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Meetings-friendly property in Arizona expands.
There's something both grounding and inspiring about the luminous red rock mountain landscape of Sedona, Ariz., which is sacred to Native American cultures. And, tucked away on 70 acres of this magical setting is Enchantment Resort, a meetings-friendly property that expanded and enhanced its 32,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space late last year.
The resort opened two new junior ballrooms and one executive boardroom that bring its indoor meeting space to more than 13,000 square feet. Architecturally, the new event space plays off of the resort's adobe architecture and warm Southwestern décor, and offers views from floor-to-ceiling windows.
The on-property Mii amo Spa has 24,000 square feet of facilities. — Regina Baraban
Golf & Spa Resort News
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort
The News: The property completed a $16 million renovation in December.
Specs: The 693-room hotel added the par-70 Jim McLean Signature Course, renovated the Spa at Doral, added a Latin-inspired restaurant, and enhanced its other two golf courses. The resort has 110,000 square feet of meeting space.
South Seas Island Resort
Captiva Island, Fla.
The News: In February, South Seas opened a 4,000-square-foot spa, The Kay Casperson Lifestyle Spa & Boutique.
Specs: The resort features more than 24,000 square feet of indoor meeting space, 104,000 square feet of outdoor space, 470 guest accommodations (from hotel rooms to private homes), a 9-hole golf course, a golf clubhouse, 18 pools, a kids' club, and six dining facilities.
Salish Lodge & Spa
Snoqualmie, Wash.
The News: The hotel completed a multimillion-dollar renovation in January to its 89 guest rooms.
Specs: Three dining options, 6,600 square feet of meeting space in five meeting rooms for groups of up to 180, and The Spa at Salish Lodge
Extra: The resort is located 30 minutes east of Seattle.
The Allison Inn & Spa
Newburg, Ore.
The News: The new hotel opened last September.
Specs: The 85-room hotel features 15,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 4,500-square-foot ballroom, a signature restaurant, a spa with 12 treatment rooms, and a fitness studio.
News Makers:
The TradeWinds Island Resorts in St. Pete Beach, Fla., named Terry Popelka vice president of sales. Popelka comes to the resort from the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin resort in Orlando, where he served as director of Northeast sales.
Rick Thompson has joined the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa in Destin, Fla., as director of sales. He was previously director of sales at the Marriott Bay Point in Panama City Beach, Fla.
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The Garden at Chelsea
The National Botanic Garden of Wales makes its debut at
RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2013 with "GET WELL SOON",
an Artisan Garden, designed by Maggie Hughes and Kati Crome
Gallery not found. Please check your settings."Get Well Soon" shows not only how a beautiful garden can make you feel good but how almost everything in it is good for you in extraordinary and unexpected ways. Created by award-winning designers Maggie Hughesand Kati Crome, "Get Well Soon" illustrates the diverse ways in which a garden and its plants can improve health through ancient , traditional, modern and alternative forms of medicine, while capturing the uplifting effect of a glorious garden and promoting the health benefits of creating your own.
Stone walls and a rill with a circular pond take their inspiration from the National Botanic Garden of Wales and. in an imaginative planting scheme, rusty oranges contrast with cream and lime green with interjecting dashes of pale blue and purple. A pebble path, designed to walk on with bare feet, stimulates reflexology pressure points for a beneficial – if not entirely comfortable! – experience.
Here's just some the plants, and their multifarious uses, which will feature in "Get Well Soon":
Valerian, Valeriana officinalis:
Sedative, hypertensive, anti-depressant, and anti-convulsant in epilepsy, Valerian can help to improve sleep quality and relieve insomnia.
In Mediaeval times Valerian was held in such esteem that it was known as "All Heal", a name still given it in some parts of the country.
Cats are intoxicated by the scent as are rats. The Pied Piper of Hamelin is said to have owed his irresistible powers to secreting Valerian roots about his person.
Wild Garlic, Allium ursinum:
Antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant, antiseptic and diuretic, in the last war it was widely employed to control suppurating wounds.
Freshly chopped ransom leaves added at the last minute to scrambled eggs or an omelette, give a nice twist to a deliciously simple supper.
Spignel, Meum athamanticum:
Worth a mention if only for its amusing variety of names which include Baldmoney, Bad money, Bawd money, Bearwort, Beast's wort, Mew,
An archaic herb taken by the Pilgrims to the New World.
Medicinally, leaf and root were used in the treatment of upper respiratory catarrh, urinary infection and menstrual woes. Culpeper mentioned that the dried, ground roots could be mixed with honey to make a "licking medicine."
The entire plant is coumarin-scented, a natural fragrance used in 90% of all perfumes, and the roots are edible and sweet, like parsnips.
Foxglove, Digitalis viridiflora:
Digitalis has been the principal drug used in the treatment of heart failure for over 200 years.
In Wales, where it is known as "fairy-folks' fingers" the foxglove is said to be the favourite lurking-place for fairies and the path of brown and white spots on the floor of each bell are the marks of elven fingers, designed to lead the bee to nectar.
Corsican mint, Mentha requienii :
By far the smallest of the mints, forming a flat carpet of tiny bright-green leaves with an intense creme-de-menthe fragrance. Used to alleviate stomach ache and chest pain.
In a 6.1 ratio works as environmentally friendly insecticide against wasps, hornets and ants.
Often grown as a companion to brassica plants like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, to repel pests.
When strewn around a kitchen floor works wonders as a room deodoriser.
Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna:
Several species of Crataegus have both traditional and modern medicinal uses:anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective, it is a good source of antioxidantphytochemicals.
In many parts of Britain, taking hawthorn flowers into the home is considered bad luck. Known in Welsh as blodau marw mam – "mum's death flowers" – as it is thought to cause the death of your mother because of the suffocating smell of the blooms, although according to Richard Mabey its 'wickedly exciting, musky smell makes a fine liqueur.'
Black Elder, Sambucus nigra:
Has been called 'the medicine chest of country people',possessing immuno-stimulant, astringent, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer properties, essential oils, and many other constituents.
The elder is a multi-tasking plant:Berries are used in pies and tarts, in jellies, jams, chutneys, and wine. The wood is made into fences, pegs, needles and mathematical instruments. Drovers used elder switches to keep flies off cattle and the flowers make a wonderful cordial. Even the pith has been used; by watchmakers for cleaning tools before intricate work.
And there's so much more at "Get Well Soon", Artisan Garden, SEW8
See you there or Gweld chi yno, as we say in Wales
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flextone® Buck Collector Deer Call
Designed with Michael Waddell and the Bone Collector Brotherhood - the most flexible and natural-sounding call in Flextone's lineup. Features a rubberized body and labeled buttons that allow you to adjust the tone to create fawn, doe, and buck bleats and wheezes.
Manufacturer model #: FG-DEER-00045.
Manufacturer model #: FG-DEER-00045.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 by 38 reviewers.
Rated 4 out of 5 by NinthEye Easy to Master Call This deer call is a pretty good starting call for those new to calling. It provides a good range of deer noises, from the buck grunt to a wheeze to doe and fawn bleats. I was able to call in first a doe and then a buck a few days before the season started, just to test it out. The deer behaved naturally, with no suspicion at all. The one drawback is that the doe and fawn bleats are a little difficult to produce. In order to make these sounds you have to push down on a "button" which is really just a slightly raised dot on the call. In essence you push down on the reed to make a higher pitched bleat than the buck grunt. It is not easy to produce in lower light conditions, because you have to visually see whether you have pushed down on the reed or not. If you practice though you can master it. Other than that this is a good call and produces a nice range of sounds. November 7, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by McWade712 really loud Have tried it many times to call in deer have never had luck with it because it is too loud scares them off. The call "buttons" freeze up if it is even remotely cold outside the reed also freezes after the first time being used in a set I would rather have saved my money and bought a few calls to fill my needs not the one. I hunted with it all season and it was all right early in the year when it was warm then when it started to get cold it started to freeze up and could not control the volume or change tones save money and buy a different call January 15, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by MarcoM Good call Great call for the price, called out a buck using this and he was rutting and hissing. only disadvantage i have is during cold periods the call doesn't sound realistic. November 6, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Doefordinner Needs improvement The reed shifts side to side when pressing the "buttons" and the "buttons" are stiff, making it difficult to use. I also had difficulty making a fawn in distress call and the buck grunt doesn't get very low. Even though I don't like disassembling the primos buck roar, it still sounds better from buck to fawn. Since I can't return it, I'll use it as a backup if I accidentally educate a deer and need a different sounding call. August 27, 2013
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i live in south carolina and i have bought alot of deer call for here how do i know if i am wasting my money again
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A:Each call is different in quality, design and materials used. Unfortunately, reading many reviews on each call and wasting money is a part of choosing a call. I like the buck roar from primos. Although, changing the tone is not as simple as it should be and the reed needs drying after a while, it sounds great.
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A:jonboy, this is a good call in the south for Bucks. Would not recommend for doe or fawn.
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A:I went to SC hunting last year hunting and used this call and got alot of responses out of the call. It depend on the time of the year and the deer as to how good the response will be. I have the best luck with the snort weeze on this call.
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Dec 18, 2009
Video: Ricardo Navarro on climate change in El Salvador
Dec 02, 2009
Can we expect Climate Justice in Copenhagen?
Hemantha Withanage a senior environmental scientist and the executive director of the Centre for Environmental Justice / Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka gives his response to the question in his latest blog entry.
Climate change is very high in the global political agenda at the moment. 15th Conference of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol will begin on December 7th, 2009 in Copenhagen. COP 15 will be a very crucial event in the history of human race. However, we cannot have much hope since the developed countries so far very hesitant to accept their historical responsibility to the climate change and enter to a genuine deal...
Nov 24, 2009
FoE Denmark prepare for the Flood
Friends of the Earth Denmark are preparing the Danish public for the Flood for Climate Justice march that will take place in Copenhagen on Saturday 12 December.
Watch the video and get involved
Oct 05, 2009
FoEI groups demand climate justice in bangkok
Friends of the Earth International is demonstrating with thousands of Asian and international climate justice activists and representatives of affected communities in Bangkok, Thailand. Steph Long, climate coordinator, writes from Bangkok.
Our civil society debates, demonstrations and forums coincide with the UN climate talks - the fourth gathering of the year in preparation to the climate summit in Copenhagen this December.
The civil society program has included daily mobilisations demanding the repayment of the climate debt, the exclusion of the World Bank and other international financial institutions from climate finance, and the rights of indigenous peoples, fisherfolk and women to be protected.
The forums have focussed on articulating how we can achieve climate justice - real solutions to climate change that don't risk either people or the planet.
official talks
Meanwhile the official climate talks have been significantly undermined by the regressive position of wealthy industrialised countries, particularly the US, who are failing to meet their obligations to accept emissions reduction targets and financing for developing countries in line with what science requires.
This is wearing thin the patience of many developing countries who are now questioning whether an agreement in Copenhagen is possible with such limited political will of the developed countries.
Aug 28, 2009
Young FoE's statement on Honduras
This August 62 young people from 27 countries gathered on Croatian island to plan their response to the crucial environmental issues affecting their future. They also expressed their solidarity with the people of Honduras fighting for a return to democracy. Here is their statement.
We, 62 young people from 27 countries, meeting in Croatia for a Young Friends of the Earth Europe gathering, express our solidarity with the people of Honduras resisting the coup d'état.
We demand an end to this undemocratic situation and we also demand that people's human rights are respected.
We highlight and value the role of young men and women in the mobilisation
to reclaim civil liberties. We learn from their strength and their courage.
Croatia, 19 August 2009
Signed by:
Lithuania - Norkutė Milda, Uktveryte Jolanta
Norway - Jacob Malin, Gran Eirik
Belgium - Roose Annelies, Dehasse Aline, Couckuyt Hanne, Guns Robin
Malta - Debono Christian
Greece - Stavroulaki Eirini
Netherlands - Vasen Ellard, Linssen Suzanne, Engel Marijn, Dingemans Luut, Bruil Janneke
France - Huck Noémie
Sweden - Wu Lina, Lensell Erik
Hungary - Török Márton, Takács Tamás, Bortnyák Vera
Austria - Keller Roland
UK - Schneeberger Kirsty, Manson Sophie, Schrammar Chris
Germany - Holzamer Gertrud
Australia - Long Stephanie, Grainger Laura
Ukraine - Yeliseyeva Ganna, Datsiuk Inna, Viter Daryna
Spain - Gonzalez Alejandro, Torres Marta
Switzerland - Mettler Silvia
Italy - Iaffaldano di gregorio Jonas, La Rosa Mario
Cyprus - Panayiotou Stella, Kameris Petros, Agathangelou Melios
Croatia - Nožina Rina, Rumenović Tina, Krajnović Dora, Stipić Filip, Radovanovic Hrvoje, Tomac Luka,
Zokovic Ivan, Kanic Katarina, žučko Jelena, Prša Marija, Međugorac Vanja
Serbia - Anastasov Danijela, Poucki Jelena, Jankovic Nikola, Jadranka Ilic
Bosnia - Crnkovic Natasa, Perać Draško
Macedonia - Draganovski Jovan, Gileva Katerina
Argentina - Salvático Natalia
Indonesia - Ahfi Ahfi
South Africa - Mthembu Bongani
Brazil - Lamas Pucci Larissa
Jul 08, 2009
Friends of the Earth International statement on Honduras, 8 July 2009
Friends of the Earth International is alarmed by the increasing violence and repression after the coup d'etat, kidnapping and illegal transportation of the democratically elected President of Honduras. We stand in solidarity with the men and women of Honduras who continue to struggle for democracy and respect for human rights.
Jul 07, 2009
Message from the FoEI mission to Honduras
Hildebrando Vélez from Friends of the Earth Colombia is part of Friends of the Earth International's mission to accompany the ousted President back into Honduras. The President was refused entry to the country on Sunday so the team are stationed in Nicaragua and awaiting further instruction.
Greetings from Nicaragua, the land of Sandino, Rubén Darío and Fonseca, where we are right now in a Friends of the Earth International Mission, called for by Vía Campesina, with whom in addition to thousands of other voices, we condemn the brutal coup d´etat perpetrated in Honduras, which reminds us of the worst times of military regimes which violated human rights and have caused so much pain and blood in Latin America.
As FoEI members, we are proud to represent a federation which remains faithful to its mission, principles and values, which is completely committed to express and realize solidarity with the brothers and sisters of Madre Tierra (Friends of the Earth Honduras), together with the most impoverished sectors of Honduran society people are demanding justice. It is urgent, in the face of the attitude of the perpetrators of the coup, to be alert in order to protect the lives of Juan Almendares and all members of FoEI in Honduras and our allies in the popular movement.
All of us in the federation should consolidate our unity and mobilize in the defense of life and the rights of the peoples, since this moment is decisive for the present and future of our continent because the achievements reached by the popular struggles in other countries and regions are also threatened by the military force. These struggles show the ways that need to be walked in order to achieve sustainability and justice.
The situation in Honduras is worsening increasingly. The refusal by the coup perpetrators to negotiate a way out with the Organization of American States (OAS) is proof of their determination to continue and deepen this historic injustice against the will of the Honduran people, and to continue insulting the international community. Breaking into hotels, persecuting foreigners that are being accused of indoctrination and instigation to violent actions, shows an ideological-military offensive against the international solidarity, which is raising in support of the people and the organizations of the Honduran social movement. The analysis we can carry out from here indicates that we must continue looking for the best way to mobilize solidarity and the constant support from foreign countries and inside Honduras.
At the time we are in Managua. We have to remain alert, let´s raise the flags of solidarity, let´s create a support fund for the struggle of the Honduran people, let´s establish support networks, let´s not allow the dictatorship to disguise or to become legitimate. Let´s demand a breaking of the diplomatic ties with the coup perpetrators.
Jun 15, 2009
The Climate Olympics
At the recent climate talks in Bonn there seemed to be a competition between certain countries as to who could commit to the lowest cuts in carbon emissions. This cartoon illustrates the sad turn in events.
Jun 11, 2009
Japan – 8 percent???
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
Wednesday was a manic rush to get the action materials ready for Young FoEE's action on Thursday, before I had to leave Bonn at 2pm. I had worked late into the night to prepare the templates for the school reports, and now had to fill it with content. I arrived at the FoEI meeting with draft action materials in hand in preparation.
The biggest news of the day seemed to be that Japan was set to announce their incredibly low targets to the Japanese press at 11am – a 15% reduction from 2005 levels, equivalent to 8% reductions from 1990 levels. Reacting to the targets, Yvo de Boer - Executive Secretary of the climate talks - would later comment that "for the first time in two and a half years in this job I just don't know what to say."
Rumours had been circulating around the Maritim, with plans discussed the previous night in the Youth camp, that the Japanese delegation would be boo-ed upon announcing the targets in the plenary session. Whether the Japanese delegation heard these rumours or not the 11am announcement never happened, and the Japanese delegation chose instead a closed session with the press later in the day.
Outside of Bonn, the results of the meeting in Luxembourg of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, Ecofin, were brought to the table at the FoEI meeting – the opinion seemed to be that it was disastrous. Offsetting was included in financial contributions to developing countries, and the EU again failed to show leadership, potentially influencing the talks in Bonn.
Straight after the meeting I continued with the action materials. The idea to give a school report to delegates with a simple pass or fail mark awarded to each country. This would coincide with a banner outside and the area where the Flood banner was previously suspended to be converted into a blackboard, again with the results. With a much reduced Young FoEE team, from 35 to five, preparations began and text for the materials began to come in.
I had to leave before everything was finished and took the work with me, with the intention of working on the train. I sat down, booted my computer and promptly fell asleep, to wake in Brussels three hours later. I returned to the office and with the action team on the end of the phone, finished the materials, returning home finally at 10pm, but considering myself lucky: I knew the action team would be working hard long into the night, and would be up at the break of dawn.
Jun 10, 2009
Silence, sincerity and snacking
After the first week of actions and media work, and with the majority of Young FoEE either leaving or already gone, my main Young FoEE responsibilities ended and I was thrown abruptly into the world of policy. The day began with the FoEI meeting, where the policy experts discussed the daily agenda and brought updates from the previous day to the table.
Outside the conference venue - the Maritim Hotel - a collection of organisations, three trees and a number of dancers where protesting against deforestation, with a minute's silence held for the Peruvians who lost their lives in the protests against free trade agreements and encroachment of industry on land in the Amazon.
This was mirrored by a minute of silence in the plenary halls for the Belarusian delegate, who, on Saturday afternoon, had collapsed and died on the very sofas in the Maritim foyer that would be filled with revellers the same night.
I spent the day trying to catch up on everything that had been happening behind the doors of the Maritim halls, harassing as many colleagues as possible. The general feeling was still one of frustration; the talks do not appear to be going well. Rich industrialised countries are still failing to put forward sufficient emissions reduction targets, with Japan failing to put forward any at all, and offsetting and other false solutions still feature prominently. But, there are glimmers of hope, with progress in REDD, and Bolivia, Paraguay and El Salvador pushing on FoEI's behalf; using the FoEI language.
There was an interesting development in the Kyoto Protocol Working Group: the Micronesian delegate called for 45% emissions reductions by 2020, which would mean keeping carbon dioxide below 350 ppm (parts per million), keeping global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees, but in essence ensuring survival for many of the islands in this area of the South Pacific.
She compared the EU's target of 30% reductions to the equivalent of playing Russian roulette with their lives. It struck me as profound that with so many climate change sceptics out there, here inside the walls of a rather modern, shiny but bland hotel next to a motorway in Bonn, an entire subregion of Oceania was battling to keep their tropical islands above water.
Further policy discussions with colleagues continued in the Maritim restaurant, where we were forced to eat expensive salads due to the lack of options. It was either an intentional decision by the UNFCCC to only provide expensive food within the Maritim so as to starve out NGO workers, or it was subtle ploy to make sure everyone went to side events – where food was provided.
Needless to say we fell for it, and found ourselves at the Copenhagen Climate Treaty side event, where the NGO community were putting forward their proposal for a Copenhagen agreement. I found myself struggling to keep up with the figures, and was relieved at the comic interlude when the speakers introduced a new acronym, LCAP (Low Carbon Action Plan), bringing the total in the document to 82. In general it seemed a decent proposal, but more discussion and analysis is needed to find where it coincides and clashes with FoEI policy.
More comments to come. With the Q&A over, we left our seats, and dived into the snacks...
Jun 09, 2009
Home: A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand has recently released a film on the environment called 'Home', available on YouTube for free until June 14.
The hour and a half long movie details the current state of the earth and the environmental challenges we face as a consumerist society.
Amidst breathtaking images, Yann explains that although our civilization has to change the way we live and save our planet.
The price to pay is high, but it is too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the Earth's riches and change its patterns of consumption.
Jun 08, 2009
The clock is tck tck ticking
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
With regional meetings all morning, I took the opportunity to catch up on work - monitoring the media. With no luck on the international front I resorted to rather basic monitoring methods in the local newsagent, scanning every German paper in sight. The paper that had promised to cover the event seemed to feature exclusively scantily clad women and I secretly hoped that we'd been left out.
The Young FoEE delegation left the hostel around 11am to head towards the park near the Maritim hotel, where 350.org were organising a huge aerial picture, followed by a march to the doors of the Maritim where speakers, including two members of the Young FoEE policy action group, would talk about climate justice. It promised to be an exciting day spent outside along with hundreds of fellow activists and campaigners. The only downside – it was pouring with rain.
We arrived at the site for the aerial picture and were kitted out with Green hard hats (symbolising the potential for greening the economy) and white jumpsuits that were thankfully waterproof, as it became clear on arrival that we would be spending at least 45 minutes laying in the rain. The atmosphere was nevertheless one of excitement, this time like a festival with the fun.
The exact number required to pull off the human banner turned up, 450 people would form a giant exclamation mark, with the words "Yes you can" and "tck tck tck". German camera crews arrived, and numerous other press, and the choreographer began preparing the human banner on the ground.
After 45 minutes laying on the wet grass in the rain, thoroughly soaked, we finally got the shot that was needed, which would be spread across the web and inside the conference in the eco – the NGO newsletter.
An inspiring and motivating message to the participants in Bonn that the clock is tck tck tck-ing, and that we only have 6 months left to deliver a strong and just climate deal in Copenhagen.
Inspired, tired and on my way home
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
With most nursing either sore heads or sore backs, depending on where they had spent either their time awake or asleep respectively, the final evaluation session rounded off the week of very intense work from the Young FoEE delegation.
We had collectively achieved a huge amount in a very short space of time: two actions, two teaser actions, meetings with delegates, regional planning sessions, blogs, films, participation in further actions, policy meetings, press work, a march... I could go on.
Everyone was exhausted, but, I think it's fair to say, inspired. I was definitely inspired. This was my first experience with Young FoEE, and I am left with nothing but respect for a force of very dedicated, intelligent and motivated people. I have no doubt that they have the capability to play an important role in the negotiations in Copenhagen, from inside and out, and have no doubt that each and every one of the participants will return to their countries and inspire more to join.
The trainers themselves did a fantastic job coordinating and developing the participants and deserve huge respect for the work that they have done and will continue to do. In five days we had gained ourselves a reputation both inside and outside the walls of the Maritim hotel, even challenging the UNFCCC action policy, and it was all thanks to the energy and dynamism of the Young FoEE team.
I personally spent Sunday in a form of stupor trying to remember why at 4 am the previous night we had thought it would be a good idea to check out the nightlife of Bonn, and also question how we had achieved so much. It was my first opportunity to really sit and assess.
Here is a short list of sites where you can see for yourself the movies, images and blog posts from the week:
A few of the Young FoEE-ers will continue the good work through the week, but the majority leave today, to meet again in Sholta, Croatia for the summer training camp. Then, if everything goes to plan, the Young FoEE force meet again in Barcelona: so watch out!
Young FoEE and 350.org spell it out
Young FoEE and 350.org pose for an aerial photo in Bonn where climate talks are being held spelling out their demands for a just deal in Copenhagen this December.
The flood came!
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
After shaking off the excess water, and with the rain still falling, Young FoEE grouped to brief for the march towards the Maritim Hotel. The idea was to form a blue block using blue bin bags to cover our clothes, and to display the numerous banners that had been created during the week. We wanted to take the message to delegates that the Flood really is coming, and pride of place was given to the Flood banner, that would eventually be hoisted up outside the Maritim during the speeches.
The Young FoEE block, with the addition of BUND Jugend, the German arm of Young Friends of the Earth Europe, numbered over 50 people in total, and with the calls for "Climate Justice Now!" appeared to be the most dominant force in the march. Organised charges by David Heller, Communications Officer for The Big Ask Campaign, where the Flood would squat and count down from 10, and then charge, banners flying, were an injection of energy, and dispelled all worries of cold and soggy feet.
The route weaved through the park towards the "Halls of Power", as the choreographer had described them, and after dancing behind the samba band we charged the last portion of road up to the roadblock outside the Maritim.
We diverted towards the Tck Tck Tck stage, where speakers delivered motivating stories and chants on the theme of climate justice. With experimental chants that attempted to find rhymes with "climate justice", we raised our voices with the hope that we would make so much noise that not only the delegates inside would hear us, but that their superiors would hear us at the end of every phone line.
Finally, Jasmine and Bjorn, two members of the Young FoEE delegation took to the stage and gave speeches, in English and German respectively, to the soaked but upbeat crowd. I made a dash inside to get the pictures online as quickly as possible, before joining the evaluation meeting.
The rain continued to fall all evening, and when we returned to the hostel late at night, after the rather raucous NGO party held in the Piano Bar at the Maritim, many campers found themselves on the receiving end of the very message they'd been carrying all day: the flood literally came, and 27 people, with tents drenched inside and out took shelter in the meeting room for the night.
Jun 06, 2009
UN Secretariat 1 – Greenpeace 0
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
The hour had finally arrived for the UNFCCC football match. I still maintained that it was some sort of elaborate prank, but considered that the worst case would be an opportunity for some informal lobbying. However, I could not have been more wrong. I arrived at the meeting point and was greeted by a selection of delegates and NGO workers all kitted out in shorts and running shoes, a box of beer and a rather shiny trophy. Game on.
We shuttled down to the UNFCCC Headquarters to meet the UN Secretariat team, who had been warming up for the last half hour. Spirits were high in the NGO camp; a chance to release any pent up frustration from the talks. There was little time for tactical discussions or stretching, although this was what we all needed after a week of inactivity and sleep deprivation. We split into two teams, roughly NGO and delegates, and I found myself on the 'Greenpeace Team' alongside five Greenpeace delegates, including, with everyone whispering in excitement, "one from Brazil". I campaigned to have us renamed the 'NGO Team', but majority ruled in the team of nine.
A very messy game
With raw herring from lunch still brewing in my stomach I took to the field. The game kicked off before we'd even nominated a keeper and 20 minutes of schoolyard football commenced. The Lesotho delegate in goal let a soft shot slip through his hands and roll across the line within five minutes, and the Brazilian tripped on the ball and twisted his ankle within seven. I had two breaks on goal and the only shot on target but failed to equalise, and after a heavy 50-50 challenge in the second half one of the Secretariat team members told me, in very un-diplomatic terms, that he'd "mess me up". The game remained in deadlock until the end. The disgruntled Greenpeace team 'borrowed' the trophy and declared moral victory.
The next team took to the field, including Kuni Shimada, from the Japanese Ministry of Environment and the game quickly descended into chaos. Shimada left the field after one minute over confusion about untied shoelaces, the keeper took a goal kick from his hands, and the Secretariat scored a lot of goals.
The final match between the NGOs and delegates was a humourous affair, with further confusion for Shimada, who unsure whether to take a corner or a throw appeared to do something akin to both at the same time. A controversial penalty decision saw the Greenpeace delegates up in arms over the injustice, followed by bickering over the position of the penalty spot, until it was decided the player who would take the penalty "was a girl", with the ref moving the spot closer. She smashed it into the top left corner.
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Further confusion broke out later when someone mistook "first substitution" for "perverse regulations" and the game finally ended in victory for Greenpeace with smiles all around. The trophy was returned to the rightful owners (UN Secretariat), and a surprisingly sincere speech about something about climate change followed. Then we all drank beer…
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Call on world leaders to do the right thing at crucial climate talks in Copenhagen this December.
At the climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, world leaders will make decisions affecting the future of our planet. They will have an historic opportunity to commit to actions that help to protect us from the disastrous consequences of dangerous climate change.
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Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
The alarm seemed to be ringing before I'd even set it. The night had ended around 1am, and the plan was to have the action set up at 8am, leaving the hostel at exactly 7:22, after packing everything up and moving bags and all, along with our tents, in preparation for the night's camping. This would be followed by another teaser around 11am, a meeting with the German delegation, a further action at 1pm, talks, talks and more talks, and the small matter of a football match. I began to question whether I could somehow disguise my youth status and sneak a couple extra hours of sleep, but to no avail. I was bundled out of bed at 6:30am sharp.
By the time I emerged from the building, the action group were already packing the van, with desks, chalk, cut-out cartoons, banners, benches and bodies. Bags were hurled into a spare room and somehow the majority of us made it for the bus with a minute to spare.
On arrival, the police had changed the venue of the action at the last minute, but it suited us: with a clear view of the Maritim Hotel the action team began to set up. First came the tables and benches, then the blackboard, then the banners. I dashed inside to hand out the last press releases to the media and returned to find a fully-fledged classroom, complete with noisy and unruly students, dominating the route towards the Maritim. The idea behind the action: it's the end of the first week of the UNFCCC climate conference, and the leaders of industrialised nations have failed to do their homework on climate change.
I will not invest in cole
The action team were kitted out in masks depicting Merkel, Sarkozy, Obama, Aso, Van Rompuy, Brown, Reinfeldt, Rudd and Berlusconi and all dressed in uniform. The teacher, armed with a megaphone, ordered the mob to write lines on the blackboard as punishment for failing to do their homework: "I will not invest in cole, nuklear and offsetting [sic]" wrote Sarkozy, and "I must reduce my carbon emmisions [sic] by 40% by 2020" wrote Merkel. Despite the best efforts of the leaders to lay blame on their dogs or fellow classmates, and several ambitious attempts to deny any knowledge of the words "historical" or "responsibility" they ended the class with a unified chant: "Climate Justice Now! Climate Justice Now!". Watch out for the Young FoEE video of the event, coming soon.
Sadly the event received less media attention than I'd hoped, despite the media team's best efforts, although a Japanese journalist took great interest, and a local Bonn paper promised to run the story. But, importantly the delegates loved it. The event was met with unanimous positivity. Colleagues in the media team interviewed many, asking if they too had done their homework.
The action was undeniably a huge success; the only hiccup the lack of media attention – I asked myself if I too had failed to do my homework!
The flood is coming...
Delegates from 182 countries are in Bonn discussing key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for critical climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Sam fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe and also a member of the Young Friends of the Earth Europe movement (Young FoEE) is there.
After leaving the press invitation in the capable hands of the media group, I was dragged out of the Maritim Hotel to document the first teaser action. Six Young FoEE-ers, armed with chalk and stickers were determined to take the message of climate justice to the citizens of Bonn.
After energetically peppering every lampost and sign in sight they decided they should probably stick to the original plan and save some resources for the centre, and we all jumped on the tram and set our sights on central Bonn.
The same enthusiasm was released upon the streets, literally, with the small team covering the central pedestrian areas with the slogans "The Flood is coming" and "Demand Climate Justice". The reaction was mixed. Positive interest and excitement from the younger generation, and grumbles, mumbles, shuffles and general despair from the much elder. But then it is Young FoEE.
I returned to the Maritim early to finish the press release for Friday's action and to make sure we had spokespeople for the day, and made time to sign myself up for the UNFCCC football championships. Could this be a prank? Would they really unleash a team of NGO workers onto a football field with national delegates? We'll find out.
Young FoEE were treated to an introduction to Climate Justice Now!, with stirring talks from affected people in the Global South, and everyone took a well deserved beer after almost 12 hours non-stop activity. Thoroughly exhausted I returned to the Young FoEE camp where meetings continued long into the night, with final preparations and last minute arrangements for tomorrow.
Fingers crossed…
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Climate Justice Assembly Declaration
At this year's World Social Forum in Brazil, Friends of the Earth International supported and participated in several events on climate justice, plantations and food sovereignty. The allowed social movements and civil society organizations opposed to a world dominated by capital to debate just and sustainable alternatives. Below is the statement on climate justice produced in one of the workshops.
No to neoliberal illusions, yes to people's solutions!
For centuries, productivity and industrial capitalism have been destroying our cultures, exploiting our labor and poisoning our environment.
Now, with the climate crisis, the Earth is saying "enough"!
Once again, the people who created the problem are telling us that they also have the solutions: carbon trading, so-called "clean coal", more nuclear power, agrofuels, even a "green new deal". But these are not real solutions, they are neoliberal illusions. It is time to move beyond these illusions.
Real solutions to the climate crisis are being built by those who have always protected the Earth and by those who fight every day to defend their environment and living conditions. We need to globalize these solutions.
For us, the struggles for climate justice and social justice are one and the same. It is the struggle for territories, land, forests and water, for agrarian and urban reform, food and energy sovereignty, for women's and worker's rights. It is the fight for equality and justice for indigenous peoples, for peoples of the global South, for the redistribution of wealth
and for the recognition of the historical ecological debt owed by the North.
Against the disembodied, market-driven interests of the global elite and the dominant development model based on never-ending growth and consumption, the climate justice movement will reclaim the commons, and put social and economic realities at the heart of our struggle against climate change.
We call on everyone - workers, farmers, fishermen, students, youth, women, indigenous peoples, and all concerned humans from the South and the North - to join in this common struggle to build the real solutions to the climate crisis for the future of our planet, our societies, and our cultures. Together, we are building a movement for climate justice.
We support the mobilizations against the G20 summit and on the global crisis from March 28th to April 4th, and the April 17th mobilization of La Via Campesina.
We support the call for an International Day of Action in Defense of Mother Earth and Indigenous Rights on October 12th, 2009.
We call for mobilization and action everywhere leading up to, during and beyond the UN climate talks in Copenhagen, especially on the Global Day of Action on December 12th, 2009.
In all of our work, we will expose the false solutions, raise the voices of the South, defend human rights, and strengthen our solidarity in the fight for climate justice. If we make the right choices, we can build a better world for everyone.


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5 months later and I finally posted my story
Let me start from the beginning. My desire for an Unassisted birth came with my first pregnancy when I read a book by Laura Shanley called Unassisted Birth. After that I constantly researched how to do it and what I would need. I was living with my uncle at the time and knew he would never let me do it, but I still kept it in my heart. When I was pregnant with Dylan, my first, I felt great but I never connected with my doctors. I dreamed of having an Unassisted childbirth (UC), but that never happened and it was a letdown.
Dylan's birth was unfulfilling. I left me feeling violated from being mistreated, insecure because of the opposition I faced, tired from fighting with doctors and nurses, scared to be true to my beliefs, sad because of the invasive test I consented to after originally denying because they wouldn't let me leave the hospital until I had it done, and angry from what was stolen from me.
But then I became pregnant shortly after turned Dylan 1 years old. It was unplanned, but from the moment I got a positive pregnancy test I knew it was a chance to make things right. I knew I would never go to the doctor's office or get an ultrasound. I calculated my due date based on very regular periods. I measured my fundal height a few times in the second trimester and saw things were on track. I tried to listen for a heartbeat with a stethoscope but could never hear one. I kept my pregnancy a secret from my family for 7 months and even then only told them because they came to visit me and I could no longer hide it. This pregnancy was my little secret. I barely told it to myself, I never felt pregnant. I felt like this baby was a part of my body. I never nested and barely had a name picked out (for the wrong gender at that!). I just listened to my body. I relaxed, ate, and exercised at my own desire. I never weighed or did any tests.
My estimated Due date was March 14. That day came and went. Ten days later I was still pregnant and feeling great. I was serene and happy knowing my baby would come when it was ready. On March 24 I decided to use a coupon I had for maternity photos before it expired and then hung out with my friend Courtney.
When I came home later, laying in bed, I was nursing my son when I felt a POP. I immediately thought my water broke, but when I got up there was nothing. When I went to pee I had pink tinged discharge and felt like things would happen pretty soon- either the next couple of hours or days. My husband Tim was at work so I called him and told him what happened. He wanted to know if he should come home and I said I'll call him if I feel close. I felt no rush or fear. I laid around home on the computer and had some contractions but nothing that led me to believe that labor was imminent. That night I went to bed and slept comfortably.
When I woke up in the morning I was rested and surprised I didn't go into labor that night. Tim went to work and the day continued as normal. The contractions were getting stronger and closer together. By 5-6pm I knew birth was getting close because I had to stop during contractions. I called Tim and he told me he would be home soon- he never believes me when I tell him that I'm in labor (like Dylan's birth). By 8pm I was more adamant that he come home. By 9pm he was home and helped with our toddler while I labored. Around 10-11 pm my father in law came over with his girlfriend and I told Tim to make them leave. Dylan finally went to bed and I knew things were getting serious. The contractions were intense, I almost couldn't handle them. I went into the bath and relaxed during contractions- I felt like I was in transition and that I would have the baby soon- I started to get sleepy. After 30-45 minutes I got out to find my husband asleep. I woke him up and labored on my hands in knees with my head in his lap. That position made me have the most intense pressure and I begged my husband to take me to the hospital for drugs (even though I didn't really want that), I got emotional and whiney saying, "when is it going to be over???". I knew it was going to be soon from how I was acting but nothing was happening.
My husband and I went into the guest room and I lay on the bed with blankets. I rested there for what felt like hours. Holding my husband's hand while he counted, "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10" over and over again during contractions. I don't know why but it was so comforting and if he stopped the contractions got too intense to handle.
It must have been around 3 am when I felt like I needed to stand up to make this baby come. So I stood, supported by my husband, and labored for a few contractions. Nothing happened and I was getting so tired. My water had not broken yet and I could feel that it was causing the baby from being born. I told Tim to get me a wooden kabob skewer from the kitchen so I could pop my water bag. He said no the baby will come naturally and I said okay. I was even more determined to give birth soon so we went to the bathroom and I labored squatting over the toilet. I kept having the same feeling that I had been having for hours. I KNEW I was fully dilated but the contractions weren't moving the baby into the birth canal and I thought it was because my water was still not broken. I was so tired too. I laid in bed for a while more with my husband by my side.
Time passed and the night sky was getting lighter and I knew that the sun would be up soon. I also knew that my toddler would be awake screaming for his mother and boobie- which I could NOT give him in my state of labor and there was nobody here to help out when Dylan woke up. So I told Tim to get me the skewer again and he again said no. This time I told him that midwives do it, the water is keeping the baby from being born, I am tired, and Dylan would be awake very soon. This baby had to be born. He agreed and went to the kitchen while I laid in bed.
When he came back with the skewer I stood up and tried laboring thorough a few contractions while holding the wooden stick almost as a threat to my bag of waters. When nothing happened I decided to take action. I gently inserted the stick a few inches in and nothing happened. I was using the flat end of the skewer so I turned it around and used the pointy side. Again, I gently inserted a few inches and then took it out. A thin line of water started leaking out so Tim and I went to the bathroom. While I was wondering if this would help my next contraction moved the baby into the birth canal. I was squatting over the toilet trying to breathe to keep that baby from coming out too fast, but my body was on autopilot. My body was involuntarily pushing. I stuck my finger in and felt the baby's head and told my husband. The next contraction my body did all the work and I felt the burning sensation commonly referred to as the 'ring of fire'. I relaxed my whole body as the head came out. The baby turned inside of me and then shot out into my husband's waiting hands. The baby gave a surprised cry and then relaxed when it realized that it was OKAY and not falling to its death. Tim handed me the baby and my first thought was, "Holy shit. Baby. Did it.". I started talking to my baby and just looking at it. I didn't even think to look at the gender when my husband said, "another boy!". I was in shock, it took me a second to register and then I said, "huh??" and looked to see the little balls and penis. I was happy but thought that the baby was a girl. Tim had picked out a boy name and I loved it- we named him Asher (with no middle name yet) and then looked at the clock- he was born at 6:55 am on March 26, 2011.
I held my new little baby covered in vernix while I waited for my placenta to come out. He was perfect and beautiful. He was so relaxed, just laying in my arms- nobody whisking him away. The first person to touch him was his daddy and then his mommy. He was so aware and peaceful. And I was so relieved and grateful for it all to be over.
10-15 minutes later my placenta slid out into a bowl and then about an hour after the birth when the cord was white and not pulsing anymore we tied the umbilical cord off and Tim cut it.
I was ecstatic, but mostly tired. As we were walking into our bedroom my toddler woke up and got out of bed. We introduced him to his new brother, but he really just wanted some boobie. So I rinsed off and put on a pad for the blood and tandem nursed them both.
Asher fell asleep and I showered and cleaned up while Tim and Asher slept. I was still on an adrenaline high so I cut up my placenta into chunks and put it in ice cube trays for smoothies later.
Later we weighed Asher with a fish scale with a scarf tied to it. Asher weighed 8lbs 0oz and was 21 inches long.
While my birth wasn't perfect or orgasmic it was empowering. It was hard work and it made me stronger. It left me feeling secure, joyful, amazed, unstoppable, loving, and fulfilled. It made me trust and love my husband even more. He was there for me when I needed him and supported me. When I think of my birth 3 months later it still brightens my day, makes me smile inside and out, makes me feel like an amazing strong woman, and blissfully happy. It has healed me from my first birth experience and THAT is what birth is really all about!
Asher 2 years later with his brother
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Wearing his baseball uniform and carrying his Louisville Slugger, Mort Soule will walk onto the biggest stage of his life Sunday at Fenway Park and strike out. He will swing and miss in front of nearly 30,000 Boston Red Sox fans. His family and dearest friends will also be watching.
Mort Soule of Portland stands near home plate in Fenway Park before practicing his reading of 'Casey At The Bat' in preparation for Sunday's State of Maine Day at Fenway Park.
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Mort Soule of Portland show's his copy of 'Casey At The Bat' edited down to three minutes in preparation for Sunday's reading.
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Sunday will be Maine Day at Fenway, a yearly event for the ballclub to recognize the northern reaches of Red Sox Nation. This year, Soule, a longtime Portland resident, was asked to bring the mightiest hitter in American poetry to life. For three minutes, Soule will be the Casey of Ernest Thayer's famed poetic ballad, "Casey at the Bat."
Those three minutes are Soule's problem. It takes nearly six minutes, with his cadence, to recite all 52 lines of the poem. He knows. He's done it about 300 times, to applause.
"Cut it to three minutes? I had to eliminate 25 lines. That's like leaving out every other line to the Lord's Prayer or the pledge to the flag," said Soule, a hint of exasperation in his voice.
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Probably not. He'll know he's exceeded his time if the organist starts playing.
For much of his adult life, Soule, who's 67, has been a Latin teacher in Portland-area schools and a head baseball coach. He was a star athlete at Bowdoin College, and you can still see him in his black letterman's sweater with the large B on his chest when his alma mater has a big game. It doesn't fit too snugly.
Soule's high school coach, the legendary Freddie Harlow, committed "Casey at the Bat" to memory. Years later, when Soule was fighting insomnia, he recalls, perhaps with tongue in cheek, he put the poem at his bedside.
Memorizing it was more effective than counting sheep, especially when he got to the line describing a discouraged crowd. The words twist the tongue: "So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat."
The poem's lessons appealed to the teacher and the ballplayer in Soule. Being challenged, as the Mudville team was that day, is an integral part of life. Mudville was down by two runs with two outs in its last at-bat. Runners were at second and third when Casey majestically walked to the plate.
He didn't lift his bat as two strikes sailed into the catcher's mitt. The crowd yelled its displeasure at the umpire. When the Mighty Casey finally did swing, he missed. Strike three. There was no joy in Mudville.
The poem brings joy to Soule every time he recites it. For him, this is not art imitating life. During one full season as a starter at Bowdoin, Soule struck out exactly one time, a school record. On the last pitch of that strikeout, his bat never left his shoulder .
"It was a ball," said Soule. "The umpire was wrong. My vision is 20-10."
Yes, Soule lives his life with a certain flair.
Thayer's poem was first published in 1888 by the San Francisco Examiner. On a trip to that city, Soule put on his Mudville uniform and showed up at the newspaper's offices, telling the security guard at the front desk that he wanted to visit the sports department. Soule was turned away.
"I was dejected, but the guard told me to try the city library (to learn more about Thayer and his poem)." Soule did.
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Managing the Mental Aspect of Investing
by Meir Statman
Meir Statman is the Glenn Klimek Professor of Finance at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, and author of the recently published "What Investors Really Want" (McGraw-Hill, 2011). I spoke to him recently about mental hurdles investors face when making investing decisions.
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Charles Rotblut (CR): In your book, you talk about how people commit cognitive errors such as confirmation errors and hindsight errors. Can you elaborate on the kinds of cognitive errors that people commit when they make financial decisions?
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John from Arizona posted over 2 years ago:
Gentleman brings things into perspective!
Donald from Michigan posted over 2 years ago:
I thought this was a great article..now I need to find out what managed payout funds at Fid./Vang. are??
Charles from Illinois posted over 2 years ago:
Very thought provoking article with lots of
real life examples.
Cecile from California posted over 2 years ago:
Interesting article reflects many of my ideas of investing. Will also look up managed payout funds.
Walter from New Jersey posted over 2 years ago:
I have the tendency to relish the gains and kick myself for the losses. This puts the psychology in perspective.
Bob from California posted over 2 years ago:
What if your losses are in a Roth account and not available to offset poential gains?
Dewey from Texas posted over 2 years ago:
Perhaps the best interview I've had the pleasure of reading. Salute' Meir Statman.
We should realize the best total return lies in taxable accounts. 'Wish I had realized that years ago!
Larry from Florida posted over 2 years ago:
I am picky about what I read...I read this one; very substantive.
Ed from Maryland posted over 2 years ago:
Very little of this article applies to those of us managing a self-directed IRA. Surely, Mr. Statman does not recommend the almost universal "buy and hold" strategy that financial advisors lazily use to get their 2% commission. He almost admits that the layman has no chance against his ilk, the insiders, big brokerages and high frequency traders. Check out Buffets extremely advantages terms when he "loaned" BAC $5 billion as a example. Dilution of common stock, anyone? AAII would serve its members better by not publishing generic pablum that can't be contested. Doubt that? Pick one thing that irritates you and submit a complaint to the SEC, CME or CFTC. Then, do the same thing you do when you buy a stock that looks good. Hold your breath and hope.
Richard from Illinois posted over 2 years ago:
Yes, a trader is not the same as an investor. As an investor, be diversified (with cash as part of allocation) and wait til the herd is panic selling to purchase undervalued assets. Sell them a few years later when everyone is optimistic and enjoy the rewards.
Marvin from Illinois posted over 2 years ago:
I think the article is very thought provoking and i will use his recommendation on not taking credit for gains and shrug my shoulders when I have losses rather than holding them until they return to profitability, which may never happen as we all know.
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actually one ofthe best i have read
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I read this article last year and enjoyed it.
I read it again a year later, this time I took notes! Great insights such as: So why are you trading when Goldman Sachs might be on the other side of the trade? Remember there is an idiot in every trade, and if you do not know who it is, it is likely you. A great article to revisit once a year!
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Best Damn Beer Shop (Krisp Beverages + Natural Foods)
Ratings: 68 | Reviews: 57 | Show All Ratings:
4.19/5 rDev -5.2%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4 | selection: 4.5 | $$
Best way to describe this place is a NY bodega on steroids. Typical small grocery in the front and along the left wall and then tons of liquor, wine and beer in the middle and right side. Atmosphere was laid back and easy going. Service was nowhere to be found initially but once they cleared the small line I was asked if I needed help but I was good by then. Quality was solid all around. I only saw a few bottles I would say are past their prime and they had some really cool glasses, including one of the specialty Duvel's which I hadn't seen yet. Selection was top notch. They have a TON of beer in that place including some pretty limited bottles from overseas to go along with the above average local selection. Prices were a touch high on the rarer stuff but the rest was on par with all of the other shops I have visited in the area. Overall a really nice bottle shop in the city limits, if I lived in the area I would definitely return often.
02-19-2014 02:06:51 | More by orangesol
4.49/5 rDev +1.6%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.5 | $$$
Been to this store a few times with a friend of mine. I generally go to the Navy Exchange for beer, but this place is my go-to when I want to delve deeper into beer.
Atmosphere: It looks and feels like a local natural foods store; essentially a local non-chain Whole Foods. The beer is on the right and towards the back adjacent to the wine and booze. It's right in the Gaslamp quarter so there are plenty of places nearby to eat. The atmosphere of the store is very Brooklyn-equsque; something I've missed a bit since leaving NYC. The one complaint is the homeless people nearby who can be somewhat annoying, but, hey, not as a bad as most places in New York.
Quality: I have not gotten a bad beer from this place yet, but there are lots of dusty bottles which leads me to believe they've been sitting on the shelves for a while. Thankfully, most of the dusty beers seem to be age-able so I doubt anybody would come across any real issues with freshness.
Service: I rarely need help when beer shopping; I either know what I want or I browse the shelves before making my decision. Thus, I haven't really had the staff help me out. Still, they all seem to be very friendly and will ask if you need help. When I was at Krisp last night, there was a guy there who I overheard helping out customers who was extremely knowledgeable and was giving very good advice to people from everything I overheard.
Selection: Krisp has a large open cooler of beers, along with about three uncooled shelves and a beer cooler in the back. The cooler contains some of the macros (if you really want that) as well as bottles of craft. The shelves consist mostly of imports and foreign-styled beers while the open cooler has pretty much everything minus macrobrews. I haven't been able to get lost perusing beer shelves for an extended period of time since I lived in NYC, and I have definitely found that feeling again walking through Krisp. Last night I picked up a sixer of Raging Bitch, AleSmith Speedway Stout, Avery Maharaja, and Dogfish Head My Antonia. There was so much more I could have gotten, but I restrained myself. They also carry a solid selection of glassware at very reasonable prices.
Food: I have not bought food here (yet) so I cannot comment.
Overall, I'd recommend this place to any San Diego beer shopper who is close enough to it. My one complaint is that many of the beers seem priced higher than they are elsewhere.
If you find yourself in downtown San Diego for whatever reason and want to pick up some brews, seek this place out.
02-15-2014 22:05:59 | More by Mosstrooper
4.09/5 rDev -7.5%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 3 | selection: 4.75 | $$$
Was down in the Gaslamp district of San Diego, saw this store was close and figured I should stop by based on reviews. Walked in to a very nice, clean store. Lots of interesting organic and natural foods in about half of the store. The other half is devoted to wine and beer, with the majority of that half being devoted to beer.
It has been a while since I have been truly "wowed" when walking into a beer store. But I must say that after a few minutes of perusing, this store gave me that reaction. As far a quality goes, the styles are grouped together, and probably 3/4 of the inventory is refrigerated, which is great. Those styles that are not refrigerated are the appropriate styles to not refrigerate. Selection wise, the usual great Cali IPA selection, with some real eye openers in other styles, such as some Cascade sours, multiple Eclipse 50/50 varieties, several Bruery semi-rarities such as White Chocolate, and an excellent selection of Belgian sours. I ended up snagging a couple Avery Rumpkins (stoked to find this), a couple Anchorage Bitter Monks (have not seen this at all in the LA area), and a couple Prairie Artisan Okies. Price is what deterred me from snagging some of the slightly "rarer" brews, though. They were most definitely not priced to sell. The more common beers were probably about on par with what I have seen elsewhere, but when I see single beers marked $35-45/bottle, I call that overpriced. Overall, an excellent store that hope to get down to at some point again. Very nice selection.
10-19-2013 03:36:36 | More by zhanson88
4.56/5 rDev +3.2%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4.75 | $$
I am giving this a high score because I found what I was looking for, Pliny the Elder and Blind Pig I.P.A. I had to ask (which I would expect) and although the gentlemen did not give me a choice, he came back with the two mentioned above. He did indicate he could only give me one (good think the wife was there), so at least he mixed up when he went to the back. I was very satisfied, their general selection was very good and I would go back if I was in downtown SD.
09-24-2013 22:16:12 | More by DRTBrewster
4.24/5 rDev -4.1%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 4 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4.5 | $$
One of the four bottle shops I visited while on vacation in San Diego recently. It is in downtown with some homeless around, but honestly more of hassle for me was the parking. However, I'm a bigger guy and could see how some would be more nervous around some of the downtown crowd. At one point, my wife walked back to the car, to refill the meter, because of how long I was spending in there and she was not happy with the downtown crowd when she got back. So, I would say, if you are squeamish about homeless people in a downtown area, this might not be your spot, but not the bottle shop's fault for society's failures regarding the homeless.
As for the shop itself, great selection, once approached the beer guy in the store was very friendly and helpful. Nothing over the top, he didn't offer anything from the back or from his stash, but friendly and seemed knowledgeable. If you are in San Diego, worth a stop if you are near downtown, but not necessarily a must stop.
06-19-2013 01:07:28 | More by JamLand
4.88/5 rDev +10.4%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 4.5 | food: 5 | $$
Stopped in here today, and boy was I glad I did. I had been goign to Bottlecraft which is a good place in its own right but stopped by here today and was thoroughly impressed. I first went and bought some food, very nice stuff, lots of organic. Then I went to the other side which is pretty much straight beer. After a few minutes of browsing Fancisco approached me and then it happened a nice 30 minute beer geek out. He told me what was new, what was good, and when the next shipment this week is in. Best of all he offered to drive me to Alpine. I mean how great of customer service is that. Def the best selection I have seen in SD, though ill give it a 4.5 just because the selection isn't mind-blowing on a national scale. The prices were extremely reasonable. They also have everything you could want for a tasting: glassware, cheese plates, fruit, chocoalte, etc.
07-25-2012 01:17:04 | More by crossovert
New Jersey
3.76/5 rDev -14.9%
vibe: 3 | quality: 4.5 | service: 3 | selection: 4 | $$
This was the first shop that I visiting on while on vacation last week. For reference I was there early in the morning on a weekday. As others have stated the area did have a large number of homeless people and while unsightly I did not feel like I was in harms way at any point. Onto the beer... Their selection was solid with a good amount of Russian River and Lost Abbey. I must say that I was not blown away by the overall selection and after having gone to 4 bottle shops in total I would rate this in the bottom half of the regional shops. While still having a solid selection I was able to find many more 'harder to find' beers at other shops. Perhaps I came at an odd time but honestly I would not go out of my way to re-visit this shop in the future.
07-23-2012 21:53:35 | More by Bobbo330
North Carolina
4.74/5 rDev +7.2%
vibe: 4 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 4.5 | $$
Conveniently located in downtown San Diego (though not in the best neighborhood). "Best Damn Beer Shop" is inside a family run market that's undergoing an amazing transformation. It was a typical downtown market (but with an amazing beer section) when I first started going there. But they're improving the decor, expanding the beer displays, adding fresh/local foods and building a homebrew section. It's pretty impressive and there's apparently more to come.
They're strongest in west coast beers (which is the main draw for me) but they have a lot of Belgians and plenty from the rest of the world. They had several from Russian River, AleSmith, Ballast Point and many more. Most are refrigerated but some are not. And the prices are good.
The beer is outstanding but the service equals it. Sid is a real beer enthusiast and a great guy. Be sure to ask if he's in when you visit. He's always got a good recommendation.
This is a great beer store and well worth a visit if you're in the area.
07-10-2012 23:25:53 | More by GJ40
3.96/5 rDev -10.4%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 3 | selection: 4.5 | $$$
An interesting combination of bottle shop / homebrew shop / bodega / homeless shelter. We visited on a Sunday morning while strolling the Gas Lamp area after our arrival in town.
There is a very extensive selection of bottles on the right hand side of the store, with a heavy emphasis on locals and big ticket Europeans like Mikkeller. The homebrew section at the front of the store was cool as well, with a good selection of base and specialty malts, yeast and basic supplies.
The neighborhood, and the area right around the front door, were rather more heavily populated with homeless folks than average for San Diego. I have never really had a difficult encounter with homeless anywhere but it is a bit more off putting for me in a strange town.
We were planning to return with our rental car to make some purchases but then we hit KnB and blew our budget. Worth a stop for sure.
02-29-2012 19:10:01 | More by sholland119
3.49/5 rDev -21%
vibe: 1 | quality: 4 | service: 2.5 | selection: 5 | $$
AMAZING selection of WORLDWIDE beers.
Stuff I have NOT seen elsewhere for sale.
Not that great of a Southern California selection but pretty good.
Prices were a few cents more or a few cents less than BevMo.
TOTALLY "gangsta" area of town though (at least after dark)...
The beer area takes up about HALF of the supposed "grocery" store.
Staff was fairly knowledgeable about the beers they had and even ones they did not (Heretic).
Worth a trip (in the daytime) if you are in the area.
02-27-2012 21:11:40 | More by Driver8rws
Best Damn Beer Shop (Krisp Beverages + Natural Foods) in San Diego, CA
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Dear Dr. Fox: I read your articles every Sunday. Thank you so much for your valuable information.
A woman at my health food store told me to use bottled garlic juice when I expressed my concerns about flea and tick treatments for my Jack Russell terrier, Sadie. She said she had been giving her dogs garlic juice for years to keep ticks and fleas away. I went to the grocery store and bought a bottle, came home and looked up the correct amount to give Sadie. She gets six squirts from a spritz bottle: three in her morning meal and three in her evening meal.
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Unfortunately, we lost Tiny last year at the age of 18. In the middle of August, we adopted Petunia, a 1-year- old female, from the local shelter. We followed the advice of keeping the two cats separate for two weeks and then gradually introducing them. We have been receiving ongoing support from a shelter volunteer.
Petunia wanted to play, but after aggressive noises from Lily, she started chasing her. They fight frequently – there's clawing and scary noises, but no bloodshed. My cat sitter advised that we leave them together whenever we are home, and let them work it out. After repeated fighting, Lily became terrified of Petunia. She has started hiding and defecating and urinating on the porch (her favorite place) or outside of the litter box. She has stopped eating.
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We really love Petunia and would love to keep her, but don't want Lily to suffer. We would appreciate any help and advice you can give us. – C.A., Manchester, N.J.
Dear C.A.: I agree with the advice given by the animal shelter volunteer to keep the cats separate for a week and then go through the reintroduction procedure. These slow steps (there are no quick shortcuts) are spelled out on my website, www.twoditdog.com/DrFox.
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