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Who doesn't enjoy an early morning snack of spiders? Birds like the Northern Mockingbird pose a serious threat to a spider's survival. Most deaths occur when spiders hunt. Researchers recently studied how dangerous it can be for spiders by looking at three different strategies, including: free-hunting, two-dimensional web, three-dimensional web. From the published paper: Free-hunting […]
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These little fish are a big deal to birds
December 23rd, 2014 · Comments Off · seabirds, Uncategorized
The anchovy that flavors your Caesar salad or tops your pizza also happen to be at the top of the list in importance for seabirds in California and Oregon. There are troubling signs that stocks of this small fish are in jeopardy, impacting some of our favorite seabirds. Audubon's west coast forage campaign is working […]
Audubon network helps save Marbled Murrelets in California
December 15th, 2014 · 3 Comments · seabirds, Uncategorized
The outlook is brighter today for the critically endangered central coast population of marbled murrelet, thanks in large part to advocacy by the Audubon network. In the past year, California State Parks- the agency responsible for protecting most of this population's nesting habitat- has put in place strong on the ground measures to protect nesting […]
Makes some calls to raise awareness about birds and global warming
September 13th, 2014 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Call your state legislators and ask them what they're doing to protect birds from global warming. Share on Facebook
Kudos for Pacific Flyway Marine IBA map!
July 25th, 2014 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Congrats to the team that produced the interactive Pacific Flyway Marine IBAs map: it won 3rd place in the national Storytelling with Maps contest sponsored by mapping software giant Esri! Take a little Friday break and play with the award-winning map. Share on Facebook
Pacific Flyway thanks Secretary of Interior for Izembek Decision
June 23rd, 2014 · Comments Off · Audubon Alaska, Bird Habitat, Important Bird Areas, Pacific Flyway, Uncategorized
Audubon chapters and state offices in the Pacific Flyway, joined by the California Waterfowl Association and Washington Brant Foundation, thanked Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell for her science-based decision to keep Izembek National Wildlife Refuge intact. Nearly the entire world population of Pacific Brant rely on Izembek during spring and fall migration. Share on Facebook
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Audubon network helping troubled Brown Pelicans
June 5th, 2014 · 2 Comments · seabirds, Uncategorized
This week has brought some much-needed good news for California Brown Pelicans. In the past year we've mobilized the Audubon network to urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to better track and protect pelicans which are experiencing unprecedented breeding failures in the U.S. and Mexico, and die-offs in the U.S., linked to low abundance of […]
Chicks With Steve Buscemeyes
June 3rd, 2014 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
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Forage species poised for enhanced protection on the west coast
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Common Murre with a baby octopus, northern California. Most of you have heard of sardine, anchovy, and herring- the small fish that sustain our coastal and pelagic seabirds and other marine wildlife. Turns out, there are many other species of "forage fish" such as squid, saury, smelt, sand lance and even octopi that can […]
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Ornithologists discover flight causes genome shrinkage
March 6th, 2014 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
We wonder what George from Seinfeld would think of this headline. Jokes aside, according to phys.org, University of New Mexico researchers just released a paper that proves a bird's genome shrinks over time in birds that use a lot of their energy while in flight. The paper is "Metabolic 'engines' of flight drive genome size reduction in […]
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Halloween costume contest winners
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A brighter future for short-tailed albatross
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On Saturday federal fisheries managers adopted an important new set of regulations designed to prevent the deaths of critically endangered short-tailed albatross and other seabirds in west coast fisheries. The regulations, requiring larger vessels to use bird-scaring streamer lines and other techniques in order to keep albatrosses from becoming hooked and drowning on longlines, are […]
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MUA 'Going for Gold'
Friday, 27 July 2012
MUA Limited Edition 'Going for Gold' Eyeshadow Palette £4*
MUA have brought out a 10 shadow palette to celebrate.... can you guess? You know, those games that everyone's going on about.
The gold themed palette has a mix of shimmer shadows in the new square pans. As you can see, there's golds, yellows, a bronze and a few shades of grey.
I definitely prefer the square pans to their usual circular one as it's easier to cover the brush with product. There are a few shades in this palette that I would never wear, but there are definitely some nice ones too. Sorry the photo is a bit messy, unfortunately 2 of the pans came loose and it was a little smashed up when it got to me. It's all a bit of fun to support the Olympics and for £4 you can't really go wrong! The palette is now available on their online store.
What do you think of the new square pans? Do you prefer them now or how they were before?
Lily xx
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ReplyDeleteI have to say I was a bit sceptical of MUA to start with as they were just too cheap to be good but there eye shadows last so well on me and are such fantastic colours. Loving the palette, may take myself down to Superdrug now.
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Vince Update 2.0?
Msg#: 4381167 posted
6:43 pm on Oct 29, 2011
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Could there be a lot of confusion in attributing ranking success of brands post-Panda with Panda instead of Vince? We talk a lot about different iterations of Panda (1.0 to 2.5), but not about Vince.
Do we know for a fact that while we've been focusing on Panda, quietly Vince has not been updated - and perhaps even several times? Could we already be on Vince 3.0?
Each major Google update builds on or works alongside the previous updates. They don't replace them. I don't know much about Vince, but it was just before Panda.
My only site which "recovered" from Panda may have actually not recovered from Panda per se, but simply got a benefit from an update to Vince.
I suspect sites can get protection from Panda if they are considered great by Vince. In my sector I've seen a number of brand sites which should have been hit by Panda get protected and even bumped up. But they were already doing better after Vince. Since Panda they went higher.
Are there any or many sites which got respect from Vince which then got hit by Panda?
Is the solution to Panda to get respect from Vince?
"Brands are the solution, not the problem. Brands are how you sort out the cesspool."
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Msg#: 4381167 posted
11:16 pm on Oct 29, 2011
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I suspect sites can get protection from Panda if they are considered great by Vince
Well, if a site is so good that it is "considered great by Vince", then it's probably good enough to avoid problems with Panda too, and therefore wouldn't need any special "protection" anyway. So it's hard to give definite yes or no answer to your question
Msg#: 4381167 posted
2:11 am on Oct 30, 2011
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then it's probably good enough to avoid problems with Panda too
Judging by the list of quality sites that have been hit hard by Panda I don't think that's the case.
Vince, Panda, the other countless tinkerings... does it really matter?
Google has a vision of what the internet should be and any site not conforming receives no exposure, end of story, except Google isn't sharing specific details about what that ideal is so I offer that all webmaster energy wasted on trying to please Google would be put to better use creating better websites. Let Google catch up for a change, as a webmaster YOU are in charge.
Msg#: 4381167 posted
10:39 am on Oct 30, 2011
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Judging by the list of quality sites that have been hit hard by Panda I don't think that's the case.
I don't remember seeing a list of quality sites that have been hit hard by Panda. What are some examples of these sites? Are there any big brands on it?
Msg#: 4381167 posted
2:23 pm on Oct 31, 2011
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I don't think it was vince, if it were vince we wouldn't have seen the false positive panda hits we saw, as some of those sites benefitted from the vince update - Amazon for example took an 8% hit in the initial panda. Maybe vince was pre-panda, but its definitely its own beast
I think of vince as a whitelist, and panda as a plague.
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Msg#: 4381167 posted
3:14 pm on Oct 31, 2011
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Question, where did all these panda, and vince name came from?
Msg#: 4381167 posted
3:18 pm on Oct 31, 2011
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Panda came from the name of the fellow responsible for the update. I think it's misnamed - it was originally called the farmers updated (for 'content farms') which I believe is more appropriate. Calling it panda detracts from the point behind the change.
Msg#: 4381167 posted
6:40 pm on Oct 31, 2011
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Vince and Panda work together. Vince promotes authority/trusted sites; Panda demotes thin/shallow sites.
Vince 2.0 I believe gave more authority to sites that Vince 1.0 liked. The dial got turned up. After 2.0, Vince in my sector let the top two authority sites for widgets get many top rankings for related keyword search phrases; e.g., red widgets; blue widgets; white widgets, etc., etc. Before Vince they had no rankings for those phrases. After Vince 1.0 they got top 5; after Vince 2.0, top 1-2.
By the way, these two sites are not "brands." They are simply "authority" sites with the most in-bound links. They were ranked #1 and #2 for widgets for the last few years. Cutts has already said Google doesn't look to promote brands. They look for authority and trust. (Because brands have some special authority and trust, they get high SERPs.)
Webmasters need to think about Vince at the same time as Panda to see the big picture, and possibly rebound from Pandalization. Many of us got so focused on Panda we forgot about Vince.
The rich got richer and the poor got poorer with Vince and Panda. My concern is that even if I recover from Panda, I will still not get my original rankings back because of Vince.
Msg#: 4381167 posted
12:05 am on Nov 1, 2011
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The Vince part of the algorithm may re-calculate its values almost continually, rather than going through the periodic full iterations that the Panda part of the algorithm apparently does. This would make it harder to see the effects of Vince, except when Google makes a major change to the Vince algorithm itself.
Msg#: 4381167 posted
5:01 am on Nov 1, 2011
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I went back and looked at the data.
June 14-21 is the time when one sector I'm in got a Vince update. That's when Google decided one of my sites is an authority and very trustworthy. Since that week, it started to give me very high rankings for widgets, just below wiki and another major site.
At the same time it also centralized authority for multiple examples of the most popular related phrases with widgets. The site had not been updated in any way; there was no related marketing campaign (links, etc.). No effort whatsoever on SEO.
It's the same kind of situation I saw with the different sector I mentioned where two websites got authority status, and then got top rankings for related keyword phrases.
The interesting thing in the case of the June Vince Update is the site went from being Pandalized to becoming an authority fairly quickly. From mid-April to mid-June it was in the tank (presumably Pandalized on April 11).
What I previously thought was a recovery from Panda I'm now convinced was a Vince update because of the new authority and ranking for related phrases.
It reminds me of how things were a few years ago, when, once you became an authority on widgets, you could write about anything related to widgets and rank really well (first page) for those phrases.
Also, you may recall in the days of the -950 penalty, how sites could recover from changes (mine) or simply by getting a new link from an authority site (others).
Ironically, I still don't know why my site which is now considered an authority by Google gets the new elite status. If I did, maybe I could get several of my Pandalized sites out of the pit!
Msg#: 4381167 posted
12:20 pm on Nov 1, 2011
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Well it's still not clear to me how you can be so sure that your site's recovery was due to Vince rather than some other reason.
Msg#: 4381167 posted
5:04 pm on Nov 1, 2011
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It could be a Kansas City shuffle. get everyone looking at Panda and instead of tweaking that algo tweak Vince. It would be sneaky and not too improbable.
Msg#: 4381167 posted
11:54 pm on Nov 2, 2011
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PGeek, your theory is good reading, and perhaps absolutly correct. I hope this gets more attention, debate and thought.
But today, for this site owner, its like finding out that it wasn't strychnine in my ice tea; it was arsenic. My status is pretty much the same, whatever the poison.
Msg#: 4381167 posted
2:46 am on Nov 14, 2011
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There's an interesting update going on now (and in recent days) which makes it look like a slight Panda recovery. What it is, I believe, is a Vince Update/tweak which gives higher ranking to the domain name (when it's a perfect match).
I'm seeing this across multiple searches in different sectors on unchanged websites. The update is small; it's moving sites up by positions of +1 or +2. I'm seeing it for my own sites and other sites.
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"Lightning......I........what are you doing?!"
The distress in her voice was clear as Rainbow, still on the ground, looked up and her former squad-mater, Lightning Dust. The green pegasus was flapping her wings, keeping above her rival, holding the element of loyalty which she had taken from Rainbow in the confusion of the tornado. She did not see what had happened to the other element-bearers, but it didn't matter. Because as long as just one of them was kept out of the fight, they couldn't use their elements.
"I'm doing what I have to."
Rainbow looked incredibly confused, and Lightning could not blame her. The last the two had even seen each other, it was back at the Wonderbolt Academy, when Lightning was kicked out. And even though Lightning had been keeping up-to-date with Rainbow's activities, the latter probably hadn't even given her a second thought, as evidenced by her continuing look of confusion.
"What do you mean what you have to? I need that element!"
Lightning looked to the golden necklace in her hoof and then turned back to Rainbow, frowning as she did so.
"I know."
Rainbow said nothing, merely looked at the look of utter distain on Lightning's face. It took a few moments, but Rainbow slowly began to understand. Lightning's continued holding of the element hindered their plan to thwart Sombra, so if she was refusing to surrender it, that could only mean one thing. Her expression of confusion slowly morphed into one of horror as she looked up and Lightning, hoping desperately that she was wrong.
"You.......you're......with HIM?!"
Lightning waited for a few moments before slowly nodding, confirming Rainbow's fears. The rainbow-mane pegasus hung her mouth open with shock.
Then, a look of utter anger burst through and she spread out her wings in a threatening posture.
Lightning narrowed her eyes at the angry mare.
"Yes. I did. And I don't have to explain myself to you or anypony else!"
Rainbow's frown deepened more.
"No explanation needed.....TRAITOR!!!"
Before Lightning could reply to that, Rainbow flapped her wings hard and launched herself into the air, straight towards Lightning. The latter did not react fast enough, and Rainbow soon collided with her, forcing her backwards. Although she'd been winded by the attack, she was clear-headed enough to saw that, as Rainbow was forcing her back, she was reaching for her element. Regaining her strength, Lightning pushed back, giving herself just enough space to be able to spin around fast enough to kicked Rainbow in the face with her hind legs as she attempted a second attack.
The green pegasus then flew higher up into the sky, with Rainbow in pursuit. Lightning knew that if she could just keep the element out of Rainbow's reach long enough, they would win. Looking behind her, she saw the very angry pegasus flapping even harder, catching up to her. But Lightning was not concerned. Even though Rainbow was undoubtedly one of the best fliers she'd ever known, she was better. And she would prove that today, not only to Rainbow, but to all of Canterlot.
The two flew faster and faster, oblivious to the raging war all around them. The sound of magical blasts and fights amongst the guards and changelings made it hard to hear, but that made little difference to the two of them. Lightning darted and weaved around the towers and spires of the city, hoping to shake Rainbow from her trail. But Rainbow kept up with ease. She'd clearly improved her flying ability in her time at the academy, much to Lightning's chagrin.
But then a smirk appeared on her face as a thought occurred to her. If Rainbow had improved, then perhaps it was time to show that she had too. One of the benefits of working for a guy like Sombra was that, with all the spells and magic at his disposal, he could make those who worked for him even stronger than before. Focusing on just such a strength, Lightning began to pick up speed, as Rainbow quickly noticed. She flew fast and faster until finally, she began to pierce the sound barrier. Rainbow's eyes widened with shock. She'd only ever seen that skill once, when she had done it herself.
But when the sound barrier broke for Lightning, it was not a multi-coloured rainbow effect, but a ring of bright yellow, like the colour of lightning itself. It sent shockwaves throughout, almost knocking Rainbow out of the sky. The young pegasus could not believe it, and was, needless to say, annoyed to no end that a talent of hers was now being used by a pony like Lightning. And so, she decided that it was time to fight fire with fire. She concentrated on her own sonic rainboom, which she had practiced many times now, and was soon breaking the sound barrier herself. A massive rainbow-coloured ring spread forth when she broke it, and soon she was hot on Lightning's tail once more.
The latter had no idea what Rainbow was catching up to her, perhaps unaware that her old rival had such a talent at her disposal. In fact, so much had Rainbow practiced this ability, that soon she was mere inches behind her. Rainbow knew that if she was going to catch up, this would be her only opportunity. She flapped her wings mightily and launched further forward, tackling Lightning from behind. The shocked mare could not react in time to this, and soon the two of them were plummeting out of the sky, grappling with each other in a bid to gain possession of the element. But soon their fight was brought to an abrupt end when they hit the ground.
The speed at which they'd hit it made it an unpleasant experience to say the least, but as both of them were students of the famed Wonderbolt academy, they'd both had training in dealing with quick recoveries, and thus they were both up and glaring at each other angrily in no time. Lightning still had the element in her hooves, but Rainbow made no move towards it. Without saying anything, both mares knew full well that they were on equal terms in their flying abilities, something that annoyed them both to no end. And so, Rainbow decided that perhaps it was time to resort to something she never thought she'd have to. Diplomacy.
"Why, Lightning? Why have you done all this?" She asked.
Lightning's frown deepen.
"You wouldn't understand. Nopony would!"
Rainbow could see something on Lighting's face. Embarrassment perhaps? Maybe even pain of some sort? Whatever it was, the pegasus could tell that there was something forcing Lightning to be doing this. Even though she'd only known her for a brief time, rainbow had come to understand that Lightning was not an evil pony. She could be selfish, uncaring for the safety of others, driven to the point of shutting out everything but her own success, but evil? Like Sombra? No. There was something else behind all this.
Rainbow took a step forward, causing Lightning to step back.
"Tell me. Let me help."
Lightning hesitated. She wanted to talk about this, but not to Rainbow. This was the mare who was responsible for her being cast out from the Wonderbolts. If there was one pony in all of Equestria she didn't want to reveal to, it was her. But as she looked at the understanding look on Rainbow's face, something changed. A need overtook her. A need to let out something she'd been wanting to let out for a very long time now. And so, against her better judgement, she spoke.
"I.......I wanted.......to be the best."
Rainbow tilted her head in confusion as Lightning continued.
"Ever since I was young.......since I was just a filly.....I have tried. I've tried to be the best flier. I've tried so hard over my life to win admiration. And the Wonderbolts.......they were my idols. I practically worshipped them. Everything I did, I did to impress them.......to be counted amongst them. And so I trained and practiced every hour of every day for my entire childhood. And then, when the time came for me to train under Spitfire herself, I could not have been happier."
Rainbow listened intently, and could not help but feel a sense of familiarity with this story. She too had trained hard over her life to impress the Wonderbolts and be one of them. But she knew there must have been more to it than that, so she carried on listening.
"But then.......YOU happened!" Lightning said angrily.
Rainbow had to fight the urge to take a step backward, given the threatening tone she'd said that.
"Because of you, I was cast out! Humiliated! Everything I'd worked for was destroyed because those I admire were too soft to accept that there are casualties in the road to greatness. And YOU...... you fed that weakness with your friends!"
Suddenly, something clicked in Rainbow's mind. During their time at the academy, Rainbow had often discussed with Lightning about all of her friends, about Twilight and the others. But, now that she thought about it, she couldn't remember Lightning having spoken of any friends of her own. Could it be that, perhaps, she had none? That her insatiable quest to improve herself had driven away what friends she had before? Rainbow shuddered at the prospect that, had she too become so driven, this could have been her betraying Equestria, instead of Lightning.
"After that....I had nothing! My dreams had been taken from me, and my one chance to achieve great things had been stolen! THAT is why I'm doing this Rainbow! I will prove to all of Equestria, to you, to the Wonderbolts, that I am the best!"
Lightning took another angry step forward. Rainbow had no doubt that she would attack her soon, and raised her hooves in an attempt to calm her down.
"Lightning! Listen to me! You don't have to do this! You could be great even without Sombra! Without the Wonderbolts even! You don't want THIS!"
Lighting frowned again.
"Don't you dare tell me what I want! I want ponies to look up at me and see somepony to aspire to! I want to be known far and wide as a mare of talent! I want....."
But, before she could finish, a loud explosion from far off distracted the two. They turned to see that, at the other and of the street from them, a tower had been assaulted by dozens of changeling drones. It was being swarmed all over, and the unicorn guards posted on it were simply overwhelmed by their numbers. The drones had attacked the foundations of the tower, and soon, it was beginning to crumble. Lightning and Rainbow looked on in horror as the unicorn guard screamed out for somepony to help them as the tower collapsed.
The two did not see what happened to them, as they were consumed by the dust cloud caused by the collapse. The two stood in silence at the sight of such destruction, before Rainbow turned to Lightning with an angry look on her face.
"Tell me...."
Lightning turned to face her as she angrily pointed to the rubble of what was once the tower.
".......did you want THIS?!"
Lightning, as she had done many times now, felt a sharp pang of doubt and guilt over what she had just witness. She looked from the wreckage of the tower, back to Rainbow's angry expression, before finally laying eyes on the element of loyalty in her hooves. And, for the first time in her entire life, she didn't know what to do.


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Im ashamed to say I forgot about Garret Mills.I remember in the preseason,I think it was against Atlanta.He TORE it up.With Grahambo supposedly out today.I wonder if we shall see some of him?
Think he's in his learning season under Heath Evans. Sort of being shown the ropes and then probably next year will take over as our (sort of) FB.
funny, I just posted on chris's update that I don't see why he's even on the 53 over Bam childress, who always seems to be good for a few first downs a game. With three other good TE's and a good Fullback in Evans.... I just don't see his value in this offense at this time.
6'2'' 232 from his official bio. But when i saw him at camp he was a big dude. Muscle wise. BTW Heath Evans 6 feet 245. 12 pound difference but Mills can play TE/FB/ ST's and can run faster than Evans. He's a great working project IMO.
Mills would never last on the PS thats why. Mills would be snatched up by a number of other teams with his type of versatility.
I agree, we just have so much redundancy at the TE / FB position. I know Graham is a FA next year, but we have Watson and Thomas as two solid TE's (granted, I'm making some assumptions there about thomas) . And Evans seems to fit that solid, all-around type player role. And all the while, we are thin as paper at WR. Guess this is nothing new though...... on to the game!


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In my blog, Dividend Growth Investor, I am always trying to find out the best dividend stocks which would provide me with a dividend income stream that would increase above the levels of inflation for many decades to come. If I didn't have any time to go through all the hassle of picking individual dividend stocks however, I would have turned to dividend ETF's.
I have stated several reasons why I don't like investing in dividend etf's in a previous article. If you want to own a portfolio of stocks which is ready to be purchased in a single ETF trade, and paying an annual fee is not an issue for you, then this article could be beneficial for you.
Most of my readers are aware that I am fascinated with the Dividend Aristocrats index, which is an equally weighted index which includes a select group of dividend stocks which have increased their dividends for over twenty five consecutive years. The bad news is that there isn't an ETF that covers this index at the time. There is however an dividend ETF which covers the High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats index, which resembles the dividend aristocrats index closely in terms of performance and components.
The S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats ETF has an annual fee of 0.35%. The ETF currently yields 4.40%.
There are several other notable dividend ETF's out there as well, which focus on rising dividend income:
PowerShares HighYield Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY) tracks the Mergent's Highest Yielding Dividend Achievers Index. The total annual fee is 0.60%, while the index is currently yielding 5.69%.
The PowerShares Dividend Achievers ETF (PFM) tracks The Broad Dividend Achievers Index, which consists of companies that have increased their annual dividend for ten or more consecutive fiscal years. The annual fee is 0.60%, and the current yield is 2.72%.
The PowerShares International Dividend Achievers ETF (PID) tries to replicate The International Dividend Achievers Index which includes companies that have increased their annual dividend for five or more consecutive fiscal years. The annual management fee is 0.58% and the current yield is 4.91%.
iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index ETF(DVY) is the first dividend focused ETF, launched in 2003. This fund has a 0.40% annual expense ratio and currently yields 4.65%.
BlackRock Dividend Achievers Trust (BDV) has the highest management fee amongst all dividend ETF's at 0.83% annually. The dividend yield is 9.90%. This fund is a prime example of the fact that higher management fees do not lead to superior investment performance after all. I should also add that this fund is more actively managed as the advisor tries to select a varying number of dividend achievers which spot the highest yields.
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One of your comments may be a key observation that could help new investors like me understand more. Discussing the BLack Rock Dividend Achievers Trust, which currently has by far the highest yield of all the stocks examined, you wrote, "This fund is a prime example of the fact that higher management fees do not lead to superior investment performance after all." To the new investor this looks like a contradiction, since you're implying that Black Rock has inferior investment performance despite having the highest yield. Could you please explain how and why that is so? Does performance have more to do with the long-term likelihood of a stock increasing in value, and less to do with short-term yield?
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Most dividend etf's invest in similar stocks. Paying a larger fee detracts from performance relative to other dividend etfs.
Furthermore despite investing in the dividend achievers, which consists of stocks that pay out increasing dividends, BDV hasn't changed its payout at all for several years. This implies that they are returning capital gains in addition to dividends.
Thanks for the input. The VIG sounds like an interesting play. Vanguard does appear to have the lowest cost ETF's out there. The only issue is that they haven't been around for as long as the rest.
I would add them in future reviews of dividend etf's however.Dividend ETFs are the way to go if you want to get paid for waiting for the recovery. In fact, high-yielding stocks did fairly well during the Great Depression.
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"It was a serious and incredible accident, but thank God this is a different situation compared to 1976 when I went to see Niki Lauda after the accident at the Nurburgring, added. We have to wait, but the signs are encouraging."
Massa was scanned again on Monday morning without problem and hospital officials have reported he is now able to move his hands and legs. The extent of reported injury to his left eye has not yet been confirmed.
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I never really doubtewd it was legal in some states, I just could not figure out what southern state it maybe. He has relatives in PA...so that could be it (not southern, but I guess south of MI).
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Ok everyone this was a comment to something not relating to the question originally asked, it was in humor I know it is illegal to shoot goffers on the road and 50 yards away from the road (usually I swerve to hit them on the road) everyone please find something better to do than sicoanalize everything said.
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Heck, in Texas you can't carry your hangun into a bar but you can carry a loaded shotgun into a bar. Not recommended, but you could.


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As anyone who's been following the show knows, episodes 10 and 11 didn't have any new content that could be used for the soundboard (not even updated sounds, for that matter) so there won't be an update for it this time. Luckily, episode preview tells me that you'll see a proper update with episode 13. In place of an update, I'll share some news about the FUTURE.
The big one is the page for the secondary Rider, Beast. I could be giving myself a lot of work here, but I'm enjoying Wizard so it should be fun at least. This is still a work in progress, but...
No ring slots in place yet because I really need a clearer look at them to determine what I'll be doing - Beast's gear is a lot more ornate than what I've put on this soundboard so far. Once he premieres in the show and TV-Asahi's official Wizard site provides clear pics of his rings then I'll know what to do.
In addition, just as an aside,
A slightly reworked page for the Plamonsters. Scans tell us Beast will have some of his own, so I split the page up accordingly. I neglected to include a white Garuda which was featured in one episode, but here it is now. It just uses the regular Garuda sound at the moment, but who knows, maybe we'll see more of these later.
Oh, one last thing; By the end of November (29th if I'm not mistaken), the new Climax Heroes game will come out. What this means is, if I can get sound rips for it, the best-case scenario is that I'll have clearer sounds for the Wizard soundboard and quite possibly the Fourze as well. Hell if there's any WizarSwordGun clips I'll probably find a use for those, the reason why I haven't is because they're covered in background music in the show and YouTube videos are too muffled in sound quality. We'll see when that time comes.
Anywho, stay tuned for when I do more flashy Kamen Rider button mashing things. For fairly occasional updates on soundboard stuff and general madness, I have a Tumblr. malunis.tumblr.com/


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First description of an Arctic Loricifera - a new Rugiloricus-species from the Laptev Sea
Title | First description of an Arctic Loricifera - a new Rugiloricus-species from the Laptev Sea |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2005 |
Refereed Designation | Refereed |
Authors | Gad, G., & Arbizu P. M. |
Journal | Marine Biology Research |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 5 |
Pagination | 313-325 |
Abstract | This is the first description of Loricifera-species from the Arctic Ocean. Rugiloricus polaris sp. n. was discovered along with other species of the genus in samples from the Laptev Sea (Arctica). The new species is described from clayish deep-sea bottoms at 1,2 10 m depth. Apart from of a single adult male two Higgins-larvae have been found. The adult of Rugiloricus polaris sp. n. is characterized e.g. by its small rounded distally blunt mouth cone; four small oral valves around the terminal mouth opening; broad clavoscalids with round bases and ventral jags distally; strongly transformed and spiny ventral pair of clavoscalids, type B scalids of fourth row with serrated claw-tips; two types of trichoscalids differing in length but not in structure. The Higgins-larvae differ from others e.g. by hook-like type B scalids with double hook-tips; extremely short toes; long anterior setae with fine setules scattered along their dorsal and ventral margins. |


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Finding Your VoiceHow do you find your voice? Be yourself. Be open. Listen. Play. Experiment. Soon your voice will be leading you. Try some of these exercises:1. Set a timer for 5 minutes. Then write without stopping until the time is up. Write as fast as you can. Write freely, putting down whatever comes to mind. What you write can be nonsense. It can be repetitive. It doesn't have to be important. The important thing is to keep writing. Don't worry about grammar or spelling. Don't stop to organize or understand what you have written, just write. Try the exercise for longer periods of time.2. Open your senses to your surroundings. Go to the mall and listen to the sounds of shoppers, sales people, and machines. Attend sports events and experience the smells tastes and feelings of the scene. At church, observe the pastor or the band playing. Watch the people singing. Afterwards write about what you heard smelled, tasted, felt, or saw.3. Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. Daydream out
Tips for Writing Writers 11. How to Make Great CharactersHow do you create great characters? Well you have to make us sympathize with them; give us a reason to care when they are in danger. There are many ways of doing this, but here is just a few:Help them stand out:No they do not need to be a super hero or have the weirdest clothes, but it is good to have something that makes them...well...them! For an example you could have a cheerleader who practices kickboxing, a guy bad tough cop with poor people skills who has a kitten, or maybe the girl who is forced to be perfect by her parents has a secret comic book collection under her floorboards.Habits are another way of making someone stand out. Someone could have a habit of blowing bubble gum bubbles, while another could touch a necklace or bite a lip when they are worried.Faults:No one likes to read about a perfect character; that would just be boring. Instead make your character seem more human with flaws. You could make them scared
Character Design Help GuideCharacter Creator HelpRight, I know that sometimes creating good characters can be a little hard. So, Ive designed this little writers resource in order to make it a touch easier. Ill give you a list of details to fill in, and then some tips on how to fill um. * means that if this is your first time reading the Character Creator, you should DEFINITELY check out the tips for that heading before filling it out. ^ means that this heading is optional. @ means that this information doesnt have to be entirely accurate. I hope thisll help people whore having a little trouble with character making.NOTE: This is just a guide. You neednt follow it exactly, or indeed, at all. Its just there to give you a little bit of help if you want it. This guide is set up for Fanfic writers and R.P.ers- it isnt really designed for people who only intend to draw their characters.The list! WOOT!(Background Info. Thisll help to keep you organi
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One of four people with a chronic medical condition such as back pain, heart disease or multiple sclerosis becomes so obsessed and worried about their health problem that they suffer health anxiety.
Left untreated, this preoccupation with their medical problem could spiral into hypochondriasis, according to Heather Hadjistavropoulos, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. She presented her findings about how to help health anxiety last week at the annual conference of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Orlando, Fl.
"When they become overwhelmed with the condition, they start to seek out either more reassurance, or spend a lot of time on the internet looking for information on their condition, to do everything they can to reduce their worry about the condition," she said of patients afflicted with health anxiety.
But she has developed a four-step program to help these health-anxious patients see things in a new light, reduce their anxiety, and perhaps ward off hypochondriasis.
For patients who already have hypochondriasis, expressive writing just one day a week can help them improve, according to another researcher at the conference, Femke Buwalda PhD, an assistant professor of clinical psychology at the University of Groningen.
In her study, Hadjistavropoulos assigned 60 people age 65 and above who had a chronic medical condition either to the treatment group or no treatment. Those in the treatment group were guided through four steps, including:
So far, the program results look good, H said. In the initial follow up, right after treatment ended, there was a reduction in anxiety or health worries, based on a questionnaire. She is working on a three-month followup but doesn't have those results yet.
The study is ongoing, with an eventual enrollment goal of 90. "Patients are highly interested in this approach," Hadjistavropoulos said. "They are highly satisfied with this kind of a program."
Reducing the worries about health can help these patients, who tend to be generally anxious, reduce the anxiety about other aspects of their lives, too, she said.
When the diagnosis over health worries is hypochondriasis, expressive writing, just once a week for a half hour, can help, said Buwalda.
Expressive writing has been shown by other researchers to reduce stress, boost self-esteem and have other benefits. So Buwalda wanted to see its effect on the health anxiety associated with hypochondriasis.
She assigned 22 patients with diagnosed hypochondriasis to the writing group and another 20 to a wait list group which got treatment with the writing exercise later.
Patients picked their own writing time and were told to keep that "appointment" each week at the same time and on the same day, writing for 30 minutes about their health worries and fears. They did this for six weeks and did it at home.
At the three-month followup, those who wrote had fewer hypochondriacal complaints, less anxiety and fewer complaints of depression.
"The ones in the wait list group didn't experience any difference," she said. But "they did equally well when the wait list group went on to the intervention."
Buwalda doesn't know exactly why writing about health anxiety helps, but offers several possibilities. When they write down their fears, patient may begin to see how all the anxiety has impacted their lives for a long time and decide to spend less time worrying. Or, the opportunity to express their anxiety may help them move on from it.
Or the writing may result in what mental health professionals call cognitive restructuring — changing the way they think about things, mainly their health.
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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners And Martin Midstream Partners Announce Rail Terminal Joint Venture In Permian Basin Of West Texas
Duane Kokinda, president of Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC, said, "KMP is excited for the opportunity to join with Martin Midstream and Watco to develop this opportunity in the Permian Basin. We believe this unique partnership will provide a wide range of services and expertise for the benefit of customers in Reeves County and surrounding areas, while expanding each company's footprint in this very active rich gas shale play."
Ruben Martin, president and chief executive officer of MMLP, said, "We are pleased to be involved with quality partners in the formation of this joint venture. This project represents another strategic transloading facility offering truck to rail logistics, one of MMLP's core competencies."
Allan Roach, senior vice president of business development for Watco, said, "Watco is excited about opening our eighth crude by rail terminal to serve the burgeoning shale oil industry. We have great partners that each have over 20 years experience in serving this industry, and who know how to efficiently and economically design individual service plans for each of our customers."
Please contact Drew Ward, Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC, at (713) 369-9243, Allan Roach, Watco Companies LLC, at (620) 687-3478 or Gene Adams, Martin Midstream Partners L.P., at (817) 864-3114 for business opportunities.
About Kinder Morgan Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) is a leading pipeline transportation and energy storage company in North America. KMP owns an interest in or operates approximately 29,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals. Its pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, CO 2 and other products, and its terminals store petroleum products and chemicals and handle such products as ethanol, coal, petroleum coke and steel. KMP is also the leading provider of CO 2 for enhanced oil recovery projects in North America. One of the largest publicly traded pipeline limited partnerships in America, KMP and Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (NYSE: KMR) have an enterprise value of over $40 billion. The general partner of KMP is owned by Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI). Combined, KMI, KMP and KMR constitute the largest midstream energy entity in the United States with an enterprise value of approximately $65 billion. For more information please visit www.kindermorgan.com. This news release includes forward-looking statements. Although Kinder Morgan believes that its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that such assumptions will materialize. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements herein are enumerated in Kinder Morgan's Forms 10-K and 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. About Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: MMLP) Martin Midstream Partners is a publicly traded limited partnership with a diverse set of operations focused primarily in the United States Gulf Coast region. The Partnership's primary business lines include: terminalling and storage services for petroleum products and by-products; natural gas gathering, processing and storage, natural gas liquids distribution services; marine transportation services for petroleum products and by-products; and sulfur and sulfur-based products processing, manufacturing, marketing and distribution. Additional information concerning Martin Midstream is available on its website at www.martinmidstream.com. Statements about Martin Midstream Partners' outlook and all other statements in this release other than historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements and all references to financial estimates rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside its control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. While Martin Midstream Partners believes that the assumptions concerning future events are reasonable, it cautions that there are inherent difficulties in anticipating or predicting certain important factors. A discussion of these factors, including risks and uncertainties, is set forth in Martin Midstream Partners annual and quarterly reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Martin Midstream Partners disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements, including financial estimates, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. About Watco Companies LLC Watco Companies, LLC (Watco) is a Pittsburg, Kan., based transportation company serving transportation, mechanical, and transload/intermodal needs of Customers throughout the nation. Watco is the owner of Watco Transportation Services, LLC (WTS), the largest privately-held short line railroad company in the U.S. operating 23 short line railroads on more than 3,700 miles of track as well as 24 industrial contract switching locations. Watco's Mechanical Services division operates 14 railcar repair shops, 4 locomotive shops and 19 mobile mechanical shops. The Transload/Intermodal Services division currently manages 16 transload facilities, 7 warehouses and 1 intermodal location. Watco also owns Greens Port Industrial Park in the Houston Ship Channel. More information about Watco and its subsidiaries can be found at www.watcocompanies.com. Additional information concerning Watco is available on its website at www.watcocompnaies.com.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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What in the world?Submitted by BeachYogi (not verified) on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 7:17pm.
So where is the PTA in this?
How much in gas and helicopter time did this cost us and what is the benefit? What have we gained? Teaching are children to become hoodlems on a Sunday evening? Isn't this a day of rest, not worry? Shouldn't are children be at home resting or reading?
What in the world is going on in our small town?
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