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I have recently authored two articles showing that, all other things being equal, a stock that pays its shareholders a dividend generates a higher total return than a stock with similar growth characteristics that doesn't. This is based on the reality that stock prices follow earnings in the long run, and it is this relationship that generates the capital gain component of total return. Therefore, if there is a dividend it will provide the shareholder the additional return from the income component (dividends). Links to the articles can be found here and here.
Both of these articles generated a rather lively comment stream. However, very few of the comments actually discussed the concept of the dividend providing additional return. Instead, the comments denigrated into exhaustive discussions about whether or not a company would grow faster or not by not paying a dividend. In other words, the discussions did not talk about the return augmentation the dividend provided, rather, the debate focused on whether companies should pay dividends or not. This led then to discussions about reinvesting into the business, and share buybacks, et cetera. These are entirely different subject matters which inspired me to write this article.
Consequently, the focal point of this article is to discuss, and try to answer the very important questions, regarding what is the best use of corporate profits. Should a company retain their profits and reinvest in itself, should a company buy back their stock, should they use it to fund acquisitions, reduce their debt or pay dividends? These are all important questions, and the comment threads on my previous articles suggest that many investors have very strong feelings about these matters. Fortunately, I have the absolute perfect answer to these questions. Drum roll, please.... the simple answer to all these questions can be stated in two words-it depends.
The point is that all of these uses of corporate cash flow can be the best use under the appropriate circumstances. On the other hand, all of these capital deployments can also be the absolute worst utilization of corporate cash flows. And the correct answer can be different for virtually every company out there, and the correct answer for any specific company can be different today than it is tomorrow. Accordingly, the reader should understand that there is an almost infinite array of circumstances and situations that would dictate a different answer for each situation. Consequently, this article will only present some general guidelines and concepts about when each of these capital deployments makes sense, and when they don't.
The Capital Deployment Pecking Order
An article in the Wall Street Journal on February 27, 2012 by Maxwell Murphy titled The Pros and Cons of Stock Buybacks interviewed two prominent Wall Street personalities with strong views on the subject of buybacks. They were Whitney R. Tilson, founder and managing partner of T2 Partners LLC, and Gregory V. Milano, cofounder and chief executive of Fortuna Advisers LLC. Here is a linkfor anyone interested in reading the whole article. The reason I share this article is because Mr. Milano described a concept that he referred to as a capital deployment "pecking-order theory" as follows:
"Many believe capital deployment should follow a "pecking-order theory" that prescribes that managements should apply their cash flow, in order of priority, to fix their balance sheet if overleveraged, fund organic investments, pay dividends, fund acquisitive growth and, only when there is additional cash left over, to distribute it via share repurchases. While this may seem theoretically sensible, in practice it leads to buying back more shares when the market value has increased significantly in response to stronger cash flows."
I believe this quote perfectly addresses many of the issues, and opinions of those who believe that dividends actually represent a drag on the company's potential to grow. Notice that dividends came in third place after deleveraging the balance sheet and investing in organic growth. With this article, I will provide a brief introduction on each of the cash flow deployment options based on the pecking-order theory introduced above.
Fix the Balance Sheet (reduce debt)
The old adage that you can't go bankrupt if you don't have any debt equally applies to corporations as it does for individuals. On the other hand, applying the appropriate amount of leverage can also be a beneficial way for corporations to increase their returns. The level of interest rates is also a big factor; the lower the rates are the more attractive it is for corporations to borrow. This includes issuing bonds and notes and/or establishing credit lines, etc. But perhaps most importantly, the company's cash flow generating abilities and levels capable of amortizing debt is a critical consideration.
Furthermore, a corporation can have a good reason for taking on debt, such as to fund a strategic acquisition (more on that later). However, depending on the individual company, it's important to never let your debt reach a level that becomes unmanageable. Consequently, using corporate cash flows to reduce debt is more often than not a good use of corporate cash. On the other hand, this doesn't mean that the corporation must use all of their cash flow to pay down their debt. In fact, it is not uncommon to find companies that deploy their cash flows across all of the "pecking order" options.
The following F.A.S.T. Graphs™, fundamentals analyzer software tool, will look at two companies where one might want to deleverage and the other doesn't need to. The first graph looks at The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX), where a case is easily made suggesting that The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX) is in need of deleveraging their balance sheet as debt represents 101% of capital. However, a review of the company's financials shows that lately they have been reducing long-term debt. Furthermore, the company generates strong operating cash flows and has increased their dividend for 35 consecutive years.
In contrast to Clorox & Co., Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) is currently paying a generous dividend, and has the luxury of no long-term debt. Obviously, this company has no reason to consider the deleveraging option.
Fund Organic Investments (reinvest in the business)
Very fast-growing companies are typically very capital hungry. In other words, they need to use the vast majority of their earnings and cash flows to fund their rapid growth. Consequently, it is very common to see high growth companies not pay a dividend. Therefore, funding organic growth is arguably the best use of their earnings and cash. This is especially true if the company's capacity to produce its goods or services is lower than the potential future demand for their products or services. Logically, companies in this situation need to increase their capacity in order to meet future demand and exploit their full profit potential.
On the other hand, if a profitable corporation, perhaps one that operates in a small niche, has excess capacity that exceeds the demand for their products or services, it would make no sense for them to continue to invest to create greater capacity. Companies in this situation might be best served to return profits to shareholders via either dividends or share buybacks (both will be covered later).
The moral of the story is that the company should only continue to invest in its own business when it makes sense for them to do it. Management needs to be certain that any reinvestment they make will provide returns that at least match what they are currently earning, or even better, exceed it. The point is that some companies have a very strong need for reinvestment, while other companies can continue to generate profitable growth without reinvestment.
A fast growing, but still relatively small restaurant chain like Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ:BWLD) represents a good example of a fast-growing company that needs to retain and reinvest all of their earnings and cash flows in order to fund future growth. Consequently, it makes sense that this rapidly-growing company does not pay a current dividend.
Raven Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAVN) on the other hand, is a rapidly-growing company that operates in niche industries. The company generates very high revenues per share, which provides them ample cash flows to fund future growth while simultaneously leaving ample cash available to pay regular and special dividends to their shareholders. The following earnings and price F.A.S.T. Graphs™ on Raven Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAVN) shows the numerous special dividends the company has been able to return to shareholders.
The following three slides from Raven's annual shareholders meeting in May 2012 illustrate their strong revenue generation, and their modest capital investment needs required to continue funding their rapid growth. Consequently, it would seem risky and maybe even foolish for them to invest their earnings beyond their current capital needs.
The following excerpt from Raven's third quarter fiscal 2013 results summarizes their ability to fund growth while simultaneously continuing to reward shareholders with a generous dividend from such a fast-growing company:
"Attractive Cash Position Despite Increased Investments
At October 31, 2012, cash and investment balances were $48.1 million, up from $44.2 million


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Feds propose tighter standards for emissions, fuel efficiency
June 19, 2015
The EPA and NHTSA's jointly proposed standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles — including school buses — would cover model years 2021 to 2027.
Boston Public Schools buys 86 propane buses
May 27, 2015
The district's new Blue Bird propane school buses have a shorter 169-inch wheelbase and a 50-gallon tank to accommodate shorter runs.
EPA offers $13.5 million in clean diesel funding
May 5, 2015
A new round of grants in the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act program will be awarded for projects to reduce emissions from diesel vehicles.
Study: School bus emission reductions can cut absences
April 22, 2015
Use of clean fuels and updated pollution control measures in school buses can result in fewer student absences, according to a university study.
2 districts awarded $58K to cut school bus emissions
April 9, 2015
The grants from the Ohio EPA will go toward emission-control and idle-reduction equipment for dozens of school buses.
School bus fleets see fuel savings with Kinetics Hybrid
March 26, 2015
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March 23, 2015
The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act grants will fund such projects as retrofitting and replacing older school buses.
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March 16, 2015
Orange County (Fla.) Public Schools' entire bus fleet is now powered by B20 biodiesel, which has cut diesel use by 560,000 gallons per year.
5 California districts get $325K for cleaner school buses
February 11, 2015
The funds will be used to replace 13 older diesel buses with new models. The five California districts are among 76 recipients nationwide to be awarded rebates from the EPA.
76 school bus fleets win EPA rebates
January 19, 2015
The $3 million in rebates will be used in replacing more than 200 older diesel school buses.
Pennsylvania district launches 23 CNG buses
December 18, 2014
Rose Tree Media School District hits the road with 15 new buses and eight retrofitted buses running on compressed natural gas. Superintendent James Wigo discusses the district's efforts to convert its fleet.
School bus veteran, alt-fuel advocate Jerry Rineer to retire
December 12, 2014
Rineer, who has more than 40 years of experience in school transportation, has become a "go-to guy" for colleagues across the country who are interested in alternative fuels.
Thomas Built to offer CNG Type C school bus
November 17, 2014
A compressed natural gas model of the Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 is slated to go into production in early 2016. It will be powered by a Cummins Westport ISB6.7 G engine.
Missouri school district awarded for CNG fleet
November 13, 2014
Lee's Summit R-7 School District is recognized by NGVAmerica for its use of compressed natural gas for its school buses.
Oregon fleet sees success with propane in cold weather
November 3, 2014
Bend-La Pine Schools has replaced aging diesel buses with 53 propane Type C school buses, which officials say average 95% reliability.
Application period opens for EPA school bus rebate program
October 16, 2014
In this year's program, the U.S. EPA is offering about $3 million in rebates for purchases to replace older diesel school buses.
Campaign raises $100K for electric school bus conversion
September 30, 2014
With a "crowdfunding" drive, ADOMANI raises funds that will go toward converting a diesel bus to an all-electric bus for Stockton (Calif.) Unified School District. The vehicle will likely be a 50-passenger Type D school bus similar to two other buses that the company has converted to electric.
Jim Reynolds to lead green vehicle tech company
September 23, 2014
Reynolds, the former CEO of A-Z Bus Sales, will now serve as president and CEO of ADOMANI Inc., which converts gas or diesel vehicles to all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles. One of the company's recent conversions is an all-electric school bus at Gilroy (Calif.) Unified School District.
Southland Transportation buys 101 Blue Bird propane buses
September 18, 2014
The Canadian school bus contractor adds the large order of Propane Vision units to its existing propane autogas school bus fleet. Southland Transportation VP Tom Jezersek estimates that each propane bus saves about $500 in basic maintenance costs annually.
Superintendent cites benefits of natural gas school buses
September 11, 2014
Lee's Summit (Mo.) R-7 School District has launched an initiative to transition its fleet over the next 10 years to buses powered by natural gas. Here, Superintendent Dr. David McGehee shares details on the plan, including a projection of cutting transportation costs by about $10.5 million over the course of the decade.
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In the Know: Can you straighten out the S-curve issue on old SR 84?
Q: We were wondering why there was an S-curve in State Road 84, about mile marker 70 while traveling east from Naples. Why was it necessary to build these curves into an otherwise nearly straight road? it appears as if the contractors started from both ends and missed. Thank you for your attention.
— Christian Busch
Q: Very logical answer as to why there was a curve in Interstate 75, but it only begs an answer as to why they built the S-curve when they started State Road 84 in the 1960s?
— Dick Jones, Naples and Ocean City, N.J.
Q: Why did the original State Road 84 curve from left to right near Naples?
— Bill Henry, Naples
A: Straightening out the issue of why Interstate 75's Alligator Alley, formerly State Road 84, has a reverse curve near mile marker 75 in Collier County would be simple, if it wasn't so difficult to explain.
After throwing readers a curve in my column on March 25, I heard from a lot of people. Talk about crowdsourcing. Fortunately, a lot of these folks are experts who really know what they are talking about, including that people truly in the know call an elongated S-curve a "reverse curve."
Thomas Peek, a registered land surveyor and professional engineer, was formerly Collier County's engineer and part of the local engineering firm WilsonMiller when it was Wilson, Miller, Barton & Peek years ago. Peek refutes a popular myth that the curve is to compensate for work begun on both sides of the state not meeting in the middle.
"Nobody made any mistakes or anything," he said. "In fact, it was built just as it was intended to be built."
But that intention was not to jar motorists out of a stupor on a boring straightaway. The reverse curve originates with the historical General Land Office's Public Land Survey System, the federal surveying method which created rectangular grids of land in townships, ranges and sections in Florida and most states in the 19th century. Because of imprecise surveying methods, especially through Everglades swamp, square-mile sections sometimes measured 1.5 miles, as was the case at the curve in question.
"The S-curve in Alligator Alley had its beginning in the mid-1800s when the original U.S. government surveyors surveyed the lands of South Florida," Peek said. "As a result of government rules of surveying and working conditions, the top tier of sections of land east of the Range Line (approximately Tuner River Road) where the S-curve begins, were longer in the north/south dimension than the sections west of the Range Line. This made the north lines of the sections off-set by several thousand feet at the Range Line. The right-of-way for State Road 84 (which later became I-75) was acquired along those north section lines, therefore it was necessary to design a reverse curve (S-curve) in the right-of-way and road."
Robert Wiley, the county's flood plain map project manager, wrote in to share the precise location of the lack of alignment of sections — a sort of two-dimensional fault line — in South Florida.
"The old Alley alignment was to be along the boundary between Township 50 South and Township 49 South. The reverse curve "correction" was made where Range 31 East meets Range 32 East," wrote Wiley, suggesting I contact Joe Boggs, a local, longtime licensed professional surveyor and mapper, for a better explanation.
Boggs, of Naples-based South Florida Surveying Inc., said land was surveyed at the time of Florida's statehood in 1845 and designated for farming or forestry use. The Everglades weren't originally surveyed because it was suitable for neither.
"Eastern Collier land was deemed useless because it couldn't be used for agricultural or timber," Boggs said.
When eventually platted, township lines didn't line up, he said, leading to the right-of-way land purchase being slightly off at that point. The reverse curve was the easiest correction to the problem.
"That's always the explanation that I've heard as far as the S-curve is concerned," said Boggs, who has been in the surveying profession in Collier County since 1972.
Longtime Naples resident David Pfaff provides a detailed explanation for why township lines in eastern Collier broke from the conventional grid that is easy to visualize.
"When the county was first surveyed in the 19th century, it was all wilderness and the surveyors had to penetrate swamp and stream, bog and hammocks on foot to try and map 'straight' lines," Pfaff wrote. "Sometimes, when they came to one side of an impenetrable obstacle, they would make their way around it — rather than through it — and estimate where on the other side the line would have come out. Eventually, there had to be a correction of these errors and irregular-sized townships were the result."
"A so-called 'section' of land is 640 acres, but some in Collier County are less than that and some verge toward 1,000 acres as a result of the surveyors' problems in establishing the first township lines. Just look at a map of the county that shows township and range lines. You'll recognize the big curves in I-75."
Thanks for the help, guys. Your next assignment: What is the 40-mile bend on Tamiami Trail East?
Isles of Capri Paddlecraft Park
Q: As a devoted kayaker, I've been watching the construction of what appears to be a new canoe/kayak launch site, kitty-corner from the Collier County Boat Park at the intersection of Collier Boulevard and Isles of Capri Road, but there's no sign, except for the KEEP OUT warning affixed to the padlocked gate. Can you help?
— Sue Gorisek, Naples
Q: I am inquiring about the kayak/canoe launch park at the corner of Isles of Capri and Collier Boulevard. It looks completed and I had first heard that it would be opening in January. Could you check on its status and see when that it might be opening to the public.
— Clark Adams, Naples
A: Isles of Capri Paddlecraft Park opened to the public March 30. The new park, owned by the State of Florida as part of Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, is the only public access point in Collier County designed exclusively for launching paddle crafts — non-motorized vessels such as canoes, kayaks and paddleboards.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has entered into an agreement with Collier County Parks & Recreation to manage the daily operations of the park, which is open sunrise to sunset. The launch fee is $4 per paddle craft.
The park provides public access to McIlvane Bay, a shallow mangrove-fringed bay that offers outstanding opportunities for wildlife viewing, according to Rookery Bay's website, which provides answers to frequently asked questions about the new park. It's an opportunity to appreciate nature by seeing marine habitats in quiet backwaters.
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In the event, however, it isn't playing out that way. Granted, there will always be certain government entities and operations that must operate in the shadows - but what we're seeing in the second term of the Bush presidency suggests not only a lack of commitment to openness, but, in some cases, outright hostility to it.
In an in-depth investigation, Associated Press reporters came up with findings that suggest the federal court system's recognition of the need for openness has been eroding alarmingly in recent years. In fact, more and more of the courts' business is being conducted, and kept, out of sight.
For the period 2003-2005, an AP investigative team reported, almost all records on 5,000 defendants who passed through the federal courts system have been put behind a mantle of secrecy. And that mantle remains securely in place.
What's going on? Given the interlocking barriers of obfuscation that the Bush administration has placed in the way of journalists, it's tough to say. Information amassed by the AP probe suggests strongly that most of these defendants are drug gang members or associates (with a few terrorists in the mix as well). Most have struck bargains with federal prosecutors to testify against their former employers and colleagues. But the details - how many were rewarded with reduced sentences; how many, if any, were given their freedom - remain a mystery.
And now there's a new wrinkle: secret dockets, or court schedules, that can be used to conceal the fact a trial or legal proceeding took at all, let alone what results it produced.
The AP has established that when inquiries about secret docket cases are received by the court system, they often produce "no such case" responses by the computer system
Granted, there is legitimate concern for the safety of individuals who "turn" and help convict old criminal associates. Issues of life and death are certainly in play.
But in the end, if our system is to survive, it cannot operate behind closed doors. So far, all the Bush administration seems willing to offer is an invitation to "trust us." But there must be a reason for such trust. Sadly, at this juncture, that reason isn't there.
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To the uninitiated, riding an off-road motorcycle may look as easy as sitting down, putting your feet on the pegs, and twisting the throttle. But for anyone who has ever tried to tackle an off-road trail or even a gravel road on a dirt bike, they know that there is so much more skill involved than meets the eye.
At any given moment, both hands and both feet are busy working the clutch, brakes, and transmission. At the same time, the rider is transferring his weight just so, all while applying a precise amount of throttle to keep the bike upright and moving. In other words, it's not as easy as it looks!
Learning to ride a dirt bike with no guidance is not only risky and time-consuming, but prevents you from reaching your full potential. In How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles, author Gary LaPlante takes his many years as a dirt bike riding instructor and lays out a proven step-by-step practice guide for any rider interested in heading off-road or sharpening his bike-handling skills. He begins with the basics of shifting, stopping, and turning, and moves on to more advanced techniques such as hill climbing, wheelies, jumping, and power slides. How to handle specific trail obstacles such as rocks, ruts, and water crossings is also detailed in the colorful how-to photo sequences found throughout the book.
Gary also gives sound advice on how to choose the bike that's right for you and how to maintain it for optimum performance; how to deal with the weather, altitude, and trail conditions found throughout the country; off-road etiquette; and racing techniques for motocross and trials competitions. Additionally, he makes it clear how street riders' on-road skills are improved by understanding how to handle a bike off road.
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How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles schools the reader in all the skills necessary to ride safely and quickly off-road. Chapters cover the basics, such as body position, turning, braking, and throttle control, then proceed to advanced techniques, such as sliding, jumps, wheelies, hill-climbing, and more.
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Buzzing is a blood thing; it has nothing to do with OOBE or anything paranormal. I have experienced this when I have been knocked unconscious before, once from a blow to the head, and another time when I was being put under for surgery. I am not sure if its blood pressure, or lack of blood to the brain (restriction of blood flow) causing low oxygen levels to your brain. Why this would be happening to you is a good thing to discuss with your doctor.
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Anyone looking to have an outer body experience is a fool. Once you leave your body, it makes it easier for "them" to get inside and take control. Once another consciousness creates a connection with your brain, it's not going to give it back. You will be forced to watch the rest of your life play out like a movie.
Many people don't realize how highly prized a controllable human body is to dark spiritual forces. Treat your body like the prize that is and stay inside until you are supposed to die.
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To be honest this was not the worst performance of the tournament. She absolutely must alter her schedule and put more focus on grand slams. She should have just played Sydney. It would have been a good warm up and not completely drained her energy for AO. She wasn't playing under the level of Na by much. If she had taken the chances she had in the first set it could have been different.
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Toward fairnessJanuary 27,2013Gov. Peter Shumlin has put himself on a collision course with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party with budget proposals that raise money by taking it from low-income Vermonters.
There are two principal areas of contention. One is his plan to increase funding for child care subsidies and early education by $17 million through a significant cut in the earned income tax credit, which is a benefit that piggybacks on a federal credit for low-income workers. The money taken from low-income workers would be shifted to increased funding for child care.
The second issue is his plan to enact welfare reform, a change that Vermont avoided in the 1990s when the rest of the states were following up on President Clintons welfare reform legislation by imposing time limits on welfare benefits. Shumlin would establish a five-year lifetime limit on the states Reach Up benefits. Welfare recipients would have three years to get a job, then they would lose benefits. They could return for an additional two years if they could not find work.
Republicans in the Legislature were happy about Shumlins welfare reform proposal. The governor has argued that benefits without a time limit foster dependency. That is the traditional conservative argument that Clinton co-opted when he enacted welfare reform.
The question that the Legislature needs to answer before it embraces Shumlins welfare changes is whether the time limit has caused hardship in states that have adopted it. Nationally, welfare rolls have decreased, but in a time of unemployment, when finding work is not easy, the time limit may have added to the nations widening inequality rather than encouraging work and boosting prosperity.
Then again, Shumlin is proposing steps that could make it easier for poor Vermonters to find work. These include a big boost in spending on day care, plus an emphasis on training and education. If the states effort to diminish dependency is coupled with efforts to foster independence, then Shumlins welfare reform program may make sense.
His proposal to cut back the earned income tax credit makes less sense. When one of the nations greatest afflictions is the growing gap between the rich and poor, budget and tax proposals need to be subjected to a test: Do they widen the gap or narrow it?
Shumlin argues that Vermonts support of the earned income tax credit is the second richest in the nation because we have allowed federal indexing to increase it unchecked. In his view it would better to direct some of that luxurious benefit to child care subsidies, which would be a more targeted expenditure.
If the problem is that Vermonts earned income tax credit is indexed, causing it to rise too quickly, it could be solved by decoupling it from the federal benefit. Then in the future it would demand less from the state budget. Its another matter to claw back from low-income workers a commitment that the state has already made, even for an aim as worthy as boosting child care.
In many areas, Vermonts expenditures are at the high end in relation to those in other states. In itself that is not an argument to cut the expenditure. On education, for example, Vermont spends more, and for good reasons. Benefit cuts should not be justified by the miserliness of states at the low end of the spectrum bringing down the average.
Meanwhile, the federal government has had only halting success in addressing the economic inequality that is crippling the national economy. Congress and the Obama administration took a first step with the fiscal cliff bill when they raised the top marginal tax rate. But there is much that remains to be done to scale back the many benefits that the wealthy enjoy on capital gains and the payroll tax, to name just two.
Absent federal action, state tax-writing committees might take steps to create greater economic equity, not by taking money from low-income workers, but addressing the tax benefits enjoyed by the wealthy.
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Following up his discovery that Schöner had mistakenly reproduced an ancient world map to depict the Antarctic continent on his 1515 world globe by matching geographical features to contemporary discoveries, the author attempts to verify adherence to the same methodology on Schöners 1524 globe. In the process the author discovers that Schöner has aligned a feature corresponding to Antarcticas Atka Bay to a southward branching bay in Magellans recently discovered strait while also including accurate portrayals of Antarcticas Siple and Carney Islands aligned to one of Magellans lesser known discoveries. Further, these newly incorporated features far more closely resemble their Antarctic counterparts than the actual discoveries, suggesting that Schöner was indeed implementing the same methodology as his previous globe by force fitting an ancient authentic map of Antarctica onto his 1524 globe to represent Magellans two lone discoveries.
Antarctica as depicted on Schöner's 1524 Globe demonstrates a marked departure from his earlier version of the continent. It is possible that nine years after using Agrippa's Orbis Terrarum as his template, Schöner suddenly realized his folly, but there is strong evidence to suggest that he actually abandoned the design in favor of one which better fit more recent geographical finds. Where his earlier maps of 1515 and 1520 were based on a 1508 expedition heralding a nonexistent strait, his 1524 map followed on the heels of a more recent expedition, the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan.
In his search for a passage to the Pacific, Magellan had spent months exploring various waterways along the South American coast. Entering each potential throughway with hope and high expectation and exiting with disappointment, but on October 21, 1520 he would finally enter the one waterway that would not disappoint. Yet midway into his prized strait, Magellan found the waterway breaking off into two directions. Antonio Pigafetta, an Italian scholar who accompanied Magellan and maintained the most extensive account of the voyage, states that the mouth of one waterway had lain toward the southwest and the other toward southeast (Fig. 1). Magellan sent two ships, the San Antonio and the Concepción, into the southeast waterway which was composed of Inútil Bay and Canal Whiteside, but only the Concepción returned and with news that this was a closed waterway lacking passage to the Pacific.
This closed waterway or bay extending off the strait was a new feature which Schöner's previous designs did not account for. This seems to have been enough to prompt Schöner into reviewing other available options. Adhering to the previously established methodology, we can assume that once again he returned to rummaging through a collection of antiquated maps in various states of completion and wear, this time looking for a landmass bearing a bay with a particular shape, a design carried on Pigafetta's map of Magellan's strait (Fig. 2).
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HBO Sports has started making a documentary about the life and career of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The film is scheduled to air on HBO in early 2015.
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I managed to find the Rollei IR filter in bayonet 1 size for my Rolleicord. It was new and came from Mr Cad in Croydon England. It was expensive( about 50GBP). It is quite opaque, like an IR720 and gives good results with the Rollei film. I have heard that it is "focus-corrected" but I have never seen this in any Rollei publication. I have used it for landscape, and therefore have not seen the effect with the lens at large apertures. The shots I have are in focus without making any adjustment. In many ways the TLR is the ideal IR camera as you can work with the filter in place and see to compose/focus.
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A SWAT situation at a northeast home ended with a man in handcuffs on Thursday afternoon.
Albuquerque police said the incident started when a driver fled from a traffic stop. The man then broke into a home near San Mateo and Menaul and barricaded himself inside.
After SWAT officers set up a perimeter around the home, police said the man contacted them and said he wanted to surrender.
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Without freshwater there is no life on the land, while the sun dominates the lives of all animals and plants on Earth and defines their habitats. The most enchanting illustration of the sun's hold on life takes place in the Arctic spring. A mother polar bear emerges from her winter den followed by two tiny cubs. She has just two weeks to prepare them for a perilous journey across the frozen sea before it melts and they become stranded. During this critical period, "Planet Earth" captures the most intimate and complete picture of polar bear life ever filmed.
The tilt of the earth's orbit to the sun dictates all our lives, creating the seasons which in turn trigger the greatest spectacles on our earth, the mass migration of animals. "Planet Earth" uses aerial technology to follow a million caribou as they trek across the Arctic wastes, pursued by wolves as they go. In the Kalahari Desert, an epic trek is undertaken by hundreds of elephants as they attempt to reach the Okavango Swamps.
For more than three years, BBC cameras recorded in time-lapse the annual transformation created by the floods. The flood also provides opportunities for hunting dogs which are filmed for the first time from the air as they run down and kill their impala prey.
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Grade: Senior, Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Major: Politics, Minor: Film and Latin American Studies
Three Words: Motivated, Creative, Passionate
Why USF:
I chose to attend USF because I wanted to be at Jesuit school that focused on social issues and I wanted to be in San Francisco. Additionally, when I visited the university while in high school, I was really interested in the new film minor and the newly created student television station.
USF Involvement:
· USFtv:
o Executive Producer Fall 2011 - Spring 2013
o Cultural Producer Fall 2010 - Spring 2011
o Talks Producer Spring 2010
· Foghorn:
o Opinion Section Editor Spring 2010 - Fall 2010
· Queer Alliance:
o PR Coordinator Fall 2010 - Spring 2011
· Awkward Silence Improv Team:
o Performer Fall 2009 - Spring 2012
o Captain Fall 2012 - Spring 2013
· College Players
o Member Fall 2010 (script writer, Play-In-A-Day)
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o Member/Involvement Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
Benefits of Involvement:
My involvement at USF has made my college experience incredibly rewarding. I have developed close relationships with administrators and created networks of professional for my post-graduation career. I also have the personal pride in knowing that I have created a sustainable and exciting new structure at USFtv that will go on to shape television production at USF after I graduate. Lastly, my involvement in improv has connected with me performers across the Bay Area and provided me with a group of friends who I will maintain well after I leave USF.
A leader at USF is someone who is more committed to a particular issue than anyone else. For me, being a leader has meant incredible investment in things that I feel passionate about and recruitment of people who share my interests and values. A large part of leadership is motivating the people around you, even when it's difficult or seems futile-- You just have to keep pushing.
Advice to First Year Students:
Students should get involved on the first day of freshman year. There is no excuse not to. If you are passionate, there is someone at USF who shares your passion. You should never be afraid to assert yourself within a pre-existing organization. Never expect opportunities to be handed to you. Work for everything that you want and, if you work hard enough, you will attain it.
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The 6-4 win moves UNM above .500 for the first time since the end of the 2010 season
UNM falls to New Mexico State, 6-2
Lobos strand 10 men in loss to Aggies
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Lobos lose early 6-0 lead, fall 16-12
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Lobos win game one 14-7, lose game two 3-2
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Five Lobo pitchers combine to hold Wolf Pack in check in 3-2 victory
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Tylosaurus kansasensis
Late Cretaceous
Smoky Hill Chalk, Niobrara Formation, Logan Co., Western Kansas, USA
Undisputed Emperors of the high Cretaceous seas, the Mosasauridae were a family of serpentine marine reptiles, apex predators, and scourge of the many and varied ocean-dwelling creatures with which they shared the ancient waters. With a heavy, barrel-shaped body and long propulsive tail, it outlasted all rivals. The family was named for the river Meuse, near Maastricht in the Netherlands, where remains of this astonishing creature were first discovered in the late eighteenth century. Over seventy different species have been discovered around the world, however, in Antarctica, Australasia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas from north to south, ranging from 7 feet in length, to the monstrous 55-foot long Mosasaurus hoffmanni of the late Cretaceous Niobrara chalk in Kansas. This is an outstanding example of a Tylosaurus skull, perfectly preserved with superlative, fine-grained bone texture and a wonderful woody patination. It boasts a near-complete set of the robust and extremely effective-looking, recurvate teeth, with a lovely dark brown enamel. These are backed up by the curious secondary array of pterygoid (flanged) teeth on the palate. The Mosasaur had a soft skull and a jaw that could unhinge, and probably swallowed its prey whole. The still-living food would have been greatly hindered from escaping from the deadly creature's mouth by this nasty surprise waiting inside. Such jaws and dentition are a distinctive feature of Snakes, suggesting to Edward Drinker Cope that Snakes and Mosasaurs may have shared a common ancestor (in fact, they are most similar to the modern Monitor lizards). A museum-standard and highly evocative specimen, the skull measures 47 inches long, presented on an ebonized metal display stand, 23½ inches high.
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Melissa M. and Mark A. Castle, Camas, a boy, Maddox J., Sept. 25, 6 pounds, 6 ounces.
Chelsea E. and Christopher M. Donald, Woodland, a girl, Elizabeth Rain, Sept. 29, 7 pounds, 7 ounces.
Leah K. and Robert W. Johnson, Vancouver, a girl, Hannah M., Aug. 27, 9 pounds, 2 ounces.
Rachel N. Reiser and David E. Kertzman, Vancouver, a girl, Elizabeth R., Oct. 3, 8 pounds, 8 ounces.
Sarah J. and Jonas J. Stahl, Battle Ground, a boy, Camren J., Sept. 15, 8 pounds, 8 ounces.
Shaley A. Smith and Aaron B. Thrift, Vancouver, a girl, Brooklyn Leone Thrift, Oct. 1, 7 pounds, 10 ounces.
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Albert, Sharon and James.
Bates, Mathew A. and Kimberly J. Woman's name changed to Springsted.
Burris, Andrew A. and Melissa R.
Haberman, Brian L. and Tami R.
Jefries, Julie E. and Bradley L.
Abston, Debra M. and Larry A.
Erickson, Garrett and Elizabeth.
Erwin, Amber and James.
Goodling, Peter and Jessica.
Hanson, Jason and Sherri.
Hawthrone, Kelly Ann and Ryan.
Penhall, Jillian Amanda and Mark Norman.
Rodriguez, Joaquin and Dvenas, Raquel Grañgel.
Romig, Lucinda Rose and Jeremy Steven.
Rose, Saige and Brett.
Sheely, Dianna and Irwin.
Smith, Sherry Rose and Peter M.
Spence, Michael Ryan and Cindy Lou.
Thur, Jeanna Christine and Trever Justin.
Trautman, Jodi and Todd.
Wilkison, Carrie and Donavan.
Simko, Eric and Katherine.
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Ebner, Micah Robert, 39, Vancouver, and Shultz, Renee Gabrielle, 39, Vancouver.
Camacho, Santiago Asael Sanchez, 24, Vancouver, and Maier, Diane Casamera, 30, Vancouver.
Illan, Daniel, 18, Vancouver, and Ambriz, Paulette Daniela, 18, Vancouver.
Palodichuk, Jonathan Allen, 29, Vancouver, and Whitmore, Cassandra Marie, 29, Vancouver.
Adamson, Kyle Derek, 29, Vancouver, and Franck, Rebecca Christine, 27, Vancouver.
Allen III, Lee Edward, 52, Vancouver, and Weldy, Stephanie Ann, 32, Vancouver.
Borowy, Vance Stanley, 60, Battle Ground, and Rhodes, Andrea Renee, 49, Battle Ground.
Carpenter, Daniel Edward, 50, Santa Fe, N.M., and Luch, Katrina Myrrh, 52, Santa Fe, N.M.
Deskins, James William, 42, Vancouver, and Deskins, Dawn Renee, 38, Vancouver.
Waldron, Dean Wolfgang, 40, Vancouver, and Janousek, Angela Lynn, 38, Vancouver.
Hughes, Jeffrey Clarke, 58, Battle Ground, and Brooking, Leslie Fay, 50, Battle Ground.
Potts, John Fenton, 65, Battle Ground, and Luce, Cheryl Marilyn, 59, Battle Ground.
Profit, Tommy Jamaan, 29, Salem, Ore., and Cavazos, Sarah Nicole, 32, Salem, Ore.
Suleiman, Mohammad Hassan, 26, Vancouver, and Bell-Louder, Shimm Ola, 23, Vancouver.
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The Columbian's policy is to publish all Clark County Superior Court felony sentencings, as provided by the Clark County Clerk's Office. DC signifies that the defendant has entered drug court. Addresses are provided by the courts and may have changed by the time of sentencing. Misdemeanor sentencings, provided by District Court, are published for the following crimes: DUI (driving under the influence), DWS/revoked (driving while license is suspended or revoked), theft-3 (third-degree theft), and assault-4 (fourth-degree assault). If the defendant is sentenced for other misdemeanors at the same time, those offenses are also listed. Money figures represent fines.
Judges John Hagensen, John Nichols, James Swanger, Barbara Johnson, James Rulli, Vernon Schreiber, Robert Lewis, Richard Melnick, Darvin Zimmerman, Diane Woolard, Scott A. Collier, John Wulle, Greg Gonzales, Kelli Osler, Sonya Langsdorf and Dan Stahnke. Judge Protem: Terry Vetter. Court Commissioners: Carin Schienberg, Amy Swingen, Alison Greene, Suzan Clark, Clayton Spencer, Jeff Witteman, Mary Arden, Kristen Parcher and Dayann Liebman.
Attaway, Jeremy Scott, 22, 608 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., 90 days, identity theft-2. (Melnick, Oct. 8)
Bailey, Mark Allan, 53, Carnation, 180 days, harassment – death threats – domestic violence. (Melnick, Oct. 8)
Leonard, Jesse Stuart, 33, 3302 N.E. 130th Court, 30 days, harassment – death threats – domestic violence. (Woolard, Oct. 9)
McNeal, Cedric W., 17, address not available, 17 months, assault-2. (Melnick, Oct. 8)
Mead, Greg Loren, 52, 204 S.E. 173rd Ave., 90 days, hit and run (injury accident). (Stahnke, Oct. 9)
Sanico, Jerell Pukaua, 28, no address, 39 days, burglary-2. (Stahnke, Oct. 10)
Sellars, Gerrie Lynn, 50, 3110 Bridge St., 30 days, conspiracy to commit delivery of oxycodone. (Stahnke, Oct. 9)
Smith, Matthew Robert, 27, 411 W. 33rd St., 30 days, possession of stolen property-2. (Melnick, Oct. 8)
Wagner, Corey Tyrone, 45, 2213 N.E. 110th Ave., 30 days, criminal impersonation-1. (Stahnke, Oct. 10)
Weigand, Adam Richard, 32, no address, 14 months, possession of stolen property-1 and two counts theft-2. (Melnick, Oct. 8)


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Hot Slaw
16 Sep 2011
|1 Pound, thinly shredded for 4 cups (1 Small One, Green Or Red)
|Lean bacon slice
|2 , diced
|Red onion
|1 Small, thinly sliced
|2 Tablespoon
|Cider vinegar
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|2 Teaspoon
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Black pepper
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
1. Place the cabbage in a heatproof serving bowl. In a 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook the bacon over moderate heat for 5 minutes or until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to paper towels to drain, then toss with the cabbage.
2. Discard all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the skillet. Add the onion and saute for 5 minutes or until soft. Sprinkle the sugar over the top and cook 2 minutes longer or until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the vinegar and bring to a boil.
3. In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch with the water until smooth. Stir this mixture into the skillet along with the salt and pepper. Return to a boil and cook 1 minute longer. Pour the mixture over the cabbage, toss well, and serve with Cider-Baked Pork Chops.
Recipe Summary
Difficulty Level:Easy
Course:Side Dish
Cook Time:15 Minutes
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Hot Slaw Recipe