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|16th March 2012, 10:09 PM
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dust 514 beta
here is a link to a dev vid of whats coming up. and more beta release info
Video: The Eve of Dust 514 | The Verge
If you wish to be part of this, please post up and we will start a list of players.
Players Name.
Cheers Blitz for the signature. Hunting you in Eve Online
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|17th March 2012, 12:38 AM
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Looking forward to it, though I'm assuming beta is still only open to EVE players?
Be interesting to see if it does come to PC, I know there's rumours of it and the PS3 version is confirmed for allowing keyboard and mouse controls which is a good sign.
|4th April 2012, 07:04 AM
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Another article here: Hands on With DUST 514 | PCWorld
|4th April 2012, 02:01 PM
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Surprised it's going to be 24 vs 24, that's a decent amount of players. One of my main gripes with console shooters is the reduced player counts as it means smaller maps, BF3 only does 24 players total on consoles while I'm used to 64 on PC so it feels strange. 48 is a good number and should work well with vehicles.
|5th April 2012, 10:07 PM
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Why don't we start Organizing a TOG Dust 514 Clan/Corporation, at least we could start finding out who is interested.. or better yet get more people interested.
I think this would be a good thing because there are many TOGgers playing Eve in an already established Alliance that could be key in the Dust cross platform mechanics. I thought that the foreign legion theme would fit with Eve Alliance Anacronym CAMEL and the Corporation Oasis logo etc.
Things I haven't thought of;
- Command Structure?
- Recruitment Forum?
- Motto
- Name? (CAMEL Legion?, TOG Legionnaires?)
It is just and idea and I welcome all scrutiny
|7th April 2012, 05:14 PM
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Unless a whole heap of Eve players are going to play Dust 514 as well I wouldn't expect a huge turnout. The console division is pretty small, the biggest thing we ever managed to organise was about half a dozen casual games of MAG with about half a dozen people.
Definitely worth a shot though, would like to see the console division more active. I've made attempts to organise matches for other games in the past but had no response.
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Enriching Foods, Not a Miracle
Eat to Live:
White or "enriched" rice is just as bad as white bread and pasta. It is nutritionally bankrupt. You might as well just eat the Uncle Ben's cardboard box it comes in. Refining removes important factors: fiber, minerals, phytochemicals, and vitamin E. So, when you eat grains, eat whole grains.Hopefully these refined foods don't reach your dinner table—especially when you read news like this. Research has revealed that increased consumption of enriched foods like bread, pasta, and rice have upped the number of reported cases of colon and rectal cancer. Lawrence Lindner of The Boston Globe is on it:
Refining foods removes so much nutrition that our government requires that a few synthetic vitamins and minerals be added back. Such food is labeled as enriched or fortified. Whenever you see those words on a package, it means important nutrients are missing. Refining foods lowers the amount of hundreds of known nutrients, yet usually only five to ten are added back by fortification.
As we change food through processing and refining, we rob the food of certain health-supporting substances and often create unhealthy compounds, thus making it a more unfit food for human consumption. As a general rule of thumb: the closer we eat foods to their natural state, the healthier the food.
But the fortification of foods with folic acid, a B vitamin, may have also led to an unintended consequence: an estimated 15,000 more cases of colon and rectal cancer each year than there otherwise might have been.This doesn't surprise me. Dr. Fuhrman makes it clear, nutrients, vitamins, and minerals are incredibly important, but it's the phytonutrients—found only in unprocessed plant foods—that are so instrumental to superior health. In the Fortified Food Farce Dr. Fuhrman makes a comment that really lays it on the line. Here it is:
It's well documented that more folic acid in young women's diets has prevented neural tube defects. This month, for example, Canadian researchers published a study in The New England Journal of Medicine showing that since 1998, the year that it became mandatory to add folic acid to certain foods, the prevalence of neural tube defects in seven Canadian provinces decreased from 1.58 per 1,000 births to 0.86 per 1,000 births -- a reduction of almost 50 percent.
The story is similar in the United States, which began requiring folic acid fortification the same year.
But the timetable of the downward trend in neural tube defects exactly corresponds to a significant, sustained upward tick in the rate of cases of colorectal cancer, according to new data from researchers at Tufts University.
The study, published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, shows that before the late 1990s, the incidence of colon cancer was decreasing on a steady, predictable curve, presumably because of increased screening with colonoscopies, during which precancerous polyps and early cancers are removed. However, the curve has shifted.
When you attempt to meet you micronutrient requirements with supplements or fortified products you miss those thousands of phytonutrients that accompany produce that is naturally nutrient rich. So every fortified food you eat is increasing your risk of cancer by decreasing your dietary intake of a food that could have supplied those calories in a more nutrient complete package. Fortified foods = processed foods. Processed foods = obesity and cancer epidemic.I don't get the hang up here. Why are people so willing to consume processed food monstrosities for nutrients, instead of getting them from the source? I don't know. Maybe they're not sure which fruits and veggies to eat. Well, this'll get them started: Ten Super Foods to Use in Your Recipes and Menus.


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You're in the midst of an opportune time for change that will be long remembered, but you'll have much better chance of reaching your goals if you remain open to the possibilities of the moment, let go of what's holding you back, gather up your lessons and re-collect yourself for the next phase of your life.
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Functor Calculus and Operads (11w5058)
Michael Ching (University of Georgia)
Nick Kuhn (University of Virginia)
Victor Turchin (Kansas State University)
I. An Introduction to Functor Calculus.
At the heart of Algebraic Topology is the study of geometric objects via algebraic invariants. One would like such invariants to be subtle enough to capture interesting geometric information, while still being computable in the sense of satisfying some sort of local-to-global properties.
A simple and familiar example of this is the Euler characteristic $e(X)$, where the local-to-global property for good decompositions takes the form $e(U union V) = e(U) + e(V) - e(U intersect V)$. A more sophisticated invariant is homology, where the local-to-global equation above is replaced by the Meyer--Vietoris sequence. Finally one can consider the functor $SP^infty: Top --> Top$, assigning to a based topological space, its infinite symmetric product. This functor has the property that it takes homotopy pushout squares (i.e. good decompositions) to homotopy pullback squares. As the Dold-Thom theorem tells us that the homotopy groups $pi_*(SP^infty(X)) = H_*(X)$, the Meyer--Vietoris sequence for homology is thus a consequence of applying $pi_*( )$ to the homotopy pullback square.
It was the insight of Tom Goodwillie in the 1980's that such ``linear'' functors $F: Top --> Top$ form just the beginning of a hierarchy of polynomial functors, where a polynomial functor of degree n takes appropriate sorts of $(n+1)$--dimensional cubical homotopy pushout diagrams to $(n+1)$--dimensional cubical homotopy pullback diagrams. Furthermore, many important functors admit good approximations by a Taylor tower of polynomial approximations.
In his analysis, an arbitrary homotopy functor $F: Top --> Top$, maps to a ``Taylor tower'' of fibrations
$... ---> P_nF ---> P_1F- --> P_0F$, where $P_nF$ is the best degree n polynomial approximation to F. The layers of the tower are always infinite loopspaces of a special form: for each d there is a spectrum $d_n(F)$ with an action of the nth symmetric group $S_n$, such that the homotopy fiber of $P_dF(X) --> P_{d-1}F(X)$ is naturally equivalent to the zero space of the homotopy orbits of the spectrum with $S_n$ action $(d_n(F)$ smash $X^n)$. In particular, associated to a functor F is a symmetric sequence in spectra ${d_0(F), d_1(F), d_2(F), ...}$.
Two kinds of developments suggest the centrality of Goodwillie's ideas in modern algebraic and geometric topology.
Firstly, functor calculus comes in a remarkable number of varieties: the features just described persist in the study of functors $F: C --> D$ for many interesting pairs of categories C and D. Functor calculus includes Homotopy Calculus in which C and D are Top or Spectra, Orthogonal Calculus in which C is the category of either real or complex inner product spaces, Andre-Quillen Calculus in which C and D are categories of commutative S--algebras or similar, and Embedding Calculus in which C is the category of open subsets of a fixed smooth manifold M.
Secondly, when one looks at explicit examples of basic functors, lovely and unexpected features have emerged: the symmetric sequences are often modeled by important operads, and the Taylor towers often behave well after either rational localization or localization with respect to a periodic homology theory. Thus the methods of functor calculus should inform two of the currently most popular directions in topology: operad theory, particularly as it relates to geometric topology, and chromatic topology, including elliptic cohomology and variants.
II. The Workshop
The most basic purpose of the workshop will be to extend awareness of what the homotopical methods of functor calculus offer to those who study operad theory, and reciprocally, to examine what the methods of operad theory and chromatic localization theory offer to the analysis of Taylor towers.
The workshop will address structural questions:
* How much additional information is necessary to reconstruct a Taylor tower from knowledge of a functor's associated symmetric sequence of derivatives?
* To what extent does this sort of classification simplify after localization?
* How closely is the study of Taylor towers in very general contexts related to the theory of operads and their modules?
* What is the relationship of calculus to Koszul duality for operads?
The workshop will address computational applications:
* The use of Orthogonal Calculus to further our understanding of how unstable homotopy groups of spheres are built out of stable information.
* The use of Homotopy Calculus and Andre-Quillen calculus to extract new information about the homology of iterated loop spaces.
* The use of Embedding Calculus, coupled with the theory of operads, to obtain detailed formulas for homotopy types, homology groups, and homotopy groups of spaces of embeddings.
We expect participants to include the lead researchers working on such problems as well as postdocs and advanced graduate students looking to begin work in these areas. There seems to be enthusiasm for this workshop: we contacted most of the people listed below about their interest in attending, and everyone of this group answered positively within 24 hours.
III. A Survey of Recent Research
G. Arone and M. Mahowald showed the potential of applying Homotopy Calculus to the one of most formidable problems of algebraic topology: the calculation of the homotopy groups of spheres. Much of what is classically known follows from two themes: relate unstable homotopy to stable homotopy, and study localization with respect to periodic homology theories. Historically, the first of these has been the study of Hopf invariants and related spectral sequences, and the second has focused on localization with respect to K--theory and resulting calculations of $``v_1--periodic''$ homotopy. Arone and Mahowald's analysis of the Taylor tower of the identity functor $I: Top --> Top$, evaluated at $S^m$ for m odd, offers insight into both themes that trumped much work of the previous decades in this area. This was the first example illustrating how, serendipitously, calculus seems to fit beautifully with the methods of stable homotopy theory as chromatically stratified by Morava K--theories and associated $v_n--self$ maps of finite complexes.
Another result showing how towers fit with chromatic information is N. Kuhn's theorem that polynomial endofunctors of Spectra split into their homogeneous pieces after localization with respect to any Morava K--theory. Featured here, and in earlier work of R. McCarthy, is the equivariant Tate construction. Kuhn also has detailed results about the Morava K--theory of infinite loop spaces as a consequence of a highly structured special case of this splitting. Here his arguments make use of what might be termed Andre--Quillen Calculus, as it uses the Taylor tower for the identity functor $I: Alg --> Alg$, where Alg is the category of commutative nonunital S--algebras. The linearization of I is a version of Topological Andre--Quillen homology.
M. Weiss's Orthogonal Calculus is an adaptation of the Taylor tower to functors from the domain category of finite-dimensional real or complex inner product spaces. The idea is to reconstruct such a functor from knowledge of its behavior on "large'' vector spaces. For example, in the real case, the functor sending V to BO(V) gives an elegant tower converging to BO(V), with first term BO. Very recent work of Arone, W. Dwyer, and K. Lesh shows that there are strong ties between orthogonal calculus and homotopy calculus, and uses these ties to obtain otherwise inaccessible delooping results for structure maps in the tower studied by Arone and Mahowald. A next generation of results about the homotopy groups of spheres, both classical and periodic, seems on the horizon.
Working within the Homotopy Calculus setting, the recent paper of Arone and M. Ching signals a new level of sophistication with respect to our understanding of how to reconstruct a Tayor tower from the symmetric sequence that determines its layers. Firstly, the symmetric sequence $d_*(I_C)$ of the identity functor on C will be an operad in the category Sp(C) of symmetric C-spectra. For example, when C is Top, one gets a geometric version of the Lie operad. Secondly, given a functor $F: C --> D$, the symmetric sequence $d_*(F)$ will be a right $d_*(I_C)$--module and a left $d_*(I_D)$--module. There is a comparison of the Tayor tower with a tower constructed solely using these operad module structures, with the difference measured by Tate constuctions. Conjecturally this story will generalize to other situations, e.g. that of Andre-Quillen Calculus, where some investigations are ongoing by M. Mandell and M. Basterra. Furthermore, analysis of the suspension functor $C --> Sp(C)$ and its right adjoint seems to suggest beautiful connections with the theory of Koszul duality of operads as developed by B. Fresse and others.
In a more geometric context, let O(M) be the category of open subsets of a smooth manifold M. Given another manifold N, the space of immersions functor, $Imm( ,N): O(M)^{op} --> Top$, sends pushouts to pullbacks. By constrast, the space of embeddings functor, $Emb( ,N)$, has less favorable local-to-global behavior. However, the Embedding Calculus of Goodwillie and Weiss offers a systematic way to pass from immersions to embeddings. There has been interesting work in this area by Arone, V. Lambrechts, I. Volic, D. Sinha, and V. Turchin, among others. Taking advantage of rational formality properties of operads that appear in the models yields generalizations of Vassiliev's knot invariants to other spaces of embeddings. New understanding of the role of operads here now suggest some very elegant conjectural explicit deloopings of spaces of high dimensional `long knots'. Another idea has emerged in work of Arone: that one can `play off' Embedding and Orthogonal Calculus to learn more about resolutions of embedding spaces.


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Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
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These are quotes from the Playstation game Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro.
- I don't need pointy ears and a cape to figure out this is probably another heist.
- I believe that's all the time we have for today. I think we made some real progress today, Shocker. I really do. Hey, uh, when you get to prison, remember to share your feelings with the group, okay? (after beating Shocker)
- Quick Spider-Lad, you web up the plane, while I get the bad guys. Wait, I don't have a sidekick.
- (after unlocking an electronic door) As Edison said when he discovered electricity... Ow!
- Great. Just great. I hope Electro can't read. But he probably has someone to do that for him. Let's hope Electro's as dim as he looks. (after finding the article on the Zeus' Tear jewel)
- Sorry boys and girls, but I don't think I'm gonna let you arrest me today.
- Nighty-night, Sandman.
- Nice. Shaft, lasers, electric fields, huge crushing iron doors... that's just what I need. Yep. Just what I need.
- Thank you for flying "Air-Spider" (after stopping the plane)
- Ladies and gentlemen, please exit the plane safely. (after stopping the plane)
- Thanks, thank you, buy, yep, thanks, buy, thank you, thanks, bye. (after stopping the plane)
- Just goes to show that Good wins because Evil is dumb.
- Dying time is here, Spider-Man!
- Prepare for your end!
- Oh. So close. So CLOSE! If it weren't for Spider-Man, I'd be a god now! OH!
- HAHAHAHA! Soon!
- Tonight, Electro dances with the Gods!
- ("Top of the World" cutscene; This is the original dialogue, which was reedited due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.)
- Electro: Give me the jewel, Spider-Man! Give me the jewel, or this one dies!
- Spider-Man: Okay, how 'bout a trade?
- Electro: Throw me the jewel and I'll send the Doc. I can fry her before she even reaches you!
- Spider-Man: (To himself) Let's hope you're wrong, Electro. (throws jewel and aims web to snag in in mid-air. Dr. Watts accidently throws off his aim, allowing the jewel to reach Electro's hand)
- Electro: Check...mate.
- Spider-Man: Huh? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! (Electro cackles, and Spidey is blasted out of the room, and into another)
- Electro: Top of the world, baby! (scene fades to black, then back in, as Dr. Watts comes to Spidey's aid)
- Dr. Watts: Are you alright?
- Spider-Man: Did you get the license plate of that lightning bolt that struck me? Where's Electro?
- Dr. Watts: He left. I'm not quite sure where to.
- Spider-Man: I think I might have an idea. (Spidey swings out of the building, as it cuts to two towers that Electro is on top of) Where would you go to be on top of the world? (Climbs onto one of the towers)) I'm comin' Electro. Your power play ends tonight.
- Electro: (cackles) Tonight, Electro dances with the GODS!!!
- (Spidey meets Beetle)
- Spider-Man: Hey! The Beetle! What do you have to do with this?
- The Beetle: Times change, Spider-Man. I do what I have to. (Blasts a hole through the train) Some other time, spider-jerk! (Cackles and leaves, throwing a purple coat behind him. Spidey pulls an invite card from its pocket)
- Spider-Man: What's this? Looks like Spiderella's going to the ball.
- (Electro's plan revealed)
- Electro: We are close to our goal, gentlemen. The device you see before you allows an average citizen's body energy to power a city block. (holds up the Bio-Nexus Device) In my hands, that power would be limitless. We need Dr. Watts to finish the device. Only she knows where to find the missing piece.
- Sandman: Yeah, plans and speeches are all well and good, but I think you're forgetting about one thing: Spider-Man.
- Electro: I've already prepared for that eventuality. Let me introduce our insurance policy. (Hammerhead comes in, flanked by his "'30s rejects" henchmen)
- Hammerhead: Enthusiams, enthusiams. What are mine? What is it which gives me joy? (every henchman mumbles as Hammerhead grabs a bat, the mumbles audible are "power" and "money") Destroying Spider-Man. A man stands alone, facing the web-slinger. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. But in a mob? Part of a team. Tommorow night the good doctor will be attending the Science and Industry Ball. I'm gonna get the doctor myself. But I get nowhere unless the team takes out Spider-Man. (all the henchman start chanting "team" in agreement) SPIDER-MAN!!! (Hammerhead smashes a wineglass, spilling its contents over the table as the scene ends)
- ("Spidey vs Hammerhead!" cutscene)
- Hammerhead: (To Dr. Watts) You'd better start making sense lady. "Zeus'" what?
- Spider-Man: Tsk, tsk, tsk. Just six of you against one woman? (Spidey webs yanks one of them) That seems a bit unfair, unless that happens to be Elektra, in which case you're toast!
- Henchman #1: C'mon!
- Henchman #2: Yeah, C'mon! (Dr. Watts slips out into the hallway, Hammerhead notices)
- Hammerhead: What am I paying you fools for?! Don't just stand there, after her! (They pursue. Spidey tries to follow, but Hammerhead opens fire on him) Dunno where you think you're going.
- Spider-Man: I was just on may way to see if they had any more of those Empire State Building snow globes. Hey, you want one? (Hammerhead cackles as he begins to charge at Spidey)
- (Ending)
- Spider-Man: (reading Daily Bugle, which credits the Mighty Thor for saving New York instead of Spidey.) What the... now what's THIS all about?! (sighs) Oh, I need a new agent. (web-swings away)
- (scene then cuts to prison, where Hammerhead and Shocker are playing poker)
- Hammerhead: Full house, Aces over Kings. I win again.
- Shocker: (bangs the card table angrily and groans) Yeah, I was never any good at poker.
- Electro: (whining from nearby) No! So close. So close! If it weren't for Spider-Man, I'd be a god now!
- Hammerhead: Would you shut up?! (Electro merely whimpers angrily; Hammerhead turns to Shocker) You know any other games? All I knows is poker.
- Shocker: Nah, but maybe they know a few. (cuts to another cell, where all the villains from the first PS1 game are still locked up) Hey! You guys know how to play "Go Fish"? (Doc Ock only bangs his head on the bars in response)


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Tenaska Inc. has dropped plans to build facilities in Illinois and Texas because of poor market economics for new coal plants.
In a news release, Tenaska officials said the company will focus its efforts on "ongoing development of natural gas-fueled and renewable facilities to customers across the nation."
Tenaska's proposed Trailblazer facility near Sweetwater faced a number of hurdles, including scarcity of water.
"A number of market and policy changes have occurred since then, all of which have contributed to our belief that these projects are no longer viable," Tenaska President of Development Dave Fiorelli said in the release.
"We take a conservative approach to development, working to ensure projects will have a long-term market for their power before we begin construction. That approach has and continues to serve us well, even as markets and policies change, but it means sometimes we have to make difficult business decisions."
According to Fiorelli, these changing factors include:
- an increase in the supply of natural gas;
- a significant decrease in the price of natural gas;
- the reduced cost of renewable power;
- and for the Trailblazer Energy Center, a lack of federal law or regulatory policies that would provide a sufficient foundation for the commercial-scale clean coal project to move forward.
In response, environmentalists issued a news release.
"Coal is a bad bet for utilities everywhere, and after years of fighting the inevitable, Tenaska learned this the hard way," said Bruce Nilles, Senior Director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign.
"The cost of coal will continue to rise as clean energy, especially Texas wind, gets cheaper and cheaper," Nilles said. "In the last year, three proposals for dirty, expensive, water-guzzling facilities have been cancelled. Only one new coal plant has broken ground in the last five years. Coal is the energy source of the past."
Whitney Root, the leader of local opposition group Texans Against Tenaska, said the proposed West Texas plant never made sense.
"Not only would it have taken precious water from our families, farmers and local businesses, but it would have sucked up our tax dollars and left us with nothing but pollution," Root said. "There is no such thing as clean coal and I am thrilled to know that our local efforts have paid off in dispelling this myth. Many thanks to everyone who dedicated their time and efforts to this fight; I am forever grateful."


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Hello Sky Watchers!
The New Moon occured on Saturday the 12th, so we'll see relatively dark skies as far as moonlight is concerned for the next few days. It's a great time for sky watching as it won't be until Saturday the 19th when we'll see a First Quarter Moon.
Look to the low west-northwest on Monday the 14th so see Venus sparkle just above a very crescent Moon after sunset. You can also spot the stars Pollux and Castor of the Gemini Constellation as they lie to the right of the bright planet in a semi-horizontal line.
The Ceres asteroid will be on opposition during this week and visible with a pair of binoculars. Look up high in the late evening to the Sagittarius constellaton to find it. Sagittarius is the Teapot shaped star formation, which appears high overhead in the late evening.
If you observe Ceres for a few nights in a row you can pinpoint it by noticing it's movement. Get this chart to know where to look for it and to learn its path.
On Wednesday the 16th you can see Mars, the crescent Moon and the star Regulus as they form a wide flat triangle in the low western sky just after dark. Regulus marks the tail end of the constellation Leo's sickle. Then, on the next day, Thursday the 17th Mars and Regulus are to the right of the Moon and you can also spot Saturn on the upper left of it.
Saturn continues to be visible in the low west southwest and on Friday the 18th it will appear above the almost First Quarter Moon shortly after sunset.
Jupiter is now rising between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. and can be spoted high in the southeastern sky before dawn. Spot is easily, as it is the brightest object on that direction in the very early morning. For those very extreme night owls, you can see Jupiter in the higher eastern sky at around 3:00 a.m.
Look on up and smile!
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Eumetopias jubatus ssp. jubatus
|Scientific Name:
|Eumetopias jubatus ssp. jubatus
|Species Authority:
|(Schreber, 1776)
|Parent Species:
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|In previous IUCN evaluations, Steller Sea Lions have been treated as a single species. The species was listed as two separate stocks (officially called "distinct population segments") under the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1997 based on the phylogeographic method (Loughlin 1997). Since that time, the stocks have been listed as endangered west of 144° W latitude, and threatened east of 144° W. Although the strongest evidence for stock separation at the time was the distribution of mtDNA haplotypes across the range, a divergence in population trend was also apparent. The two stocks have continued to display diverging trends, with continued increases in the east for at least 30 years and stability or slight increases in the west with localized areas of decline. In 2009, C. Phillips and co-authors (Phillips et al. 2009) published a manuscript that argued for sub-species designation for the two stocks based on morphological and genetic studies. The Society for Marine Mammalogy Ad-Hoc Committee on Taxonomy subsequently recognized two subspecies of Eumetopias jubatus, E. j. jubatus and E. j. monteriensis (Committee on Taxonomy 2012).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered A2a ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Gelatt, T. & Lowry, L.
|Kovacs, K.M. & Burkanov, V.
Western Steller Sea Lions experienced a dramatic and unexplained population decline of about 70% between the late 1970s and 1990 with the steepest decline occurring between 1985 and 1989 when the population was reduced by 15%/year. To date the causes of this and any remaining decline remain unknown, although some potential causes have been eliminated as likely threats to recovery. The Western Steller Sea Lion population reached its low point in approximately 2000 and has shown an annual increase of 1.5–2% since that date. However, this overall increase has occurred despite persistent declines in the western Aleutian and Commander islands and was the result of increases in abundance in the eastern Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska. As the rookeries in the declining areas continue to shrink, and in some cases disappear, their relative proportion of the total population has progressively less influence on the overall trend. The dramatic decline of the 1980s and 1990s still weights the trend such that the western stock has experienced a population reduction of approximately 57% during the last three generations (30 years, 1981–2011), qualifying as Endangered. It is particularly concerning that the cause of the previous overall decline, and continued declines in some regions, have not been identified. The continued decline for unknown reasons in the western Aleutian Islands of particular concern. If the decline continues E. j. jubatus rookeries will disappear from a large region in the centre of the taxon's range which will constitute a reduction in AOO.
|Range Description:
|Western Steller Sea Lions (commonly described as the western distinct population segment; NMFS 2008), are found from the eastern Gulf of Alaska (144°W is the official eastern boundary) to the Aleutian Islands, west along the Aleutian Islands to the Kamchatka Peninsula, and from there south along the Kuril Islands to northern Japan and the Sea of Japan. They also occur in the Sea of Okhotsk, the Kuril Islands, and the Bering Sea north to Bering Strait (Loughlin 2009). Vagrants have been recorded in China, and at Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Japan; Russian Federation (Kamchatka, Kuril Is.); United States (Alaska, Aleutian Is.)
Vagrant:China; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Pacific – northwest; Pacific – northeast
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Between 1977 and 2007 Western Steller Sea Lions declined by approximately 69%. From 1981 to 2011 the decline was approximately 57%, with the steepest drop occurring during 1985–1989 when the population decreased at a rate of 15% annually. Total abundance in 2011 is estimated to be approximately 78,700 (National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), unpublished data). The decline was most dramatic (-81%) in the large populations from the Gulf of Alaska, west throughout the Aleutian Islands, and including Russia.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
Steller Sea Lions are the largest otariids and the fourth largest pinniped. Both sexes are robust and powerfully built. They are sexually dimorphic, with adult males weighing three times as much, and growing 20–25% longer than, adult females. Pups are born with a thick blackish-brown lanugo that is moulted by about six months of age. The maximum length of adult males is about 3.3 m and average weight is 1,000 kg. The maximum length for adult females is about 2.5 m and average weight is 273 kg. Pups are born at an average size of about 1 m and 18–22 kg (Loughlin 2009).
|Terrestrial; Marine
|Generation Length (years):
|Use and Trade:
|Steller Sea Lions have been important to the subsistence cultures of people living near them for long periods. Native Alaskans currently take about 300 a year for food and other products.
|Major Threat(s):
|The reasons for the large declines in the Western Steller Sea Lion population are unclear, but they have been the subject of intensive and ongoing investigations. Deliberate killing by fishermen, disease, incidental take by fisheries, and reduced food supply have been suggested as factors that may have contributed to the decline (Lowry et al. 1989, Loughlin and York 2000). In the 2008 Recovery Plan the Steller Sea Lion Recovery Team identified and ranked threats to recovery using a weight of evidence approach to assess the relative impact (NMFS 2008). They recognized three threats as "potentially high": environmental variability, competition with commercial fisheries, and killer whale predation. Atkinson et al. (2008) reviewed the suspected anthropogenic sources of mortality for western Steller Sea Lions and concluded that competition with fisheries and the potential impacts of contaminants could not be excluded as continuing threats to recovery.
|Conservation Actions:
Western Steller Sea Lions are protected in the United States, Russia, and Japan. They have been listed in the Red Data Book of Japan as a rare species since 1993. An annual quota of 116 animals is allowed to be taken in Japanese waters for fishery nuisance control (Wada 1998). In Russia, the major Steller Sea Lion rookeries were protected under a northern fur seal and sea otter conservation act in the late 1950s. They were listed as endangered (category 2) in the Russian Red Data Book in 1994 and harvest was prohibited. These measures had a positive effect in the western portion of the range as the population increased around Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, and in the northern Sea of Okhotsk. However, abundance along the eastern coast of Kamchatka and in the Commander Islands has continued to decline for unknown reasons (V. Burkanov pers. comm.).
In the United States the Steller Sea Lion is listed as depleted under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act. The species (E. jubatus) was listed as threatened under the ESA in 1990, and in 1997 the western population (corresponding to E. j. jubatus) was uplisted to endangered. A recovery plan for Steller Sea Lions was approved in 1992, and a revised recovery plan was published in 2008. Critical habitat was designated under the ESA in 1993. No-entry zones were established around rookeries at the time of listing, and fisheries, particularly those operating in critical habitat, have been managed to reduce the likelihood of competitive interactions. Extensive funding has been made available for Steller Sea Lion research to develop information on ecology, behaviour, genetics, population dynamics, and movements. Results have been used to assist in the development of management activities, to attempt to understand the reasons for the decline, and to promote recovery of the species (NMFS 2008). The fact that the growth rate of the population is now positive suggests that at least some of these conservation efforts have had a beneficial effect.
Atkinson, S., Demaster, D. P. and Calkins, D. G. 2008. Anthropogenic causes of the western Steller sea lion population decline and their threat to recovery. Mammal Review In Press(In Press): In Press.
Calkins, D. G. and Pitcher, K. W. 1982. Population assessment ecology and trophic relationships of Steller's sea lions in the Gulf of Alaska. Environmental assessment of the Alaskan Continental shelf. U.S. Dept. of Commerce and U.S. Dept. of Interior, Final Reports of Principal Investigators, pp. 447-546.
Committee on Taxonomy. 2014. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Available at: www.marinemammalscience.org. (Accessed: 25 November 2014).
Gerber, L. R. and Van Blaricom, G. R. 2001. Implications of three viability models for the conservation status of the western population of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Biological Conservation 102: 261-269.
Holmes, E. E., Fritz, L. W., York, A. E. and Sweeney, K. 2007. Age-structured modeling reveals long-term declines in the natality of western Steller sea lions. Journal of Applied Ecology 17: 2214-2232.
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 17 October 2012).
Loughlin, T.R. 1997. Using the phylogeographic method to identify Steller sea lion stocks. In: A. Dizon, S.J. Chivers and W.F. Perrin (eds), Molecular Genetics of Marine Mammals, pp. 159–171. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 3, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Loughlin, T.R. 2009. Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus. In: W.F. Perrin, B. Wursig and J.G.M. Thewissen (eds), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, pp. 1107-1110. Academic Press.
Loughlin, T. R. and York, A. E. 2000. An accounting of the sources of Steller sea lion, (Eumetopias jubatus), mortality. Marine Fisheries Review 62(4): 40-45.
Loughlin, T.R., Sterling, J.T., Merrick, R.L., Sease, J.L. and York, A.E. 2003. Immature Steller sea lion diving behavior. Fishery Bulletin 101: 566-582.
Lowry, L. F., Frost, K. J. and Loughlin, T. R. 1989. Importance of walleye pollock in the diets of marine mammals in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea, and implications for fishery management. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology and Management of Walleye Pollock, November, 1988. Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.: 710-726.
National Marine Fisheries Service. 2008. Recovery Plan for the Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus). Revision. National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Phillips, C.D., Bickham, J.W., Patton, J.C. and Gelatt, T.S. 2009. Systematics of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus): subspecies recognition based on concordance of genetics and morphometrics. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 283: 1-15.
Pitcher, K.W., Calkins, D.G. and Pendleton, G.W. 1998. Reproductive performance of female Steller sea lions: an energetics-based reproductive strategy? Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 2075-2083.
Rehberg, M.J. and Burns, J.M. 2008. Differences in diving and swimming behavior of pup and juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 539-553.
Sinclair, E. and Zeppelin, T. 2002. Seasonal and spatial differences in diet in the western stock of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Journal of Mammalogy 83.
Trites, A. W. and Donnelly, C. P. 2003. The decline of Steller seal lions Eumetopias jubatus in Alaska: a review of the nutritional stress hypothesis. Mammal Review 33(1): 3-28.
Wada, K. 1998. Steller sea lions: present status of studies of migratory ecology, and conflict between fisheries and conservation in Japan. Biosphere Conservation 1: 1-6.
Winship, A. J. and Trites, A. W. 2006. Risk of extirpation os Steller sea lions in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands: A population viability analysis based on alternative hypotheses for why sea lions declined in western Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 22(1): 124-155.
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Last October, Adele underwent a throat surgery to treat a hemorrhage in her vocal chord. Despite her recent operation though, she was seen smoking again.
The said surgery was expected to alleviate the problems the singer had for the most part of 2011. And alleviate the singer's health the operation did as Adele is now reportedly taking vocal training and is on her way to full recovery.
However, even after her throat surgery got connected with her smoking habit, it seems that it's just too hard for the "Rolling in the Deep" artist to give up cigarettes. On New Year's day, an eyewitness caught Adele smoking after dinner with her boyfriend Simon Konecki in Pompano Beach Fla.
Additionally, the 23-year-old was also seen smoking in a car back in United Kingdom.
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We're a little disappointed to hear this news, but then again, she never expressed any interest in quitting in the first place.
Adele, who is recovering from microsurgery to remove a benign polyp from her vocal cords, has been spotted smoking again!
An eyewitness saw the singing sensation lighting up after dinner with her new beau, Simon Konecki, and told sources:
"Adele and Simon had dinner at Bobby Rubino's in Pompano Beach, Fla., on Jan. 1. Right after they were done, she walked out of the place and had a cigarette outside."
Read more about Adele Puffing Cigarettes Again at: FitPerez.com
For all the negative things that smoking can bring to health, it's a wonder why many are still into it. Despite knowing that a puff of a cigarette can cause their health and even that of others, smokers are still finding it hard to quit it.
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Katie Herzig and Elizabeth & The Catapult were a pleasant match for a Friday night at The Hamilton. At times the shows at The Hamilton don't quite fit dinner and a show. You can't really rock out while trying to eat your macaroni and cheese. This time everything seemed to be just right.
Elizabeth Ziman of Elizabeth & The Catapult started the show by herself at her keyboard, with "Thank You For Nothing," a mellow ballad. A pretty song, but not exactly a energy booster. Judging by the median age of the crowd, that wasn't much of a concern. The audience may not have wanted or expected a raucous show, but Ziman was clearly trying to have fun and entertain them. As the ever smiley singer was joined by the rest of the band, she announced that the next song was "Wish I Didn't or Ode to the Honey Badger;" getting a laugh out of the crowd. The singer's sense of humor and love of cursing, made the sort of kiss off tune fun to listen to and watch.
Ziman interjected a bit a humor and personality throughout the band's set. Whether it was forgetting to give a cue to her bandmate Lauren, exciting some audience members by mentioning the television show Arrested Development, and performing her should be viral love song about Ryan Gosling, which the crowd loved. While her personality allowed her to connect with the audience, it was the music that still stood out. With almost every song sounding like a different genre, you could really get a good sense of the flexibility of her voice. At times she would sound like Feist, like on "Salt of the Earth," a soulful ballad with a jazzy down home feel. Other times she would sound like Sara Bareilles, like on "Hit The Wall," a mid-tempo song about trying to get back up and stay positive when you've been knocked down. From cabaret-esque songs that showed off Ziman's classical piano training, to the country-grassroots like "Go Away My Lover," Elizabeth & The Catapult were just the right amount of mellow and energetic to get the crowd ready for Katie Herzig.
Going the opposite route of Elizabeth & The Catapult, Herzig started her set with "Drug," one of her more uptempo tracks. The song off her recently released new album Walk Through Walls, is a bit dancey in comparison to her other songs. While the audience weren't moved to dance, Herzig was bouncing around and enjoying it. Later she noticed what Ziman had noticed either, "this is weird, we've been playing clubs where people are so dirty and smelling gross, you guys are so sweet and smell nice." Ziman had also commented on "how polite and attentive" the crowd was.
Which was great for the more quiet, low tempo songs like "I Hurt Too," that would be ruined with a lot of chatter from the audience. One woman in the audience was so moved by the song, or maybe just by seeing Herzig, she had tears streaming down her face. Depending on your current mood, this would be understandable. Herzig's subtle twang can evoke pain, especially when paired with the cello. On "Forgiveness" she is actually wailing and it pierces straight through you. Before playing the song, she explained that it came out of trying to "push through the wall" after her mother's passing. She "literally cry sang" when she finally was able to write and record again.
Of course, Herzig didn't just play the more melancholic songs, she played some of the folk rock songs that she is known for. Including two requests that they hadn't played in years. The woman who was crying earlier, caught Herzig's attention and begged her to "please play something with an apple tree." Having not played "Forevermore" in two years, it took the band a little time to figure out how it went. Eventually they did and the crowd loved it. Prompting requests for "Way To The Future," another song they hadn't played in years. This one Herzig remember how'd to play, but still asked the crowd "do you like doing this, coming to shows where we relearn songs in front of you?" To which the crowd laughed.
She also did crowd favorites like "Lost and Found," "Hey Na Na," and during her encore "Hologram." Herzig pleased fans new and old; those who first heard her on Grey's Anatomy to those who just bought Walk Through Walls. It can be hard to step outside the bubble of the genres and types of music that people expect from you, but Herzig doesn't have to. She, like Ziman, makes emotionally expressive music that does not always fit into a label, nor does it need one.


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All nine drafted players made rosters while Damion Square and Carson Tinker made squads as free agents.
All 32 NFL teams were represented at Alabama's 2013 Pro Day
Alabama to practice one more time in Miami
Crimson Tide once again practice indoors
BCS Post-Game: Damion Square
One on One with Damion Square
First Off the Field: Damion Square
Favorite Iron Bowl Moments
2012 (SENIOR): Veteran and vocal leader of the Alabama defensive line ... has started all 13 games in 2012 and 31 during his career ... plays multiple roles in the Tide's complex defensive scheme ... has 33 tackles with 11 solo stops, four tackles for loss (14 yards), 3.5 sacks (13 yards), one pass breakup and one fumble recovery ... leads the team with nine quarterback hurries. Michigan: Started and made one assisted tackle as Alabama shut down the high-powered Wolverine offense allowing only 269 yards. Western Kentucky: Helped limit Western Kentucky to 46 rushing yards and 224 total yards ... had two solo tackles in the 35-0 shutout. Arkansas: Assisted on three tackles including half a sack ... helped hold the Razorbacks to 137 total yards in the shutout victory. Florida Atlantic: Recorded a career-high five tackles with one sack (four yards) ... part of the Tide's starting unit that allowed only 35 yards of offense to the Owls in three quarters of action. Mississippi: Made four assisted stops as the Tide allowed only 80 yards on the ground and 218 overall ... shared a two-yard sack and registered two quarterback hurries. Missouri: Started and helped the Tide limit the Tigers to three yards rushing and 129 total yards. Tennessee: Made two solo tackles as Alabama held the Vols offense to more than 200 yards below its season total offense average ... batted down one pass at the line of scrimmage in the win. Mississippi State: Had a career-high three quarterback pressures in the Tide's 38-7 win, adding an assisted tackle. LSU: Sacked the Tigers quarterback on the final play of the game to secure the Tide's come-from-behind 21-17 win in Death Valley ... equaled his career high with five total tackles ... had a sack (six yards) and two solo stops. Texas A&M: Registered a career-best eight tackles with three solo stops and half of a sack ... also notched his sixth quarterback hurry of the season. Western Carolina: Started but only played in the first half of the 49-0 win, the Tide's third shutout of the season ... recorded his seventh quarterback hurry of 2012. Auburn: Added his eighth quarterback hurry of the season ... had two tackles, assisting on a tackle for loss in the 49-0 Iron Bowl shutout. Georgia: Added his ninth quarterback hurry of the season as the Tide won the SEC Championship Game, 32-28.
2011 (JUNIOR): Square started all 13 games for the Crimson Tide at defensive end ... finished with 32 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss (-15 yards), one sack (-5 yards), three quarterback hurries and a pass breakup ... production increased late in the season with 20 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack in the last five games. Kent State: Had one solo tackle and a quarterback hurry in the Alabama win ... helped the Alabama defense limit the Golden Flashes to 90 total yards and minus-8 yards rushing. Penn State: Helped put regular pressure on the Nittany Lions' quarterback ... batted down his first pass of the season had one assisted tackle. North Texas: Had two assisted tackles in a 41-0 shutout of the Mean Green as Alabama held UNT to 169 total yards. Arkansas: Started and helped the Tide harass Hogs' quarterback Tyler Wilson all game ... helped limit the Razorbacks to just 226 total yards, 291 yards below their season average entering the game. Florida: Made a season-best three tackles with a solo stop ... had one tackle for loss for one yard. Vanderbilt: Started but did not have a tackle as the Tide posted a 34-0 shutout. Mississippi: Matched his season high with three tackles ... had 1.5 of Alabama's 14 tackles for loss ... accounted for minus-3 yards as the Tide held the Rebels to seven points, 28 yards rushing and 141 total yards. Tennessee: Had two total tackles with one solo stop as the Tide kept the Vols out of the end zone and limited them to just 155 total yards. LSU: Recorded his best game of the season with a career-best six tackles ... had 1.5 tackles for loss and registered one quarterback hurry as the Tide limited the top-ranked Tigers to just 239 yards and nine points. Mississippi State: Made three tackles with one solo tackle for loss (-1 yard) ... had one quarterback hurry and helped limit the Bulldogs to just 12 yards rushing and 131 total yards. Georgia Southern: Registered five tackles with three solo stops ... had one tackle for loss of three yards. Auburn: Recorded his first sack of the season (-5 yards) ... finished with four total tackles, including one solo stop ... helped limit the Tigers to just 140 total yards ... AU had just 44 yards --- 25 rushing -- through three quarters and gained the rest after the Tide had already locked up the win in the fourth quarter. LSU (BCS National Championship Game): Made two tackles with one solo stop in the Tide's 21-0 shutout of the Tigers inside the Superdome ... helped limit then-No. 1 LSU to 92 total yards of offense and just 39 yards rushing.
2010 (SOPHOMORE): Square played in all 13 games and earned six starts along the defensive line ... totaled 27 tackles on the season, including seven for a loss of 27 yards ... tallied three sacks for a loss of 16 yards. San Jose State: Registered two solo tackles ... helped hold the Spartans to just 175 yards of offense and 86 yards rushing. Penn State: Tallied one tackle and helped hold the Nittany Lions to 283 yards of total offense. Duke: Recorded three solo tackles, including one for a loss of a yard in the start against the Blue Devils. Arkansas: Earned the start along the defensive line and recorded one solo tackle ... helped hold the Razorbacks to 64 yards rushing. Florida: Earned the start and recorded two tackles, including one for a loss of a yard ... helped hold the Gators to just 79 yards rushing. South Carolina: Totaled a season-best four tackles, including three solo stops ... tallied one tackle for a loss of seven yards. Mississippi: Totaled three tackles, including two solo stops and one for a loss of a yard ... registered his first career sack. Tennessee: Registered one solo tackle against the Vols. LSU: Registered two tackles, including a solo stop. Mississippi State: Put together a career-day against the Bulldogs ... tallied two sacks for a loss of 15 yards and registered three tackles on the evening. Georgia State: Came off the bench to assist on one tackle and tally a quarterback hurry. Auburn: Registered three tackles, including two solo stops and one for a loss of two yards. Michigan State: Made one solo tackle in the Capital One Bowl victory over the Spartans as the Tide limited MSU to minus-48 yards passing and 171 total yards.
2009 (FRESHMAN): He saw action in the first two games of the 2009 season before tearing his ACL against Florida International ... recorded one assisted tackle, half of a tackle for loss and one quarterback hurry before his injury ended his season.
2008 (REDSHIRT): He redshirted during his freshman season at the Capstone in 2008.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: He was ranked as the No. 9 linebacker in the nation by Scout.com ... the No. 37 defensive tackle prospect by Rivals.com ... listed as the No. 24 defensive end in the nation by ESPN.com ... had 97 tackles, including 35 for loss, to go with 14 sacks and a fumble recovery as a senior ... named Class 4A All-State, was an All-Greater Houston selection and earned District MVP honors ... Houston Chronicle Top 110 list member ... was the No. 70 prospect in Texas by SuperPrep magazine ... led team to area championship appearance as a senior.


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How to Live Off of Portfolio Income
Original post by Leslie McClintock of Demand Media
Living off of portfolio income can be trickier than most people realize. Historically, many financial planners advised their clients that they could have a reasonable expectation of living on a balanced investment portfolio by withdrawing 4 percent per year. The sudden market downturn of 2008, however, coupled with low interest rates on bonds, made that approach very dangerous, as investors either had to increase the spend-down rate or take a crippling decrease in portfolio income.
Step 1
Consider annuities. Annuities are savings and investment vehicles specifically designed to generate an income for the annuitant for a specific period of time, for life, or for the combined lifetimes of an annuitant and a spouse or other designated beneficiary. Only insurance companies sell annuities. If you elect a lifetime payout, the payout is guaranteed by the general fund of the insurance company. So even if your annuity balance reaches zero, the insurance company will still make the promised income payments. If you try to do the same thing with a mutual fund, stock or bond portfolio and you spend all your money, your income will cease.
Step 2
Cut your expenses. You should understand that if you try to pull too much income out of a portfolio of stocks, bonds or funds, you also increase your risks. For example, a AA-rated corporate bond may generate an income of 5 percent per year, while a B-rated bond generates an income of 9 percent. But the risks of default are higher with the B-bond issuer. That is why it must pay 9 percent to attract capital. You must keep your expenses down to avoid spending down your portfolio too fast or being forced into riskier investments, risking disaster in an attempt to keep up with your spending.
Step 3
Use bonds. Bonds are debt obligations. The bond issuer has, in effect, borrowed money from the bondholder, and pays regular interest payments to the bondholder in exchange for the use of the investor's money. Typically, the bond issuer will make an interest payment every six months, until the bond matures, which can be years and even decades in the future. As long as the company does not default, you will receive your money in a steady, predictable stream of income. However, there is a risk that the issuer will pay off the bond early, forcing you to reinvest the money at lower, less advantageous interest rates.
Step 4
Consider municipal bonds. Bond income is generally taxable as ordinary income in the United States. However, interest from most municipal and state bonds is exempt from federal income tax. This means that your after-tax income from a portfolio of municipal bonds can be higher than a comparable portfolio of Treasurys or corporate bonds. These are more appropriate for investors in higher tax brackets.
Step 5
Spend down IRA and 401k assets first. You must begin taking distributions from these accounts the year in which you turn age 70 1/2. If you don't take the required income, you will pay a penalty to the IRS of 50 percent of the amount you should have taken out of the account but didn't.
Step 6
Spend tax-free assets last. Tax-free assets include Roth IRA accounts, designated Roth accounts in 401k plans and the cash value of permanent life insurance. By spending these assets down only after you have exhausted taxable and tax-deferred assets, you maximize the amount of time your tax-free assets can grow tax-free.
Tips & Warnings
- Don't forget about inflation. If you invest solely for income, there is a chance your income will be slowly eroded by the falling purchasing value of the dollar. To hedge against this, devote a portion of your portfolio to growth, or buy Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, which pay out higher incomes if inflation heats up.
- "Advisor Perspectives": A Safer 4 Percent Withdrawal Rule; Robert Huebscher; March 24, 2009
- Securities and Exchange Commission: Annuities
- "National Underwriter": Why Not Position Life Insurance as Tax-Free Retirement Income?; Michael Pinkans, April 5, 2010
- IRS.gov: Retirement Plans FAQs Regarding RMDs
About the Author
Leslie McClintock has been writing professionally since 2001. She has been published in "Wealth and Retirement Planner," "Senior Market Advisor," "The Annuity Selling Guide," and many other outlets. A licensed life and health insurance agent, McClintock holds a B.A. from the University of Southern California.


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Accident Causes One to be Airlifted to Ruby
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Last updated on March 21, 2013 @ 12:12AM
Created on March 20, 2013 @ 10:07PM
A two car accident on Glade Run Road in Taylor County sent one person to the hospital around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday.
According to 911 officials, one person had to be airlifted to Ruby Memorial Hospital.
The cause of the accident is unknown along with the condition of the injured accident victim.
The accident did shut down Glade Run Road, which is off of Route 50.
The Taylor County Sheriff's Department is investigating.
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Fall 2014
5408 Property - ZALE- 17153
Kellen Zale (FACULTY)
Credits: 4
Course Areas: 1st Year - Part-Time
Time: MW- 6:00p-7:30p T- 7:30p-8:30pLocation: 211 TUII
Course Outline: This course covers the doctrines, underpinnings and policy of property law. We will examine what makes property rights distinctive; how property rights are created, transferred, and destroyed; and what the powers and duties of property owners are. This course will serve as a foundation for a variety of upper-division courses, including intellectual property, real estate transactions, environmental law, land use, and trusts and estates.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
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First Day Assignments: Dukeminier, pg. 1-25
Final Exam Schedule: 12/15/14 6pm-10pm 240 BLB
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Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: No
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Two books are require for this course -- the Edwards book and the Dukeminier book. For the Dukeminier book, students may purchase either the hardbound edition (ISBN: 9780735588998) or the loose-leaf version (ISBN: 9781454815266). ***ONLY ONE COPY OF THE DUKEMINIER BOOK IS REQUIRED - EITHER THE HARDBOUND EDITION OR THE LOOSE-LEAF EDITION. PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE BOTH VERSIONS - THEY ARE THE SAME.***


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142 Tulane Student-Athletes Named to American All-Academic Team
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field led the way with 34 honorees
Thirty-One Tulane Student-Athletes Earn Conference USA Academic Medal
Awarded to student-athletes who achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better
158 Tulane Student-Athletes Recognized by Conference USA for Their Work in the Classroom
Student-athletes maintained a grade point average of 3.0 or better
Tulane Relay Teams, Individual Throwers Look to Build Upon First Meet at Bob Hayes Cowboy Relays
Team to use this as experience for later meets
Track and Field to Host First Outdoor Meet of Season at Tad Gormley on Saturday
Van Meter to compete in last indoor meet before NCAA Championships
|Smith's Career Best Performances
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|400 Meter
|67.55 (12/8/11)
|60m Hurdles
|10.66 (2/15/13)
|100 Meter Hurdles
|17.67 (3/2/13)
|400 Meter Hurdles
|1:09.30 (3/29/14)
2013-14 (Junior)
Indoor Track and Field: Competed in one regular-season meet on the season: the BSC Panther Icebreaker (12/6)...participated only in the 400 meter dash...notched a time of 65.24 in the event.
Outdoor Track and Field: Competed in eight regular-season meets on the season...participated solely in the 400 meter hurdles...posted a personal-best finish of 1:09.30 in the 400 meter hurdles at the Tulane Team Challenge (3/29), finishing fourth...placed third at the Southern Miss Black and Gold Invitational (5/3) with a time of 1:09.87...finished fifth at the South Alabama Invitational (4/12) with a time of 1:11.93.
Earned Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll honors, as well as the C-USA Academic Medal for maintaining a cumulative-GPA of 3.75 or better.
2012-13 (Sophomore)
Indoor Track and Field: Posted results in two regular season meets...competed in the 60 meter hurdles once and the 400 meter dash...participated in the 60m hurdles for the first time at the LSU Twilight (2/15/13) with a time of 10.66 seconds...ran the 400 meter dash at the Panther Ice Breaker (12/1/12) in 1:04.69.
Outdoor Track and Field:Posted results in one regular season meet before an injury prematurely ended her season...competed in the 100 meter hurdles and the 400 meter hurdles at the Tulane Team Challenge (3/2)...posted a time of 17.67, a new personal best, in the 100 meter hurdles at the Tulane Team Challenge (3/2)...new personal best in the 400 meter dash came at the Tulane Team Challenge (3/2) when she ran a 1:15.07. Earned Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and Academic Medal honors.
2011-12 (Freshman)
Indoor Track and Field: Competed in one of the team's seven meets...ran the 400 meter event...covered 400 meters in 67.55 at the Birmingham Ice Breaker (12/8).
Outdoor Track and Field: Did not compete due to injury during the season. Earned Conference USA Commissioner's Medal of Honor for maintaining a GPA of 3.75 or better...named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll...was a member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.
About Madison Smith
Prep: Lettered all four years at Kennett High School for head coach Bernie Livingston...was selected as the team captain and team MVP during her senior season...owns the school record in the 55-meter hurdles...advanced to the 2010 and 2011 NHIAA Indoor State Championship meet, finishing sixth overall in the 55-meter hurdles as a senior... was a four-year qualifier for the NHIAA State Outdoor Track and Field Championships...qualified for the 2011 state meet in the 100-meter hurdles and finished sixth overall... in 2010, participated in both the 100-meter hurdles and triple jump, finishing 12th in the triple jump...was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that advanced to the state meet in 2010, while also qualifying as an individual in the 100-meter hurdles...earned the state qualifier distinction in the 100-meter hurdles as a freshman in 2009...earned the Don Trimble Award for leadership and ability as a senior...helped the Eagles to the Wilderness League Championship in 2011...also lettered four times in soccer for head coach Bob Moore...was named All-State during her junior season on the pitch...was a two-time team captain in soccer.
Personal: Born Madison Audrey Smith on March 5, 1993...the daughter of Kevin and Melissa Smith...has two sisters, Kaycee and Samantha.


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We all want to look good most of the time. It would be a strange person who actively wanted to look their worst and there are very few who truly don't care at all about their appearance… But that said, there is only so much work we are willing to put in when it comes to looking good and only so much time we have to dedicate to that cause. Ultimately you need to draw the line somewhere and that means that we have to 'make do' with just looking passable a lot of the time.
But then there are the odd occasions where this isn't good enough, and where it really is worth putting in that extra time and effort to look 100% awesome. Sometimes you will find occasions when it's time to bring your A game and to really stand out from the crowd. Here's how to do that successfully on big events …
All of us have a few items of jewellery that stand out from the crowd and that we think of as being better than the rest. This might mean your Rolex for instance instead of your usual watches, or your diamond choker that is 'too nice' for most other occasions. Now is the time to bring these crowd-pleasing items out, but do bear in mind that you don't want to go overboard with too many ostentatious items at once. Sometimes less is more, so stick to just one item of diamond jewellery – perhaps a pair of diamond earrings – and think quality rather than quantity (or garishness…).
As for your dress, when you really want to impress the trick is to look elegant while also looking sexy. You don't want to look 'cheap sexy' as though you're going on a night out in a club (that means clingy materials and a short skirt) but nor do you want to look entirely formal. Aim for a slim black or red dress that is minimalistic and elegant rather than something with a loud pattern, and maybe pick something that's low cut, that shows off your back or that has a slit to show off some leg (but not all three).
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The main way to look your very best is to look different. This is what will tell people that you made an effort, and it is what will make people who know you well make a double take. Changing your hair is one of the best ways to do this, so now might be the time to curl it, to wear it in an up do, or even to try extensions.
The same goes for your makeup – now is the time to do something different that makes people see you in a new way. That could mean wearing a simple bold red lipstick or dark smoky eye shadow. Again though you should aim to impress with one feature and avoid wearing too much bright makeup that ends up competing.
The author of this post is Nolan Grey, an employee at Diamonds on Web, leading providers of diamond engagement rings. He keeps himself busyduring the weekends by taking up restoration work for his home.
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Here is a list over the blogs that love the most. I follow so many blogs, but these are the ones that always seem to make my day a little bit brighter.
Assembled Hazardly – Amanda's inspirations and anecdotes about things that she finds interesting.
Les Anti-modernes – Miss Sophie's project in curating personal style and shopping like an editor.
Lost in a Spotless Mind – Fashion consultant, singer, vocal teacher and wonderful BFF Maria writes this gem of a blog.
Out of the Bag – Lin's well-written blog about life, wardrobe and travel is well worth a visit.
Empty Emptor – "A blog through which aim to analyse and deconstruct consumerist behaviour". Extremely well-written, recommended for fashion nerds.
The Nife en l'Air – Musings on style, inspirations and cultural likes.
Cognitive Buyers – a blog primarily about the psychological factors and cognitive biases that influence consumer choice, decision-making and behaviour.
Zenhabits – about finding simplicity in the daily chaos of our lives.
Mnmlist – a site by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits about minimalism, and why it's important today.
Becoming Minimalist – a blog about our journey towards a rational approach to minimalism.
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AR writes : I'm a boomer with a desk job, but I'm not in bad shape. I do a lot of cycling so my legs are pretty strong, and my endurance is good. I do fine on day hikes. Mostly I'm concerned about my back.
How could I prepare for this? I belong to a gym, but even if I set endurance machines for hills, nothing would mimic real weight on my back.
Putting weight on your back for a multi-day trek certainly ups the fitness ante. Hauling a gear filled pack puts a lot of added pressure on your back. Stronger core muscles, especially abdominals, will help distribute the weight and literally take a load off of your back.
Physio ball exercises are a great approach to strengthen your back, stomach, butt, leg and arm muscles. These exercises also improve balance, which will help you keep your footing as you carry the weight on an uneven path.
Check out these videos. This first video from getfitsource.com has some good core exercises (has some sound problems but worth watching). Be careful of keeping your back neutral, with a natural curve. If your back is arched (hyperextended), you can hurt yourself.
This next video by personal trainer Donna Hutchinson shows some good exercises for arms and legs.
It's a good idea to build up your strength ahead of time. You want to get out and enjoy that beautiful hike, which is harder to do when your body is cussing you out.
There's so much more to say on this. Check back for part 2, on Equipment.


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CONTINUITY INFO: This story takes place between the events of "Darkest Hour" and "Darkmount, NV" in "Transformers: Prime", and before the events of "Keep Calm and Flutter On" in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic".
Everything was set.
The Autobot gave her a small little smile, but Applejack was quick to reply for him. "He will if'n you don't give him his space, sugar-cube" she chided gently.
Fluttershy gave an all-but-inaudible squeak, a blush gently tinting her cheeks as she hovered back a little. "Right, right, sorry...." she whispered.
"No apologies necessary," Optimus said reassuringly, "My body IS still recovering. Still, I am prepared to roll out when you are."
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Optimus shook his head, the slightest hint of a smile returning to his face even so. "No. This Earth is occupied by very...different lifeforms from your kind. They are called humans, and though our alien presence on their world forced us to keep ourselves hidden for the most part, we Autobots have made valuable friends among them."
"Pretty sure he doesn't have taste buds," Twilight giggled.
"Nonetheless," Optimus said politely, "I will doubtless enjoy the tea, and thank you for it."
That got a satisfied smile out of the white unicorn, who then promptly poured a cup for herself. "Well, I reckon we got t'know your story," Applejack piped up, "It's only fair you got t'know ours."
"Agreed," the Autobot said, "There is clearly…quite a lot to learn about you and your world."


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According to Comic Book Movie on Saturday, it is likely that Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" is bracing to be the first comic book movie failure. So far this year with "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", "X-Men: Days of Future Past", and "Guardians of the Galaxy" getting awesome reviews and drawing in major funds, it appears that "Sin City 2" is lackluster at best.
The earnings for the sequel was 78 percent of the original "Sin City" film in the same time period following the movie's release. These numbers are also inclusive of ticket prices having risen in the past nine years since the original movie. Also, the 3D ticket price difference hardly helped much in the way of income. "Expendables 3" even half more than what "Sin City 2" did on opening night. Some thought this may have even impacted ticket sales due to a leaked version of the Patrick Hughes had been downloaded online.
The genre of the film making process entailed an environment of a mostly green screen variety. Some of this being expansive and mostly imagined. It's shot in black-and-white with little bit of color here and there. The film has a mobster feel to it of the Al Capone days, but a bit more modernized, but used the lingo synonymous with those days. Where men were referred to as "fellas" and women, "dames." The stories themselves are narrated within the minds of the actors as they went about their merry way and took on the violence popular with the Frank Miller graphic novels.
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EA Sports released the first screenshot Wednesday for "Madden NFL 15." The timing coincided with the big new contract for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kapernick so he naturally stars in a shot of the PS4 and Xbox One version of the football sim along with his tattoos.
The first "Madden NFL 15" shows a number of improvements in the player models but also some remaining oddities. First though, the screenshot is a clear indication that the NFL is finally allowing EA Sports to include tattoos on players. However, while the recreation of Kapernick's arm tattoos is accurate, will that be the case for every player in the game? Likely not as NFL starters and stars get the extra attention to detail.
The player model overall does have a higher level of detail than "Madden NFL 25" but that is to be expected now that the EA Sports Tiburon studio has another round of development and experience with the PS4 and Xbox One. Still, there are some extra details like the jersey fitting around the padding better, more detail on Kapernick's non-throwing hand glove and the addition of the hand-warmer pocket.
Despite these new additions, Kapernick's right arm hits touches down in uncanny valley territory. It can best be described as "off" and that is likely due to the requirements of the animation engine. Still, you can't help but be impressed by the improvement in realism that has been added from "Madden NFL 25" to "Madden NFL 15."
As for Kapernick, he signed a six-year contract extension with the 49ers that will keep him as the team's signal caller through the 2020 NFL season. The deal reportedly will pay up to $126 million depending on incentives and bonus targets with $61 million of the total guaranteed.
"Madden NFL 15" is currently set for an August 27 release to the PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360. Expect the game to feature prominently during Electronic Art's E3 press conference on Monday, June 9.


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"Fast and Furious" franchise scribe Chris Morgan is teaming with "Insidious" producer Jason Blum to produce an untitled low-budget sci-fi feature.
"Argo" and "The Sound of My Voice" actor Christopher Denham will pen the script, which centers on a group of students who invent a new technology with ramifications that go far beyond their control.
Universal Pictures will be the likely distributor due to both producers having first look deals at the studio.
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the length of videos. So I'll do my best to keep videos short. Plus if the
video isn't loading, just wait. That's been happening to me to, on videos
that I try to watch from other people.?
should got a MSI dragon2…about same price. it has 3 ssd's in raid zero?
Uh oh. It's not a-suhs either you almost had it. It was uh-soos before as
you were saying it, but slightly different. Correct is AY-soos. I know
someone who works at Asus and that is the correct pronunciation lol. God
all I do in your vids these days is nitpick lol?
never more i buy notebook gamer.. desktop is so much better?
Asus? Why would they name it that? So close to anus lol?
After seeing your reviews of the different Asus products that you have, I
picked up an Asus Q501LA, BSI5T19. I have heard nothing but good things
about their customer support which is what made me go with this instead of
the Lenovo U530. Your videos are awesome bro and very helpful.?
is this amount of money can buy an alienware with the same spec?
hope someone can help me before i order .?
How do you uninstall Windows 8 and install Windows 7 back on the ssd's??
can you upgrade the gpu on this thing??
The biggest issue with this is it runs windows…..?
I got mine for 1450$, new in box. Mine even came with an extra 8gb stick of
ddr3l vengeance ram for free. Now it has 32gb ram total! I love it.?
ASUS is pronounced differently if your UK
or USA?
also whose your ISP, never seen speeds like that? but, i'm stuck with my
crappy local phone company that even on there fastest down (50, which they
tend to throttle) they still only give you 1 up.?
Good investment josh. I don't know if any computer is worth that much
though…. You shouldn't have to upgrade for six years at least. ?
in fact the Output is 19,5 Volt and 11,8 Ampere.
the 200 something Volt is the input, and this is always same and depends on
the region USA/EU and country?
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What WSJ Canada is Reading Friday
By Karen Johnson
Here are a few of the stories we're reading on a busy news Friday.
A cellphone video that is said to show Toronto's mayor smoking crack cocaine is allegedly being offered up for sale. New York-based news and media blog Gawker and The Toronto Star, in separate stories, say they have seen the video.
Retailers don't always agree on which Bangladesh garment factories should be avoided. Some factories that Wal-Mart has banned are being used by other large retailers.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper took his lobbying on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline directly to the U.S. in an appearance in New York, saying the facts support the project's approval.
The Obama administration has proposed relaxing some of the requirements it wants to impose on energy companies that conduct hydraulic fracturing on federal land, but the industry remains opposed to the new rules, saying they are unnecessary.
Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair says he refused an envelope that may have contained cash from the mayor of Laval, Que., in 1994 but discussed the matter with law-enforcement authorities only 17 years later.
It's among the most urgent topics in economics today: The connection between inequality and growth.