels
Read my interview with Sine Scott…
Hotel Video Tour: Chateau Victoria Hotel
Whaddaya think? New hotel promotional video I shot & edited working with Spice Creative for Chateau Victoria, Vista 18 and Clive's Classic Lounge!
My List: Top Articles on Hotel Video Marketing
I recently compiled a list of the best articles I could find on the internet where authors wrote about Hotel Video Marketing.
Here are a the first five of the articles in the list:
- 5 Myths About Video Marketing in the Hospitality Industry
- Getting Behind Video in Hotel Marketing
- Video – Whats Next in Hotel Marketing? 3 Key Marketing Trends for Hoteliers
- Why Hotels Should use more Video in their Marketing Mix
- Video Marketing Tips for Hotels and Hospitality
Click here to see the rest of the full list with over 20 articles!
Also, do you have an article about hospitality video marketing? Share it in the comments below!
Presentation: Benefits of Video
Success! 2 Hours of Video Marketing 101 went great! In-depth with good feedback, all the material was drawn from my years as a video producer summarized in my post "How to Make a Promotional Video"!
Chat: Hospitality Guru and Former OPUS Hotel GM, Daniel Edward Craig
I had the fortune to sit down with Daniel Edward Craig (not of James Bond fame, rather, 'celebrity-blogger' and former General Manager of OPUS Vancouver) and chat hospitality marketing while Mr. Craig was in Victoria BC. During his tenure at OPUS, Mr. Craig seemingly kick-started an industry first – blogging about real hotel life; no holds barred.
The hilarity, the issues and the misfires.
From my previous formal interview:
" I first woke up to the power of social media at Opus, when I started the first-ever General Manager's Blog. It attracted a worldwide following for its irreverent insider's look at the running of a contemporary boutique hotel. I also learned how distracting social media can be when you have a business to run and people to take care of.. " - Daniel Edward Craig
Post interview, I met up with Mr. Craig recently.
He had just wrapped one of his day-long informational sessions on social-media strategies for hospitality providers, and fit me in before he dashed off to some other area in the world.
In more recent informal conversation we talked hotel life, the future of marketing in this segment, and what our predictions were. We're going to keep in touch, and I'll keep you updated!
Excerpt from the full interview:
Chris Ruffell: Prospective hotel guests are looking for more and more from their hospitality providers. What are the key aspects that consumers expect to see from a hotel or restaurant they're researching?
Daniel Edward Craig : I think that more than anything travelers are looking for transparency. Transparency comes in many forms – in pricing, in service and quality, in location and amenities – and in various formats: marketing copy, photos and of course, video. The travel industry pretty much invented the old "bait and switch" routine – luring travelers with glossy photos and fairytale descriptions, only to reveal a much different story upon arrival. But we can't get away with it anymore.
Presentation: Video Marketing Strategy 101
I'll be presenting at QCollege on March 26th!
Synopsis: Creating and distributing videos that work doesn't have to be difficult, and, the tools are now inexpensive and readily available:
I will be presenting the basics of a video marketing strategy and what is needed to make a video a success online.
The focus will be on Do-It-Yourself (DIY) options for attendees planning on doing their own in-house video production.
Using templates I'ved used with my own clients and other real-world case studies, you will be seeing my tried and tested procedures when preparing to produce videos for clients. Then I will break down the elements of a video marketing strategy, as well as touch on pre-production, production and online distribution!
In addition, attendees will also receive a resource list of my personally recommended equipment, editing applications, tools, and, tips and tricks!
Be sure to bring your questions for the Q&A session at the end, or contact me here in advance!
Answered: How to Inspire People Using Video?
I was recently honoured by blogger Maura D'Andrea with his request for sharing my thoughts on how to use video to inspire. My response was coupled with over one hundred other bloggers in his article 101 Experts Share Their Tips for Online Success! Some very impressive people on this list, it's worth browsing! I've supplied my answer below for you to read too:
Q: What's the best way to inspire people using video?
A: Most often people ask me technical video questions about how to make videos go viral, or how to make promotional videos, but in reality, they're missing the core ingredient: honestly sharing the best of themselves.
What's the best way to inspire people using video?
Answer: Be real; genuinely share your personal story with your viewer.
It really is that easy, and most people misinterpret this a two step process, yet, this is the only way to do inspire viewers to hear you and feel you which results in action! Let me explain…
First, be real. If you're going to speak on camera, don't waste time talking to your viewer's minds – skip right to their hearts. Use the true power that video has over all other digital medium – jump through the screen into people's souls. Look at the camera, show yourself for who you are, don't hide all hints of the stage fright, and talk one on one.
Too much polish can hurt the 'reality'. In many cases, too much rehearsing, make up, lighting can come off as staged.
And yes, I'm a video producer saying this. But it's true – I often wouldn't let the people I was interviewing for their own videos rehearse too much, and it worked!
Second, be candid and share your perspective, your story.
Find your personal 'Why'. Why you were inspired to help by offering the insights, product or service. Oddly enough, often the more personal the pain, the more universal it is. Touch on your hardships, what sufferings you had before you had your revelation. Remind the audience that inspiration is a flame that must be lit from within. Lead by example, showing the viewer that there is a better way.
Word of advice: video is influential and changes lives; be true to your fellow man and be authentic and genuine, and good will come of your efforts.
You can do it, there are plenty of examples out there.
Dig deep if you need, and find that seed of inspiration that called you to action, share the journey and hand out the fruits of your success.
To inspire a good video will fundamentally be you and the viewer becoming friends!
Interview: 8 Keystone Essentials for Hospitality Marketing Business, O'Rouke Hospitality
Or… "What are the top areas of service one could base a company on to service hospitality marketing needs?"
Just ask Brian Fitzgerald of O'Rourke Hospitality – he'll tell you.
Or, he told me the 8 points at least, in a recent interview.
Brian, formerly a near-decade long IT manger through Marriott International, now represents Boston's O'Rourke Hospitalty, a premiere marketing firm for hotels and hospitaltiy outfits.
In our interview, Brian touched on strategic intevestment return on investment, and how to convert video viewers into buyers of hospitality products – not an easy feat, especially with so much competetion in today's market place!
One thing I've seen over the past 10 years in the hospitality space is a continued cut back on on-property staff while at the same time adding more responsibilities in an increasingly complex distribution space. So the world we live in has GMs and DOSMs wearing a dozen different hats and so managing a website, email marketing, PPC, SEO and reporting is just not possible. If these digital marketing channels go unaddressed or get stagnant hotels risk losing market share to competitors that are paying more attention.
- Brian Fitzgerald, VP Digital Strategy, O'Rouke Hospitality
A must read chat- I intend to keep in touch with this fella, no matter where he ends up in the industry!
Chat with Martin Soler of World Independent Hotel Promotion
So many hotel marketing options, so little time!
VP of Marketing for World Independent Hotel Promotion (WIHP) MArtin Soler took some time out of his busy schedule to impart some knowledge. Interested in learing about Hotel Video Marketing, or DirectPack, WIHP's solution for marketing hotels?
What about mobile, and the future for hotels? (Hint: I think mobile going to be hospitality).
Martin told me a bit how WIHP came about too:
" We started doing online marketing for independent hotels way back in the end of the 1990s but since then the company has evolved quite a lot, due to our technology and design expertise more and more groups and branded hotels are coming to see us for their online marketing. "
Pretty neat beginings – and humble – and look how far they've come now!
Great guy to know in the hospitality world, and very down to earth.


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Ok, this is a rhetorical statement, rephrased as a question:
I just read a very helpful solution to a problem I had and wanted to click the 'uparrow' approval to show my appreciation. Wanting to do this though sent me on a wild ride beginning with forcing me to become a member of this site in order to do it and also taking me away from the solution I want to approve, so now I'll have to go back and search for it again to complete the task.
This is an extremely convoluted process to complete a very basic need to give gratitude to others who have earned it.
I appreciate wanting users to become members to ask questions and respond, but surely it works better to allow passing visitors to approve of comments without forcing them to have memberships to do so?


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Let X be a scheme. U is an open subscheme of X. Assume f is a global section on X which is not a zero divisor, then the restriction of f to U is still an non-zero divisor?
If X is affine, the answer is obvious true. I don't know the answer for a general scheme.
This is a question raised in the definition of sheaf of total fraction rings. Some author claim U|-> total fraction ring of sections over U is a presheaf, but I can't see the reason.


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There were plenty of pieces of upper-body garments/clothing, which had a hood, before the 'hoodie'.
Was it simply that no one had thought of the name up until then? Or was there something different/special about the 'hoodie'?
The OED says "A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment.", and therein lies the answer, I think.
A hoodie is a "hooded sweatshirt" or "hooded fleece", (in contradistinction to the original kind of each, which had no hood) and the abbreviation is natural.
As far as I know "hooded coat" or "hooded raincoat" have never become established phrases, and so have not become "hoodies". This may be because on an outer garment (especially a raincoat) a hood is unremarkable, whereas on a sweatshirt it is much more distinctive; but that bit is speculation.
Hoodie is simply a diminutive of hooded sweatshirt.
Other common examples include:
It seems to me that the word came into use with the increased popularity of the garment itself: when the "hooded sweatshirt" became ubiquitous, people could not be bothered to use the full name.


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Dorothy Elaine Stehlik, age 86 years, 11 months and 18 days, of Nebraska City, Nebraska passed away Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the Ambassador in Nebraska City, Nebraska, surrounded by her family.
Dorothy Elaine Rogers was born on August 15, 1926, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Dale A. and Mary (Harmon) Rogers. Dorothy grew up in Lincoln, graduated fromLincoln High School, and attended the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. On March 12, 1950, in Lincoln, Nebraska, Dorothy married Norman Stehlik. That same year they moved to Nebraska City, Nebraska, which became their home and where they raised six children. Dorothy was a homemaker and active in the family business, Norman's IGA.
Survivors of Dorothy include her children: Fritz and Charlene Stehlik of Omaha, Nebraska; Mitzi Hobackof Nebraska City, Nebraska; Steve and Kelli Stehlikof Columbia, Illinois; Jim and Carol Stehlik of Nebraska City, Nebraska; Bill and Chanda Stehlik of Bellevue, Nebraska; and Pip and Jennifer Stehlik of Platte City, Missouri; 17 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with the family greeting friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Peterson Mortuary.
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In lieu of flowers the family suggest Memorials to the Norman and Dorothy Stehlik Memorial Scholarship Fund, or to the First United Methodist Church.
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Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend, the town of Vernon and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
Governor Walker Presents 2013-15 State Budget Tonite at 7 PM
Tonight, Governor Walker will deliver his Budget Address to a joint legislative session at 7:00 PM. You can watch Governor Walker's 2013-2015 Budget Address Live at 7:00PM
Here is Governor Walker's 2013-2015 Budget Proposal highlights already released.
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TEMPLE (January 4, 2013)--The Temple Police Department's Citizen's Police Academy is accepting applications for its next session, to begin January 29.
The academy meets every Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. for ten weeks.
Anyone in Temple or the surrounding areas that wishes to get an inside look at law enforcement including traffic stops, narcotic detection, K-9 units, SWAT operations and basic investigative techniques is invited to apply.
The course is $15 and is open to people at least 18 years of age.
The registration deadline is also on January 29.
Interested applicants can sign up in the lobby of the police department located at 209 E. Ave. A.
For more information, call Officer J. Gooch at (254) 298-5911.


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Small tail rack bag for virtually all enduro bikes with a luggage rack. We offer two different bags which perfectly fit the tail rack and are fastened at six points with three straps. The straps are fixed with 2 buckles and can be removed. 055-1201 and 055-1202 are similar but the 055-1202 is expandable.
The bag features a sponge rubber base for non-slip, limpet attachment. The outside top zipped pocket will take all the oddments and gives this quality bag an elegant finish. We have added a dense foam pad that may serve as an additional bottom padding or be used to separate tools from spare tubes, for example. Piped edging and double-stitched seams give strength and stability.
Enduro 1 tail rack bag offers 5 litres of carrying capacity.
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MHEC has created a website to serve as a center to post and
search for internship work opportunities within the military and
defense-related industries. The website will serve to list
internships available in the Fort Detrick, Fort Meade, and
Aberdeen Proving Ground areas. For participating organizations,
this website will provide a space to post internships providing
access to a potential employee pool. For students, internships
can provide an opportunity to get "hands-on" experience in their
chosen field of study. In many cases a stipend and/or college
credit is available. You can visit the Internship Center at:
In-state tuition is available for civilian, military contractual personnel relocating to Maryland
The University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, and St. Mary's
College of Maryland have agreed to offer in-state tuition to
eligible military employees, civilian contractor employees, and their family members
who are moving to Maryland because of the Base Realignment
and Closure Act. The waiver will not go into effect until you have taken up residence in Maryland.
Contact the university you plan to attend for more information.
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Interested in getting an advanced degree?
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The purpose of the BRAC Higher Education Investment Fund is
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Here's Ta-Ze, a sweet little olive oil shop designed by Burdifilek, here in Toronto. I love the olive tree branches and leaves graphics on the wall and the thin framed shelving on the. The mosaic flooring is equally stunning. Clean and fresh is where it's at! It also helps that the packaging is lovely as well!
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I am trying to find a web based document commenting tool that will allow people to upload documents so that other can view and comment on them.
It would be great if it was open source so that it could be deployed on an internal server.
I remember seeing such a tool a few months back which impressed me, however I can't remember what it was called, all I remember was that their site claimed that the tool got used a lot for refining legal documents.
I found the almost perfect example of what I'm looking for, the Django Book. Hopefully this will narrow the field a little better.