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Tips, Tricks and Ways to Avoid Lag in Minecraft Game
Many guys are experiencing problems playing Minecraft. It lags constantly when they are playing it in the offline mode. It lags when it is loaded and players can't click anywhere. They also cannot scroll the screen while the sound & animations continuously play the moment game freezes. There are many ways to solve this problem. They all are discussed in this article.
- Check System Requirements
- Set Java.exe to High Priority
- Turn down the Render (Fog) Distance
- Clean and Defrag your Registry
- Set High Performance Power Plan
- Optimize Background Services
- Change Affinity of JavaW.exe
- Defrag your Drives
- Delete Minecraft Application Data
- Decrease the Game Window Resolution
- Adjust Windows for Best Performance
- Change Nvidia Control Panel Settings
- Update Drivers
- Customize Video Settings
- Switch to Window Mode
- Disable Antivirus Real-Time Protection
- Clean Disk
Check System Requirements
It is not uncommon to see complaints about Minecraft lagging. In Many cases it is the poor system hardware that causes the games to run slower than normal. Your computer must have at least following components stated below.
Minimum System Requirements:
- Processor: AMD K7 Equivalent, Intel Pentium 4
- Hard Disk Drive Space: 10 MB (Minimum)
- Random Access Memory: 800 MB
- Video/ Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 7xxx or GeForce 3
- Software- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5 or latest
Set Java.exe to High Priority
Java is an essential program required to run Minecraft. To avoid Minecraft lag spikes set high priority to Java.exe process. Do the steps given below:
For Earlier Versions of Windows:
- Right click your Taskbar.
- Select Start Task Manager option.
- In the new dialog click Processes tab.
- Right click Java.exe process, select Set Priority | High.
- Click Change Priority button under new confirmation box.
For Windows 8.1/ 8:
- Press Windows Key + X.
- Click Task Manager.
- Click the "More Details" tab.
- Click Details tab.
- Refer Steps # 4-5 from Earlier Versions of Windows paragraph.
This will make your CPU give higher priority to the Java process which essential for running Minecraft smoothly.
In addition to this, download the latest version of Java from its official website. Using an outdated Java version can cause this problem. You'll not get Minecraft lags Windows 7 again.
Turn Down the Render (Fog) Distance
Turn down the Render (Fog) Distance. Press the Escape key of your keyboard, select Options | Render Distance. Change its value to Tiny. Otherwise press the F or F3 key a few times. This will fix Minecraft lag.
Clean and Defrag your Windows Registry
Your registry could be corrupt and fragmented. Using a reliable System Optimizer software clean and defrag your Windows registry.
- Download a System Optimizer.
- Click Registry Cleaner, click Start Scan | Fix Errors.
- Restart your computer after fixing all errors.
- Click Defragmenter.
- Click Analyze | Defrag.
Set High Performance Power Plan
For temporary purpose change your Power Plan to High Performance mode. I know it will drain down the battery of your laptop but it can help you fix Minecraft lagging in Windows. After you finish playing it restore back your original Power Plan.
For Earlier Versions of Windows:
- Click Start | Control Panel.
- Click System and Security | Power Options.
- Expand Hide additional plans category, select High Performance.
- Close the dialog.
For Windows 8/8.1:
- Press Windows Key + X.
- Click Power Options.
- Expand "Show additional plans" category.
- Select "High performance" option.
- Exit the dialog.
Optimize Background Services
Make sure there is very little number of applications and services running at the time you want to play Minecraft game. This will fix Minecraft lags. Download a Services Optimizer software and optimize background services.
Alternatively you may follow these guidelines:
For Earlier Versions of Windows:
- Click Start | All Programs | Accessories | Run.
- Type SERVICES.MSC in the Open box.
- Press ENTER.
- Disable services that you don't require.
For Windows 8/8.1:
- Press Windows Key + X.
- Click Run.
- Refer Steps # 2-4 from Earlier Versions of Windows paragraph.
Change Affinity of JavaW.exe
JavaW.exe is a process that you may find at the time Minecraft is running on your computer. Change its affinity as given below to fix Minecraft lagging problems.
For Earlier Versions of Windows:
- Right click your Taskbar and select Start Task Manager.
- Click Processes tab.
- Right click the JavaW.exe process, select Set Affinity option.
- Uncheck the box All Processors and CPU 1. Keep only CPU 0 checked up.
- Click OK and then close the Task Manager window. You'll not experience Minecraft lag again.
For Windows 8/8.1:
- Press Windows Key + X.
- Click Task Manager.
- Click "More details" and then Details tab.
- Refer Steps # 3-5 from Earlier Versions of Windows paragraph.
Defrag your Drives
Minecraft lags can occur if your disk drives are fragmented. Defrag them using Disk Defragmenter to resolve this problem.
For Earlier Versions of Windows:
- Click Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk Defragmenter.
- Select all disk drives one by one. Then click Defragment Disk button.
For Windows 8/8.1:
- Press Windows Key + X.
- Click Search.
- Type "Optimize" in the Search box.
- Click "Defragment and optimize your drives" in the search results page.
- Select all drives and defragment them.
Specify a scheduled defragmentation for all your drives. Windows will perform it automatically at your convenient time.
Delete Minecraft Application Data
Minecraft application data files can be corrupted. Fix Minecraft lagging by deleting them as shown below:
- First close Minecraft if it is already running. Open My Computer.
- Type the following path:
- Right click .Minecraft and select the Delete option.
- 4 Restart the game. This folder will be created again.
Decrease the Game Window Resolution
Please do not confuse game Window resolution with system resolution. Minecraft may automatically adjust itself with the resolution specified in its settings no matter which screen resolution is set to your desktop.
Decrease Minecraft's screen resolution to stop it from freezing and crashing. First open it, select Options | Video Settings menu and choose a lower resolution. Save your settings.
Adjust Windows for Best Performance
Set Visual Effects in such a way that Windows will customize itself for best performance; and not best appearance. Do the following steps:
For Earlier Versions of Windows:
- Click Start, right click My Computer.
- Select Properties.
- Click Advanced System Settings | Advanced.
- Click Settings under Performance.
- Under Visual Effects, select the option Adjust for Best Performance.
- Click Apply | OK | OK.
For Windows 8/8.1:
- Right click My Computer icon on the desktop.
- Refer Steps # 2-6 from Earlier Versions of Windows paragraph.
Change Nvidia Control Panel Settings
Change the 3D and other settings from the Nvidia Control Panel. The procedure is given below:
- Open Nvidia Control Panel.
- Click Manage 3D Settings.
- Scroll down till you see V-Sync settings. Make it turned on.
- Make Force Triple Buffering enabled.
- Set the value of Pre-Rendered Frames to 0 (zero).
- Save the settings and exit.
Update Drivers
Your device drivers may be out-of-date. Update them as below to fix Minecraft lags:
For Earlier Versions of Windows:
- Click Start, type Device Manager in the Search box.
- Press ENTER.
- Update each device which is out-of-date.
- Restart your computer.
For Windows 8/8.1:
- Press Windows Key + X.
- Click Device Manager.
- Expand the top category.
- Right click a drive you would like to update, select "Update driver software".
Customize Video Settings
To fix Minecraft lags Windows 7, change the Minecraft game settings in the manner they're given below:
- While playing Minecraft, press Escape key.
- Go to Options | Video Settings.
- Select fast graphics, select any level brightness, tiny render distance, maximum FPS performance, select normal GUI scale, select minimal particles and turn off clouds, smooth lighting & 3D anaglyph.
- Save your settings and restart it.
Switch to Window Mode
Are you running Minecraft in Full Screen mode? If so, go to game options and run it in the Window Mode. This may prevent it from lagging.
Disable Antivirus Real-Time Protection
Your antivirus may be running in the background. Turn off its real-time protection to stop Minecraft lagging Windows 7. This is important as antivirus programs take a lot of system resources while performing file scans. The actual steps may vary depending on the antivirus product you're actually using.
Clean Disk
Clean your disk and remove temporary files, temporary internet files and cache contents. You may also locate temporary directories manually and delete their contents.
For Earlier Versions of Windows:
- Click Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk CleanUp.
- Select your C:\ drive and click OK.
- Follow the instructions and repeat them on each drive.
For Windows 8/8.1:
- Double click My Computer desktop icon.
- Right click a drive, select Properties.
- Click General tab and then Disk CleanUp button.


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[BRAZIL 2014] Ghana is scrambling to ensure that blackouts won't prevent Black Star fans from watching Monday's USA-Ghana match at the World Cup. It is boosting power production with electricity imported from neighboring Ivory Coast. Ghanaian energy providers are contributing extra power to the tune $30 million, more than three times the government is spending to fund the Black Stars' World Cup campaign. And it has asked the state-owned Volta Aluminum Company to cut production during Black Star matches.
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Workshop on human genomic plasticity begins Oct. 4
By Eddy Ball
An innovative interagency program continues its 2012 workshop series with an exploration of "Exploring Human Genomic Plasticity and Environmental Stressors: Emerging Evidence on Telomeres, Copy Number Variation, and Transposons" Oct. 4-5 in Washington, D.C.
The workshop, which is part of the National Academies Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions series, is free and open to the public. Registrations for onsite attendance and webcast access are now being accepted.
Genomic plasticity triggered by environmental exposures
Genomes have the characteristic of plasticity, which makes it possible to adapt quickly in order to survive changes in environmental conditions. Along with epigenetic modifications, mobile and evolving elements, such as telomeres, transposons, and copy number variants, are important factors in understanding the potential effect of our environment on human health.
Sponsored by NIEHS, the program holds three workshops per year on the use of new discoveries, tools, and approaches for guiding environmental health decisions. The workshops provide a public venue for communication among government, industry, environmental groups, and the academic community.
The October workshop is the twelfth in the series, which began in July 2009 with a workshop on "Use of Emerging Science and Technologies to Explore Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying the Developmental Basis for Disease." Past presentations are archived online, and videos are available for several recent workshops.
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Peace is hard to find, they say. Equally elusive in this mighty megalopolis are tranquil riverside dining spots with al fresco tables, sunset views and nary a building in sight or traffic noise to drown out the birdsong.
Hard, but by no means impossible: Peace — the mellow and aptly named cafe/restaurant of that name — awaits you on the city's furthest southwest border, out in Futako-Tamagawa.
Leaving behind the bland suburban malls by the station, a five-minute stroll brings you down to the sweeping, spacious banks of the Tama River and the massive bridges that span it. Follow the trail across a creek and suddenly you find yourself with trees on either side of you and nearby watercourses running through neatly trimmed swards of lawn.
Hyogojima Park, this modest little green space, is worth knowing about, if only as a refuge from the sweltering heat island of central Tokyo. But the far more compelling reason for making this journey is that you can also eat surprisingly well there.
Turn right at the battered, seen-better-days shack that doles out ramen and kakigori shaved ice. Right behind it, you will spot a low-slung white structure of rather greater sophistication. You have arrived at Peace.
With its arching canvas roof and glass doors that span the entire front, it feels like a cross between a wedding marquee and a conservatory. It may be a temporary structure, but it's been in operation for seven years already. And there's nothing makeshift or halfhearted about the kitchen or the Italian food it serves.
The salads are fresh and colorful. The pastas are full of flavor and put together with care. And the pizzas are hand-rolled and served piping hot — although the oven isn't wood-fired. Those constitute the core elements of the set-lunch menus.
During a leisurely lunch last month, our starter was an appetizing salad with slices of mortadella sausage. This was followed by fettuccine with a rich ragu of braised beef cheek and Savoy cabbage. We also tried the standard margherita pizza and were not disappointed. Dessert was a simple chocolate mousse and ice cream. At ¥1,800 for three courses, this does not represent the kind of bargain you'd find downtown, but then again, this is certainly no cut-price location.
At dinner, the a la carte menu offers a considerably greater range — five kinds of pasta or risotto (from ¥1,500), five different pizzas (from ¥1,800) and a choice of beef, lamb, pork or seafood as main dishes (from ¥1,800). The only disappointment is that there's little available as antipasti, save for some good ham (Parma prosciutto or Bellota jamon).
We were also surprised there were so few Italian wines available. Of the dozen or so listed, there is just one red and one white from Italy — a Chianti Classico and a Gavi di Gavi, both of which are more than acceptable. There are half a dozen also available by the glass.
And this is the main reason why most people are there, especially in the evening. Settling in with a nice chilled bottle of Gavi or Macon Villages, ensconced at one of the outside tables, listening to the droning of the cicadas, watching the light fading over the Kawasaki skyline in the distance, the inner city seems far, far away.
The annual Tamagawa fireworks festival takes place just upstream from where Peace is located. This year it will be on August 21, and on that evening a special set buffet will be served (¥10,000; reservations only).


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Advisory Council Meeting
February 11, 2010
Held at 2573 Midpoint Drive, Ste. 108
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
Members Present:
Nancy Arthur
David Born
Peggy Bowers
Cassie Castleberry
Caryll Cram
Helen Davis
Valerie DiBenedetto
Carolyn Funk
Marcy Greenslit
Judy Jones
Ellen Pihlstrom
Bill Prather
Gail Reader
Mary Shultz
Earl Stevens
Stan Ulrich
Sharon Zamora
Members Absent :
Manfred Diehl
Tim Dolan
Howard Hay
Staff Present:
Sarah Barker
Tina Barker
Tina Corrigan-Hugo
Tom Donnelly
Margaret Long
Ruth Long
Lynette McGowan
Linda Rumney
Laura Sutherlin
Laura Walker
Guests Present:
Elaine Boni
Rachel Cruz
Kathleen Gronberg
Marcy Greenslit called the meeting to order at 1:33 p.m.
Minutes stand as presented.
Marcy Greenslit reported that the Executive Committee discussed the Namaqua and Wallace & Kling site visit reports. The biggest issue to come out of the site visit report for Wallace & Kling was that Nancy Wallace is planning to retire in two to three years.
Margaret Long reported that the office is really busy with a variety of things. The Senior Tax Work-off Program has started. We are completing a revised budget and we are being cautioned not to exceed a 10% carryover. Margaret stated that she is waiting to see what happens legislatively. She sent an AARP email that mentioned a possible cut of $500,000 from the Older Americans Act funding.
Staff Reports
Since Katy was absent, Margaret reported on the Senior Tax Work-off Program. So far it looks as if well have 150 applicants. Marcy Greenslit volunteered to talk to people between interviews to inform them of rebates, heating and other financial savings programs for which they would qualify. Marcy stated that there were a lot of unemployed people looking for work and heard from seniors that many of them are victims of ageism. This year the program has received an additional $10,000 from the county commissioners and $10,000 in stimulus funds. The Department of Health & Human Services is spending the stimulus money to put workers in non-profit organizations. Marcy stated that even with the doubling of funding for this program, Katy will have to turn people away.
A problem with Workers Compensation Insurance has arisen in the Senior Tax Work-off Program. The County never had any problems until last year when they had a $68,000 injury claim. The payment came out of the Human Services budget. Representative Delgrosso has authored a bill to correct the problem. This legislation will create an opportunity for entities like the county, which is self-insured, to purchase a separate workers compensation policy for the Senior Tax Work-off Program.
Linda Rumney and Tina Barker introduced Sarah Barker as their new ombudsman intern; she will be with the program until mid-May. They will be doing a presentation about Project Visibility later today. Currently there is discussion about putting together a resource guide of businesses that are supportive of the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgender) community. Tina announced that the state will not have any ombudsman training this year. This puts the ombudsman program at a disadvantage since they have to complete 15 hours of training in order to keep their ombudsman certification.
Lynette McGowan raised awareness for her program and for Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes. This class is an excellent resource for dealing with the emotions that are common with caregivers.
Laura Sutherlin reported on A Matter of Balance, an 8-week education program on avoiding falls. Laura thanked Marcy for her time helping with the Senior Tax Work-Off Program. Marcy took time to become knowledgeable on a variety of programs and has been very helpful to these clients.
Nancy Arthur gave a brief autobiography.
OFFICE ON AGING PARTNER PRESENTATION: Catholic Charities Northern, Kitty Kent
Kitty Kent is the Senior Outreach Coordinator at Catholic Charities Northern. She has worked with Catholic Charities since 1982. Her position includes doing home visits and lots of case management with seniors. She helps people complete applications for a variety of programs. Lately, she has noticed an increase in the senior homeless population. Her caseload is growing as the economy gets worse. Kitty is working on different ways to get seniors off the street. She does in-depth life-time case management. Clients only stop getting her services when they die or tell her to stop. Catholic Charities has a temporary shelter with a twoweek stay limit.
Kitty stated that currently there are more men than women in the shelter. Usually, women come in because of abuse or mental illness. A typical homeless senior will have more expenses than income and have been evicted from their home. Some of the seniors are alcoholics, drug addicts, or mentally ill people. Kitty stated that housing is the biggest challenge and organizes some home-sharing.
Kitty works with the Sister Mary Alice Murphy Day Center as a case manager. At the center she encourages them to take a shower and do their laundry so that they are clean when they have job interviews. Kitty also refers them to the Workforce Center to take classes.
Kitty discussed the Rocky Mountain SER (Senior Employment Resource) program. This program is run by the US Department of Labor and will put seniors in a training program in which they are working about 24 hours a week. The program is administered in Greeley, and this makes it inconvenient for her. The SER workers are placed in government and non-profit agencies and have to be 55 and over. They receive two years of subsidized employment. Hopefully that will lead to full-time employment.
Another Catholic Charities Northern program is helping seniors with prescriptions on an emergency basis, but their limit is $65 a year. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday they provide food boxes. Kitty currently spends eight hours a week on the senior outreach program.
Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board Report
Kathy Gronberg attended the Summit on Aging and is looking forward to the next step. The Board has noticed that there are a lot of seniors who are not aware of the Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board. They have committed to doing presentations about the SAB in churches and later will contact other community organizations.
Loveland Senior Advisory Board
Earl Stevens reported that the COLT Transit Manager gave a presentation on increasing ridership. Earl announced that the computer classes are full. Earl stated that the Board will meet every other month in other locations. The March 3 meeting will be at Sugar Valley Estates. Judy Jones is working on the Bridging the Gap Luncheon. The committee is currently searching for accommodations. The BTG committee will need to have two volunteers from the OOAAC to serve on it this year. Please let Katy know by next Wednesday if you are interested. The meetings are at 11:45 a.m. at the McKee Medical Center every third Wednesday.
Foundation on Aging
Mary Shultz reported that the Foundation on Aging held the Summit on Aging which was very successful. Mary commented that the keynote speaker discussed making communitys senior-friendly. Statistics and panel presentations on transportation, health, housing and supportive services were impressive. The breakout sessions related to each panel presentation. The Board is now working on follow-up actions. David Born asked if there were videos available. Some will be posted on the FOA website: www.foundationonagingforlarimer.org.
Larimer County Commissioner
Tom Donnelly stated that he is glad to be on this Council. He commented on the transit issues in Loveland, as he is also a liaison on their Board. Tom reported that Representative Delgrossos legislation concerning the workers compensation for the Senior Tax Work-Off Program has passed the house and is expected to pass the senate. Tom commented that people can always call the commissioners and talk to them, as they want to find out whats going on.
Human Relations Commission
Elaine Boni reported that the Commission is gearing up for their annual awards. Seniors contribute a lot to our community and she hopes the Council will nominate someone.
Community Outreach & Education Committee
Mary Shultz invited Jenny Sawyer from Neighborhood Services to discuss emergency programs that are available.
Media & Public Relations Committee
Marcy Greenslit reported that the Committee held a successful Media Luncheon last month. Marcy believes that the Coloradoan will offer a monthly column. The Committee is gearing up for Older Americans Month in May.
Planning, Funding & Partnership Development Committee
Valerie reported on the MCR transportation issue. Margaret and David Born had written a letter and had not heard from them. Ellen Pihlstrom talked with MCR management and found that they will start the process of reinstating the heart infusion procedure on the PVH Harmony campus. The MCR management acknowledged that will solve a small part of a much bigger problem.
Public Policy & Advocacy Committee
Stan Ulrich reported that the Committee is still working on the waiting list for senior housing. Nationally the health care bill is at a stand-still. Stan read an article that said that at least 50% of people want to see something pass on healthcare. A lawyer in Denver is going to sue the state because he feels that the TABOR amendment is unconstitutional. He might have a chance. If he does, we need to lend our support. Proposition 101 will cause disaster. A January 29 newsletter from the Bell Policy Institute stated what the results would be. Two other amendments that might appear are Proposition 60 and 61; these will also limit the amount of the money counties receive. We will be calling on you to contact your legislators.
There were no announcements made.
Marcy adjourned the meeting at 3:19 p.m.


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Before you meditate, try to imagine a flame inside your heart. Right now the flame may be tiny and flickering; it may not be a powerful flame. But one day it will definitely become most powerful and most illumining. Try to imagine that this flame is illumining your mind.
In the beginning you may not be able to concentrate according to your satisfaction because the mind is not focused. The mind is constantly thinking of many things. It has become a victim of many uncomely thoughts. The mind does not have proper illumination, so imagine a beautiful flame inside your heart, illumining you. Bring that illumining flame inside your mind. Then you will gradually see a streak of light inside your mind.
When your mind starts getting illumined, it will be very, very easy to concentrate for a long time, and also to concentrate more deeply.


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Reports stated that the Hollywood party girl is in talks to be starring as a girl working in the brothel to pay her school in 'The Beautiful Outsiders'.
Party girl Tara Reid is heading to indie drama film "The Beautiful Outsiders". According to reports, the "American Pie" beauty has been negotiating to star as one of the leading characters.
If she is indeed joining the project, Reid is going to tackle the role of Sarah Fugate, the girlfriend of former drug addict who has to work in a brothel to pay her way to university. She will also be joining earlier cast members that includes Doug Bradley, Cameron Douglas and John Fallon.
"Outsiders" follows the story of reformed addict Jason Starkweather and his old girlfriend Fugate as they rekindle their love and run from their individual problems. The drama film is penned and directed by Andrew Jones.
Reid was famous for her roles in "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" with Ryan Reynolds, "My Boss's Daughter" alongside Ashton Kutcher and "Alone in the Dark" opposite Christian Slater. She recently finished filming drama thriller "Clean Break" and horror thriller "Land of Canaan".


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Opposing view: More 'abuse' reporting will hurt children
If hard cases make bad law, horror-story cases make laws that are even worse.
Requiring anyone and everyone to report anything and everything they think might be "child abuse" is the worst possible response to the Penn State horrors. It will harm the very children it's supposed to help.
More than three-quarters of reports alleging abuse and neglect are not substantiated after investigation — even though substantiation typically requires no more than a caseworker's guess that abuse is more likely than not.
Changing laws now will lead to a deluge of even more false allegations from newly minted "mandated reporters" protecting not children but themselves — because they fear being punished for failure to report. The time wasted on these cases will be stolen from children in real danger, so more such children will be missed.
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Eighteen states already require everyone to report child abuse. There is no evidence children are safer in those states.
Children also will suffer at the hands of child protective services agencies themselves.
A child abuse investigation is not a benign act. When total strangers pull a small child aside to question him about the most intimate aspects of his life, that can inflict enormous trauma. The trauma is compounded if the child is strip-searched by caseworkers looking for bruises. The medical examination for sexual abuse is worse still.
Sometimes, children have to be put through all that because the risk of actual abuse is even greater. But the threshold for starting such a process should be higher than some guess by, say, a school secretary fearful for her own job.
As with so much else that supposedly involves "child protection," the call for more mandatory reporting really is about adult self-indulgence. It's a way for us to vent our rage at heinous crimes that, if the charges are true, went on for more than a decade. But allowing that self-indulgence to actually make children less safe would be, in itself, a crime against children.
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Half A Lifetime at the Forks
Author Franklin Burroughs reflects and philosophises about his many years of visiting the area around the confluence of two rivers. Location: The Forks, CaratunkKennebec RiverDead River
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- Photography by: Benjamin Magro
Cottage Life
Fairfield Porter's paintings of his family's Great Spruce Head Island retreat. Location: Great Spruce Head Island
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Looking Up
Everything you need to know about Maine's lighthouses.
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Sweet Smell of Success
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Sanctuary of a Different Sort
A former Catholic church in Wells has become a bed and breakfast inn. Location: Wells
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A once plain cottage has been turned into a Carpenter Gothic masterpiece. Location: Boothbay Harbor
- By: Virginia Wright
- Photography by: Brian Vanden Brink
Delectable Morsels
Mussels are as flavorful as clams and much easier to come by. Location: Tenants H arborLong Cove
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- Photography by: Marcia Lif
Baxter's Wilderness Character
Chief Ranger Chris Drew oversees a large staff but is best known for his keen sense of humor.
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- Photography by: Richard Procopio
Twilight Observations
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- Photography by: Richard Procopio
Where in Maine?
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- Photography by: Dean Abramson
From Dodge to Deli
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Mussel Rafts Ahoy
Mussel rafts are presenting a potential navigation hazard.
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Hold That Tiger
A New Jersey woman wants to move her Bengal tiger menagerie to Maine. Location: Steuben
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Maine Lingo
A definition of cat spruce.
The Maine Scene
Dean Abramson photo of Wells Beach and the large binoculars there. Location: Wells Beach
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Paper Trail
The attic of Washington County Courthouse holds copies of local newspapers dating back to 1819. Location: Machias
Back to Casco Bay
Biologists have succeeded in luring the common tern back to nesting grounds on Outer Green Island. Location: Outer Green Island
Special Delivery
This may be the last year for the Great Pond mail boat. Location: Great PondBelgrade Lakes
By The Numbers
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Sebastiicook Surprise
A Newport man has built a one of a kind dreamboat. Location: NewportSebasticook Lake
West Branch Crusade
Keeping 329,000 acres of North Woods open to industrial and recreational use but closed to piecemeal development. Location: North WoodsAttean
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York Adventure
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May Photograph
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Casino Chaos
A St. Louis , Missouri reader's comments concerning Maine's casino issue.
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Frankie's Place
A winsome memoir about Pulitzer Prize winning author Frances Fitzgerald and her husband, Jim Sterba who has an extravagant crush on coast of Maine, and specifically on a summer camp at Somes Sound.
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Briefly Noted
A revised and renamed guide to Maine's sporting lodges and the North Woods. It was formerly called "In the Maine Woods
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Maine For Lovers
A Couple's guide to summer fun in the Pine Tree State
The Maine Viewpoint
A Portland Press Herald article about the backlog of Maine vets seeking care at Togus. Steve Meyers cartoon. Location: Togus
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MDI's Tomorrow
Mount Desert Islander article about an ongoing process in the towns of Mount Desert to shape the future of their communities. Location: Mount Desert Island
Belfast Bargain
Andy Vietz lists a few places in Belfast to get a wide variety of somewhat unusual fare. Location: Belfast
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The Maine Turnpike Authority has a web site complete with strategically placed webcams to let drivers see traffic flow in various places.
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Bangor Daily News article about legislation that allows the federal government expanded power to monitor the habits, including library usage, of Americans and others.
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Tracking down the history of a Civil War era writing box leads to a veteran from Buckfiel Maine Location: Buckfield
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After missing five games with a sprained MCL injury, Dallas Mavericks forward Shawn Marion will get the start in Friday night's game against the Indiana Pacers.
It was originally thought that Marion might be held back by head coach Rick Carlisle until Saturday night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but Marion decided that he was healthy enough to give it a go, despite most likely playing with pain.
Marion joins a starting lineup that includes Darren Collison and O.J. Mayo in the backcourt, and Chris Kaman and Elton Brand in the frontcourt.
Dallas will try to build on a win Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards. Marion has been averaging eight points in four games. The Mavs will be happy to have Marion back, as he was their leading rebounder last year, as well as their best defender.
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Mining boom inspires Boomtown musical
Tim Stone & Carlo Zeccola
An industrial town looks to its own history, and residents, to create an ambitious stage show for the Queensland Music Festival.
The Queensland Music Festival kicked off on Saturday with more than 7000 amateur and professional musicians joining festival director James Morrison at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium to claim the title of the World's Largest Orchestra. The action has since moved out across the state with visiting and local musicians performing from Goondiwindi to Yarrabah.
In Gladstone, 300 residents are participating in a spectacular musical that tells the story of the mining towns boom and bust history. There is opera, dancing tugs boats, cheerleaders and a light show.
Gladstones always been traditionally, you know, an industrial town. Gladstone finishes one boom and is looking for the next boom and then we go into a bit of lull, says Gail Sellers, Mayor of Gladstone Regional Council.
At the moment were a bit boom and bust but when we see Boomtown and when the community seems Boomtown, I think theyll say were a community in our own right. We have all this depth of talent. Across all areas. And weve done this, weve done this production, we certainly have something we can be proud of.
Composer Scott Saunders has worked with director Sean Mee and creative producer Marguerite Pepper on the development of the musical. During the past months theyve sourced stories and inspiration from the community.
In a place like Gladstone people really have to make their own culture, says Saunders. It is a place that is so focused on industry [that] they need to make their own culture and were helping them, encouraging them. Showing them whats possible I think.
Mayor Sellers adds, I believe that Boomtown is the best thing that could ever happen to this region. Coming out on the other side well have a community that will be very proud of what they are.
ABC Arts Tim Stone and Carlo Zeccola spent time in Gladstone before opening night, meeting some of the star performers.
Boomtown runs July 18 Sunday 21 on Gladstones harbour foreshore as part of the 2013 Queensland Music Festival.
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EPA allowing oil companies to inject drilling and fracking waste into aquifers in Northern CO
Energy companies are being allowed to pollute drinking water aquifers with oil and gas drilling and fracking waste in Northern Colorado and Denver.
Over the past 13 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has exempted only the oil and gas industry from the federal Safe Drinking Water Act to allow the disposal of waste brine and hydrocarbon-containing fluids into drinking water aquifers deep underground.
The injections are occurring east of Fort Collins in northern Weld County, including one directly beneath an animal sanctuary, a Coloradoan investigation shows.
The law requires applicants for the exemptions to prove that aquifers cant be used for drinking because the water is so deep underground that its too expensive or too impractical to ever be tapped.
But Colorado water experts say you can never say never...
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Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:58 AM
cbrer (1,831 posts)
1. Protecting our interests
As only a political mandate can...
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Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:59 AM
CaliforniaPeggy (122,384 posts)
2. I am appalled at the actions of the EPA. Environmental, my ass.
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Mon Dec 31, 2012, 03:33 AM
madamesilverspurs (11,622 posts)
3. This is my home.
We've been trying to get the word out. We've had very visible protest actions at drilling sites and outside the offices of drilling companies. We've been cussed at, flipped off, called names. We've been effectively ignored by our city council (Greeley). The county commissioners have screamed at our lecturers (geologists and physicists) to shut them up at public events. Our newspaper (The Greeley Tribune) has become little more than the public relations newsletter for the oil and gas industry. We have been repeatedly lied to about the contents of the fracking fluids. We have been accused of ignorance about the realities of fracking, told that things like benzene are 'naturally occurring' and therefore cannot be harmful. When we presented information about Pavillion, Wyoming, and the deadly effects of fracking on that destroyed community, our mayor told us the information was 'irrelevant.' The mayor's wife, by the way, is the current president of the University of Northern Colorado, and she has recently sold the rights to drill horizontally under the campus (no, the student body wasn't consulted about whether or not they wanted that kind of exposure).
We're moving toward 20,000 wells in the county, and the commissioners are completely in thrall to the oil/gas industry. Our "representative", Cory Gardner (R), is swimming is such deep oil money that it's actually gotten significant attention in DC.
The money coming into the community is short-term, as are the jobs. The water they are taking from the agricultural community is leaving farmers with growing piles of dusty earth. Our aquifer is at historically low levels. And we're accused of being alarmists. Damned right we are, with good reason. Scientists who have tried and tried and tried to get through the layers of lobbyists, with little success, are now viewing us as 'worst case scenario' in the making.
If you don't live here, you will still be impacted. The water that is poisoned does not stop flowing at the state line, it eventually finds its way into other water supplies. This isn't Vegas, and what happens here does not stay here. This is a national problem, part of a growing global poisoning. It's not about energy, it's about money and lots of it, enough money to make it easy for them to dismiss the destruction of the environment, enough to make it possible to not care about the lives of millions. What happens here will clobber those living half a continent away and then some.
Please help us get the word out! Please.
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Mon Dec 31, 2012, 09:45 AM
intheflow (25,288 posts)
7. Will impact national food supplies, too.
Our area is also a big agricultural area, between the crops grown and the cows and pigs being raised for slaughter. This has potential for tremendous national impact.
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Mon Dec 31, 2012, 03:47 AM
Demo_Chris (6,234 posts)
4. No problem, if they poison everyone they will pay a fine (and their CEO will get a bonus)
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Mon Dec 31, 2012, 05:05 AM
daschess1987 (192 posts)
5. Cancel that trip to the Fort Collins microbreweries...
They don't give out sample pints anymore anyway.
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Mon Dec 31, 2012, 05:52 AM
freedom fighter jh (1,782 posts)
6. Responsibility for this belongs to Congress under Cheney's influence.
Congress gave energy companies lots of exemptions from environmental laws. Those exemptions are now law and EPA has no choice but to carry them out.


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On April 30, 1849, Sarah Bayliss Royce, along with her husband, Josiah, and their daughter, Mary, left her home in Tipton, Iowa, and headed for California in a covered wagon. Along the way, she kept a
This volume is intriguing to contemplate and a vital piece of the story as we continually seek to understand the impact of the western frontier in the development of the American character.
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Royce reveals fear, discomfort, anxiety, and excitement regarding the environment and her place within it.
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diary which, nearly thirty years later, served as the basis for a memoir she titled
Across the Plains
. That book has been freshly transcribed by Jennifer Dawes Adkison from Royce's original handwritten document, and this new edition is faithful to the original, restoring several passages that were omitted from the previous edition.
In a new introduction Adkison reveals
Across the Plains
to be far more than a simple narrative of one pioneer woman's journey west. She explains that Royce wrote the book at the request of her son, Josiah Royce, a well-known professor of philosophy at Harvard University with motives of his own. She crafted the narrative that her son wanted: an argument for spiritual faith and fortitude as foundational to California's history. Yet the narrative itself, in addition to offering a window into a world that has long lacked close documentation, gives us the opportunity to study the ways in which nineteenth-century western women asserted this primacy of faith and crafted their experience into stories with larger cultural and social resonance.
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to mold and support an iconic image of the resolute pioneer woman. However, until now no one has considered Royce's own self-conscious creation of this persona. Readers will discover that in many ways, Sarah Royce's careful construction of this cultural portrait deepens our respect for her and our delight in her travels, travails, and triumphs.
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Watch out Tasmania, Canberra's almost 100 years old and, if you're not careful, could be taking your place as the sixth-most-populous (or third-least-populous) jurisdiction in Australia within a couple of decades.
In the lead-up to Canberra's centenary year, the ACT's population has exceeded projections by breaking through the 370,000 mark and is heading rapidly towards 400,000.
By contrast, a struggling economy has meant Tasmania has experienced only modest population growth.
Preliminary demographic figures for June showed that the ACT's population had grown by 1.9 per cent over the previous 12 months to about 374,700.
Tasmania's population grew by just 0.2 per cent, or 8000, to 512,000, the Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed.
If similar rates of growth were to continue, the ACT would have 400,000 residents by about 2016. By the early 2030s the territory would have more than 530,000 people and a bigger population than the island state.
But a return to more modest population growth levels would
reduce the ACT's chances of overtaking Tasmania.
Projections by the ACT government indicate the territory should reach a population of 400,000 by 2018 and 500,000 by 2043.
In 2008, projections prepared for the Tasmanian government showed the state's population could reach 550,000 by 2026.
In a recent interview, ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher said a larger territory cabinet and Legislative Assembly were needed to keep up with the demands of a growing population.
''I think by the time the city's [at] 400,000 and you're dealing with issues of that size, it's going to get too much,'' Ms Gallagher said.
''I think I'm trying to avoid the point where governance and government actually suffers.''
The government is considering a draft law which would enable a fifth minister to be appointed. The Legislative Assembly has had 17 members since self-government began in 1989 when the ACT had a population of about 275,000.
A working group chaired by ACT Electoral Commissioner Phil Green is looking at options for enlarging the Assembly. Tasmania has a 25-member House of Assembly and a 15-member Legislative Council.
Even if the ACT overtakes Tasmania in population, the territory could still find itself with fewer federal parliamentary representatives than the island state.
As an original state, Tasmania is guaranteed a minimum of five positions in the House of Representatives and the same number of senators as the other states.
Tasmania has five members of the House of Representatives and 12 senators. The ACT has two members in the House of Representatives and two senators.


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Well, Melky Cabrera might now have some company. Jon Heyman is reporting that Bartolo Colon has failed a drug test and is subject to a 50 game suspension by MLB, which would end his season and make him ineligible for most of the playoffs.
Colon has been fantastic for the A's this season at age 39, but his career revival was subject to some skepticism surrounding the injections of platelet rich plasma that he received in 2011, which raised questions about what kinds of treatments are performance enhancing in a viable way and which ones should be illegal. Colon was the poster child for the positive effects of PRP, and it seems unlikely that promoters of the treatment will continue to lean on him as evidence of its success.
For the A's, this is certainly a blow, but the arrival of Brett Anderson from the disabled list now looks like incredibly valuable. Anderson might not be able to pitch at the same level that Colon did, but he should be able to replace most of that production, and help keep Oakland in the pennant race.
For Colon, my guess is that this will be the end of the line. He had trouble finding work last winter, and now heading into his age 40 season and coming off a PED suspension, I don't imagine too many teams will be lining up to give him another shot.
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About the Book
A bibliography of all my works from 2007 and a few days into 2008. Stories about love, life, faith, and the sadness that follows it. A collection of 8 stories with information about the dates they were written and two alternate endings to a story.
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Standard Portrait, 8×10 in, 20×25 cm
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- Publish Date Jan 11, 2008
- Tags Bibliography, Religion, Life, Death, Faith, Family, Love
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I write what I am inspired by. Friends, Family, Religion. I love all three. I love sharing my stories with any one who will listen or read them. I Love Writing I love living
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NEWLY released World War II documents bolster a long-held belief the United States covered up Soviet responsibility for the infamous 1940 massacre of Polish soldiers in the Katyn Forest.
The papers lend weight to the belief the mass executions of about 22,000 Polish soldiers and other prisoners were hushed up because then US president Franklin Roosevelt did not want to anger Russia's Joseph Stalin, whose forces were essential to defeating Adolf Hitler.
The documents, about 1000 pages of declassified files, put online by the US National Archives, included coded messages from American soldiers captured by the Germans.
They reported in 1943 seeing rows of partially mummified corpses in Polish officer uniforms in Katyn, near Smolensk, proving they could not have been killed by the Nazis, who seized the western Russian region in 1941.
The national archives said the documents were declassified at the request of two US politicians acting for a research body, the Katyn Council.
The National Archives says a US congressional panel called the Madden Committee concluded in 1951 that the Soviet People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, or NKVD, was responsible.
The archives said on its website the question of the US staging a cover-up so as not to antagonise ally Stalin ''was less clear cut''.
The Madden committee concluded that US officials failed to assess properly and act on ''clear danger signals in Russian behaviour evident as early as 1942'', the archives said.


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I'm exploring the web to find sites I like
Carlos has an official license from Grand Paradise Playa Dorada Puerto Plata resort, which allows him to sell tours on the beach pertaining to Grand Paradise Playa Dorada. more...
Carlos has an official license from Grand Paradise Playa Dorada Puerto Plata resort, which allows him to sell tours on the beach pertaining to Grand Paradise Playa Dorada.
Only a few hours after checking in, I set my first foot on the beach of Hotel Grand Paradise Playa Dorada in Puerto Plata. About the same time my toes touch the light brown sand, a friendly smiling Latino asks me where I am coming from, which puts me on possible annoying salesperson alert. I am not on vacation here, I am working, is my first response. Oh, he says, Does this mean that you are not interested in a fun Tour or Excursion? I explain that I have my own network of contacts but have no problem listening to let him explain what he exactly is doing here and what excursions he has on offer.
It turns out that Carlos has an official license from the hotel, which allows him to sell tours on the beach pertaining to Grand Paradise Playa Dorada. I decide to keep the conversation going by telling him that I am an editor of DebbiesDominicanTravel.com and that I am on a 3-week road trip through the Dominican Republic to write articles. Carlos smile becomes even wider, he knows all about Debbies since many people recommended him in their reviews. I sense he feels kind of proud to meet me, Debbie, in real life!
I have met a good number of hucksters, hustlers and other uncomfortably slick individuals during my travels but Carlos comes across as a solid guy. Age 35, living with his mother in a small village in the Cibao province, religious and proud to work hard to earn an honest living. Carlos strongly believes that all the good that has come to him stems from his confidence in life.
Well time for a drink! The white wine also has been watered down in this hotel, so I walk up to the beach bar Sinners and get myself a cerveza Presidente and a Cuba Libre, being a good disguise for an alcoholic refreshment, for my new friend who tells me that he can not accept this free drink which has been ordered using my all-inclusive bracelet. I understand that directly and put the drink in the warm sand in front of me.
Various tourist pass by to thank Carlos, for his services and to tell him about their experiences. Professionalism and that important personal touch allows Carlos to compete with the Sunwing or TUI people who have their space and audience guaranteed. After all, they have desks in the lobby and can provide their clients with a large amount of printed documentation. On the other hand, Carlos, who offers all the excursions available in the area, has the advantage of being able to offer the same excursions at an often much better price.
According to Carlos, tourism in Puerto Plata does not get the government attention and funding needed to truly reach its full potential. The majority of available resources are being channeled to Punta Cana. Carlos: How about addressing the growing problem with prostitution in Sosua? This is a accelerating problem that soon will prove to be completely out of control and will affect peoples decision on what destination to select for their vacation! In the next hour or so, it becomes obvious where Carlos is coming from. I am impressed with this humble man who makes his living on the beach. He made me catch myself on prejudicial behavior, even after all those years moving amidst and dealing with the locals.
The next day after work I find Carlos sitting on the beach, staring at the sea. As it turns out he is doing his best accepting the fact that he did not sell one excursion that day. Tourism hits low season from April until the middle of June. Carlos will need some good fortune to carry him over this economical bleak 10-week period.
Carlos, who proves that not all beach vendors are the same, has won my support. You wont have to find him when you will stay at the Grand Paradise Puerto Plata resort, he will find you!
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Tel: (829) 696-9756
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Embattled Linn Co (LNCO) already has been placed on irrevocable waivers. Dividend laggard Waste Management (NYSE:WM) might be next to go. Underperforming Clorox (NYSE:CLX) and AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) must prove themselves to remain prospects.
Another earnings season has dawned, and I'm in the process of making some big-league changes to my Dividend Growth Investing roster.
That includes getting the general manager (me) to convince the owner (also me) to spend some cash on free agents that will significantly strengthen my team.
In the coming weeks, I hope to initiate positions in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), while adding to my relatively small stakes in McDonald's (NYSE:MCD), General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO). Combine those with already fully funded positions in Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), Philip Morris (NYSE:PM) and Walgreen (WAG), and that will make for quite an imposing lineup.
More on those nine superstars later.
Doing DGI Right
Fellow Seeking Alpha contributor Bob Wells recently wrote an article touting DGI: "Retired Investors, Is It Time To Consider A New Investment Strategy?" My answer: "No, I don't want a new investment strategy. I just want to do a better job using the one I have."
When I started focusing on Dividend Growth Investing 18 months ago, I adopted this mission statement:
My goal is to build and maintain a portfolio of high-quality companies that have a history of raising dividends annually and that figure to keep doing so for decades. In 10-15 years, that reliable, growing, inflation-beating dividend stream will complement monthly Social Security and pension payments, giving me and my wife predictable, dependable retirement income.
Yes, I talked a good game about my commitment to DGI. All too often, however, I have strayed from its fundamentals.
Reaching for yield, I have bought far too many companies that mocked my mission statement. Determined to find "deals," I have missed out on numerous fairly-valued stalwarts.
The result? A dysfunctional team, with not enough star power and too many "wannabes" that didn't belong in my DGI lineup.
As Warren Buffett famously said in his 1989 letter to shareholders: "It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price."
Putting Money To Work
About a third of my portfolio has been sitting in cash. For nearly a year now, I've considered the market to be overheated, so I have hoarded dough to prepare for The Big Correction. It hasn't happened yet.
Will it happen? Of course... someday. How many days should one wait for someday to arrive, anyway?
It's time to get back to basics -- back to the reason DGI appealed to me in the first place.
Over the next couple of months, I will build my team of DGI superstars, ones that will adhere to my mission statement and let me sleep well every night. That group will be backed up by solid "role players" such as Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI), Southern Company (NYSE:SO), Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Target (NYSE:TGT) and other proven performers. I will weed out non-producers. And though I'll continue to hold money for future buying opportunities and for emergencies, my cash stash will be significantly smaller.
I acknowledge the importance of buying fairly valued and undervalued companies, and I agree with the philosophy of one of my favorite Seeking Alpha contributors, Chuck Carnevale. In addition to regularly warning against buying overpriced stocks, he recently authored a fine article titled "Own These World's Leading Brands And Never Fear A Recession Again." Included in his thesis were several companies on my buy list: JNJ, MCD, KO, Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT).
Ironically, because those leading brands almost always carry premium price tags, the only way to buy them at fair value is to wait for the next recession.
Well, I'm no longer waiting. I'm finally ready to admit that I don't know if the next recession will start next month, next year or next decade.
If I happen to pay a little too much for Chevron in 2013, I doubt I'll mind owning it (and its dividend stream) in 2033. The same goes for the other studs that will make up my lineup.
But what if I stock up on JNJ next week and the market tanks a week later? Of course, I won't be pleased. I might even say a few words one can hear on HBO but not on PBS. Nevertheless, I'll try to remember what SA contributor Tim McAleenan wrote a couple of months ago about investors who bought blue chips prior to the 1987 market crash:
"If you own an excellent company, and if you buy before a steep correction or crash, you can still achieve impressive returns if you take advantage of the greatest asset a dividend investor can use to his advantage: a long-term time horizon."
Specific Moves
While SEC involvement and other negative news played a role in my decision to dump Linn Co, the biggest factor was my realization that I didn't understand how the company worked. As I read articles about LNCO, the comment-stream debates were filled with concepts that might as well have been written in Serbian or Swahili.
Peter Lynch says we should buy what we know, and I concur. I should be able to easily explain every stock I own to my wife and kids. Linn Co? I couldn't even explain it to myself. I had to bail, and thankfully I did so at minimal cost.
Waste Management's dividend growth has slowed to a crawl: from 12.5% in 2008 to 8.6% in 2010 to 4.4% in 2012 to 2.8% in 2013. I want my companies to boost divvies by at least 5% annually, so it's the ninth inning for WM, and it's down to its final swings. If it doesn't have a meaningful dividend hike this year, it's gone. My new, improved lineup has no room for laggards.
As for purchases, I already have named the nine companies that will form the nucleus of Team Nadel. Here's more on them:
First, it's actually 10. I'm pairing Philip Morris with Altria (NYSE:MO) to form a full position -- kind of like a baseball platoon, in which two quality players perfectly complement each other. The two were part of the same company until PM was split off to become the international arm five years ago. I have about three times as much Philip Morris because non-U.S. tobacco companies generally face less governmental interference. At 4.9%, Altria's dividend yield is about 1% higher than PM's. Eventually, MO might have an expanded role in my portfolio.
Aside from being the biggest names in big oil, Chevron and Exxon Mobil are dividend champions (25+ years of dividend growth). Chevron has raised its payout nearly 14% each of the last two years and XOM, sometimes criticized for being stingy to shareholders, followed its 18% dividend hike in 2012 with an 11% boost this year. Although both are priced near 52-week highs, they are not overvalued.
Healthcare behemoth Johnson & Johnson has prospered despite recessions, product recalls and patent expirations. It also has raised dividends for 51 consecutive years and yields 3%. It's wrong that I own shares in three healthcare companies but not in the world leader.
When one hears the words "fast food," one immediately thinks of McDonald's. When one wants to invest in the fast-food industry, one also should immediately think of McDonald's. It is expected to grow earnings nearly 9% annually over the next five years, and it has made double-digit dividend raises the norm.
Having raised dividends for "only" 10 consecutive years, General Mills is the only non-Champion on my list. Still, the company of Cheerios, Green Giant and Haagen-Dazs has paid divvies for 113 years without interruption and has raised them by an average of 11% the last five years.
Besides being perhaps the most recognized brand name in the universe -- that's right, I'm quite sure Coke is quaffed in the Alpha Centauri system -- Coca-Cola also might be the most consistent dividend-grower anywhere. Since 2002, it has increased payouts by 11.1, 10.0, 13.6, 12.0, 10.7, 9.7, 11.8, 7.9, 7.3, 6.8, 8.5 and 9.8 percent. Yes, it is somewhat overvalued. It almost always is. You get what you pay for.
Walgreen is the No. 1 drug store chain in the United States and this week was the subject of a bullish article by SA contributor Larry Smith. Also this week, the company announced another 14.5% dividend increase, its 38th straight year of payout growth. I was fortunate to buy WAG last summer at $30, and it has blossomed to be my second-largest position behind only...
Procter & Gamble. PG has one of the best no-fee dividend reinvestment programs, which I used with great success for four years. From Bounty to Charmin to Pampers to Gillette, PG features 25 brands that each exceed $1 billion in annual sales. Oh yeah... PG also has grown its dividend for 57 straight years.
The companies I acquire will be all-stars, not scrubs. They will be icons that span generations, not flashes in the pan.
As the general manager of Team Nadel, I don't just want a winner, I want to build a dynasty. I want the '50s-era Yankees, '60s-era Celtics, '70s-era Steelers, '80s-era Lakers and '90s-era Bulls all wrapped up in one portfolio juggernaut.
It's time to do Dividend Growth Investing right. It's time to stop settling for second-best. It's time to play ball.
Disclosure: I am long AZN, CLX, GIS, KMI, KO, MCD, MO, PG, PM, SO, WAG, WM, and I also may initiate long positions in JNJ, CVX, XOM, TGT, LMT, CL and WMT in the near future. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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(CNSNews.com) - Texas Republican Governor George W Bush Wednesday unveiled what his campaign calls a "bold approach to tax cuts," one that focuses on raising the standard of living to lower income families while also relieving the tax burden on those who already pay the heaviest proportion of taxes - the wealthy.
Bush's proposed $483 billion tax cut over five years, is based on conservative fiscal assumptions and estimates, according to campaign aides, while leaving Social Security funds untouched. Bush also plans to avoid spending $100 billion of what his economic advisors anticipate will be a five-year surplus of $586 billion.
"It is not just the amount of taxes that matters, it's also what the economists call a taxpayer's marginal rate - the taxes we pay on every extra dollar we earn," Bush told the luncheon crowd at the Greater Des Moines Chamber of Commerce. "That rate determines the incentives to work."
Advisors to Bush, including economic professors and former White House officials, contend that their plan allows "one in five taxpaying families with children" or six million families to eventually pay no income tax at all.
Under Bush's proposal, a family of four earning $35,000 a year will receive a 100 percent income tax cut; a family of four earning $50,000 a year will receive a 50 percent tax cut and a family of four earning $75,000 a year will receive a 25 percent income tax cut.
"It reserves all the Social Security surplus for Social Security itself. None of it will be used either for new spending or tax reductions," Bush said. "My plan balances the budget. It funds needed priorities, including defense and education. It reduces the national debt. And it ensures that the excess - the rest of the surplus - is returned to the American people, who earned it and deserve it."
Bush's plan focuses on cutting marginal tax rates, in an attempt to help people raise their standard of living. Under his proposal it would replace the current five-rate tax structure of 15, 28, 31, 36 and 39.6 percent with four lower rates of 10, 15, 25 and 33 percent.
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This Farr 40 known as 'Circus' is well maintained. She is a 'One design Farr 40' race boat that has been used lightly in Hong Kong for the past 6 years. Prior to that she lived and raced in New Zealand under IRC and One Design under the name Psycho Circus.
It comes with many spares and a steel shipping cradle. This yacht is ready to race competitively with minimal work for inshore, one design and coastal racing.
Circus is lying in Hong Kong and can be shipped worldwide.
Located in Hong Kong. Tax only paid in New Zealand
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