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Head coach Mark Lane is relishing the task of keeping England Women's cricket ahead of the chasing pack.
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As England's women take on New Zealand in the five-match NatWest Series, skysports.com caught up with head coach Mark Lane to find out the secrets of on-field success...
skysports.com: Fifteen months after England beat the Kiwis to win the World Cup, we're in for some more cracking matches. How are things shaping up in the camp?
ML: We beat Ireland well earlier this week so confidence is good but we are not getting carried away. As we saw in the recent Twenty20 series, the Kiwis are a powerful side with batters who can hit the ball a long way; they also have some skilful bowlers who are very adept at varying their pace. We've done our homework on them, as I'm sure they have on us, and the Series is going to come down to which team can hold their discipline for the longest period of time. It was helpful for the players to spend a longer time at the crease and bowl longer spells at Kibworth. Skipper Charlotte Edwards is playing very, very well at present and Katherine Brunt bowled very quickly, albeit with the wind up her tail.
skysports.com: How difficult is it to make the transition to 50-over cricket?
ML: It's been a while since we've played this much 50-over cricket so it's important to get into the right mind-set. We try to adopt the same principles in all formats - which means bowling as many dot balls as we can, putting the bad balls away and running well - but ultimately it doesn't count for much if you don't bat for the whole 50 overs or craft wicket-taking spells. Fifty over cricket is certainly less hectic than t20 so you have the chance to line a batter up, for example, by bowling two straight deliveries and then a slightly wider one to bring the slips into play. The batters always try to play at a high strike-rate but this format gives them a chance to build rather than blast an innings; that suits the likes of Claire Taylor and Charlotte because it gives them a chance to use their experience and guile at the crease.
skysports.com: What skills and drills have you been specifically working on?
ML: We've set up scenarios in nets focused on trying to bat for longer periods of time. We've also been working very hard on our slip catching and close fielding to get the most out of the power-play sections of the game. While it's important to focus on the basics so that players can execute them time and time again, we don't want to drill the flair out of the squad so it's important to strike a balance.
skysports.com: There's plenty of experience in this squad but also plenty of up-and-coming talent. Who should we look out for in particular?
ML: It's always exciting when new players like Heather Knight and Danielle Wyatt come in. Heather is an opening batter who has scored a lot of good runs in recent years for Berkshire and the Academy and Danni, who is from Stoke, is a fantastic cricketer too; she's a fearless little terrier who bowls good off-spin, is dynamite in the field, which makes things pretty exciting.
skysports.com: What are the main differences between coaching men and women, if any?
ML: Women tend to show a bit more emotion than men in certain situations but from a technical point of view it is very similar. What we lack in strength we gain in technique. We can't be as brutal as the men because we don't have that sheer power, which is reflected in the number of sixes that are hit, but that situation is improving as players become stronger, wiser and smarter. The team trains and works hard but you have to remember this is not a full-time job for the players, it sits alongside work or studies, they want to play in every single game they can make selection difficult! It's not a bad thing when players show their emotions in that situation because that's when you get to see the real person.
skysports.com: Should boundaries be brought in so that we see more six-hitting in the women's game?
ML: We don't want the game to become all about hitting sixes at the expense of the skill and the craft of finding gaps. There's nothing better than sitting on the balcony and seeing someone like Charlotte hit a half-volley through extra cover or Claire walk across and clip the ball through mid-wicket along the floor for four. We do have restrictions on our boundaries as things stand - the maximum is 70 yards. If it was all about who can hit the ball furthest and hardest the game would lose something; yes, we spend a lot of time in the gym and working with our strength and conditioning coach but brute force is not the be-all and end-all.
skysports.com: ECB figures showed a 27 percent rise in the number of girls playing cricket in 2009. How can we build on this?
ML: The players are very aware that they are role-models and that lots of boys and girls aspire to do what they do, namely play for their country. Clare Connor, who is Head of England Women's Cricket, has done a brilliant job over two years in getting the girls involved in the Chance to Shine initiative and they are very honoured to go out and be ambassadors for Women's Cricket, the ECB and the Cricket Foundation. I think cricket, in general, is in good shape in England; there are plenty of opportunities for girls to play games these days and a successful international side can only help attract more people to the sport.
skysports.com: So how did you get into coaching?
ML: I played as a wicketkeeper for both Hampshire and Surrey second XIs during the 1980s at a time when people like Bobby Parks and Alec Stewart were on the scene and always wanted to stay involved with cricket. I thought my personality and people skills were well-suited to coaching so I took my badges at 18. Since then I've coached at Shepperton CC, spent five years at Surrey and completed two years as Kenya's assistant coach. I've also done lots of work with the ICC's high performance programme and always been in and around women's cricket. I was offered the job of head coach two years ago and I've enjoyed every single day of it since.
skysports.com: How would you sum up your coaching ethos?
ML: My whole philosophy is to create an open, honest, no-excuse environment where people work hard but also enjoy themselves too; if you can get people relaxed and smiling their true characters come out and you discover how they like to learn.
skysports.com: What advice would you give to anyone interested in becoming a coach?
ML: I'd ask them 'do you love the game, do you have a passion for cricket and do you want to help people develop every day - not just as cricketers but as people too?' Ultimately, you have to be committed to what you do because coaching is like a journey in your life - it's not something you switch on and off from.
skysports.com: England have won the Ashes, the World Cup and the World Twenty20 under your leadership - successes that earned you an Outstanding Achievement award at last year's Sky Sports Coach of the Year awards. But what has been your highlight so far?
ML: All the trophies and accolades are great, but for me the best reward is seeing the daily improvement that players make. For example, Jack Birkenshaw (England Women's Assistant Coach) and I have been working with Laura Marsh on her batting and stressing the importance of keeping a high elbow. Earlier this week when she went out and played an exquisite cover drive it felt great because the stroke showed she's listening, learning and applying herself.
skysports.com: How do you Jack and you divide the workload?
ML: Jack has a wealth of experience and knowledge that is invaluable. He won't mind me saying he's not too hot on computers or the science of it all, but that's ok because he brings an expertise to nets and matches that money cannot buy. He's a brilliant right-hand man who is always there to offer advice. We've got a fantastic relationship and enjoy mulling things over in the evening over a glass of wine, which is important because every coach needs time to reflect on things too.


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While launching the Government of India's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Wellcome Trust India Fellowships here, Sibal said that the 80 million scheme jointly funded by the DBT and the Wellcome Trust over five years - aims to strengthen the research base of Indian biomedical science by providing fellowship programmes to support researchers from newly-qualified senior researchers
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Occurs in either the vascular supply or the nerve supply to the hand is impaired. Tingling typically means altered light touch sensation and it's often confused with the concept of numbness which means absence of sensation. Tinglingcan be fine or coarse depending upon ...Read more
For 2 years I've had tingling in bilateral hands and feet. Blotchy hands and off/on neck and shoulder pain. Lately I've had cramps just under R ribs.
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I am having right- sided chest and shoulder pain for 36 hours. It is very painful to take a deep breath. I also have slight tingling in my right arm and hand.
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If anxiety/tension/fear, mild nerve pain in left chest, shoulder and hand(tingling sensation for one nerve in hand). What could be the reason?
Can not state: With certainty. This is one situation in which medical evaluation needs to be done to ensure that there is not an underlying medical condition. If tingling sensation of hand is not exclusive to panic attacks - then neurological assessment is likely indicated. This will allow for determination of whether symptoms are related to anxiety/ panic. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Sudden severe left shoulder pain that radiates down left arm x1.5 hrs. Numbness and tingling in arm and hand. No injuries or cardiac Hx. Causes?
Cervical disc hernia: Rule out cervical disc herniation at c45 with exam and or neck MRI ...Read more
3.5 weeks of pegasys/ribasphere tx; severe light sensitivity/pain behind both eyes, neck, shoulder&hands tingling&pain; normal symptoms or should I go to er?
Call your doctor: These meds may cause severe flu symptoms. But you can get other illnesses causing the same symptoms- like irritation of the lining of the brain. Call your doctor. ...Read more
I had 2 abnormal EKG tests. Left side chest, neck, shoulder pain comes and goes. Lightly tingling left hand. Heart beats hard often. What is this?
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Neck, shoulder, upper back pain n hand tingling. Physio 1 year. Pain almost daily. 1 doc said disc replacement surgery. 1 said no need. What to do?
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The Pittsburgh Pirates had two scouts at the Red Sox/Rays game tonight, watching David Price and Jon Lester go against each other. Both guys could be possibilities for the trade block this year, although if the Rays keep winning, they might hold on to Price.
This is shaping up to be a seller's market. There are so many teams in the mix for the playoffs, and very few teams that are committed to selling. You just have to look at the Rays as an example of this. They're one of the hottest teams in baseball right now, and they're only 4.5 games out of the Wild Card. However, they're 50-53 and need to jump past five teams to make the post-season. And if they're not committed to selling, then it's likely that there's a lot of teams in similar situations who also aren't selling.
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Students' Unions should pay somebody to oversee all religious societies and manage disputes between them, according to a report by think tank Quilliam.
The report accused some members of City University's Islamic Society of intimidating other students, including those on the student newspaper, as well as gay, Jewish and female students. Women were allegedly described as "deficient" by some members of the society.
The report's authors summarise the society's ideology as "one that aspires to a system of law mirroring countries like Saudi Arabia or Taliban-era Afghanistan, where moral misconduct is punishable by the state".
A separate report into radicalisation at University College London was carried out after a former student and president of UCL's Islamic Society allegedly tried to blow up a plane over America on Christmas Day last year.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, was charged in the US with the attempted murder of the 289 other people on board the flight after he allegedly attempted to detonate explosives in his underpants.
The report found there was no evidence to suggest Abdulmutallab was radicalised while at UCL.
Today's report, which uses City University as a case study, states: "An individual is required who is responsible for the oversight and guidance of all the religious societies on campus.
"Working alongside the Students' Union management, this individual would be able to discourage societies from inviting intolerant speakers, manage disputes between student societies and co-ordinate a civic challenge' to sub-criminal extremism."
The report said information about religious societies on campuses should be shared between universities.
A member of staff should also be appointed for students to contact if they discover "intolerant literature or prayer sermons, homophobia, gender or religious discrimination" on campus.
It also called for the presidents of each students' union to be trained in spotting signs of radicalisation. It said that currently staff do not understand "the problems on campuses and the tactics used by Islamists".
A spokeswoman for Quilliam said no students' union in the UK currently employs a dedicated watchdog for religious societies, as is the practice at institutions in America such as the John Hopkins university in Baltimore.
At the moment members of the students' union events teams check the backgrounds of speakers who are invited to campuses.
Societies must give two weeks' notice of their events in order for background checks to be carried out, but not all comply with this, the Quilliam spokeswoman said.Reuse content


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I posted this fisk earlier at the Zelman Partisans, but I kept it PG-rated. I'm posting it here as well, because we all need a good laugh at this dumbass' expense.
The Washington Post editorial page editor tripped and his dick fell into a bout of honesty about the gun grabbers' true intentions when it comes to our rights. This authoritarian swine named Fred Hiatt vomited forth this bit of douchebaggery entitled "A Gun-Free Society." Given the fact that this beta male has seen it fit to at least be honest about the gun grabbers' ultimate goal, I figured he deserved a fisk, so here we go.
Maybe it's time to start using the words that the NRA has turned into unmentionables.
Here we go. A progtard "courageously" challenging the big, bad NRA and America's gun owners from the safety and comfort of his computer. Because doing so in person would make him soil his unmentionables.
Mass buyback.
A gun-free society.
Let's say that one again: A gun-free society.
Doesn't it sound logical? Doesn't it sound safe?
No. It sounds stupid, irrational, cowardly, and tyrannical.
Wouldn't it make sense to learn from other developed nations, which believe that only the military and law enforcers, when necessary, should be armed — and which as a result lose far, far fewer innocent people than die every year in the United States?
You mean the countries that experienced increases in violent crime subsequent to banning firearms? No.
Yes, even saying these words makes the NRA happy. It fuels the slippery-slope argument the gun lobby uses to oppose even the most modest, common-sense reforms. You see? Background checks today, confiscation tomorrow.
Glad you can ascertain the emotions of millions of American gun owners. You must be psychic! Hell, personally, I'm just happy you've stopped being disingenuous invertebrates and have finally stated your final goal. It's much easier to fight the enemy you know.
And yes, I understand how difficult it would be. This is a matter of changing the culture and norms of an entire society. It would take time.
Considering that gun ownership is on the rise and more Americans than ever support the right to keep and bear arms, how are you planning to implement this cultural shift, Freddie?
But the incremental approach is not succeeding. It sets increasingly modest goals, increasingly polite goals: close a loophole here, restrict a particularly lethal weapon there. Talk about gun safety and public health. Say "reform," not "control."
It's not succeeding, because we can see right through you. We can see through your lies, and we've discredited your duplicitous statistics. The fact that you don't want to admit how badly you suck at this promoting gun control thingy doesn't negate the sad reality that you do.
In response, a few states have tightened restrictions, a few states have loosened them. But as a nation — in Congress — we are stuck.
That's because there's this little document called the Constitution, and Congressleeches are a bit afraid to tread on it with too heavy a boot, lest the Great Unwashed figure out what they're doing and kick them out of ofice.
Meanwhile the strategy of modest reform has its own vulnerabilities.
"Modest." You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Every time there is a mass shooting, gun-control advocates argue again for legislation. But almost every time, opponents can argue that this shooter wouldn't have been blocked from buying a gun, or that this gun would not have been on anyone's banned list — and so why waste time (and political capital) on irrelevant restrictions?
Why, indeed? I'm sure you'll tell us, Fredster.
To be clear, I believe the NRA is wrong on this, and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is right.
Well, no shit! You don't say! I couldn't have guessed that from your irrational squawking that a gun-free utopia sounds oh-so logical.
Modest restrictions can help and have helped. The one-gun-a-month law can reduce crime. The gun-show loophole should be closed, and closing it would prevent some criminals from obtaining weapons. Every gun in a home with children should have a trigger lock.
I note the deceptive wording here. "The one-gun-a-month law can reduce crime." CAN? But it hasn't. Even the majority of law enforcement officials believe that law is useless, and there has been zero evidence that these handgun purchase limits reduce crime. Nice try at obfuscation, Freddie.
And how long will you continue beating the "gun show loophole" strawman before you acknowledge that it does not exist and that your real aim is to eliminate private sales writ large? Fact is that gun show regulations are no different than other firearm laws.
Come on, Fred. You were doing so well at being honest! Why stop now?
And while you're sniveling aimlessly that closing the nonexistent "loophole" will stop criminals from obtaining weapons, tell us why you think that your average thug will just walk away dejectedly after failing a background check at a gun show and not get a cheap pistol from a drug dealer down the street? "Darn, I thought I could get a gun at a gun show. I guess I won't go rob that liquor store at gun point. Darn those laws closing the gun show loophole!" Go ahead! Try!
Fact is that less than one percent of guns used in criminal activity come from gun shows, but you need to blame something. You need to do something. You keep playing with your flaccid pee pee in hopes that something will come out of it, but fact is you're impotent, so you have to pretend to be doing something to make yourself feel better.
But how many members of Congress will risk their jobs for modest, incremental reform that may or may not show up as a blip on the following year's murder statistics? We've learned the answer to that question.
"Modest." You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. And repeating it again and again won't make it any more true. And by the way, thanks for admitting that your proposed reforms are meaningless.
Fine, you say, but then why would those same members commit political suicide by embracing something bigger?
They won't, of course. Congress will not lead this change. There has to be a cultural shift. Only then will Congress and the Supreme Court follow.
Oh, this ought to be good.
As we've seen over the past 15 years with same-sex marriage, such deep cultural change is difficult — and possible. Wyatt Earp, the frontier mentality, prying my cold dead fingers — I get all that. But Australia was a pioneer nation, too, and gave up its guns. Societies change, populations evolve.
I guess Fred hasn't noticed that the cultural shift that's been going on has headed in the direction of both gay rights and gun rights? And that Americans are beginning to realize in bigger numbers that giving up their rights to tyrannical, self-absorbed narcissists in Washington may not be the way to go? And maybe giving up your rights for no appreciable decrease in crime is not the way to go? And maybe, just maybe, Australians didn't give up as many guns as Fred thinks they did.
And people are not immune, over time, to reason.
That's why the cultural shift over time has been in favor of the Second Amendment. That gives me a warm fuzzy, while it makes Freddie here shit himself in rage and fear.
Given how guns decimate poor black communities every day — not just when there are mass shootings, but every day — this is a civil rights issue.
Wait! A progtard actually admits that black communities are decimated by violence? Oh, I shouldn't get too excited. After all, it wold be politically incorrect to blame the actual people in those black communities for shooting one another! They're not responsible! It's those evil guns that are violating the civil rights of those black people who apparently aren't shooting one another. /sarcasm
Given how many small children shoot themselves or their siblings accidentally, it is a family issue.
Small children… According to the CDC, 147 children ages 0-9 died by firearm in 2013. It's tragic, and it sucks. A lot. Know now many drowned? 568. Know how many died in fires? 266. These are small children, and yet, I don't see you soiling your unmentionables at these tragic, preventable deaths.
Given the suicides that could be prevented, it is a mental health issue.
Is that why gun-free Japan has a higher suicide rate than we do?
The Supreme Court, which has misread the Second Amendment in its recent decisions, would have to revisit the issue. The court has corrected itself before, and if public opinion shifts it could correct itself again. If it did not, the Constitution would have to be amended.
Oh, this is rich! Apparently a reporter, who cannot comprehend the plain language of the Second Amendment, feels himself qualified to accuse people whose job it is to actually interpret the Constitution of misinterpreting said plain language. Well… alrighty, then. How pedantically quaint.
I suppose Freddie considers himself an even bigger language expert than the late Roy Copperud, and would arrogantly announce that Mr. Copperud, who was a newspaper writer on major dailies for over three decades before embarking on a a distinguished 17-year career teaching journalism at USC, who wrote a column dealing with the professional aspects of journalism for Editor and Publisher, who was on the usage panel of the American Heritage Dictionary, and was the winner of the Association of American Publisher's Humanities Award, was also wrong on the plain meaning of the Second Amendment.
He was wrong because Fred FEELZ he was wrong! And GUNS ARE BAD! Because TEH FEELZ!
It sounds hard, I know. But it's possible that if we started talking more honestly about the most logical, long-term goal, public opinion would begin to shift and the short-term gains would become more, not less likely, as the NRA had to play defense. We might end up with a safer country.
We're certainly glad you've exhibited this bout of honesty, Freddie, and I hate to tell you this (not really), but we already knew what your long-term goal was. And guess what! The trend is still in favor of gun rights.
There are strong arguments against setting a gun-free society as the goal, but there are 100,000 arguments in favor — that's how many of us get shot every year. Every year 11,000 Americans are murdered. Every year some 20,000 kill themselves with guns.
Hmmm, I assess with high confidence that 2.5 million annual armed self defense instances > 100,000 shot each year. But Fred must have taken common core math in school.
Plus, see above about Japan's suicide rates, genius.
Without guns — with only kitchen knives at hand — some of those people would die. Most would still be living.
Really? See again about that high suicide rate in gun-free Japan. And if you're trying to claim that violent criminals will cease being violent because guns are illegal, I have this beachfront property… in Nevada.
Maybe it's time to start talking about the most logical way to save their lives.
That would require you to sit out of the conversation while adults are talking. Logic ain't your strong suit.


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Shares of IDBI Bank, Indian Bank, UCO Bank, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank are moving higher in a gallop. Is it just the capital infusion by the government or something else?
A lot of smaller banks seem to be in a tearing hurry to make new highs or recapture old ones. Among these are IDBI Bank, Indian Bank, UCO Bank, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank. What gives? One of the key reasons could be the government's recent equity infusion of up to Rs6,200 crore in five State-run banks — Bank of Maharashtra, Central Bank of India, IDBI Bank, UCO Bank and Union Bank of India — and another reason is most of these banks are planning FPOs. Let's explore further...
IDBI has risen from a low of Rs106 late May to Rs124. By the looks of its chart, it seems all set to aim for the Rs140 mark, provided it holds above Rs130. IDBI is not very widely tracked by brokerages (Sharekhan, IDFC, and Macquarie are among the few who track it). Net interest income (NII) estimates for the first quarter (Q1) range from Rs750 crore to Rs760 crore and net profit estimates from Rs180 crore to Rs250 crore. Macquarie says in its earnings preview, "Asset quality continues to worsen. Margins should be relatively healthy but headwinds ahead on higher cost of funds as liquidity tightens."
So why is the stock so bullish? In IDBI's case, the recent infusion will take the government's stake to over 65% giving it a temporary respite and enough headroom for a follow-on public offer (FPO) that should shore up its finances and fulfil its capital requirements with ease (results on 22nd July). This is also expected to give a push to its lending abilities.
In Indian Bank's case, asset quality is expected to improve even more in Q1 (it had improved quite a bit in Q4 already). NII expectations range from Rs920 crore to Rs970 crore and net profit expectations range from Rs380 crore to Rs470 crore. Indian Bank, too, plans to raise about Rs1,000 crore through Tier II bonds and its target is to achieve a 22% growth in business to Rs1.8 lakh crore by March 2011. The focus of the bank, according to its managing director TM Bhasin, in recent interviews, is on lending to SMEs, corporates, and infrastructure along with building a stronger CASA. To achieve its loan growth target, Indian Bank will have to get to a CASA level of at least 34%. Mr Bhasin recently said that loan growth for Q1 was at 30%, which is higher than what the market expects. In an interview with The Hindu Business Line newspaper, he revealed that savings bank account balances had grown by 4.5% in Q1 vs 2% growth in Q1FY10. So results expectations (24th July) from this company are on the higher side. Indian Bank is almost near its January 2008 high of Rs257.
UCO Bank is getting about Rs375 core from the government under the recapitalisation scheme and will probably follow this up with an FPO since its total need is around Rs1,300 crore. The bank's guidance for Q1 is 19% credit and deposit growth, mainly driven by large and mid-corporate sector, and net interest margin of 2.6%. Another positive (as viewed by the market) is that Arun Kaul (currently at Central Bank of India) will soon head UCO Bank. UCO Bank had touched a high of about Rs90 in January 2008 and its current market price is Rs84.
Incidentally, a lot of top-level changes are expected soon — S Raman will move to Canara Bank from Union Bank of India. M Narendra will move from Bank of India to Indian Overseas Bank. Ramnath Pradeep will shift from Central Bank of India to Corporation Bank. R Ramachandran will leave Syndicate Bank and assume charge as CMD of Andhra Bank, HSU Kamath will move from Canara Bank to Vijaya Bank, and Nagesh Pydah will move from Punjab National Bank to Oriental Bank of Commerce.
Dena Bank (results on 26th July) has risen from a low of Rs70 in January to almost Rs100. Dena Bank, too, is to be a beneficiary of government capital infusion. It is expected to receive Rs600 crore in this quarter and hopes to get another Rs700 crore over the next two quarters. Its CMD DL Rawal has decided to crack the whip on non-performing assets (NPAs) this year and has set a target of Rs75 crore-Rs100 crore cash recovery from written-off accounts in FY11. Motilal Oswal expects Dena Bank's NII to grow 21% to Rs300 crore in Q1 and expects a 27% loan growth. Again, this bank is also not very widely tracked by institutional brokers. The stock is already at its January 2008 high of Rs98.
Vijaya Bank, too, has been the recent beneficiary of Rs1,200 crore recapitalisation from the Union government. Its chairman Albert Tauro said in an interview late June that protecting margins and asset quality has been a focus and hinted at a margin improvement and better NPAs this quarter. He set a net NPA target of less than 1% by end FY11 and net interest margin (NIM) target of 2.85% (results on 22nd July). The stock is not quite near its January 2008 highs of Rs100, but punters are watching for a breakout above Rs69.
Just a few days ago, Fitch Ratings upgraded the support ratings of five nationalised banks — Corporation Bank, Indian Bank, Andhra Bank, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank to '3' from '4'. The upgrades "reflect the Centre's continued strong propensity and commitment towards maintaining healthy financial profiles for government-owned banks, and the government's improved ability to do this based on better prospects for its fiscal position," said the Fitch report. The government plans to ensure a minimum 8% Tier-I ratio for government-owned banks by end of FY11 and plans to infuse Rs16,500 crore to this end.
In a public notice released today, MCX-SX said "There have been attempts by some elements at spreading misinformation to create doubts among our shareholders and to undermine our reputation and business for their benefit"
Anguished by the lack of clearance from market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to become fully functional despite meeting the norms, Jignesh Shah-led group firm MCX Stock Exchange today went public with its grievance and hit out at competitors, reports PTI.
Without naming the National Stock Exchange (NSE), MCX-SX also said that its rival was killing competition by offering free trading in currency derivatives, and thus making it difficult for it to get business and investors.
In a public notice, released today in the form of advertisements in dailies, MCX-SX said "There have been attempts by some elements at spreading misinformation to create doubts among our shareholders and to undermine our reputation and business for their benefit."
A MCX-SX spokesperson did not respond to queries if the company was alluding to rival exchanges like Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and NSE.
In an apparent attack at SEBI, it also said the go-ahead for doing full-fledged business was elusive despite MCX-SX having taken all the necessary steps to make it compliant to the relevant regulations about trading in equities, equity derivatives, interest rate derivatives, mutual fund and debt market among other instruments.
MCX-SX said that one of the key conditions put on it related to bringing down promoters' stake and it did so with a "capital reduction-cum-arrangement" scheme and SEBI was informed about the same, way back in December 2009.
While the scheme was already approved by the board and shareholders, it also got the nod of Bombay High Court in March 2010 and the same was also notified to the SEBI on 7 April, 2010, MCX-SX said.
But, the exchange has got "no response from SEBI in this regard" as of July 2010, it noted.
MCX-SX said that it was operational since October 2008, but was offering only currency derivatives product, and it was first given recognition by SEBI for one year only with a condition that it would meet the shareholding-related regulations by 15 September, 2009.
In another apparent allegation against SEBI, MCX-SX said in the same public notice that the regulator in August 2009 had approved trading in interest rate futures, to be traded on currency derivatives segment, but "it did so for exchanges other than MCX-SX."
"At the same time, SEBI renewed the recognition of the exchange for one year up to September 2010 on the condition that no new class of contracts in securities will be introduced without complying with the MIMPS (Manner of Increasing and Maintaining Public Shareholding in Recognised Stock Exchanges Regulation) regulations."
"Thereafter, it became impossible to get any new investors in the exchange with no revenues due to no fees or charges being levied by the competing exchange in the currency segment and more so because of no possibility of any new product without complying with MIMPS regulations," the public notice said.
"New Investors wanted MCX-SX to have regulatory permission for all segments, before investing, whereas SEBI wanted divestment before giving approval for other segments," it added.
MCX-SX said that this "log-jam" forced it to go for a scheme that required reduction in its share capital to bring down the stake of some entities, including promoter group firms Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) and Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), to 5% each.
Under the scheme, warrants were issued to the shareholders whose equity capital was cancelled by way of reduction.
MCX-SX said that its shareholders currently comprise of banks and public financial institutions with nearly 89% stake collectively and the "conditions stipulated by SEBI while granting renewal to the exchange up to September 2010 stands complied" after the high court approval in March 2010.
"Since then, MCX-SX is awaiting necessary SEBI approval for providing trading facilities in equities, futures and options on equities, interest rate derivatives, mutual fund trading platform, debt market, etc."
The company also listed out the members of its board of directors and the advisory board, which includes many former top bureaucrats and regulators.
Welcome to the real convoluted world of counterfeit currency in India, where the victim is prosecuted, the fence eats the crop, and the criminals walk free. This is the second part of a three-part series
Here are a few anecdotes that illustrate how tortuous the system has become as far as counterfeit currency in the country is concerned.
1) A first-generation entrepreneur chucks up a great career and is running a small eco-resort in a remote tribal area. Over the decades, the area becomes popular, and soon developers move in next door. Attempts are made to muscle in on his property, and he is being forced to shut down and sell out, advice given by others including yours truly is for him to do so. Things go from bad to worse, his wife leaves him in fear and relocates to his hometown with the children, but he continues fighting the system. One day, off to his bank to deposit cash collected, he is found with three or four counterfeit notes. The bank manager advises him to tear them up, but our friend wants to be a good citizen, and insists that the relevant RBI advisory-based FIR is filed. His enemies, of whom he has quite a few by now, come to learn about this — and now he is in all sorts of trouble.
2) While researching automobiles at fuel-filling stations where the attendants have seen me for decades and have some level of confidence in me, I come to learn that they end up dealing with and then refusing fake currency notes at least two-three times per attendant per shift. This is up from about two-three times per shift for the whole filling station a few years ago, and maybe once a day 10-15 years ago. Despite this, and having counting-cum-detecting machines installed, cashiers find a few counterfeit currency notes in their bundles when re-checked at the banks almost every day. These currency notes are the best of the counterfeits, are returned by the bank to the customers, and then passed on back into the system by using them to pay off suppliers paid in cash. The situation is apparently even worse at liquor shops.
3) At a conference pertaining to cash management and payment processing, a person from the railways who I get friendly with (I grew up in a railway town and am passionate about trains, and know quite a bit about the railways as well as their cash-management systems) lets drop a nugget — they have trunks full of counterfeit currency notes which they do not know what to do with. Probably no other wing of the Indian government collects as much cash as does the Indian Railways. And the problem, which at one stage used to be restricted largely to the border and coastal areas, is now almost nationwide. The Indian Railways, incidentally, is amongst the fastest in adopting non-cash transaction systems. And monsoons as well as other natural calamities are a good way of declaring currency damaged and destroyed.
4) A recent phenomenon is the surfacing of counterfeit notes from ATM dispensers, and the refusal of the concerned banks as well as authorities to do anything about it, leaving the customer eventually with a loss. This is an activity that is extremely suspect, as "stuffing" of ATM cartridges is supposed to be an intensely-controlled and monitored activity, one that this correspondent is familiar with. There is no way counterfeit currency notes can be delivered through ATMs unless there is internal complicity of a very high nature, and complaints of this sort should be escalated to the highest in the relevant bank as well as the RBI, without any issue of the suspect bank/branch being permitted to interfere on any grounds whatsoever. As mentioned before, the rules regarding compulsory 100% scanning and verification of currency notes dispensed, do not come into play till March 2011.
All this, however, still does not answer the basic question — what is the man on the street supposed to do when saddled with a fake currency note? Destroying, holding on to, or transporting a fake currency note is a crime in itself. The only option is to surrender it to the authorities. But which one?
A few more points on my experience with this subject:
1) To try and go to the local RBI office, as this correspondent did one fine sunny day in Delhi, to try and find out, was like committing suicide. A polite and helpful elderly guard at the entrance, when told about my mission, took me to one side and said that even entering the RBI premises with a fake note was a crime and that he would have to detain me till the local police came to take me away. So it was better if I did not visit the RBI.
2) The bank is obliged to lodge an FIR with the local police, which in itself is not an issue if you have the wherewithal to handle the subsequent eventualities, but the stated format of the report to be filed with the local police is enough to place you as the customer at the centre of the investigation. Even if that is not a problem and you wish to be an honest citizen, fact remains, you have lost the value of the counterfeit currency for sure. And the bank as well as the RBI, instead of supporting you legally for what you may perceive as having done your duty, will expect you to fight the legal battle on your own. This is also seized upon as a great opportunity by your enemies to put you into even more trouble.
3) The local police are always keen to catch people in the business of counterfeit currency. Sadly, any victim will do, and local traders dealing in cash are extremely susceptible to this. Besides, it makes for great headlines, and anybody caught, howsoever innocently, is immediately a social outcast.
4) Sending currency notes by uninsured post is also illegal. So the option of sending a fake or counterfeit currency note by post to the Financial Investigation Unit in Delhi, which is one more entity dealing with this issue, may not really be correct. In any case, as of now, they do not accept complaints from the general public.
There is a Parliamentary 'House Panel Committee on Counterfeit Currency'. Not much is known about what they do, but yes, a few months ago, they expressed shock at the government's decision to outsource the printing of currency notes to the USA, UK & Germany. So maybe you could write to your elected representative on the subject. Maybe not, too.
A few decades ago, statistics on satisfaction levels of meals on trains and telephone users were calculated based on the actual complaints received. Needless to say, the number of complaints received was very low, so it was presumed that the satisfaction level was very high.
Likewise, the authorities would have us believe that the amount of counterfeit currency in circulation is very low, and one reason is because the number of complaints are very low — ignoring the fact that if citizens complain about counterfeit currency, they go straight to jail.
(The third part of this series will appear on Monday, 19th July).


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Michael Ballack is on the verge of signing for Bayer Leverkusen, according to reports in Germany.
The 33-year-old, who was released by Chelsea at the end of last season, is missing the World Cup through an injury picked up in the Blues' FA Cup final victory.
The midfielder is reportedly set to sign a two-year contract with his old side, with whom he reached the Champions League final in 2002.
Ballack, who spent three years with Bayer before leaving for Bayern Munich in 2002 and then moving on to Chelsea in 2006, will earn around 12million euros over two years, according to the Bild newspaper.
Steve McClaren's Wolfsburg were also believed to have been interested in him, but Ballack appears to have opted for a return to his old club.
Bayer general manager Wolfgang Holzhauser earlier told the former Chelsea man time he had until Monday to make up his mind over a move.
"By the start of training on Monday we want clarity," Holzhauser said in the Express newspaper.
Bayer sporting director Rudi Voller insisted, though, Ballack will not be hurried into a decision.
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Okay, I just had a sudden worry
When TDKR came out, there were no midnight viewings allowed in the UK. They justified it by saying they were worried about spoilers because the UK is so many hours ahead... which doesn't even make sense, because in some countries it came out a whole day before!
I really hope this doesn't happen for MOS as well... i'd be absolutely gutted!
Just accept that this is the direction they have taken.
Then, you can either decide this version isn't for you and stop watching.
you can decide to enjoy it for what it is - an elseworlds tale.
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PERIPHERALS; When the Easy Way Turns Out To Be Hard
By L. R. SHANNON;
Published: June 6, 1995
WHY is nothing ever easy?
On May 2, this column discussed Batterydisk, a program that saves a computer's C.M.O.S. settings for restoration after the internal battery fails.
C.M.O.S. (for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) settings are data about components of your system, like the hard disk, that must be right for the computer to work. "Naturally you have a printout of these vital numbers in the desk drawer," I wrote. "Neither do I."
By E-mail, a reader, Robert B. Peake, asked how to find and save those settings without buying a $19.95 program, available from International Systems Inc. at (312) 222-1364. Eventually I replied:
"I was sure there was an easy way to look them up and save them, but I didn't check. Now I have. I typed 'setup' at the DOS prompt on a 486 running Windows and was led into the Windows setup program, which I didn't want. I typed 'MSD,' and found every conceivable bit of info about the computer, but which do I need and which do I not need? I looked through six to eight books on the shelf, including the official DOS manual, to no avail. Finally, I discovered the answer in Kris Jamsa's '1001 DOS and PC Tips.' But saving the settings requires a program that comes on a disk accompanying the $40 book." (MSD is the Microsoft Diagnostics program.)
That really got Mr. Peake going.
"This in general is what I find maddening about the whole PC-DOS system," he wrote. "I consider myself an intermediate amateur computer user (I enjoy fiddling with and learning about computers, but have not studied them formally), and I find there are levels and levels of sophistication needed to operate one at peak efficiency, or even to figure out what is wrong if you get an error message. And usually the fix is a simple one once you find an expert to talk to. For the vast majority of people who are not computer specialists and merely want a useful tool to use at home, this is ridiculous, and a relic of the day when computers were multimillion-dollar machines that only specialists would use."
A colleague told me there was a C.M.O.S. file in the DOS directory that could be printed out or saved on a floppy disk.
I fired up a P.C. and looked for the file. No luck. As the weather was warming, I had moved a computer to the back porch. The E-mail exchanges were in the Compuserve File Cabinet in a computer in the home office upstairs. I copied them to a floppy, took it down to the porch, and tried to open the files with the word-processing module of Clarisworks 3.0. Clarisworks did not know they were there. Back upstairs to copy the files in a different format. The files were gone from the File Cabinet. They were on the floppy only, if they were there at all. Back downstairs. I tried Wordperfect 3.0 for the Macintosh. That program found and converted the files.
But why is nothing ever easy? More Computer Trouble
Several of the reasons that nothing is ever easy are explored in Thomas K. Landauer's "The Trouble With Computers: Usefulness, Usability and Productivity" (M.I.T. Press; $27.50). The former director of cognitive science research at Bellcore, the research consortium of the regional Bell companies, Mr. Landauer writes in an unexpectedly lively style. His book will be officially published in a few days.
Usefulness: Phase 1 computing, the automating of tasks like keeping books or aiming guns, was eminently successful. "There are well-defined formulas by which the task can be performed, principles that humans would follow precisely if they could." But Phase 2, "helping people think, is surprisingly more difficult."
Usability: "In a system in which you sometimes enter K to 'keep' a program and in other cases enter K to 'kill' the same program, there is a usability problem no matter how useful the program might otherwise be." Whether it is the supermarket clerk scanning bar codes, or Mr. Landauer trying to put a French diacritical mark into his bibliography ("After an hour, I gave up."), things are not rosy.
The shocking, though not surprising, parts of the book deal with productivity. Mr. Landauer cites studies showing that by and large, putting computers in the workplace has had little or negative effect on how much work gets done.


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