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Rules-Based Investing Essential for Stock Investors
by Scott O'Neil
The trait most common among successful investors is not intelligence, experience or intuition. It's discipline.
Disciplined investors actively use a set of proven rules that protect them and guide them through the ups and downs of the stock market. Those ups and downs can stir up costly emotions. Fear and greed (fed by the "noise" of numerous opinions) drive untimely buys and sells. Pride leads us to rationalize losses, and hope makes us hold on to stocks that can demolish a portfolio. Not only do rules prevent disaster, they represent a consistent approach to making profits and taking better control of your portfolio.
Control is the opposite of what most investors have felt this past decade. Since 2000, owning stocks, for all of us, has felt like being in the ring for 12 rounds with Mike Tyson. Your stock gets hit with bad news or an analyst downgrade, and then, just when you're getting up off of the mat, another earnings season is upon you. Meanwhile, that great fundamental story doesn't seem to be lifting the stock's price; you're still down on the position. Worse, you hear a choir of opinions singing the praises of buying on the dips, saying "what a great value XYZ Corp. is at current prices," so you buy more. Then one morning you log in to check your account, and your equity is down another 15% or 20% on the year. Just try combating the full range of emotions that enter the picture now. Your retirement is at stake, and you still haven't recouped losses from the 2000 bear market or maybe the 2008 bear market. Your thoughts get understandably bleak. "I can't get a break … nothing is working." Unfortunately, many individual investors are in these shoes right now.
The good news is that every bear market ends at some point, usually when investors least expect it. We all know that stocks outperform all other asset classes over the long haul. But when we are so battered and bruised from this decade, how do we stay optimistic? We do it by standing firm with our investment rules, because we know they will see us through in the end. Incorporating rules isn't necessarily about being smarter, it's about being more disciplined. When "X" happens, I do "Y." It's that simple. Even better, rules are accessible to all. No matter your investing style or experience level, the investing legend you admire—whether it's Lynch, Graham, or Buffett—has a set of rules that you can study and apply to your portfolio.
One of the biggest challenges investors face today is the overwhelming amount of investing advice that gets thrown their way. My investment team and I thus have a rule to limit the sources of information we use. Too many outside sources can create confusion, particularly if you listen to the mainstream business media's constant stream of spot analysis and conflicting recommendations on specific stocks. Buying based on another investor's recommendation, without knowing why that stock is a good idea or how it fits in your portfolio, is an approach that seldom works. Picking stocks based on a gut feeling, without doing your own research, is another recipe for failure.
Stock Selection Rules: Find the Right Ideas for You
To identify which stocks are suitable, investors must develop a set of criteria that reflects their investment methodology. Then they can find their own relevant ideas by running that criteria through a robust stock screening tool. Regardless of investment approach, screening for stocks using a tool that draws from an institutional-quality database is a must.
The most important subset of your stock selection criteria is fundamental data, particularly earnings and sales growth. In our shop, we focus on growth-oriented, entrepreneurial companies. Then we screen out all companies that are not growing profits by at least 25% each quarter. Once we're sure the fundamentals are solid, we like to see management owning shares and strong institutional sponsorship of the stock. Preferably, we want to see continuous institutional accumulation on the company's stock chart. Finally, we sort our watch list by the relative strength of each stock's industry group. By following these specific stock selection rules, we are ready to start our research with the best stocks in the best groups.
These specific rules and others I discuss throughout this article reflect my growth investment methodology, and I use them here as examples only. Whatever your strategy (value, growth at a reasonable price, income), you will become more expert in your approach and build long-term success in the stock market if you develop rules to govern your investment activity and stick to them.
Portfolio Management Rules: Balance Risk, Keep Your Holdings Manageable
Even if you pick the best stocks out there, if you have no plan for how they fit into your portfolio before you begin buying, your portfolio can pay a high price. Rather than making portfolio allocation decisions in the moment, during market hours, a sound stock portfolio strategy should be developed ahead of Monday's open. Establishing and maintaining that balance through rules adds clarity to your decision-making and another layer of defense against potential mistakes.
The portfolio management rules my team follows dictate the acceptable percentage to be invested in the market at any given time. That way, we avoid over- or under-buying based on the emotions surrounding individual stocks. Next we decide how many stocks we want to own, which depends on our portfolio size and comfort level. Key to establishing this rule for yourself is knowing how many stock positions you can manage effectively at one time.
To round out our portfolio management strategy, we have rules to determine proper diversification versus concentration. This set of rules is based on risk tolerance, which is highly personal but essential to assess before you begin operating in the market. You also need to assess the personality of each stock you are buying to make sure its volatility doesn't exceed your risk tolerance. Diversification rules also help balance portfolios against the risk of excessive industry group concentration. For example, an investor might have a rule of never being more than 25% invested in any one industry group. Portfolio management rules such as these make you less susceptible to the inevitable challenges all investors face in the stock market.
Buy Rules: Enter a Position Correctly
Just as important as codifying "what to buy" is "when to buy." Some investors question whether you can time a stock or time the market. For us, there's no question. We use charts to time the market and stocks, which has enabled us to make gains well above average and avoid the losses of major downturns. We believe timing buys and sells is one of the few advantages the individual investor has over the institutional investor.
Investors may not all agree on market timing, but we can get consensus on the purchase decision being very susceptible to emotions, especially pride. Rules trump emotions by telling you objectively the best time to buy. Most of the basic timing rules my team uses stem from observing a stock's behavior on a chart. If a stock has been running up for several weeks, the odds are it will pull back at some point. So we have a rule that prevents us from chasing an extended stock and getting caught in that pullback. We also have a rule that prevents us from buying a stock that is trending down. A downward-trending stock has a high probability of going lower before it comes back. Remember, weakness begets weakness in the stock market.
Buy rules identify areas in a stock's price movement where you can enter with the lowest risk of price decline and the highest probability of price gain. These entry points present themselves when a stock is experiencing clear signs of institutional accumulation (which you can only see on stock charts). At some point during a stock's price advancement, the price will stop rising and all gains made during the previous advance will be consolidated. Weak holders will take their profits, and the stock price will move sideways or down for several weeks. Once all of the weak holders are out, and there are no more sellers, the stock will begin to rise again. We look to buy the stock at the point where its price rises past previous highs with convincing volume. This is the sign that big money is pushing the stock back into an uptrend.
The supply and demand balance has shifted to the buy side, and the price begins to rise. Risk is lowered because weak holders have been shaken out of the stock, making the price advance unlikely to run into much resistance. Take a look at Paychex Inc. (PAYX) in Figure 1 to see these types of patterns, which we have seen repeatedly in the majority of leading growth stocks over the last 125 years.
Initiating positions by following rules and using stock charts removes guesswork from your buying decision and gives you the highest probability of success. You will increase that probability even further by continuing to monitor your position on its chart. Charts clearly show when a stock begins to behave abnormally, which is important to recognize early. Spotting this abnormal behavior is the only way to lock down your profits before they slip away. This naturally brings us to sell rules.
Sell Rules: Lock in Wins, Avoid Losses
Ideally, investors should use two sets of sell rules: one that helps them lock in a profit and one that protects them against excessive losses. As a position begins to show a large profit, or a large loss, emotions can influence your decisions more strongly. That's why sell rules are so important. They help you subdue those costly emotions and focus on the best course of action based on facts. This is not unlike a doctor consulting a chart or X-ray to confirm his course of treatment.
Our number one rule for preserving capital and preventing runaway losses is to limit losses to 8%. If we've done our homework correctly and entered the stock at the right point, our position should never be down 8%. If it is, it means we've either done something wrong or invested in a poor market environment. Either way, mistakes are always corrected immediately. Cutting losses short also keeps you out of the pride trap: "I know I picked a good company … it will come back." Or the hope trap: "I hope it will come back so I can sell it and break even."
Some investors will buy more of a losing position instead of following proper sell rules. Continuing to add shares as a stock's price is falling can lead to disastrous results, as seen in Figure 2, which shows Neutral Tandem Inc. (TNDM). It may be tempting to lower your average cost in a position when it shows a loss, but when a stock is falling no one knows how far it will drop. In the stock market, losses rarely get better as they float downstream.
Many investors have just as much trouble handling profitable positions as they do handling losses. That is why they need a set of rules that dictate when profits should be taken. Guessing is not good enough. Most leading growth stocks tend to rise 20%–25% between consolidation areas. So our rule is that we sell most stocks when they are up 20%–25%.
The best time to sell a position is when it's still going up. While a stock's price is rising, we are always on the lookout for signs that the uptrend might be slowing or weakening. We can't wait for the fundamentals of the company to deteriorate (a lagging indicator at this point), because they usually look best at the top, as seen with F5 Networks Inc. (FFIV) in Figure 3.
Instead, we look for signs that institutional investors, who are responsible for the prior uptrend in price, are now beginning to unload shares (also known as distribution). Because institutions are so massive, they can't hide their selling activity from a stock chart. You can also tell that institutions are selling shares if a stock's price is falling on above-average volume. Other negative signs include stocks making new highs on low volume, a stock repeatedly reversing off highs and/or closing near intraday lows, or when a stock begins breaking logical areas of support like key moving averages and uptrend lines. These are all reasons why we would never sell a stock without looking at a chart.
Overall Market: Make Friends With the Trend
Lastly, it's important to remember that the majority of stocks always follow the overall trend of the market. Therefore, the first market rule we follow is "the trend is our friend." No matter how great a stock's fundamentals, if the market is in a downtrend, we don't want to own it.
There are also those rare times when it is better to be fully in cash—such as 2008 (see Figure 4). When the market dropped that year, it didn't matter how strong a stock's fundamentals were or how compelling the underlying story was, all stocks got hit. The signs of abnormal market action were clear in the charts of the major indexes and leading stocks. If those investors who took a major hit had been following a set of investment rules and tracking the movement of their holdings on stock charts, they would have gotten out of the market in time.
Similar signs were apparent in charts this year. I suggested in a research note as early as May that, based on chart analysis, it was looking like the market was at or nearing a top after a tremendous run that had lasted more than two years. As I write this piece in late August, the market is down close to 20%, after two false rally attempts in July.
Rules: Stick to Them
Looking over the past decade, a clear set of investing rules has served me exceptionally well. It has enabled me to take advantage of some of the decade's most significant winners. Just as importantly, those rules have helped me avoid multiple downturns, two that were of historic proportion.
Rules are an important component of the investing process. They will protect you and guide you through the difficulties of the stock market. By arming yourself with well-thought-out rules going forward, you will be able to survive in turbulent markets and thrive in favorable ones.
But rules are only as valuable as your discipline in following them. Adopt a set of rules that aligns well with your approach to investing, whether it's growth or value—and stick to them! Remember, the next bull market is just around the corner.
Percy from IL posted over 5 years ago:
The only way to have made money in the US stock market in the last eleven years was to time it using a good trend-following system. Even a crude market timing strategy such as an 80 day simple moving average trendline crossover of the S&P500 index would have done far better than a buy and hold approach. In other words buy a listed indexed fund when the index moves above the trendline and sell it when it falls below that line.
We are in a secular bear market that started in 2000 and may last for many years more. Only by riding the market's uptrends and avoiding its downtrends can one make capital gains in a sideways or downwards swinging market.
For instance check out www.markettiming.com.au; an Australian trend-following site for the emperical evidence to support such an approach.
Emory from NV posted over 5 years ago:
All rules are out since the government, banks, fed, etc. have begun manipulating the market.
Let's face it, the individual investor is screwed.
Allen from OK posted over 5 years ago:
We've all probably heard about the 6-10% loss cutting rule, but I've always had a tendancy to hold my winners perhaps too long. Problem is, you can't use a simple set of rules to apply towards all positions. If one had sold out after having a 20-25% gain on Apple, I'd bet they'd be kicking themselves.
James from OH posted over 5 years ago:
This is a very good article. I offer these observations about it and some additional thoughts.
1 - The author says "…. investors must develop a set of criteria …." and "stick to them." I'd take it a step further. Write down your criteria. Make a list of criteria for buying and another list for selling. Why? I suspect that most investors are like I was when I first developed and started using strategies. I didn't write them down and what I discovered happening was that I (almost unconsciously) changed the strategy as I used it. "Discipline" is achieved by using the same strategy over and over again. If you keep changing it, down the road, you won't know what worked well and what worked poorly.
2 - Once you develop and write down a strategy, back-test it (or at least forward-test it with paper transactions). You wouldn't use a strategy that produced poor results in the past, would you?
3 – While the author initially endorses "disciple", he indicates that his team's decisions as to how many stocks to own depends on (a) how many stocks they want to own and (b) his team's "comfort" level. Also, in his "Portfolio Management Rules" section, he says an investor needs to assess the "personality" of each stock. It strikes me that "comfort" and "personality" rules are likely to be pretty soft.
4 – It gets somewhat lost in the detail of the article, but the approach that the author says his team uses starts with 'Fundamentals Analysis' and stock screens and then they use 'Technical Analysis' to determine when to buy and sell.
5 - Fundamental analysis is virtually irrelevant when it comes to investing in mutual funds and ETFs, which is what I suspect may investors do. With mutual funds, an investor has delegated the analysis and decision making to the mutual fund manager. With ETF's the fundamentals data is either extremely hard to obtain and update or doesn't exist.
6 – The problem I've observed with most stock screens I've read about is that they only tell you which stocks currently meet the criteria. They don't tell you what kind of investment results you would have made by investing in those stocks which met the criteria a year ago (or two years ago). (That's a form of back-testing.) Certainly, some screening software (notably, AAII's Stock Investor Pro) can do this, but it takes a fair amount of additional effort to set it up.
7 – In his "Buy Rules" section, the author says stocks that are trending up for several weeks will pull back at some point (that's a BGOTO!) and stocks that are trending down have a high probability of continuing down before coming back. While I can't deny this, I'd like to see the supporting evidence.
8 – The author stated that the detail rules provided in the article apply to his "growth" investment methodology. I'd like to know what his rules are to decide to use a "growth" versus "value" versus some other methodology.
9 – While "timing the market" has somewhat gone out of fashion in many investing circles, the author clearly states that is what he does which he says has enabled him to make gains well above the average and avoid big losses.
Jim Grant
Solon, Ohio
Per from IL posted over 5 years ago:
As far as I am concerned, owning individual stocks is not suitable for individual investors. As for equity mutual funds, they have been no bargain either.
Fixed income, (domestic, foreign,EM)has outperformed most equity fund combinations and with only a fraction of the volatility.
Herb from CA posted over 5 years ago:
Buy and hold can result in steady gains over the long term - I've done it for years. I don't claim to be Warren Buffett, but I use his strategy. You need to find solid companies that have a proven track record of performance, those with a "wide moat" and a history of dividend payments and growth. A good starting point is to look at the "Dividend Aristocrats" of the S & P (just Google the phrase. You need to do a little study, but its not that hard. Be sure you understand what the company produces and if they do it well.
Robert from AZ posted over 5 years ago:
If "all the charts and indicators" you mentioned were pointing to the 2008 decline and those who were aware of these trends got out safely.
When one analyzes the mass of losses racked up by "professional" investors with very familiar firms and brokerages, and realizes that less than 1% of professional traders did not incur losses, many of which were well over 30% declines.
If the "pros" either did not follow your advice or had alternate strategies, then do you think it reasonable to assume that the "average" or even "sophisticated" investor was "able to get out safely"?
I found this article "entertaining" and extremely naive.
With respect to your comment (which I believe to be true) that all bear markets end sometime.....the damage done by the literal collapse of the investment banks and resulting losses to thousands of citizens will most likely take many, many years to be recovered and if we have a "new bull market" in the near future, most investors will not have enought funds to invest.
Larry from NY posted over 5 years ago:
Scott O'Neil is the son of William O'Neil founder of Investor's Business Daily (IBD) which for a retail investor is way better than the Wall Street Journal. William O'Neil also authored the book "How to Make Money In Stocks" which is in it's 4th or later edition. The system spoken of works if you follow it, but the secret to it is to only buy "leaders in the market" or what institutional buyers are buying and to watch when they stop buying and start selling. My advice is to look into it, the book is less than $20 and to look into a "Meetup" group near you on Meetup.com that is a IBD sponsored group. Hopefully you'll find one near by. Attend 4 -5 meetings and if they are run right it may change your thoughts and your personally taking charge of your own investing decisions on individual stocks. It really runs parallel with AAII on fundamentals but goes further on charting and technicals for when to buy and sell.
Patrick from NH posted over 4 years ago:
While I agree with the theme and most of the statements made in the article, my overall impression is that the article is long on generalities and very, very short on specifics. Other than the statement about limiting losses to no more than 8%, there was little else in the article. While Mr. O'Neil is certainly a very successful investor, he gave no information about what buy and sell rules that he uses. I am sure that he would not give away the store by giving all the specifics of his investing strategy but he could have provided a few more specific examples. Overall, the article was interesting and entertaining but had a very low investor-education value.
Raymond from NC posted over 4 years ago:
Subscribe to IBD and you will learn all the rules and so much more. Go to your local library and check it out in the newspaper section.
Michael from NY posted over 4 years ago:
I like the article. The premise is rules lead to better investment decisions. My experiences bears this out. I doubt the author could specify criteria. Risk tolerance differs among investors. Criteria would logically be different for different portfolio strategies. The value added by investors must be in the development, application and modification of rules.
Ron from OH posted over 4 years ago:
I will speak based on my record since 2006. Except for last year when I made only about 8%, I have averaged between 11 and 23% gains,without a losing year. I developed a set of rules in 2006 before that my gains and losses were all over the map. The rules I have is when the SP-500 breaks its 50 week exponential moving average, I close all stock positions, tighten my stop losses, and go to cash and/or maybe bonds depends on the interest environment. I never lose more than 10% on any investment period. If you are down 10% you are wrong. Sell. I like to stocks that are growing in both revenues and profits, but I only buy when the price is between the 13 and 26 day exponential moving averages( Alex Elder's Rules) and the stock has at least a 10 point possible gain (Martha Stokes rules). I believe in buy high and sell higher. I move my stop loss up as the chart indicates, realizing I will never make the last dollar. I never ever average down. I did it once for Pfizer and lost a lot. That was how I learned the 10% loss rule, a hard painful and expensive lesson. Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth


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10 Overlooked Tax Breaks
Sweet tax deductions for individuals that often get forgotten
With October 15 behind us and April 15 still comfortably far away, its a good time to start boning up on ways to save your clients money once things start getting serious.
With that in mind, Bankrate.com identified 10 great deductions that individual taxpayers should use but often forget.
Sure, the donation is deductible, but so are expenses incurred while doing charitable work including possibly cleaning your candy-stripers outfit, or your mileage on your car for taking all those (insert life-saving materials here) to those (insert needy recipient here).
Not only can you deduct many moving expenses when you relocate you can even deduct your very first relocation say, after college.
Costs associated with looking for a new job while in a current job are deductible, as long as the taxpayer itemizes and the costs, along with other miscellaneous itemized expenses, exceed 2 percent of the taxpayers adjusted gross income.
Reservists and members of the National Guard who travel more than 100 miles in a day and stay overnight for training can deduct related expenses.
Child care costs for looking after the rugrats during the summer can be deductible, too but only for day-camp, not sleep-away camp. Care expenses for adult dependents may also be deductible.
If a taxpayer used the proceeds of a mortgage refinancing to improve their principal residence, they may be able to deduct the points paid on the load for the year of purchase.
Various miscellaneous medical costs like travel expenses to and from treatments may help taxpayers reach the 7.5 percent of AGI threshold for claiming medical expenses.
The Retirement Savings Contribution Credit aims to get moderate- and low-income taxpayers to save, and can be worth as much as $1,000 on contributions to an eligible retirement account.
Theres tons here, including deductions for tuition and fees, the Lifetime Learning Credit, and the American Opportunity Tax Credit. If the taxpayer is getting any kind of education, theyre worth looking into.
While not quite as generous as before, there are still credits worth up to $500 for energy-efficient home improvements available for 2011 returns.

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Man. That January 7th to 14th West trip is horrible. That'll be a test for the boys.
And dude, I don't know if it happens to anyone else or if it's just me, but that Lebron sig freezes up my page occasionally. And besides, do we really care that he's not a Knick? Delete it man.


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My son is 6 months old and I've been breastfeeding him exclusively and my cycle hasn't returned yet (probably due to the fact that I'm breastfeeding).
Well, I've been having extremely bad hot flashes sporadically throughout the day and for hours at night (I usually can't get any rest until right before dawn). It feels horrible. I get all tingly and this awful pressure and then the hot flash goes into full force with heart palpitations and so far I haven't been able to get anything to alleviate them.
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Confronting doubtsAugust 31,2014An op-ed piece appearing in these pages last Sunday has struck a nerve among advocates for the single-payer health care plan that is due to be unveiled this January.
Paul Ralston, a Democratic House member from Middlebury who is not running for re-election, warned that the poor performance of Vermont Health Connect, the states new health care exchange, has created doubts about the states ability to manage a new single-payer plan. He warned legislators against becoming lemmings marching to the sea in a mindless embrace of a plan that would not work.
The common thread among responses has been that the exchange and the single-payer system are two separate and quite different projects and the purpose of single payer is to avoid the complications that have made the exchange such a mess.
Meanwhile, those designing the new system have many variables to juggle as they develop a plan that provides affordable, universal, comprehensive coverage for all Vermonters. And in some areas there is good news that might bode well for the future of health care and for single payer.
A story last week in The New York Times charted the changing forecasts for the growth in spending for Medicare. For the past six years forecasts for Medicare spending have steadily declined so that the difference between the current forecast for spending in 2019 and the forecast for that year that was made four years ago is $95 billion. The shrinking cost estimates for future Medicare spending mean that future federal deficits can also be expected to shrink.
Vermonts single-payer system is not Medicare. But shrinking costs for Medicare could well be an indicator of shrinking costs more generally in health care. And cost projections about health care spending in Vermont will help determine whether legislators face a lemming-like leap off a cliff or a steady march toward affordable, universal care.
Health care officials are well aware of the importance of containing costs, and many projects are under way, with some success, in bending the cost curve downward. Initiatives to manage chronic illnesses more effectively are helping to restrain spending for costly conditions such as diabetes or heart disease. Widening awareness of the danger of obesity has allowed physicians to focus on improving health rather than merely racking up a steadily growing tally of treatments for Vermonters worsening health.
The many moving parts of the health care system will require constant attention by state health officials. Thomas Huebner, president of Rutland Regional Medical Center, testified before the Green Mountain Care Board that he suspects high-deductible health care plans for which people have signed up on Vermont Health Connect have led to increased patient debt. He said he saw increased hospital usage before those plans kicked in because, he surmised, patients didnt want to pay high deductibles for the treatments they needed.
If Huebners suspicions about the high-deductible plans are valid, it would be an indicator that Vermont Health Connect is failing to achieve one of the major goals of health care reform freeing consumers from high-deductible plans that do no good for the policyholder.
One of the conditions for a workable single-payer plan is that it is affordable. Affordability means that health care costs will have to be contained and that the cost to taxpayers does not become overly burdensome. Supporters of single payer say that unless these conditions can be met a plan will not be enacted. And yet decisions about going forward may hinge on judgment calls about what is an affordable tax and how fast we expect costs to rise.
There are unintended consequences. Another New York Times report showed how the expansion of Medicaid coverage under Obamacare has led to a booming new demand for mental health care and that lack of sufficient providers in Kentucky has led to long wait times. A wait time of that sort might be characterized as rationing, except before Obamacare, there was often no line to wait in. Now at least there is a line.
Forward-thinking policymaking requires a willingness to embrace the complexity of the task. The health care system is in flux, with much promise for major improvements. To achieve those breakthroughs we cannot become timid before the inevitable problems and doubts. Nor can we remain dogmatic about a desired solution.
The state and nation have embarked on a grand endeavor to fix a system that has become cruelly distorted by market forces, greed, haphazard growth and the unwillingness of the people to believe in their power to achieve great ends. Doubt is natural and useful as long as it does not become transformed into paralyzing fear.MORE IN PerspectiveVermonters have waited patiently for almost nine months now an exceedingly long period of time,... Full StoryEducation was in the shadows during the presidential election. Full StoryBricks. The wall was full of bricks. Full Story
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Laurier opens research centre for sustainable food systems
Communications, Public Affairs & Marketing
Nov 12/13| For Immediate Release
Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer, Director, Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
Lori Chalmers Morrison, Acting Director
WATERLOO The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems will be officially launched with a series of events beginning at 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 14 at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, room 142.
The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to study sustainable food systems, and to increase opportunities for more sustainable food systems by disseminating their knowledge through local, national and global networks. www.wlu.ca/research/food
The opening event will begin with a panel discussion on sustainable food systems from 45:30 p.m. Panellists include a mix of researchers and community members who are experts on a range of food sustainability topics:
- Simon Dalby, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Chair in the Political Economy of Climate Change, (Balsillie School of International Affairs/Wilfrid Laurier University)
- Karen Landman, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph
- Theresa Schumilas, PhD student, operator of the Garden Party Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Food Club in Waterloo, and expert on local food policy
- Av Singh, expert on organic agriculture and inaugural holder of the JustUs! Chair in Small Farm Sustainability at the Centre for Small Farms in Nova Scotia
- Randy Whittaker, a graduate of the University of Guelph and general manager of the Ontario Natural Food Co-op
A reception celebrating the launch of the Centre will be held from 5:30 6:30 p.m., followed by keynote speaker, Bryan Gilvesy, recipient of the Ontario Ministers Award for Environmental Excellence in Small Business and the Canadian Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Award. Gilvesy is the owner of the Yu Ranch and eastern Canada lead for community-developed, farmer-delivered Alternative Land Use Services.
Admission is free, but space is limited and registration is requested by clicking here.
Both the panel and the keynote are still accepting registrations, and while the reception is full, there is a waitlist.


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BSC's J. D. Carpenter to Address State College System Central Office Staff (w/photo)
J.D. Carpenter, Bluefield State College's Director of Campus Life, will present a "Team-Building Workshop," for State College System central office personnel later this month. The workshop, which Carpenter conducted for this summer's Regional Leadership Student Retreat in Bluefield, focuses upon the "dynamics of adjusting your style of leadership to work with individuals who may not share your professional viewpoints," according to the BSC campus life director. More than 60 central office personnel will attend the workshop, September 30 in Charleston.


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(R-L) Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov, General Secretary of the Communist Party Josef Stalin, & German Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact in Moscow, Aug 23, 1939.
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"Preventing Enemy Coalitions: How Wedge Strategies Shape Power Politics"
Journal Article, International Security, volume 35, issue 4, pages 155-189
Spring 2011
Author: Timothy Crawford, Former Associate, International Security Program, 2006-2009
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Quarterly Journal: International Security
States use wedge strategies to prevent hostile alliances from forming or to disperse those that have formed. These strategies can cause power alignments that are otherwise unlikely to occur, and thus have significant consequences for international politics. How do such strategies work and what conditions promote their success? The wedge strategies that are likely to have significant effects use selective accommodationconcessions, compensations, and other inducementsto detach and neutralize potential adversaries. These kinds of strategies play important roles in the statecraft of both defensive and offensive powers. Defenders use selective accommodation to balance against a primary threat by neutralizing lesser ones that might ally with it. Expansionists use selective accommodation to prevent or break up blocking coalitions, isolating opposing states by inducing potential balancers to buck-pass, bandwagon, or hide. Two casesGreat Britains defensive attempts to accommodate Italy in the late 1930s and Germanys offensive efforts to accommodate the Soviet Union in 1939help to demonstrate these arguments. By paying attention to these dynamics, international relations scholars can better understand how balancing works in specific cases, how it manifests more broadly in international politics, and why it sometimes fails in situations where it ought to work well.
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Behind The Image: Will HarrisThis week on the blog we're running a new mini-series from a few chosen photographers that will be explaining the "behind the scenes" experience of creating one of their images.
Imagine for a second that when you step outside the only thing that crosses your mind is that your skin is on fire. Followed by your body's feeble attempt to cool it's self down, you feel drops of sweat pouring down your face. Now if that were not enough, you're also stressing about the moisture that is building up in your camera, potently damaging you film. Lifting the camera to your eye, you manually focus on the subject, press the shutter, and pray that you got the shot. This is my typical thought process most days as I photograph the soldiers in my unit. About 50% of the photos of them are shots of them working, but occasionally I do get to pull them aside and photograph them in a more artistic manner.
My two main cameras of choice are a Mamiya 645 1000s, and my Rolleiflex F2.8 (a gift from a fellow NCO). As for film, I use anything I can get ahold of. Being deployed, I am limited to whoever ships out to where I am stationed. Most of the time, the film that I use is bought with donations, mainly from the families of the soldiers I'm deployed with, or sometimes random people that come across my photos on Flickr. As far as developing goes, I use a changing bag to get my film into a canister, and develop it in our restroom sinks. From there, the negatives get air dried in my room.
The following photographs are from a personal series, "Stuck on Deployment." The idea stemmed from the fact that being deployed isn't easy for most of these men and women. Most have spouses and children that they have left behind to serve their country. Being away from home always introduces the feeling of isolation. That longing to be home almost feels like if you were prisoner to your own situation. In addition to the main overall theme, I always love trying to get my subjects to express more specific emotions, such as desperation, longing, and distant memories to name a few.
Shooting at night and using the ambient light provided from our guard tower, I metered off of their faces and set my camera according to those settings, 1/30th of a sec at F2.8 for most shots. I used a Rolleiflex F2.8 loaded with Kodak's Ektar 100. The film was metered at 400 and pushed during development using Tetenal's C41 developing kit.
Occasionally to get a point across, I may put one of the soldiers into a situation that may be hard to explain if someone were to walk up on the photo session. As a sergeant, it would have been difficult to explain to higher as to why I had a soldier stuck in constantine wire, such as for this photo (top image) of Private First Class Edmonson. I'm pretty sure that "for the sake of photography" would not have made the cut (no pun intended).
This image (below) is of Staff Sergeant Bradley. It was supposed to be a shot of him behind a barrier also, but his response to the idea was that 'he was a grown man, and men don't hide behind barriers'. So instead, we compromised and he rested his back against one. I feel that the photograph still expresses the theme of the series, while also retaining his personality.
Bio: Will Harris is an Air Defender in the United States Army. Currently he serves with Delta Battery, 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment.
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Posted by Rodger the Real King of France | 2/08/2013 09:01:00 AM | PERMALINK
I just happened to stop back by... maybe it was the birth certificate sillyness. You were sure the bastard would never make it to his first inauguration.
When the birth certificate crap kept going on I was sure he would be a two term president.
Could be there are just a bunch'a new conservative websites out there with more "hang the bastards" and less cooking.
Hey, you're still #151 in my playbook, Rodge.
Nah, I think it's just that blogs are not fashionable any more. FB and Twitter. You don't have to think nearly as much to hang out in those bars. Which is why I won't be dropping in there.
You never forget your first and the good thing is, I can keep coming back!
Your still the best dude.
I've limited myself to 3 blogs per day with no limit on repeats: C & S, GOC, and KisP.
For me it's all about well-aimed snark, oblique perspective, clarity of expression, pillorying twits, and a firm grip on reality . . . all just eclectic enuf to avoid humdruminess and seasoned with just the right amount of bathroom humor, satire, and paranoia.
Oh please. Mine didn't even make the top 200. And that phony baloney greatsatansgirlfriend dumpsterfest came in at 197. And Stoaty at 180? I mean, I love her, but srsly, a chicken & banjo photoshop blog?
You know the New King of France has competition now, eh?
Mais oui, mon cher monshure...
I come here 3-5 times a day. Maybe you should get a visitor counter? Or a thumbs up/down thingy. I rarely leave a comment because it's too hard, I mean I have to log into blogspot first and besides, It's better to be thought a fool than to post a comment and remove all doubt.
You're the first one I check every morning, and the last one at night. Mom reads you regularly, too. Sometimes I think that I have a blog just so Mom and I can find GOC, SondraK and RRKOF fast and easy. Keep doing what you do!
"...I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member..."
None of those other guys are royalty, Rodger, just remember.
...uhhh...YEAH!. What all of them above me said!
Listen, yer Highness; as a loooonng-time lurker, as long as you keep layin' it down, I'll keep pickin' it up!
Drive ON, good Sir! DRIVE ON!
That's all well and good. "we all love rodgie oh yesh yesh yesh we do." Kumbaya, etc.
Hit his tip jar and show him how you really feel........
Sir H the (challenge issued) Comet.
I keep going to the URL you posted, and it keeps disappearing before I have a chance to read the list. What is the trick?
Boss, this should cheer you up:
Yes. The sincerest form of flattery is cash. But beer is almost as good!
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DAVID CHAMPOUILLONAffiliation:
Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies, East Tennessee State University
Columnist - The Brass Herald
Director - ETSU Jazz Program
Director - ETSU Faculty Brass
Leader - The Jazz Doctors
Artist's BiographyA graduate of the famed jazz programs at both the University of Miami and the University of Northern Colorado, Dr. David Champouillon is a Performing Artist for Bach Trumpets, Professor of Trumpet and Jazz at East Tennessee State University, director of the ETSU Jazz Program, leader of The Jazz Doctors, and director / first trumpet of the ETSU Faculty Brass. He has also performed as a member of The Lenore Raphael Quartet at the Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club (Miami Beach, FL) the Sarasota Jazz Club (FL), Dazzle Jazz Club (Denver) and the Tri-Cities Jazz Fest. He is in demand throughout the nation in all genres, especially in the performance medium of jazz trumpet and Baroque trumpet literature. He has been a frequent soloist with various orchestras, wind ensembles, jazz ensembles, and brass groups throughout the country, having performed in over 30 states and Canada. He has performed and presented master classes at various schools including the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music, and the Lamont School of Music (Denver University). His students perform in major military bands, professionally and academically, at leading undergraduate and graduate programs, and consistantly place in national competitions as finalists and winners.
A former solo trumpet in both classical and jazz idioms in the United States Air Force Band system at age twenty, he has also been a featured soloist with the Hellenic Camerata, Westminster Chamber Orchestra, Ogden City Concert Band, Johnson City Community Concert Band, ETSU Wind Ensemble, Johnson City Symphony, University of Northern Colorado Orchestra, and Skaneateles Brass Ensemble,. He has performed at the Budweiser Jazz Festival, Budweiser Rhythm and Blues Festival, Tri-Cities Jazz Fest, Highlands Jazz Festival, Notre Dame Jazz Festival, and the Greeley Jazz Festival. He is the former Principal Trumpet of the Salt Lake Symphony, Utah Chamber Orchestra, Ballet West, Utah Opera, Ash Lawn-Highland Opera Company, Utah Festival Orchestra, Skaneateles Brass Ensemble, and Johnson City Civic Chorale. Extensive performance credits also include the Utah Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Lehigh Chamber Orchestra, Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, the Syracuse Symphony, Danville Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, Symphony of the Mountains, Southern Mississippi Festival Orchestra, Vince DiMartino, The Temptations, The Drifters, The Moody Blues, Marvin Hammlisch, Mel Torme, Marvin Stamm, Rufus Reid, Ed Soph, Bill Mays, John Blake, Avery Sharpe, Butch Reid, Sumi Tonooka, Ed Shaugnessy, John Jensen, Don Menza, Arturo Sandoval, Disney Ice Shows, Jerry Butler, Gary Graffman, and Su Li.
A two time Downbeat award winner for Best College Big Band, Dr. Champouillon is also an adjudicator for the National Trumpet Competition - Jazz Trumpet Division, published author, including Bill Pfund�s Beginning and Intermediate Trumpet Methods, and International Trumpet Guild Journal and Conference lecturer. His biography, accomplishments and opinions are listed in two books (�The Pros Speak � Embouchure� and �Trumpeter�s Pocketbook II�) as one of notable trumpeters in the world. Recordings include two United States Air Force Band albums, a UNC Jazz Ensemble CD, Syracuse Symphony CD, and the NEA funded �Appalachian Harmony�. He also is a jazz columnist for The Brass Herald, brass reviewer for Oxford University Press, jazz reviewer for Prentice Hall and McGraw-Hill, and has been named to Who�s Who In America (2002-2006).
Prior faculty positions include Roanoke College, the International FAME Festival, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, University of Northern Colorado, University of Utah, and Eastern Illinois University. Degrees include the Doctor of Arts in Music - Trumpet Pedagogy / Performance and Theory / Composition from the University of Northern Colorado, the Master of Arts in Music - Trumpet Performance from Eastern Illinois University, the Bachelor of Music in Studio Music and Jazz from the University of Miami, and the Associate of Applied Science � Music from Onondaga Community College (State University of New York.) He has studied trumpet extensively with the late Elliott Topalian (Syracuse, NY), the late James Mosher (Syracuse, NY), Daniel Sapochetti (Associate Principal Trumpet, retired - Syracuse Symphony), Laurie McGaw (Associate Principal Trumpet, retired � San Francisco Symphony Orchestra), the late Gilbert Johnson (Solo Trumpet, The Philadelphia Orchestra), Edward Gornik (Co-Principal Trumpet, retired � Utah Symphony), George Coble (Principal Trumpet � Syracuse Symphony), and William Fielder (Rutgers University, teacher of Wynton Marsalis).
Prior contributions to the ITG include four feature articles in the ITG journal, numerous news event stories, chairing the 2004 ITG Trumpet Preludes committee, presenting lectures and performing on several world premiere pieces at ITG conferences, conducting the ETSU Trumpet Ensemble on preludes, and performing in the Festival of Trumpets concerts. At the 2006 conference he was chair of the Jazz Improvisation competition.
Artist's InfluencesGilbert Johnson, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Laurie McGaw, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Clifford Brown, Jazz Trumpet
Clark Terry, Jazz Trumpet


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Believe it or not, that 21-letter monstrosity that reads and sounds more like gibberish is, in fact, an actual word.
Also known as the wedge-tail triggerfish, the humuhumu (abbreviated for my sanity) is the state fish of Hawaii.
It's also the word that got me serenaded off the stage of the Woodstock Opera House last weekend by someone I thought for a moment might have been the reincarnation of John Belushi. (I'll explain in a moment.)
As I wrote in this space several weeks ago, I made my grand reappearance on the stage for the first time in, well, about 36 years as a guest audience speller in the musical-comedy "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
As the title suggests, the play centers on a fictional spelling bee and its unusual cast of characters. It was produced and performed by the nonprofit TownSquare Players, McHenry County's oldest active theater troupe.
Paul Lockwood, the troupe's president and the play's co-producer, invited me to be one of four audience members who joined the ensemble cast on stage for last Sunday's performance. That's one of the fun and unique things about this particular play – the fact that members of the audience participate to a small degree in each performance. That means that each show is a little different from the others because the guest spellers change each time.
In between extremely funny comedy skits and musical numbers that offer a glimpse into the psyche of the main characters, an actual spelling bee occurs.
In order for the play to reach its climax, the audience spellers have to be eliminated from the bee so the pros can finish their job.
That leads me to "humuhumu."
Early in the bee, I and the other audience members were tossed a few softballs. "Cow" was one of the words a fellow audience speller was given. I correctly spelled "atheist" and two others before it was time for me to exit stage left.
That's when I was asked to spell "humuhumunukunukuapua'a."
As I stood in front of a near-capacity audience at the Opera House, I was certain that the word was made up just for this particular play as a way to get me off the stage. I laughed a little and mumbled a few incoherent letters before the bell rang, signaling that I spelled it incorrectly.
Well, no kidding.
That's when John Belushi – actor Jimmy Lundstrom actually, playing an hysterical but not-so-comforting comfort counselor, who during my stage fright looked a lot like a gruff Belushi – sang the "Goodbye" song to me as my two children, in the audience with my wife, covered their faces in agonized, embarrassed horror.
Poor kids.
I got to enjoy the rest of the show from the audience with my family – and we enjoyed it tremendously. It was after the performance that my wife informed me that "humuhumu" is an actual word.
What do you know?
In addition to Lundstrom, I want to recognize the other talented actors who made this nine-performance run so entertaining. They are:
• Carrie MacDonald, who played Rona Lisa Peretti, a former bee champion and moderator of this bee.
• Joel Bennett, who played Chip Tolentino, a Boy Scout and defending champion.
• Dayna Palya, who played Logainne SchwartzandGrubenierre, the youngest speller who has two fathers.
• Daniel Rosenfield, who played Leaf Coneybear, who makes it to the county bee only because the top two finishers of his district's bee had scheduling conflicts.
• Scott Bussert, who played William Barfee (he pronounces it Barfay), who uses his magic foot to help him spell words correctly.
• Jessica Buehler, who played Olive Ostrovsky, a newcomer to the bee whose parents are too busy to make it to the competition.
• Melina Rey, who played Marcy Park, who recently moved to Putnam County from Virginia, and who placed ninth in last year's nationals.
• Tim Vance, who played Vice Principal Doug Panch, a returning judge who stepped away from the bee five years earlier after an unfortunate "incident."
Of course, there were many behind-the-scenes contributors as well, including a live orchestra (Barb Klein on piano; Karen Stein on reeds; Kristin Lundine on trombone; Kyle Schneider on keyboard; Dave Byers on percussion; and Rosemarie Aiello conducting.)
Roger Zawacki directed.
Although I have to admit that I had never been to a TownSquare Players production before, after this wonderful experience, I guarantee I'll be back.
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Worthy cause: Hearthstone Communities is gearing up for its annual "Jazzed About Community" dinner and auction fundraiser, to be held at 6 p.m. April 20 at Village Hall Banquets in Union.
Jazz also is the entertainment theme. Glazz, a Latin Jazz group from Woodstock featuring Chicago vocalist Judith Honesty, will perform.
Hearthstone, formerly known as Woodstock Christian Life Services, is a faith-based nonprofit that provides a wide range of services for children and senior citizens.
Popular auctioneer and Woodstock Mayor Brian Sager will auction off a number of great items, including a South Africa photo safari and a Colorado resort vacation.
Tickets are $75 a person or $140 a couple, with options to purchase a table of 8 and 10.
To buy tickets, visit shawurl.com/jtg or call Hearthstone's Deb Rabine at 815-321-4039. Proceeds go to support Hearthstone's great services.
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Happy Easter: Today is Easter Sunday, that special day when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It's also a day of renewal, of forgiveness, of rebirth and of hope.
The past several years, I've celebrated Easter with my sister and her family, who made it a tradition to drive here from Pennsylvania. Schedules didn't allow that this year, unfortunately. So we'll be missing them.
Regardless, I hope everyone has a great Easter Sunday.
• Crystal Lake resident Dan McCaleb is group editor for Shaw Media's suburban publications, which include the Northwest Herald. Reach him at 815-526-4603, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Dan_McCaleb.


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See Retailer Contact Information BelowCPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Travel Tender Play Yards
Units: About 25,000
Importer: Simplicity, Inc. and SFCA, Inc., of Reading, Pa. (The firms appear to no longer conduct day to day operations)
Hazard: One or more rails can collapse unexpectedly, posing a fall or entrapment hazard to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: CPSC is aware of at least five reports of one or more rails collapsing. No injuries have been reported.
Description: The recalled play yards are portable and were sold with a bassinet, changing table and mobile features. The play yards bear the "Simplicity" logo. The model numbers are 5500DRM, 5500WDS, 5500FEL, 5501FEL, 5502MON, 5520PRO, 5550HAN, 5700MAN, and 5750MIR. The model number is located on a sticker on one of the legs underneath the play yard.
Sold at: Burlington Coat Factory stores nationwide and online at Babiesrus.com, Target.com and Kohls.com from March 2005 through January 2009 for about $100.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the play yards and return them to the place of purchase for a refund or replacement product.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact the following retailers:
-Burlington Coat Factory, of Burlington, N.J. Call toll-free at (888) 223-2628 between 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
-Babies R Us, of Wayne, N.J. Call (800) 869-7787 between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday ET or visit the firm's Web site at www.babiesrus.com-Target, of Minneapolis, Minn. Call (800) 440-0680 between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit the firm's Web site at www.target.com-Kohl's Department Stores, of Menomonee Falls, Wis. Call toll-free at (866) 887-8884 between 7a.m. and 3 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit the firm's Web site at www.kohls.com
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The Beauty of September Baseball
Right after Derek Jeter gets his historic hit, Ichiro takes the pen from Jeter to write his page in the eternal textbook of baseball, or maybe just continue his own chapter. Everyone knows who Ichiro Suzuki is, the hitting phenom from Japan, who happened to snag both the MVP and Rookie of the Year awards in his rookie season. It's not that he is underrated; I think that everyone respects and acknowledges what he has done, and what he continues to do. However, I kind of see him as the unsung hero of Major League Baseball. A man who always shines, yet remains in the shadows.
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Love the post,
and thanks for commenting,
and for my next post I WILL do it on "Four reasons why the Indians will be good." Count on it.😉
Just for you.
Love the Ichiro picture, all good ones are taken at Progressive Field!!😉
And playoff baseball brings out the craziness of fans,
and the hearts of cities alike.
Be ready for some crazy antics.😉
Ted's Take
There's no denying that Ichiro is a great player. Lots of guys get taken for granted, I agree, but the fact is everyone does know how good Ichiro is. They just don't tend to remember, I suppose.
Or something like that.
The "these games count" thing really is silly, I agree. A win in April is just as crucial as a win in September, perhaps even more so. Those are the games that put you on top and let you assert yourself.
I think we don't hear about Ichiro as much as other big stars because he plays for Seattle and they haven't been contenders for awhile. It's tough to make noise when your team is off playing golf in October. If the Mariners were in the playoffs, Ichiro's name would be everywhere. Congrats on Dice K's start last night. You must be thrilled about it!
I agree with Jane. If Ichiro was with the Redsox he would get a ton of more headlines and more attention nationally. He is a great player.
Have to tell you.
Ichiro get the press west of the Mississippi River while Jeter get it world wide.
For the most part we already know that Jeter will be an instant first year ballot Hall of Famer.
Ichiro might have to fight a bit of prejudice that he played professionally overseas and was an All-Star even before he put on his Mariner's 51 jersey.
But it also says a lot if a professional league will let you go by your fursat name on the back of your jersey.
If you did not know…..his last name is Suzuki.
But in that same problem there is a solution.
We should just honor the good of the game from this day on without borders and without labels and titles.
Great players no matter what deserve to be in Cooperstown….period.
Rays Renegade
I was glad that I got to see Ichiro-san at Dodger Stadium during the World Baseball Classic. He is an exciting player to watch. I could also see how much of a hero he is to the Japanese communitiy. I saw lots of fans with Ichiro t-shirt or jerseys and the excitement he generated when he came to bat. Maybe you are right that he gets taken for granted because he consistently does well.
I love September calls also. Is fun watching the guys that I have seen in the minor league, at Spring Training or that I follow online.
I don't know if playing in the WBC affected Dice-K. I know the Dodger closer Jonathan Broxton said he learned from being part of the USA team. Dice-K looked great in his last start. Congrats.
I love the call-ups as well. It is so much fun to see some of these young players finally get a taste of the bigs…and, it is at the most important time of the season! Good luck to them all!
So far so good… wow, what a series between the Red Sox and Angels!! Drama with a CAPITAL "D"!
I have to agree with Cliff – with the exception of the Dodgers, west coast teams get very little press here on the east coast. It's hard to say if that is right or wrong, it's just a fact.
I have to assume you are pretty happy with the Angels series as well? What more can you ask for of September baseball? It was all there… playing out in Fenway. I can't wait for October!
Ichiro is a great player for sure,I think he may be underesimated cuz he plays for the Mariners which sucks,Its kinda the same with Joe Mauer although he does get credit,but he should get more too.
Great game last night by the Sox!
I would totally believe that fans take Ichiro's talent for granted. What a phenomenal player he is! I also love September baseball because I love to see the depth added to the roster, however, it also is a reminder of how close the season is to ending… I guess it's like a love/hate relationship.
It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling when other bloggers write about Ichiro :] Especially from such an amazing writer like yourself!!! Thank you on behalf of Ichiro, haha! Anyway, another great entry from you as always! Adore reading them! xoxo http://diamondgirl55.mlblogs.com
Sucess against the Halos and looking like sucess against the O's, season end run to post season looks good for the BoSox, they even have the chance to embaress the Yankees in New York, before the playoffs begin…I agree on Ichiro, a lot is because of the team he plays for, not the same coverage as bigger named teams, like the NYY and BoSox etc…
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Gerald Gems, North Central College professor of health and physical education, delivered two presentations in December 2011 at the Bangladesh Institute of Sport Sciences in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He also was inducted as an international fellow of the institute, along with another American and international scholars from Turkey, Denmark, Malaysia, Great Britain and Spain. The events were attended by a host of sports dignitaries and the Bangladesh minister of commerce.
His first presentation, titled "Wellness: The Path to Health and Happiness," was given Dec. 12 and the director of the institute asked to publish it. His second presentation, titled "Title IX: American Means to Gender Equity in Sport," was given Dec. 13.
Gems has been a member of North Central College's faculty since 1988. He earned his B.A. from Northeastern Illinois University, his M.S. from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.


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DS doesn't like cow's milk (I don't either). The sitter is slowly mixing in cow's milk w/my milk, so get him used to the taste, because he'll drink my milk cold right out of a cup.
So question: If he's eating whole milk yogurt every day, nursing in the mornings and evenings (often more than once), eating cheese every day, AND getting down maybe half a cup of cow's milk every day plus some bmilk during the day fro a cup--is that enough fat/calcium? His doc said she wanted him taking 3 8oz cups of MILK (not other dairy--?!?!) a day. I usually am all over what she says but I can't help wonder.
And, she said soy was ok...anyone else substitute soy for cows milk? Are there enough added nutrients for it to be comparable?
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Myself as well as 2 of my friends all have given birth and one to go. We all have talked about BF and bc options. One got the IUD soon after having her DS. He is now 5mnths and her milk supply has almost dried up . My other friend hasnt tried anything. I have a RX for the mini -pill but afraid with my current milk supply up's and down's it will make it worse.
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We need effective ball movement!! We need to stop chucking up shots when there's no more time left on the shot clock.
I agree, Iso-Melo should be used in the 4th quarter once all around team offense is already established in the game. Once the other players respect the offensive abilities of each an individual player, Iso Melo would be so much more effective because the defense would have to respect everyone else.
"Everyone wants a champion's power, but no one wants his pain." - Amar'e Stoudemire
We need effective ball movement!! We need to stop chucking up shots when there's no more time left on the shot clock.
"Everyone wants a champion's power, but no one wants his pain." - Amar'e Stoudemire
The knicks doesn't need to play melo iso at all and stick with moving the ball around in the offensive sets.The reason I say the knicks don't need no melo iso is b/c melo can score anywhere and anytime on the court.He would still get 30 points a game if they would completely do away with the melo iso. Its hard for the rest of the players to get in rythem b/c they don't have the opportunity to shoot the ball and get in rythem.Thats exactly why you don't see four or five players in double figures scoring.Run the offense like they did at the start of the season with ball movement and you will see more scoring from more guys and a lot more wins.
While I agree that iso-Melo all 4 quarters makes us one dimensional and easy to read, a couple of things come to mind...
1- It is absolutely necessary for the role players to take charge in the first couple of quarters. I would like to see plays that don't even involve Melo... that are centered around Felton, Prigs and Chandler. To New York's point then the offense is well established for the iso-Melo driven late quarters (thanks to Kiman for helping me see that with Bernard and Patrick's supporting cast)
2- Remember when Woody was playing Melo and STAT together? The first 3-4 plays in the beginning of the game were geared towards STAT to get him going early! If STAT is not going to start someone else needs to be that center of attention to get the pressure off of Melo.
3- The supporting staff has gotta want to be part of the game. I have seen too many times the support guys just pass to Melo and stand on the corners. No movement without the ball just waiting for Melo to do his thing. This is the aspect of iso-Melo that we all hate and it doesn't have to be that way. Move without the ball, set some picks and trust that Melo will not always just take the shot. He can get his assist up as well if the supporting cast is open and looking for a shot. But they gotta want it.
Felton get's it.... Prigs get's it. I'm not sure yet about Tyson yet but I hope tonight he does as well
Big Chief if you will pick and choose statistics from different games then you should mention his misses 3's in game 4 and his missed foul shots to lock the Knicks in a sweep of the Celtics.....
All we are saying is the Knicks need to move the ball.......Why are u so dead against this.......
Now the question is .....Is Big Chief really Woody in disguise.
BTW we all be thrilled if melo scores 50 tonight and shoots 45%......But if scores 50 and shoots 30% there is a more effeicient way to get those baskets.....
Carmelo missed 18 shots this game, Lebron missed 22 shots the entire first round
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They don't know what a Melo is supposed to do nor a team with him. To them it's either iso or ball movement, both extreme. It's about balance and exploiting match-ups. So forgive them.. for they know not what they say.
Melo he gutted it out through a serious injury. He's a warrior and that's what you want. We got another warrior trying to make it back off the shelf too, with time to heal up. I'm bout to order some hyperbaric chambers!
Melo is the only legit shot we got at a chip. Period.
Ask the Nuggets and Clippers.
Melo + Stat + Felton. We shouldn't be lacking on offense anymore. We just need to keep up the D.
"Everyone wants a champion's power, but no one wants his pain." - Amar'e Stoudemire
I hope JR gets less time and hopefully other shooters will get a chance to see some minutes. JR can be awesome when he gets going but he's been inconsistent.
"Everyone wants a champion's power, but no one wants his pain." - Amar'e Stoudemire
We moved the ball. We bounced it. We shot it. We hugged it. We rebounded it too.
The formula is set and simple.
Get Melo (our star, best scorer, biggest offensive threat) going early (see: Melo comes off staggered screen, free throw extended); then everyone fills in when needed. Melo is the first priority. Without him it'll be a long night.
And how HE wants it is how HE gets it. So if he feels like triple threat and isolating, then fine. If he catches in rhythm, fine. If they double down, kick out. If they take the option away, P&R. It's simple yet effective, but it takes parts. A break down in a part causes a domino effect. It's not ball movement or lack thereof. You saw the stats above?


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Roberts, growing frustrated, made the point that before MF Global's collapse, CME knew the firm was "attempting to hide something. In fact, didn't MF Global leadership go so far as to request and receive an actual plan that would 'break the glass' and tap into your customers' segregated accounts?"
Corzine admitted there was such a report, although "it was not ever the intent to recommend tapping into segregated customer funds."
Despite his placement at the firm's pinnacle, Abelow again claimed he was not plugged in and had not "reviewed the specific document. My recollection was that the key source of liquidity under that scenario was the use of a revolving credit facility."
Roberts retorted "you might want to take a look at it" and then laid out a possible explanation for the firm's actions. "By all accounts, on the Friday before bankruptcy, MF Global thought it had found a buyer to save (the firm). It seems well within the realm of possibility that a classic run on the bank overwhelmed (the firm's) cash flow. And an executive could have communicated, somehow, an order to use your customer segregated funds to cover the firm's liquidity thinking, of course, everything would be fine by Monday morning. The company would be bought out and an infusion of money from the new owner could replace the missing customer funds. Is this plausible?"
Corzine paused before answering. "As in a number of questions, being asked to speculate – and I don't think I should speculate – I had no reason to believe until the evening of Oct. 30 that there was a misuse of customer funds."
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While many businesses and individuals have become increasingly focused on their carbon footprint during the past decade, one rarely, if ever, hears about a shop that is completely off the power grid. But, situated here in downtown Canton, @Home Computer Services has achieved that distinction, generating all its own energy with a 16 rooftop solar panels, generating 3,584 watts.
When owner Rob Worth was younger, he was fascinated by technology including alternative energy. For a long time, he has wanted to live a more sustainable life ŌĆösomething that he didnŌĆÖt think was as attainable in the colder climate of Michigan, where he and his family lived until about a year ago when they transplanted to Haywood County.
Now, Rob and his wife Kelley Worth live in a home, half powered by solar energy, and own a business that is completely off the grid.
ŌĆ£Rob is kind of the passion behind this,ŌĆØ said Kelley, who admitted that at first, she was not nearly as enthusiastic as her husband about living a sustainable lifestyle. ŌĆ£I was the ultimate all consuming (person),ŌĆØ she said.
But, Kelley said the change to solar energy is not nearly as difficult as people think it is, adding that their life is not much different. She and Rob agreed that focusing on power consumption leads people to examine other parts of their lives where they might be overindulging.
ŌĆ£It makes you think about other things in your life that you donŌĆÖt need to consume,ŌĆØ Rob said. He added that he drives his truck slower to get better gas mileage and does not gun it when the traffic light turns green like he used to.
The Worths purchased American-made solar panels and hired the Waynesville company Appalachian Alternative Energy Solutions to coordinate the project.
In addition to the panels themselves, the store is also equipped with a battery system that stores energy collected by the solar panel array. That way the store will still have power at night, on cloudy days and during power outages.
ŌĆ£When the power does go down, you can continue to run,ŌĆØ said Powell Davis, a contractor with Appalachian Alternative Energy Solutions.
The price of solar panels continues to decline, whereas electric bills keep rising. Solar panel prices have seen large declines during the past decade and are expected to keep falling.
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ŌĆ£If we can help mitigate our impact in terms of the environment, then we are keen to do that,ŌĆØ said Jon Feichter, president of New Meridian. ŌĆ£Our goal is to generate all of the electricity that this building uses via the solar panels.ŌĆØ
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Mulkey is an International Federation of Gymnastics Judge, the 2013 USA Trampoline Olympian Alternate, Dakota Earnest and also the Mother of Flipping By Faiths coach Penny Green-Rios.
The athletes of Flipping By Faith were grateful for the time Mulkey gave to this event.
Results from the competition are as follows:
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Alyson Gomez – Trampoline seventh, Tumbling third
Lily Villareal – Trampoline first, Tumbling first
Hunter Villareal – Trampoline third, Tumbling second
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