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Are you looking for an edge in passing the exam? Although there isn't a magical pill or some special flash cards with all the answers available for purchase, I do hope to provide some valuable insight and directions. Hopefully, this will help improve your odds and make your preparation – and professional journey – more enjoyable.
I've walked in your shoes going through the studying process, taking the exam (even failing) and glowing with excitement from looking at test scores and reading, "Congratulations, you passed!"
When taking all four ACE certification exams and earning each credential, I always asked myself two questions before studying: What should I know? And, what methods of studying will best help me succeed?
I hope my 10 steps will help guide you through the process and get you confident that you will be successful in taking the ACE exam. If I can do it, I know you can as well.
- Know the role of the profession you will be testing on. Before you can prepare for the exam, make sure you do your homework and understand the role of that particular fitness professional.
- If you are seeking to become a Group Fitness Instructor, take a variety of classes to better understand the role of the group fitness instructor. This will provide you with great insight on how to teach different modalities, acquaint you with different environments for each class (e.g. room temperature, equipment, lighting, sound), and will also allow you to witness how each instructor constructs the class to meet the needs of the students (e.g. class design).
- If you are seeking to become a Personal Trainer, I would suggest either becoming a client of a current personal trainer or shadowing one. This will help give good insight on the client-trainer relationship (rapport), the role of client assessment and the interviewing process. It will also enable you to understand interpretation of information and testing to design safe and effective programs for clients.
- If you are seeking to become a Health Coach (assuming you are already a working professional either a personal trainer or group fitness instructor), I would suggest shadowing or becoming a client of a HC or perhaps scheduling a few sessions with a Registered Dietitian. The niche with this credential will require a better understanding of how to encourage and coach individuals who require lifestyle changes and a deeper understanding of the relationship between physical activity and nutrition in weight control.
- If you are seeking to become an Advanced Health and Fitness Specialist (again, assuming you are currently working as a Personal Trainer), I would suggest networking with allied health professionals like physical therapists, orthopedic surgeons, registered dietitians, or medical doctors who specialize in metabolic disorders. You may also want to consider taking continuing education courses that focus on working with special populations, such as pre-/post-natal clients, individuals with metabolic diseases and disorders, etc. Your knowledge outcome of doing so should be: Can I take the exercise programming principles and apply them to any population who may have different needs, issues limitations or unique considerations?
- Before you read any part of the manual, turn to Appendix B ACE Exam Content Outline in the back of the respective manual. This provides you with a blueprint of what exam content to expect as well as the percentage of questions from certain topic areas. You will see the exam content outline broken down into a series of knowledge, skills and abilities. Use this as an ongoing check list. Ask yourself if you know that knowledge or skill. If not, go back and find the information in your study materials.
- Learn the content beyond the black and white. Many times I hear from exam candidates that they have spent a good majority of their time memorizing all the bones and muscles. Although this is an important process in learning the materials, the focus should be on the outcome, or for what or whom is this exercise is intended. Let's take a look at these two examples as it relates to the understanding the application of science.
Scapular winging during the shoulder push stabilization screen would MOST likely be due to:
- Weak core and low back
- Scapulothoracic joint instability
- Curved thoracic spine
- Strong serratus anterior
Which force couple creates posterior pelvic rotation to pull the pelvis out of anterior pelvic tilt?
- Hip flexors and erector spinae
- Hamstring and erector spinae
- Hip flexors and rectus abdominis
- Hamstrings and rectus abdominis
- Speak the language. When I speak with exam candidates, I encourage all of them to begin speaking the exercise science language while they are working out or even better, while they perform mock training sessions with family or friends. This will help build retention as well as confidence that you know what you are talking about.
- Use all the materials and support ACE offers. Many times I will speak with candidates and ask if they used the practice test or Master the Manual. The answer is usually no. Knowing that candidates have different learning styles (just like clients), ACE has created a host of study materials to help you prepare.
- If you cut corners, you will end up with a circle. Too many times, I find candidates trying to cut corners with their preparation time and effort. There isn't an easy or fast track to this process. If you are looking to become a professional you will have – and should want – to do the work.
- Read the question carefully and make sure you understand the meaning. This seems like a simple concept but too often, it is an Achilles heel that keeps candidates from being successful.
- Pace yourself accordingly. There are 150 questions and you have 3 hours to complete the exam. There are no bonus points for finishing quickly, so take your time. If you find yourself struggling on a question, bookmark it and move on. It is possible that future questions will trigger your memory.
- Consider before changing your answers. The rule of thumb is your first instinct is generally correct 90% of the time. Before changing your answer, re-read the question carefully. Look for key words within the questions that should give you guidance. For example:
- Clients fitness level (decondition, average, athlete)
- Demographic information (age, sex)
- Risk factors
- Client ailments (low back pain, knee problems, arthritis)
- Client outcomes for program design (strength, endurance, hypertrophy)
- In order to achieve, you must believe. You will be spending a lot of time and effort in preparing for the exam. Believe in yourself and your ability. The only true failure is not taking the exam.


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Was a two-year starter for coach Dan Henley at Glendora High ... Led team to the 2010 CIF Division II championship ... Was a First Team All-Sierra League pick, a First Team All-San Gabriel Valley choice, a First Team All-Los Angeles County selection and a First Team All-CIF pick ... Was also named the MVP of the Tartans and the MVP of the San Gabriel Valley All-Start Game ... Hit .415 as a senior with five home runs and 32 RBI ... Also was the team's closer, sporting a 0.00 ERA and saving five games ... Says his best game came against Chino Hills when he went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double to go with six RBI; he saved the victory and threw out three people from behind the plate ... Was a Glendora High Scholar Athlete ... Helped his team to the second round of the CIF playoffs as a junior ... Also played football.
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The only way to kill a vampire in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" universe is to rip its head off -- not a very family-friendly method for the legion of young fans clamoring to see the final chapter of "The Twilight Saga."
So, it was with great apprehension that director Bill Condon showed the Motion Picture Assn. of America an early cut of the franchise's fifth and last installment some six months before the film was ready for release. It was a must-do for the filmmaker, who shot both parts of the final novel, "Breaking Dawn," in one long six-month shoot. [Spoiler Alert] Without giving too much of the film's plot away, some vampires die via the gruesome method.
"Certainly, with any other movie, there are a thousand ways to kill people," Condon said in a recent interview. "With this one, it's a variation on the same theme. If they were going to be offended by the idea of beheadings, we would have had no movie."


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Kentucky's incumbent governor Ernie Fletcher (R) was soundly defeated in the November 6, 2007, election, by Steve Beshear (D), a former lieutenant governor of the state, who took 59% of the vote. A Baptist minister, Fletcher was perhaps the most outspoken supporter of creationism to serve as a governor anywhere in the country in recent years. He expressed disappointment about the verdict in Kitzmiller v. Dover, for example, saying that local school districts ought to be able to teach "intelligent design" if they wish (Cincinnati Enquirer, December 25, 2005).
Kevin Padian, the president of NCSE's board of directors, was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in October 2007 "for distinguished contributions to the study of the vertebrate evolutionary adaptations and especially for his leadership in science education," according to an October 26, 2007 press release from the University of California, Berkeley.
Support for the inclusion of evolution in Florida's draft science standards continues to amass. Writing in the Orlando Sentinel (October 25, 2007), Mike Thomas quipped, "We are moving toward intelligently designed science curriculum in public schools.
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, a special two-hour documentary about the Kitzmiller v. Dover case, in which teaching "intelligent design" in the public schools was ruled to be unconstitutional, is to air nationwide on PBS at 8:00 p.m. on November 13, 2007. "Judgment Day captures on film a landmark court case with a powerful scientific message at its core," explains Paula Apsell, NOVA's Senior Executive Producer.
The Association for Science Education -- a professional association for teachers of science in Britain and around the world, with over 15,000 members -- recently issued a statement (PDF) on science education, "intelligent design," and creationism, reading in part:
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The leaders of six conservative groups who say they were targeted by the Internal Revenue Service told lawmakers Tuesday they have been mistreated for years by IRS agents who asked intrusive questions and delayed their applications for tax-exempt status.
The leader of a small South Carolina tea party group said her organization first applied for tax-exempt status in 2010 -- and is still waiting for the application to be processed.
"Nearly three years in waiting for an answer is totally unacceptable," Dianne Belsom, president of the Laurens County Tea Party, said in prepared remarks. "The IRS needs to be fully investigated and held accountable for its incompetence harassment and targeting of conservative groups."
Belsom said her group in rural South Carolina has about 60 members and "seeks to educate ourselves and fellow citizens on various issues pertinent to living in a free country." The group also holds candidate forums in election years, she said.
"I'd like to note that our group is a small-time operation with very little money and this represents a complete waste of time by the IRS in terms of any money they would collect if we were not tax-exempt," Belsom said.
Another group, the National Organization for Marriage, said the IRS publicly disclosed confidential information about donors.
The House Ways and Means Committee called the groups to explain how these groups were treated by the IRS.
For more than 18 months during the 2010 and 2012 election campaigns, IRS agents in a Cincinnati office singled out tea party and other conservative groups for additional scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt status, according to a report by J. Russell George, the Treasury Department inspector general for tax administration.
The report said tea party groups were asked inappropriate questions about their donors, their political affiliations and their positions on political issues. The additional scrutiny delayed applications for an average of nearly two years, making it difficult for many of the groups to raise money.
George was scheduled to release another report Tuesday, one that said the IRS spent $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012.
The conference spending included $4 million for an August 2010 gathering in Anaheim, Calif., for which the agency did not negotiate lower room rates, even though that is standard government practice, according to a statement by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which requested the report.
Instead, some of the 2,600 attendees received benefits, including baseball tickets and stays in presidential suites that normally cost $1,500 to $3,500 a night. In addition, 15 outside speakers were paid a total of $135,000 in fees, with one paid $17,000 to talk about "leadership through art," the committee said.
"I am absolutely appalled at the apparent waste of taxpayer dollars on frivolous conferences," said Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. "It seems we have a new misstep every day at the IRS."
Acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel has called the conferences "an unfortunate vestige from a prior era."
Werfel took over the agency about two weeks ago, after President Barack Obama forced the previous acting commissioner to resign.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday the president had not seen the forthcoming report. But, Carney said, Obama believed the IRS conduct was inappropriate.
When Obama appointed Werfel as acting head of the IRS, he ordered him to conduct a 30-day review of the agency's operations.
"We must have the trust of the American taxpayer. Unfortunately, that trust has been broken," Werfel told a House Appropriations subcommittee Monday. "The agency stands ready to confront the problems that occurred, hold accountable those who acted inappropriately, be open about what happened and permanently fix these problems so that such missteps do not occur again."
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pSivida is a leading provider of miniaturized, sustained-release drug delivery products and is continuing the evolution of these systems.
Our lead development product, Iluvien is licensed to Alimera Sciences, Inc. and utilizes the third generation of the Durasert™ technology. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Iluvien for the treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) for patients treated with a course of corticosteroids and did not have a significant rise in intraocular pressure (IOP).
Our proven proprietary technologies enable us to achieve highly focused, long-term delivery of therapeutics. We have developed three of the only four products approved by either the US or EU for the long-term, sustained-released delivery of drug to treat chronic eye disease.
Additionally, ILUVIEN® for diabetic macular edema (DME), has received marketing authorization in 17 EU countries. These marketing authorizations followed a positive outcome of the European Decentralized Procedure involving these countries. ILUVIEN is commercially available in the UK, Germany, and Portugal. ILUVIEN, licensed to Alimera Sciences, Inc. (Alimera), is approved for use in the treatment of vision impairment associated with chronic DME considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies.
ILUVIEN is a tiny device that provides sustained release of the drug fluocinolone acetonide for approximately 3 years. By injecting it directly into the back of the eye, the drug is released in its site of action, eliminating risks of systemic exposure. ILUVIEN uses a third generation of Durasert, our miniature sustained release drug delivery technology.
In addition to the application of this product in DME licensed to Alimera, pSivida is independently developing the product for the treatment of posterior uveitis. The FDA recently cleared the Company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application to treat posterior uveitis with our injectable, sustained-release micro-insert, permitting pSivida to move directly to two Phase III trials under which we would enroll a total of 300 patients. The FDA is allowing pSivida to reference much of the data, including the clinical safety data, from the clinical trials of ILUVIEN for DME previously conducted by Alimera. Under the terms of our collaboration agreement with Alimera, pSivida has joint ownership of, and reference rights to, all clinical data and regulatory filings generated by Alimera, including its New Drug Application (NDA) for DME.
pSivida's other two FDA-approved sustained release products to treat chronic back-of-the-eye diseases are Retisert® for the treatment of posterior uveitis and Vitrasert for the treatment of AIDS-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis. pSivida has licensed both of these products to Bausch & Lomb Incorporated. Vitrasert and Retisert provide sustained release for six to nine months and two and a half years, respectively.
pSivida has a worldwide Collaborative Research and License agreement with Pfizer Inc. to develop a long-term, sustained release implant to deliver latanoprost for patients with ocular hypertension and glaucoma. This collaboration is focused on developing a bioerodible version of pSivida's proprietary Durasert technology designed to be injected into the subconjunctival space of the eye.
pSivida is developing a series of additional miniaturized, bioerodible, sustained release systems to deliver a range of proteins and small drug molecules to virtually any site in the body. One of these systems is Tethadur™, a nanostructured bioerodible material.
pSivida's intellectual property portfolio consists of over 150 issued patents in countries including the U.S., Europe, Japan, China and Australia. pSivida, a NASDAQ listed company (PSDV), is developing products designed to revolutionize treatments, with a primary focus in ophthalmology.


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Trained by Chad Brown, Noble Tune covered the 1 1/16 miles on a firm Matt Winn Turf Course in 1:41.63. The victory in the race was the second for Castellano, who won the American Turf in 2005 with Rey de Café.
The victory was worth $136,492 and increased Noble Tune's earnings to $473,622 with a record of 5-4-1-0. It was the second graded stakes victory for Noble Tune, who won the Pilgrim (GIII) last fall at Belmont Park prior to running second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (GI). Noble Tune is a Kentucky-bred son of Unbridled's Song out of the Storm Cat mare Serena's Cat. Noble Tune returned $5, $3.40 and $2.80. Admiral Kitten, ridden by Mike Smith, returned $6.20 and $3.80 in finishing a half-length in front of War Dancer who returned $3.20 to show under Alan Garcia. Completing the field in order were Joelito, Anyriderill Do, Channel Isle, Tenforthemoney, Positively, Bashaar, Fire Guard and Prado Cat.
Javier Castellano, rider of Noble Tune, winner: "It was a beautiful trip. I was expecting to lay off the pace a little bit, but he was sharp today and he lay a little closer. On the backside, I saved all the ground. I waited for the best opportunity and turning for home, the rail opened up and he took it."
Chad Brown, trainer of Noble Tune, winner: "We ran him at Tampa (allowance win on grass March 9) in order to get him ready for the Blue Grass (Stakes). But when we got him to Keeneland, he couldn't handle the track. The owners were bummed, but I talked them into waiting for this race. I'm glad we did. I don't want to run him anywhere but on the turf. No dirt. As long as he's with me, he'll stay on grass. Javier (Castellano) gave him an awesome ride. He's patient. He rides a lot of horses like that for me."
Mike Smith, rider of Admiral Kitten, second: "I had a great trip. No excuse. I just got outrun by a better horse today. The winner was bottled up for a little bit and thought I had a shot if he didn't get through but then he made it through the inside."
Alan Garcia, rider of War Dancer, third: "He was squeezed back early and never was able to really run his race. Last time he was very impressive but he lugged in here but hopefully next time it will be cleaner."


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Maya Keyes loves her father and mother. She put off college and moved from the family home in Darnestown to Chicago to be with her dad on a grand adventure. Even though she disagrees with him on "almost everything" political, she worked hard for his quixotic and losing campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Now Maya Keyes -- liberal, lesbian and a little lost -- finds herself out on her own. She says her parents -- conservative commentator and perennial candidate Alan Keyes and his wife, Jocelyn -- threw her out of their house, refused to pay her college tuition and stopped speaking to her.
Maya, 19, says her parents cut her off because of who she is -- "a liberal queer." Tomorrow, she will take her private dispute with her dad into the open. She is scheduled to make her debut as a political animal, speaking at a rally in Annapolis sponsored by Equality Maryland, the state's gay rights lobby.
She plans to talk about "what it was like for me growing up as a liberal queer in a very conservative household. I've known so many other people in a position like mine, where their families really don't want much to do with them. Maybe I can help by talking about it."
During his failed campaign last fall against Barack Obama (D) for the Illinois Senate seat, Alan Keyes lashed out at Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Vice President Cheney. Keyes told a radio interviewer that Mary Cheney was a "selfish hedonist." Then, without having been asked anything about his own family, he volunteered that "if my daughter were a lesbian, I'd look at her and say, 'That is a relationship that is based on selfish hedonism.' I would also tell my daughter that it's a sin and she needs to pray to the Lord God to help her deal with that sin."
Maya heard the comments and recoiled. "It was kind of strange that he said it like a hypothetical," she says. "It was really kind of unpleasant."
Alan Keyes (R) has made a career as a controversialist, an eloquent and passionate defender of traditional values and conservative thinking. He has run for the Senate three times and the presidency twice. Like his daughter, he took time away from education because of his politics, leaving Cornell University as a freshman after getting into a heated dispute with black students who had taken over the student center.
Maya is also an eloquent iconoclast, at once an adult and an adolescent, testing society's limits even as she expects her parents to give her the love and support they always have provided.
Her parents have known that Maya is a lesbian since they found a copy of the Washington Blade, the gay weekly, in her room and confronted her at the end of high school (she went to Oakcrest School for Girls, a Catholic school in McLean run by the church's highly devout Opus Dei movement.) Ever since, Maya says, her parents have told her that her sexuality is wrong and sinful.
"As long as I was quiet about being gay or my politics, we got along," she says. "Then I went to the Counterinaugural," last month's protests in Washington against President Bush. "My father didn't like that."
Maya returned from the demonstration to find that she had been let go from her job at her father's political organization.
She says she was told to leave her father's apartment and not to expect any money toward attending Brown University, where she was admitted but deferred matriculation to spend a year teaching in southern India. "In my father's view, financing my college would be financing my politics, in a sense," Maya says, "because I plan to be an activist after college."
She wrote to her parents to tell them about tomorrow's speech, but says she got no response.
After I contacted Alan Keyes's office, press secretary Connie Hair called back with a prepared statement from him: "My daughter is an adult, and she is responsible for her own actions. What she chooses to do has nothing to do with my work or political activities." End of statement.


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"Do the wrong thing," Dexter told Hannah, in order to convince her to go on a date with him. But he ended up taking his own advice and sleeping with her.
After spending the whole hour convincing the audience of her guilt, it was a devastating blow to my faith in Dexter. What kind of serial killer doesn't kill his victims?! This is more than can be simply blamed on his Dark Passenger, especially with chaos rising all around him.
The night began quietly enough. Dexter fudged the blood report from the recently discovered bodies as a peace offering to Hannah to gain her trust ... in order to kill her. Typical Dexter stuff.
Dexter unravels Hannah's serial killer ways: How she poisoned her mentor, her husband, and of course how she was complicit in Wayne's murders. A handy crime writer backs up Dexter's findings before hopping over to Deb's desk to ask her out.
But then Isaac meets with George (after making all of the Colombian gang in jail cower) and requests that he find a way to get Isaac released. George of course turns around to Quinn, but Quinn rarely thinks things through.
Instead of thinking about what the mob's reaction would be and what they have on him, Quinn dismisses them. Cue scary music. Now Nadia is missing. Quinn stole blood evidence from Isaac's case and he now has ten grand burning a hole in his pocket.
Oddly enough, we hear Louis acknowledged as missing for the first time since his death, although Jaime Batista was overjoyed by his disappearance and no one can really blame her. But Sergeant Batista also wants to retire and buy a restaurant. This must be in response to being shut down by Deb on Alex's suicide, but the only person truly worried is Masuka.
LaGuerta is too obsessed with the Bay Harbor Butcher still to notice anything else. Despite Deb covering for Dexter last week, LaGuerta has found a new angle: Checking open cases to see if the suspects have gone missing. She chooses the Barrel Girl case, and as luck would have it, Dexter did kill all five suspects, some with the help of Lumen.
Deb figures out that Lumen was involved and responds with disgust at Dexter's retorts that he was trying to do the right thing. Apparently, killing people is not an appropriate reaction to your wife dying.
Deb goes on a date with Price, the crime writer, in order to try to have a life and get away from all of it (homicide or Dexter, take your pick), but everything always comes back to Dexter.
Price reveals that the blood work Dexter fudged is just that -- incorrect. Deb of course makes the connection that Dexter may be planning on using her as his next victim, but she'd probably be more upset if she found out he took her out on a date.
Dexter always seems to have more of a social life than Deb; he must just be a better multi-tasker, as Deb is married to her job with the occasional male distraction but Dexter finds time for females, solving cases on the side, murder, misleading his sister, his son and his real job. And his apartment is always spotless! Deb may be saying he has a problem, but she's also the only one freaking out.
The only question left for Dexter is what to do with Hannah. We know that Dexter's love life never really works out. Rita died, Lumen left, and he killed Lila. That doesn't make Hannah's chances of survival look good, especially since Dexter knows she enjoys killing.
Then again, maybe it's time that a woman gets the upper hand and it's Dexter that should be worried. It would be difficult to never eat or drink anything Hannah makes if they are dating. Sounds like a good reason to bring back the donuts!


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Best for Babes' latest Champion for Moms, actress Jenna Elfman, shares Part II of her exclusive breastfeeding story with us, candidly recounting her "run-in" with the TSA over breastmilk screening and other adventures of nursing in public (NIP). She shares the sweet triumph of beating the booby traps™ with her second son, Easton, and road-maps for other moms what it took to get there, especially overcoming hospital obstacles. (Read Part I to hear Jenna's amazing story of donating her pumped breastmilk to save a severely ill baby, and how she herself overcame barriers— Jenna's story struck a high note with moms who could relate to her struggle, and can help others avoid common pitfalls.) Don't forget to check out our helpful tips and resources at the end of the interview!
Jenna: My birth class spent about 30 seconds on breastfeeding. I tell every pregnant woman who is planning on breastfeeding "Great, now you need to read Breastfeeding Made Simple [2] and take a class where you actually learn." Trying to learn a whole new subject when you have a brand new baby in your arms and you are sleep deprived and hormonal, it's nearly impossible .[3] I also recommend the baby-led breastfeeding video[4]. A doula[5] gave it to me and I had no idea, I didn't know that babies could do that, find their own way to the breast right after birth! If moms know how important the right latch is, and letting the baby lead, that's key. That bottom jaw was the kicker for me, the nurse kept saying "up and over", and it didn't make sense until I knew that the bottom jaw was the working jaw and shouldn't be on the nipple.[6]
BfB: And nobody in the hospital could help you get the right latch?
Jenna: No. And I had lactation specialists come see me after both babies were born. I don't know if it was my state of mind because I was tired and hormonal, or if it was their teaching ability, but it was like listening to the grown-ups on Peanuts . . . "wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah". With both lactation specialists at the hospital, I can honestly not tell you one thing they said to me.[7]
BfB: Some of the so-called "lactation specialists" in the hospital don't actually have nearly enough training . . . not enough of them are International Board Certified Lactation Counselors, or IBCLCs.
Jenna: And frankly, they couldn't spend more than a few minutes with me.
BfB: That's a common problem, and one of the reasons we talk about the hospital booby trap so much. Not enough hospitals have strong breastfeeding protocol and trained staff in place . . . the CDC found that MOST hospitals in the U.S. score a D on breastfeeding support! [8] So too often, we're trying to educate moms about breastfeeding minutiae, when simply having more certified Baby-Friendly Hospitals in place would make the biggest difference. We really can't expect every mom to have a PhD in breastfeeding science.
Jenna: Yeah, they are not going to have the attention or interest to do that.
BfB: And we'd really love to see more moms have the experience with their first baby that you had with your second.
Jenna: Me too! I don't want anyone to have to go through what I went through the first time. It was horrible!
BfB: What did you love most about breastfeeding?
Jenna: My favorite thing with Easton was laying down and feeding him. I always thought that had to be one of the most glorious things ever, and I never got to do it with Story, because of the difficulty latching. So when I did it with Easton, we napped together, and it was so rewarding.
BfB: You tweeted famously that that your breastmilk was vapor tested by the airport TSA officials.
Jenna: Yeah, without asking me! I walked over and they had the breastmilk bottle open, with the vapor thing over it! They are not supposed to do that. They are supposed to tell you and ask you and walk you through it. I got mad. I walked over and said "That's breastmilk" and she was very defensive. I found the whole thing very offensive.[9]
BfB: You've been named to various "Best-dressed" lists. What are your breastfeeding style must-haves?
Jenna: I made do with the clothes I had. I like things that unbutton or unsnap, so I did buy a couple of shirts that unsnap so I could just pop it open. I was also a big fan of the Elle McPherson nursing bra.
BfB: You tweeted: "Boy, trying to nurse your infant in public, especially when you're 'famous', is AWKWARD!" Has it gotten easier? What made you feel more comfortable?
Jenna: I never did too well with the nursing covers, they were just too hot and I would start sweating under them. And Easton didn't really like it. I would just tuck a muslin into my bra and work it however I worked it, plus it felt a little more subtle than wearing a big colorful tent, which just made me uncomfortable. [10]
If I was on a park bench I would just face the other way. If I was on a plane, I would just say to the person next to me, "I have to feed my kid because I want his ears to pop, so if you don't like it, look the other way." That time I had my breastmilk vapor-tested, I walked through security, and saw a woman sitting down and nursing her baby, and I was so happy . . . all the TSA guys were right there, and I was like "You pull out that boob, and do it for everybody!"
BfB: Any other hurdles?
Jenna: Easton went through a bit of a phase . . . I was doing a lot of filming, so he was also getting a lot of breastmilk from bottles. When he was 3 or 4 months, he went through a finicky phase where he didn't want to nurse.
BfB: A nursing strike! [11]
Jenna: Yes he did. And I was worried, and having flashbacks to Story, afraid that I'd have to exclusively pump. I thought I had mastered this! So I just did it more, without forcing him obviously, I presented him with more opportunities to breastfeed. I also scaled back the bottles . . . I had gotten really busy, with travelling and filming. When I did try to breastfeed him in public, it became a huge struggle. So I was struggling, and then I was NOT comfortable . . . if my boob is out and the kid's on it that's fine, but if it's out and I'm struggling with a flailing infant, and I'm starting to sweat, that's not something I want to have happen in public. So I didn't nurse that much in public because I never knew how it was going to go.
BfB: Moms need to know about nursing strikes because it's such a common refrain. We often hear "my baby lost interest in breastfeeding" or "weaned himself", when usually that's not the case . . . if those mothers had gotten the right advice, they would have learned that babies don't really wean themselves before a year, but they will go on nursing strikes to let you know something is going on, it happens sometimes but it's not the end. What did you do?
Jenna: I would try to see when he would nurse, what were the circumstances that were more favorable to him? Easton had gotten where he liked to nurse laying down. So I thought great, I'll take a little time out and lay down on the bed with him, just to get him reacquainted, and more willing to nurse from the breast more often.
BfB: You're a smart mama!
Jenna: Now he's totally fine with breastfeeding again. He's humongous and he's awesome.
BfB: Do you have a top amazing moment?
Jenna: I do remember a time when I was home, sitting in my chair with him, and it was around the time when he was starting to self latch. I remember he went right on. I was sitting around talking with my girlfriends, and then he pulled off and looked at me. I looked down at him and he just gave me this huge grin, and then he went back on to the boob and kept nursing. I was just so content and happy, I had no pain, and it was everything I had wanted to have with Story, but didn't. It was that "win" . . . that moment of having that "win" with breastfeeding. I have this happy, healthy chubby baby that just gave me a huge grin while nursing.
BfB: He was saying thank you!
Jenna: Totally!
BfB: What do you think will help more moms succeed at breastfeeding?
Jenna: I think it's education, and enlightenment. Women are an awesome, awesome species. If we're given the education, and the facts, innately as a mother we know what to do. But if you don't have the facts, then you don't know what to do, as with anything.
BfB: We couldn't agree more, or have said it more beautifully. Thank you, Jenna, for sharing your story, your insights, and your lessons-learned with us so that more moms will be enlightened and be better prepared to avoid and beat the booby traps!
[1] The sad news is that while initiation rates are up, most moms give up within days or weeks because of the breastfeeding booby traps™ –the cultural and institutional barriers they face: 86% want to breastfeed, 75% begin breastfeeding, but only 13% make it to the recommended six month exclusive mark. For more on how to Avoid and Beat the Booby Traps™ see BFB's Help for Expecting Moms.
[2] Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers by Nancy Mohrbacher and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett.
[3] Not all breastfeeding classes are good, and classes at hospitals with low breastfeeding rates are a Booby Trap! To find a class that's up-to-snuff, get a recommendation from: a successful breastfeeding mom, a La Leche League leader (find one at www.llli.org), an excellent International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, www.ilca.org, a breastfeeding-friendly doctor, a "store front" birth/breastfeeding education center, a reputable childbirth educator, or doula (birthing or postpartum coach) in your area (see note below).
[4] Yes! Healthy newborns can actually crawl to the breast and latch on all by themselves! Watching this amazing feat will boost your confidence oodles, and hit home the point that the less we interfere with babies' (and moms') innate programming – by facilitating skin-to-skin and a first latch soon after birth, delaying cleaning and routine tests, not separating the duo — the easier "next stop the boob" becomes! Check out the video Initation of Breastfeeding by Breast Crawl. For more on how to get breastfeeding off to a great start see Getting Your Best Breastfeeding Game On.
[5] A "doula" is a birth (or postpartpum) coach whose assistance is proven to result in a better birth and early mothering experience: births with fewer interventions, complications and c-sections, better breastfeeding, and a more empowered sense of being able to mother a newborn. To find a doula near you go to DONA.
[6] Many moms have never seen a baby breastfeeding up close – another Booby Trap. Your best bet is to watch another mother nurse at a support group like a La Leche League meeting, but there are also excellent videos on Youtube and on DrJackNewman.com.
[7] Two common booby traps that befall millions of moms: 1) regarding breastfeeding as an "after-birth" issue and saving the planning and learning for it until then; and 2) expecting hospital staff to be true experts on whom you can rely to get you off to a good start. For more on how to Avoid and Beat the Booby Traps™ see BFB's Help for Expecting Moms and our Ultimate Breastfeeding Checklist.
[8] The CDC Report Card on the quality of hospital breastfeeding support gives most U.S. birthing facilities a score of 65 out of 100 – or a D. Only 3.8% of US hospitals and birthing centers follow steps proven to provide moms and babies with proper breastfeeding care. These hospitals have achieved the coveted designation "Baby-Friendly."
[9] TSA rules permit alternate screening of breastmilk because the effects of X-ray screening are unclear. TSA Agents have reportedly failed to a follow their own rules in the handling of pumped milk, resulting in allegations of unfair treatment, detainment, and harassment. Earlier this year, the TSA targeted a breastfeeding mom, detaining her for over an hour and harassing and humiliating her. See SustainableMothering.com by Jake Marcus, JD (also Senior Editor at Mothering magazine) and The Stir by Christie Haskell.
[10] Negative attitudes towards nursing in public can be a major Booby Trap and an unfair burden on moms. See BFB's Help for Expecting Moms. BFB's goal is to create a cultural zone of comfort for all new moms. A must-read is Phdinparenting.com's 50 Reasons for Breastfeeding Anytime, Anywhere.
[11] Nursing Strikes are when a baby suddenly appears to lose interest in nursing because of a physical or emotional change, i.e., a stuffy nose, sore gums from teething, a change in mom's supply, a developmental spurt causing easy distraction. Self-weaning occurs over time, and rarely happens in a baby under the age of one (or even two). With a little bit of wooing and patient understanding, most babies come back to their most-favorite and profitable pastime within several days. La Leche League offers great help on this subject.


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Whither Google's new CFO?
Massageland loses its luster
Back in August, Google told the world that CFO George Reyes would retire from the company once someone could be found to replace him. Well, almost nine months have passed, and there's no replacement.
In the official press release that announced Reyes' retirement plans, the company said that it expected to find a replacement by the end of the year. But clearly, things haven't gone according to plan.
Naturally, when we asked the company how the search is going, it kept mum. "We have nothing to announce at this point but as soon as we do we shall let you know," Google spokesman Jon Murchinson told us.
But you have to wonder why a company that's supposedly more attractive that any other American outfit needs nine months to find a new CFO. Aren't the world's top financial minds beating down those Googleplex doors, clamoring for on-site massages and all-you-can-eat chocolate mole mousse?
Meanwhile, Reyes isn't the only top exec who's recently used the 'Out' door. Communications bigwig Elliot Schrage just left for Facebook, following in the footsteps of Sheryl Sandberg, former vice president of global sales. In April, former CIO Douglas Merrill left for EMI.
Of course, the departed also includes executive chef Josef Desimone. Maybe the chocolate mole mousse isn't as good as it used to be. Or maybe the problems go deeper. ®


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70+ minutes on trainer in the garage - spinning going nowhere - dripping sweat with iPod set to stun. Reminder that my two basic "R"s have been low lately - Riding 'N' Rock. Working on correcting that ASAP.
Queens of the Stone Age, "Go with the Flow" to finish it off...
I want something good to die for
To make it beautiful to live
Do you believe it in your head?
I can go with the flow
My mental escape hatch for bike related stories and other festivities. Your mileage may vary. Call now - operators are standing by.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The Two Basic "R"s - Riding 'N' Rock
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Here's a little of both for you. Low quality video from an old helmet cam, but fun trail and great band! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBrPgH_j5U&list=UUaw7vKLCGU2vBMjC70Rf4qQ&index=6ReplyDelete
Cool blog, and thanks for dropping by my site yesterday.
@Zack. Thanks for the link and checking out my blog. I poked around your blog yesterday - cool vintage stuff. I mentioned your blog on a few vintage motocross Facebook groups yesterday also.ReplyDelete
@MrDaveyGie. My online pal - always good to see your comments.
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10 Best Italian Restaurants In New York City
The 10 best Italian restaurants in New York City are located in various parts of the city, featuring some old-world dining recipes, in addition to new-age blended cuisines. Regardless of the season, New Yorker's will brave the snow, rain or sweltering sunshine to come out and dine in their favorite Italian restaurants.
- Babbo. A smart-casual Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village, Babbo serves classic Italian cuisine and wines. Recipe blends come from Italy's Almafi Coast and Sicily. During the last decade, the James Beard Foundation awarded Babbo with "Best New Restaurant of the Year" and "Outstanding Chef of the Year." Babbo, 110 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10011.
- Convivio. Located in Manhattan, this Italian restaurant offers rich, flavorful Southern Italian cuisine. Try their one-of-a-kind pesto, pancetta and even sea urchin. The press has called Convivio's dishes "soulful and authentic" and "among the city's best." Convivio, 45 Tudor City Place, New York, NY 10017.
- Esca. In Italian, Esca means "bait" and this ten best Italian restaurant features many delectable seafood dishes. Its fish and seafood are chosen carefully, and garnered with a myriad of different sea salts while cooking. Italian wines and oils are also used to prepare entrees, each picked with the utmost consideration. Wines served are also chosen because of taste, not value or price. Esca, 402 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10036.
- Falai. Named one of "New York's Best Italian Restaurants" by Time Out Magazine, Falai features traditional Italian dishes as well as new American breakfast entrees. All breads, pasta's and dessert pastries are made fresh daily on-site at the Falai restaurant. Come in for their $20 lunch specials Monday through Friday or get half-priced baked goods daily after 7 p.m. Falai, 68 Clinton St., New York, NY 10002.
- Felidia Ristorante. Opened in 1981, this ten best restaurant in New York City features cuisine from various regions of Italy. The New York Times named Felidia Ristorante a 3-star dining establishment and they've also won the Wine Spectator's Grand Award over the last several years. Felidia Ristorante, 243 East 58th St., New York, NY 10022.
- Marea. Situated in Central Park South, this ten best Italian restaurant offers high quality seafood and Italian fare. You'll find unique entree's on the menu including Santa Barbara sea urchin, eggplant funghetto, seaweed-marinated Halibut and Fusilli with tomato, octopus and bone marrow. Marea blends the best of old-world Italy with new-age Mediterranean cuisine. Marea, 240 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019.
- Mia Dona. Serving Greek-influenced Italian fare, Mia Dona is a ten best Italian restaurant with extraordinary cuisine, at great prices. Choose from poached cod seasoned with olive oil, milk-braised veal, or the unique blend of sausage, bay scallops and bigoli pasta. Mia Dona serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Mia Dona, 206 E. 58th St., New York, NY 10022.
- Centro Vinoteca. This ten best Italian restaurant has a wine list offering over 200 different types. The dining establishment is casual, yet elegant, and the cuisine served blends classic Italian fare with modern cooking techniques and ingredients. Centro Vinoteca is a two-story establishment with an intimate dining area upstairs, plus a bar with french windows on the first floor. Centro Vinoteca, 74 Seventh Avenue S., New York, NY 10014.
- Macelleria. An upscale Italian restaurant in New York, Macelleria offers Northern Italian cuisine that focuses on the cuts of meat served to their patrons. Macelleria used to be a butcher shop and meat warehouse; therefore they know their meat and what will taste best in various dishes. Try the garganelli with oxtail ragu, the porterhouse steak for two or the papardelle with a wild boar sauce. Macelleria's recipes come from various regions in Italy, as does their exquisite wine selection. Macelleria, 48 Gansevoort St., New York, NY 10014
- Casa Lever. Experience cuisine of Milan at Casa Lever. This Italian restaurant features of a menu of unforgettable cuisine, wine and dining ambiance. Choose from one of Casa Lever's four dining rooms to eat your Italian fare – the landscaped terrace, the romantic, private dining room, their landmark lobby or main dining room. Casa Lever serves both lunch and dinner, seven days a week. Casa Lever, 390 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022.
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The Advocacy Center
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Advocacy Center helps to ensure that sales of U.S. products and services have the best possible chance competing abroad. Advocacy assistance is wide and varied but often involves companies that want the U.S. Government to communicate a message to foreign governments or government-owned corporations on behalf of their commercial interest, typically in a competitive bid contest.
Since its creation in 1993, the Advocacy Center has helped hundreds of U.S. companies — small, medium and large enterprises in various industry sectors — to win government contracts across the globe. In short, we are your advocates! In pursuing foreign business opportunities, we encourage you and your company to contact us early and often.
The Advocacy Center also has Commercial Service liaisons to four Multilateral Development Banks (World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and Asian Development Bank) to assist U.S. firms and advocate on their behalf when they compete for Bank tenders. The liaisons counsel U.S. companies on how to work with the Banks and advocate on procurement and contracting issues to ensure fair and equal treatment for U.S. companies.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to coordinate U.S. Government resources and authority in order to level the playing field on behalf of U.S. business interests as they compete against foreign firms for specific international contracts or other U.S. export opportunities. In doing so, the Advocacy Center helps create and retain U.S. jobs through exports.
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Poll: Who should make the next Nexus?
With rumors flying about a new Nexus device, it's time again to test the waters. Who really should create the next Nexus device? Signs are pointing to Motorola creating a whale of a phone, aptly named Shamu, that's set to be branded as a Nexus device. If that's the next Nexus device, then what's happening ... Read More »


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Some of my experiences with enduring the heat
It's too hot, and that's not just my opinion. It's a fact, verified by the National Weather Service. They've been issuing a Heat Advisory every day for a week or so in Kentucky. Our Heat Advisory for tomorrow reads in part:
Conditions may be more oppressive Thursday afternoon... as highs are expected to reach near 100 degrees [in] many areas... with heat indices forecast to range from 105 to 115 degrees.
A heat advisory means that a period of hot temperatures is likely. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids... stay in an air conditioned room... stay out of the sun... and check up on relatives and friends.
(Source: Weather Underground for Hopkinsville, KY)
This summer, one thing after another has broken at our house, and the most recent thing was the air conditioning. Thank goodness, it's back on tonight, but we spent about a week and a half without it. That's enough time to make a person remember how truly wonderful air conditioning is.
Back before AC was invented, houses in Kentucky (and throughout the South) were built to resist the heat and promote air circulation. The second story and full attic helped to insulate the first floor. Ten-foot ceilings and six-foot windows promoted natural air circulation. A grove of trees around the house could reduce the temperatures another five to ten degrees.
We have trees, but no second story and no sets of big opposite windows so air can flow through easily. This house begins to get hot around 10 a.m. and it doesn't cool down until around 10 p.m., even with fans.
Hot Summer of 1980 in Missouri
While sitting around here too hot to move, I've thought about other hot summers in my past. I remember the hot summer of 1980 quite well. In Missouri, heat records were broken day after day. We lived in a second-floor apartment without air conditioning, and it was so hot even at night that we could barely sleep. Somehow in that heat, we packed everything up, moved out, and got ready to go teach school in Bolivia. It was 112° the day we flew out of Kansas City.
When we came back to Kansas City a year and a half later to spend Christmas, it was -15° the night we arrived. Those are good examples of the temperature extremes that Missouri can produce. I haven't seen it any hotter in Missouri than 112°, but I have seen it colder than -15°.
1980-82: Hot weather in Bolivia
We were near the equator in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, but life without air conditioning there really wasn't any worse than in Missouri. Our house was built with thick, solid brick walls that resisted the heat, and the whole place was shaded by trees most of the day. The floors were ceramic tile, and they were always cool. We had patios on three sides of the house. In the shade on an airy wicker chair with a cold drink, it was warm but not uncomfortable.
Of course, it was hot when we got out of our chairs and left the shade -- to go to work, for example. Bolivia is south of the equator and our school followed an American schedule, so the school months of September through May spanned the seasons of spring, summer, and autumn.
My classroom was in a new building with no trees around it, and it was very hot throughout the summer. I put the children under our one ceiling fan so they would be comfortable enough that they might be able to learn something. Most summer days were three-shower days --before and after school and before bed.
As warm as the summers were, the winters could be surprisingly cold. When cold surazos blew in from the Argentine Pampas, nighttime temperatures fell into the forties. Our house had no form of heat and it could be darned chilly. We couldn't even run the oven much because its gas supply was a small propane cylinder.
1985: Hot summer of pregnancy
And then there was the memorable summer when I was pregnant with Keely. We were trying to survive on just one income during my last few months of pregnancy. The bigger I got, the hotter the weather got, and I was miserable. Our rental house had no air conditioner, not even a window unit, and we couldn't afford to buy one.
I wouldn't have survived if it hadn't been for lime slushes and Debbie. When I got too hot, I got two big lime slushes at Quick Trip and went to Debbie and Leroy's waterbed store to sit in the air conditioning for a few hours.
Debbie was pregnant too, and business was usually slow at the store so she was glad for company. We drank our slushes, watched TV, played cards, and sat around being pregnant. Luckily, Quick Trip was practically giving away lime slushes that summer. We drank so many that it's a wonder our babies didn't turn out green.
Debbie's baby was born at the end of July, and about the same time, the weather miraculously cooled down and August's temperatures stayed mostly in the 80's. It wasn't too bad. Keely was born on August 28, and not long after that, the cooler days of autumn arrived.
"This heat doesn't bother me one bit!"
In Kentucky, we usually have high humidity along with the heat. Our temperatures have been in the mid-90's this week, but the humidity has pushed the heat indices to 105° and above, day after day.
One day this week, a nice older lady who is a native Kentuckian told me with pride that this heat doesn't bother her one bit. I am sure it doesn't. She has a lovely home with central air, and she works part-time in an air conditioned office. She drives around in a large air-conditioned Buick. In my opinion, she really has no idea what the heat is like.
Many of my farmer neighbors have tobacco fields, and this time of the year, they spend a good part of each day walking through them with hoes in their hands and sprayers on their backs. When I worked at the little country store down the road, the farmers often stopped in for a cold drink and a few minutes in the air conditioning. They were drenched in sweat and sometimes they looked like they were near heat exhaustion. I don't think any of them would ever say that the heat doesn't bother them one bit.
Two survival tips for hot weather
The truth is, heat like this is dangerous. I learned a couple of survival techniques during the years when we had no air conditioning, and I used them again when our AC was out the last couple weeks. I'll share them here because they might help someone else who's trying to just endure:
- You can cool down pretty well if you lay a wet towel across your body and rest in front of the fan.
- It's also helpful to wrap a few ice cubes inside a wet hand towel and lay it around your neck.
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tools Build tool distribution maintenance, for example if you're developing for a debian target on a Fedora host, you may want to have a debian for your host machine available in a directory ~/debian_chroot to be used for building, this mode makes it possible to maintain that without root access. When creating a target with sb2-init, -t
install sb2 ./configure --prefix=/usr && sb2 make && sb2 -m install make install, this assists in installing files to where you want them (in the buildroot), while allowing the build system to attempt to install them into /usr


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SOURCE: National Association of Realtors
September 22, 2011 09:58 ET
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - Sep 22, 2011) - The following is a statement by National Association of Realtors® President Ron Phipps.
As the Republican presidential debate kicks off tonight in Orlando, the National Association of Realtors® Home Ownership Matters bus tour will be onsite to remind candidates how important home ownership is to the economic and social fabric of our country.
U.S. public policies have long supported home ownership because it contributes to stable communities, supports our nation's economy, and helps families build wealth. Removing this support would erode the ability of many Americans to establish and build their futures through home ownership.
One benefit under recent scrutiny has been the mortgage interest deduction. The ability to deduct the interest paid on a mortgage can mean significant savings, particularly for the primarily middle-class Americans who benefit -- 65 percent of families who claim the MID earn less than $100,000 per year. In this tough economy, those savings can make a big difference, and any changes to the MID could put home ownership out of reach for many Americans.
There's no question we're dealing with difficult issues when it comes to the future of the housing market and our nation's economy, but in the process, we must not lose sight of the values that helped make our country strong in the first place. NAR is committed to working on behalf of America's hard-working families to ensure that anyone who is able and willing to assume the responsibilities of owning a home has the opportunity to pursue that dream, now and into the future.
The National Association of Realtors®, "The Voice for Real Estate," is America's largest trade association, representing 1.1 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.
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The phone rings. I answer by saying, "This is Kim," and the person on the other end says, "Kim! Are wheat prices going to rally anytime soon?" Hearing this, I know two things: The persons calling have wheat to sell, and they know that the wheat should have already been sold.
Fact is they know that the wheat could have been sold at harvest for $3.40 and that the current net price is $2.87. The cash price is $3.19. Storage cost is about 21 cents and the government loan interest cost is about 12 cents per bushel.
I know that as soon as I say, "There is no reason for wheat prices to rally," there will be a catastrophe somewhere and wheat prices will increase 50 cents. This kind of puts us in the same position. We're both afraid of being wrong. The cost to the producer is money; my cost is pride.
We don't know if the world will end tomorrow. However, we can sure play the odds. The odds are that time will continue and that tomorrow will be a whole lot like today. Over time things change and "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This sounds like an economist - doesn't it?
In the wheat market, current signals indicate that prices will not rally and will probably decline between now and harvest. One signal is Kansas City Board of Trade wheat contract prices. The KCBT March contract price is $3.29, compared to a July contract price of $3.11. This implies an 18 cent price decline due to lower futures contract prices.
The current central Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle cash price ($3.19) is about 8 cents above the KCBT July wheat contract price ($3.11). Thus, the cash price basis KCBT July is a plus 8 cents ($3.19 - $3.11).
Wheat may be forward contracted for harvest delivery at 35 cents less than the KCBT July wheat contract price ($3.11 - $0.35 = $2.76). This means the cash price is expected to decline 43 cents between now and harvest ($3.19 - $2.76).
The market is basing these price offers on wheat stocks, expected wheat demand and the current condition of the 2005 winter wheat crop. Wheat stocks are slightly higher than at this time last year. Market analysts know, with a high degree of certainty, what wheat stocks and demand will be between now and June.
The unknown is 2005-06 wheat marketing-year wheat production. U.S. winter wheat planted acres are about 4 percent less than last year. Hard red winter wheat planted acres are 1 percent less and soft red winter wheat planted acres are 19 percent less than last year.
Wheat conditions are mostly good to excellent. Current conditions indicate that yield will be equal to or above the 44.2 bushel per acre average and greater that last year's 43.5 bushels per acre.
Reports indicate that Chinese producers planted about 4.5 percent more wheat acres and that Canadian producers plan to plant 4 percent more acres of wheat. Foreign wheat planted acres are expected to be equal to or higher than last year.
Wheat planted acres and crop conditions support lower prices between now and harvest.
"Will there be any price rallies between now and harvest?" There will be 5 to 10 cent rallies. The rallies are probably not worth waiting on.
Producers need to avoid the situation where they are forced to depend on price outlook to make marketing decisions. This situation may be avoided by developing written market plans and following them.
Producers follow plans on soil fertility, planting dates, disease, weed and insect control, and about every other production decision. The same works with marketing. Producers cannot control the weather and they cannot control prices.
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