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State Tax
Living and Working in Different States Can Be a Tax Headache
Living in one state and working in another can trigger a number of tax issues. Here are several things to keep in mind if you and/or your spouse are in this situation.
By William Neilson
Lately, we've seen a significant increase in the number of people changing jobs compared to past years. Some media outlets have named it the "Great Resignation." In many cases, people are crossing state lines and getting new jobs a different state than where they live. But doing this can also bring up tax issues that can be quite complicated. For instance, if I live in one state and work in another, which state income tax return should I file? Do I need to pay taxes for two states? Who withholds what? Let's try to answer these questions.
Residency Question
The question of where you're deemed to be a resident is an important one in determining which state will tax your income or how your employer will withhold taxes from your paycheck. For residents of a state, all income from sources inside and outside that state can be taxed by the state. When it comes to nonresidents, however, states have less power to tax. A state can only tax a nonresident on income generated within its borders, such as wages from a job in the state. But that also means you'll typically have state taxes withheld from your pay by the state where you work.
So, let's discuss what makes someone a resident of a state. You're generally deemed to be a resident of the state in which your primary home is located, assuming you've spent more than half of the year in that state.
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But there are some exceptions to this general rule. For example, if someone has two houses in two different states, those states can look at other things to determine your state of residence, including where you vote, where you have a driver's license, and where your personal and professional links are found.
Additionally, some states also have a "183-day rule" that basically says if you're in the state for more than 183 days, you could be deemed a "statutory resident." This would make you liable for taxes as a resident in that state.
Convenience of the Employer Test
A handful of states apply a "convenience of the employer" test that can result in your wages being taxed by the state where your employer is located instead of the state where you live, even if you never set foot in the state where the employer is based. This affects people who telecommute for companies that are in a different state, which is happening more during the pandemic.
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Under the "convenience of the employer" test, if an employer requires the employee to work in another state (employer's convenience), then taxes and withholding are based on the location where the work is performed. If, however, the employee chooses to work in another location (employee's convenience), then taxes and withholding are based on where the employer is located.
State Tax Returns
Let's move on to whether you'll need to file a state tax return where you reside and/or work. Generally, if you're a resident of the state in which you work, you'll just file one state tax return at the end of the year.
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But what happens if you aren't a resident of the state in which you work? This often means filing multiple state tax returns and possibly dealing with double taxation issues (which we will discuss below). The tax return for the state where you work will be a nonresident return. In this return, you list only the income earned and taxes paid in that state. The other return will be a resident return for the state where you reside.
One exception to this rule is when you live or work in a state where there isn't a state income tax. So, if you live or work in Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, or Wyoming you won't need to file a state income tax return for that state. (Note that I'm not including New Hampshire in the list even though it doesn't have a state income tax because it still requires a state return if you have dividends or interest income during the year.)
Reciprocity Agreements
Another exception to the rules requiring people to file a tax return for the state where they work involves what is called a reciprocity agreement. These agreements, which are made between states, allow residents to work out-of-state yet only file a state tax return for the state in which they reside. Moreover, under a reciprocity agreement, you'll only be subject to income tax withholding for the state in which you reside.
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Keep in mind that the protections of a reciprocity agreement aren't automatic. In order to properly take advantage of the agreement, you must tell your employer to withhold taxes based on your state of residence rather than the state where you work. If you don't do this, you'll continue to be taxed by both states and forced to fill out two state tax returns.
Be careful if you are moving while involved in a reciprocity agreement. If you are permanently moving to a state in which there is no reciprocity agreement with the state where you work, you will lose all benefits of the agreement. In this situation, you would need to ask your employer to withhold income tax in the state where you work and the state where you reside.
Currently, 16 states and the District of Columbia have state tax reciprocity agreements. Please check with the state tax agency (opens in new tab) where you live to find out if you're in one of them.
If you're required to file multiple state tax returns because you live in one state and work in another, does that mean you'll pay taxes two separate times on the same income? No.
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After you fill out a state tax return for the state where you work, you'll file a second tax return for the state where you reside. On this return, you'll report how much your tax liability was on the first state tax return. All states allow their residents to claim a tax credit based on the taxes paid to other states. Note, however, that there isn't any guarantee that the state tax credit will always equal what you paid in taxes to the state where you work.
For those who pay estimated taxes, you'll need to make estimated tax payments to each state based on your expect income, deductions, and credits. Therefore, it's important to talk to a tax professional when filing out estimate tax forms.
Moving to Another State
What if you live and work in one state for part of the year, and then pack your bags and move to another state to take another job during the same tax year? In this situation, you're technically a resident of two states during the year. This means that you'll need to file two separate state tax returns for the year.
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Depending on the state, you may be able to pay taxes as a part-year residence. Most states allow for a person to be a part-time resident for tax purposes if they move into the state during the year with the intent of becoming a resident or leave the state with the intent to reside elsewhere. By doing this, you can divide your income between the two states and not pay tax on the same income two separate times.
Again, this will heavily depend on whether the state at issue has a part-year residence status. Check with the state's tax agency (opens in new tab) to learn these rules.
What About My Spouse?
What if your spouse has a job in a different state? Assuming both states at issue have a state income tax and there's a reciprocity agreement between them, both you and your spouse will need to file a state tax return for the state where you reside. If your spouse works in another state that doesn't have a reciprocity agreement with the state where you live, he or she will need to file a separate return as a nonresident in the state where he or she is employed.
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Associate Tax Editor, Kiplinger.com
William joined Kiplinger in July 2021. Prior to this, William worked in the tax world for over 15 years. He spent time working at the IRS, the U.S. Tax Court, and several private law firms where he dealt with both individual and corporate clients. He has a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Georgia, a J.D. from the Loyola University College of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from the Northwestern School of Law.
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With fans and many in the media calling for him to be benched with the Giants off to a second straight 1-7 start, the 37-year-old Manning insisted Monday he wants to play when New York takes the field against the 49ers in San Francisco on Nov. 12.
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Fact check: Did the government cut $1.2 billion from aged care funding?
Posted MonMonday 15 OctOctober 2018 at 8:02pmMonMonday 15 OctOctober 2018 at 8:02pm , updated FriFriday 16 NovNovember 2018 at 3:14amFriFriday 16 NovNovember 2018 at 3:14am
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says that Prime Minister Scott Morrison cut $1.2 billion in funding from aged care in his first budget as treasurer. (ABC News)
Australia's aged care sector has come under close scrutiny in recent weeks following concerns that some providers have placed profit before the welfare of the elderly.
In September, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a Royal Commission to examine, among other things, the "quality of care provided to older Australians, and the extent of substandard care".
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Watch Bill Shorten make the claim during Question Time
Labor immediately accused the Government of hypocrisy, claiming Mr Morrison had, as treasurer, slashed funding to the sector.
In a question to Mr Morrison in Parliament, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten asked:
"Yesterday, the Prime Minister stated: 'We are committed to providing older Australians with access to care that supports their dignity …'
"If that is the case, why, when he was treasurer, in his first budget, did the now Prime Minister cut $1.2 billion from aged care? How did cutting $1.2 billion from aged care support the dignity of vulnerable older Australians?"
Did the Government cut funding by $1.2 billion from aged care in Mr Morrison's first budget as treasurer? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
Mr Shorten's claim is misleading.
In Mr Morrison's first year as federal treasurer — that is, 2016-17 — total Commonwealth funding for aged care (excluding the pension and other forms of income support for seniors, but including a range of other programs) was $17.4 billion.
That represented an increase of more than $1 billion over the previous year.
Did Scott Morrison cut funding from the aged care budget? (Pixabay: sabinevanerp)
The increase came despite a decision to pare $1.2 billion of "efficiencies" over four years, largely by reducing the subsidies paid to aged care providers to tackle potential over-claiming and an unexpected cost blowout.
The overall level of Commonwealth funding provided for aged care has increased on an annual basis for at least the past decade.
As experts noted, this result is hardly surprising, with Australia's ageing population leading to growing numbers of aged care recipients, increased care requirements, and higher care costs.
Analysis by RMIT ABC Fact Check shows funding has increased across a range of measures: in nominal dollar amounts, in real terms (after adjusting for inflation), as a proportion of total expenses, and as a dollar amount per aged care resident per day.
As some experts contacted by Fact Check suggested, rather than representing a cut, the decision to carve out $1.2 billion of "efficiencies" could rather be characterised as an attempt to better target aged care funding, with spending continuing to rise in real terms.
Fact Check deems that an adjustment to future spending does not represent a "cut" when the overall level of spending continues to rise.
Whether spending on aged care is adequate is a different question, and not the subject of this Fact Check.
Government spending on aged care
RMIT ABC Fact Check analysed budget papers from 2009-10 to 2018-19 (the latest).
Figures for aged care spending are included in Budget Paper No.1 (see, for example, table 9.1 on p 6-24 for the latest budget year).
Excluding spending on the aged pension, some concessions and other forms of income support, but including spending on residential care, home care and veterans' care (among other things), spending increased at an annual average pace of about $1 billion between 2010-11 and 2017-18.
If the latest budget forecasts for the years 2018-19 to 2020-21 are included, the annual average increase rises to about $1.1 billion.
Aged care nominal spending by financial year
In making his claim, Mr Shorten specifically referred to Mr Morrison's first budget as treasurer, which was for 2016-17. As previously mentioned, that year the government announced $1.2 billion of "efficiencies" (partly offset by more money in the budget for regional aged care and information services).
That announcement followed a $2.5 billion increase in the expected cost of the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI), the main Commonwealth funding mechanism to subsidise aged care service providers, since the budget update just six months earlier.
According to Budget Paper No. 2 (page 101): "This measure is part of the Government's response to the continued higher than expected growth in ACFI expenditure, which has increased by a further $2.5 billion over the forward estimates since the 2015-16 MYEFO [mid-year economic and fiscal outlook]."
Despite these "efficiency" measures, total aged care spending in the 2016-17 budget increased by $1.1 billion in nominal terms, compared to the previous year.
What about aged care spending after factoring in rising prices?
If prices generally have been rising more rapidly than government spending on aged care, it is possible that spending has fallen in real terms, leading to a fall in the level of services provided.
Has this been the case? Fact Check used the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Consumer Price Index to calculate a "real" measure of spending on aged care, expressed in 2016-17 prices.
Real spending has been rising steadily, although at a slower pace than the nominal figures would suggest. As experts noted, it is unsurprising that Government spending on aged care would rise at a rate outstripping general price rises, given cost pressures linked to the ageing of the population.
Aged care real spending (CPI) by financial year
In 2016-17, the year referred to by Mr Shorten, real spending grew by $834 million or 5 per cent.
An alternative method of adjusting the figures would be to use a specific measure of aged care costs to "deflate" the nominal figures.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare publishes a "health price index", used to estimate health-cost inflation.
As a component of this index, the institute provides an index of government hospital and nursing home inflation, based on unpublished data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
As far as Fact Check is aware, there are no data available that specifically measures aged-care price inflation.
Fact Check used the institute's index for hospital and nursing home inflation to produce an alternative real measure of 2016-17 prices.
Under this calculation, Commonwealth spending on aged care increased by $819 million in 2016-17, or 4.9 per cent. This is broadly similar to the result when the consumer price index is used.
Aged care real spending (HPI) by financial year
Aged care spending as a proportion of total spending
Fact Check also examined Commonwealth spending on aged care as a proportion of total spending.
On this measure, aged care spending has also risen, from 3.05 per cent in 2009-10 to 3.93 per cent in 2017-18.
Total spending figures can be found in the historical tables (see, for example, table 6 of statement 11) in Budget Paper No. 1.
Aged care as a proportion of total goverment spending by financial year
What about spending per aged care resident?
Data showing Commonwealth spending per aged care resident per day is provided by the Department of Health in the annual report on the funding and financing of the aged care sector.
The latest report, released in July 2018, shows in 2016-17, the Commonwealth spent an average of $184.06 per resident per day.
That was an increase of 6 per cent on the $173.57 spent per resident per day in 2015-16.
Stephen Duckett, the Grattan Institute's health director and a former secretary for the Department of Health, said it was "more or less inevitable" that spending on aged care would rise at a rate outstripping inflation, given the ageing of the population.
"There are more and more people over 85 or over 90, and so the government is releasing more and more bed places into the system," Dr Duckett said.
"If you are just keeping pace with demand ... you'd expect expenditure to go up. In a sense, just standing still means expenditure will go up faster than CPI."
Dr Duckett said whether the government had cut spending in 2016-17 from aged care was a question of interpretation.
Professor John Wanna, an expert in public administration at the Australian National University's College of Arts and Social Sciences, said the reduction in the rate of increase in future spending should not be characterised as a "cut", because future spending was more anticipated than real or legislated.
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He said the "efficiencies" announced by the government in the aged care sector were "presumably an attempt to tighten up funding going to centre providers because they tend to only want those classified as high-end care needers, because they attract more funding".
Professor Wanna said while oppositions would claim cuts are being made, it was the right of any government to make changes to eligibility.
"I'd say this is better explained as an attempt to better target spending to aged care recipients and their providers," he said.
RMIT's public policy professor David Hayward said the key issue was whether the level of Commonwealth resourcing for the aged care sector had been increasing in real terms.
"The key thing is whether spending has increased year-on-year in real terms, and it has," he said.
Professor Hayward said the $1.2 billion "efficiency" measure announced in the 2016-17 budget was in response to evidence that aged care service providers had been "gaming the system" by classifying people in higher care categories without justification to claim larger subsidies.
Mike Woods, a professor at the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation at the University of Technology Sydney, cautioned that a per resident (or client) comparison would need to take into account the needs of the person compared to the value of the subsidised package paid for by the taxpayer.
He said there was evidence that some clients who have been assessed as needing higher levels of home care were having to settle for lower levels of care.
Principal researcher: Josh Gordon
factcheck@rmit.edu.au
Scott Morrison, Media Release, Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, 16 September, 2018
House of Representatives, Hansard, Question from Bill Shorten (p. 46), September 17, 2018
Federal Budget papers, Treasury, 2009-10 to 2018-19
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Health expenditure Australia 2015–16
Aged Care Financing Authority, Annual Report on Funding and Financing of the Aged Care Sector, various years
Department of Health, Aged Care Legislated Review, 31 July 2017
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Search Engine Results Page. The list of sites returned as answers to a search engine search. For example, if you were to search for "women's suits," you would want the search engine results page to list sites where you can buy women's suits.
The full web address of a website that is typed into an internet browser to access the site. For example, www.ConsultYHN.com, www.yourhearingnetwork.com.
The person who manages, and typically can make changes to, a website. If you use a "build-your-own website" platform like Wix, you are the webmaster. If you use a company to build your website or perform ongoing digital marketing, they may be the webmaster. Please Note: If you have a company managing your pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, they may not be managing your website.
The data and statistics about the users of a website and how they interact with the website. This can include the device they're using, where they are, how long they visit the site, if they perform an action on the site (fill out a form), and some demographics.
The percentage of site visitors that leave from the same page they enter. For example, a person visits the home page and exits the site without viewing any other pages.
The percentage of unique site visitors who "convert" to leads. For an audiology practice, this would typically be someone who filled out a form on the site or called the office.
The place in search results where a site appears. This is determined by an algorithm (Google's is considered the industry standard). The actual factors are secret but include keyword density (how many times keywords are included across a site), mobile responsiveness, content quality, and whether recent and regular content updates are made. The Google algorithm is updated about once a year.
Can be interchanged with "visit." Each time a site is viewed.
The number of times a site was shown in search results.
Organic Traffic — Those who visited the site as a result of a web search. E.g., they searched for "hearing aids Philadelphia" and they clicked on your site in the search results.
Referral Traffic — Those referred to a site from another website. E.g., a person may visit a site from a Facebook link or clicked on a link to your blog, which you shared on your Facebook page.
Paid Traffic — Those who visited the site because they clicked on an ad.
A person who visits the site. Analytics software will typically break this count into unique (first time) visitors and total visitors.
The number of times your paid ad is displayed with search results. This is dictated in part by ad budget and quality of ad (how well Google says it matches a search keyword)..
Cost per "acquisition." The average cost per conversion..
Cost Per Click. The price paid when a person clicks on an ad. This is determined by a bid system and can vary widely based on factors such as geographical location, keyword competition (how many people want to buy a keyword), and time of day.
Click Through Rate. The percentage of ads that were clicked on.
Image ads that are displayed on outside websites to people who have not been to your website.
A page visitors are directed to after they click on a paid ad. These are specifically built to encourage conversions and feature information specifically tied to the ad, a form, and a strong call to action. These pages can have a higher bounce rate than the rest of a site because they are specifically built to capture lead information rather than provide overall education.
A term for online directories that act like phone books, confirming a business' NAP (name, address, phone number) across the internet. Google Maps is one of hundreds of public local listing resources online that search engines rely on to confirm information.
Pay Per Click. Ads that appear at the top and bottom of search engine result pages based on searched keywords. The cost is based on a bidding system and you only pay for an ad when someone clicks on it.
Also referred to as remarketing ads, they are image-based ads displayed on other websites, shown only to visitors of the original site. Have you ever looked at an item on Amazon, only to have an ad for that item shown on a news website later that day? That is a retargeting ad.
Search Engine Marketing. The broad term for continuing digital activities like search engine optimization (SEO), social media advertising, and pay-per-click (PPC) advertising.
Search Engine Optimization. The idea of using design and content to give a visitor the best possible user experience (menu order makes sense, images load correctly, mobile responsive), the most relevant information (developing quality content with relevant keywords throughout the site), and to obtain the best possible search results rank.
Sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram that allow users to create and share their own content. These sites now also have their own advertising programs.
If you have questions about any of the terms in our glossary, need guidance to effectively market your practice, or don't know where to start, please call us at 800-984-3272 or email us at marketing@ConsultYHN.com.
We exist to alleviate the stress and jargon associated with marketing your practice so that you can stay focused on helping individuals hear well.
Video: A crucial component to your marketing strategy.
You've heard the adage "Content is king," right? Content drives traffic to your website and increases your online presence.
So, who or what is the undisputed king of content? That can be answered in one word: Video.
Research shows that including video on your website is effective for marketing to your patients and prospects, as well as for tracking your marketing data. Here are a few reasons why video should be a part of your marketing strategy.
It's easy to see why. Written text can feel clichéd and trite no matter how accurately it portrays you and your practice. Images are more compelling than text and the visual/auditory elements of video create a far more captivating experience. Video engages the viewer on a personal level and makes them more likely to remember you, your content, and your brand.
Speaking in front of a camera is not for everyone, however. Take me, for instance. I feel most at ease behind the camera. Flip the lens on me and I take on the personality of a rutabaga.
Thankfully, you are in the people business, selling a service and an experience. You interact with others all day. If you want to engage and make a personal connection, video is the closest thing to your daily, face-to-face conversations.
Any audiologist (or paid writer) can claim that "we offer the best care," but only you can convey your uniqueness, credibility and sincerity. Only through video can you convey a true sense of who you are and what you're like. Video captures your authenticity and differentiates you from the internet crowd.
The same holds true for patient testimonials. A 30-second video clip of a happy patient is far more effective than a well-crafted paragraph. It elicits emotional responses and makes a connection with your prospects.
Video has a wide reach.
Videos are multi-platform friendly. You can upload them on YouTube, post them on your website, and share them on all your social media outlets. Viewers, including third-party and referral sources, are more likely to share a video than a block of text with a relative or friend. A single video has the potential to reach hundreds (or thousands!) of patients and prospects.
Video is effective (and the research proves it).
If you're not incorporating video in your marketing strategy, you might want to reconsider.
When I began my career in marketing over a decade ago, my world was very different. Reflecting upon this time with what I now know, I admit that there was a lot of guesswork, trial and error was often a "strategy," and the concept of tracking was a "nice to have." It wasn't just because it was early in my own career; it's just how things were done. At the time, most of my clients were focused on their newspaper and direct mail efforts and were obsessed with the creative side of things. They reluctantly dabbled in digital media [which was barely a "thing"] with a "state-of-the-art" HTML website – and this was only when they had a few dollars left in the budget and were told ad nauseam it was a good idea. These approaches were acceptable for the time, but there's been a LOT of evolution at a breakneck pace over the past decade. As a marketer, I've continued to run to keep up [and have enjoyed every minute of it]!
Fast forward to [almost] 2015 and it's truly a different world. There are many things I'm grateful for – the focus on segmented, targeted messaging, a high level of importance placed on tracking and analytics and the power of the consumer. The last point might be the most significant switch – as marketers we need to constantly focus on customer experience, retention and communication preference. This concept is a wonderful touchstone to consider when planning and implementing marketing strategies. We now find ourselves continuously asking: What resonates with the customer? How do they like to be reached [via text, email, direct mail, etc.]? What does "great" look like to them? How can we better reach, speak with and connect with our customer?
Successful communication with the customer is hinged upon targeted messaging via the appropriate medium, not just about the creative campaign – this is a significant cultural shift in the world of marketing. The mass messaging approach of yester year is a waste of time, energy and resources. Today's consumer is highly educated and motivated to purchase based on their needs and preferred buying habits. Understanding these preferences – and communicating to each consumer in a relevant way – is the key to capturing their business, making them a repeat buyer and [hopefully] obtaining referrals for your business and/or product.
The main way today's consumers become so informed and savvy is through online research, including price shopping, product reviews, and referrals from peer-to-peer interactions [social media]. These are the main reasons that today's marketing strategies and tactics are so digitally focused. It's important for potential clients to be able to find your business via online mediums. You'll want to ensure that you're online reputation is stellar; this is accomplished through online reviews, social media exposure and ongoing content [regular blog postings].
Regardless of the industry, times change and marketing is often a significant driving force. I know that both my professional and personal experiences have changed because of marketing. Those who pay attention to the changes, embrace the journey and transform along the way are the ones who'll have the most success!
As 2014 is coming to a close (we can tell by the plethora of holiday décor in every retail store), we want you to seriously consider your marketing strategy for 2015. If you don't already have your plan in place – and some do – you may not be sure where to begin. Our number one recommendation is to look backward before looking forward, meaning assess your marketing efforts from 2014 and how each one contributed to the bottom line before embarking on a plan for the next 12-months.
Two Consult YHN colleagues recently co-authored an article in Hearing Review that sums up this idea perfectly: Know Your Marketing; Know Your ROI. By having a defined marketing plan and tracking its efficacy (plus course correcting along the way), you'll be able to capture beneficial trends from your data and eliminate wasteful spending.
Ensuring you are communicating with both your current customers and prospects via mail, telemarketing, etc.
Creating messaging that resonates with your target audiences; i.e. speak to individuals about what matters to them via their preferred communication channels – email, print, text, etc.
Once your plan is up and running, track the results. As recommended in Know Your Marketing; Know Your ROI, many computer programs are available to facilitate and simplify tracking (Consult YHN has one), but typically a person(s) in your office must physically input the response data. It's important to consistently gather this data because you will use it to calculate your return on investment, or ROI.
Once you gather the data, then what? Consult YHN recommends a quarterly assessment of all marketing initiatives to analyze trends, assess the performance of the plan, and ensure marketing dollars are being spent wisely. Some key metrics to pay attention to: number of calls (how many times did the phone ring from each initiative), number of appointments set and number of hearing devices sold. The aggregate of these metrics will contribute to your ROI calculation. To discover how to properly calculate ROI, click here.
Remember, marketing 101 tells us that developing a plan and working that plan frequently and consistently yields success; couple that with tracking your results, calculating ROI and analyzing those results in order to tweak your plan will put you on a successful marketing trajectory.
For questions or a free 30 minute marketing consultation, contact marketing at marketing@ConsultYHN.com.
Not so long ago we learned how to "Google it" to learn anything we wanted to know. It was a rapid rise to freedom of information and instant knowledge.
Over the years since then there have been shifts in the Google landscape. Many people who wouldn't even THINK of themselves as technical by nature have taken up conversations about the mysterious Google algorithms and the secret sauce to getting to the top of their search pages.
Numerous studies have been conducted that look at how we, as search engine users, relate to the search results presented by Google. According to a recent report from Mediative, the way people engage with the search engine result pages (SERPs) has changed significantly over the past decade.
In 2005 they conducted a study using eye tracking and found that users tended to focus their gaze on the top-left corner of a SERP where the first result was usually displayed. This area became known as the "Golden Triangle." Look at the heat mapped image of the 2005 study, you can see for yourself that the area in that upper left corner was the focus of attention for most participants.
Today, the Golden Triangle has all but disappeared. A look at the 2014 results demonstrate how strikingly different behaviors are from those observed a decade ago. Users tend to scan down the page more now and vary their focus on other areas depending on their particular search. The 2014 heat map image indicates a much broader area of observation.
This change in behavior is partially the result of changes Google has made to its SERPs along with the impact of our increased use of mobile devices. Consumers have become conditioned to scan vertically more than horizontally.
Back in 2005, the most relevant results were nearly always in the upper-left corner of the page. Google has introduced a number of new elements since then including the Knowledge Graph, Carousel, and Local Listings among others.
Users now tend to scan pages more quickly. In 2005, searchers spent just under 2 seconds viewing each listing; in 2014 that has dropped to 1.17 seconds.
The impact of a Knowledge Graph result varied significantly depending on whether or not the answer was relevant. Participants often skipped irrelevant Knowledge Graph results and went straight to the listings below them. However, if a Knowledge Graph result was relevant, it drew away a significant amount of attention from the subsequent listings.
Google's Carousel—an image strip at the top of the page accompanied by other information such as ratings—had much less of an impact on the searchers results than did Knowledge Graph.
The highest placed organic result still garners roughly the same amount of click activity (32.8%) as in 2005. However, with the addition of the new page elements, the top search result is not viewed for as long, or by as many people.
Organic results positioned in the 2nd through 4th slots now receive a significantly higher share of clicks than they did in 2005.
Overall this means good news for smaller businesses in competitive markets. Search has evolved to allow for consumers' attention to include more than just the highest position. The spots from 4th on up are seeing 30% more attention today than was the case in 2005 (see the chart). The coveted top spot is still the master of the page, but as consumers come to realize their needs are often broader than the largest or most invested participants. Those who make the "above the fold" group in the first five spots on page one will see their efforts rewarded.
Clicks are evolving. The top 4 slots have improved 30% since 2005.


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Wheeling Spoken History Project: Anne L. Norton
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Bonnie Ellis
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Michael A. Nau
Wheeling Spoken History Project: A.E. "Doc" Hennen
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Various Local Voices
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Mark Uraco
Wheeling Spoken History Project: John B. Hunter II
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Robert Victor Marchlenski
Wheeling Spoken History Project: S. Allen "Butch" Walker
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Michael Sinicropi
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Elvira Corvino
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Alphonse Ruggieri
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Frances Cerrone
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Darlene Stradwick
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Mary Lou Henderson
Wheeling Spoken History Project: George H. Thomas
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Chip West
Wheeling Spoken History Project: David Javersak
Wheeling Spoken History Project: John "Jack" Fahey
Wheeling Spoken History Project: Origins
Wheeling Spoken History Project Interview List
[ Date: May 30, 1995; Interview #: 96-013; Title: Job Retraining Through the Clean Air Act ]
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▼ Interview with Robert Victor Marchlenski
Title: Job Retraining Through the Clean Air Act
[ Date: May 30, 1995; Interview #: 96-013 ]
GORDON SWARTZ: First of all I want your name and the date.
ROBERT MARCHLENSKI: The name and the date. My name is Robert Victor Marchlenski. The date is 5/30/95.
GS: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Start when you were born, if you want to. A little personal background.
RM: A little personal background. Okay. I was born in North Wheeling Hospital, November 6, 1953, and, from what I can remember, I can't remember too much about where I lived when I was younger. Let's see, I lived out East Wheeling most of my life. I think we moved out there when I was about four years old. Let's see, I went to Cathedral Grade School, then, after that, went to Wheeling Central Catholic High School, and I graduated in 1972. Let's see, after that I joined the army, the United States Army, July 16, 1972. I was discharged from the army July 16, 1975. After discharge I got me a job with Allied Chemical which only lasted for about nine months, then I went to Miner One School to see if I could get a job in a mine, which I did eventually, and I worked off and on in the mines for, oh hell, let's say, about eighteen years. I'm on my third layoff at this time. So.
GS: Did you get laid off at Allied Chemical?
RM: No, I quit. I just quit, downright quit there, because I didn't really like the chemical plant. This is going to be wild, but the gas, too much gas. I was gassed a couple of times, and I just said, "This was it." I was tired of it, and I wanted to make more money too, so I went to the coal mine. Even now, it doesn't make any difference whether I would have worked there or at the mine, because now that place is down, shut down now for good. So, it doesn't make any difference, but now I'm back in school trying to get me a degree, so I can get me a job somewhere.
GS: I don't think you said. When did you start Shoemaker? (37)
RM: I started, okay, Shoemaker, February 8, 1977. My first layoff was in May of '83. Got called back in December or, let's see, when was it? January of '85.
GS: About seven months.
RM: Yeah. Got laid off again in December of '85. I was called back in September of '89. Got laid off again in. What was it? Ninety-three, wasn't it? Yeah, '93. So. It's been touch and go ever since.
GS: That was right at the end of '93, wasn't it? Like December, wasn't it?
RM: Right after the strike, yeah. So that probably would make it '94 then really. So, okay, I've been going to school for Building Preservation. It's more or less, they teach you how to restore and to preserve old Victorian, Queen Anne homes, and how to do all the inside work, outside work, the cornices, the fascia, all the brackets that go on outside, the brickwork. Interior would be plaster work, how to do the cornices up around the ceilings. If they're all plaster, how to redo all that stuff. (53)
GS: They use hands-on training.
RM: Everything is hands-on just about. A lot of history stuff too, a lot of history, a lot of hands-on. I hate history with a passion. Not with a passion, that's a little deep, you know. They teach everything there is about the history, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ruskin, all those great architects back in the 1700's, even further back, that once all this stuff got started, they were the big names, the guys that designed all this work and stuff, and we're just being trained to preserve that, to try to keep our heritage going.
GS: So you restore it in it's original condition?
RM: More or less in original condition, it's restoration. Of course, restoration, that's a broad term too, because, when you restore something, that's putting everything back to it's original, and today's, and today you can't really do that, because that means every nail. There's no real such thing as restoration, complete restoration, so. They've been doing a pretty good job at it so far. I hope I can find some work doing it, maybe get in, you know, something myself.
GS: What I was just talking about, that might be a place to go, right there, right in Wheeling, the Victorian.
RM: Well, I've got a couple of quarters to go yet, so we'll see what happens, you know. I'd like to get something going myself, because I told myself I'd never work for somebody else again after this, you know, and I don't know. It's hard to say. (71)
GS: You're doing great here. You're getting ahead of me.
RM: Okay.
GS: Let's see. What about Shoemaker Mine? What did you think of working there? We'll go back a little bit? Then we'll catch up.
RM: Okay, okay. Well, I like Shoemaker. I mean I like working with the guys, and it was the kind of place where you had fun. I mean you worked hard, but it was fun in a way, you know, but it was tough work. There's days I would just wish to God I had never seen the inside of a mine, but it paid well, real well for this area, and I kind of wish I was back there right now, you know, because I have a house back there that needs finished.
GS: If they would have called you back, you would have gone with no questions.
RM: I would have. No questions asked. In a heartbeat, I would have went, yeah. Just like Applegarth did. He said he wasn't ever going back, but he, as soon as they called him, he was gone, you know. It's understandable though. (82)
GS: I talked to Rich Kellner. He said that that was a hard decision for a lot of them to make, but nearly everybody came back.
RM: Oh, yeah, what the heck, a hundred and fifty bucks a day, what are you going to do, you know? (Break in tape.)
GS: I always thought that I could go back to Shoemaker.
RM: Yeah.
GS: But it looks like I'm not going to be able to.
RM: I don't know. That's what I said. We'll have to wait and see.
GS: I could be working right now. July is supposed to be the end of it.
RM: Maybe. They told us guys not to worry about it.
GS: Yeah, yeah. I've been hearing that. (89)
RM: So.
GS: I'll edit all this.
RM: Oh, okay, okay, ah heck.
GS: So you can just talk, and I'll see what they need, really, you know.
RM: Well, you didn't go to the last union meeting, did you?
GS: No.
RM: Well, they said, Denny said everything's looking pretty good. He said they wanted everybody to go out with petitions, you know, go out, you know, and get people to sign it. I guess Byrd and Rockefeller told them to ease off. Don't do nothing. We'll take care of everything, and they told them. They said the modeling's going good, that they're doing with computer to simulate, I guess, the stack, the dispersion of the emissions, and stuff like that. Everything's going good, the way it's supposed to go.
GS: They've got a new stack, you mean? (97)
RM: No. It's the old stack. They're just trying to prove to the EPA that it's working, that it's doing its job, you know, it's supposed to, so. He said they got the money for the belt line. He said they got the money for the new portal. Statler and his cronies are out looking for another. There's another coal company. I can't remember, some oddball coal company name that they're going to try to buy out to get the contracts. So, I'm looking at the first of the year myself, but it may be sooner. I don't know. For me, I don't know. For the other guys, I think there's a good chance they'll keep working.
GS: I hope that you get your training done, and then you've got such a good business going you don't even want to go back.
RM: Oh, if I got, yeah, if I got a good business going, I'd just tell them forget it, you know, but it takes a long time to build a business, too, so. Plus, you need capital. I figure if I went back to the mine. I can get the house done, plus I can get the tools and stuff I need, because I know it will probably happen again, if I ever did get called back.
GS: You know. It's a merry-go-round.
RM: Yeah. So.
GS: Okay, now we'll move on a little bit. What made you decide to go into preservation? I think it's a great choice. (112)
RM: Well, really, when I got started back to school. This is my, I already have a degree in electronics. I don't really know a lot about electronics. The book work I did. The hands on stuff I wasn't good at. (Interruption.)
RM: Okay, back to electronics. Like I said, I was good at the book work. I got A's and B's, but, as it come down, when I went to take a test to get a job or something, I really didn't know the oscilloscope.
GS: Where did you get this degree?
RM: West Virginia Northern. I don't know if they're, maybe it's a lot better now than what it used to be, but it just wasn't my cup of tea, but that's when they called me back to the mine. I was grateful for that, and I went back.
GS: You took this while you were laid off at the mine?
RM: Well, I started school really in '83, but like, off and on, taking little courses here and there, refresher courses, math and English, and stuff like that. (124)
GS: What do you think about this Clean Air Act money? Is that a Godsend?
RM: Oh, yeah, I think it is, yeah. If it wasn't for that, I don't know how I could, you know, could survive. I'd be working for my brother-in-law again, you know, and he really didn't pay a lot. As for getting a job in this valley, I don't know. It just would have been tough. It would have been real tough.
GS: Yeah, that's one of the things, one of the things I'm trying to find out. Is this, these retraining programs, are they actually accomplishing anything?
RM: Now the jobs, for this kind of job, I don't know about around here. Like what I'm into, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, places like that. They're really hot and heavy into preservation, Virginia, you know. I could probably, well, Wheeling's just now getting started up, but they, they need some time yet. They're still working on it, but I know if I would, you know, type up a resume or something and send it down to them and stuff, I'd probably get a job, you know. Say, come on down, you know, or whatever.
GS: How many people are in that, or how many other coal miners, too? (137)
RM: Well, I really don't know. There used to be a bunch of us, before they all got called back. There was probably about fifty guys in that, I would say.
GS: Wow.
RM: Close to it.
GS: Yeah.
RM: And now there's only like. There was Applegarth. Now he's been called back. I think I'm the only one from the mine that's in this program, from our mine, that's in this program right now. There's some other guys from up.
GS: Other miners.
RM: Some from Windsor. There's some from ah, oh, ah, the mill. What's the steel mill out here? Blaw Knox.
GS: Okay.
RM: Okay, yeah, Blaw Knox, guys from Blaw Knox. (144)
GS: I interviewed a guy from Blaw Knox now, come to think of it.
RM: Yeah. My brother-in-law worked there, and I still can't remember it, but Blaw Knox. You know, they're into it, too, and they like it. They're really getting into it, and we've got a lot of hands on work this quarter, so.
GS: Do they have refrigeration, electricity, and electronics over there?
RM: Well, they've got an electronic course. I was talking to a guy. I was going to give him, I asked him if he wanted an old microwave to work on. He said, well, they don't get into that stuff anymore. They're getting into how to repair computers now, so. That's all they're going to teach over there. So, there's a refrigeration/air conditioning, let's see, yeah, refrigeration/air conditioning. Let's see, well, they have welding. That's just not your certificate. This is your degree in welding. I mean this is what they have over there.
GS: If they're putting all these people out, they're going to come out the same time, there's not going to be jobs here at least, is there?
RM: Now I don't know, for the welders, but the new mill's coming in. They were going to build that new mill over in Martins Ferry. There's a good chance some people might get called in over there or be able to apply over there. They're talking about building a new mill up around Weirton some where, but then you suppose they'll pull a hundred people, but I don't know about that yet. Just hearsay right now, so, it's going to be tough. You've got to leave the area. There's no doubt, and the refrigeration/air conditioning. There's a crapload of people taking that, you know. Every quarter, every quarter. 161
GS: Northern's full of them.
RM: So you have to move out of the area to do any good, so.
GS: Is retraining? Everybody's unemployed. So everybody's getting retrained. I think some of the politicians think that's the answer. Do you think it is?
RM: No. If there's, like, a few places here and there you want to, you know, retrain somebody, maybe somebody on Welfare that needs a job or something, yeah, but we had a job. Now EPA took it off of us, just like that, you know.
GS: What, okay, that leads into, how far do we go to protect the environment? Is it necessary to close these mines? This is opinion. (171)
RM: Yeah, why, I don't think it's necessary. We have the technology to clean up the coal as it's being burned. I mean it's just politics. Everybody's just too cheap or worried about the, I don't know.
GS: It could be the politics, but it could be the big companies.
RM: Well, it's big companies. They don't want to put out the money. That's all. They say it's going to cost too much, but then they have Ormet down here who said they can do it for half the cost of what the power plants can do it, to clean up the air, put scrubbers on the Mitchell Plant down here, and yet you'll be hearing nothing about that now. It's all hush, hush, so. Yeah, let's see, I don't know what else I could say here. Probably all kind of stuff I could really say, if I want to get into it, get vulgar.
GS: Well, I'm going to interject what I've been seeing here. You've got the environmentalists on one side, and you've got the industry on the other side. They're just fighting all the time.
RM: Yeah. I agree.
GS: There's got to be somewhere. They've got to get together sometime.
RM: Yeah, but the government's not helping out neither, you know. They're just letting these guys go ahead and roam the countryside. See a little target, put the crosshairs on it, and "bang," you know, it's gone, you know. Something like that, but. 187
GS: That's good. That's good.
RM: You like that. Well, it's true, you know.
RM: It's like they're bored. They don't have nothing else better to. We do need EPA for certain things, but now they're just out looking for jobs so they don't get canned theirselves, you know. That's about it.
GS: That's good.
RM: That's all it is. They're covering their own butts, and they don't care who else they hurt as long as they keep their job and do what they want. Then you've got the, of course, then you've got the Greenpeace guys, who don't have jobs at all.
GS: I've run into them in this course that I'm taking over here. They're radical. (193)
RM: Oh, I know, they're just, you know, they have no jobs, nothing else to do with their life, except harassing to throw people out of work. That's all there is to it, but they do have a point sometimes, but I think they get carried away just like the EPA does too. They don't care who they hurt in the long run though.
GS: This is real good. Okay, one little thing I have down here. Do they have a job placement service over there? At Belmont?
RM: Yes, they do. Yes. Oh, it's just like Northern, you know. You fill out your little forms, you know, you say this is what I've got my degree in, blah, blah, blah, and you send it in to them. I had the thing filled out and stuff, but I never gave it to them yet, so. I filled it out two quarters ago, but they, if people need something like what you're into, then they'll, yeah, they can probably get you a job. Northern, I never did get anything off them, except once, I think. They told me about a job, and that was the last I ever heard of it, you know. So, I just said the heck with it. I'll take care of it myself, more or less.
GS: This is a two year course you're in.
RM: Yeah, I've been in a year now. (209)
GS: Would you recommend anybody else going into that?
RM: Oh, yeah. If that's the kind of stuff you like. If you like hands on, woodwork, stuff like that, yeah.
GS: My son is out of a job. He's on Welfare, and they said there's retraining money for him. He's looking for something. That might be.
RM: Well, if he likes doing stuff like, you have like an old house, or.
GS: He's been remodeling houses. That's what he's been doing.
RM: Well, then, maybe that's what he ought to get into. It's going to be a lot of work though. It's not just, it's just not your little, a lot of papers to write, and they make you do everything, but, in the long run, I think it will help him, if that's what he's into, so. It's expensive, but, if he's got the money to do it, do it. Tell him to do it.
GS: It seems like this Clean Air Act is a pretty good deal, but are other workers getting this, or have you heard. They're not getting the Clean Air Act money. (221)
RM: Well, the guys, I think just the guys from the mine, but they're.
GS: Ohio Edison got something.
RM: Yeah. I haven't seen any. I don't know if those guys are over there yet or not. I've seen some new faces there, but I couldn't swear if that was them or not.
GS: I talked to one guy from Ohio Edison. He's going to Belmont. Butch Walker's his name.
RM: Butch Walker. That sounds familiar. We've got a lot of people.
GS: He's in computers.
RM: Oh, well, okay.
GS: That's right. I forgot.
RM: I don't know if the guys from Blaw Knox. I think they're just getting JTPA money. I don't know if it's under the Clean Air Act or not. I don't think it is. I think just the guys that has to deal with the coal mines or power plants, I think.
GS: Evidently, when they have massive layoffs, there is money being made available. It's not necessarily the Clean Air Act. (231)
RM: Yeah, it's something different though. Different, another grant or something.
GS: Yeah, different grant.
RM: I'll have to talk to them about that.
GS: It seems like that's their solution is to retrain you. I don't know if that's going to be a solution.
RM: Yeah, but you're going to have all these guys, thousands of guys, retrained, but who's going to hire us, you know. Look at how, I'm 41 years old, and I'm young compared to some of the other guys that are laid off and stuff.
GS: Oh, yeah. You get a 55, 60, 60 or 65-year-old man and retrain him. Who's going to hire him?
RM: Nobody. Look at this guy, you know. Insurance? So, I don't know. It's just going to be touch and go right now. I'm trying to wait and see what the mine's going to do, and I'm just going to keep going to school until next spring, because that's when my money runs out. I can graduate in the fall or summer.
GS: Okay, if you would get recalled, and you said you'd go back, would you still continue with this course, or try to? (244)
RM: It's almost done. I'm just taking, right now. I know I won't be called back until, for a while, you know. So I can go probably another quarter, and I can more or less take all the courses I want to take and really say heck with it if I wanted to, but the only thing I need to really graduate is speech and chemistry, and that's two courses I don't really want to get into right now. So that's why I'm taking this other. I'm taking masonry next quarter, and what they call a practicum, where you come up with a project that you have to build yourself, or maybe work someplace and get credit, you know. That's what you do that quarter for that class.
GS: That's kind of what I'm doing now.
RM: Basically what you're doing here, yeah.
GS: They call this a practicum.
RM: Yeah, yeah, that's what I said. If I want to build cabinets for my house, I could do it as long as I paid for the material, but that would be my grade for that, but they have me going to do some stuff with a couple of houses they own, so. I want to build a window and a front entry door for them, I think, what they were talking about. (259)
GS: I interviewed one fellah at Ohio Edison that said that these retraining programs were a Godsend. He said there's guys that would have blowed their heads off if they didn't have them.
RM: They probably would have. There's no doubt, no doubt in my mind.
GS: At least it's something coming in.
RM: It's some money, yeah, and I'm glad I'm not married and had kids. I probably would have blowed my brains out, you know, so. I don't know. I don't know. It's tough. (264)
GS: I know people filing bankruptcy.
RM: Yeah, but you always make it, no matter what. You always do. You always make it. So.
GS: That's all the questions I had.
GS: Unless you want to expound a little bit.
RM: I don't know. I don't know what else though. You want to go see my house.
GS: I didn't realize you were building one back there.
RM: Yeah, right there, yeah.
GS: Okay, we're done then. [Break in tape.] (271)
RM: World War II.
GS: Did you actually take a history course?
RM: "History of American Architecture." So that was just strictly ..., Jefferson, and everything else. You talk about him and start from there, because he was into preservation and stuff like that, and just went on to Frank Lloyd Wright, Pullman, Ruskin. There was a slew full of names. I really can't remember.
GS: There's a lady that conducts those tours over at Wheeling. Her name is.
RM: Pat Meeker?
GS: No. Her name's Pat, Pat Dudley. (280)
RM: Pat Dudley. That's right.
GS: Pat Dudley.
RM: Yeah, she's in a couple of my classes, yeah.
GS: My boss interviewed her.
RM: Is that right?
GS: And I sat in. He was trying to teach me how to interview. She's seems real sharp.
RM: Oh, she is sharp. She's a smart girl. You get her in those houses, boy. She knows exactly.
GS: She was answering questions.
RM: ...Don't walk there.
GS: She has a history major or something though. She told me. But she likes the preservation.
RM: But she's over taking it, yeah. She's only in a couple classes a quarter, I guess, something like that. (288)
GS: I think she's doing a great job over there, and she'd like to hire some people, but they won't give her the money see.
RM: That's the only thing. It's like that house. I said how often do they work on that house, one house. I think it's that first house right beside where the old Red Cross building used to be, well, where it still is, but it used, Red Cross used to own it, I think.
GS: Up in Wheeling, you mean?
RM: Yeah, by the Fort Henry.
RM: Okay. You're not too familiar.
GS: I've got to get familiar with Wheeling, but I'm not yet. Of course, I know where the bridge is.
RM: I guess this house they had up there, this lady that owned it before had, I don't know, thirty cats and thirty dogs that lived in it with her, and they said it stunk to high heaven when they went in there. They said the only way they got rid of most of the stench was to strip everything, just strip it, you know. She said the staircases had dog hair matted on the balusters, you know, on the railings of the stairs, and they had to get the knife and scrape the corners to get the dandruff out of the corners and stuff. It was nasty, she said. I don't know if you ever seen in the papers, a few months back, where they had that guy restoring a lead glass, or stained glass window. It was a, it had that on top. That's in that house. You ought to see that. That's something, how he did that. It's in four sections, but the big one's something, you know. (306)
GS: Could you restore some, lead glass, or something like that?
RM: Oh, that's one of the classes I took, right there, so. That's one of the projects we had to do, so, make our own design, but, yeah, they teach that over there. They have decorative finishes, where you learn different paints and how to do different kind of paint techniques. Then you've got your plaster, where they teach you how to make the knives to, if you need to make a molding or a cornice around the top of your ceiling. They teach you how to do that a little bit, and how to plaster walls. They teach about plumbing and electrical work. They don't really get hot and heavy in one item, you know. It's just a little bit of everything.
GS: Evidently they've got, the way you've been talking, you think the professors are pretty good. (318)
RM: Oh, they're not bad. They learn some stuff off us too. They like us coal miners, old guys. They say we're easy to teach. We take things seriously, you know, and, plus, we also help out, and we also teach them a little bit of stuff too, you know. They're architects, all of them, all except. There's two that are architects, one's not. He teaches decorative finishes, and I can't remember the other class he teaches right off of that, but these guys, they learn off us a lot, you know, and we learn off them.
GS: Just the experience of working that many years is something.
RM: Yeah, like the book says, history book says, architects are arrogant, and some of them. One is.
RM: So, but these English. He's from England. I can't. What was the name of it? I can't remember the name of the town he was from over there, but he's an ol' citizen now, so. He's married to an ol' American girl, have a family and stuff over here. Simon Herbert, so. He's a pretty good teacher. He's not bad. Then there's Dave Mertz. You have to put that in there, and Jeff Goetz. I think that's the only two, only three that really teaches everything over there in that preservation field. They take care of everything. (338)
GS: I'll let my boy listen to this tape. I'll see if he'd be interested in all that stuff.
RM: He might be. You never know. Tell him to get off his duff and do it.
GS: He's interested in engineering. He wants to design, or something, I don't know.
RM: I'm taking AutoCAD II over there. That AutoCAD drawing with the computer, computer assisted drawing.
RM: That's interesting. I mean, if he likes to get into stuff like that, that's the place to do it, you know. That's what I was going to go for, engineering over there, but then I changed over to building preservation. That's more my speed. That's what I want to do, and my math isn't that great for engineering, so. You've got to be a real whiz to do it.
GS: That's what I told him. I didn't think, I don't think he's that good at math either.
RM: Well, he can always learn though. That's the thing, you know. One way to find out. If that's what he wants to do, then tell him to go for it. If it doesn't work out. Like they say, everybody has to find their niche, so.
GS: So you want to show me your house.
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Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio, Latin: Mons Vesuvius) is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore.
It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc.
Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure.
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An estimated 16,000 people died due to hydrothermal pyroclastic flows.
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Vesuvius has erupted many times since and is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years.
Today, it is regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the population of 3,000,000 people living nearby and its tendency towards explosive (Plinian) eruptions.
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