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Audio Will cuts to Qantas see it turn a profit and escape junk status?Eleanor Hall
ELEANOR HALL: So will these changes and drastic jobs cuts see Qantas turning a profit and escaping from its junk status credit rating?
Well, joining Peter and me now in the studio is a former chief economist for the company, Dr Tony Webber, who worked at Qantas for seven years until 2011.
He is now at the University of Sydney Business School.
Dr Webber, thanks for joining us.
TONY WEBBER: Pleasure.
ELEANOR HALL: Now last time you joined us you predicted a "horror" half year result. Is this result as bad as you expected?
TONY WEBBER: Well, it's the worst on record so it is a horror result and it is a reflection of the fact that in the main part the international business is performing just as miserably as it has in the past.
ELEANOR HALL: And do you think the changes the Qantas chief has announced including this huge cut in jobs will deliver that proposed $2 billion in savings?
TONY WEBBER: Look I think, clearly getting rid of people, getting rid of jobs will save them money. I think it will save them money over the short to medium term but if it starts to impinge on the brains in the business and the decision making that's being made then mistakes will flow from that and that will create some problems but certainly it will help the business.
I think that their reduction in capital expenditure will certainly improve the business particularly the freeze on capacity expansion in Jetstar Asia will certainly benefit.
PETER RYAN: Tony Webber, what does Qantas have to though to impress the Federal Government that it is dealing with a very tough situation after all Qantas has to negotiate enterprise agreements with something like 12 unions and I'm just looking at a release here from the Australian Industry Group saying that we need to move away from arguments about entitlements and get onto the substantial base of businesses being allowed to compete and lift their performance.
Does Qantas need to impress the Federal Government that it is going to undertake workplace reform?
TONY WEBBER: Look, I think the dominant issue isn't really workplace reform. I think it's just persistent excess supply in both the international and domestic markets. It seems from these results that the issues seem to happen forever in the international market where capacity is growing above trend pace and that's problematic for yields.
So look, they've got IR issues and wage issues and labour cost issues but they're second order compared to the excess supply.
ELEANOR HALL: And Tony Webber, he says he won't resign, we've just heard him there, but how secure is Alan Joyce's job?
TONY WEBBER: I thought his job was at risk a year ago so I'm not the best person to ask but he's definitely a resilient character. You can only go on the company's performance and he's been the head of that performance for the past five years and it's been relatively miserable so, you know, maybe they just can't find someone to replace him, maybe that's the issue.
ELEANOR HALL: Maybe no one wants the job.
TONY WEBBER: Well, I wouldn't want the job.
PETER RYAN: I interviewed Alan Joyce just after he took on the chief executive job when he took over from Geoff Dixon and he used the less polite term but he said that he'd effectively received a hospital pass from Geoff Dixon but several years have now passed. That surely can no longer be an excuse?
TONY WEBBER: Well, I think there is only one segment of the business where he did get the hospital pass which is the international business. The domestic business and the regional business is still an exceptional business. It will make money eventually, it's just in a cyclical downturn.
So the international business just seems beyond repair but I mean, he certainly got passed a good ball in the case of domestic and regional. It's just in a cyclical downturn.
PETER RYAN: How damaging though has Qantas' strategy been in this airline war with Virgin which appears to be turning nuclear I suppose and Alan Joyce has maintained that he wants to maintain the 65 per cent market share and has been putting on two flights for every additional one that Virgin is putting on. Is that a flawed strategy?
TONY WEBBER: Oh, it's completely flawed. I think that's damaged Qantas' domestic earnings enormously both in terms of the main line and the Jetstar business. I think that certainly Virgin's rapid capacity expansion hurt Qantas but what hurt Qantas more was their own capacity expansion because we know that Qantas' own capacity hurts Qantas' yields or pricing more than its rivals' capacity expansion has hurt Qantas. So it's actually Qantas' reaction to Virgin which has done so much of the damage.
ELEANOR HALL: Former Qantas chief economist Tony Webber, thanks so much for joining us.
TONY WEBBER: Pleasure.


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Life After Prison
After Eddie Ellis was released from prison, his family wondered why he still ate meals in his room with the door closed.
"Mama, I says, this is what I am used to. I am used to being in my cell. I am used to eating alone. This is how I am comfortable."
As about 90 Middlebury students sat riveted to their seats on March 3, Ellis spoke uncompromisingly of the hardships of life after prison during one of the final events in the week-long student symposium on "Communities and Justice."
After serving 15 years in prison for a 1992 manslaughter conviction, Eddie B. Ellis Jr. still experiences acute anxiety when he goes to the movies ("too dark and people moving too much"), eats in a restaurant ("I sit with my back to the wall so no one's behind me"), and rides the Washington D.C. Metro ("if it's too crowded I get off").
"These are the things that I have to deal with every day," he said, "and these are the things that people don't see when people come home from prison."
Wearing a sleeveless sweater over a pale blue dress shirt with pressed slacks and polished loafers, Ellis spoke for about 35 minutes without notes and took questions for another three-quarters of an hour. He laid bare the facts about "the code of the street," the circumstances surrounding his crime (he shot and killed a man who pulled a gun on him), and the rigors of prison life and solitary confinement.
Ellis never revealed more than a hint of smile, for which he has a simple explanation. In prison, he said, you don't have much to smile about and you don't want to show too much emotion, lest you'll be perceived as weak. So Ellis learned to suppress his urge to smile, which is something he still does.
"My brother asked me, 'Why are you so serious all the time?' and I tell him that I smile on the inside," said Ellis who is back in the D.C. area living with his mother and brother, working for a cleaning service, maintaining a website, and speaking out.
If there was a theme to Ellis's talk, it was just this: that former prison inmates bear deep scars from their experiences and need to be given support when they re-enter society. He likened the post-incarceration experience to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and has self-published a book, "The Window of Opportunity Pre-Release Handbook," to help ease the transition for others.
Ellis said he has benefited greatly from counseling, especially through role-playing difficult situations (like when someone bumps into him on the Metro) and learning to keep the ups and downs of life in perspective.
"I now realize that there are things I want to do [in life]," Ellis demonstrated with his hands far apart. "And things I can do" as his hands got closer together, but "I have to keep it real for myself" he concluded with his hands just a few inches apart.
Ellis was invited by Middlebury student Hanna Mahon '13 to appear in connection with the Communities and Justice Symposium organized by the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity. The symposium included an address by former federal prosecutor, a lecture from a Bronx public defender, two documentary film screenings, panel discussions, talks, and a campus-wide storytelling event – all aimed at exploring questions about criminal justice, immigration and justice, and the American correctional system.
In his closing, Ellis urged the audience not to judge convicted criminals on their mistakes, but on their character and potential.
"This is my fifth year that I have been out, and I am giving back because I want to give back. I am doing the right things. I am putting the right messages out there. I am not going to lie about my actions. I take responsibility for what took place in my life.
"I just want to keep doing the positive things I can in whatever community I am in, and help people understand that a lot of people coming out of prison can do right too."
The pain Ellis has caused others and the pain he has caused himself will never go away. Yet, as he said, "a lot of people come out of prison better than they went in," and he is trying to be a prime example of it.


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Monkeys can learn to see themselves in the mirror
Unlike humans and great apes, rhesus monkeys don't realize when they look in a mirror that it is their own face looking back at them. But, according to a new report, that doesn't mean they can't learn. What's more, once rhesus monkeys in the study developed mirror self-recognition, they continued to use mirrors spontaneously to explore parts of their bodies they normally don't see. —> Read More Here


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From a pamper day in Goole to a re-enactment of a school classroom in Sheffield and a country and western event in Knaresborough, social care settings up and down the country will be making an extra special effort for Dignity Action Day on Friday. These may seem little things, but they show how determined care staff can be to provide people with something more than just the basics.
There is plenty of knowledge around about the promotion of dignity and the prevention of abuse. We know that from research, but, as research tells us about what makes a difference for people who use services, let's start with the person.
Imagine Rebecca. Rebecca is an older person who has spent time in a care home, a hospital and her own home. She may also be spending some time in a hospice. Would Rebecca or her family distinguish between any of those settings as "health" and "social care"? Of course not. Rebecca is not a "patient" or a "service user" to her family. She is someone who has contributed to life in the UK and still wants to. She wants to be, and is entitled to be, treated with dignity.
So it's about how all of the agencies that help Rebecca can work together in her best interest. The upshot is that Rebecca has a better quality of life, with more choice and control. But what looks simple can often be complex to achieve.
We know there are many things to get right for dignity to flourish. On the Social Care Institute for Excellence website we talk about the key eight "dignity factors", ranging from having choice and control, to issues of personal hygiene and pain management. We know that care staff need the time and resources to do the job. They also need to be encouraged to stay in the job and flourish in it. Dignity needs strong planning because the co-ordination of care is a complex and challenging issue to get right.
We read of services that fall far short of this mark and yes, they have to be exposed. However, far less media attention goes on services that are getting dignity right and what helps. So, for instance, food and mealtimes are very important aspects of good clinical care but are also a vital element in providing dignity and self-respect. Our Social Care TV film on nutrition shows how the mealtime experience can be enhanced by listening to what older people say about what they want to eat, as well as by preparing fresh food.
Rebecca and her family will want to be, and expect her to be treated, with dignity. At Scie we host the Dignity in Care network website, where staff are encouraged to become "dignity champions". Champions believe that care services should be compassionate and person-centred, as well as efficient. For Rebecca to have as ordinary a life as possible, as she defines it, extraordinary things need to happen. This means environments that are not "ordinary", like hospitals and care homes, have to change.
Let's hope, for Rebecca, that soon, every day is Dignity Action Day.
Patricia Kearney is interim director of adult services at the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
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When Heidi Weaver sits down with many of her clients these days, the financial planner turns to a big chart on the wall and goes into a well-worn spiel.
First, they look at what the markets have done in the past 50 years. Then she runs numbers and predicts how much money the client will have to fund retirement – and she usually has to temper some expectations. After all, it's not always easy to leave the wealth accumulation phase and move into the preservation phase.
"It's unusual because for their whole lives they've been trying to earn more and chase the highest return. But we don't want to chase it any more because we know it's a roller coaster and they can't handle it right now," says Ms. Weaver, who is with Time & Money Planners in Ottawa.
Sometimes, preserving money – rather than going whole hog into the markets and investing in equities and other riskier vehicles – is the way to go. Think retirement, illness, job loss, getting ready to dip into RESPs for school, a change in career or when a marriage breaks down. When lifestyle shifts happen, moving money to safer options can make a whole lot of sense.
Ottawa-based financial planner Bona Savone says she starts talking about wealth preservation with her clients much earlier than she used to. When she started in the business 20 years ago, clients waited until they were practically out the door at work, gold watch in hand, to begin the conversation about shifting wealth into more conservative investments.
Now investors in their mid-50s are feeling antsy about holding on to their savings to fund retirement.
They also face more stress. Unlike their parents, who could depend on predictable income when they retired, today's baby boomer generation is faced with a financial security net full of holes.
"Between your pension, your CPP and Old Age Security, you were fine. Anything above that was a bit of gravy," Ms. Savone says. "But that's not the way it's going to be now. People are going to use most of their assets and there will be little left."
Deciding where to put that money is hardly a no-brainer, either. Even safer investments such as guaranteed investment certificates or certificates of deposit aren't what they used to be because they offer so little return. A 10-per-cent yield on a CD? That was so 1984. Today you're lucky if you earn a tenth of that.
"It's hard right now. If somebody calls me and says, 'What can I put my money in and I'm guaranteed to get 8 per cent?' The answer is, 'Nothing,'" Ms. Weaver admits.
And that's exactly why it's important to stay in the game and maintain equities in your portfolio even if you're ready to retire, says Ms. Savone, who adds that many of her clients think they have to move all the money into something conservative.
"They forget that at retirement, that money may need to last 20 or 30 years. It's really only 5 per cent of your portfolio you'll be taking out each year, so the rest needs to be invested to keep up with inflation," she says.
Rob McEachern, an independent financial adviser in Barrie, Ont., agrees, but still thinks it pays to be cautious. Two of his recent clients lived to be older than 100, and so he tends to plan using 40-year time horizons even for people reaching age 60.
"That's the new reality. People are living longer, but not necessarily healthier," he says.
Now when Mr. McEachern works with clients going through life changes, he puts a time-tested formula to work. First, he ensures his clients have a guaranteed income stream to cover shelter, food, clothing and other daily needs. Anything left over is placed in an emergency fund. Then, only if there is any money remaining, will he think about investing it in something riskier.
Yet no matter how much or little risk a client is willing to make, there's always one good way to get a double-digit return, guaranteed.
"If you have a credit card, you're much better to pay that off than put that money in a GIC," Ms. Weaver says. "From a financial planning perspective, it's the best use of your money at this point."
What the experts say:
- "As you get closer to needing the money, you have to make adjustments. The five years before and the five years after retirement are the huge critical zones." – Heidi Weaver, financial planner with Time & Money Planners in Ottawa.
- "Reduce or eliminate exposure to volatile sectors of the market. There's nothing worse than drawing income from an asset that is going up and down like a toilet seat." – Lise Andreana, financial planner in Burlington, Ont., and author of No More Mac 'n' Cheese: The Real World Guide to Managing Your Money for 20-Somethings
- "RESPs have a short time horizon, so you need to start moving the money sooner to preserve what you have. Our office likes to use age 12 to start thinking about rebalancing the portfolio." – Bona Savone, financial planner and elder planning counsellor, Independent Planning Group Inc., in Ottawa
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In 1910, the Flathead Reservation opened to homesteading and the sale of tribal allotments, along wih the land of early settler Ed Lamereaux, became the townsite of Hot Springs. Originally platted as Pineville, the town lies astride Hot Springs Creek within the modern borders of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation.
European-American settlers from the outset enjoyed the hot springs and residents catered to visitors seeking the curative mineral waters. Businessman Fred Symes purchased the property in 1929 and built a $50,000 Mission-style hotel, completed in early 1930. Mission-style features include the curvalinear roofline, quatrefiol windows and stuccoed walls. The original hotel featured twenty baths, ivory enamel finishings, and doctor's services on the premises. The Symes proved a depression-proof business; expansion and improvements continued throughout the 1930s through the mid-1940s.
Visiting the Symes is like stepping back into the 1940's. We provide guests with an escape from telephones and televisions and other nerve jangling distractions of modern life. What you will find is old fashioned hospitality from folks who are genuinely happy to have you visit them.
The Symes Hot Springs Hotel and Mineral Baths has 31 rooms available, including a Jacuzzi Suite with jetted mineral spa, ten cabins and convenience apartments. There is a hot outdoor mineral flow thru pool in the front of the hotel, which has two temperatures: 104 degrees and 101 degrees, with a peaceful waterfall between the two pools.
The bath wing still has four of the original clawfoot tubs in private stalls for bathing. There is a new two-person jetted tub and a jacuzzi steam that you can rent by the hour. We have a day spa that features Swedish massage, hot rock therapy, theraputic jetted baths, exfoliation and wraps, and WATSU in a private mineral pool.
Additionally, we have a restaurant, espresso, live music, art gallery, antiques and gifts. The historic hotel provides a unique step back in time with family, friendly staff, entertainment, good food, massage, and a peaceful hot water getaway with one of the most revered mineral springs in the world. It is considered one of the world's
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In the 1600s, when educated youngsters threw it all in, it was called a Grand Tour.
These days, it's better known as the quarter-life crisis that is overwhelmingly affecting those spoilt for choice.
"When I was in high school, I told everyone I was going to change the world. I was going to be a human rights lawyer, I was going to work for the United Nations and I was going to bring war criminals to justice," 27-year-old Caroline Rawlings says.
"I spent six years at uni learning to do just that. And then all of a sudden I was 24 years old with two degrees and not a single ounce of enthusiasm to use either.
''I didn't want to be a lawyer. I hated law. I hated the thought of being in an office all day. My entire life to that point had been geared to achieving the dream I always thought I wanted but when it came right down to it, I didn't want it any more.
''And with that, came guilt. So much guilt. And then, depression."
It's by no means a new phenomenon and even its moniker, the quarter-life crisis, borrows from its mid-life counterpart.
But it's real and there is an increasing body of research exploring it, according to Associate Professor Evonne Miller, a social psychologist at the Queensland University of Technology.
"When people hit their mid-20s and they start to realise that the careers or the lives they might have picked when they were 17 or 18, that they decided to study something or they made a choice to do something and it is not turning out how they thought it would [that's a quarter-life crisis]," Ms Miller said.
"It is just like a mid-life crisis, a time when an increasing number of people are starting to talk about a time when they might make a change, significant changes, in their life path."
The global financial crisis has not helped matters.
Ms Miller said for some young people, emerging from university and discovering the job they've aimed and trained for is no longer available can result in feelings of loss and disillusionment.
We have the luxury to even worry about these things and to some extent, it is an educated or affluent worry
"I think in some fields, architecture and the building industries for example, people have trained for a long time for their jobs, five years-plus and they have graduated and all of a sudden, the jobs they were told were going to be there for them, aren't there," she said.
"And it's a real reality check, because they want to do what they've trained to do, that is their passion and unfortunately, currently some people just can't get that job."
Part of the reason an increasing number of people in their mid-twenties are - anecdotally at least - reporting disatisfaction with their lives is that they are making choices which can impact the rest of their lives when they are just teenagers.
Ms Miller said changes in work habits also meant a job was no longer for life.
"I think it is really difficult to make the right choice," Ms Miller said.
"But I think it is really important to make our choice and to explore options but we need to realise that we are living longer, now an average of 82 to 85 years and that has shown us that you are likely to have three or four significant or different careers throughout your life."
Which means, Ms Miller said, if you no longer want to be a lawyer, it is not the end of the world.
"It is important to acknowledge while some of your peers might be lawyers and loving it, it is OK to make a change now and go and do something completely different and start that coffee shop, if that is now your dream."
Ms Rawlings said after six months of "wallowing and moping about my first-world problems" she decided to make a complete break and after volunteering overseas realised she wanted to work with aid agencies.
"Just nowhere near the legal side of things," she laughed.
Which is how Ms Miller said was the best way to move through a crisis.
"You have to treat it as an opportunity," she said.
"It is all about how you approach it and react to it. Treat it as a challenge you are going to have to get through and make the most of it.
"Let's say you are a graduate and you can't get a job, then go explore other opportunities.
"It is a cliché, but there is a lot of truth in it: you have to turn a crisis into opportunity."
Just as long as it is kept in perspective.
"We have the luxury to even worry about these things and to some extent, it is an educated or affluent worry," Ms Miller said.
"Some people don't have the luxury to worry about whether they are feeling fulfilled in their roles or in their jobs, they are working any job to pay the rent, to pay bills or pay the mortgage."


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Gove told to call off dogs in Clegg row
Michael Gove was ordered to "call off his dogs" from the Liberal Democrats today as a coalition dispute over free school meals intensified.
After a week of tension between the two parties over tougher sentences on knife crime, a series of leaked emails increased the temperature in a row over a Lib Dem plan to give free lunches to children aged between four and seven.
One of the education secretary's former advisers accused the deputy prime minister of publicly "lying" about the £1 billion policy. The Lib Dems hit back with a call on the education secretary to "put a bit of a constraint on some of the ideologues".
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Frederick "Doc" Mirliani:
Pioneer in Music Education
By Paige Fogarty '00
Frederick S. Mirliani was a music
prodigy from the age of seven when he excelled at the violin.
He was able to play almost every instrument during
his lifetime, and often said, "Music
is my life." His extraordinary gift led him to Holy Cross where he graduated
in 1932 with a bachelor's degree in both English and music. While at Holy Cross,
Mirliani was chosen as the best musician in the College.
Mirliani's talent was recognized by many professionals
in the music industry, including Glenn Miller who invited Mirliani to join
his dance band. He turned Miller down in 1938 in order to pursue studies
in music education which would become his life's work. "I like to share what
I know," he once said. "I could play with any band in the country. I'm that
confident, but I want to teach."
Mirliani would do just that, receiving his master's degree in music education
from Boston University. He went to work at New Britain High School in Connecticut
where he earned the nickname "Doc" as the students saw him as a doctor of notes.
He was largely responsible for the success of its band and chorus. While there,
he was selected to represent the eastern United States at the National Music
Education Association Festival in 1946.
His success in New Britain led him back to his alma mater where he served for
19 years. During his time at Holy Cross, the music department flourished, As
director, Mirliani developed bands and expanded the vocal department
to three glee clubs and many smaller groups. His most important contribution
to the College was the reintroduction of academic classes in music.
Mirliani continued to pursue his interest in music education and performance
after he left Holy Cross. During the 1960s, he pioneered a music program in
the state community college system in Massachusetts. At the age of 78, Mirliani
was still conducting a jazz group. Throughout his career, he could always be
found imparting the joy of music and using his extraordinary gift for arranging
and conducting. "I know music," he said. "There's a certain sound I get
from my groups."
"Doc" passed away in April of 1996 at the age of 86, but to those he taught and
conducted, that sound will always be remembered.


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Christview Ministries E-Mail Update, June 15, 2006
Christview Students Making a Difference
J.R. and Vickie Poulson are key leaders in Soul Purpose Ministries, an outreach ministry dedicated to reaching the lost, educating the community on the devastating effects of methamphetamine, and how God's unconditional love can heal our lives and our community.
Soul Purpose offers a worship service on Sunday evenings with speakers giving witness to how God has changed and continues to transform their lives. A number of people have made decisions to follow Christ at these services.
J.R. and Vickie come to Christview for mentoring. John teaches the scriptures, recently completing a selection of Psalms relating to J.R.'s worship leading and to their prayer ministry, and now turning to Genesis and Exodus relating to representing God's character. Judy coaches leadership skills, working through the challenges of getting a new ministry started and talking about direction and goals for their ministry.
Soul Purpose recently sponsored a Meth Awareness Day to educate the community and to reach out to people whose lives and families are being destroyed by this drug.
Vickie says, "We are grateful for Christview coming at the right time in our lives. We look forward to the inspiration we receive as we study scripture. We find a lot of help in how to work with people and take steps toward turning our vision into reality. Christview is helping us make an impact for Christ in this community."
John's Interim Ministry in Harrison
On January 8, John began a part-time interim pastorate at First Christian Church, Harrison, AR. He will continue until the church calls its new pastor, probably this autumn. John has preached, taught scripture, written for the newsletter, and provided guidance for the church's meetings and ministries. He has emphasized (1) building understanding of the scriptures as the foundation from which the church operates, (2) developing awareness of the presence of God in daily life and (3) focusing on mission.
The Harrison ministry has kept John busy, but it has provided the opportunity to test and improve materials that are already on our Website and to develop new ones that will soon begin to appear. It has reinforced our conviction that mentoring leaders is the path to the future strength of the church. The Harrison ministry and the rest of our Christview Ministries overlap and build one another in interesting ways.
Prayer Day at Christview
Judy Turner led a Prayer Day at the Christview Ministries Center for members and friends of the First Christian Church of Harrison. 25 people spent a spiritually refreshing day in deepening communication with God. The day included teaching, small group discussion, and time for personal and group prayer.
Would a group from your church like to come to Christview for a day of spiritual renewal? Talk with Judy about designing a spiritual renewal time that will strengthen and bless your group.
Christview "On the Road"
Since the beginning of the year, Christview has provided leadership for an evangelism workshop in Illinois, a prayer retreat in Arkansas, leadership training events in Louisiana and Arizona, and a prayer seminar in Texas.
After such an event is over, a leader can wonder, "Has it really made any difference in the lives of the people who attended and in the life of a congregation?" Rev. Mike Johnson is the pastor of Vine Street Christian Church in Arthur, Illinois, where Judy Turner led an evangelism workshop in January. Mike recently wrote:
"We knew Judy to be an excellent workshop presenter, practical and down to earth while also deeply spiritually rooted. But we could not have imagined the excellence of her evangelism workshop and weekend spent with us. There were 33 members of our congregation, including several young couples, who were present for the Saturday workshop. Later one young man--who hates church meetings--said it was the best day he'd ever spent at church. That was the experience of virtually everyone who participated.I cannot recall a six-hour workshop that I didn't find myself 'winding down' toward the end of it. But the interest and energy level in the room at Judy's workshop was as high at the end as at the beginning."
"A young woman who attended the workshop had 'married into the church,' but had never committed her life to God in Christ. She was baptized two months after Judy's workshop and has formed a task force to investigate our church sponsoring a pre-school in the community as a way of reaching out to touch others at a point of felt need in our community. (I'm guessing that it's unusual for an evangelism workshop to be an instrumental factor in bringing a workshop participant to Christ. But it happened). We are talking now about having a major spiritual focus weekend for the congregation every year. And we'll be asking Judy back."
People Coming to Christview for Personal Spiritual Renewal
In the last months, people have come to Christview for a time of individual spiritual renewal. They have come at a time of crisis in their lives and found healing; a time of confusion and have found clarity; a time of exhaustion and have found God's deep rest. Some are not experiencing any kind of crisis, but have simply come to grow closer to God.
Perhaps you, or someone you know, needs a time and place to slow down, rest, and communicate with God. The Christview Ministries Center offers a beautiful setting for personal spiritual renewal.
You never know what colorful characters you might find on the Christview deck.
Can you picture yourself here for a personal renewal time?
What would you do if you came to Christview for a couple of days?
Depending on your needs and goals, these are experiences you could have:
- Time alone with God, which could take many forms: meditating on scripture, praying while sitting on the deck, praying while taking walks along country roads, praising God while listening to music, writing your thoughts and prayers in a journal….whatever helps you communicate with God
- Spiritual Guidance: Trained and experienced pastors are available to talk with you about your spiritual life and help you discover what God wants to do in and through you. These pastors can make suggestions concerning how to spend your time alone with God.
- Rest – The relaxed schedule at Christview and the peace of the setting are conducive to rest and physical well-being.
- Study - An extensive library of Bible commentaries and books on Christian spirituality and prayer is available. You can arrange for a guided Bible study on a book or topic of interest to you.
- Worship Times – You can participate in Morning Prayer, a simple service of scripture reading and prayer that is offered every morning at the Christview Ministries Center.
- Meal Times – Meals served at Christview are simple, healthy, and satisfying. Interesting conversation and laughter around the table make meal times something to look forward to.
What do people who have come to Christview say about their experience?
"God met me in a special way during my retreat at Christview. It was one of the most significant experiences of my life."
"I came to Christview tired and discouraged. I left with new energy and excitement. I'm telling everyone I know that they should come."
How do you arrange for a time of personal spiritual renewal?
Call or e-mail Judy Turner. firstname.lastname@example.com (479) 253-5865
Judy will make a reservation for you and talk with you about what you need and hope to experience at Christview.
How much does it cost?
Click this link for information on suggested donations.
Thank you
Thank you for your interest in Christview Ministries and for taking time to read our update. Please keep Christview in your prayers.
If you no longer want to receive e-mail updates, please let us know.


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The VFF Grains Group actively works to represent our members' interests and to provide a unified voice for Victorian grain growers. We are proud that our policy and advocacy work is consistently delivering better outcomes for farmers and their families.
The current policy issues that we are working on are outlined in the table below.
For further information on any of these issues, please contact us. You can also keep up to date with the issues we are working on by following us on Twitter or subscribing to our fortnightly e-newsletter, Snippets.
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Addressing insolvencies
in the grain trade
We were pleased to see the move from major grain marketers to shortened payment terms this harvest, as a response to pressure from the VFF and from growers. The major marketers are now offering payment terms of 14 days (End of Week) or fewer, a significant reduction from the 30+ days on offer in past seasons. This is a positive step for the industry, and will provide increased payment security for growers.
The VFF has worked with the CFA to develop a voluntary grain harvesting guide that provides an objective way to measure and assess the potential fire risk on your property. The Voluntary Grain Harvesting Guide was released on 31 October, and is currently being trialled in the Warracknabeal region.
The guide is based on the Grassland Fire Danger Index, and is based on a model that has been in operation in South Australia for a number of years. It uses temperature and relative humidity to determine the wind speed at which it is recommended that harvesting operations should stop.
More information can be found here, or contact us for your copy of the information pack.
Grains contracts, payments & pools
Grain contracts, payments and pools, are an ongoing issue for grain producers. We have adopted an active three-pronged approach to ensure a competitive and efficient market that promotes the interests of producers. This involves:
- lobbying industry and government,
- educating producers, and
- providing member services.
We lobbied the government for oversight of national pools at Senate Hearings in 2012, and raised the issue of Pools not achieving EPRs with farmers prior to harvest in 2012 at the VFF Pre-Harvest Roadshow (the WEA reports can be found here).
We have also worked hard to increase awareness of the Personal Properties Securities Act (PPSA) and grain contracts at our Conferences and Pre-Harvest Roadshows. Payment terms and title transfer were key areas of focus in the 2014 Roadshow (15-19 Sept), and we were pleased to see that the market has responded to grower pressure by moving to 14 day payment terms this year.
National grain grower representation
Grain Producers Australia (GPA) is currently the government-appointed industry Representative Organisation for the grains industry.
Among other roles, GPA represents producers on plant biosecurity issues. The Grains Research & Development Corporation also reports to GPA. GPA worked effectively with VFF and other State Farming Organisations (SFOs) in representing producers' interests in the debate over the Wheat Export Marketing Act, as well as other legislative reviews such as that of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), which regulates the chemicals approved for use in agriculture.
Storage, handling & transport
Storage, handling and transport are three of the largest cost components to a grain producer's bottom line. VFF Grains continue to work with bulk handlers and government to ensure that there is adequate competition between providers and investment in infrastructure to deliver the least-cost and most efficient bulk handling, export, and road and rail transport system to producers. VFF Grains also lobbies the Bulk Handling Companies with respect to site investment, segregations, testing, and port competition (see below).
Competition in grain ports
One of VFF Grains' key focuses since deregulation has been to ensure competitive ports, storage and handling to drive down costs to producers and allow exporters to compete for grain. Access by all exporters to grain ports is essential to ensure this competition occurs. This means exporters must be able to both physically access a port with a vessel, and also see what stock is available up-country so they can bid the price up and accumulate cargoes. Without this, access is 'impeded' and competition is reduced.
Along with GPA and the other SFOs, we were successful in our lobbying efforts to ensure the implementation of a compulsory or 'Mandatory Code of Conduct' so that all exporters have access to port infrastructure. Our joint submission in response to the draft Port Access Code can be found here. The mandatory code was released by the Federal Minister for Agriculture on September 19, and will commence on September 30 this year.
Wheat Industry Advisory Taskforce
VFF Grains and other SFOs were also successful in achieving the implementation of a national Wheat Industry Advisory Taskforce to examine related supply chain issues such as ensuring grain quality integrity which has suffered since deregulation in 2008.
Industry structure & consolidation
(e.g. ADM / GrainCorp)
Industry structure and consolidation continues to be a major industry issue, with recent examples including the Glencore takeover of Viterra and Archer Daniels Midland's intended takeover of GrainCorp.
Our work on the ADM-GrainCorp issue focused on how ADM proposed to operate GrainCorp, as this had the potential to have a significant impact on its competitors' access to port and handling facilities and to stocks information. VFF would be concerned if ADM attempted to introduce a 'closed-loop' system in Australia which is a feature of American grain exporting, where exporters predominantly buy into their own bulk handling system and export from them exclusive of other exporters.
Chemicals regulation & industry stewardship
VFF Grains participated in the review of the APVMA legislation, which impacts how agricultural chemicals being reviewed by the regulator for registration are assessed and/or reassessed over time. VFF Grains' concerns were that the revised legislation may have unintended consequences of chemicals being deregistered and that new and possibly preferable chemistry may not be registered because the regulatory research cost to the chemical companies would be too excessive.
Our approach has been two-fold, firstly to lobby Government to ensure that legislation and regulation does not have unintended consequences and utilises a fact-based framework. Secondly, we have been working with industry to improve grower education, training, systems, and practices. This will enable the industry to demonstrate to the APVMA and broader community appropriate practices and risk management protocols that demonstrate that farmers are good custodians of their land and have more invested than anyone in ensuring safe, responsible, and sustainable food production practices.
Fertiliser pricing & contracts
Fertiliser price volatility has been an ongoing feature of the grains industry. VFF lobbied fertiliser companies at the VFF Grains Conference in 2010 and also appeared at Senate hearings at the time, calling for increased transparency and standardised contracts to ensure fertiliser prices and supply were honoured. The industry has recently introduced standardised contracts, similar to grain contracts, that should increase certainty of price and supply for producers in a volatile market.
Grain receival standards
(e.g. test weight, varieties)
VFF Grains actively reviews grain receival standards from our members' perspective. For example, we opposed Grain Trade Australia's proposed increase in test weight for milling wheat from 2010 to 2013. This proposal is again under review and our efforts have been integral in forestalling a change that would have significantly disadvantaged growers.
We also lobbied Wheat Quality Australia in 2012, which saw the upgrading of Scout and Axe wheat varieties to Australian Hard classification for the 2012-13 harvest, with the resultant dollar benefits to growers of that quality of approximately $10 per tonne. In 2011, we were also successful in calling for Wheat Quality Australia and GRDC to commence a program of varietal review to introduce the APH classification to Victoria.


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The defeated GOP candidate famously disparaged Obama as the candidate of the 47 percent.
Now, liberals gleefully view Mitt's final tally as poetic justice. Liberal schadenfreude is about to reach overdose levels. Just when you thought the dead horse of Mitt Romney's campaign had been beaten more than enough — and most savagely by members of his own party — Dave Wasserman at Cook Political Reportprojects that the final count of the popular vote, which is still ongoing, will show Romney winning 47 percent of the electorate.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Anonymous from S for smart Purchased my Panny in December. First thing I did out of the box was to Calibrate the tv. Used the cnet review and my wow blu'ray disc. Color reproduction looks pretty solid. Mainly use home theatre setting (seems brighter) and cinema settings for night time viewing. Must say my cable provider, cox, looks ok running thru my tivo roamio pro, although it does seem a little grainy. On the other hand, fire up a blu-ray movie and this tv really comes to life (1080p), great contrast, deep black levels and the color saturation looks great. My only regret is after watching the CES 2015 coverage, everything is going the way of 4k, 1080p will be a thing of the past in a year or so. Maybe then I'll upgrade when there is actually 4k content to watch.
Date published: 2015-01-10
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from Much better picture than displayed in store. It pays to buy a very high grade HDMI cable. I recommend the brand Pearl. Having Verizon FIOS doesn't hurt either. You definitely need to spend some time fine tuning picture and sound. Turn off the feature that adjusts picture to room lighting. Go to vivid and increase % of other adjustments to your liking. Leave on Cool2. Great feature is this set will hook up to traditional surround sound systems, although it's built-in sound system is very good. Panasonic has the lowest failure rate in the business at @2%, but I would still buy an extended warranty for your peace of mind.
Date published: 2014-12-04
Rated 4 out of 5 by Anonymous from Happy With Our New TV We have had several Panasonic TVs since the 1980s and never had any problems. This is a very good TV at a good price.
Date published: 2014-11-27
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from Superb picture quality I love this TV! My kids absolutely love this TV. Great investment and features you won't find in a Sony. A must have for any family that is entertainment savvy
Date published: 2014-11-26
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Bluetooth/WiFi Issues and Status for 3.0
For a couple weeks we've been trying to release a Bluetooth version of our game (iSamurai), but have been experiencing strange network problems ever since compiling for the 3.0 GM (gold master) Seed of Apple's iPhone 3.0 software. We've now had enough breakthroughs on our network struggles to share some (hopefully) useful info.
We submitted a bug report to Apple and answered one of their follow-up questions, and started an official support request - and have been going back and forth with an Apple rep on this. He has provided some good direction and interesting tests.
To cut right to the main issue:
- With the release of the iPhone software 3.0 GM seed, a service discovery process is now running that will look for other computers over EITHER WiFi or Bluetooth, (switching back and forth using the single antenna available for both).
- When that process is actively looking, various problems are caused with a current network connection that has already been established. Lags, and sometime even big lags and dropped packets of data being sent between the computers.
- To stop the service discovery, you do something like [self.netServiceBrowser stop] after you've made the connection, but it doesn't stop network problems from happening during the initial discovery process, which sometimes hangs one or both of the phones.
- When you turn off either WiFi or Bluetooth on the phones, the other type of connection (that you didn't turn off) is great, probably because the discovery process doesn't even try - no lags, no problems. Unfortunately this is something the user must do in their Settings (Right? Not sure what other options there are here.).
That leads to the amazing fact:
A bluetooth connection can be made using the 2.2.1 and earlier WiFi Picker, on iPhones running 3.0, regardless of whether the new GameKit framework is used or not. People can get a Bluetooth connection with 2.2.1 apps just by upgrading to iPhone Software 3.0!
I have verified that a Bluetooth connection is possible with our currently available 2.2.1 app (iSamurai compiled for iPhone OS 2.2.1) with phones that (now) have iPhone OS software 3.0 -- although not obvious, the Bluetooth connection is made using the WiFi Picker interface, and then our Apple-mandated "No Network Found" message comes up, but the connection is there.
To make absolutely sure, this last test was done and works even with WiFi off on both phones and all possible wireless access points (WAPS) turned off - it IS a Bluetooth connection, being made with an app compiled to run on iPhone software 2.2.1 but running on Apple's iPhone software 3.0.
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With the passage of time as the technology advancing so rapidly, everyone is becoming a gadget geek, either he is a businessman, actor, musician or a gaming geek everyone finds mobile gadgets a mandatory thing in their lives. Likewise iphone with its multi app feature has made the whole world in your hand, iphone has been used for a variety of purposes and one such purpose which is being discuss is iphone network gaming. I am a big fan of iSamurai and I will definitely love to play the bluetooth version of this game through my iphone, although in the earlier iphone models the Bluetooth technology only supported the wireless technology, but now latest Bluetooth apps are being developed that allows iphone networking through Bluetooth technology . Instead of doing the networking through Wi-Fi to connect two iphone for double player game, it would be easily done through wireless Bluetooth technology.
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Hey Robert. Thanks so much for this app, it has opened up a curiosity in me to learn how to make apps for the iPhone. I don't know C or C++ or Objective C yet but I've been crunching when time allows me to do so. I am very curious about the code written to establish a peer to peer connection between the iPhone and other bluetooth devices. I've been looking on the apple dev website, but can't find any reference as to what it would look like.If you could help me, I would definitely appreciate it. If you know of a template or could point me out in the right direction that would be great! Please contact me via email at your soonest convenience.
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The FTSE has bounced 1.8% despite news that the UK has fallen into a deeper recession. Miners led the charge, with gold miner Randgold Resources topping the FTSE leader board, up 383p at £51.70. Vedanta followed it up, rising 48p to 999.5p.
Oil and gas companies were also in demand, recovering losses from recent sell-offs. BP closed the day up 13.1p at 407p, while BG Group was 39.5p higher at £12.69.
Investors were also piling into tech stocks, with ARM Holdings among the top gainers, up 12.8p to close at 495.2p. S&P Equity Research raised its recommendation on the chip designer from hold to buy.
On the downside, packaging group Rexam slipped back by 5.3p to 393.9p.
Michael Hewson of CMC Markets said: "We've seen a more positive session today in Europe, despite some really abject economic data from both the UK and Europe and no real conclusions from last night's EU summit. The fact is, given the sell-off in recent days, none of this data was a real surprise given the economic backdrop across Europe, so to have it confirmed wasn't too much of a shock."


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Good morning Edinburgh.
Tonight New Town and Broughton Community Council meets from 7.30pm in Drummond Community High School library.
Windy weather had an impact on some aspects of life over the weekend. Midlothian Snowsports Centre had to close during the weekend due to high winds, says STV.
A large tree that fell onto a cycle path in the Meadows on Friday was 121 years old, reports Cameron Rose on his blog. He also gives his views on the future of the old Odeon site, referring to the Southside Community Council's petition, which we reported on here.
A Merchiston couple who were fined for breach of the peace have apologised for wasting public money. Dr John McCallum and his wife Michele were taken to court over an argument with a neighbour. Dr McCallum tells today's Herald:
"We would apologise for this thoroughly wasteful use of the valuable public resources taken up by the process that followed, and by that I mean the police time and court time."
Today's Scotsman reports Arcade Fire will be the first band to play in Edinburgh Castle's new Tattoo arena this summer. But some local festivals face having their funding cut, reports the Evening News.
There will be 26 new jobs at a new Toshiba healthcare science programme in Edinburgh.
Emily Dodd and a local geologist investigate 'Teletubby Hill' at Leith Links in this Audioboo. What do you think it is and what do you call it?
There are photos of the latest weaving workshop in Coburg Art House on the PickOne Facebook page.
A recent freedom of information request shows there were 2,450 people on a waiting list for allotments in Edinburgh as of last month. There are 1,266 plots in the city. If everyone on the list could have been given a plot, the council could have earned up to £171,500.
Another recent answer shows the City of Edinburgh Council is currently owed £2.6 million in unpaid parking tickets.
You can see more requests to the council on What Do They Know.
Local land rights expert Andy Wightman had an opinion piece in the Herald on how forests are owned.
There is a list of some of this week's events on The Edinburgh Reporter.
There is a video feature on BBC Scotland of Edinburgh resident Dr Andrew Murray, who ran to the Sahara, averaging 34 miles a day, to raise money to tackle poverty in Mongolia.
Comedy improv act To Be Continued are reviewed on Edinburgh Spotlight.
The Evening News reports that a bike corridor in the south of the city will need some more work before being implemented.
The latest artwork exhibition by FOUND is features on Fay Young's blog.
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Public Hearing on Public Pension Plans
Thursday, April 22, 2010
State Capitol, Room 437
Click here to view CalChannel video coverage of this hearing.
All written testimony submitted electronically is linked to the witnesses' names below.
Public Hearing: 9 a.m.
Defining the problem
Understanding the employer's perspective
Employee efforts at the bargaining table
- Tony Oliveira, Member, CalPERS Board of Administration; President, California State Association of Countiesment
Guiding principles for sustainability
- Ron Cottingham, President, Peace Officers Research Association of California
- Richard Stensrud, Chief Executive Officer, Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System
Governor's Pension Reform Package
- David Crane, Special Advisor to the Governor for Jobs and Economic Growth, Governor's Office
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BEST PRACTICE: Governance of Public Employee Post-Retirement Benefits Systems (2010) (CORBA) (new)
"New Normal" Retirement Plan Designs
Additional material from hearing:
University of Minnesota Law School report
The following individuals and organizations have submitted written comments to the Commission:
California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility
Georkeshia Campbell
Allison Miller
Don Perera
Professional Engineers in California Government
SEIU Local 1000
Thursday, April 22, 2010
State Capitol, Room 125
(The Commission will consider agenda items I-V at approximately noon. The precise time will vary depending upon the testimony of witnesses and will be determined at the discretion of the chair.)
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Does the trespass cover the video camera covering 90% of my driveway and only a small portion of their property.
The breaking up of part of my driveway and the damage to my garage, why isn't that considered Criminal Mischief, my garage has a slate roof, it is reasonable to think that leaning a freestanding metal basketball hoop against it might cause damage. Neighbor claims he can't watch his workers all the time and therefore he is not responsible for damages they may cause.


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Patna, Oct. 19 (ANI): Continuing his volley of jibes at the BJP, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav said on Monday that even inviting former Hindi film heartthrob Hema Malini to campaign for them would not save the ruling party at the Centre from losing the Bihar Assembly polls.
"The BJP has been deflated and if they think calling Hema Malini to campaign for them is going to get them the votes, they could not be more wrong," Lalu told reporters here.
BJP MP Hema Malini had campaigned for the party candidates in Barbigha, Govindpur, and Warisaliganj earlier this month and asked the voters to come out in favor of NDA candidates saying only the NDA could bring prosperity in the region, since all other parties, including the Congress, RJD, and JD (U) had failed to do anything for the state.
Training his guns on the BJP over the reservation policy row, Lalu said they need to take a stand and decide if they are siding with Mohan Bhagwat who was openly 'insulting' M. S. Golwalkar, the second Sarsanghchalak of the RSS.
"BJP should burn Gowalkar's book 'Bunch of Thoughts', if they are siding with Bhagwat over reservation. They keep going back and forth on this issue so if they burn the book once and for all, then their stand will finally be clear," he said. (ANI)


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(WBIR-Knoxville) The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics is helping boost business at a West Knoxville skating rink.
According to the Ice Chalet, attendance has doubled, and in some cases, tripled this winter.
Attendance at public sessions is 200% above normal. There is an even greater increase for beginner skater enrollment which is up 300%.
"Well everybody wants to be the next Michelle Kwan. So we definitely get a lot of new kids enrolling in classes and a lot of people come to public sessions in general," said Ella Hulsey, with the Ice Chalet.
Steve McCurry was a skate guard when the Ice Chalet opened in 1962. His two granddaughters now take lessons at the rink.
"People get interested in it and they come try it out and our skating school grows in numbers. A lot of those hang on and stick with it," McCurry said.
For the first time in at least 50 years, if not ever, the Ice Chalet will stay open in April and May. Normally it closes during those months, but larger numbers have resulted in a higher demand for skating time.
"They see girls and guys who are older than them and they really look up to them and they say, 'I want to be Gracie Gold or Jason Brown or whoever', and so then they take lessons which is great," said Beth Anderson, a long-time figure skater.
The Olympic games can also inspire more established figure skaters. Jonathan Shelton started skating seven years ago, at the age of 5.
"I'd like to be a skater in the Olympics," he said.
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Meena Devi (56), a frail-looking homemaker at Kewal, who used to work as a daily wage earner, today is a proud farmer busy in producing mushroom on her half-bigha plot.
She purchases mushroom seeds between Rs 100 and Rs 120/kg from the mushroom production centre in the village and after 30-45 days, produces more than 6kg, selling them at Rs 150-170/kg. Not only Meena, more than three-dozen women in this village now have this opportunity to lead a better life.
Located some 25km southeast of Jamui district headquarters, the otherwise sleepy Kewal, under Gidhaur block in Maoist-ravaged Jamui today is known as mushroom gram (mushroom village).
The change in the fortunes of Kewal and its inhabitants was possible only with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Developments (Nabards) vision of starting an oyster mushroom production and marketing through its umbrella programme under natural resource management (UPNRM).
In 2011, Nabard, under the rural innovative fund, had motivated the oyster mushroom spawn project through an entrepreneur, Mohan Keshri. The rural innovative fund project had another component of providing mushroom production training to 500 villagers across the district.
The capacity of the lab was production of 10kg spawn per day. However, the capacity of the spawn lab has been proposed to be increased to 30kg per day under the project. The spawn lab is the only one of its kind within the nearby districts and it has facilitated the mass scale production of oyster mushroom in the district.
The financial outlay of the rural innovative fund project was Rs 9.68 lakh and that amount has been utilised for the preliminary spawn production unit-cum-training programme implemented by Keshri.
According to Sanjeev Kumar, district development manager Nabard, Jamui, the positive approach has paved the way of mass scale production, spot marketing and complete utilisation of the spawn centre.
Keshri, who started mushroom cultivation at Kewal in 2006, had the opportunity to expand it with Nabards rural innovative fund in 2011. At present, 42 beneficiaries have started production and 53 have been identified for the first year, Sanjeev said.
The successful implementation of the project would go a long way in providing additional employment to farmers and they would be saved from depending on rain. It will also arrest the large-scale migration of villagers after paddy harvesting, he claimed.
This year, a project by social action for rural development agency in the form of mushroom production and marketing under the aegis of Nabards UPNRM programme was initiated. This project has been designed and sanctioned for trained beneficiaries of the earlier rural innovative fund project in the form of seed money for the construction of mushroom house and input cost. The project cost worked out to Rs 18 lakh, involving 150 mushroom farmers, Sanjeev said.
There are two parties involved indirectly in the ongoing UPNRM project Keshri for spawn production and a Koderma-based NGO, Sai Social Business for Rural Development, for a buy-back policy of mushroom.
Both the parties have been provided loans Rs 1.8 lakh to Keshri for spawn centre capacity enhancement and Rs 2.45 lakh for drier set to Sai Social Business for Rural Development. The social action for rural development agency is directly involved in the implementation of the project with the technical support of Sai Social Business for Rural Development, Sanjeev added.


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Joyce Peseroff's four books of poems are The Hardness Scale, A Dog in the Lifeboat, Mortal Education, and Eastern Mountain Time. She has been coordinating editor, managing editor, and associate poetry editor of Ploughshares, and edited The Ploughshares Poetry Reader, Robert Bly: When Sleepers Awake, and Simply Lasting: Writers on Jane Kenyon. She is the winner of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Artists Foundation, and of a Pushcart Prize. Her poems and reviews have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Agni, Ploughshares, Southern Review, New York Times Book Review, The Women's Review of Books, and the online journal Slate.
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INDUSTRY - Two men were in custody today after Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators located stolen plastic products belonging to the U.S. Postal Service.
The plastic was located Wednesday evening in a warehouse in Rancho Cucamonga in San Bernardino County, where it was being stored before being ground to make it untraceable once sold, said Sgt. Nabeel Mitry of the Los Angeles County sheriff's Industry Station.
The stolen items were located by members of the sheriff's Industrial Plastic Theft Task Force -- the latest outcome of a long and continuing investigation, Mitry said.
The arrested men, one from Rancho Cucamonga and the other from Montclair, were booked at the San Bernardino-West Valley Detention Center on suspicion of possession of stolen property, he said.
A third man has been identified but not yet arrested, according to Mitry, who said the man's attorney has contacted the task force and promised the suspect would surrender, perhaps later today. Other individuals may have been involved in the operation, he said.
None of the suspects' names were immediately released, and investigators did not say early this morning what led them to the Rancho Cucamonga warehouse.
Earlier this month, detectives from the task force discovered stolen plastic products worth more than $115,000 at two locations, one in South El Monte and another in Lynwood, and arrested nine people on suspicion of receiving stolen property, Mitry said.
The stolen goods in that case were found at Broadway Plastics in the 2000 block of Lee Avenue in South El Monte and at a residence in the 3500 block of Virginia Street in Lynwood, he said.
At Broadway Plastics, stolen trademarked plastic products were being stowed, ground up and prepared for sale, Mitry said. Investigators found some items intact and others that had already been ground, he said.
Some of the stolen plastic products were being stored at the Lynwood home, Mitry said. The names of those arrested, six males and two females -- including five family members, two employees and the business owner -- have not been released.
Sheriff's deputies in July recovered approximately $450,000 in stolen plastic pallets and other items after serving a search warrant at Socal Plastics in the 1290 block of North Nollwood Circle in Anaheim. Four suspects were arrested, according to the sheriff's department.
Most of the recovered plastic, both ground and items still intact, came from pallets, trays, shelves, baskets and collapsible crates from grocery stores, pizza places, bakeries, restaurants, beverage companies and shipping and receiving companies. Capt. Mike Claus of the sheriff's Industry Station said at the time that more than $5 million in stolen trademark plastic had been recovered over the previous 12 months.
In January 2012, sheriff's investigators arrested four people in connection with the discovery of $250,000 worth of stolen trademarked plastic products at R and P Industries, a South Los Angeles recycling business in the 700 block of East 59th Street.


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Welcome to a new week, New York Giants fans! Things, in general, should be relatively quiet for the next 10 days or so; until the start of Organized Team Activities (OTAs). Any big news will likely be rookie signings or some addition free agent signings, but that's about it. With that being said, we suggest you kick off the new week by enjoying the following headlines.
Eagles Newest Safety Ed Reynolds Grew Up in Lawrenceville, Rooted for Giants
Ed Reynolds, the Eagles newest safety and fifth-round draft pick out of Stanford, was surprised to hear that the Lawrence High football team made it to the Central Jersey Group III final last fall.
Reynolds, the son of former NFL linebacker Ed Reynolds, grew up in Lawrenceville while his father worked in New York at the NFL offices.
"My dad having played and then working for the NFL I saw and did a lot of things. I worked for the Giants at training camp a couple of years when they were still in Albany, got to know a lot of their players. That was cool.
"Growing up, I was a Giants fan. I mean, I bleed green now,'' Reynolds said with a laugh.
Former Giant Mike Rosenthal: "I Kept My Mouth Shut and Worked"
Not many former Notre Dame football players can say they started on the offensive line as a freshman and were deposed in a court case against their head coach as a senior.
In between, he wouldn't trade the memories he made for anything. Mike Rosenthal had quite a remarkable career with the Irish.
"It was good and bad," Rosenthal said of his time under the Dome. "I look back (on my Notre Dame career) with all my teammates, all the things we went through … Obviously, I would have liked to have played for (offensive line coach) Joe Moore for four years. I made no secret of that. He's one of the reasons I went there. He's one of the main reasons I went there."
"(Penn offensive lineman) Adam Kane, and the guys who came in front of me … I got to New York (with the Giants in the NFL) and Brian Williams. I've always been fortunate to have a good group of guys who taught me to do the right things. "Every level: I kept my mouth shut and worked. You move up the depth chart when you do that."
Ramsey Retiree Finally Opens Revival Movie Theater in Westwood
Audrey Hepburn—a cardboard cutout—greets visitors to the Rosebud Theater in Westwood.
Movie posters for "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" hang on the walls along with old newspapers: a San Francisco Chronicle with an article on Babe Ruth's funeral, with movie timetables underneath, and a 1942 New York Post, also with movie timetables.
"It's just the way I thought it might look," owner Ray Walsh says.
Walsh finally opened the Rosebud Theater, a single-screen theater dedicated to classic films, earlier this year, after a three-year-long struggle.
Walsh, a 72-year-old Ramsey resident and retired New York Giants scout, is still figuring out which movies will bring people in. May's theme is "Movies you missed," featuring somewhat recent titles like last week's showing, "The Usual Suspects," and this week's title, "Frequency."
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