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Wednesday evenings serve an important purpose at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Kim Prendergast, director of children and youth ministries at the church, said they offer Wednesday evening activities for children ages 2 through high school. Three different groups of young people get involved at the church each Wednesday night, she said.
The youngest group, Powerkids, includes children ages 2 to fifth grade. Next, is the Powerzone for middle-school-aged children. Last, there's the Powerhouse for high school students.
Using the "station rotation model," children in Powerkids have two different stations they go to, explained Prendergast. This is coupled with a dinner for area youth. The stations are different each week, she added. Activities in a particular station are related to themes, as well.
"We do music, crafts, drama, games, cooking and missions," she said.
So, why is having a variety of activities important?
"I think having the variety keeps the kids interested," said Prendergast. "They don't know what to expect when they come. So, they find out at the beginning which two stations they're doing and that keeps it exciting.
"It's nice to have things that are interactive for them rather than just sitting down and doing the same thing each week."
Lessons are taught through these kinds of hands-on activities, noted Prendergast.
Powerkids also includes a family night once a month. Here, the children can bring their parents, grandparents and/or younger siblings that aren't old enough for the program just yet.
"That's nice because it's a time for the whole family to get together and for parents to visit with each other," she said.
Powerzone children get a chance at some fellowship time on Wednesday nights, playing pool and foosball upstairs at the church.
"They play games for a little bit and just get some time to connect with each other," Prendergast said.
Bible study and service projects are also part of being in Powerzone.
"They make cards for our servicemen," noted Prendergast. "They have made gifts and taken them to Maple Ridge for the seniors."
The church's Powerhouse group does outings outside of the Wednesday night activities, Prendergast said. This group is able to take a mission trip every two years. Of course, Bible study and games are a big part of their Wednesday nights at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
"We have a really great group of high schoolers," she said. "They're very involved in things at school. So, it's nice for them to have that time on Wednesday nights to get together."
Prendergast acknowledged the "awesome" leadership that both Powerzone and Powerhouse have at her church. She credited Harold and Carole Comstock with leading Powerzone and Rob and Rhonda Taylor for their work with Powerhouse.
It's important to have a fun, welcoming and safe place for young people in the middle of the week, Prendergast said. Here they can grow together on a spiritual level and "create relationships and a support system where they can grow in their faith."
The Wednesday evening activities compliment Sunday worship services and activities at the church, said Prendergast. She explained that Wednesdays are more focused on Christian fellowship, while Sundays center around worship and praise. However, there is worship and praise on Wednesdays, as well.
To learn more about Wednesday evening activities at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), visit www.fccoskaloosa.org.
Are you a leader at an Oskaloosa-area church? Does your church have a Wednesday evening Bible study and/or youth group? Would you be interested in having the Herald do a story on those activities to be included in a series of stories?
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By PERRY HUNTER
Baseball — I have heard all of the talk about the NFL, college football, March Madness and the NBA being the new pastimes of the United States when it comes to sports, and maybe they are.
But America's true pastime with regards to sports is baseball.
I believe that because it is so intertwined with our history — our U.S. history.
Major league baseball is something that we talk about regularly in U.S. history class because it is so much a part of Americana.
How can you talk about the 1920's without speaking of Babe Ruth? Or the 1940's and 50's without Jackie Robinson? Or the 1960's and 70's without talking about how our culture was changing?
But baseball stayed the same — minus the longer hair. It was the only pro sport for many years in this country, and it is one of the few sports that hasn't changed greatly through the years. Besides, what other sport can you sit at the knee of your grandfather in the United States and watch the same game he grew up with?
With regards to baseball, you don't have to be some super human athlete to be a good player.
Sure, you have to have great hand-eye coordination, but baseball is a sport that seems more feasible for more people to play at any level.
Tall or short, big or little, a little husky or skinny — when it comes to baseball, it is you vs. the pitcher when you are hitting.
It is the pitcher vs. the hitter. It is being able to field a routine ground ball or fly ball. It is all things anyone who plays up to the high school level should be able to do.
It is a sport played outside, usually in the sunny spring where people are glad to be able to get outside after a cold winter here in Southern Indiana. Plus it is a sport that is passed from grandparent to parent to child and on and on.
It's a sport that when playing in your yard, you can use tennis rackets and tennis balls because you can actually hit that ball farther and maybe you don't use a tennis racket, you use a bat instead, or you can play hot box (two bases a few feet apart with two defensive players and a runner).
Isn't it funny that you can't get a child to clean up his room, but he will run from base to base in hot box for hours?
It's a sport that you can play catch with a friend or family member and when you get tired of just pitch and catch, you start to throw ground balls to each other or fly balls or balls that you have to dive and catch.
It's a sport where — I guess they still do this — collect the sports cards of your favorite players and I loved the cheap gum that came in the packs.
It's a sport that two people who may or may not have much in common can bond on whether they like the Cincinnati Reds or the New York Yankees or the Chicago Cubs.
Last Saturday, Silver Creek Little League in Sellersburg had its opening day parade in the morning, followed by the announcing of the teams at the Little League field.
Many other communities do this. But I, as a history teacher, cannot help to think about how this tradition continues from year to year to generation to generation.
In many other countries, they rarely have parades like this, and some only have military parades. But in America, we have little kids dressed in their uniforms excited to play the game of baseball riding in floats, throwing candy out to anyone who can catch it and fill their plastic bag to the top.
You want excitement?
Go to one of these parades and see the children excited, but more importantly see the fathers and mothers excited because they are reliving their own childhoods knowing they are passing on something other than a new iPhone or iPod.
See the grandparents who understand the game of baseball because they played the same game 50 years ago and can connect with a generation that is so different from their own.
There has been no 3-point line added, no rules to protect quarterbacks, no sport from Europe influencing it, and no different interpretations of the rules (see fouling in basketball).
It is the same game that all generations have played. It is a thread that binds the generations together no matter what new and exciting man-made hype can create.
There will always be baseball and I can't think of anything better than that on a warm spring day while my children are playing the same game I did.
Perry Hunter is a Henryville High School teacher and a former coach of the school's boys' basketball team. You can visit his blog at coachperryhunter.blogspot.com.

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Even in her 90s, Magerea Glenn was taking care of almost everyone in her family. She was not just the unofficial caregiver, but the caregiver when illness befell any of her sisters, children, cousins even in-laws.
It had always been that way. When her mother got sick back in the 1970s, Glenn took a four-month leave of absence from her job to care for her mother as she died.
She has been like that, Nurse Madge, said her daughter, Dr. Cecilia Glenn of Hillsborough.
However, Glenn wasnt a nurse. For 32 years she worked in administration at Duke University Hospital, first in medical records, then in the OB-GYN department. But it made sense that she would build her career in a hospital, where the mission was to take care of those in need.
It seems that Glenn, who died last month at the age of 92, built her life around the same principle. Though she was known for being rather quiet, more a listener than a talker, when she saw a need, she rose to meet it. That was true whether she was empowering her children with a love of learning or knitting caps for the newborns at local hospitals.
Born in Durham, Glenn was one of seven children raised in what used to be known as the North Durham neighborhood downtown. She became a member of Mount Gilead Baptist Church when she was about 6 years old, her family says, and remained active in the church until the end of her life.
Her father was a Methodist minister, and when he died during her teenage years, her mother started a family in-home laundry service.
Thats how they sent each other to college, said her son William Glenn, of Durham. All of the children in her family either attended or graduated from college, he said. His mother had attended the North Carolina College of Durham, now North Carolina Central University, for two years before leaving to get married. Her family thinks she would have majored in languages, for she spoke beautiful French and German by the time she finished high school.
She met her husband, Andrew Glenn, as a student when they both worked in clothing stores in downtown Durham. He was in the military, and she would stay in Durham with their growing brood while he was deployed elsewhere.
She brought up three children at a time when people of her color were not allowed to use the front door at some public establishments, could not eat at the same lunch counter as whites, and had to patronize separate shops to buy their clothing.
Glenn came from a family that strongly valued education her mother had been a schoolteacher at one point and she believed knowledge was the key to getting ahead in life, regardless of ones color. She also believed in the value of experience, and so she, along with a number of her friends, started the Progressive Mothers Club.
The club comprised a group of African-American women who strove to enlighten the lives of their children with what society had to offer. William Glenn can remember attending the North Carolina Symphony, going to the Ice Capades and visiting numerous historic battlegrounds throughout the South with this group of families. Magerea Glenn subscribed to dozens of periodicals, kept encyclopedias in the house and constantly encouraged her kids to read.
They just wanted to be good mothers, and good mothers that teach, he said.
Education is power, and education is something they cant take away from you, she would say to him.
Glenn belonged to so many clubs, organizations and groups all of them noble in their mission, many affiliated with her church that it was hard to keep track of them all.
For nearly 30 years she was a member of the Daughters of Dorcas, an African-American charitable group that was started in 1917 by affluent and influential members of Durhams black community. It started by donating milk and wheelchairs to Lincoln Hospital, and in Glenns day collected clothing for homeless people and knit caps for newborns.
She never forgot a persons birthday, never forgot special activities in peoples lives, said Gloria Doyle, who serves as the groups vice president. Glenns daughter is the president.
At Mount Gilead, she taught Sunday school, sang in the choir and was particularly involved in missionary work, working at the state and national levels, the Rev. David D. Mitchell said.
Also, Ms. Glenn helped break the racial barrier in terms of bringing the whole community together, he said. For decades Glenn had worked with members of white churches on various community-building activities.
That was one of the things that set Ms. Glenn apart, Mitchell said.
And that was one of the reasons Glenn so enjoyed working at Duke, her family said. The university and hospital had a long history of recognizing people for their skills and knowledge, offering equal pay and benefits long before the law decreed it.
She enjoyed working in the OB-GYN department, though her presence there surprised a number of her daughters friends over the years.
My friends used to die, because I never told people what she did, Cecilia Glenn said with a laugh. But she did not utter a word to us about why patients had visited the clinic, the daughter said.
Now that she is gone, her family is making do without a matriarch who led by example.
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Role Play: Jeff Schultz came into this season as the sixth defenseman, and he played that role. What you want from the sixth best defenseman on your roster is someone who doesn't mess up every time he is on the ice, is defensively responsible, and can block shots. Contrary to popular belief, Schultz can do all of those things, as evidenced by his statistics and the fact that he blocked 58 shots. No one expects Schultz to be the best defenseman on the ice, but as a complementary player, he did well. Good thing, too, because that's what Schultz is. Grade: B


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DreamWorks' animated 3D film "Monsters vs. Aliens," was the number one film at the box office this weekend, earning $58.2 million, according to Variety.
The story provides some interesting statistics about the 3D business model.
The film was shown in 3D in just 1,550 theaters out of 4,104 total screens, but the 3D screenings earned 58% of the film's total gross, the result of charging extra for the 3D showings.
Of the $170 million budget for "Monsters vs. Aliens," see my review here, there were $15 million in costs associated with filming in 3D.
And the film played in 143 Imax locations, whose gross of $5.2 million was a record for a 3D title.
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Today at Interlift 2011 (October 18 - 21, Augsburg, Germany), DigiPara announced an enhanced version of its Liftdesigner and Escalatordesigner software, featuring new 3-D export formats. The Liftdesigner and Escalatordesigner software is now able to save 3-D elevator and escalator drawings into SAT or STEP formats, which imports them into other 3-D CAD programs. This greatly enhances the existing design process for elevator and escalator manufacturers. The new SAT and STEP function enables manufacturers to easily export 3-D elevator and escalator models into other 3-D CAD software like Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks, for customization according to their needs.
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'Mondays' will endure
I am one of thousands inspired by the fervent speeches of Rev. William Barber and other speakers at "Moral Monday." The movement has garnered national attention, compelled hundreds to engage in civil disobedience and exposed retrogressive policies forced upon us by a runaway General Assembly. I have yelled, "always forward and not one step back" with the masses and sang old spiritual hymns while holding hands with new friends on Halifax Mall.
As we near the final days of the legislative session, many of us are wondering what we are supposed to do now? The list of issues that need attention is overwhelming. My challenge to "Moral Monday" goers is to join me in making a personal commitment to take action. Identify a social problem and learn how you can help fix it. We have been dealt a bad deal; even so, our commitment to our communities is not legislated on Jones Street. Let us be creative in changing our communities in a way that only we can. We have engaged our collective voices, now we have to manage the storm and turn our angst into action.
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We're less than an hour away from the press conference introducing Kirk Muller as the Hurricanes' new head coach, and with a game tomorrow against the Florida Panthers -- one of his former teams -- he won't have much time to get his feet on the ground.
In the short term, though, there are two areas where he may be able to have a major, immediate impact on the Hurricanes: the power play, and Eric Staal.
In five seasons as an assistant coach in Montreal, under three different head coaches, Muller was popular with players and established himself as a solid Xs and Os coach and power-play innovator, but one who could never become head coach because he didnt speak French -- an unofficial but critical consideration in that market. (Just as being friends with Peter Karmanos and Jim Rutherford is an unofficial but critical consideration in this market.)
Given his work on the power play there -- Montreal was seventh in the NHL last year and second two years ago -- it will be interesting to see what Muller does with the raw material on Carolinas miserable power play, among the worst in the NHL. A combination of Staal, Jeff Skinner, Jussi Jokinen, Joni Pitkanen and, yes, Tomas Kaberle should give him something to work with there.
Perhaps more important will be his relationship with Staal, who is enduring the most difficult season of his career. The Canes need more production and more leadership from their captain, and they need it soon.
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You can—if your ancestors lived in a place with a city directory. These valuable books contain an alphabetical list of a city's inhabitants, similar to today's telephone directories, but beginning even before Alexander Graham Bell made his first call. Some city directories date to the 1700s; most American cities began publishing directories annually or every other year in the mid- to late 1800s. City directories list the names of adults, including adult children living with parents. Some also tell residents' occupations, their employers' names, their home addresses and their spouses' names.
You never know what facts you might find in these annual accounts of who's who in a city. Although it's uncommon, I've seen directories that list a death date for someone in the household. Another rare but valuable find is a city irectory that lists not only the living, but also everyone who died in the past year, as in the 1889-1890 city directory for Columbus, Ohio. More commonly, you'll find a wife listed as a widow the year following her husband's death: "Kernochan, Abby L. (wid. Edw.)," for example. If a family moved, some communities' directories may even tell where they relocated.
A helpful feature in certain city directories is the householder's index, or criss-cross directory. You'll sometimes find this in the back of the directory, or it may be a totally separate volume. Instead of an alphabetical listing by individuals' names, the householder's index gives you alphabetical-numerical listings of streets followed by house numbers and inhabitants. Just like the census, the householder's index is a wonderful way to discover the names of your ancestors' neighbors, which can be useful for tracking their migrations,
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RUSSIAVILLE — In a close contest where the margin for error was razor-thin, a great night at the charity stripe pushed Western past visiting Lafayette Jeff, 60-52, in Tuesday's boys basketball action at Richard R. Rea Gymnasium.
The Bronchos hit all six of their free throw attempts on the night, a stat that paled in comparison to the 19-of-22 clip the Panthers shot from the line.
"Free throws, without a doubt, were huge," Western coach Bart Miller said. "We were able to get to the line and hit down the stretch, and we only missed one free throw in the fourth quarter. That was big."
Western (11-7) netted 9 of 10 freebies in the final eight minutes, including 7 of 8 in the final minute when the Panthers pulled away from a one-point, 53-52 edge to secure the eight-point win.
"We didn't make enough plays to win, that's the bottom line," said Jeff coach Scott Radeker, whose Bronchos were missing leading scorer and rebounder Tyler Buchanan. "We just didn't handle situations well at the end of the game."
Jeff (7-12), which committed just four miscues the entire game, turned the ball over twice while missing a pair of shots in its final four possessions. The Panthers turned each of those missed opportunities into points at the free throw line.
"We took a 3 when we were down by one, so the shot selection was a little disappointing," Radeker said. "That's stuff we work on every day in practice, a minute to go or 40 seconds to go and down by three, but in the end it just didn't go our way."
In a game of 20 lead changes and four ties, the final swing went Western's way when Des Balentine knocked down back-to-back shots with a deuce and a triple to turn a 45-44 deficit into a 49-45 advantage with 4:30 to play.
Balentine, a quiet 1 of 7 from the field over the first three quarters, scored 10 of his team-high 15 points in the final frame. He knocked down 3 of 4 free-throws in the fourth quarter while junior guard Evan Warden was 4 of 4 from behind the stripe.
"In the fourth quarter, when the game is on the line, it's nice to have guys like Des and Evan to close out a game," Miller said. "This was an all-around great team victory. We had a real balanced attack [Tuesday] night, with five guys in double figures."
Ronnie Smith finished with 13 points, while Warden and Austin Weaver each scored 11. Austin Townsend had 10 points to go with a team-high nine boards.
Smith scored 12 of his 13 points in the first half, while all of Weaver's came in the first 16 minutes as the teams battled to a 26-all tie at the half. Smith and Weaver were the only Panthers to connect from the field in the first half, as the duo shot 10 of 13 from the field while the rest of the team was 0 of 9.
"Ronnie's play in the first half was big for us," Miller said. "We had a size advantage underneath and that opened up the outside for us. Jeff did a good job of getting out on our guards early, so Weaver coming off the bench and knocking down those shots was big as well."
Western held a 12-11 edge after the first eight minutes. Weaver's boost off the bench accounted for five straight points in the quarter. In the half, Weaver shot 4 of 5, including 3 of 4 from downtown.
After a thrilling first-half of 13 lead changes and three ties, Western seemed poised to put the game away when an 11-4 run to open the second half put the Panthers ahead 37-30 at 4:37 in the third quarter. But the Bronchos battled back, countering with an 11-3 run to close out the quarter and go up by a point, 41-40, heading into the final eight minutes of action.
While Western's largest lead was the seven-point third quarter advantage, Jeff's biggest lead was four, 18-14, on a Peter Ripke triple in the second quarter. Ripke paced the Bronchos with 15 points and eight rebounds, while Darian Collins chipped in 11.
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SJP sees new business soar 46% in run-up to RDR
by Alex Steger on Jan 24, 2013 at 07:49
St James's Place (SJP) saw new business in the last quarter of 2012 rise by 46%, from £152.8 million in 2011 to £223.8 million, on an APE basis.
Adviser numbers at the tied network also increased by 8.4% to 1,788.
In the last three months of 2012 new investment business increased 54% to £109.1 million, compared to £71 million in 2011, while new pensions business was up 41% from £75.9 million in the equivalent period last year to £107 million in 2012.
The firm's funds under management grew to £34.8 billion, up 22% over the year.
SJP chief executive David Bellamy (pictured) said: 'Whilst market conditions remained challenging for much of 2012, we were pleased to attract £5.9 billion of new investments during the year. This, together with the continued 95% retention of existing client funds and positive investment returns, saw assets under management rise to an all-time high of £34.8 billion.
'We enter the year well positioned for the new retail distribution review (RDR) environment. Recruitment activity remains buoyant and we have good momentum across all aspects of the business as we continue to develop our investment proposition and enhance the service we provide to our clients.'
Earlier this month SJP were tipped by analysts at Investec as one of the firms best placed to benefit from the RDR.
The analysts note said: 'On balance, the upheaval in the UK life industry that the RDR is likely to induce should largely bypass the company.
'The focus on a mass affluent customer base should significantly insulate the company from the difficult economy while having an in-house sales force should mean minimal RDR disruption.'
36 comments so far. Why not have your say?
Jan 24, 2013 at 08:03
Can l have a free advert too?
P S, Don't you have any other photos?report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 08:13
If a company is exempt from RDR and pays on the old system and the public don't understand the concept of independent then of course you are going to have distortions like this A tribute to the genius of Weinberg and Wilson ( who was an adviser on insurance affairs to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in 1990)
This is clear evidence of the dysfunctional rule system an shows that it just does not work. The IFA community is no community at all it has no voice and no power so it will be abused.
All animals are equal.....etcreport this
Jan 24, 2013 at 08:17
My word - those figures look terrible. I wonder which other FS business has posted similar growth! Looks like the public really do care about whether their adviser is "restricted" or "independent"report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 08:24
No, you can't have a free advert....and regretably we can't manage 1788 people in a group shot, but if we could, you would probably see a load of your buddies!
The Founding Patners remain eternally grateful for the IFA community seeing the light (and the writing on the wall) because they have helped push the share price up to near record levels. So...a very big "thank you" from us all.
But don't be shy guys.....we are not nearly as bad as some comments on this forum believe. Clearly, clients like us and it is a very broad church of independently-minded individuals who are allowed unfettered access to operate and grow thier businesses within the rules that bind us.
Am am reliably informed that we have moved from "recruitment" to "selection" and our induction team is burning the midnight oil processing applications.
That's not insider knowledge.....just common-sense....when you think about it?report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 08:32
I don't know, it doesn't matter where I churn these days, I can't get away from SJPreport this
Jan 24, 2013 at 08:33
Oh me oh my - Citywire stops calling them an "upmarket sales force" and what do they get - criticism of the library photo ... ;-)
And I note that the "mass affluent" are now in the frame ...
The question I continue to ask (and never get an answer - perhaps Simon can help me here) if that if the investment process and the products are so great for clients why not allow us poor dillusioned Independent advisers access to them so that we too can bring our clients the benefit of all that collective wisdom ... after all, then your poor recruitment / selection and induction teams might not have to work so hard and you would still get the new business on the books ... which is after all where the real money is made ...report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 08:39
So SJP flogged shedloads more product whilst commission was still available and especially just before RDR came into effect - no surprise there then.
Now punters will have a 4.5% "fee" paid to an adviser from their investment rather than 4.5% commission and it'll all be spun in the same way it always has been
In small print at the bottom : (The term Cynical Partnership is a marketing term for me and more fool you if you think it actually means what it says)report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 08:48
I say good luck to them. The product and advice is crap of course but so what. Subprime lenders and other FS firms have a weak product, doesn't mean there's no place for them in the market.
Besides, SJP are good at getting clients away from high street banks which is a good thing for IFA's. I don't have time to explain to bank clients why tied advice is pants but SJP do and then they bring those clients out into the "proper" market for IFA's to get hold of using SJP's explanation (and a little more clarity).
It's a win win for the community as far as I'm concerned. If an IFA is losing business to SJP then they really need to question whether they're in the right job. It should be one way traffic for everybody, so congrats and good luck SJP.report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 08:49
@ Simon
So when "independence" is claimed, it is true as it means "independently-minded".report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 09:04
No explanation necessary as to why their last quarter was so productive. It will interesting to Q1 figures.
It would be rewarding to think that the FSA would investigate the sales practices of the SJP advisers to ensure that the clients were not misled on charges and commission.report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 09:05
A successful IFA spoke to me recently about being recruited to SJP, the recruitment manager told him that he could switch and replace all £60 million funds he had under management as they have a robust replacement process for investments and pension transfers. That's @ 3 % initial 'fee' and 0.5% renewal 'fee' and he was told about the money he would get when he sold the business, something like 2 times renewal plus 25% goodwill. I asked this person if he thought it was ethical to churn all existing policies, he said when clients trust you they will do anything you suggest. No wonder SJP new business figures are up, they recruit IFAS and offer a proposition that is so attractive. If we are a profession we need to be professionally ethical and that means walking away from unethical behaviour. Hard to do when there are SJP recruitment managers on the prowl. SJP new figure will have to stop at some time when the recruitment stops or we are all SJP advisers, now there's a level playing field!!!!report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 09:16
So that what's happens when the sales managers say to the salesmen "Fill yer boots lads, the gravy train may be about to come off the rails when we stop using smoke and mirrors to confuse clients"
SJP have announced their RDR charge model as an explicit 5% i/c and 2.3% per annum.
Any decent IFA will clean up and I suspect they will be stop 'selecting' and back to aggressive recruitment of gullible fools on the promise of a pay-out down the road.
Check their numbers q 4 2013 versus q 4 2012 - I suspect some changes...report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 09:19
SJP have put out today's press release and they get a lot of free publicity on Citywire. I have recently seen their current marketing letter with its offer of a 'free' lunch and not so free churn!
The FSA lets them and Towry (lets give them a mention too) and others do this so good luck to them. If their clients don't like it they can walk.report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 09:20
Time to stop getting these
Fellow IFA's admit it we have been outsmarted
While we try to help the FSA produce coherent rules SJP have just got on with taking advantage of the absurdity we now have
SJP have laughed all the way to the bankreport this
Jan 24, 2013 at 09:28
Of course, it would have taken two minutes to look at SJP's results and see the implied surrender rate of 4.9%, and commented on that.
But what the hell, why not just reprint the press release and go and get a coffee instead.
Citywire used to have some journalists a few years ago. I wonder who they are working for now?report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 09:38
Oh come on, there's plenty of business for everyone. SJP are pushy and expensive, but they have compliance procedures and haven't dumped a whole bunch of Arch Cru, Keydata etc etc liabilities on us via the FSCS, like some other firms (including IFAs) have done.
SJP were telling their salesmen to get the business in prior to 31 December, and to leave the investments alone so that trail commission could continue ad infinitum! However, all new stuff will of course have to have explicit annual fees deducted and shown for the ongoing service - it seems to me an IFA will be able to pick that point up with a potential new client with an SJP plan and show the client what they could do for a similar fee.
On that point - will. SJP have to allow Advisor Charging facilities for IFAs who take over post 31 Dec SJP investments? At present that's not possible, but maybe they'll have to do it to try to keep the business on their books, albeit serviced by an IFA not an SJP salesman?report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 09:52
I am absolutely astounded to see an organiation increase their new business figures by 46% with only an 8.4% increase in the number of 'advisers'. Surely they must all have gone on a very motivational course in the summertime! If the FSA do not investigate such a staggering rise in productivity I will be very disappointed (but not surprised). On the other hand if I was an SJP manager, rather than congratulating the people on their increased productivity I would be giving everyone a dressing-down for having been performing so badly previously!report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 09:52
And all the advice is guaranteed.
So sweetreport this
Jan 24, 2013 at 10:05
re John Burchett's comment - let's see Q1 figures and yes the ridiculous slant on these articles, why are we reading such rubbish?
I have to say, I am sure that they are not the only advisers that churned the cream last year!report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 10:19
@Christopher Petrie
More than a few IFA firms which mis sold Cru, Integrity, Keydata etc have folded and the constituent parts emerged all spruced up at SJP. We of course pick up the bill via the FSCS.report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 10:21
Clearly they are doing something (probably a lot of things) right. £34.8bn under management isn't to be sniffed at. The 0.8% alone is many times more than most IFA's business come anywhere near. And if they do offer clients a nice lunch and a slick presentation and a well dressed sales person / adviser who puts them at ease, then is that such a bad thing if it makes the client comfortable with what they are doing.
Will they get the best performance available on the market? probably not, but there are a hell of a lot of IFA firms out there who don't come anywhere near them in terms of fund research.
An interesting question would be, if you were to look at the financial advice market in the UK and do some real due diligence, which adviser would you place your money with. Personally, I would want to go with somebody who was guaranteed to be there in a good number of years time and wasn't going to go bust and mean I had to apply to the FSCS. Would you chose a one man band IFA working out of their bedroom office, who spends a lot of time stating on comments sections that regulatory costs are going to put him out of business, or a firm with £34.8 bn under management who have got the cash and desire to give you a big corporate cuddle in a nice hotel along with lunch with some like minded people?report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 10:29
What a surprise, that people are surprised at the figures. Only yesterday I spoke to a client who has been advised to transfer his pension benefits from a platform with a total ongoing charge of 1.9%, including our income for ongoing servicing to SJP on the basis it would be free to transfer and cheaper going forward. He made net 8.6% last 12 months, He also recommended that he cancel a CI policy as the option they offered was better, rely. I suggested that he got it all in writing. The regulator needs to catch up.report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 10:40
re Ms Booths comments I deliberately took sounding from others in the industry at the end of last year with "their ear to the ground" and I echo your comments. The mad rush to position them selves prior to RDR from 7% plus nil to 3 plus 0.5 was embarassing. As an IFA I personally have no time for the back slapping sanctimonius claptrap that comes from SJP and I dont go round worrying about them as this involves negative energy. However its time some of our fellow IIFA's woke up to the fact that you are not all "whiter than white" and their mad dash to churn policies prior to RDR was bordering on fraud. Most of us do a great job, often doing far more for clients than would normally be expected and miles ahead of banks etc. However you only have to attend seminars to hear comments such as "I dont deal with clients with less than assets of £100k" or my minimum fee is £150 per hour/ /£ 650 minimum to arrange an ISA. Get a life lads and be the professionals you claim to be, your are dealing with folks livelihoods and with that comes reponsibilities
One final point- I dearly wish the FSA would analyse figs such as above and address any miss-selling rather than this tick box culture which seems to pervadereport this
Jan 24, 2013 at 10:48
Was this just because a lot of the salesmen were milking the business before they were stopped from working because they will not be level 4report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 10:53
I would be interested to know how many SJP advisers intend to retire in the next few years bearing in mind the reason most may have joined wuld be due their incentives/promises to purchase retiring advisers clients.report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 11:08
And the winner of this years RDR Award is SJP and all the other sale forces that will now spring up in abudance once again having been decimated int he 1980s.
Just what the FSA want. Independent advice on a strict fee paying basis with the major distribution channel being the sales forces of the banks, L& G and suchlike. Much Much easier to control it all.
The loser is the public?report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 11:20
This column reminds me of the nautical term "pissing into the wind".
Relief when you do it but a mess when you look what you did
Grow up SJP play the rules better than the IFA's and guess what when they do get the complaint (like @Des) I bet they are called IFA'sreport this
Jan 24, 2013 at 11:25
Agree with @TrevorGarson IFA - the comments are embarrassing.
Spend less time moaning on Citywire. If SJP's products are so poor and their performance "crap" (thank you @Smithling)- sad indictment of those who cannot write so much more business when up against such poor products.
They are successful - get over it. I see why everyone hates Manchester United and other people who are successful, because they have advantages others don't.........
I have no preference either way - SJP or IFA, but if you can't beat them (with your superior products and service).......you know the rest of the phrase.report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 12:05
SJP do more churning than Lurpak!! Interesting to see how they fare now in the RDR worldreport this
Jan 24, 2013 at 12:14
So nobody noticed that their investment premiums went down then.
Big rise was in pension and protection premiums. I'm sure that most of us can work out why protection premiums increased, but they have clearly been having success selling pensions - singles and regulars.
You need to read four pages of big text to find that out..I guess that is too much to expect a journalist to read!report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 12:55
I guess all this only shows that the leaders of the most profitable firms can shout the loudest, probably because their profits eminate from high charges to their clients.
5% +2.2% annual seems to me to be on the steep side. If the archetects of RDR only thought about things in greater depth, allowed commissions but at a maximum rate of 4% + 0.75% ( too allow for complex cases), most of the high charging firms would have to cut their costs, to the benefit of clients. Perhaps the new FCA will look at this, who knows!
Mind you, the advisers get 3% + 1.5% and a lot of their costs are paid by SJP from their cut. Seems like a good proposition for any IFA who doesn't have ethical issues about churning!report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 17:06
I would never want to be seen defending SJP but have just checked my own new business commissions for oct/nov/dec 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. They "soared" by 45% - I admit this is lower than SJP but currently, I don't advertise, don't hold seminars or do "marketing" to speak of and certainly don't provide finger food for clients. maybe it's just a sign of the times.
A slightly different approach to this article might be - if the mass affluent are piling in, do we need to start worrying about bubbles?
As a post script - have also had more personal insurances and mortgage enquiries since the beginning of 2013 than the whole of the last 2/3 years. Again, this hasn't been deliberately sought out but is part of the ebb and flow of businessreport this
Jan 24, 2013 at 21:39
Amazing job SJP. Main reason for massive increase on AUM recently was their recruitment drive 2011\ 2012 targeting Bank Advisers and effectively coaching and encouraging them to persuade their old customers to move investments, pensions and protection.
Great way to quickly build up revenues but unfortunately its usually the Advisers that sink as they can't bring enough new business once the churning has dried upreport this
Jan 24, 2013 at 22:51
Churn churn churn goes the busreport this
Jan 27, 2013 at 14:39
So SJP have a business model with appeal. It doesn't appeal to me and my clients. If we lose clients to SJP then i need to pay more attention to my business and the service we offer.
Other businesses are only a threat to weak businesses?report this
Jan 27, 2013 at 21:31
Churn churn churn away as usual with SJP and take your clients for as much as you can ! Lets see what happens to the marketing and whether they still hide their status post RDR and explain to their clients what restricted actually means? What's the betting they don't?report this
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Welcome to the first issue of the re-launched PARKS: The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation. A high and low resolution PDF version of the whole journal can be downloaded and can individual papers.
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Recent progress with the conservation and protection of temperate indigenous grasslands in New Zealand
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Connectivity Conservation of the Great Green Macaw's landscape in Costa Rica and Nicaragua (1994-2012) Oliver Chassot and Guisselle Monge Arias
Human health and well-being motivations and benefits associated with protected area experiences: an opportunity for transforming policy and management in Canada Christopher J. Lemieux, Paul F.J. Eagles, D. Scott Slocombe, Sean T. Doherty, Susan J. Elliott and Steven E. Mock
Protected areas and the challenge of conserving crop wild relatives Danny Hunter, Nigel Maxted, Vernon Heywood, Shelagh Kell and Teresa Borelli
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Glad to see it is still up and running! Brings to mind the 1984 "Assessment and Proposed Revitalization of Parks International Journal" coauthored with Robert Cahn, prepared for the 24th Working Session of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)/Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (CNPPA) in Madrid (IUCN Gland 13pp) which helped spark its revival at that time.
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