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Ask a Multitasking Money Saving Mom of Three… How has your life changed?
I decided that my sanity is expendable but making sure there was some normalcy for my children was not negotiable. The last couple of months have been challenging. I haven't been able to be the mom I wanted to be to all of my children. I had a lot of time to think while hanging in the hospital and I decided that my best is all I can expect.
I decided I needed to multi-task and give up a couple of things. The first thing I gave up was a shower by myself. It turns out if I want a morning shower leaving my daughter anywhere near the baby is not a good idea. The solution is my daughter now showers with mommy. I now have a clean daughter. That is until breakfast. The payoff, I do not have to give her a bath at night.
Another duty I gave up is I no longer make my bed. I now have my bed made by our son. He gets money towards his video game and I do not have to attempt to make the bed with a baby in one arm and a toddler around my leg. This saves time and my sanity.
How have I saved money with the addition of our third child? That is easy! I can't go out shopping because we are worried since he is a preemie that he could get sick easier. If you stay out of the store then you save money. I have also really had to streamline my errands and buy online when I can. When I buy online I am able to find the best price and shipping is usually free. This also reduces any impulse buying.
I found I can save time and money in the kitchen making several meals out of the same ingredients. I now have to do things quickly and efficiently. I made sauce this week used it on pasta, raviolis, and burgers. Then I froze some for the next couple of weeks. I also decided that my husband needs to watch the children when I go grocery shopping- it is quicker and I can save more money.
I also determined what we will actually do this summer and what events are pipe dreams. I would love to say that we are going to the pool everyday. Instead I opted to buy a day trip book. I know we will not go enough to buy an entire membership. I also started renting movies for free when we get free codes for the red box kiosk or the blockbuster kiosk. We are also reading a lot of books from the library. We are reading books and then doing art projects based on the books we read.
This is my family's new favorite multitasking item that I do. I make fresh fruit smoothies for breakfast. Then I use the leftover smoothies to make popsicles for our afternoon snack. I often use fruit that is ready to spoil because freezing it preserves the fruit and that saves money. I also found if you take your berry smoothie mix and pour it over vanilla yogurt or ice cream it makes for a wonderful treat.
What sanity saving tips do you have for a mom with two children that are under the age of two?


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At Photokina 2012, Kodak will showcase its latest photo solutions to help retailers, professional photo labs, photo service providers and commercial printers maximize business growth and attract new customers through high-value applications. One of the focal points of the Kodak booth (E20, Hall 4.2) will be the live printing demonstrations on the KODAK NEXPRESS Photo Platform. Designed for printing high-quality photo products, the NEXPRESS Platform with the KODAK NEXPRESS Fifth Imaging Unit Solution delivers comprehensive capabilities for digital output.
KODAK NEXPRESS Presses have been a leader in the photo book category for a number of years, providing printers with growing revenue opportunities for high-value printing. During the show, Kodak will demonstrate new applications for photo merchandise producers by showing how a retail customer can submit a digital photo project through a KODAK Picture Kiosk and how the job moves seamlessly into the KODAK Digital Fulfillment System (Kodak DFS) for payment and routing to the NEXPRESS Platform for production. While the NEXPRESS Platform has always been an open architecture platform, this will mark the first time retailers and photo service providers will be able to capture print sales from a KODAK Picture Kiosk and remotely move the digital file to the NEXPRESS Platform, using Kodak DFS to effectively manage the workflow throughout the process. Kodak will also demonstrate how retailers can capture digital print jobs from their customers' KODAK Create at Home Software, KODAK Creative Production Software and even the My KODAK MOMENTS app on the Facebook site. By pushing digital print jobs into the Kodak DFS, lab client, and onto the NEXPRESS Photo Platform, printers will find that they have plenty of additional opportunities to capture new business.
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The browser is now a platform and add-ons are becoming an industry. A
few of us are organizing the first Add-on-Con for Dec 11th in Mountain
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models. then break into technical and business tracks, and close with
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Portuguese Rating Cut, Greek Wrangling Fuel Bond Contagion
Portugal's downgrade to junk status and wrangling over the role of investors in a new Greek bailout package fueled concern about the solvency of the region's high-debt nations, sending their bonds tumbling.
The extra yield investors demand to hold Portugal's 10-year bonds over German bunds surged 148 basis points to a euro-era record 949 after Moody's slashed yesterday its credit rating four levels to Ba2, below investment grade. The yield on Italy's 10-year bond reached the highest in almost three years, while Ireland's 2-year yield topped 15 percent for the first time.
"It's a reminder that the sovereign debt crisis does not end with Greece and that risks remain with other nations in addition to Greece," said Gary Pollack, who helps oversee $12 billion as head of fixed-income trading at Deutsche Bank AG's Private Wealth Management unit in New York.
Moody's decision may further strain relations between the rating companies and European Union policy makers, who are trying to ensure their plan for investor involvement in a Greek bailout doesn't trigger a default. Moody's said that Portugal may need a second aid package and that the Greek plan makes it more likely the EU will require creditors to contribute to that effort, increasing the risk of holding Portugal's debt.
Portugal saw its financing costs rise at a sale of 848 million euros ($1.2 billion) of three-month bills today. The notes were priced to yield 4.926 percent, more than what Germany pays to borrow for 30 years, up from 4.863 percent at the previous sale.
Default Threat
Talks on investor involvement in the new Greek package are bogging down after Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings both indicated they would cut Greece to default if the EU went ahead with a plan to ask creditors to roll over expiring Greek bonds into new debt. The European Central Bank had pushed the approach as a way to avoid a default rating that might force bank to refuse Greek bonds as collateral, crippling the nation's lenders that rely on the ECB for their funding.
"The agency sees the participation of the private sector in the Greek debt restructuring as a factor implicitly impacting Portuguese ability to return to the capital markets," Stefan Kolek, corporate credit strategist at UniCredit SpA, wrote today. "The agency utters what many were fearing: that a participation of the private sector will increase risk aversion in the market."
Debt Swap
With the credit companies saying a rollover would be default, Germany has revived an approach initially opposed by the ECB to ask investors to voluntarily swap their Greek debt into longer-maturity securities. The Institute for International Finance, which represents more than 400 banks and insurers and is participating in the talks, has also called for buying back Greek bonds in the secondary market to reduce its debt load. That idea was rejected by the EU in March, when it set up a bailout mechanism that was only allowed to buy bonds at auction.
The IIF is hosting a meeting of banks and insurers in Paris today to discuss the proposals for private sector involvement in the Greek aid plan.
The competing ideas underscore how investors and government officials are struggling to devise a role for creditors in a bailout of Greece without triggering a default. The wrangling has pushed back a new aid package, which EU officials had said would be wrapped up by a meeting of euro-region finance chiefs on July 11-12, until September.
That delay may threaten the International Monetary Fund's contributions to the current Greece aid plan. The IMF has held up its 3.3 billion share of a 12 billion-euro payment due this month until the EU figures out how to ensure Greece remains fully funded.
Influencing Policy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the ratings companies shouldn't be allowed to exert excessive influence on policymakers.
"As far as the rating agencies are concerned, I think it's important that we -- and by this I mean primarily the troika, the IMF, the European Central Bank and the EU commission -- don't surrender our own ability to judge," Merkel told reporters in Berlin yesterday.
Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann yesterday said he would move to create a European rating company. The sovereign debt crisis has shown the rating companies lack "local knowledge" and "empathy" for the European condition, he said.
Return to Markets
Moody's said that Portugal may remain shut out of financial markets beyond 2013 and possibly need a second bailout. It also based its credit rating cut on risk that the nation won't be able to fully achieve its deficit-reduction target in the three-year aid plan. The rescue, which took effect two months ago, set goals for a budget deficit of 5.9 percent of gross domestic product this year, 4.5 percent in 2012 and 3 percent in 2013. The country had the fourth-biggest deficit in the euro region last year at 9.1 percent of GDP.
Portugal said Moody's decision ignores the effects of additional revenue measures passed last week. There is a "broad political consensus" backing the execution of the measures that were agreed upon with the EU, ECB and IMF, the Portuguese Finance Ministry said yesterday in
Moody's rating cut came a month after the country swore in a new government that pledged to implement the latest austerity plan to keep the aid funds flowing. Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho inherits an economy that the European Commission forecasts will contract 2.2 percent this year and 1.8 percent in 2012 with a debt that will top 101 percent of GDP this year.


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Definition of Rogation Days in English:
Rogation Days
(In the Western Christian Church) the three days before Ascension Day, traditionally marked by fasting and prayer, particularly for the blessing of the harvest (after the pattern of pre-Christian rituals).
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IACP News
ACP Kicks Off Planning for 2004 National Policy Summit
The purpose of the summit is to craft a national strategy to increase and improve partnerships between private-sector security and public-sector enforcement. The IACP is certain that growth of these partnerships will allow for a much stronger response to threats or acts of terrorism and public disorder.
The advisory committee has identified approximately 120 summit invitees who will identify, discuss, and resolve issues related to private-public safety partnering.
IACP Member Named NAWLEE Woman Law Enforcement Executive of the Year
The National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives (NAWLEE), in partnership with Motorola, announces that Chief Susan Riseling of the University of Wisconsin-
Madison Police Department is the recipient of its first annual Woman in Law Enforcement Executive of the Year award. The award was presented to Chief Riseling on August 1, 2003, at the annual NAWLEE conference, held in Tempe, Arizona.
For the past six years, Chief Riseling has chaired the University and College Police Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. She has served on the IACP Executive Committee and serves on the Civil Rights Committee and the Patrol and Tactical Operations Committee. In August she became president of the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association.
Chief Riseling is a past president of NAWLEE and currently serves as chair of that organization's legislative committee and as a mentor in the NAWLEE mentoring program.
For more information on NAWLEE, visit www.nawlee.com, or send an e-mail message to Captain Michelle Peralta, NAWLEE board member and commander of the Emergency Communications Center, Arlington County Police Department, Arlington, Virginia, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
From The Police Chief, vol. 70, no. 10, October 2003. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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Antatoliy Dudchenko signs with Main Events
Ukrainian light heavyweight Anatoliy Dudchenko, a winner of 16 straight, including 10 by knockout, has signed with Main Events.
Ukrainian light heavyweight Anatoliy Dudchenko, a winner of 16 straight, including 10 by knockout, has signed with Main Events.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said that he would begin working on a light heavyweight title unification bout between IBF titleholder Bernard Hopkins and WBA beltholder Beibut Shumenov "immediately."
Manny Pacquiao was asked for a urine sample on Wednesday morning in Macau as part of the random drug testing procedures being carried out by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association.
A stomach flu has caused Tomasz Adamek to pull out of Saturday's fight with Vyacheslav Glazkov. Adamek's replacement is Garrett Wilson.
Tomasz Adamek is suffering from an as yet unknown illness that could jeopardaize Saturday's heavyweight fight with Vyacheslav Glazkov, according to an official with Main Events.
South African cruiserweightt Thabiso Mchunu has signed with promoter Kathy Duva and has his sights set on a world title shot.
Hard-hitting light heavyweights Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev will face separate opponents on Nov. 30 in Canada, and Kovalev's promoter sees them facing each other down the road.
Former titleholder Antonio Tarver will return from what will have been a 17-month ring absence against Mike Sheppard on Nov. 26.
The handlers of WBO light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev say the fighter has agreed to make his fist defense against Ismayl Sillakh on the Nov. 30 Adonis Stevenson-Tony Bellew card.
Twice-beaten South Africa-based light heavyweight contender Isaac Chilemba, who is from Malawi, has signed with Main Events.
Deontay Wilder says he's ready to face fighters such as Chris Arreola, Dereck Chisora, Bryant Jennings, Bermane Stiverne and Tony Thompson
WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin and Curtis Stevens will be involved in press conferences in New York and Los Angeles on Wednesday and Thursday of next week in advance of their Nov. 2 clash on HBO.
WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin will pursue his 15th straight knockout win against Curtis Stevens on Nov. 2 at New York's Madison Square Garden.
A deal is close for WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin and Curtis Stevens to meet on Nov. 2 at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin could make a defense against Curtis Stevens on Nov. 2.
HBO's Jim Lampley would like to see a matchup of hard-hitting light heavyweights Adonis Stevenson, THE RING and WBC champion, and Sergey Kovalev, the new WBO beltholder.
The promoter of WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin has made an offer to the promoter of Curtis Stevens for a Nov. 2 clash 160-pound punchers on HBO.
Middleweight puncher Curtis Stevens: "People come because they love to see people get knocked out… I'm a one-punch knockout guy. I have that type of power… I can touch you just one time and it can be lights out."
Former heavyweight Eddie Chambers will debut as a cruiserweight on Aug. 3 against South Africa's hard-hitting Thabiso "The Rock" Mchunu.
Negotiations are ongoing for an early September fight between heavyweights Seth Mitchell and Chris Arreola.


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'Open City' Editor Joanna Yas Reflects on the Lit Journal
Open City is ceasing publishing after 20 years. The literary journal was founded in 1990 by Daniel Pinchbeck and Thomas Beller, and published works by Sam Lipsyte, David Berman, Ed Park and many other notables over its 30-issue run. Joanna Yas became the first full-time employee; a year later, in 1999, publisher and driving force Robert Bingham died and, shortly thereafter, Pinchbeck exited the magazine, leaving Yas and Beller as co-editors. Yas recalled for Speakeasy her early days at the magazine.
I was in my mid-'20s, working at Zoetrope, and I ran into David Berman, a poet. He was about to have his book of poetry published by Open City. I had heard of Open City when I was in college. It seemed like this cool, mysterious thing. Of course there was no Internet back then, so you couldn't find out about it. One of my first memories of the literary world in New York was going to this Open City party at a gallery in Chelsea and it was mobbed. These tall men were standing at the door, waving around copies of their literary magazine.
They were working out of Robert Bingham's loft. I was introduced by David Berman. Rob, in flamboyant fashion, got very excited and said, "I'm going to steal you away from Coppola." I was an assistant editor at the time. Coppola's empire clearly wasn't going to fall apart. Rob hired me, paid me a salary and introduced me to Tom and Daniel, who were, frankly, a little stunned. But I think they thought it was good to have someone working on it full-time. They had just gotten this office on Lafayette Street. I kind of felt like the girl Friday. But it didn't end up being that way; Rob and I ended up editing the magazine and working on the David Berman book together in a more equal way. Then he died. Which left things in a strange place.
I remember one of the earliest pieces I published in the magazine was a short story by Melissa Pritchard that we had rejected when I was working at Zoetrope because Zoetrope was a more traditional, narrative-driven magazine and it was more experimental. I was very proud of the fact that I now had this autonomy. If someone really loved something at Open City, it made it in. There was this respect for our individual tastes. We never had an agenda for what we thought Open City is about. I guess it was what we were about at that particular moment. You could probably do some kind of psychological analysis of each issue.


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As worse as it gets!!
A father passing by his son's bedroom was astonished to see the bed nicely made up and everything neat and tidy.
Then he saw an envelope propped up prominently on the pillow. It was addressed, "Dad". With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands:
Dear Dad,
It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with you and Mom.
I've been finding real passion with Joan and she is so nice. I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercings, tattoos, her tight motorcycle clothes and because she is so much older than I am but it's not only the passion, Dad, she's pregnant.
Joan says that we are going to be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood, enough for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children.
In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Joan can get better; she sure deserves it!
Don't worry Dad, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Someday, I'm sure we'll be back to visit, so you can get to know your grandchildren.
Your son, Chad
P.S. Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at Tommy's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the report card that's in my desk drawer.
I love you! Call me when it is safe for me to come home!
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what an idea sirji
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WOW…What a Joke and at the same time it is something to remind us that there are things out there that we people need to be aware of.


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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers created a bit of a stir — as much as you can stir up anything with the Seahawks these days — by telling reporters in Wisconsin that Seattle defensive end Darryl Tapp bit him during last year's game at Qwest Field.
In this blog post on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's website, Greg A. Bedard quotes Rodgers saying Tapp bit him through the sleeve covering his arm.
"There wasn't a whole lot of words spoken," said Rodgers, whose Packers host Seattle Sunday at Lambeau Field. "I looked down and my arm was hurt and it felt like a bee sting. I was looking down and he was biting my arm so I had to get his teeth off my shoulder.
"Luckily I was wearing a long sleeve so I don't know if he actually (broke the skin). I had a bruise for the rest of the season. Other than that I was good."
Tapp denied the accusation to several reporters who asked him about it after Wednesday's practice, at one point putting on his helmet and showing the impossibility of biting through the face mask.
Tapp even wears a visor that makes it even more difficult for an arm to somehow get near his face.
The fourth-year Seahawk felt strongly enough about the situation that he posted this message on his Twitter account: "How can a football player bite another player when he's wearing a helmet and mouthpiece c'mon ppl let's be serious here. And of all ppl me?"
Does seem like an odd accusation and Tapp certainly has never been compared to Darnell Dockett for dirty play at the bottom of piles before.
Rodgers is having a great year and has developed into one of the NFL's top young quarterbacks, but seems like he might be a little off target this time.
Before he gets too far into the world of professional wrestling and MMA, seems like he might want to Tapp out on this one.


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Rabbi, you may bore us but stay out of politics
Expressing a political viewpoint is not what we want from our rabbis
A lot is asked of our rabbis. We want them to be Moshes of all trades: orators, teachers, social workers, visitors to the sick and bereaved.
We want them to be wise and understanding, erudite and spiritually uplifting. And should they have dashed off an academic paper or a book or three, so much the better.
What we — or at least, I — very much don't want, is a rabbi who is political.
Last week, Rabbi Natan Asmoucha — the rabbi of Britain's oldest synagogue, Bevis Marks — ran into trouble with the executive of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation.
Ostensibly this was because he had taken part in a City of London anti-usury demonstration.
What we — or at least, I — very much don't want, is a rabbi who is political
Whichever way you understand Rabbi Asmoucha's action, there is no doubt that it was political. And that is not what we employ a rabbi for.
I do not want my rabbi to express any political opinions whatsoever, other than, perhaps, to exhort the congregants to go out and vote should there be an imminent election. He should, however, stop at the exhorting part.
Let me be clear. I have no problem with my rabbi actually having political opinions.
But I don't want my rabbi to express those opinions from the pulpit, or to imagine that by virtue of standing before the congregation on a Shabbat morning, a divine right settles on his shoulders allowing him to come over all party political.
I don't want my rabbi to parse the political trench warfare in the Middle East and then come up with a smug "this is what should happen now" solution, of whatever stripe — right or left.
I also don't want my rabbi to voice a Little England mentality in which everyone outside the Jewish community is a frightening alien, out to get us.
And I don't want my rabbi to be so in love with multiculturalism that he talks in a kind of psychobabble hum which bears no relation to the way in which most of his congregants live.
It's not as though the rabbis don't know what they are letting themselves in for. Once, they too sat in numb silence as their synagogue's religious leader took the parsha of the week, squeezed it for all sensible meaning, squeezed it a little more, and then let fly with a self-righteous homily which left everyone either depressed or wondering what the hell it was all about.
Perhaps the politicisation of the rabbinate is their revenge.
At any event, this is a plea (bound to be ignored), for rabbis to keep out of politics. If you feel even slightly motivated to join a Rural Rights Rally, resist the temptation. If countryside matters are not your bag, but the future of the Labour Party occupies your every living moment, keep it to yourself. If you are a fully paid-up, dyed-in-the-wool-and-tallit proponent of the Greater Israel philosophy, accompanied by an unhealthy dislike of any kind of opposition to your views, then frankly you are in the wrong job.
But for those of you who have joined the rabbinate with the aim of opening the hearts and minds of others to the beauty of Judaism, I implore you: stick to the brief.
Jenni Frazer is the JC's assistant editor


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Aeros.com Is Relaunched
Monday, 08.21.2006 / 8:31 AM CT / News
HOUSTON, Texas - The American Hockey League's Houston Aeros, in conjunction with Infinity Pro Sports, are proud to announce the relaunch of their official website, Aeros.com. Please note it may take a period of time for your server to recognize the new Aeros.com.
Aeros.com is Relaunched
The new Aeros.com has a vast array of new features, including a multimedia page with audio, video and downloadable pictures, and the improved Puck Pals page, which includes downloadable pictures for kids to color.
The Aeros are also offering fans a chance to check out their seats before they get to Toyota Center with the Virtual Tour.
And as always, Aeros.com is your official home for Aeros ticket information and Houston Aeros Charities.


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Writing Your Own Textbook: Distribution
Aaron Perrell, Instructional Technologist, Wyoming Distance Learning Consortium
Robert Sprague, Associate Professor, Management and Marketing
Robin Hill, Coordinator of Instructional Computing, and Adjunct, Philosophy
August 22nd, 2012
The first workshop in this series, Writing Your Own Textbook: Planning, was held on May 7th and repeated on August 21st.
- Results of Examples Undertaken in Spring
Method Project Authoring and Organizing Transforming to EBook Outcome and Comments Free and Simple Course materials packet for Logic I, HTML
Amaya editor to write XHTML (materials assembled from course website) Sigil to create EPub Targets and links added by Amaya. No chapter numbers. Index idea given up, but Jutoh would allow that. Professional Law for Business book for publisher
Scrivener (for organization) to MS Word InDesign to EPub, mobi, PDF iBook Author to iBook Recommend conformity to iAuthor templates Technical Book with notation, Research Writing in Computer Science
Text editor to write LaTex, TtH to convert to HTML Sigil to create EPub Fine. But links (to sections, tables, etc. would be nice; must be added manually.) Another Free and Simple, with Notation
Philosophy and Computer Science textbook Mostly text, with links for some references, some notation, exercises. Amaya to write text (and include chapter numbers), Sigil to create ePub, calibre to track and transfer. Fine. Will distribute as students desire. Still miss page numbers! Students with e-readers can annotate.
Content Methods and Issues
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For information, go to http://libguides.uwyo.edu/ and click tab "Resources for Teaching" (then "Creating Links to Articles").
How should you provide: Student Convenience? Student annotations? Author modifications?
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EBook Readers
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|Computers, via applications or browsers
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Distribution Methods and Issues
Case Studies from the Chronicle -- http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/professors-put-textbooks-online-to-reduce-costs-for-students/37677
The first workshop in this series, Writing Your Own Textbook: Planning, was held on May 7th and repeated on August 21st.
Copyright -- See Kelly Visnak, Scholarly Communications Librarian; email@example.com
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Deference, Degree and Selfhood 1
The world we lost, and now barely understand, was one where everyone knew her place, and her attendant duties. Civilized groups were the likeliest to insist on a diversity of rôle and rule. Primitive societies are ones where there are rather fewer such distinctions. Slaves and merchants offered a way of being outside the orders, and from the older point of view, the life of slaves and merchants is exactly what the 'liberal' ideal entails. No one can count on her connections; everything is up for sale; no one is dishonoured by the acts of friends or family; only animal passions keep us all together. Even in societies that profess egalitarian theories, castes and classes re-emerge. If there is another option it may lie in drawing, as the ancients did, a clear division between selfhood and nature: even in a traditionally hierarchical society it is possible to recall the mere selves that play their various parts. In a would-be egalitarian society that hopes for something more than the hedonic or agonistic bonds that may bind small-scale communities together, recalling, and reconstructing, that distinction may be even more important.
1 This paper is intended as a prolegomenon to a larger study of NeoPlatonist ethics. I am grateful for the Leverhulme Trust's support for this project.


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- Overview
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- Working with the Conveyor tool to link objects and map styles
- Applying Liquid Layout rules
- Using flexible columns
- Creating auto-sized text frames
- Accessing recently used fonts
- Fitting frames to more types of text content
- Exporting to EPUB 2 and 3 using new controls
- Inserting HTML and Edge content into a layout
- Creating a PDF form with interactive text, radio, and checkbox fields
- Mapping text styles in linked objects
Skill Level Appropriate for all
Let's explore this idea of an alternate layout. I mentioned it in my overview of flexible layouts in the first video in this chapter, and now let's look specifically at what is an alternate layout and when you might want to use it, and what are some settings that you should probably know about. You want to create an alternate layout whenever you want to show a variation of an existing layout. And it is something that you would do instead of doing a Save As with a different name and a different size, because what's more convenient is to have all the alternate layouts in one single InDesign document.
Let's say, for example, that you need to do a bunch of display ads at different sizes. Instead of having a folder that had the same ad at different sizes for different publications, you could just create one single document. And the beauty of it is that in the alternate layouts in this document, the text is linked from layout to layout, so it's a lot easier to make sure that all the text is up to date and accurate. Here we have a half-letter-size page ad, let's say for the bottom of a newsletter page or a magazine, and now we want to create a few different variations. How do we do that? In the Pages panel--this is probably where I would go first, is I would just go ahead and click the downward-pointing arrow here right next to the name of this layout, which InDesign assigns automatically, and choose Create Alternate Layout.
I could also come up over here to the Layout menu, which makes sense, and choose Create Alternate Layout. Now you need to pay attention here because InDesign automatically assumes that hey, you must be doing something for the iPad or the Kindle, and so you want to do a vertical and a horizontal version of the same document, which is obviously a natural use for this feature and I'll talk about that in a second. But do you see how it automatically switched the orientation, and it renamed it with a V because we already have that horizontal version? So make sure that you click this so that you are using the same orientation, assuming you want to use the same orientation. And then you want to give it a different name.
So I am just going to swipe over here and I will say this is a quarter page. And then put in the page size that you want, so instead of 51 picas, this might be 26 picas, or let's say 24 picas. And click OK and we'll come back and look at these options in a bit. By the way, these are the default settings for this dialog box. If you're following along with your own files and your settings look different, just update them to match. So there is the Quarter page layout, and let's say that we want to do another one.
You could create it from here or from here; it makes no difference. If I click here, and I say Create Alternate Layout, From Source Pages is going to create it from here or I could say from the Letter - Half. So you have your choice. All the existing layouts appear here under From Source Pages. So now let's say a skyscraper ad. And this one, the width is going to be, let's say 20 picas, and the height is going to be 66 picas.
Let's bring this out wider. You can see that you can do a whole series of ads. Now obviously, we're going to have to come in here and modify some of this layout, and that's where the liquid layout rules will help us as well, that I will be getting to in later videos. But for right now, let's take a look at the linked text. You can see that the text in all of these alternate layouts is linked and if I select it and look at the Links panel and resize this, it's actually linked to the same document. And if I click here, it'll jump to where it is in the layout.
So that's what this link is, and then if I right-click and choose Go to Source, it goes to the one in the first layout. So that's the source of this link. Let's say that we change it to The Academy. As soon as we change it, then in the Links panel, those become out of date, and this is what I covered in the Linked Objects video in a previous chapter. What's happening here is that when you create an alternate layout, you have the option--let's look at that dialog box again--to link the stories.
It's actually turned on by default. Now, it's only linking the content text frames. It's not linking any objects. That is not possible to do automatically when you're creating an alternate layout, but you can link the content of stories. So I will just click Cancel here, because I really don't want to do that, and we'll come over here to this one and see that's out of date. I will click it to update it, and now it says The Academy. You can see how useful that would be. Let's look at something else that it did. I am going to choose Create Alternate Layout to recall this dialog box.
It also is copying the text styles to a new style group. And the tool-tip hopefully explains what exactly is happening. You can turn that off if you want, and it would just use the same exact styles. But the idea is that what you call Address here in Quarter page, you might want to call Address Small or Address Quarter or in the skyscraper, Address Sideways or something like that. So it is helpfully duplicating styles and putting them into style groups. If we come here and we open up Paragraph Styles, and we just detach this here, you can see that we have three groups, and that they are all the same styles, so that I can easily edit the styles used in the Quarter page layout without affecting the styles used in the other two layouts.
Now, that's optional. If you want all the styles to be the same, then you want to turn off Copy to Style Groups. Let's take another example. Let me hit Reset, my panels here, and we'll look at this document. Yeah, he is a nice smiling guy. Apparently, his name is Arnie Palmer, and he is an artist at the Roux Institute. This is an example of a document that's been laid out to go onto an iPad. All right! So we have a vertical layout for the iPad, and if we go to the File > Document Setup, you can see it's been set to iPad vertical.
Now, I'm not sure why it doesn't say iPad V here at the top of the Pages panel. I found that sometimes it puts it there automatically and sometimes you have to actually create an alternate layout before it adds a name. So let's go ahead and right-click on this page and choose Create Alternate Layout, and so you see it knows that this is called iPad V. And we want another one called iPad H. This is going to be horizontal. So if you are doing any kind of work for creating publications for tablets using the Digital Publishing Suite, then you're going to see this is fantastic, because before, you had to create two separate InDesign files and constantly check back and forth.
You could use the Folio Builder panel to link to them all, but they were definitely two separate InDesign files. Let's go ahead and create an alternate layout, but let's look at something else down here. You can apply a liquid page rule, which means that when you change the orientation or you change the page size or the dimensions in pixels, InDesign will try to manipulate the objects on each page to better fit the new page size. And I'll be talking about those in detail in coming videos.
But right now, it's just set to preserve whatever existing liquid page rules have been applied to the pages. So if you choose something else here, this would override whatever is enabled for all the pages. Another new thing that you should notice is that it says the Smart Text Reflow has been turned on, so that if we made this in too much smaller document, then it would automatically add additional pages so that we wouldn't have any overset text. And I guess that would take a little bit of planning. You'd have to really set up a master page and the document to make sure that yes, you do want to have Smart Text Reflow.
So if you were taking, say, a long book that was set up for 8x10 and now you want to reformat it to 6x9, you would probably want to turn on Smart Text Reflow before you made your alternate layout so that additional pages would automatically be added to the document to accommodate the text at the smaller live area. Let me go ahead and click OK. And there, now look up: iPad V and iPad H. So if we look here, it hasn't done much of anything to it. Let me actually delete this one, and let's try something else.
I am going to choose Delete Alternate Layout. This is how you delete them. And here, I'm going to say Create Alternate Layout, but this time I'm going to choose Scale. That's automatically going to scale everything to fit, and let's see how it does. That's a little better. So they're kind of centered. We have the spillers happening on either side, but at least all the content fits and then we can go through and resize. I could continue and say let's create another one. Instead of for the iPad, let's do something for the Android, which has a different width and height.
And we will do a horizontal version for the Android. There we go! So until we come up with the Valhalla of just being able to create one document that automatically reflows into all these different devices, this is, I think, a really good compromise. We don't have to create different documents; we could actually just keep it all together in one document, with alternate layouts. So a couple of more tips that I want to give you about working with alternate layouts.
You don't have to create an alternate of the entire document; you can create an alternate of specific pages. I showed that in the previous video with this document. This is a mixed-page-size single document that is the catalog, and the idea is, what if you want to create alternate layouts for the cover? You could come here and say Create Alternate Layout. Now, it makes no difference if the cover is highlighted, by the way. What is important is that up here, you say From the Source Page and you put in the page number. You have to put in the name of the layout and then separate it with a colon, no space, and then put the page number in.
And remember, we have to do this thing with the orientation to make sure it stays at the same orientation. And I could say Cover2. And we will go ahead and click OK, and so now it just makes an alternate of that one page rather than the entire document. Now, those of you who are accustomed to working with long documents might recognize that notation, because that's actually how you specify a section page, and that is actually, behind the scenes, what alternate layouts are.
If we zoom out in this document--let's go ahead and zoom out--you can see that that alternate layout is part of this document. It's just a section start. If you look at the top of every new alternate layout, there's that little telltale triangle indicating that it's a section start. And if I double-click on it, you can see that it's start section. So actually, the names of these layouts are something like section prefixes. And if I wanted to, for example, print just this alternate layout, or export just this alternate cover to PDF, in the Export Dialog box, I would also have to type in "Cover2:1" for page 1, because you have to specify the actual section start number.
Let's look back at our iPad layouts. Another useful thing that you can do is you can see these two layouts side by side, not three, just two at a time. There is a new icon in lower-right called Split Window, and if I click it, this is from the iPad V and then you can come over here and click iPad H, and so you can view them side by side, and you can drag and drop items back and forth if you need to. So that's really nice to be able to tweak your different layouts as you're editing them.
In the panel itself, you can rearrange the order of these. If I wanted the Android alternate layout to be second, I could just drag right from this little grab bar and drop it right there. And if I wanted to, I could rename these, so if I don't want to call it Android 10 inch, I could just click in here and type in any name that I wanted. You can't export an alternate layout to a new document. That I would love, and it's a great feature request. All you could do would be to delete other layouts and then do a Save As and call it, this is the iPad horizontal version.
But you can easily delete individual pages if for some reason you wanted to. If I wanted to Shift+Click both of these pages and delete them, I could do that without affecting the other two layouts. It might be really hard to make sense-- let me turn off split window--of what's happening in this document, when I zoom out and start scrolling, because they're not really labeled here. So that's why I really love this new interface in the Pages panel.
It makes it a lot easier to work with and to manage alternate layouts.


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There may have been no room at the inn for former I.R.A. bomber Gerry Kelly, but the explosive row about his planned book-signing at The Stables in Antrim is still generating political shockwaves.
The Sinn Fein M.L.A. had planned to launch his book "The Escape," which is billed as the inside story of the 1983 Maze escape, in the local nightspot on Friday, November 22.
According to fliers publicizing the event, Mr. Kelly, along with 37 fellow republicans, "defied all probability using cunning expertise and daring to smash out of what was the most secure prison in Europe."
[Source: Antrim Guardian]
The motive behind an apparent paramilitary-style shooting close to Cullyhanna on Tuesday evening, November 5, is shrouded in mystery, although an investigation into the attack is continuing, police have said.
The victim, a man aged in his late 40s, is recovering after he was shot in both legs by a number of men who forced their way into his Drummond Road home in Drumlougher, close to the Monaghan border.
The incident occurred around 7:20 p.m. when the masked intruders attacked the man, hitting him on the head with a hammer, before opening fire with a handgun, wounding him in both knees.
[Source: Examiner Newspaper]
Carlow chairman Michael Meaney was optimistic that the rest of Leinster will support their proposed "Super 14" restructuring of the Allianz Hurling League when the Central Council voted on the issue last weekend.
Carlow and Westmeath were both furious that they have been omitted from the top-12 teams that were initially proposed for the latest restructuring of NHL Division 1.
They came up with an alternative "Super 14" proposal that would feature seven teams in both Division 1A and 1B and allow 14 of the 15 teams (excluding London) who play in the Liam MacCarthy Cup to be involved in the top two tiers of the league.
[Source: Irish Independent]
Fresh from its Arctic Monkeys support gig in Dusseldorf, Germany, The Strypes has spoken exclusively to The Anglo-Celt to announce two Christmas gigs in Cavan Town Hall.
The Strypes had a whirlwind year, countless high-profile gigs, numerous television appearances, making music videos, supporting the Arctic Monkeys on its U.K. and European tour, its own Japanese tour and, of course, the release of its critically-acclaimed debut album "Snapshot" – but there's more to come.
The Strypes exclusively reveals to the Celt that they will be performing two gigs in the Town Hall, Cavan, on Saturday, December 28 and Sunday, December 29, presented by Blue Valentines.
[Source: The Anglo Celt]
A reduction in the rates rebate for vacant commercial buildings, proposed in the Local Government Bill 2013, "would have a huge negative impact on Shannon Airport," it has been claimed by a Fianna Fáil T.D.
Under the current system, commercial properties are subject to rates payable to the local authority but, in Clare, a 100 percent rebate is subsequently applied where the property is unoccupied.
[Source: Clare Champion]
A Cork feminist group is planning to protest against a proposed children's beauty pageant being held in the city.
Texas-based Universal Royalty hosted the first-ever Irish contest in September in Monaghan after the original venue, The Bracken Court in Ballbriggan in Dublin, pulled out due to negative backlash in the media. Maureen Considine, who is involved with Cork Feminista, has set up an online petition that pledges to boycott any business that is willing to host a child pageant.
Speaking to the Cork Independent, Ms. Considine said: "The first time this company came to Ireland in September they had to keep the location a secret right up until the last minute. This meant that people didn't get a chance to signal their disdain for the event to the venue as they did not know where it was on. We want to make sure that this does not happen in Cork. If this type of event is to go ahead it will set a dangerous precedent for the future."
[Source: Cork Independent]
Sinn Féin M.E.P. Martina Anderson has said a major tobacco company's sponsorship of City of Culture events undermines the success of the year.
Ms. Anderson was speaking after it emerged that Japan International Tobacco (J.T.I.), the parent company of the Gallagher group, is a partner sponsor of some City of Culture events.
The M.E.P., who has campaigned for tougher regulation of the tobacco industry at the European Parliament, said she was disappointed by the development and suggested it sends out the wrong message.
[Source: Derry Journal]
Six Gaeltacht companies, including one from Donegal and representatives of Údarás na Gaeltachta, are part of a trade mission to Philadelphia this month.


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Obama to Pay Tribute to March on Washington
Fifty years to the day after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, President Barack Obama will take to the same steps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement's March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
The White House, in a brief statement Wednesday, said Mr. Obama would deliver remarks at the "Let Freedom Ring" ceremony on Aug. 28th. The event is intended to commemorate the March on Washington, where some 250,000 people gathered and heard Mr. King's rousing speech on racial equality.
While the president has spoken little of race during his presidency, protests over the not-guilty verdict in the shooting of Trayvon Martin last month forced his hand. Mr. Martin, an unarmed black teenager, was shot by former neighborhood-watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Florida last year. Mr. Zimmerman was acquitted on all charges last month, sparking an outcry.
Mr. Obama gave lengthy and personal remarks about the case. He said it was handled professionally and urged people to uphold the law. He also reflected on how his own race has affected him.
"Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago," Mr. Obama said. He added later, "There are very few African American men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store. That includes me."
The White House said it would release more details about the president's planned speech later.


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Headley makes a good adjustment
Written by | Tom Krasovic | 9:36 a.m., Jun 21, 2008
After making an out in his first at-bat Friday, Chase Headley looked at the video and determined that he needed to make a slight adjustment.
Headley returned to the batter's box in the fourth inning and hit the first pitch he saw for a home run, tying the score at 1.
"I found out I was a little late," said Headley, a switch-hitter who was batting left-handed. He said he adjusted by making sure that he got his front foot down early in the sequence; that's the same expression Tony Gwynn often used.
His timing adjusted, Headley sent Eddie Bonine's fastball 406 feet for a home run to center field.
As a bonus, Headley got the baseball, a cherished item because it was hit for his first home run at Petco Park.
Headley has yet to get the baseball he hit in Yankee Stadium for his first home run as a major leaguer. He said the ball is being authenticated and he expects to get it soon. "Hopefully," he joked, "it's not on eBay."
His homer Friday was his second in 14 at-bats. Back at his natural position of third base in place of the injured Kevin Kouzmanoff, Headley made a good play on a tricky ground ball to retire Magglio Ordonez in the first inning.
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ET Now caught up with RC Bhargava , Chairman, Maruti Suzuki, for his views on the current issues facing Maruti, including the Manesar plant strike. Excerpts:
Let me start with something which is of immense market curiosity. For the month of August dispatch numbers for Maruti were rather poor because of the Manesar strike problem. Do you see them improving going forward?


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Since I was a little girl with my first pair of wire framed glasses I always dreaded the idea of wearing them. They were like this thing I suddenly always needed. They broke more often than I would have liked: I've had them run over by a car, sat on, and of course they've just plainly fallen apart! Honestly all throughout high school I wore my contacts everyday. In fact for a while some people didn't even realize I ever wore glasses. Even when I graduated from those old wire frames and started buying plastic ones, I really couldn't find a pair I really liked.
That is until I finally found online glasses stores. It started with me trying to buy frames to get lenses for(not a good idea or so I've read), which led to the usual google rabbit hole-- you know where you find something completely different from what you were looking for. My oversized cat eyed glasses were perfect! They were much cooler than any pair I'd bought from Walmart or Lens Crafters, and much cheaper($35 all together I think).
And thus my addiction to glasses began~
I'm not going to say that cheap glasses will completely take you out of your glasses-loathing, but the right pair can... and it just can't hurt that they're generally pretty affordable.
What you need:
Current prescription that you DON'T HATE!
Your pupil distance(mine is 65mm)
Finding the right shape can be made a lot simpler with "Try it on" programs, which most of them have. I'll say that you probably want glasses that compliment your features. What that actually means is if you have softer features(rounder shape face) you probably want angular glasses, and vice versa with more angular features(like a square or rectangle shaped face). I think I hve a rounder face, which is probably why I like the frames that I do(very square, or cat eyed)
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What I love about it is I'm not trying to match one pair of glasses to everything when I get dressed in the morning.


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A lady should always make polite conversation . . .
Theresa Weller understands the rules of decorum, and is appalled when Colonel Bartholomew James disrupts a perfectly civilized dinner. This rude, insensitive man is the complete opposite of everything a gentleman should be—but with one searing kiss, Tess can think of no one else.
A lady should never lose her temper . . .
Aggravated beyond bearing by a man who speaks his mind, Tess wishes there was a guide to men like Bartholomew. Surely, with such an assortment of handsome, polite suitors to choose from, Tess should not ache for him.
And a lady should never pursue a gentleman.
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The Beatles performed two shows at the Paris Olympia on this day, topping a bill that also featured Trini Lopez and Sylvie Vartan. This was the 11th date of the group's Parisian residency.
The group's setlist contained eight songs: From Me To You, Roll Over Beethoven, She Loves You, This Boy, Boys, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Twist And Shout and Long Tall Sally.


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Dell Shareholders Approve Buyout
Dell said its stockholders approved its $25 billion buyout by founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell and investment firm Silver Lake Partners, ending a bitter contest to take the PC-maker private.
"I am pleased with this outcome and am energized to continue building Dell into the industry's leading provider of scalable, end-to-end technology solutions," Mr. Dell said. "As a private enterprise, with a strong private-equity partner, we'll serve our customers with a single-minded purpose and drive the innovations that will help them achieve their goals."
In a preliminary tally, Dell Inc. said Thursday that shareholders had passed the vote, an expected result, but it followed months of angst.
Three times the Dell board had delayed this vote as the deal looked likely to fail. But a sweetened bid earned Mr. Dell and Silver Lake a new set of rules that counted only votes cast.
The vote was about 65% support, according to one source.
Dell stockholders will receive $13.75 in cash for each share of Dell they hold, plus payment of a special cash dividend of 13 cents a share, for total consideration of $13.88 a share in cash. The agreement also guarantees the regular quarterly dividend of eight cents a share for the fiscal third quarter.
The shareholder vote was repeatedly delayed as activist investor Carl Icahn and his partner, Southeastern Asset Management Inc., agitated for a better deal.
Earlier this week, while still criticizing the deal and Dell's board, Mr. Icahn conceded defeat after six months of trying to persuade other shareholders to vote down the deal and instead support his proposal for a so-called leverage recapitalization of the computer maker.
And Alex Mandl, who handled the negotiations for Dell's board as head of the independent committee, the group that came under fire from Carl Icahn and other shareholders, defended the process one last time.
"Over the course of more than a year, the Special Committee and its advisors conducted a disciplined and independent process to ensure the best outcome for Dell stockholders," Mr. Mandl said "By voting in favor of the transaction, the stockholders have chosen the best option to maximize the value of their shares. I want to thank my fellow Committee members and the entire Board for their diligent and tireless efforts on behalf of Dell stockholders, and the stockholders themselves for the careful consideration they gave to this important matter."
- Previously: For Michael Dell, Saving His Deal Is Just First Step
- Previously: Dell Buyout Lurches to an Inevitable Finish
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NAR Conference & Expo: Inland's Patricia DelRosso Talks 1031 Exchanges
Tax-deferred exchanges of commercial property can postpone and even eliminate federal taxes due on the sale of properties that qualify for tax-deferred status. Since 1921, the IRS Section 1031 exchange rules have been in place with the intent and effect of generating capital for investment. Tax deferment on an exchange of property in "like kind" as 1031 stipulates is effectively an interest-free loan from the federal government in the amount of the taxes that would have been due on a simple sale.
As great as that sounds, navigating the obstacle course in qualifying is a challenge for most, meaning it's a full-time job for some. Patricia Del Rosso of Inland Private Capital has built a major practice in 1031 transactions, and came to talk about 1031 to clients trying to get their tax-deferred exchange strategies in a row.
Rise In The Investment Market Means Rise In 1031 Demand
"1031 transaction volume has increased over the last 18 months – between 50% and 100% nationwide" said Del Rosso. "The capital markets were in paralysis — potential buyers had to means to buy, which hit commercial very very hard.". But the new commercial market had more stringent financing requirements. "Requirements for lower loan-to-value ratios and more restrictive clauses and covenants" means that 1031s loom large as an more attractive source of capital to get a deal done. "We see more potential exchangers coming off the sidelines and getting the prices they want. It's uneven – [some markets] are still very bad and will take more time, but elsehwere, you see multiple offers and some move to a new transaction form: setting up auction bid processes."
Paid-Up Baby Boomers Looking To Sell
DelRosso described a key 1031 demographic: baby boomers, whose interest in tangible assets means they have often invested in and worked/managed commercial property, and are now looking to retire. "[They] want to parlay their sweat equity and capital appreciation into something with more predictable income. There's a huge population for this, growing all the time. They consider 1031 because they have held the property for so long. the rents they have received have gone to pay the mortgage… over 10-20 years, they may not have any debt. If they do, it's probably quite small. typically they have not raised the rent according to market conditions. you often find they have very low returns and they dont even realize it. – some as low as .5 to 2%."
The Tax Situation
While you may not have access to a seller's form 1040, you'd be surprised what sellers divulge when talking to a professional. DelRosso explained "They have taken deductions that have brought them into a negative position in terms of the money they've invested in the property. They forget they don't have a zero tax basis, they have a negative tax basis. So they don't realize when they sell, they have to come back to at least a zero tax basis on the property. They're surprised they owe taxes on the property at sale time."
The 1031 benefit is the natural fit for that situation – but of course an exchange needs to take place, so property to exhange needs to be identified and strict timeframes for the exchange under 1031 must be met. Del Rosso's strategies and tactics here are many, including a Deleware Statutory Trust, a business trust called into exchanges partially for the purpose of facilitating a 1031 exchange.
You can get a full audio recording of Patricia Del Rosso's presentation to REALTORS Conference & Expo 2012 "Increasing Your Market Share Via 1031 Exchanges" at PlaybackNAR.
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Great comments on 1031's. Here's the underlying fact of life. Boomer property investors are looking for relaxation and greener pastures while boomers who didn't invest are trying to figure out how they can hold onto to semblance of liquidity.
1031 exchanges are a must for most commercial investors. I have a client with several residential and light commercial properties and they use l031 exchanges all the time. In trading like property with like property, we have found that to mean almost any investment property. For example my client has traded residential property for light commercial properties which are considered "like kind" for investment purposes.
As a residential agent, being aware of 1031 Exchange requirements and educating yourself and your client on how it will benefit the mom and pop investors can really open up a whole new stream of business and increased sales; the beauty is a 1031 Exchange always requires a replacement property, so there is twice the earning potential for the savvy agent.
What I have found 1031 exchanges to be potentially dangerous for the investor who's just looking to avoid taxes and doesn't have their hands solidly in the market. Having to identify replacement properties within 45 days for a novice investor can cause them to make financial mistakes or bad decisions on deals just due to the deadline. For the seasoned investor who has specific investment objectives, keeps their hands in the market and is not flustered by the urgency of they deadline because they know they will only exchange for a deal that serves their goals and not JUST to avoid taxes, I think 1031 is a perfectly suited tool. It's tough being an investor and a Real Estate agent when service a novice 1031 investor because I cannot provide advice on the deal even if I observe them going down the wrong path. I would suggest choosing clients in 1031's who've done them before or have a very savvy team with of professionals in their corner.
Helpful article on 1031. While many investors know this, it is important to keep a close record of all expenses and improvements on a property in order to track the property's tax basis — even if the tax 'consequence' is deferred to a later date.
I would be interested to know the number of 1031 exchanges as a percentage of total sales delineated within regions and market segments. It certainly would be useful to see which segments are most underutilized with 1031 exchanges.
Fantastic information. Interesting how 1031 Exchange still sounds esoteric, but relates to a monumentally large transaction base.


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Milpitas High School's varsity girls soccer team battled to a 1-1 tie against first-place Santa Clara High School Friday. The Lady Trojans scored within the first 10 minutes from a direct kick from defender Caitlin Caglia-Hilty. That goal put Santa Clara on its heels most of the game.
Santa Clara attacked relentlessly, Milpitas coach Michael Tomlin said, but the Trojan defense kept their opportunities away from the goal area. Santa Clara did come back late in the second half to tie the game.
On Jan. 29, the Lady Trojan soccer team had another 1-1 tie, this time against Lynbrook High School. Lynbrook scored within the first few minutes of the game due to a lack of communication within the Milpitas defense.
Late in the second half Milpitas forward Angelina McFarlane scored by sending a free kick from defender Caglia-Hilty over the hands of the Lynbrook goalkeeper.
Boys short-handed
Milpitas High's boys varsity soccer squad traveled to Monta Vista High School and suffered a 3-1 loss Friday.
In the first 10 minutes, several mistakes by the defense converted to goals for Lynbrook.
"Several boys did not make the bus so we played down five players and this caused some confusion with the defense letting these goals in," coach Bill Leffler said.
The booters played better in the middle of the first half but were still not able to defend the goal.
The only score for Milpitas came in the second half, when sweeper Daniel Galvan took a free kick from the back of the goal box; defender Axel Ancheta knocked it in.
On Jan. 29, the boys earned a 2-0 win over Lynbrook High School. There were numerous scoring opportunities for Milpitas, but it was not until late in the first half when Galvan set a cross that was knocked in by forward Aaron Reyes. In the second half, Galvan scored on a through ball from forward Neel Srehan.


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By Timothy RiderApril 21, 2011
HOBOKEN, N.J. -- At a ceremony here April 18, the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) signed on with the nation's leading systems engineering professors who are collaborating across the nation to meet a Defense Department need to reclaim excellence in a critical skill.
Signing a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) were the Commanding General of RDECOM, Maj. Gen. Nickolas Justice and George Korfiatis, provost and interim president of Stevens Institute of Technology, who signed the document at his campus for the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC).
The SERC is a collaborative network of 20 U.S. research institutions and over 200 researchers. Among its centers are the University of Southern California, Purdue, Texas A&M and the Naval Postgraduate School. It is designated a University Affiliated Research Program by the Defense Department to ensure that essential engineering and technology capabilities of importance to the DoD are maintained.
The CRADA provides a partnership framework where academics in the SERC can perform technical tasks that deliver state-of-the-art research to RDECOM engineers who develop complex systems for Soldiers. "It represents the future in terms of how the university researcher, government and industry can collaborate in a very meaningful and big way," said Korfiatis.
Within the SERC, each partner institution takes a lead role researching various aspects of the systems engineering discipline. Topic examples include, "systems thinking," "human/technology interaction in complex systems," "life cycle models," and "practices and tools."
The new partnership avails the open and unbounded aspects of the academic environment to the Army's systems engineers. "It's an environment where industry, people from government and academic institutions can attain clarity, and clarity means solutions," said Justice. "It builds on an opportunity for our young engineers to continue to grow in an ever evolving academic field."
For the SERC, the partnership will advance systems engineering models, methods, principles and practices as they work on projects with the engineers in RDECOM who work closely with military system users - the Soldiers - giving academics valuable insights into the needs that drive development of complex systems, said Korfiatis.
"Academics produce their best products when they are engaged with people in the field," said Kristen Baldwin, Principal Deputy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Systems Engineering. "Systems engineering is a field discipline."
SERC research is transferred into systems engineering degree programs, according to the SERC website: http://www.sercuarc.org.
The website addresses the SERC's goal to meet systems engineering's current challenges in its role as the integrating discipline among more specific engineering disciplines: A perception that it is unable to keep up with the existing complexity, collaboration and pace of technology, and engineering's recent focus on highly specialized technical areas without predicting the subtleties of the interactions between those areas.
Falling short of the demand for systems engineering skills would create a "critical crisis," said Justice. Interest in systems engineering had once been more "vibrant," and the new partnership is an opportunity: "This can spark a resurgence in systems engineering as a field of interest, as it was during the post World War II period and with the space program."
Korfiatis said the partnership would lead to a pipeline that helps transition personnel between the government and academic worlds. "Leaders in the Army recognize the value of a well-educated and talented workforce, he said. "We're doing the best that we can in the partner universities to provide such a pipeline for you."
Baldwin said the CRADA will create new opportunities for strong relationships that exist between RDECOM centers and academic institutions, like New Jersey's Armament Research and Engineering Center and Stevens Institute of Technology; Alabama's University of Alabama Huntsville and the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center, and Detroit's Wayne State and the Tank and Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center.
Director of the ARDEC, Gerardo Melendez, said he hopes word will travel among his scientists and engineers about the potential for the new arrangement. "It's a tremendous capability that is now available to them," he said.
"The Army is leading the way, out front, on point, in establishing the strategic relationship with the SERC," said Baldwin.