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My previous article "Does Entry Price Matter to Dividend Investors?" created a lot of discussion. To summarize, it is important to have some valuation guidelines, before purchasing a dividend stock. This is to protect the investor in the very likely event that they "fall in love" with a stock and purchase it regardless of price. After all, purchasing a stock at inflated price levels might lead to sub-par returns for several years.
The typical valuation guidelines I use include a minimum yield of 2.50% for new or existing investments, as well as a maximum of 20 times earnings I am willing to pay for a company. I would sometimes purchase shares in companies I deem to have great potential, which yield less than 2.50%. My purchase of a small position in Visa (V) is an example of this. I would never however initiate a position in or add to a position when I am paying more than 20 times earnings.
I typically accumulate my positions over long periods of time. I currently add or initiate positions in 2- 3 stocks per month. At this rate, chances are that I purchase stock in a given company about once or twice per year. In the case of companies like McDonald's (MCD), this means that I bought stock in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. As long as the stock trades at less than $105/share, I might be able to add to my position in 2012 as well. Even if the stock zooms past $105/share, I would still have exposure to it, although I might invest my new funds elsewhere. Unlike other investors however, I do not avoid buying stocks simply because they "went up". Many investors missed the boat at McDonald's (MCD) at $70 or $80/share, because they figured that the stock has increased too fast, and thus waited for a dip before adding to their positions. This is the type of market timing, which should be avoided. Now, If investors didn't want to pay more than 15 times earnings, then waiting for the dip after McDonald's increased above $75-$80/share was a perfectly reasonable excuse. The key to successful investing is having a strategy that fits your personality, and then trying to stick to it.
Many times, I would see a stock defy gravity and trade at 25 times earnings. I would wait for a dip before initiating or adding to my position. Sometimes it might take months and even years before the stock reaches an attractive valuation either because of a stock correction or because earnings increased faster than share prices. In an era of instant investment gratification, where investors can buy and sell stocks in the matter of nanoseconds, this seems like eternity. With dividend growth investing however, a big part of success comes not just by identifying the best companies and initiating a position in them, but also by holding onto them for as long as possible. If the stock I really want to purchase is overvalued, I would find another candidate for my money. There are over 200 dividend achievers in the US, which means that there are always investment opportunities out there for dividend investors.
For example, some of the recent buys I have made in my portfolio over the past month or two include:
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of various products in the health care field worldwide. The company has raised dividends for 49 years in a row. The stock trades at a P/E of 14.20 and yields 3.50%. (analysis)
Philip Morris International Inc. (PM), through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products. The company has raised dividends each year since 2008, when it was spun off from Altria Group (MO). However, its dividend growth culture could be traced back to the four decades of dividend increases at the original Altria Group. The stock trades at a P/E of 17.10 and yields 3.70%. (analysis)
Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL), together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets consumer products worldwide. The company has raised dividends for 48 years in a row. The stock trades at a P/E of 18.90 and yields 2.50%. (analysis)
PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of foods, snacks, and carbonated and non-carbonated beverages worldwide. The company has raised dividends for 39 years in a row. The stock trades at a P/E of 15.70 and yields 3.30%. (analysis)
Just because a stock is in overbought territory however, doesn't mean it is a sell either. Too often I see investors disposing of their positions in otherwise fine dividend stocks, just because the price went into overbought territory. This creates taxable events for them and then they have to worry about reinvesting the proceeds in other stocks. The end result is typically similar to the scenario where they simply held on to the original stock and reinvested the distributions elsewhere.
To quote Warren Buffett, his first rule of success involves not losing money. His second rule of success involves not forgetting the first rule. The goal of dividend investing is a growing stream of income as well as capital preservation that comes with it. Investors chase overvalued stocks because they are afraid to miss the boat on future price gains and dividend increases. Unfortunately, stocks with higher valuations have a higher chance that anything that goes wrong could have a negative effect on share price or income stream. Investors who purchase stocks at reasonable valuations however, have better chances of realizing rising price and dividend returns.
At the end of the day, dividend investing is challenging because it involves a great deal of psychology. Investors are driven by their fears and greed. By developing a strategy that works for them, and sticking to it, investors should be better able to handle the mental aspects of the game.
Full Disclosure: Long MCD, JNJ, PM, CL, PEP
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Accumulating Dividend Stocks is a Long Term Process
My previous article "Does Entry Price Matter to Dividend Investors?" created a lot of discussion. To summarize, it is important to have some valuation guidelines, before purchasing a dividend stock. This is to protect the investor in the very likely event that they "fall in love" with a stock and purchase it regardless of price. After all, purchasing a stock at inflated price levels might lead to sub-par returns for several years.
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- AnonymousFebruary 29, 2012 at 12:25 PM
I agree with your post to an extent. There certainly needs to be some boundaries but I think you have to have the long-term perspective.ReplyDelete
If your portfolio is meant to be long term buy and hold, then 3-5% extra would certainly be nice,but that is not why you are buying. You are buying for inflation protection and income stream.
What I mean in practicality, if you are watching a stock and its current P/E is 25, agree thats not a buy, but if it drops to 21 or 20.50 I personally would not hesitate to buy.
Just my thoughts would love to hear others
- AnonymousFebruary 29, 2012 at 1:47 PM
I invest much as you do these days. It gives me a focal point and I find that having some rules, as you do, keeps one grounded.ReplyDelete
Have been reading your blog for a while now. Believe you still hold KFT. Can't help but wonder what you will do when the company splits into two. Will you sell the snacks division because it pays little or no dividend as it seems is intended? This situation is in flux, I continue to hold at the moment.
Please let us know how you respond. Without complete information, I don't yet know what to do with it.
Gotta like PM, doing just great!
Funny. In the last month, I purchased shares of PM, PEP, and JNJ. CL has too high of a P/E ratio for my taste. I'm not completely chasing after dividend income, but I will VERY rarely buy a stock that doesn't pay at least a 2% dividend. I would be curious what you think of IBM at the moment? It doesn't pay 2%, but it seems to follow the same pattern of PM and MCD of this stable, great growth.ReplyDelete
I will allow dividend reinvestment so long as the stock price is still in the "value" territory, but will stop reinvesting if I think I might sell the stock soon (like within 3-6 months).
I sold my shares of MCD two months ago, not because there was anything particularly wrong with MCD, but because I thought my money could be better used somewhere else (I sold my MCD shares to buy shares of PM). I don't care if I sit on a stock for years on end (or forever), but I don't cling onto a particular 'dividend' stock, if there appears to be more undervalued stock from a solid company.
We have to remember that each person's investing strategy will be different. The key is not to find the exact "right one", but rather to decide on a method you like and then stick to it. I personally like to have stocks with a dividend of at least 3pc, have increased dividends for at least five years, and have a PE no higher than 16. I don't get obsessive about it, but just having SOME kind of criteria makes me feel good and adds some structure to things.ReplyDelete
I am a dividend investor, but I also like to have a stock with potential for appreciation. Do you have a simple, preferred method for "guesstimating" an appreciation target?ReplyDelete
I don't have any set numbers or black and white rules like you do. I think of investing as an art/science mix, so while there are things that jump out at me, like 25 P/E, I also make sure my gut has a say in it too.ReplyDelete
I have SU right now which has a 1.3% yield, which sounded low to me when I was buying, but I really like the company and they do a good job of increasing dividends.
Because I plan to hold onto the stock for years I was not worried about the yield. The P/E was nothing out of the ordinary, but because I really like the company and believe they will do well I would have been able to overlook a little bit high P/E in order to get the stock when I did.
- AnonymousMarch 3, 2012 at 1:30 PM
At the risk of sounding patronizing, I think that investing in an ethically reprehensible company like Philip Morris is unthinkable for a conscientious investor. With so many blue chip dividend companies out there, there is no reason to reward a company whose main source of profit is a product which kills and incapacitates millions of people worldwide.ReplyDelete
Must my 2 cents...
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 1:39 PM
oh anon that is just too cute and funny.ReplyDelete
its not like PM or MO is attacking these people, or shoving it down their throats.
It is a product (albeit addictive) that people do willingly chose to use. I don't smoke and think it is one of the most repulsive habits, but get over yourself.
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Coach Scott had this to say about the trade.
"I think a lot of that is because of the injuries that he's suffered this season," Hornets coach Byron Scott said after the trade. "The first couple games of the season, he was playing really well. Then he hurt his ankle. He came back, he was playing pretty good again, and then his neck was hurt.
"So he's had a series of injuries this season that have really stunted his progress, unfortunately. I don't think it's so much that he's changed as a basketball player. I think it's that he's had some unfortunate circumstances."
Scott had lamented the trade as the toughest he'd had to deal with as a coach, because he had believed in Chandler's ability to continue developing his offensive game and he had a personal friendship with Chandler. The two planned to travel to the Bahamas in the offseason with a group.
"He's a coach's dream. He'll do whatever you ask him to do, and he'll do it to the best of his ability. He has no excuses about him," Scott said.
"He's just going to go out there and try to do everything possible to win. I told him I was sick. I was sick about it. I said, `From a personal standpoint, I'm sick to see you go. But from a professional standpoint, this is our business and this is what happens in the business."'
Scott said he was "just kind of quiet for a little while" after general manager Jeff Bower informed him that the trade had been completed.
"I know we as coaches aren't supposed to get emotionally involved, but we are human beings," Scott said.
Now, Scott and the rest of the Hornets might not have to worry about saying goodbye but instead get a chance to see what Chandler can do if he gets healthy again.
"I still think the sky's the limit for Tyson," Scott said. "He has had an injury-plagued season, there's no doubt about that."

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You call those who disagree with you "lonely minds" and "narcissitic," and you don't consider that nasty? Typical christian behavior. Once again I say, you are only here to sell your book, and that is why you started a new topic with its title and your name. You simply are hoping people here will buy it so you can reap the benefits of the billion dollar industry of christianity, and you do this by capitalizing on someone else's proven success.
In addition, you have not addressed the issue of your own dishonesty—that is, you claim that you do not want to convert people to christianity. Again, I repeat: If you are a christian, you follow the bible which says it is your duty to do so. You are the dishonest one here. If you are not trying to do that, why come to this forum at all? Beyond wanting to christianize us, you want to sell your book. Isn't there a quote in the bible that says something like, "Before you try to get the splinter out of your neighbor's eye, first take the log out of your own."? How about "judge not lest ye be judged." You seem to be judging a lot of people here, but that is the christian way; you have all the rules down but you miss the worthy parts of your own book.


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How to cite an entire paragraph taken from a book? Is it just writing the paragraph as a separate one and adding (Author, Year) in the end? Will it not imply that only the last sentence in the paragraph is written by that reference?
When citing large blocks of text like a paragraph, you're probably better off indenting the paragraph, and introducing the text.
For example:
As How to Indent notes (Billy Bob, 2011):
Edit: As noted in the comments, different style guides will have different rules regarding this, as none of them agree on how block indentation should be done. For example, MLA states that text of more than four lines should be indented, while Chicago rules recommend indentation with 8 or more lines, or at least 100 words or more, and APA put the cut-off at around 40 words or more. While the original question didn't mention a particular style guide, you should always check your guide for its rules regarding block indentation first.
I know this has an accepted answer, but it's from Billy Bob. The APA Guide has the following to say:
And as to indenting, this is what it says:
I hope this helps!
Are you quoting it directly, or paraphrasing? I guess you wouldn't bother asking if you were using a direct quote, since that seems crystal-clear - the citation would obviously apply to all the material inside the quotation marks or indented quotation. So you must be paraphrasing... but then you're talking about the last sentence being written by the other author...? I'm not clear on this.
But, yes, in general, you only want to cite once per adopted passage. But also, in general, you don't want to paraphrase an entire paragraph from another author. You can take the author's idea and attribute it, but are you borrowing the structure of the paragraph, as well? Again, I'm not quite clear what you're trying to do.


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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:15 am
Post subject: Category Hidden Gem Award / Best Under appreciated Comic
Kinda off-topic but I couldnt help noticing that your posts put together look like a poem:
Which poem you liked best
Mine is fine
Wow...I can only pick one poem?
But I like so many of mine...
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:27 pm
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An "under-appreciated comic," in my experience, will by definition not succeed in any kind of vote. I vote no. It's way too difficult a thing to define.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:12 pm
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...and the poll is now live.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:37 pm
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Just working out the poll options for the different awards.
Unless anyone has any other options to add, the poll options on Sunday will be as follows.
- Don't include this category
- Hidden Gem Award
- Best Under-appreciated Comic
- Committee's Pick Award (Not open to public nomination)
For either the first or last options to win they would have to have more votes individually than options 2 and 3 combined as these options would work the same way; they just have different names.
Anybody have any suggestions?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:51 am
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I like Luke's suggestion of a "Committee's pick". I like it that even though such comics don't get named awards, they still get recognition.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:39 am
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Are we saying, "Hey, this comic doesn't get Penny Arcade numbers, but it really ought to be up there running with the Big Dogs," or "Nobody's heard of this comic much, but they should because it's that good."
However, there is no real way of determining traffic for a comic unless it has ads running on it that we can peak in to see its running traffic. Wouldn't it be kind of hard to say that all comics with a traffic level below "x" qualify and thise above it don't?!?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:34 am
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Dutch wrote:
even bloody CLOTHES into their own awards
Yeah, but I'm pretty sure that one's not going to happen.
The problem is, at some stage in the process we're going to have to go through some form of semi-public vote (it looks like a peer-voting system is likely). If we ask people to nominate comics they think are "hidden gems", then sure, we'll get a lot of great comics we've never heard of.
But then those ones with the
nominations, i.e. those which would go through to the next round if we have one, are they the
hidden, or the
? The concept fails by its own design.
The only way you could do this is to have a jury read
every single comic on the internet.
OK, how about this: When we go through the list of nominees for best comic, and see some with a fair degree of popular support that no-one on the commitee has heard of [probably one that's rallied a small but committed readership], we'll check it out, and if liked, it can go on some sort of "committee's pick" list [jury members could be in on this too]. Not formal awards, but on the level of a kinda half-time-show of any awards ceremony.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:19 am
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Anyway, you lot will make the final decisions.
Hey, you're one of us lot too.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:12 am
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I'm the first to admit my strip's a hidden gem. Most of the responses I get from new readers are along the lines of 'wow... I should have given this strip a chance earlier when I first saw it in such and such a place' or 'where has this strip been hiding for so long?' to which my reply is usually 'right here'. Do I have any idea how this sort of award could be handled? Not really.
Saying 'leave this one cos there are too many categories already' is a bit of a cop out though, as I've read through lots of threads this morning talking about splitting art and writing and character and even bloody CLOTHES into their own awards. I'd see more value in an award like this than 'My Characters Have The Best Threads!'
How do you qualify for something like this award though? No idea. Been around a long enough time? That's more an award for perseverance, although the 'I Persevered And Still Have No Audience' is a little lame for an award.
I'd like to see something like this get off the ground because I know there are lots of hidden gems out there than don't get the recognition they deserve, and if I can be brutally honest for a moment, not everyone's strip here I would put in that category. I only put mine in that category because, like you lot who think the same, it's mine!
Anyway, you lot will make the final decisions.
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:24 pm
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this category sounds like a nice idea...good exposure for hidden gems...but being able to classify and define unknown comics is way too subjective. I am against this category as well
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:11 pm
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I think the problem is we are all looking for a way to have the webcomic equivalent of a "Best Indie Comic" award, to recognize the smaller names. In print comics it's very easy to distinguish between "pros" and "independents", because it's very clear which comics have been published by a big company. I don't think you could even do a "Best Webcomic with a Readership of Less than 1000 Viewers" award, since none of us can even agree on how to get accurate statistics. Best Webcomic that Isn't on the Fleen List? I dunno.
Unless and until we can come up with a really good way of defining a small-time webcomic, I vote we let this one slide.
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:43 pm
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I think its impossible to come up with a stringent classification which comic qualifies as a hidden gem and which doesnt. Is One Swoop Fell a hidden gem? It has several hundred readers a day. Thats a joke compared to Penny Arcade, but it also updates only once a week most of the time and its numbers are still in the top 10%...
So I am against this category.
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:56 pm
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I think everyone thinks their comic deserves more attention than it gets. After all, it is their creation, their work, their precious...
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:05 pm
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I was actually going to suggest this myself, since this idea was a reaction to how other award ceremonies pan out. For all I know, the TWCL awards will include a diverse range of comics, thus rendering this whole idea pointless. In fact... I'd go so far as to say that requiring this award is a sign that the awards ceremony as a whole isn't doing its job...
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:38 pm
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May I suggest we leave this one for this year, but come back to it next year? That way, we can test the waters this year with regards to what we can realistically do, maybe get some feedback from the voters and nominees, and then take another look at this category and see if we have the resources to include it.
I like that idea. This one would just be hard to pull off: rigidly defining criteria would make it pointless, but having the criteria vauge would make it a messy confusion.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Pfeiffer University used a smothering defense limiting host Converse College to just 21% shooting from the floor rolling to an 89-32 victory in Conference Carolinas women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Falcons improve to 13-3 overall, 8-3 in league play, setting a new season-high with 89 points scored in the win. The Valkyries drop to 0-16, 0-12 on the year.
Midway through the first period, a layup by Kellie Rhoney put Pfeiffer up 16 at 26-10 before their lead jumped to 24, 38-14 on a lay in by Jodie Lemons. A 9-0 run closed out the first half as Lemons hit a pair of free throws, Kaela Bellefeuil dropped in a three while Carter Williams put in the final basket with 13 seconds left. Pfeiffer couldn't miss in the first half shooting 55% from the floor going 16-of-29, connecting on four threes and 11 of their 14 free throw attempts.
The Lady Falcons kept rolling in the second half as a three-point by Christina Harvey extended the lead to 37 with 14:54 to go before Cox did her own version of a three-point play to move the lead into the 40's. The largest lead of the day came with 2:45 showing on the clock as a Caressa Samuel layup gave Pfeiffer a whopping 59-point lead at 87-28.
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November 18, 2013
The NCAA recently announced that Micki Thompson, Pfeiffer University's Senior Associate Athletic Director, Director of Compliance, and Senior Woman Administrator, has been selected to serve on the Division II Management Council. She begins her four-year term in January 2014, immediately following the National Convention in San Diego.
The Division II Management Council is responsible for the day-to-day operation of Division II, according to NCAA policy. The council implements policies adopted by the NCAA's Executive Committee and the Division II President's Council; makes recommendations to the President's Council on matters it deems appropriate; recommends the adoption of amendment, administrative bylaws and regulations to govern Division II; and reviews appeals by member institutions of decisions made by a Division II committee or the NCAA staff regarding the application of NCAA legislation. It is comprised of one member from each of the active Division II conferences - as well as one member from Division II independent institutions and two at-large members - for a total of 27 participants; including chief executive officers, faculty athletics representatives, athletic directors, conference representatives and senior woman administrators. The council meets quarterly - once in the spring, summer and fall, and then at the annual NCAA Convention.
"The Management Council plays an important role in ensuring that the legislation, experiences and competitive interests of student-athletes are fair and equitable, and protect the integrity of collegiate sports," said Thompson. "I am proud and honored to be chosen to represent Conference Carolinas and Pfeiffer University on this distinguished council. I look forward to serving DII institutions and student athletes in this position and will continue to put their welfare first."
"We are delighted for Micki to have this opportunity," said Athletic Director Bob Reasso. "The management council is critical for the daily operations of the NCAA and it's great for Pfeiffer to be recognized on that level. Micki is a great professional and I couldn't be happier for her."
Thompson's selection as the Conference Carolinas representative on the NCAA Division II Management Council is a first for Pfeiffer University. She is currently in charge of all aspects of a complete compliance program for NCAA Division II, Conference Carolinas and University rules and regulations overseeing 18 athletic teams. She is also Director of Women's Sports and manages business operations activities for the Department of Athletics in conjunction with the Director of Athletics.
During Thompson's 14 year tenure at Pfeiffer, she has served as the Assistant Athletic Director, Athletics Operations Manager, Assistant Director of Compliance, Motor Fleet Administrator, Department of Sports Information supervisor, interim cross country coach, NCAA DII Southeast Regional Advisory Committee Member for women's golf, adjunct professor and advisor to the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). She is also a 2012 Graduate of the NACWAA Institute for Administrative Advancement, East Region.
Additionally, from 2007-2009 Thompson was a facilitator for the NCAA DII Leadership Academy. She was one of twelve administrators to help educate and engage student-athletes, coaches and administrators from across the country in various aspects associated with leadership and personal development.
Thompson received her undergraduate ('91) and graduate ('07) degrees from Pfeiffer earning a BS in criminal justice and sociology and a MSL in organizational change and leadership. She resides in Ablemarle with her husband Ashley and has two children; Abby and Jake.


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Twenty years ago, Ravenna Mashburn had all intentions of becoming a computer programmer.
Didn't work out that way.
For the last eight years, she has found herself in the presence of royalty working as a flight attendant for the Prince of Saudi Arabia.
Growing up in
"I had never been one for the typical nine-to-five job," she said. "While at ACC, I just kept thinking that I couldn't see myself doing this for the rest of my life. I wanted to get out and travel the world."
Looking for a change, Mashburn and a friend decided to try to be flight attendants. They applied for positions with Continental Airlines and interviewed three times in
Mashburn spent one year working as a flight attendant with Midway, and a second year training other employees. She wanted, however, to experience working for the private sector. Over the next four years, she got the chance to fly with sports teams, musicians, politicians such as U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John Kerry and even the CEO of Krispy Kreme.
Always seeking adventure, Mashburn came across her current position one day while looking on www.planejobs.com, a website for aviation jobs. The listing was for a flight attendant for a Saudi Arabian prince.
Recalling the application process, Mashburn said that she sent in a headshot and a full body photograph.
"Two months passed, and I had almost forgotten about the position," she said. "But then I got a phone call to do an interview in
Mashburn said it was a very laid back interview where she explained her credentials and saw pictures of the prince's plane. That same day, she was offered the job.
Mashburn's parents, Roger and Sue Edwards of
But while Mashburn has described it as a leap of faith, she points out that she did not make the leap completely blind.
"I had done my research, read as much as I could, and tried to fully educate myself before committing," Mashburn said. "I sat down and talked about it all with my parents, and I think that eased their fears some."
When she started, her new employer, Mideast Jet, sent her through initial emergency training, but that was all. Any other training came on the job. The job offered new challenges and opportunities that she had never before experienced.
Mashburn works a schedule of six weeks on and six weeks off. While at work, she is on call 24/7, though she often has free time. When she starts her shift, she flies to wherever the prince is located. Most of the time, he can be found in
His Royal Highness Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz, 39, was named the richest teenager in the world during his younger years. He now has three planes: a Boeing 777, a 737 and a Challenger. On his primary plane, there are two bedrooms (one of which can open into a full hospital), three showers, eight bathrooms and a salon all on the main floor. On the bottom floor there are 10 beds and two bathrooms for the crew.
When the prince is ready to fly, all flight attendants and pilots are expected to be ready and on the plane. Mashburn said the longest she has ever had to wait was 17 hours. The prince, who was supposed to arrive at 2 p.m. did not board the plane until 10 o'clock the next morning.
Mashburn and the other attendants, hailing from
"You learn to work around it," Mashburn said. "There are ways that he can indicate to us what he needs, and some of that understanding just comes with time."
For someone who has experienced such a privileged life, she notes how friendly and generous His Royal Highness Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz can be.
"Every time he boards the plane he tries to greet us, but his English is limited so it's usually 'Good to meet you' every time," Mashburn said. "He treats the crew exceptionally well."
If the prince is staying in an area for an extended period of time, the crew lodges in hotels. For Mashburn, one of the scariest job experiences came just one month after leaving Sharm El Sheikh,
"The hotel right next door to ours was bombed," she said. "There have been members from other crews that have been killed before."
The many challenges of Mashburn's job are offset by some impressive perks.
Mashburn has been able to travel the world at almost no expense. While working, her accommodations are paid for, and she receives a daily per diem on an American Express Card. Some of her favorite places to visit have been
"There are definitely some demanding parts of my job, but I have gotten a unique chance to travel the world and experience all kinds of different cultures," she said. "It can be hard to be on call 24/7 but a lot of the time I'm free to do what I want, so I'll read, work out, go shopping or just explore the area."
Mashburn told herself early on that she would only be in her current position for five years; she is now on her eighth year and has no complaints. "I've had some once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, and I don't have any regrets," Mashburn said.
Will she continue to travel the world with the prince?
Mashburn is not sure.
Marriage a year and a half ago has her pondering a career change. Her husband, Shawn, the CFO of Arrowhead Industrial in Graham, has his feet planted firmly on the ground, and Mashburn explained, "I'd just really like to find something closer to home."


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TRUCKEE, Calif. — Many of Truckee's public schools were in a precautionary lockdown early Monday afternoon while police searched for and eventually apprehended a gunman who fired a shot in the area.
Truckee Police arrested the gunman — identified as Robert Maklia of Penn Valley, Calif. — near the corner of Donner Pass Road and Richards Boulevard at about 12:30 p.m. Maklia's exact age is unclear, although police said he was born in 1946.
Police initially received a call about a possible armed man at about 11:30 a.m., said Truckee Police Capt. Harwood Mitchell.
Officers located Maklia sitting in his parked vehicle on Richards. According to police, Maklia exited his vehicle with a handgun in his hand. He refused to drop the gun and sought refuge behind his vehicle.
Maklia eventually fired one shot while hiding behind the vehicle, in a direction Mitchell said was undetermined, but not toward officers, before laying down his handgun on the pavement.
Maklia then approached officers against their objections, Mitchell said. Officers disabled Maklia with a non-lethal bean bag round and arrested him. Mitchell described Maklia as "distraught."
Maklia was transported to Tahoe Forest Hospital for medical clearance. According to Truckee Police, he will be charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and brandishing a weapon to law enforcement. Officers with California Highway Patrol, Nevada County Sheriff's Office and California State Parks assisted.
The intersection is located about .4 miles to the west of Truckee High School, and Truckee Elementary School is approximately .2 miles away.
Though the Truckee Police Department only requested those two schools be locked down, Tahoe Truckee Unified School District officials also decided to implement lockdowns at Sierra Continuation High School, Sierra Expeditionary Learning School and TTUSD administrative offices, said Superintendent Robert Leri.
"It happened so quickly," said Leri. "While the message to parents was being written, the lockdown was lifted."
According to the school district, police informed the schools to lock down at about noon; they were notified at about 12:30 p.m. the lockdown could be lifted.
A message notifying parents of the lockdown and its lifting was sent to email addresses and phone numbers provided to the district by parents. The announcement was also translated into Spanish, which slightly delayed the notification to Spanish speaking parents.
Though each school has a variation of alarm bells and alert systems, the lockdown procedure requires teachers and students lock themselves in a secure classroom, close and lock the windows and draw the shades, Leri said. The schools drill regularly for such incidents.
"The teachers have classroom management to keep the students calm," said Leri. "But this one was so short, they probably didn't have time to implement these practices."
According to a Monday afternoon statement from the school district, Mitchell informed TTUSD officials that students were not in danger. However, because it was lunch/recess hour, there were students outside on the playground and it was considered a risk.
Leri said students in the cafeteria and on the playground at Truckee Elementary were alerted and mobilized into secure rooms within five minutes. Students at the high schools had not been released for their lunch break yet; had the lockdown lasted into the meal period, Leri said the release bell would not have rung.
STEP, a child care and teen parenting program at Sierra Continuation, was also secured, Leri said.
"Each school responded very appropriately and implemented the procedures they had been trained and practiced," said Leri. "I'm impressed at how quickly the students were in secure rooms and how professional the staff was."
According to TTUSD, the procedure to release the classrooms required school officials to go from room to room and physically unlock each classroom with a key. A more detailed, district-wide message will be sent out later Monday to follow up and to inform parents of the incident, officials said.
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New River Pottery has officially announced it is closing its New Bern store and moving to Jacksonville.
Marsha Luckenbaugh, store manager, said employees were told Monday.
"We didn't want to leave New Bern," Luckenbaugh said. "We looked at all the other options."
The store that sells everything from pottery to artificial flowers to seasonal decorations was not closing because business was bad but because of a leasing issue, Luckenbaugh said.
It has not been announced where in Jacksonville New River Pottery will locate or when it will reopen there.
"It was tearful, a shock, anger," said Luckenbaugh, who has been at the store for five years. "We were in disbelief. But I understand my boss's objectives and concerns. We had people looking for another place in New Bern. Our object was not to close."
The move will leave 15 employees, ranging in age from 21 to 74, out of a job. Only three employees will go to Jacksonville, Luckenbaugh said, adding it just wasn't feasible for the other employees to move to Jacksonville.
"We told the employees this could happen a couple of months ago," she said. "But we were hoping it wouldn't."
Tracey Dennis, who has been an employee at New River Pottery since 2002, said she was surprised.
"Oh gosh," she said. "I was upset."
Dennis will not be moving to Jacksonville, Luckenbaugh said.
Luckenbaugh said the New Bern store was more than just a retail business; it was a meeting place for many local retirees to visit and socialize with others.
The New River Pottery lease will run out at the end of June, and clearance sales will continue until the doors are finally shut, probably in mid-June, Luckenbaugh said.
Cathi Miller was using a cart to wheel out a small, colorful table she had just bought at New River Pottery for the law firm she works for in New Bern.
"Oh it's sad," she said. "I do a lot of shopping here, especially at Christmas. They have a little bit of everything. You can find some good gifts here."
Miller said she did not know where she would shop when the business closes.
Krystal Burroughs was inside the shop looking at key chains.
"It's kind of a shock," she said. "I used to come here to get scrapbooking things and candles."
Burroughs said she was on her way to the Dollar Tree a couple of shops down from New River Pottery Thursday when she saw the sign announcing the closing.
"I'm fixing to call my mother and tell her its closing," Burroughs said. "She shops here a lot."
The 65,000-square-foot building that New River Pottery is a part of was originally built for Lowe's. After Lowe's moved to its current location, it sublet the property to Gold's Gym, Dollar Tree, Carolina Diabetic and New River Pottery. That lease expires at the end of June, and the property reverts to Trent Land Company.
Brynn Thomas of Thomas Development Inc., which manages property for Trent Land Co., said New River Pottery was offered the same lease agreement that the other tenants of the shopping center have, but declined it.
"We got a lot of calls and questions about it," Thomas said. "But as far as we are concerned, it was their decision. We offered them the same offer as the others."
Thomas said he is currently talking to several prospective leasers for the 32,000-square-foot New River Pottery shop, but nothing is definite yet.
There are plans to put a new front on the building and an additional 10,000-square-foot building next to Gold's Gym for another business, Thomas said.
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Before NationalField built social, Facebookesque platforms for enterprises, its founders provided the organizational framework for President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. Now, with their new product – Seeds – Edward Saatchi, Aharon Wasserman and Justin Lewis are getting back to their roots.
Seeds takes NationalField's social networking-type platform and applies it to both political campaigns and non-profits. With eight months of development and $1.5 million in raised capital behind it, the new product will launch Monday and 15 organizations in the U.S., the UK and Canada are already waiting to adopt it (no, they won't disclose which).
"The core application is highly scalable, it's a hierarchical social reporting experience," said Saatchi, who met his co-founders while working on the campaign to elect Mr. Obama. "That means that you are using the core application to look at metrics for your staff – that might be sales metrics, that might be political metrics, that might be healthcare metrics, we work with Kaiser Permanente, for example – and it's very focused on accountability and giving people feedback around the work that they're doing."
NationalField's core product is used by about 150,000 paying customers in corporate, government and non-profit organizations. Seeds differs in that it sheds the complex hierarchy found in corporate enterprise, instead adopting a more simple, welcoming and focused style that allows campaigns and non-profits to engage their supporters.
The platform seeks to disrupt the tendency campaigns have of vectoring interested supporters to a single "Take Action" button and a subsequent form asking them to provide contact information and wait for a future call—a move that saps whatever passion brought them to the site in the first place. "Very often you're losing a lot of that engagement from your supporters," says Saatchi.
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I took karate at one of the most renowned martial arts schools in the world—Tiger Schulmann's. And I'm not trying to brag, but I was an animal. One time, I did 62 roundhouse kicks in a row. The record was like 7,000 but mine were perfect form. OK, ever heard of the purple belt? It's even harder to get than a black belt and guess who had one (my mom bought it for me). So take my word as even more truth than usual when I tell you Tony Jaa (as in, "Holy s***, that guy just ran up an elephant's tusk and backflipped off its face—JAAAAAAAA!") is out of his judo-chopping mind.


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There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. View Full Profile What is hyperkalemia? How does hyperkalemia affect the body? What are the symptoms of hyperkalemia? What causes hyperkalemia? Kidney dysfunction Diseases of the adrenal gland Potassium shifts Medications How is hyperkalemia diagnosed? How is hyperkalemia treated? Patient Comments: Hyperkalemia - DiagnosisPatient Comments: Hyperkalemia - SymptomsPatient Comments: Hyperkalemia - TreatmentPatient Comments: Hyperkalemia - MedicationsFind a local Internist in your town What is hyperkalemia? Reader Stories Share Your Story Hyperkalemia is a common diagnosis. Fortunately, most patients who are diagnosed have mild hyperkalemia (which is usually well tolerated). However, any condition causing even mild hyperkalemia should be treated to prevent progression into more severe hyperkalemia. Extremely high levels of potassium in the blood (severe hyperkalemia) can lead to cardiac arrest and death. When not recognized and treated properly, severe hyperkalemia results in a high mortality rate.Technically, hyperkalemia means an abnormally elevated level of potassium in the blood. The normal potassium level in the blood is 3.5-5.0 milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L). Potassium levels between 5.1 mEq/L to 6.0 mEq/L reflect mild hyperkalemia. Potassium levels of 6.1 mEq/L to 7.0 mEq/L are moderate hyperkalemia, and levels above 7 mEq/L are severe hyperkalemia.How does hyperkalemia affect the body? Potassium is critical for the normal functioning of the muscles, heart, and nerves. 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Republicans loathed statistician Nate Silver last November when he accurately predicted every state in the Presidential election.
Falcons, Packers and 49ers fans probably do, too, because he s picking the Seattle Seahawks to go all the way to the Super Bowl.
Silver has a history of looking at sports statistics. Long before he began predicting political outcomes, Silver developed the Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm (PECOTA), a system to predict Major League Baseball player performance.
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On ESPN s First Take Thursday, Silver said he used the Football Outsiders system to make his playoff predictions. He said it looks at individual plays and puts them into what he calls football context.
If you gain a yard on 3rd and 1, then that gets you a lot more credit than it does if it s 2nd and long, said Silver on ESPN s First Take Thursday. It applies some common football sense to the numbers.
Silver said the way the Seahawks ended the season, with blowouts of the Cardinals, Bills and 49ers, played a big part in his predictions.
Even though he s picking Seattle to win the NFC, Silver believes New England and Denver from the AFC are the two best teams in the league. Silver predicts the Seahawks will face the Patriots in New Orleans, even though Seattle has to make it there without defensive end Chris Clemons.
There s always uncertainty in any metric, said Silver. I do think with a Seattle team that did come on so strongly in the second half, you worry, can other coaches readjust to them, potentially? Talent-wise I m not sure it s a team that has as much talent, pure talent, as certainly a New England or Denver might, and that s why the coaching could catch up to them eventually in the postseason, I think.
The Seahawks defeated the Patriots, 24-23, in Week 6 thanks to a fourth quarter comeback at CenturyLink Field.
Football Outsiders is actually predicting the 49ers as a slight favorite to win the NFC over Seattle.
San Francisco, obviously, also played very well for much of the year, said Silver, In terms of the balance overall between offensive and defensive play, Seattle had that best balance throughout the year and really, again, in the second half, were blowing people out by 50-to-7 scores and so forth. So, they had the best stats from the regular season.
Will teams adjust to them? Will Russell Wilson be a guy that won t surprise people as much in the playoffs now? But I think, if you have to pick one team in the NFC, I m still comfortable with the Seahawks, said Silver.
But Silver is not foolproof. He said he would bet that Notre Dame would at least cover the spread in the BCS National Championship. The Irish got trounced by Alabama, 42-14.
In addition to a perfect score predicting the 2012 Presidential election, Silver got 49 of the 50 states correct in the 2008 election.


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verb gig·gle \ˈgi-gəl\
: to laugh in a nervous or childlike way
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intransitive verb
: to laugh with repeated short catches of the breath
transitive verb
: to utter with a giggle
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— gig·gly \-g(ə-)lē\ adjective
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: the act of giggling
chiefly British : a source of amusement
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Colorado weather has been staying true to form, showing us just how schizophrenic it can be in the springtime. We've had 70 degree days and suddenly, we're hitting the 20s and getting snow. Yesterday was one of those bone-chilling days which always makes me want to put on a pot of soup. I love experimenting with soups because it's so easy. I have to say, this is probably one of my favorites—rich, creamy, and flavorful. I was already told that I need to make it again soon, and the Eighth Grader actually took leftovers to school today for lunch. He never takes leftovers! After a warm up this weekend, we are expected to get some more rain/snow next week, so I just may have to make this again. Darn. 😉
1 Tbs olive oil
3 cloves garlic, crushed or minced
2-3 celery stalks, sliced thin
1 medium onion, diced
7 C vegetable broth
1 C wild rice mix (I used Whole Foods 365 Everyday brand)
1 large russet potato, peeled and diced
1 carrot, grated
2 bay leaves
Salt and pepper
1 Tbs nutritional yeast
4 Tbs Earth Balance
6 Tbs flour (any variety)
2 C almond milk
In a large soup pot, heat the olive oil then add the garlic; cook 1 minute. Add the celery and onions and cook 3 minutes, or until they begin to soften.
Add the broth, rice and bay leaves; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, partially cover, and let simmer for 20 minutes. Add the potatoes and cook another 15 minutes, or until they soften, but are still a little firm. Stir in the carrots and nutritional yeast.
Meanwhile, to make the roux, melt the Earth Balance in a medium pan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour, one tablespoon at a time. You'll have a thick, batter-like consistency. Slowly add the almond milk—a little at time—and continue to stir until it is all incorporated and thickens. This shouldn't take more than 8-10 minutes.
Remove and discard the bay leaves, then slowly pour the roux into the soup and combine well. Reduce the heat to low and let it cook 3-5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and enjoy!


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JACKSON, Tenn. – Jan. 31, 2011 – Thomas R. Rosebrough and Ralph G. Leverett will sign copies of their new book, "Transformational Teaching in the Information Age," at the LifeWay Christian Store in Jackson Feb. 1.
Rosebrough is executive dean of the College of Education and Human Studies at Union University, and Leverett is university professor of special education and director of Union's Master of Education program in Jackson.
Their book argues that success in teaching comes not from merely relaying facts and information to students, but in building relationships that transform education into something meaningful for each individual student. The book is designed to help teachers be more effective by placing learners in the center of the classroom.
The book signing will take place from 3:15-4:15 p.m. During the signing, the book will be available at a special price of $19.99.
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