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Investors are having a difficult time while the Fed maintains its current policy of keeping low interest rates. Treasury bonds, money market funds, certificates of deposit and similar investments that have been the traditional mainstays of many income seeking portfolios have recently yielded disappointing results, in some instances trailing behind even the current historically low rate of inflation.
For some income seeking investors, Master Limited Partnerships [MLPS] may be sensible alternatives. Factors include their favorable tax treatment, being regarded as the same as partnerships rather than corporations under the current tax code. The special tax treatment is extended as long as they consistently return 90% or more of their income to shareholders. This enables them to easily avoid double taxation and obtain new capital at a lower cost.
In this article, I choose three less-known MLPs with solid financials and strong cash flows, which offer significant distributions. These partnerships offer an eye-catching dividend yield above 8%. These are Martin Midstream Partners L.P (MMLP), Legacy Partners L.P (LGCY) and PVR Partners L.P., (PVR). These MLPs have a long history of paying attractive distributions to unithlders. They have a solid investment strategy and strong business models.
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. focused mainly in the United States Gulf Coast region with a diverse set of operations. Currently, the partnership offers a quarterly distribution of $0.77 per share. It has sustained similar distributions over the past two quarters. For the full year of 2012, the partnership paid an annual distribution of $3.08 per unit, yielding at 8.76%. The partnership has been gradually growing its distributions. Over the previous five years, the partnership has increased its distributions by 6.94%.
How distributions are Safe?
- Projected Dividend Yield: 8.81%
- Revenue Growth (3-Yr Avg): 31.10%
- Earnings Per Share [EPS] Growth (3-Yr Avg): 50.1%
- Payout ratio Trailing Twelve Months [TTM]: 77.2%
Over the years, Martin Midstream has been able to generate massive revenues. In previous three years, on average, the partnership has been able to increase revenues by 31.10%. The partnership was able to increase revenues from $912 million in 2010 to $1,490 million by the end of 2012. This is very substantial growth in such a tough economic environment.
Recently, the partnership announced Q4 results with massive earnings of $6.7 million. The partnership has been able to increase earnings above 50% compared to the previous year's quarter. In the last year, Martin Midstream operations were positively impacted by the recent infrastructure created at its vacuum tower unit and Corpus Christi crude oil terminal. In addition, at the end of Q4, the partnership had completed three acquisitions, which will further enhance its revenue, earnings and ultimately cash flows.
Furthermore, Martin Midstream has shown exceptional cash flows. At the end of Q4, the partnership had generated distributable cash flow [DCF] of $20.1 million. Its DCFs condensed compared to the prior year quarter. Its DCF provided 1.06 times coverage to its fourth quarter distribution, which was below the past year's quarter of 1.10 times.
The partnership's difficulties were mainly due to an enlarged level of administrative expenses linked with the higher than expected maintenance, capital expenditures and acquisitions. However, it was still able to complete some significant key organic growth projects. The partnership is expected to generate $7 billion of cash flows from the recently acquired Talen's Marine & Fuel, L.L.C.
At present, the partnership is working on an ambitious and aggressive business plan. Martin Midstream is working on an expansion plan and is robustly making acquisitions to enlarge both its reserves and its production. The partnership looks like a strong and safe pick for an income portfolio. I believe the partnership is well positioned to yet again increase distributions as the recent acquisitions start to contribute.
PVR Partners, L.P. owns and operates a network of processing plants and natural gas midstream pipelines. Over the years, the partnership has been paying substantial distributions. It recently increased its quarterly cash distribution to $0.55 per/unit. This was an increase of 1.9% over the prior quarter and 7.8% over the previous year's quarter. Since 2011, PVR Partners has increased its quarterly distributions by 17%. For the full year of 2010, the partnerships annual distribution stands at $2.20 per unit, yielding at 9.53%.
How Distributions are safe?
- Projected Dividend Yield: 9.80%
- Revenue Growth (3 Yr Avg): 15.39%
- EPS Growth (next year): 50%
Over the years, PVR Partners has been showing an outstanding revenue growth. In 2009, the partnership generated annual revenue of $657 million, which was significantly enlarged to $1,160 million at the end of 2011. However, in light of the current depressed Natural Gas Liquids [NGL] prices and the challenging environment in the coal market, PVR Partners' latest sales were also negatively impacted by the tough environment.
Despite this, partnership has been showing a solid growth in its Eastern Midstream business segment over the past few quarters. PVR Partners has benefited significantly by its internal growth project in the Marcellus and acquisitions of Chief Gathering. At the end of Q4, this MLP had produced adjusted EBTIDA of $33.1 million from Eastern Midstream, compared to $8.9 million in the prior year's quarter.
Furthermore, PVR Partners has been investing heavily in available growth opportunities. During Q4, PVR Partners has invested $33.6 million on internal growth projects in its midstream businesses. Additionally, the partnership has invested $175.8 million in the Eastern Midstream Segment. For the full year of 2012, the partnership's internal growth project investments stood at $528.8 million together with $410.6 million in the Eastern Midstream Segment.
It can be a safe pick for income-oriented investors as the partnership will be getting 80% of the midstream long-term fixed fee contracts. The move to the long-term fee-based contracts will eradicate the partnership's depressed commodity risks from natural gas.
Legacy Reserves L.P. focuses mainly on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties. Its long-lived reserve base led it to achieve its twin objectives of providing growth and firmness in distributions to unit holders.
Currently, the MLP offers a quarterly distribution of $0.57 per unit. Legacy has a strong history of constantly increasing its distributions. Over the past five years, the partnership has increased its distributions by 16.33%. For the full year of 2012, the partnership provided one of the best annual distributions of $2.28 per unit, yielding at 8.49%.
How distributions are Safe?
- Projected Dividend Yield: 8.60%
- Revenue Growth (3-Yr Avg): 36.2%
- EPS Growth (5-Yr Avg): 3.75%
- Payout ratio TTM: 159.3%
Over the years, the partnership has been showing an outstanding revenue growth. At the end of Q4, its production increased by 13% over the earlier year's quarter. Its results were positively impacted by its earlier acquisitions. The company produced nearly $105 million in revenues from the acquisitions. I believe the company is strongly benefiting from its ongoing capital program.
With earlier acquisitions, the partnership produced record production of over 14,800 Barrels of Oil Equivalent Per Day [BOE/D] in 2012. With record production, the partnership's adjusted EBITDA currently stands at $197.6 million, the second highest in its history. Moreover, Legacy is also now engaged in huge capital spending on the maintenance of its assets and properties. Recently, for 2013, the partnership released a capital budget of $90 million of which Legacy plans to use $68 million on maintenance of its properties.
With recent acquisitions and aggressive capital spending, the partnership is well positioned to constantly raise its distributions. At present, the partnership offers a safe and healthy distribution. In addition, the partnership has a strong revenue base, and hefty cash flows to offer safe and consistently increasing distributions.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
Business relationship disclosure: EfsInvestment is a team of analysts. This article was written by Siraj Sarwar, one of our equity researchers. We did not receive compensation for this article (other than from Seeking Alpha), and we have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Sodium 1423.6 mg59.3%
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So I read a book and tried not to notice the turbulence or to let my thoughts preoccupy themselves with unhappy fantasies involving splintering wings and a long, shrill plunge down to earth.
I hate little planes. I don't like most planes much, but little planes I dread because they are cold and bouncy and make odd noises, and they carry too few passengers to attract more than passing attention when they crash, as they seem to do quite regularly. Almost every day in any American newspaper you will see an article like this:
"Dribbleville, Indiana - all nine passengers and crew died today when a 16-seat commuter plane operated by Bounce Airlines crashed in a ball of flames shortly after takeoff from Dribbleville Regional Airport. Witnesses said the plane fell for, oh gosh, ages before slamming into the ground at 1,892 miles an hour. It was the 11th little-noted crash by a commuter airline since Sunday."
These things really do go down all the time. Earlier this year a commuter plane crashed on a flight from Cincinnati to Detroit. One of the passengers who died was on her way to a memorial service for her brother, who had been killed in a plane crash in West Virginia just two weeks before.
So I tried to read my book, but I kept glancing out of the window into the impenetrable murk. Something over an hour into the flight - later than usual - we descended through the bumpy clouds and popped out into clear air. We were only a few hundred feet over a dusky landscape. There were one or two farmhouses visible in the last traces of daylight, but no towns. Mountains - severe and muscular - loomed up around us on all sides.
We rose back up into the clouds, flew around for a few minutes and dropped down again. There was still no sign of Lebanon or any other community, which was perplexing because the Connecticut River valley is full of little towns. Here there was nothing but darkening forest stretching to every horizon.
We rose again, and repeated the exercise twice more. After a few minutes the pilot came on and in a calm, laid-back voice said: "I don't know if you folks have noticed, but we're having a little trouble eyeballing the airport on account of the, ah, inclement weather. There's no radar at Lebanon, so we have to do all of this visually, which makes it a little, ah, tricky. The whole of the eastern seaboard is socked in with fog, so there's no point in trying another airport. Anyway, we're gonna keep trying because if there is one thing for certain it's that this plane is going to have to come down to land somewhere!'
Actually, I just made that last line up, but that was the gist of it. We were blundering around in cloud and dying light looking for an airport tucked among mountains. We had been in the air for almost 90 minutes by now. I didn't know how long these things could fly, but at some point clearly we would run out of fuel. Meanwhile, at any moment we could slam into the side of a mountain. This didn't seem fair. I was on my way home from a long trip. Scrubbed little children, smelling of soap and fresh towels, would be waiting. There was steak for dinner, possibly with onion rings. Extra wine had been laid in. I had gifts to disburse. This was not a convenient time to be flying into mountains. So I shut my eyes and said in a very quiet voice: "Please please please oh please get this thing down safely and I promise I will be good for ever, and I really mean it. Thank you."
Miraculously it worked. On about the sixth occasion that we dropped from the clouds there below us were the flat roofs, illuminated signs and gorgeously tubby customers of the Lebanon Shopping Plaza, and just across the road from it was the perimeter fence of the airport. We were aimed slightly the wrong way, but the pilot banked sharply and brought the plane in on a glidepath that would, in any other circumstance, have had me shrieking.
We landed with a lovely smooth squeal. I have never been so happy.
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UPDATE: Aguilar's campaign used Miller's endorsement to criticize Chabot.
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ORIGINAL POST: Paul Chabot had to contend with the Republican establishment as well as Democrats in the 31st� Congressional District primary.
The Navy veteran and homeland security consultant from Rancho Cucamonga finished first out of seven candidates. Now the GOP is uniting behind Chabot as he seeks to keep the San Bernardino County district in Republican hands.
On Monday, the 31st'sincumbent, Rep. Gary Miller, R-Rancho Cucamonga, formally endorsed Chabot. Miller, who is not seeking re-election, backed his former aide, Lesli Gooch, in the June 3 primary.
The San Bernardino County GOP, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista and San Bernardino County Supervisor Gary Ovitt also endorsed Gooch, who finished third behind Democrat and Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar. Chabot and Aguilar will face off in the Nov. 4 general election.
With the primary over, Republicans are rallying around Chabot. California's GOP congressional delegation held a fundraiser for Chabot in Washington last month. And the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee recently headlined a Chabot breakfast fundraiser in Rancho Cucamonga.
The GOP likely is encouraged by Chabot's first-place primary finish despite being outspent by Gooch, Aguilar and Democrat Eloise Gomez Reyes. Voter turnout in November is expected to be low, another factor that could help Chabot.
That said, Democrats hold the advantage in the 31st's� voter registration. The district's demographics also favor Democrats, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is backing Aguilar in a rare opportunity for the party to take a bite out of the GOP's House of Representatives majority.
The Democratic game plan so far seems to focus on portraying Aguilar as a middle-class champion and Chabot as a tea party extremist. In a recent newspaper op-ed, Aguilar promised to fight for a minimum wage hike and equal pay for women and protect funding for Medicare and Social Security.
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This scene happened on the floor of the Michigan Senate this morning as the people of Michigan came by the thousands to speak out against Republican attempts to pass disastrous "Right to Work" legislation that would lower wages and reduce benefits.
Additionally, Republicans have called in countless State Police officers again today to guard their offices and question the public as they enter the Capitol to protest the Republican agenda:
Frankly, if you have to bring in a massive police presence in order to conduct business at the State Capitol, it might be time for Republicans to rethink what they're doing.
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Police have begun pepper spraying and removing protesters from the Capitol!
I've been trying to actually TALK to a Democratic Party Official of any stripe all day. Disconnected phones, and messages. No wonder RePukes run the damned State: it looks more like you guys work for THEM.
This just shows how disjointed and anti-middle class the Englerite disciples Tricky Dick Snyder and his cronies are. Talk about sour grapes….the Rupulsivecans are ticked over the election so they are targeting middle class workers and public education!
I'd like to know why this got passed in the election in the first place. I certainly voted against it. The republicans are getting away with murder….job murder. Get this man out of office. We tried getting it on the ballot to have him (Snyder) out….but of course people didn't think it was right to do this. Now look at where we are.
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These Senators work for the people of Michigan but I guess they have forgotten the people they represent. Maybe next time NONE of them should be relected. The Capital building belongs to the people of Michigan it is not their own domain……..fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me………….
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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the PERN characters or storylines; they all belong to their creator Anne McCaffrey. I just write for my own enjoyment and the enjoyment of others.
Author's Note: I'm sooooooooooooooo happy that Anne McCaffrey is allowing fanfiction. This little scene was running in my head for a loooooooooooooong time, in fact ever since I read Dragonquest. Let's pretend that Brekke didn't drink the sleeping potion after eating, that she fell asleep on her own, and that Mirrim went to bed herself.
She awoke to a dark room; disoriented, Brekke didn't realize her surroundings for a few moments as her overwhelming dread of being alone began to engulf her.
We are here.
Her breathing slowed as she heard the calm soft reassurances of Ramoth and Mnementh.
We are here. Echoed the watch dragon and the other dragons still awake on the night of a Hatching. As her eyes adjusted to the lack of light, Brekke could discern the faint voices of drunken guests. She remembered how proud her own parents were, and how drunk her elder brother became at the feasting on the night of her own Impression.
The ache inside of her became more acute at the reminder of the one voice her mind unconsciously sought, but no longer would answer. A tear fell from her face as her thoughts turned towards Wirenth. Those thoughts didn't have time to linger; for Berd uttered a soft twitter to distract her. Brekke turned back to the pillow where her fire lizard laid. Hes eyes glowed a faint orange and whirled expressing his anxiety for his mistress. She stroked his head affectionately to reassure the creature that she was all right. As he crooned soothingly at her ministrations she realized that Grall was missing.
"Where is your little golden friend?" She inquired. He chirped a response as Brekke received an image of a large brown dragon whom she recognized as Canth.
Canth, she remembered the unhealthy green tinge in the dragon's hide she had seen before she fell asleep. She also recalled F'nor and Mirrim treading out to the feeding grounds, but a part of her felt the need to check on the creature.
Gathering the furs around her, she got out of bed and walked towards the weyr. When she got there she noticed that the brown dragon was sleeping, as was another being by the dragon. In the middle of the large crouching brown sat F'nor. Her lips twitched in a fail attempt to smile, as she wondered if a younger F'nor use to sleep besides Canth when the brown was just a hatchling, like she use to with her queen.
Shuffling quietly around Canth's tail Brekke began to approach her lover. It gladden her to see his expression show something akin to contentment; the lines of anxiety she witnessed earlier seemed to have disappear. Then she noticed him shivering, frowning a bit, Brekke saw that he wore only lightweight clothes, traditional to a Hatching feast.
Shaking her head she turned to go fetch him a fur, however, found her way blocked. Earlier there was a clear path, but now Canth's tail and neck completely encircled F'nor and herself. She took a tentative step towards the dragon, "Canth?" she asked hoping the brown may be awake, but received no answer. Brekke let out an exasperated sigh; thinking that perhaps the dragonrider somehow contrived this turn of events, but quickly dismissed the idea telling herself that the idea displayed too much paranoia. Her lips quirked a bit in another failed attempt to smile, before she resigned herself to the only other solution. Walking towards her lover she stopped directly in front of him wondering if she should wake him first, but F'nor stirred out of his slumber before she could make a decision.
"Brekke?" He murmured as she slid down next to him; bringing the fur around the both of them.
"I couldn't sleep," she replied while he brought his arms around her and she laid her head on F'nor's shoulder. They stayed that way as lulled by the warmth of each other and Canth they finally found sleep.
Canth opened some eyelids making sure that his rider and his mate were together before closing it again. Good, the dragon thought smugly. Everything was as it should be.


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Dan Hopkins, an IQSS post-doctoral fellow, is getting a lot of press lately for his paper on the vanishing Bradley effect (aka Wilder effect) -- whereby pre-election polls favor black candidates more than electorates. His results indicate that this effect has vanished and he predicts it will have little or no effect in the upcoming U.S. Presidential election. If you missed all the articles in the mainstream media, see this Science Magazine article. But more interesting is his paper on the subject, "No Wilder Effect, Never a Whitman Effect: When and Why Polls Mislead about Black and Female Candidates", which is easily the most extensive and definitive study of its kind; you can find a copy here.
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A subcontractor may also argue that the clause is "unconscionable." The subcontractor has the burden to show this exception, which under Texas law is difficult to establish. A pay-if-paid clause is not unconscionable if: (1) the general contractor ascertains and notifies the subcontractor of the owner's ability to pay for the project; and (2) the general contractor has: (A) made reasonable efforts to collect the amount owed to the subcontractor; or (B) assigned or offered to assign to the subcontractor its cause of action against the owner for the amounts owed to the subcontractor and offered reasonable cooperation to the subcontractor's collection efforts.
Sham Relationship
In addition, a contingent payment clause is not enforceable if there is a sham relationship between the obligor [typically the owner] and the contingent payor [typically the general contractor].
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Agreeing to a pay-if-paid clause does not waive lien rights. If you have agreed to a contract with a pay-if-paid clause, it is vital that you enforce your lien or bond rights if you have not been paid. Otherwise, you may be stuck in limbo if the general contractor asserts its rights under the pay-if-paid clause. This serves as another important reminder to not ignore your lien rights.
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Slaying The Red Dragon at Bronkies
The Red Dragon project was the final piece of rock that needed to be conquered at the crag.
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Last Saturday night, Cape Town's climbing centre CityROCK in obz, was once again rocking with the fourth annual ROCK MASTER 2013 climbing competition.
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Bovenatrix – A happy weekend with an unexpected send at Waterval Boven
It messes with your mind as well as your body, leaving you very happy after putting your body in some disconcerting positions.
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David Wade & Elzanne Robinson Sending at Harrismith
On the weekend of the 8th November 2013 fifteen climbers spent the weekend climbing at Mount Everest, Harrismith.
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Design and Art Direction (D&AD, formerly known as British Design & Art Direction) is a British educational charity which exists to promote excellence in design and advertising.
"Widely considered one of the most prestigious and difficult-to-win awards in design and advertising, D&AD celebrates the finest creativity each year across a diverse range of disciplines."[2]
The main offices are in Spitalfields in London.
D&AD was founded in 1962 by a group of London-based designers and art directors including David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes (who designed the original D&AD logo).
A panel of 25 judged the 2500 entries to the first awards in 1963. They awarded one Black Pencil (to Geoffrey Jones Films) and 16 Yellow Pencils. In the early years, winners received an ebony pencil box designed by Marcello Minale, one of the founding partners of Minale Tattersfield, which contained a pencil with silver lettering. It was a thing of beauty but very delicate, so in 1966 Lou Klein designed the more durable Yellow Pencil. Its education programmes in their infancy, D&AD launched Graphic Workshops in association with the Royal College of Art in the mid-60s – they ran until the mid-1970s.
Designer Michael Wolff became D&AD's first elected president in 1970. Six years later, then-President Alan Parker gave the first D&AD President's Award for outstanding contribution to creativity to Colin Millward of Collett Dickenson Pearce.
Initiated by Sir John Hegarty of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, the Student Awards were launched in 1979.[3] Bridging the gap between college and work, the awards present students with real world briefs to tackle. D&AD's education programmes continued to grow in 1978 when Dave Trott set up the D&AD Advertising Workshops. They aim to inspire and broaden understanding of advertising and help prepare participants for their first jobs. Alex Maranzano, Howard Milton and Brian Webb initiated the first student Design Workshops.
D&AD ushered in the eighties with the first video showreel of moving image work to accompany The D&AD Annual – it would take until 1987 for the book to be produced in full colour. The Awards had already started to recognise a wider range of categories through the 60s and 70s and Photography, Retail Design (now Environmental Design), Music Videos and Product Design became part of the Awards in the 80s. The Awards also opened up to international entries for the first time in 1988.
Controversy surrounded a decision to hold separate advertising and design awards in 1986 and 1987; the separation, made for practical reasons based on the chosen venue, was seen by members as a split between industries. The ceremony did come back under one roof, where it has remained.
D&AD moved to Graphite Square, in Vauxhall in the 1990s. These were busy times for education; the first Student Expo (now New Blood) and the University Network – D&AD's membership programme for university and college courses – launched in 1993. The first session of Xchange took place in 1996 – described as a 'summer school' for college lecturers; creative practitioners update participants on the latest industry trends.
D&AD entered the digital age with the launch of www.dandad.org in 1996 and introduced its first digital categories to the Awards in 1997. Not only was the media landscape changing, by the end of the decade, 50% of entries to the Awards came from outside of the UK.
D&AD celebrated its 40th birthday in 2002 with Rewind, a retrospective exhibition and book of some of the most iconic work since the 1960s at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
A new benchmark was set at the turn of the century when a double Black Pencil was awarded to AMV.BBDO's 'Surfer' for Guinness for its visuals.[4] This was matched 5 years later by 'Grrr', Wieden + Kennedy London's work for Honda UK. In 2006 another milestone was set as leoburnett.com won the first digital Black Pencil. Developments in the industry meant that two new categories were added in 2008 – Broadcast Innovations and Mobile Marketing, that year Apple Inc. won a Black Pencil for the iMac and the first-generation iPhone.[5]
Design Workshops were relaunched in 2006 and D&AD North, its first regional network, in Manchester the same year. The Student Awards have become an increasingly international event – entries in 2007 came from colleges in over 40 countries. Italian design group Fabrica designed The Annual outside of the UK for the first time in 2007 and the showreel moved online that same year.
In 2012 D&AD moved to its current location on Hanbury Street, celebrated its 50th anniversary by honouring the most successful award-winners in its history, and launched the D&AD Foundation to nurture creative talent. Design book publisher Taschen released a limited-run book featuring 50 years of D&AD annual covers.[6]
Further information on the history of D&AD and advertising and design can be found in Rewind: 40 years of Design and Advertising by Jeremy Myerson & Graham Vickers; Publisher: Phaidon Press; ISBN 0-7148-4271-0.
The annual D&AD Awards are highly respected, and regarded as one of the major events in the world of design and advertising. Two kinds of awards are given out, a Yellow Pencil (normally known as a gold award) and a Black Pencil (formerly known as a Grand Prix award), in various categories ranging from environmental design to billboard adverts and animation shorts. The Black Pencil is particularly coveted as they are given for 'outstanding' work and usually only one or two given out each year although in 2003 none were awarded.[7]
D&AD also have Graphite pencil (equivalent to a silver award).[1]
See also[edit]
- ^ http://www.dandad.org/dandad/about/what-we-do
- ^ "In pictures: The D and AD Awards 2014 celebrating advertising and design". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ D&AD (2012). 50 years. Köln: Taschen. p. 23. ISBN 9783836539364.
- ^ "Copy makes headlines". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ The New York Times (2008-06-02). "People and Accounts of Note". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ "D&AD 50th Annual: original cover artwork by 50 design legends up for sale". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ The D&AD blog: 10 Years of Black Pencils


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According to what is claimed to be the most comprehensive qualitative survey of attitudes on internal marketing and communication undertaken in private- and public-sector organisations, British business leaders have an over-reliance on "outmoded `top-down' employee communication techniques".
That is why, to put it simply, there are plenty of organisations spending small fortunes on employee newsletters, which push positive messages about how well the organisation is doing in the lean and mean business environment, but little internal marketing or collecting and disseminating of information that is not directly related to the management's preoccupations.
Kevin Thomson, the chairman of the Marketing and Communication Agency (MCA), which commissioned the research by Salford University's BNFL Corporate Communication Unit, said: "For the last two decades, British business has been stuck in a time warp, struggling to make do with an outdated approach called employee communication that many managers see as a way of transmitting information rather than a means of getting their people's commitment.
"Vital corporate change initiatives, such as business process re-engineering, are not achieving success because British business leaders are failing to achieve the necessary employee `buy-in' to change proposals."
The findings, published last month, come weeks before a conference on the subject organised by the Centre for Communication Development - the management education arm of Smythe Dorward Lambert, a firm of communication consultants.
The event, to be held at the Ashdown Park Hotel, East Sussex, on 25 and 26 June, comes with its own research suggesting that many businesses are at least aware of the problem revealed by the MCA. More than two-thirds of them, it says, are making line managers' communication skills a high priority.
John Smythe, chairman of Smythe Dorward Lambert, who will be addressing the conference along with leading academics and other business people, sees encouraging signs in the type of people employed by organisations to carry out the communications role. Increasingly, they are trained in behaviour skills rather than being "just external public relations managers becoming internal PRs".
Moreover, the use of Mr Smythe's consultancy in central London in six recent mergers - including Glaxo-Wellcome and Lloyds-TSB - suggests that executives see an important part to be played by communication in key developments for their organisations.
Mr Smythe, who agrees with the organisations that believe involving line managers is vital, also sees another emerging idea: the move from concentrating on groups to looking at the individual in organisations. This is because individual members of staff have the power, through their attitudes, to make initiatives successful or not - even though it is essential to share information with groups.
Moreover, if organisations are to benefit properly from real communication by having information, and views, passed up as well as down the line, each individual must be involved. They all must be made to feel they can make a difference.
However, the MCA research suggests that this may yet be some way off. Only a minority of the respondents describe employee communication as interactive or two-way. Most senior managers still view it as a way of transmitting information from the top and providing staff with the information they need to perform their job properly rather than as a tool to involve staff in the aims of the organisation.Reuse content


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Lindsay Lohan
The Child: Became a fashion model aged three before landing a role on Another World aged 10. Her movie debut came a year later when, aged 11, Lohan played twins in the remake of The Parent Trap.
The Adult: A constant fixture of gossip mags, Lohan's had some very public legal issues, including stints in rehab and appearing in court charged with DUI offences. Her movie career has suffered, though TV movie Liz & Dick looks decent, and Lohan's currently filming The Canyons with Paul Schrader.
Sam Huntington
The Child: First appeared on screens aged 14 in TV movie Harvest Of Fire before nabbing roles in Not Another Teen Movie , Superman Returns and Fanboys .
The Adult: Hiccups like Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night have done him no favours, but Huntington is doing well on TV, with a starring role in the US version of Being Human as well as a role on Warehouse 13.
Mila Kunis
The Child: Made her first appearance in movie Make A Wish, Molly, then played Susie Grogan in TV's Piranha . Played a young Angelina Jolie in Gia .
The Adult : 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall reminded the world that Kunis was still around (helped that she was great in it), but it wasn't until 2010 that her movie career gathered some momentum with Black Swan . Frien ds With Benefits and Ted followed, next is Oz The Great And Powerful.
Nicholas Hoult
The Child: Hoult made an inauspicious debut in an episode of Casualty in 1996, going on to appear in other TV stalwarts Silent Witness, The Bill and Holby City . He was best known as a kid for his turn in About A Boy.
The Adult: Getting his bum out in Skins forced us to realise Hoult was growing up, and Hoult has, er, cracked America with roles in A Single Man, Clash Of The Titans and X-Men: First Class . He's not going anywhere soon: next up are Warm Bodies, Jack The Giant Killer, Mad Max: Fury Road and X-Men: Days Of Future Past.
Brad Renfro
The Child: Debuted aged 11 in The Client , Joel Schumacher's adaptation of John Grisham's courtroom page-turner. Later pitched up in Sleepers and Apt Pupil , and put in a decent turn in indie adap Ghost World.
The Adult: Renfro's addictions led to his ultimate downfall – he died of a heroin overdose in 2008, aged 25.
Kieran Culkin
The Child: Macaulay's brother, who also appeared in the first and second Home Alone films as the disconcertingly-named Fuller. Also made a cheek-pinching appearance in the Father Of The Bride remake.
The Adult: Kieran appears to have dodged the pitfalls that his brother fell into, and most recently put in a scene-stealing performance as Wallace Wells in Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
Daryl Sabara
The Child: Followed up a voice role in 1999's My Neighbours The Yamadas with a leading role in the Spy Kids films. Later starred in the Halloween remake.
The Adult: Only just out of his teenhood, 20-year-old Sabara showed he had a sick sense of humour in World's Greatest Dad , then played Edgar Rice Burroughs in John Carter . He's still got a soft spot for Spy Kids , though – last year he starred in the belated fourth episode.
Sarah Jessica Parker
The Child: Made her debut in 1974 with The Little Match Girl when she was just nine years old. An '80s boom period saw her appearing in everything from Footloose to Flight Of The Navigator and Girls Just Want To Have Fun.
The Adult: Parker proved she'd well and truly grown up when she took the lead in TV series Sex And The Cit y , which led to a string of rom-com movie roles. She's heading back to drama next year with biopic Lovelace .
Tobey Maguire
The Child: Starred alongside Fred Savage in The Wizard when he was 14, then made appearances in TV shows Roseanne and Eerie, Indiana.
The Adult: Maguire hit the big time with his Spider-Man films. Since then he's kept his feet mostly on the ground with, er, grounded dramas The Great Gatsby, Life Of Pi and Brothers .
Haley Joel Osment
The Child: Before he saw dead people in The Sixth Sense , Osment took his bow as Tom Hanks' son in Forrest Gump when he was six years old. He then appeared in A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Pay It Forward.
The Adult: Was sentenced to three years probation after turning his car over while driving under the influence in 2006. Career-wise, Osment's struggled to land a hit after duds Montana Amazon and Home Of The Giants.
Amanda Bynes
The Child: Started out aged 10 in TV comedy-variety show All That before appearing in 52 episodes of kids game show Figure It Out . Got her own series , The Amanda Show in 1999.
The Adult: After impressing in the comedy likes of Hairspray and Easy A , Amanda announced her retirement from acting via her Twitter account. "I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it," she said. She later told People Magazine that she's having time off and hasn't quit for good.
Corey Haim
The Child: Got roles in the early '80s (his first when he was just 12), with a starring role in werewolf horror Silver Bullet. The Lost Boy s raised his profile considerably, but the likes of License To Drive and Dream Machine failed to match it.
The Adult: After starring in mostly DTV movies, Haim died aged 38 from pneumonia. Good friend Corey Feldman said: "He was his own enemy. I mean, look, a lot of people that are artists tend to be their own worst enemy because we're passionate people."
Michael J. Fox
The Child: Broke into TV in 1977 with The Magic Lie before landing a recurring role on Family Ties . Went on to star in th e Back To The Future trilogy, for which he's generally still best recognised.
The Adult: Never really broke the movie world's back (a role in Mars Attacks! notwithstanding), Fox has always had greater success on TV with Spin City and a recurring role on The Good Wife.
Hayden Panettiere
The Child: Landed a gig aged five on soap opera One Life To Live before moving onto Guiding Light . Pitched up in Ally McBea l's final season, then had people trying to save her as cheerleader Claire in Heroes .
The Adult: Now 23, Hayden's strayed into less safe terrain with Scream 4 (of which she was generally the best thing). Next: American musical series Nashville .
Elijah Wood
The Child: Cropped up aged eight in Back To The Future Part II (playing a video game, adorable) before going on to Internal Affairs and The Adventures Of Huck Finn.
The Adult: Became a household name (somewhat) when he signed on to play Frodo in Lord Of The Rings , and killed dead his childhood innocence as creepy Kevin in Sin City.
Dakota Fanning
The Child: Made her starring debut aged seven in I Am Sam , then cemented her status as a star in the making with Man On Fire, War Of The Worlds and Coraline .
The Adult: Now 18, Fanning's going for riskier material ( Twilight aside), grunging up in The Runaways and emotional drama Now Is Good.
Anthony Michael Hall
The Child: Debuted aged 11 in The Gold Bug before appearing in National Lampoon's Vacation . Became a champion for geeky high schoolers during the '80s with Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Weird Science .
The Adult: Produced and starred in Stephen King TV show The Dead Zone for five years. Also pitched up in The Dark Knight as Mike Engel.
Abigail Breslin
The Child: Made her first commercial at just three, then made her movie debut in Signs aged five. Breslin followed those up with an awards-hoovering performance in Little Miss Sunshine before showing up noticeably older in Zombieland .
The Adult: Breslin has a host of films on her slate, including Gavin Hood's sci-fi adaptation Ender's Game.
Daniel Radcliffe
The Child: Tipped into superstardom aged just 11 as Harry Potter himself, Radcliffe's movie debut was a year earlier in The Tailor Of Panama .
The Adult: With Harry Potter now firmly behind him, Radcliffe's movie choices reflect his growing maturity. The Woman In Black showed he wasn't afraid of doing something new, while upcoming Kill Your Darlings looks like a daring and affectionate tribute to Allen Ginsberg.
Nicole Kidman
The Child: Perhaps testing the limits of the definition 'child' here, though Kidman's entrance into the movie world at just 16 is notable thanks to one film: BMX Bandits . 1983 was a busy year for the Aussie, who also appeared in TV show Five Mile Creek and TV movies Skin Deep, Chase Through The Night and Matthew And Son.
The Adult: An Oscar-winning Hollywood heavyweight whose diamond credits include The Hours, Eyes Wide Shut, The Others, Moulin Roug e and Margot At The Wedding .
Taylor Lautner
The Child: First appeared on-screen in 2001 film Shadow Fury as Young Kismet before playing Sharkboy in The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl .
The Adult: Possessor of the most envied washboard abs on the planet. Lautner's first foray into solo action terrain resulted in the maligned Abduction . His first post- Twilight gig is Grown Ups 2.
Claire Danes
The Child: Appeared in an episode of Law & Order in 1992, when she was 13 years old. Danes then landed a starring role in TV drama My So-Called Life , which only lasted 19 episodes – rumour has it that she didn't want to return for a second season owing to the show's time commitments.
The Adult: Recently won a Golden Globe for her role in hard-hitting drama Homeland , which returns for season two later this year. Her last film role was in 2009 drama Me And Orson Welles.
Jonathan Brandis
The Child: Debuted as a 12-year-old party guest in Fatal Attraction before playing Bastian Bux in fantasy sequel Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter . Best known for seaQuest DSV , in which he played Lucas Wolenczak for 57 episodes.
The Adult: Produced and wrote his own independent films, but Brandis' crippling depression led to the actor hanging himself in 2003. He was just 27 years old.
Kristen Stewart
The Child: Took uncredited roles in The Thirteenth Year and The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas before landing the big one – starring as Jodie Foster's daughter in P anic Room.
The Adult: Twilight has dominated her life for the past four years, but Stewart's already looking to the future with ballsy drama On The Road .
Jonathan Lipnicki
The Child: The cute little squirt of Jerry Maguire fame (his debut), who followed that Tom Cruise vehicle with Stuart Little, The Little Vampire and Like Mike.
The Adult: Has transformed himself into a buff, muscle-bound twentysomething after a break from acting between 2005-2011. Next up: For The Love Of Money (alongside Edward Furlong) and Tag .
Shia LaBeouf
The Child: Mostly stuck to TV in formative years, appearing on TV sitcom Caroline In The City aged just two. Small roles in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Holes , plus TV series Even Stevens , got his name out there.
The Adult: Star of the first three Transformer films, LaBeouf is currently looking to horizons new with dramas Lawless and Robert Redford's upcoming The Company You Keep.
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen
The Child: TV series Full House dumped this fearsome twosome in the spotlight, and the powers that be took no time turning them into a brand – which included a string of moppet-friendly movies.
The Adult: Little sis Elizabeth Olsen possibly has the adult acting career these girls always dreamed of, which could explain why they're more interested in fashion these days. Their last film was 2004 flop New York Minute .
Kurt Russell
The Child: Landed a lead role in Western TV series The Travels Of Jaimie McPheeters in 1963 when he was just 11 years old, which led to a decade-long contract with Disney during the '70s.
The Adult: Was nominated for an Emmy for 1979's Elvis , and has become an adored figure in cult circles for roles in Escape From New York, The Thing and Death Proof. That, and Overboard . Remember Overboard ?
Christina Ricci
The Child: Not every young actress can say her first ever movie co-star was Cher – except Ricci, who worked with the popstress on 1990's Mermaids . Her profile rose with roles in The Addams Family movies and Casper .
The Adult: Never a slave to her image as an 'unconventional' leading lady, Ricci's carved out an insanely varied career for herself. There were misses ( Cursed, Speed Racer ) and a torrent of hits ( Sleepy Hollow, Monster, The Opposite Of Sex ).
Corey Feldman
The Child: The '80s' poster boy for kooky kids, Feldman brought his own distinct flavour of oddness to the cult classic likes of The Goonies, Gremlins, Stand By Me and The Lost Boys. He even confronted Jason Voorhees himself in Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter.
The Adult: Feldman survived a battle with drugs and began working with young people. He moved into indie filmmaking and now divides his time between his band and movies – including sequels to The Lost Boys.
Hilary Duff
The Child: Another Disney kid, Duff's big break came with TV series Lizzie McGuire – which actually came after her movie debut, Casper Meets Wendy.
The Adult: Duff's had a rocky ride to adulthood in the critical stakes, having been nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards. She's just given birth to her first child, which we imagine will involve a break from acting for a while.
Henry Thomas
The Child: Another Spielberg beneficiary, Thomas was plucked from obscurity to play the young lead in ET: The Extra-Terrestrial . He went on to play a young Norman Bates in the less-lauded Psycho IV: The Awakening.
The Adult: Thomas has worked consistently since his ET days, appearing in everything from Gangs Of New York to Dear John . Never as the lead, mind.
Neil Patrick Harris
The Child: Debuted in Whoopi Goldberg movie Clara's Heart in 1988 before taking on the title role as Doogie Howser in the comedy-drama series.
The Adult: Now best recognisable as a womaniser in TV sitcom How I Met Your Mother , Harris has been slowly cracking the big screen with appearances in The Muppets, American Reunion and The Smurfs. Also performed at the Oscars.
Chlo Grace Moretz
The Child: Played an adorable moppet in The Amityville Horror remake and stuck to genre stuff with The Eye before kicking ass as Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass . Was JGL's sage younger sister in (500) Days Of Summer.
The Adult: On the cusp of adulthood at the grand old age of 15, Moretz is returning for another round of Hit-Girl mayhem with Kick-Ass 2, and continues her worrying trend of reboots (note: Let Me In ) with Carrie .
Jeff Bridges
The Child: Entered the fray aged nine alongside dad Lloyd and brother Beau in TV show Sea Hunt.
The Adult: One of our most prolific and still-thrilling actors. Bridges has a name for himself now as a laidback dude (see: The Big Lebowski ), but his career's a treasure trove of wonders: The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt And Lightfoot, Tron, The Fabulous Baker Boys, True Grit…
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The Child: Be-curtained in Third Rock From The Sun , a student in dog pic Beethoven and 'Young Norman' in A River Runs Through It. His teen contributions included getting his face smooshed in Halloween: H20 and getting loved up in 10 Things I Hate About You.
The Adult: Genre-hopping like a genre-loving flea, JGL's done action (Inception, Looper ), comic books ( Dark Knight Rises ) and tragi-comedy ( 50/50, 500 Days Of Summer ). One of our favourites.
Kirsten Dunst
The Child: Was directed by Woody Allen in her film debut (short film Oedipus Wrecks ) before terrifying and thrilling in equal measure as seriously messed-up young vampire Claudia in Interview With The Vampire.
The Adult: Went through a non-car-wreck teen phase (gold star results : Bring It On, The Virgin Suicides, Drop Dead Gorgeous ) before emerging with the mature likes of Melancholia and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
River Phoenix
The Child: Made his debut in Joe Dante's sci-fi fantasy Explorers in 1985 before making one of his most famous films, Stand By Me . Went on to star as Young Indy in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade.
The Adult: Made the phenomenal My Own Private Idaho in 1991, then tragically died on 31 October 1993 of a cocaine and heroin overdose.
Anna Chlumsky
The Child: Most recognisable for her role as Vada Sultenfuss in My Girl , which she filmed when she was just 11 years old. She also made sequel My Girl 2 and Trading Mom.
The Adult: Jumped back into the spotlight via scathing political comedy In The Loop . Now mostly appears in TV shows like White Collar , Covert Affairs and Army Wives.
Ron Howard
The Child: Made his first uncredited on-screen appearance aged just two (Frontier Woman ) before landing a gig on The Andy Griffith Show aged six. Went on to appear in Happy Days for six years.
The Adult: One of Hollywood's biggest directors, with two Oscars under his belt. Top credits include Frost/Nixon, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13 (and yes, Willow and Splash ).
Miley Cyrus
The Child: Rose to fame via the Disney Channel where she played Hanna Montana (and recorded the show's soundtracks). Took the show to the big screen for mucho green.
The Adult: Cyrus started growing up with rom-com The Last Song in 2010, then dated her co-star Liam Hemsworth (her "first serious boyfriend"). The relationship didn't last.
Anna Paquin
The Child: Second youngest Oscar winner in the history of the Academy Awards, nabbing a Best Supporting Actress gong aged 11 for The Piano. Also made goose movie Fly Away Home.
The Adult: Played Rogue in the X-Men f ilms before getting her kit off for saucy vamp show True Blood . Got stabbed in Scream 4.
Edward Furlong
The Child: Starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1991's phenomenal Terminator 2: Judgement Day , which would end up being his best work to date ( American History X aside), before making other-sequel Pet Sematary II .
The Adult: Has had numerous run-ins with the police, been hospitalised for suspected overdoses and slapped with a restraining order. Most high-profile recent movie credit? A bit part in The Green Hornet.
Natalie Portman
The Child: Made a cracking entrance into film via her debut performance as an orphan in Léon: The Professional. Also had roles in Heat and Beautiful Girls.
The Adult: Has ridden out the storm that was Star Wars and emerged on the other side as a fan of daft fantasy ( Your Highness ), dark thrillers ( Black Swan ) and comic-book adaptations ( Thor ). Also, gorgeous.
Macaulay Culkin
The Child: Played troublemaker Kevin McCallister in the first and second Home Alone films (after an appearance in Uncle Buck ) before going on to make Richie Rich and My Girl. Was friends with Michael Jackson.
The Adult: Dated Mila Kunis. Got arrested for possessing marijuana and other 'controlled substances'. Made a triumphant return to acting in 2004's Saved! Has lent his voice to five episodes of Robot Chicken . Generally a spotlight-avoider.
Ryan Gosling
The Child: Slightly odd-looking youngster and part of the Disney Channel's feted Mickey Mouse Club (between 1993 and 1995). After that he made films like Frankenstein And Me and The Unbelievables , neither of which you've probably seen.
The Adult: Just plain cool, really. Though The Notebook made him into a heartthrob, Gosling's resolutely done his own thing with indies like Lars And The Real Girl and the awesome '80s-inspired Drive .
Christian Bale
The Child: Was snapped up at the age of 13 by Steven Spielberg, who cast him in Empire Of The Sun . Prior to that, Bale had already starred in Mio Min Mio and three TV projects.
The Adult: Forevermore our generation's defining Batman, thanks to Christopher Nolan. Also has a reputation as a dedicated workhorse, doing anything to nail a role.
Jodie Foster
The Child: Had roles in Mayberry and The Doris Day Show before storming the big screen with Taxi Driver, aged just 13.
The Adult: One of the toughest women on film, having faced Hannibal Lector (and lived) in Silence Of The Lambs, invading crims in Panic Room and Christoph Waltz in Carnage .
Sean Astin
The Child: Inhaler-chuffing brace-wearer Mikey in The Goonies (his first ever acting role) and the kid in Dudley Moore comedy Like Father Like Son .
The Adult: Now most recognisable as Samwise Gamgee, Frodo's best friend in the Lord Of The Rings films. Astin's also a director now, having helmed episodes of Angel and Jeremiah .
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Child: Made his acting debut in underrated campy horror sequel Critters 3 before blowing us all away as a mentally disabled youngster in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
The Adult: One of the most interesting actors working today. Having outgrown his (unwanted) heartthrob image, DiCaprio's now a solid dramatic actor who's worked with the best in Hollywood


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