| AP mango farmers’ cooperative goes directly to Coca Cola
Over 3,000 tonnes of mango was supplied to the Coca Cola in the 12 months since July 2006, when the scheme was operationalised," said Vijay Kumar, project director, Mango Value Chain Project, implemented under the aegis of FFA. They have got trained by USAID- (US Agency for International Development) funded GMED (Growth-oriented Microenterprise Development project) in technology and advanced agricultural practices for increasing productivity. “About 600 farmers underwent a 15-day training in the Lucknow-based Central Institute of Sub-tropical Horticulture, a designated nodal agency for mangoes," said Vinay Tuli, project manager, GMED, Jaipur. These include those from Thane district of Maharashtra and Nausari district of Gujarat. GMED experience also helped FFA in establishing linkages with farm suppliers for fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, etc., enabling farmers to access inputs at cheaper rates directly from manufacturers.
'The Great Debaters' (starring Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker ...
Good story, well told. Interesting concept. I wonder if people will go for it.
Director Denzel Washington's "The Great Debaters" is pure Hollywood, not without its share of storytelling cliches and golden-toned inspirational teaching moments, but you know what? The results really are inspirational.
It is an underdog story produced by Oprah Winfrey, among others, about the real-life Wiley College, a small Methodist African-American institution located in northeast Texas. Under coach Melvin B. Tolson, a poet and educator, the Wiley debate team argued its way to the 1935 national championship against the University of Southern California. Wiley's climactic adversary has been changed to Harvard for the movie. If you're bothered by that, well, then you're probably bugged by every other historical drama brought to the screen.
Vegan diet and what's at stake
But he was the first pro-football superstar to try.
There's no evidence a vegan diet can improve an athlete's performance, says David Nieman, a professor of health and exercise at Appalachian State University. His 1988 study of vegetarian runners found they ran as well as their meat-eating rivals but no better. Although the vegetarian athletes in his study also ate eggs and dairy foods, he says, "there is scientific evidence that veganism, when done right, won't hurt performance." But, he adds, there is only anecdotal evidence that it can help.
Professional athletes, especially NFL players, need thousands of calories a day. Many enjoy a high-protein, high-fat smorgasbord of steaks, chops, burgers, pizza, ice cream and beer. Gonzalez's tight-end job requires him to push around monstrously sized opponents.
Fighting for Justice, Even at His Own Peril
Haneef had given it to him in June 2006, and the card still had unused time on it. Public opinion abruptly shifted, with Dr. Haneef being seen as a victim of Australia's harsh antiterrorism laws and racism. Within two weeks the government dropped all criminal charges against him, but it revoked his visa and he returned to India. Mr. Keim, however, became the target of a new investigation. The commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, Mick Keelty, filed a complaint with the Queensland agency that oversees allegations of lawyer misconduct, as did a private lawyer, Russell Biddle. Releasing the transcript was "unprofessional and inappropriate," the federal police said in a statement, and resulted in "a great deal of misinformed and speculative reporting." Lawyers are prohibited here from releasing any documents that have not been filed in court.
New hope for writers
It may hire a publicist, it targets book clubs, interested groups and social networks like MySpace and Facebook. As gambits go, LVF is admirable and quixotic. Its future is anyone's guess. It can survive on peanuts because it's a foundation and employees work for peanuts and their love of books. (How long that will last remains to be seen.) It is not a bank, and it doesn't make grants. LVF kicked up some dust in 2005 when it announced its creation, but it was a mere concept at the time. It has a track record now, and it's encouraging. LVF has helped publish or repackage 11 books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in the past 18 months. All have made some money for the Bildner operation, still a speck of a thing with four employees, including himself, split between New York and Boston.
Girls school in Wheeling closing after 160 years
The school's remaining eight sisters voted unanimously Jan. 10 to close the academy, which is co-educational from preschool through grade 4 and girls-only from grades 5 through 12, on May 31, which is Visitation Day. Many parents of the school's 134 students, as well as several former students, met at the school last Wednesday to talk about trying to save their alma mater, which has posted an annual shortfall of $600,000 or more in recent years. Winter heating costs alone have amounted to more than $11,000 a month despite relatively warm weather. Susan Board, who graduated in 1972 and later sent her three daughters to the Mount, said she had heard the school was having financial problems, but was shocked to hear it will close. "I'm certainly hoping something can be done about it," said Mrs.
Agenda Over Women's Health: LAT Continues Abortion Falsehoods
In the article, "Abortions down 25% from peak" (Thu. 1/17/08), the Los Angeles Times continues their practice of propagating abortion falsehoods. But their faulty reporting exceeds simple factual errors. Their falsehoods put women's lives in jeopardy. In a passage on the activities at pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, the author of the article, Stephanie Simon (more on her below), writes, Some of the material given to women at such sessions [at these centers] is false or misleading -- for example, warnings that abortion raises the risk of breast cancer or causes post-traumatic stress disorder. First - The Times and Simon, despite the loads of evidence contradicting them, continue to deny the numerous studies asserting the link between abortion and an increased risk of breast cancer ("ABC" = "abortion-breast cancer").
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