Argonauts field boss Scott Milanovich has ‘coaching in my blood’
Posted: June 3, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Video: Argonauts training camp
Head coach Scott Milanovich looks ahead with main camp opening Sunday.
Bob Mitchell Sports Reporter
Using a 16-mm projector, Scott Milanovichs father Gary would hang a sheet in the attic above the garage of their home in Butler, Pa., and show him game film of the high school football team he coached.
Even at age 7, Milanovich was fascinated and developing a passion for the game he would one day play as a star quarterback for the University of Maryland Terrapins.
I didnt understand it all, but he would teach me. It was in black and white. You could rewind the plays back and forth, Milanovich recalled. I was the ball boy. I was at every practice.
He would later pass for 2,800 yards and 32 touchdowns in three seasons for the Butler high school team.
There were 7,000 people at our games. To me it was 100,000 fans, he said. It was an event you wanted to be part of.
On Sunday, Milanovich will step on the field at the University of Torontos Mississauga campus as the 42nd head coach in the 139-year history of the Argonauts. Its the first day of the main training camp. On June 13, theyll battle the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in a pre-season game at Ivor Wynne Stadium.
Milanovich, 39, spent five seasons in Montreal, four as offensive coordinator. He helped develop one of the CFLs most potent offences, with the Alouettes and QB Anthony Calvillo winning Grey Cups in 2009 and 2010. Now, the rookie head coach must turn a last-place team into a contender with former Edmonton star passer Ricky Raydirecting an offence he designed.
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Ordonez makes retirement official
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Are Your Retirement-Portfolio Withdrawals Fixed or Variable?
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How to set an in-retirement withdrawal rate is a hot topic among Morningstar.com readers, and for good reason: It's one of the most impactful decisions that pre-retirees and retirees can make. Take too little and you give short shrift to your own quality of life; withdraw too much and you risk prematurely depleting your assets.
Because the topic of withdrawal rates has many nuances, I queried posters in the Investing During Retirement forum of Morningstar.com about a specific aspect of retirement distributions: whether retirees are taking fixed withdrawals from their retirement portfolios or varying their distributions based on factors such as market performance or personal income needs.
As usual, my query yielded a rich set of responses showcasing an array of approaches to this issue. To read the complete thread or share your own withdrawal strategy, click here (http://socialize.morningstar.com/NewSocialize/forums/p/305271/3250292.aspx#3250292).
'Pretty Easy System'I didn't define "fixed" and "variable" in my question, so readers differed in their interpretations of the terms. Some posters noted that they're withdrawing a fixed dollar amount per year, which means that their withdrawals fluctuate as a percentage of their portfolios. That's the approach that underpins the so-called 4% rule, as discussed in this article (http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=536284).
Molokoeo is using that general strategy. "I make a fixed dollar withdrawal from my IRA monthly, and supplement that (grudgingly) with occasional withdrawals for one-off, unplanned expenses. Since the value of my portfolio fluctuates daily, I guess that means that my withdrawal rate is variable. My withdrawal rate modestly exceeds the commonly accepted sustainable withdrawal ate, though I'm confident in my ability to sustain my income stream with a diversified portfolio of dividend stocks, bonds, master limited partnerships, preferreds, REITs, and so on"
In a similar vein, dtconroe stays attuned to the paycheck, not the rate. "I focus on cash withdrawal amount instead of rate of withdrawal. I treat monthly withdrawals of cash as a regular paycheck for projected expenses. Every year, I decide whether to change my cash withdrawal amount for my next annual expense projections. If I need more than the cash withdrawal amount, due to unanticipated expenses, I have a savings account for the unexpected."
Other readers, meanwhile, are withdrawing a fixed percentage of their portfolios. Under that approach, the retiree's payout varies in dollar terms based on the performance of the investment assets--taking a fixed percentage yields a bigger paycheck in good years and a smaller one during down markets.
ColonelDan was matter-of-fact in his approval of this strategy. "I withdraw what I need but will not exceed 3% in any one year. The reality is as the market varies, so goes the portfolio balance, so goes one's ability to spend ergo so will the withdrawal amount even though the percentage rate itself may remain fixed. To do otherwise is to deny that reality as I see it."
Packer707 is also using a 3% fixed withdrawal rate. "We are now two years into retirement and planning to maintain/grow our portfolio during our lifetime. We use some small business ventures to fund some fun things like travel. If our investments and small businesses do well we will be able to do more of the fun things."
Glebbb is withdrawing a 4% rate, derived from a combination of income and capital gains. "I have my portfolio yield slightly above 4%, which, along with capital gains, gives me a small amount for rebalancing. All my distributions go into my money market fund. My 40%/60% portfolio should give me about 7% total return, average, so I get moderate growth. I write one check at the end of each year; [it's a] pretty easy system."
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Innovation, leadership main factors behind top companies' success: study
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Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, has released its seventh annual "Best Companies for Leadership Study", identifying the top 20 global and top 10 Asian companies for leadership and examining how they nurture talent and foster innovation in their ranks. This year, General Electric topped the global list, followed by Procter & Gamble, IBM, Microsoft and Coca-Cola. Here in Asia, Samsung Group, Toyota Motor and Unilever led the ranking.
According to Hay Group's study, the Best Companies for Leadership (BCL) create workplace environments and processes that enable innovation to thrive. In fact, 90 per cent of the Asia's top 10 companies reported that their leaders regularly celebrated innovation, compared with just 59 per cent of other companies. In addition, 84 per cent of Asia's top 10 companies reported that ideas from subsidiaries were just as likely to be implemented as those from headquarters, compared with only 63 per cent of other companies.
"In Asia, there is a keen hunger to capitalise on the abundant business opportunities," said Mohinish Sinha, leadership and talent practice leader for Hay Group Asean, India, Pacific and Africa and co-author of the BCL Asia report. "The Best Companies for Leadership recognise innovation is key to their future growth and sustainability in a fiercely competitive global market.
"Many companies prize innovation, but the Best Companies for Leadership approach it in a disciplined way by building agile organisations, promoting collaboration, and celebrating successes."
The global top 20 Best Companies for Leadership are GE, P&G, IBM, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Accenture, Wal-Mart Stores, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Toyota, Nestle, 3M, Southwest Airlines, ExxonMobil, PepsiCo, Siemens, Shell, Dow Chemical, and FedEx.
Asia's BCL top 10 are Samsung, Toyota, Unilever, Nestle, Tata Group, IBM, Sony, P&G, Coca-Cola, and Petronas.
"There are plenty of ideas that we could learn from the best companies in driving a culture of innovation," said Thachasha Phuangpornsri, leadership and talent practice leader, Thailand. "Innovation does not happen by chance any more; the highlight this year indicates that best companies focus on promoting an environment that encourages meaningful innovations throughout the organisation. This is seen as a crucial way to survive and drive their market leadership."
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Campus ministry's success at evangelism may be its undoing
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ST. CHARLES Kerry Cox was raised to reach the unchurched on college campuses.
In fact, he's so good at it, his efforts have engulfed Lindenwood University in a dispute that includes allegations of cult activity, two resignations and a broader debate about the proper bounds of evangelizing on campus.
The son of a pastor, Cox grew up sharing his father's fiery zeal to mine the faithful amid the indulgences and parties of youth.
He watched his father, the Rev. Robert Cox, launch a successful campus ministry at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville two decades ago. The son would later take over that ministry while enrolled as an SIUE student, sending hundreds of believers to his dad's Greater Alton Church.
So when the church was looking to expand its evangelization to Lindenwood, Kerry Cox was the perfect choice.
He enrolled as a student in 2004, quickly establishing a ministry called A Cross Between.
He and his new wife bought a house with a big living room to better host all of the college students who would be stopping by for small group worship services. It was the way he had grown up, with college kids coming and going at all hours from his parents' home.
"College is the time when people meet their mates," said Cox, 34. "It's when they meet the friends they'll have for the rest of their lives. People are at their most open-minded in college, and we can talk to them about these things they might not know about. It's just a good opportunity."
In the case of Lindenwood, that opportunity paid off beyond anyone's expectations.
A Cross Between accomplished its goal of sending worshippers to Robert Cox's new congregation, the Crossings Church in Wentzville. It claimed as many as 125 students, and its influence on campus grew, with several staff members becoming active in the group.
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Sherwood School District awarded hefty grant
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By Ray Pitz
The Times, May 31, 2012, Updated Jun 1, 2012
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The Sherwood School District will receive nearly $383,000 to help pay for professional development of teachers in the district.
The Oregon Department of Education recently announced that Sherwood was one of 11 school districts in the state awarded an Oregon School District Collaboration Grant of $382,825 to be spent during the 2012-13 school year.
The district plans to use the grant money for professional development and teacher release time for collaboration around the new Common Core State Standards, proficiency-based teaching and learning, and instructional technology.
The district joined the Creative Leadership Achieves Student Success Project (also known as CLASS) in 2007 and is one of the first three districts to participate in the program. CLASS is an innovative education initiative designed to empower teachers and raise student achievement, according to district officials.
It is built around four components linked to effective teaching: expanded career paths, effective performance evaluations, relevant professional development and new compensation models.
The grant is closely linked to the CLASS initiative and geared toward districts preparation for implementation in those areas.
Steve Sugg, interim chief academic officer for the Sherwood School District, worked alongside a team of administrators and certified association leaders to write the grant.
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