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When the price of Brent crude oil dropped from $125/b in March 2012, to a low of $29.25 in January 2015, India, which imports some 80 per cent of its requirements, reaped a huge benefit. The government ought to have set aside a part of the enormous savings, to act as a cushion when crude oil prices start rising, as they inevitably do. It did not. Now that Brent crude has gone over $70, we are in for a crude awakening.
The forces which make crude oil prices yo-yo thus are several. The current rally is due to these factors. One, OPEC, under Saudi Arabia and with Russian help (Russia isn't a part of OPEC), has managed to curtail output. Two, Venezuela, which has the world's largest reserves, is in a horrible state and is unable to pump out oil. Three, Saudi, under Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, is trying to get crude oil up to $100 in order to be able to sell the Saudi Aramco IPO at a good price, and raise enough resources for the transformation of the country to one not entirely dependent on fossil fuels.
An article in Seeking Alpha talks about the likely further cuts to Venezuelan crude oil production, because the authorities have just arrested (ostensibly for extorting bribes) two employees of Chevron. Venezuelan state owned company, PDVSA, can't pump out enough oil because of lack of resources and lack of people (the competent ones have gone to other countries; the US shale industry has a shortage) and production has dropped.
Venezuelan oil production is held up by international oil companies such as Chevron, which is a joint venture. The (assumedly fake) charge against Chevron would likely result in a further fall crude output. In the base scenario, the fall can be one million barrels per day (bpd) and in the worst case scenario it can be 1.55 million mbpd. It's possible China may step in to take over some assets, but not certain, given the deteriorating conditions in the country. OPEC production is around 31 mbd.
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On the flip side, production of shale oil/gas from the US will rise with rising prices, dampening the increase. President Trump has already issued a warning to Saudi and Russia on this.
So, if Venezuelan production falls further, crude oil prices would go up further and, for India, that would result in: a) higher fiscal deficit; b) higher petrol/diesel prices contributing to inflation; c) rising interest rates. Deutsche Bank expects RBI to hike interest rates by 25 basis points in June.
Also, the US Fed is expected to have three more interest rate hikes, and as 10-year US Treasury yields have risen to over 3 per cent, we can expect some more FII outflows from the stock markets.
This is because the risk premium between the safe US T-Bills and the riskier equity exposure in emerging markets, has narrowed. What is keeping the Indian market propped up is increasing domestic flows from retail investors, who are moving savings from traditional bank deposits into equity markets, which have given great returns. In April, FIIs sold $2 billion in Indian equity and debt markets.
In view of this, some caution may be advocated, for the next few months. Global debt is at $164 trillion (>2X global GDP) and there is little scope for another rescue if there is a financial crisis.
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Lorisiform primates (Primates: Strepsirrhini: Lorisiformes) represent almost 10% of the living primate species and are widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and South/South-East Asia; however, their taxonomy, evolutionary history, and biogeography are still poorly understood. In this study we report the largest molecular phylogeny in terms of the number of represented taxa. We sequenced the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene for 86 lorisiform specimens, including ∼80% of all the species currently recognized. Our results support the monophyly of the Galagidae, but a common ancestry of the Lorisinae and Perodicticinae (family Lorisidae) was not recovered. These three lineages have early origins, with the Galagidae and the Lorisinae diverging in the Oligocene at about 30 Mya and the Perodicticinae emerging in the early Miocene. Our mitochondrial phylogeny agrees with recent studies based on nuclear data, and supports Euoticus as the oldest galagid lineage and the polyphyletic status of Galagoides. Moreover, we have elucidated phylogenetic relationships for several species never included before in a molecular phylogeny. The results obtained in this study suggest that lorisiform diversity remains substantially underestimated and that previously unnoticed cryptic diversity might be present within many lineages, thus urgently requiring a comprehensive taxonomic revision of this primate group. © 2015 The Linnean Society of London
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Venezuela is launching a probe into large offshore bank deposits amid a spate of reports that at least $2 billion was siphoned off by corrupt, top-level officials at state-run oil company PDVSA.
Chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz's announcement Tuesday was the socialist government's first response to the determination this month by the Obama administration that a bank in the European principality of Andorra was used to launder money on behalf of groups in China, Russia and Venezuela.
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The investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department found that Banca Privada d'Andorra charged exorbitant commissions to create shell companies and complex financial products on behalf of PDVSA. In total $4.2 billion of Venezuelan funds, some of it handled by the U.S. banking system, were processed by the bank.
The designation led the bank's Spanish unit, Banco de Madrid SA, to file for bankruptcy and in recent days Spanish and Venezuelan media have been chock full of sometimes sensational reports about former high-ranking Venezuelan officials using the bank and its affiliates to stash millions of dollars in kickbacks from energy and public works contracts.
Ortega Diaz didn't say who was being probed but dismissed speculation she had been forced to take action by calls from the opposition.
The pro-government National Assembly opened a separate probe on Tuesday, with lawmakers warning that the opposition's outrage over the alleged corruption is part of a strategy to destabilize President Nicolas Maduro's rule.
Indeed, while Venezuela is a major transit zone for South American cocaine and has long ranked low on global surveys for perceptions of corruption, government supporters say the timing of the accusations, as tensions ratchet up with the United States, suggests they may be politically motivated.
This year, a report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists found that Venezuelans were among the top Swiss clients of HSBC, holding more than $14.8 billion in secret accounts between 1998 and 2007, more than any other country except Switzerland and the UK.


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Sometimes it stuns me, that people who are apparently very clever, can also say very stupid things. Last week I picked up a copy of 'What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee' by Jonathan Marks, a professor of anthropology. He was recently named a fellow of the AAAS, and I was interested to find out his opinion on human being.
Unfortunately, after reading the conclusion of the book, I couldn't really bring it on myself to read any more. An extract will show why:
Thirty years ago, in a widely read scientific-philosophical work called Chance and Necessity, the French molecular biologist Jacques Monod argued that evolution shows life to be meaningless. While this might easily be dismissed as "Sartre among the test-tubes," it carried the authority of science, because a prominent scientist wrote it. Is the proposition true? Perhaps, but there is no way to know. There is no class of data to be collected that would indicate whether life is meaningful or not. It is not a scientific proposition.
More than that, it is a distasteful proposition. Bluntly put, people care more about whether their life has meaning than they do about whether they came from apes. If you tell them that science shows life has no meaning and that we came from apes, it is not surprising to imagine that they would reject both scientific propositions. In fact, it is pretty dumb to think otherwise.
The problem is that science is very good at answering questions people don't care about. To the extent that physics aids the technology that allows you to reheat frozen food in a few minutes, it is obviously useful. But using technology derived from it, and caring about it, are different things. The things that people care about tend to be the things outside the domain of science—What is death? Will I always be able to take care of my children? Why do good things happen to bad people? How can I be happy?
All humans care about these things. All cognitive systems provide answers for them. In addition, they provide explanations for how humans and the world they live in came to be—as the scientific myth does. And more than that, other myths explain not simply how we came into existence, but why.
And science doesn't.
Science explains how we came to exist more accurately than does any other myth. By its own criterion, it is therefore the best explanation. But it is an answer to a relatively small and trivial question. Science tells us that we are descended from apes, a fact that affects people's lives and minds minimally, if at all. On the other hand, science says nothing about whether the cosmos is ultimately benevolent or just. The perpetual crisis in science education is largely the result of a consistent failure of scientists themselves to be educated about what they do and its implications.
Richard Dawkins writes in River Out of Eden:
[I]f the universe were just electrons and selfish genes, meaningless tragedies . . . are exactly what we should expect, along with equally meaningless good fortune. Such a universe would be neither evil nor good in its intention. It would manifest no intentions of any kind. In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
And for good measure he adds, "DNA neither knows nor cares. DNA just is. And we dance to its music."
Well, maybe we do and maybe we don't. Since the author is not an expert on molecular genetics, we may consequently take his musings about DNA with a grain of salt, falling within the domain of folk heredity. But what about his dour view of the universe? Here Dawkins presents a consistency argument, not a test of an hypothesis. After all, the universe also has precisely the properties we would expect to find if it were benevolent and designed, and we simply didn 't understand it, lacking the key to its pattern. If the only language you speak is Greek, other languages may sound like random noise, like "bar, bar, bar," which is why the Greeks called non-Greek speakers "barbarians." But that's a statement about the limitations of the Greeks, not about the other peoples.
Random noise may be random noise or it may simply be stuff you don't understand, which consequently looks or sounds like random noise. The history of modern science, after all, is about the discovery and imposition of order on what formerly looked like chaos. Perhaps ultimately there is just chaos, but Dawkins's assertion about it is no more than that, an assertion. Dawkins 's interpretation of the universe might be true, but again, since there is no positive knowledge we can acquire, no controlled set of data we can collect that would indicate whether it is in fact likely to be true, we are obliged to identify the statement as nonscience.
The scientist is, of course, welcome to his opinion. It is not, however, the case that his opinion about this is more scientific than any other. Indeed, since it reflects an inability to tell science from nonscience , it might actually be regarded as less scientific than any other. The important criticism, however, lies in the implications of teaching such philosophy as if it constituted science, indeed as if it constituted the theory of evolution. The scientist says: "Science has explained many things about the universe. Your life has no meaning. Have a nice day." And then he is surprised and appalled at the public rejection of that philosophy. If the goal of science is to make people miserable, then Dawkins and his gloomy philosophy would seem to be the ideal evangelical tool.
But for those of us who think that perhaps people do have the right to be happy (or at least, as Thomas Jefferson believed, the right to pursue happiness), it is an impoverished and unfulfilling worldview. Small wonder it is so unpopular! Small wonder that people would rather derive pleasure from the comforting inanities of The Celestine Prophecy.
And here is the truth then. We are descended from apes. Life is meaningless. Everything is pointless. Don't shoot the messenger for telling you the truth. And if you're too scared to face it, go and join a monastery!
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John MacArthur has written a hard-hitting post that exposes the "health and prosperity" TV 'preachers' for who they really are. He writes,
Someone needs to say this plainly: The faith healers and health-and-wealth preachers who dominate religious television are shameless frauds.
I like people who tell it like it is. John MacArthur isn't afraid to say that these people who prattle on and on, duping vulnerable ones out of their money by promising to get rid of their cancer, to heal up those cavities, or to get rid of their diabetes (if they just send a little cash in the envelope provided) are outright charlatans.
Stacy from Louisville has a quote that I love on her blog:
I'm a committed follower of Jesus Christ who is "...unable to commit to any messiah who doesn't knock over tables." - Garret Keizer
If Jesus sat for a minute (as I did early one morning recently) and listened to Benny Hinn 'praying' with his eyes opened, putting on a show for those watching, he'd not only knock over tables... I think He'd knock over Benny. I know I wanted to knock him upside the head and ask him, "What were you thinkin'?"
Obviously, he wasn't.
Because, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. We are HIS treasured possessions, and He doesn't take kindly to anyone who touches one of His anointed.
I'm cheering Pastor John MacArthur on. Praise God for men who tell the truth!


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New Delhi: I'm sure you must have wondered if astronauts sleep in space. A new NASA research reveals sleep times of astronauts is compromised and may lead to disruption of circadian rhythms.
At NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, researcher Erin Flynn-Evans is focusing on the major reasons that lead to disruption of circadian rhythms. The reasons include noise and uncomfortable temperatures.
Flynn-Evans, a researcher at the Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory at Ames was quoted as saying: "Imagine flying across the country and getting jet-lagged," said. "It's very similar to what astronauts deal with on the International Space Station, only the stakes are higher."
NASA on its official Twitter handle tweeted:
Spending time in space can cause changes in biological clocks & circadian rhythms. See how: https://t.co/Fspmod7PKn pic.twitter.com/8NOBjhEboH
— NASA (@NASA) January 8, 2016
NASA is preparing for astronauts' medical needs on long duration spaceflight missions to promote good health. For this, they suggest putting up of special blue LED lights to help fight insomnia experienced by astronauts, better luxuries to make astronauts feel comfortable just as they are on Earth.
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A common marketing communication strategy in building brand image is celebrity endorsement.
Public practitioners and advertisers believe that utilizing celebrity in advertisement will affect the effectiveness of brand recognition, brand recall as well as purchasing behaviour or intentions (Spry, 2011). Many studies have been gone through the topic of celebrity endorsement in recent years (e.g., Hakimi, 2011; Hung, 2011; Spry, 2011). Those studies have been studied regarding the "Influential of celebrity on young adults", "Celebrity worship on purchase intentions" (Hung, 2011) and "Celebrity's credibility on brand's consumer based equity" (Spry, 2011).
"Joey Yung was being hired to endorse Sensa Cools herbal drink after being awarded as one of the Top Ten Hong Kong Artistes awards. One million US dollar worth for her advertising contract retrieved from inside sources report. She was so busy recently. What is more, she travelled to Phuket, Thailand for the advertisement shooting at an extravagant hotel" (Enesis Group, 2011).
Such news regarding celebrity involvement in product endorsement frequently covered in Hong Kong entertainment news. In other words, Hong Kong audience has a high interest in the commercial activities of media celebrities (Chan, Ng and Luk., 2013).
According to Friedman and Friedman 1979, he defines that a celebrity is a person such as an actor, sportsman, entertainer and etc.
They are different from the general public and are highly recognized by his or her achievements. From McCracken (1989), definition of a celebrity endorser is "any individual who enjoys public recognition and who uses this recognition on behalf of a consumer good by appearing their names and image to the brand they advertised as to improve awareness of its brand and products.
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With an enviable location just 400m off SH 1 in Foxton, the Celtic Motel offers the benefits of being close to the town centre, yet enjoys the tranquillity of a countryside setting. This is the perfect base for visiting friendly Foxton and exploring the lower west coast of the North Island, including the mighty Horowhenua and the stunning Kapiti Coast regions. It is also an ideal Interisland Ferry stopover.
Off The Loop has created the latest 'must do' attraction in the Lower North Island! They offer Cable Wakeboard and Waterski riding at their private lake on their 2 x two tower Topline Cable Systems. Based in Foxton, they have a variety of flat glassy water, ramps and rail slides at their double-laned, purpose built location nestled in the Horowhenua countryside. Something for the whole family and guaranteed to satisfy riders of all skill levels!
The Foxton Pools opened in December 2007 and have become the centre for many aquatic and fitness activities. Learn to swim, aqua fitness, canoe polo, water polo and swim club are just a few programmes which are offered to the public through out the summer months.
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Take some time to visit Foxton Beach, just 8km from the motel, for swimming, boating and fishing. Walk along the beach to where the Manawatu River meets the Tasman Sea. This estuary is a wetland area of international importance (with RAMSAR status) where many different bird species can be found, including godwits, wrybills and spoonbills.
Guests are welcome on this 18-hole golf course on SH 1, just 1.5km north of Foxton. The course is a par 72 layout for men (5860 yards) and par 73 (5075 yards) for the ladies.
Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, our cultural tourism and community facility, offers you museums and exhibitions dedicated to the stories of Te Awahou-Foxton and the people who have connections here. It's also home to our community library.
At the south end of Main Street in Foxton is a full-size working 17th century Dutch windmill. The windmill is also the local information centre. Open 7 days a week, admission to the ground floor is free and tours are also available. The shop has stoneground flours, souvenirs and imported Dutch foodstuffs.
The only working flax stripping museum in the world, this is an excellent opportunity to look at the processes and products that were a vital part of Foxton's development. Located at the south end of Main Street behind the Dutch Windmill.
In a building behind the Dutch Windmill, located at the south end of Main Street, Whare Manaaki is a studio and gallery promoting local Maori history and art. As well as displays of traditional and contemporary art, there are demonstrations of weaving and carving. Open weekends 10am-3pm.
Located at the Dutch Oven on Main Street near the Dutch Windmill, scenic and educational trips are offered through the historic streets of Foxton. The tram usually operates on Sundays, but can be booked for groups by arrangement.
At the northern end of Main Street, this museum houses an extensive collection of audio and visual equipment. The museum is usually open weekend afternoons and may also be booked for private tours.
Mangahao White Water Park is a world class venue and a great place to watch kayakers rodeo kayaking or 'hot dogging' during competitions. The area, located below the Mangahao Power Station at Shannon, has been transformed into a community based nature reserve with a world class kayaking facility.
Flax Gift Gallery is filled with an extensive range of quality New Zealand gifts that reflect the true flavour of Aotearoa and the Pacific. Quality gifts and art from talented New Zealand artisans, focusing on gifts with a twist - contemporary, quirky and well-designed plus high quality Kiwiana.
Goldies Junk 'n Disorderly is located at the northern end of Main Street in Foxton, New Zealand and offers an eclectic mix of antiques and collectables. Two shop fronts filled with items gives quite a bit to browse through. Inside you'll find glass, ceramics, china, pottery, books, LPs, furniture, copper, brass, kitchenware, and general bric-a-brac. There are also some out of the ordinary one off items to be found.
We sell new clothing from Max, Witchery, PJ Jeans, Augustine, and WoolOvers. As well as gifts and New Zealand made products we sell Christmas decorations!
Not so Shabby - chalkpaint and accessories and workshops
Deconn Flair - gifts and homeware
Upcycled Nature - driftwood sculptures
Plus baby gear, ladieswear
Only a 4-minute drive away from Celtic Motel is New World Foxton, open 7 days a week, located cnr Main Street and Whyte Street in Foxton.
Hammer Hardware 'its your local'.
Take a 10-minute drive to Shannon for a unique boutique shopping experience, in particular look out for the Oosh Shop with their funky and affordable collections.
De Molen (The Dutch Windmill), operated by the Foxton Windmill Trust, would like to announce The Dutch Oven bakery and café situated right next to the windmill in Main Street Foxton. Our range of stone ground flours (rye, organic wholemeal and gluten-free maize meal) are all at De Molen and are used at The Dutch Oven. Come and try our wonderful selection of traditional Dutch breads, sandwiches, cakes... all baked and cooked onsite. A wonderful menu for lunches and daily specials to tantalise your taste buds. Grab a Caffe L'affare coffee and cake if you are in a hurry or relax and dine in.
Situated within Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, Foxton's new multicultural community centre, is Millside Café.
Foxton and Foxton Beach offer a number of cafés, along with takeaways, from great fish and chips to Chinese and pizza's.
The Milky Whey Café, on Main Street, is open 7 days a week and offers great coffee and other drinks, cakes, donuts, muffins, etc.
The Foxton RSA, located on 1 Easton Street, offers a restaurant providing reasonably priced quality meals. The restaurant is open for dinner Thursday - Saturday.
The Little White Rabbit, located on Seabury Avenue Foxton Beach, is locally owned and operated by Nigel and Anita. Nigel returning from his years in Melbourne to bring something unique to the area. Their focus is on healthy, indulgent, local and seasonal produce so expect to see local brands on the menu.
Foxton Beach's newest eatery. Restaurant and garden bar open all day. Family friendly and walk-ins welcome. Multiple private function spaces.
The Manawatu Marine Boating Club welcomes power boats, sail boats, jet skis and other river users. The club has excellent launching facilities and a modern purpose built building.
Waitarere is a 10-minute drive south of Foxton and is known for its Great Forest Marathon Events.
Palmerston North is only a 30-minute drive (54km) from Foxton. Palmerston North has plenty of shops, restaurants and of course the airport. Not only does Air New Zealand fly from Palmy, so does Jet Star.
Foxton is located on SH 1 and it is just a 12-minute drive (17km) south to Levin. Or make your way further south on a 90-minute drive (112km) to the capital city, Wellington, along one of New Zealand's most picturesque coastlines that stretches from Foxton to Paekakariki.
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