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Molson Coors Sales Down In Canada Following NHL Lockout

Sales of Molson Coors flagship beer brands in Canada have dropped in the two months following the NHL lockout, CEO Peter Swinburn told the Canadian Press Wednesday.

"Whether it's people not actually physically going to the venues and consuming there, consuming in venues around the outlet [bars] before that, or indeed having NHL sort of parties at home, all of those occasions have disappeared off the map and you just can't replicate them," Swinburn said.

The absence of Canada's national sport has particularly hurt sales of Coors Light and Molson Canadian. Swinburn said the company will seek compensation from the league once the labor dispute ends.

Despite the drop in sales in Canada, Miller Coors profits rose slightly compared to last year due to the first full quarter of operations at newly acquired Central European brewer StarBev and improved results in the United States, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Overall, Molson Coors reported a profit of $198.4 million, up from $197.4 million last year. Excluding acquisition-related costs and other impacts, earnings rose to $1.37 from $1.14.

However, the decrease in hockey-related sales, coupled with increased operating costs, could make for a tough fourth quarter for the Denver- and Montreal-based brewer.

With no hockey so far this season, the bizarre heist of 600 barrels of maple syrup in October and a global bacon shortage looming, it's been a tough few months for Canadians.

More On The NHL Lockout From The CBC:

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Telus profit lifted by wireless; dividend raised

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Palestinian farmers turn to organic farming

NUS JUBAIL, West Bank (AP) ? The Palestinian olive harvest, an ancient autumn ritual in the West Bank, is going upscale.

In an emerging back-to-the-land movement, Palestinian farmers are turning the rocky hills of the West Bank into organic olive groves, selling their oil to high-end grocers in the U.S. and Europe.

The move is a reflection of the growing global demand for natural, sustainable and fairly traded products, albeit with a distinct Palestinian twist. The hardships faced by local farmers, ranging from a lack of rainfall to Israeli trade obstacles, mean that organic growing is one of the few ways Palestinians have to compete in outside markets.

"The Palestinian future is in the land," said farmer Khader Khader, 31, as he stood among his organic olives in the northern West Bank village of Nus Jubail.

Organic farming has grown into a thriving business, by Palestinian standards, since it first was introduced in the West Bank in 2004. Now, at least $5 million worth of organic olive oil is exported annually ? about half of all Palestinian commercial oil exports, said Nasser Abu Farha of the Canaan Fair Trade Association, one of the companies that sells high-end organic olive oil to distributors abroad.

The West Bank-based company purchases the oil at above market prices and pays what's called a "social premium" ? extra money to farming cooperatives to improve their communities.

About 930 farmers have fair-trade and organic certification, while another 140 are "converting" their land ? a two- to three-year process during which they stop using chemical fertilizers and pest controls while monitors from Canaan and the Palestine Fair Trade Association provide training and check soil for chemical levels.

Their work is overseen by the Swiss-based Institute for Market Ecology, which is accredited to certify organic products for the U.S., E.U., and Japan. Hundreds more farmers are simply certified as fair-trade, where they and their workers are paid decent wages for their work and produce.

The trade is tiny when compared to major olive growers like Spain, Italy and Greece. But it's significant for Palestinians, for whom harvesting olives is a cultural tradition that gathers even the most urbanized families.

An average of 17,000 tons of olive oil is produced in the West Bank every year by thousands of farmers, according to aid group Oxfam, which works on the olive industry. Most is for local or personal use, and only about 1,000 tons is exported a year, though that number is likely higher since many farmers sell oil informally through relatives abroad, Abu Farha said.

Organic farmers hope the high-end trade will keep them on their lands, despite difficult odds and high overhead costs.

Palestinians seek the West Bank as the heartland of a future independent state. Most of the 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank live under a semi-autonomous government. But Israel, which captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, wields overall control. Roughly 500,000 Jewish settlers live in the West Bank and neighboring east Jerusalem, taking away resources.

More than 120 Jewish settlements dot the West Bank, often encroaching on Palestinian farmlands or preventing farmers from reaching their land. Israel's separation barrier, built to prevent militants from entering Israel, has swallowed nearly 10 percent of Palestinian farmland, according to U.N. estimates, limiting access and lowering yields.

Israel also controls more than 80 percent of the West Bank's water in lopsided sharing agreements, said Palestinian water official Ribhi al-Sheik. In other areas dilapidated water pipes have wasteful leaks. Most farmers depend on rain and unlicensed wells, depleting already-stressed aquifers. In some parts, Israeli military authorities also ban rain-collecting cisterns. Badly planned Palestinian towns have paved over fertile lands.

Outside markets for fresh produce aren't profitable. Goods must cross through Israeli-controlled export crossings, causing delays and lowering quality through exposure to sunlight and constant reloading from one truck to another.

Israeli military spokesman Guy Inbar said the long export process was solely for security reasons and "not intended to harm" exports, noting that Palestinians export some 100,000 tons of fresh produce a year. He said Palestinians access more water than what is allowed for under sharing agreements and that farmers with permits are able to reach land on the other side of the separation barrier.

The challenges sparked a new way of thinking: Palestinians had to make finished goods that could survive the rough growing conditions and lengthy journey to outside markets.

Fair-trade, organic products that can be rain-fed, particularly olives, were the perfect solution.

"It's the future of Palestinian exports. The future is in added value, through environmental and social accountability," said Abu Farha of Canaan Fair Trade. "People want to know: "Where is this oil coming from? Whose life is it changing?"

The changes are visible in Nus Jubail, a village crowded with olives and pines, its 400 residents in houses with blue doors and rooftops sheltered by grape arbors. A decade ago, most residents pressed their oil for personal use. Little was sold commercially and prices were low, said Khader, the farmer.

Around 2004, agricultural activists formed the Palestinian Fair Trade Association, seeking out farmers across the West Bank. They persuaded Khader to establish an organic cooperative of five farmers, allowing them to collectively press their olives and sell better-priced oil.

During the three-year conversion process, Khader and his colleagues were taught to grow olives without chemicals, pruning and plowing instead of using herbicides and fermenting sheep droppings into fertilizer. Once certified, Khader and his partners sold their oil above market prices, attracting other recruits. Now 18 of the village's 30 farmers are organic.

This year, organic oil is selling for about $5.40 a liter ? a dollar higher than conventional oil, said Abu Farha of Canaan Fair Trade, which purchases much of the oil. Other independent farmers are selling directly to consumers for $9 a liter, far above market price.

Farmers are going organic on other products, such as maftoul, a chewy sun-dried staple resembling couscous, as well as dried almonds and a spicy herb mix called "zatar."

But high-end oil is key.

In Whole Foods supermarkets in New York and New Jersey, it's sold under the "Alter Eco" brand, Abu Farha said. It's in Sainsbury's in Britain, and in boutique shops globally through Canaan and other distributers. Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap, a popular organic, fair traded vegan soap, sources 95 percent of its oil ? some 165 tons ? from Palestinian growers, the soap company said.

Even so, challenges abound. Palestinian oil production is irregular because they can't irrigate their crops and export costs are still high. Abu Farha of Canaan said some farmers have cheated by mixing conventional oil into their products.

Still, the move toward organic, sustainable farming is an important, elegant fight.

"I don't throw rocks," said farmer Khader, referring to young men who frequently hurl stones during demonstrations. He pointed to his rock-built terraces. "I use them to build our future."

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And the 2012 Winner Is?Immigration Reform ? Immigration Reform ...

America's Voice | Released on 11/08/2012

Observers Across Political Spectrum Agree on Need for Congress to Enact Immigration Reform??

As observers digest the 2012 election results, a consensus is emerging ? from across the political spectrum ? that both parties need to work together to pass common sense immigration reform.

The realization is sinking in that the overwhelming importance of Latino voters this cycle and the role of immigration in driving Latinos away from Republican candidates has been a game changer.? Moreover, the fact that most Americans favor immigration reform that includes a road to legal status and citizenship means that the American people as a whole, and not just Latinos, want both parties to step up and deal with our dysfunctional immigration process now.

Consider the response from all voters to this question asked in the network exit polls ? ?should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be offered a chance to apply for legal status or deported to country they came from??? By a whopping 65%-28% margin, Americans support the ?apply for legal status? option.

According to Frank Sharry, ?The broad consensus in support of immigration reform is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that the nation?s two most influential editorial pages, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times ? which rarely see eye-to-eye on any policy issue ? both published editorials today urging Congress to enact sensible immigration reform.?

Below are excerpts from the two editorials:

  • The Wall Street Journal editorializes, ?In 2004, George W. Bush?an immigration-friendly Republican who spoke semi-passable Spanish?won re-election with about 40% of the Hispanic vote. ?This year, immigration hardliner Mitt Romney got about 27% of the Hispanic vote, according to the main exit poll?four points fewer than John McCain in 2008.? Had Mr. Romney matched Mr. Bush?s Hispanic percentage, he could have netted an additional million votes or more, or nearly half of Barack Obama?s popular margin on Tuesday. ?Those votes might have made a difference in states with large Hispanic populations such as New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Florida and even Virginia, all of which Mr. Bush won and Mr. Romney lost.?? That?s something broken-hearted GOP voters should ponder as they try to make sense of their defeat. There are plenty of reasons Mr. Romney came up short, and yes, Hispanics are not single-issue voters. ?But the antagonistic attitude that the GOP too often exhibits toward America?s fastest-growing demographic group on immigration policy goes far to explain Tuesday?s result.? It?s also so unnecessary. Immigrants should be a natural GOP constituency. ?Newcomers to the U.S.?legal or illegal?tend to be aspiring people who believe in the dignity of work and self-sufficiency, and they are cultural conservatives. ?They are not the 47%. ?Republicans are also supposed to be the folks who have figured out the law of unintended consequences, such as that imposing ever-tighter border controls discourages the millions of illegal immigrants living in this country from returning home.? We have done our best over the years to explain such points, to which we would add that the free movement of labor is a central component of economic growth. Yet it has become near-orthodoxy among many conservatives to denounce every attempt at immigration reform as a form of ?amnesty??now as much a devil word on the right as ?vouchers? are on the left.? We understand the law-and-order issues at stake, particularly along the border, as well as questions of fairness in allowing illegals to jump the immigration queue. ?But the right response isn?t mass deportation?as politically infeasible as it is morally repulsive. ?It?s a rational, humane, bipartisan reform that broadens the avenues to legal immigration, both for those abroad and those already here.?
  • The New York Times editorializes, ?Much can be said about what Mitt Romney?s fatal embrace of hard-core positions on immigration did to his share of the Hispanic vote. (It shriveled, to 27 percent, according to exit polls, compared with 44 percent for George W. Bush in 2004.) ?Mr. Romney could have followed Mr. Bush?s moderation and won over many Latinos, but he lurched to the right, pushing xenophobic schemes for ?self-deportation? and hailing Arizona as a model for immigration reform?.For a party that has built itself up on explicit and implied appeals to xenophobia, cultural resentment and income-redistribution for the rich, ideological purity is not a long-term strategy for success?.If the Republican Party turns away from self-destruction, it should do so for the right reasons. ?America shouldn?t reform immigration because Republicans need to add slices to their shrinking loaf of Wonder Bread. ?It should fix immigration because the system is broken and unjust and millions of people are suffering.?

America?s Voice ? Harnessing the power of American voices and American values to win common sense immigration reform.

www.americasvoiceonline.org

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Benefits Of Staying In The Budget Hotels Of Central London

Among the various tourist destinations in the world, London is one of the most desired places that draw millions of tourists from across the globe to come and visit this royal city. To ensure their comfortable staying experience, the entire city of London is dotted with an ample number of hotels. However being one of the most expensive cities, tourists mainly prefer staying in the budget hotels in Central London. Read further to know about the benefits of staying in the Budget Hotels of Central London.

London, the vibrant city of the United Kingdom, is spread over a huge land area of 1,570 km2 that makes it counted amongst the largest metropolitan areas of the nation. At present this sprawling city of London is also referred to as a most diverse multicultural metropolitan city as the residents belonging to different cultures speak over three hundred languages and more. Apart being the capital of England and the United Kingdom, the city is also known for being the most populous municipality in the European Union with an average rate of more than eight million residents. However, the best recognition of the city is as a major tourist destination of the world with a plethora of tourist attractions to visit that are famous all across the world.

Located on the banks of the River Thames, the city of London is bestowed with the mesmerising beauty of the river that can be best viewed by taking a cruise on the River Thames. When talking about the attractions of the city, then there are an ample number of places to visit and explore the city and its Royal beauty. Some of the world famous attractions of the city are the Buckingham Palace, London Bridge, British Museum, Tate Modern, Big Ben, Madame Tussauds, London Eye, Westminster Palace, the National Gallery, Tower of London, St. Pauls Cathedral, the Science Museum, Trafalgar Square, Victoria Albert Museum and other attractions. For the tourists visiting all these places is not only a medium of enjoying a trip to London but also the best way of gaining good knowledge about the city and its famous historical events as well.

Along with a visit to all these famous attractions of the city, there are plenty of other places to visit in London. This includes the renowned shopping areas of the city as well as numerous lush green parks and gardens of the city. For shopping lovers, places like Jermyn Street, Regent Street, Oxford Street, Carnaby Street, Kensington High Street, Westfield London, Mayfair, Camden Market and others are a must visit. Moreover to view the green side of the city, there are numerous parks and gardens for the tourists to visit. Some of these can be named as Kensington Gardens, Regent's Park, Hyde Park, Greenwich Park, Bushy Park, Myddelton House Gardens and many others.

For tourists, the best way of exploring the royal beauty of the city is by visiting all these places of attraction that draw millions of travellers every year. However, being one of the expensive cities of the world, for the budget travellers staying in the expensive hotels becomes a matter of worry. To address this issue, there are plenty of budget hotels located at different parts of the city. Among these hotels, the ones located in Central London are the most preferred ones. This is mainly because the maximum number of attractions is located in Central London and this is also the prime location of the city with easy access to all transportation networks across the city. So staying at a budget hotel in Central London is not only beneficial in terms of saving time and money in accommodation as well as travelling too.

About the Author:
The author of this article is associated with The Hallam Hotel that is one of the renowned budget hotels of London offering qualitative accommodation services at reasonable prices. For more information, visit Hallamhotel.com.

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Canada has become the first country in the world formally to recognise 15 November as National Philanthropy Day. A bill to this effect received its third reading in Canada's House of Commons yesterday, and royal assent is expected to be given in the next few weeks.

The Association of Fundraising Professionals has been instrumental in securing government recognition of the day, which was first established in 1986.

On 15 November many Canadians celebrate the work of nonprofits, volunteers and donors with a range of events. The country formally celebrated the day in 2009 but the new bill makes the day a permanent fixture in the official calendar.

Andrew Watt, FInstF, president and CEO of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, said: "With the passage of this bill, Canada has taken a leadership role in global philanthropy. This recognition of NPD underscores just how important giving, volunteering and engagement are to Canada, and we hope this moment will encourage more Canadians to get involved".

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