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By Alexey Zhebel | April 3, 2017 |
Percona announces the release of Percona Monitoring and Management 1.1.2 on April 3, 2017.
For installation instructions, see the Deployment Guide.
This release includes several new dashboards in Metrics Monitor, updated versions of software components used in PMM Server, and a number of small bug fixes.
Thank You to the Community!
We would like to mention some of the key contributors in this release, and thank the community for continued support of PMM:
- tcaxias for fixing our Docker deployment so that supervisor is PID 1
- pschultz who helped us improve the Disk Performance and Percona XtraDB Cluster graphs to better leverage Grafana tooltips
- Andrii Skomorokhov from Percona for fixing the Grafana tooltip bug #7708
- Tim Vaillancourt from Percona for a number of improvements to mongodb_exporter
New Dashboards and Graphs
This release includes the following new dashboards:
- MongoDB MMAPv1 dashboard provides insight for the MMAPv1 storage engine:
- MongoDB InMemory dashboard includes graphs related to the InMemory storage engine:
- MariaDB dashboard includes three new graphs for the Aria storage engine. There will be a detailed blog post about monitoring possibilities with these new graphs:
The new MariaDB dashboard also includes three new graphs for monitoring InnoDB within MariaDB. We are planning to move them into one of the existing InnoDB dashboards in the next PMM release:
- The InnoDB Defragmentation graph shows how
OPTIMIZE TABLEimpacts defragmentation on tables when running MariaDB with
- The InnoDB Online DDL graph includes metrics related to online DDL operations when using
ALTER TABLE ... ALGORITHM=INPLACEin MariaDB.
- The InnoDB Deadlocks Detected graph currently works only with MariaDB 10.1. We are planning to add support for MariaDB 10.2, Percona Server, and MySQL in the next PMM release.
- The Index Condition Pushdown graph shows how InnoDB leverages the Index Condition Pushdown (ICP) routines. Currently this graph works only with MariaDB, but we are planning to add support for Percona Server and MySQL in the next PMM release.
Updated Software
PMM is based on several third-party open-source software components. We ensure that PMM includes the latest versions of these components in every release, making it the most secure, stable and feature-rich database monitoring platform possible. Here are some highlights of changes in the latest releases:
- Grafana 4.2 (from 4.1.1)
- HipChat integration
- Templating improvements
- Alerting enhancements
- Consul 0.7.5 (from 0.7.3)
- Bug fix for serious server panic
- Prometheus 1.5.2 (from 1.5.1)
- Prometheus binaries are built with Go1.7.5
- Fixed two panic conditions and one series corruption bug
- Orchestrator 2.0.3 (from 2.0.1)
- GTID improvements
- Logging enhancements
- Improved timing resolution and faster discoveries
Other Changes in PMM Server
- Migrated the PMM Server docker container to use CentOS 7 as the base operating system.
- Changed the entry point so that supervisor is PID 1.
- PMM-633: Set the following default values in
Shell123456789101112[mysqld]# Default MySQL Settingsinnodb_buffer_pool_size=128Minnodb_log_file_size=5Minnodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1innodb_file_per_table=1innodb_flush_method=O_DIRECT# Disable Query Cache by defaultquery_cache_size=0query_cache_type=0
- PMM-676: Added descriptions for graphs in Disk Performance and Galera dashboards.
Changes in PMM Client
- Fixed
pmm-admin remove --allto clear all saved credentials.
- Several fixes to
mongodb_exporterincluding PMM-629 and PMM-642.
- PMM-504: Added ability to change the name of a client with running services:
Shell1$ sudo pmm–admin config —client–name new_name —force
WARNING: Some Metrics Monitor data may be lost when renaming a running client.
About Percona Monitoring and Management
Percona Monitoring and Management is an open-source platform for managing and monitoring MySQL and MongoDB performance. Percona developed it in collaboration with experts in the field of managed database services, support and consulting.
PMM is a free and open-source solution that you can run in your own environment for maximum security and reliability. It provides thorough time-based analysis for MySQL and MongoDB servers to ensure that your data works as efficiently as possible.
A live demo of PMM is available at pmmdemo.percona.com.
Please provide your feedback and questions on the PMM forum.
If you would like to report a bug or submit a feature request, use the PMM project in JIRA.


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I am a nurse practitioner. I have been in emergency medicine for seventeen years. I live with my husband and three daughters. We lead a very busy, very full, very crazy life. Part of that life is my experience in the ER. I loved it from the first time I stepped into it. I have been tired, angry, sad, frustrated, and incredibly happy. I wanted to document my journey and hopefully give a voice to the people who work in this crazy world.
This process started when I began to feel frustrated with my life. As I looked back over the years, I thought I had missed my calling to be a medical missionary. I thought, when I was young, that missions was the end all be all of Christian life. As I reflected, the Lord showed me very clealry that medicine IS missions. It is ministry. We hold the hand of the dying. We care for the sick and lonely. We tend to the orphan and widow. This is it. This is as good as it gets. If we can only learn to be present in our work and develop an awareness of the importance of what we do.
I tend to read inspirational works and I love history and learning how people made a difference in the world. I read about Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi, Thomas Jefferson, etc. I realized that these were normal people who believed in something and ordered their life to accomplish their vision. Their every day was probably very average. It is the sum, not the parts, that made their lives exceptional. We too can change the world. If we have a vision for something and just stay the course, the world around us will start to change.
In the end, everything I know to be true, without question, is what I have learned from the life of Jesus. He is the one who lived a life that truly changed our world. He shows us a new way. This is a way where we find fulfillment when we stop looking out for ourselves and turn our attention to others. His way teaches us that giving away our lives shows us how to find it. He was funny, He was passionate, He was smart. I still can't get my head around some of the things He said. But I know it's true. It's the only thing I know to be completely true. Whatever He did is what I am trying to do in my work, family, and community.
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord." Luke 4:18-19


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A laser diode is a laser where the active medium is a semiconductor, similar to that found in a light-emitting diode. The most common laser diode is formed from a p-n junction. It's powered by injected electric current. The former devices are sometimes referred to as injection laser diodes, to distinguish them from optically pumped laser diodes.
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Steel flange pipe is a sort of coupling used to join two distinct lengths. You'll locate that the flanging coupler is the close of the span – occasionally on the two ends – permitting a particular sort of usage from the tube.
It supplies a particular surface which will enable it to link to another span. It may likewise be utilized to link into a wall socket. There are lots of ways of creating this form of relationship, for example, welding them collectively or threading, however that is among the simplest methods for producing this sort of meeting.
There are many different kinds of steel flange pipe, a lot of offer which is particular sort of meeting blueprint for a specific sort of bolt. There are many online sources where you can easily buy the black steamer accessories (which is also known as "จำหน่าย อุปกรณ์สตีมดำ" in the Thai language).
Performance is the name of this game when your business makes the decision to take a look at this kind of relationship.
Along with the a for the mentioned benefit of being more effective than using components which have to be welded or glued together, flange pipe provides another important advantage are it does not require using specific tools.
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Over 2000 delegates from 51 countries will converge in Vishakhapatnam from 27-28 January, 2017 for CII's Partnership Summit. The Partnership Summit is the annual flagship event of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and is organized in association with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
The Partnership Summit 2017 is a unique platform that would enable close examination of the partnerships and synergies that will spark the next phase of global growth and develop strong multi-country linkages and networks to assist the transformation of the global economy.
The Summit started in the year 1995 to commemorate CII's centenary year. With over two decades of active engagement and collaboration of India at a global level, the Summit attracts around 2000 delegates every year with over 40 per cent participation from overseas.
Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information and Broadcasting, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry and Shri N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh will be addressing the Inaugural Session of the Partnership Summit. Senior officials from both the Central and State Government as well as a galaxy of leading industrialists will also be participating at the session.
The Summit will be held in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh - India's Sunrise State - is a gateway to growing markets and promising opportunities. It is endowed with rich natural resources & mineral wealth and boasts of the second longest coastline in the country. With visionary political leadership, strong government mandate and proactive administration, the State has mapped its 2029 vision blueprint with a global outlook and a target to be amongst the best three states in India by 2022. Andhra Pradesh's growth trajectory has been on the rise, with the State being the fastest growing State in India with 10.99% GSDP growth in 2015-16.
The theme for this year's Summit is 'Partnerships for Shared New Realities'. Over the years, a global economic rebalancing has taken place, with a definitive shift towards Asia and the Emerging Economies. Today the G20 nations together represent 85% of the global output. In an environment where the developed world clocked in growth at a low 2.5%, China and India continued to remain centres of economic growth.
Though a rhetoric against globalization was built up in 2016, the inter-dependence of advanced and emerging economies remained undeniable. In a global landscape with several transformative forces at work, new economic, technological, environmental and social challenges have begun to emerge. Since these challenges for sustained economic and trade growth are transnational, collective solutions and global collaborations are essential.
The Summit will provide a common platform to leaders from all walks of life to closely examine the synergies that spark the next phase of global growth and play a proactive role in building new bridges to the emerging world by fostering links globally.
Union Ministers from Government of India including Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Roads, Transport and Highways, Government of India; Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways, Government of India; Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India; Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy & Mines; Mr Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India; Shri Y S Chowdhury, Minister of State, Ministry of Science and Technology, & Earth Sciences will address the Summit.
Some of the overseas dignitaries addressing the Summit include Tofail Ahmed, Commerce Minister, People's Republic of Bangladesh; Romi Gauchan Thakali, Minister of Commerce, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal; Stepan Kubiv, First Vice - Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Government of Ukraine; Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy, Government of United Arab Emirates; Margaret Mhango Mwanakatwe, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, The Republic of Zambia; C I Mabuwa, Deputy Minister of Industry & Commerce, The Republic of Zimbabwe, Salah Mohamed El Hassan Mohamed Saeed, Minister of Trade, Republic of the Sudan, Faycal Hafiane, Secretary of State, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Republic of Tunisia and Chhuon Dara, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia
Some of the topics under discussion at the Summit include: "Towards Achieving Sustained Economic and Trade Growth: Can Developing Countries Lead?"; "Celebrating Sunrise Andhra Pradesh: Ready for the Future, Ready for the World"; "Innovating Partnerships for Sustainable Development"; "Global Financial Architecture: Financing for Growth and Stability"; "Industry 4.0: Leveraging for Efficiency, Adaptability, Productivity (LEAP) – What is in it for India?"; "India-US Relations: What Does the New Administration Have in Store?"; Unleashing Growth through Industrial Corridors" and "India's Integration with South and Southeast Asia" among others.
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Will be responsible for managing the coaches within the club, assigning them different duties and keeping the focus on all levels of coaching at all times.
- The coach co-ordinator should be a qualified coach instructor.
- They will assign and manage coaches running beginners courses
- They will ensure there is a coach continuously running the FITA awards programme within the club.
- Will organise advancement courses.
- Will organise the squad training sessions and the coaches to coach at them.
- Will be responsible for setting the criteria and syllabus for the advancement courses
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The designated person will be the reporting person when a concern or complaint is made, they will make contact with the Duty Social Worker, the HSE or the Gardai depending on the situation.
- The designated person must have completed the childrens officer training .
- The Designated Person will also need to be very familiar with all of the club Policies and also with the overall management and workings of the club. It is part of their role to provide information and support in relation to Child Protection to members of the organisation who may require it.
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The President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), Anvar Choudri, advised his Azerbaijani counterpart Agajan Abiyev to set up women boxing in the country.
Abiyev told Trend there was no sportsman on the country, who could play in the higher international boxing ring. Azerbaijan will not be represented in the September world championship due in St.-Petersburg with a prize fund of $2,500.
The same time Abiyev underlined that opportunities for inclusion of the women boxing to a program of Olympic Games 2012 to be held in London. It might be of demonstration character, as along with gentlemen, ladies also wore gloves in England even in 19th century.
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A commercial well is a drilling site that is anticipated to produce enough product for sale that it will recoup all the expenses associated with the operation, and make some amount of profit for the site owners. A well of this type may be situated in an oil field, or at a gas drilling site. Typically, a commercial well is located at a site that has more than three active wells that are producing materials sold for use in the creation of energy or some type of product line.
One characteristic that any type of commercial well will exhibit is the fact that investors are willing to back the operation of the site, and the well in particular. Often, investors are involved in the evaluation of the site before the well is actually sunk, making sure there is a reasonable amount of evidence to indicate the presence of oil or natural gas that can be brought to the surface and sold for various commercial uses. In this scenario, the investors often provide the funding that is used to secure the equipment needed to establish the commercial well, and operate the well until it begins to post a profit. At that point, the investors begin to earn a return on the investment, with that return continuing as long as the well remains in operation.
A well is generally classified as being commercial as long as it continues to produce. Once the commercial well is not longer able to tap into an underground source of oil or natural gas, it becomes what is known as a non-producing well. At that point, the well is capped and the operation is shut down, freeing resources to locate another area where it is possible to drill and create a new well that is capable of generating revenue from the harvested product.
For the most part, a commercial well is found at a site where there are at least three active wells in operation. There are situations where a single well or even two wells may be considered commercial, if their daily output exceeds a certain range. This is because the operational expenses involved with the site can be more easily absorbed when the same equipment is used to maintain several wells on a common site, and the combined output is enough to cover those expenses and increase the profit margin for the overall operation.
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New Delhi, July 25 :
A 40-year-old businessman committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at his home here Friday, police said.
The body of Rajkumar Gupta who had a spy camera manufacturing business, was spotted by his servant at his residence at Green Park area in south Delhi Friday morning.
Police said no suicide note was found.
Gupta's wife had gone to her parental house in east Delhi's Mayur Vihar along her two daughter for the past few days. She has been informed.
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a recent selection of press:
Men's Health Magazine, April Issue | How to Land Your Dream Job
On Point Talk Radio | Why Millennials Are Lonely, with Carlette Christmas
Book: Soft Skills for Young Pros: A Synthesis of Opinions from 45 Thriving Millennials, by Reet Sen
Entrepreneur | "5 Ways Brands Can Build Loyalty With Young Consumers"
HerCampus | "How To Ask For Feedback At Your Internship Or Job"
Brit + Co | "5 Smart Strategies to Help You Love Your Job Again"
Reader's Digest | "7 Book Titles to Drop that Help You Ace the Job Interview"
CJAD 800 The Tommy Schnurmacher Show | "Millennial Entitlement In The Workplace"
Fast Company | "Learning How To Keep Staff At 40 Hours Per Week"
Bustle | "What You Need To Consider To Know Your Worth & Get The Salary You Want"
Bustle | "8 Things To Know When Applying For A Job In 2016"
Cheat Sheet | "Need a Job? The Best (and Worst) Job Boards to Search"
The Washington Post | "Millennials Define Their Own Path to Success"
Jared Kleinert | "Today's Millennial to Watch"
LinkedIn | "Top 100 Millennial Influencers to Follow on LinkedIn"
CFRB Newstalk 1010 with Barb Digiulio | "Why Millennials Aren't Getting Promoted"
Real Talk Podcast | "Outthinking Stress"
Spare Min Podcast | "Why Millennials Aren't Getting Promoted"
The Financial Diet | "Why Your Type-A Schedule Is Actually Hurting Your Productivity"
The Quarter-Life Comeback Podcast | "The Psychology of Millennials at Work"
Leaders of Transformation Podcast | "Building on the Genius of the Millennial Generation"
Real Simple Magazine | "The Myth of Wanderlust"
Inc. Magazine | "How to Market to Millennials (as Explained by Some Influential Millennials"
MSNBC with Tony Dokoupil | "Is Environmentalism Elitist?"
American Psychoanalytic Association | "Caroline Beaton Wins First Place in Nationwide Undergraduate Essay Contest"


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In this workshop you will an introduction into shamanic healing and Reiki, the nature of the light body, the 7 main chakras, and how to connect with the universal life energy that allows healing to happen.
Shamanic Reiki is a practice that combines the wisdom of the shamanic traditions with the techniques of Reiki healing. It is beautiful way to awaken and develop your healing abilities. We will learn how to connect to this source of universal healing energy in order to awaken our own inner healer. We will go through four attunements as well as teachings and corresponding hands-on exercises during the workshop. Shamanic Reiki will focus on building our relationship with energy and how healing works within a shamanic framework.
Brooke and Leona have been studying shamanic healing with Maestro Manuel Rufino, the elder and guide of the Golden Drum community for over 8 years. We are very grateful to be integrating some of these shamanic practices and teachings into the practice of Reiki energy healing. We believe that the integration of these practices has helped us to develop a greater understanding of the nature of health, healing and well-being.
In Reiki Level I you will learn:
- The history & the 5 principles of Reiki
- An introduction to the Chakra systems and Energy Centers
- How to treat yourself with Reiki
- Hand placements for Self-Treatment
- How to identify and remove energy blocks
- How to give Reiki to others: human, animal, plant, mineral Introduction to the 4-elements and the Medicine Wheel
- How to build and activate an altar for healing
- An introduction into how to work with crystals and sound for healing
Upon completion of the course you will receive a Shamanic Reiki Level 1 Attunement and Certificate from the Usui System of Natural Healing.
Tea and light refreshments will be provided.
Cost: $225.00
Brooke Gillespie is an active member of Golden Drum and a student of Maestro Manuel Rufino learning traditional shamanic native healing ways and studying the sacred traditions of humanity. Brooke has over 13 years of healing experience and received her Reiki Master certificate in 2010. Brooke is a Pleiadian Lightwork energy healer, sound healer, and has been leading workshops, sound baths, meditations and Reiki certifications in NYC for over 9 years. She incorporates energy, sound, and crystal work into her healing and she creates conscious healing music through various musical projects including Pink Sun and Dream Seed. She is available for healing sessions and workshops in the NYC area, U.S. and internationally.
Leona Walker is an active member of Golden Drum and a student of Maestro Manuel Rufino learning traditional shamanic native healing ways and studying the sacred traditions of humanity. Leona has been practicing Reiki for over 15 years and received her Reiki Master certificate in 2001. She Leona incorporates the visual element into her healing and creates sacred art and mandalas under the name Sacred Walker. She is a member of the shamanic sound healing group Dream Seed. Leona is available for private Reiki healing sessions in the NYC area, U.S. and internationally.


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Fermion, any member of a group of subatomic particles having odd half-integral angular momentum (spin 1/2, 3/2), named for the Fermi-Dirac statistics that describe its behaviour. Fermions include particles in the class of leptons (e.g., electrons, muons), baryons (e.g., neutrons, protons, lambda particles), and nuclei of odd mass number (e.g., tritium, helium-3, uranium-233).
Fermions obey the Pauli exclusion principle, which forbids more than one particle of this type from occupying a single quantum state. This condition underlies, for example, the buildup of electrons within an atom in successive orbitals around the nucleus and thereby prevents matter from collapsing to an extremely dense state. Fermions are produced and undergo annihilation in particle-antiparticle pairs. See also boson.


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You cannot believe this, but we can! Any new UK Government will probably listen to the 'experts' in the IMF and increase Fuel Duty due to falling oil prices. Read on.....it beggars belief
The International Monetary Fund has urged the U.K to "seize the opportunity" created by falling oil prices to "re-balance the tax burden" from income to fuel.
In an overview of global economic conditions, the IMF sets out fiscal policies it believes are necessary to secure "sustainable economic growth". The organisation says that in advanced economies "a moderate and uneven recovery is taking place, supported by lower oil prices" and fiscal measures. But high debt levels "continue to pose headwinds to growth".
The IMF urges the use of fiscal policy to support growth, "for example, higher public investment in infrastructure could raise aggregate demand in the short-term and increase potential output in the medium-term". And it says that falling oil prices allow countries like the U.K to "reduce negative externalities caused by energy consumption and provide breathing room for re-balancing the tax burden... by lowering taxes on labour and provide space for productive spending".
The main political parties, publishing their manifestos this week, have declined to make commitments on fuel duty, and UKIP did not include a previous pledge to cut it in its manifesto. Council leaders have called for a proportion of fuel duty to be ring-fenced for highway maintenance to bolster revenues as traffic volumes grow.Article sourced from http://www.transportxtra.com/magazines/local_transport_today/news/?ID=43427


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Chapter 1245 – Variation Pupils
Vast Universe Great World, Vast Universe Heavenly Palace –
Two dozen plus top masters of the Divine Realm were gathered here. Through 30 massive crystal mirrors, they were able to see everything happening within all 30 martial fields of the semifinals.
The 30 semifinal locations all used different methods to hold the competition. Ten of the arenas had already concluded and had chosen 300 people to enter the finals.
"Juggernaut, Sable Rain, Dirong, Yuwen Bo… these four people are truly rare geniuses. This Divine Realm First Martial Meeting has a wonderful crop of talents!"
Vast Cosmos laughed. These people had all achieved first place in their own semifinals area. There was a very high chance that they would reach the top 20 rankings of the finals.
"Haha, they still can't compare to the Empyrean descendants." Wide Universe World King smiled. Yuwen Bo was a disciple of his Wide Universe Holy Lands.
"They are already quite good. In particular, there are several people who have strength similar to an Empyrean descendant, if not a bit weaker. If they are weaker, that is because their resources, inheritances, and talent are inferior." Vast Cosmos evaluated. This was already a very high degree of praise. The resources that an Empyrean descendant used were far too luxurious. For instance, they would use Boundless World Pills during the Divine Sea realm, something that would cause even Great World King Holy Lands to feel pain. But, to an Empyrean descendant, these were simply common goods.
"This time, I will suggest to Empyrean Vast Universe that he increase the quota of people allowed into Vast Universe Heavenly Palace. Juggernaut, Yuwen Bo, and the others should all have some chances of entering."
As Vast Cosmos spoke, the several Great World Kings present were overjoyed. Adding extra people always meant that a massive amount of additional resources would be used up. Even though an Empyrean was wealthy, they wouldn't freely squander the resources they had accumulated.
It had to be known that the treatment one received within an Empyrean Heavenly Palace was something that no Great World King Holy Land would ever be able to compare with. This was an immense benefit to the growth of geniuses. They all hoped that they could send disciples from their own sect to gain experience in an Empyrean Heavenly Palace, even if just for a brief period of time.
"Mm, that's right, how is your Skydark Holy Land's Nether Limitless doing now?"
Vast Cosmos suddenly asked Tian Mingzi.
"Limitless hasn't finished competing yet…" Tian Mingzi replied. "There are a couple of dark horses that have appeared on that martial field. Their strength and potential are quite good."
Vast Cosmos said, interested. Tian Mingzi's talent was originally extremely high, even faintly surpassing Vast Cosmos himself. If Tian Mingzi said some participants were 'quite good', then they naturally had to be outstanding individuals.
Not only was Vast Cosmos interested, but the other World Kings present looked towards the semifinal martial field of Gravemoon Star. Gravemoon Star's competition was considered slow compared to the others so far. Even so, they were still nearing the finale.
"Oh! There are 10 participants that actually managed to mount the 30th step! Not bad! Very good! Perhaps there might be someone that can climb towards the 32nd step. But, to actually reach the top of the 32nd step is far too difficult."
Vast Cosmos said, satisfied. As someone who came from Vast Universe Heavenly Palace, he was well aware of just how difficult the Divine Seal Altar was. He originally estimated that even four or five people reaching the 30th step would be an extremely good result.
"Tian Mingzi, who are these dark horses?"
"There are two: a black-clothed youth who wields a spear called Lin Ming, as well as a pale youth with a sword called Fang."
As Tian Mingzi spoke, Lin Ming and Dragon Fang were both engaged in fierce combat. Their opponents were top 300 ranked masters of the Divine Seal Decree or some people below who hadn't displayed their full strength in the preliminaries.
Before this, climbing from the 29th step to the 30th step, with 15 people at the start, only 10 had managed to reach the 30th step. A third of the participants had been eliminated during the climb upwards.
The violent battles were like a raging fire in full swing.
The entire 30th step was covered by a powerful and heavy Empyrean pressure. If an ordinary genius were placed here, they would find it difficult to stand, let alone fight. Because of the suppression of the atmosphere, they wouldn't even be able to use 10% of their strength.
But currently, when the power and potential of these 10 geniuses gathered together, they formed dazzling beams of light that shot into the skies!
"Haha, within the Divine Realm's 3000 great worlds with its quadrillion trillion lives, there are truly far too many geniuses! However, Nephew Limitless is truly unique. I believe that Nephew Limitless has a chance of reaching the 32nd step! Of the others, three or four should be able to reach the 31st step. To reach the 31st step is already a heaven-defying accomplishment."
Wide Universe World King acclaimed. But, Tian Mingzi only faintly smiled, not responding.
At this time, on the Divine Seal Altar, the intense battles had concluded, with five people emerging as the victors. Lin Ming, Dragon Fang, Nether Limitless, and Bloodless Sword had made it through, as well as Purple Blade, whose performance in the preliminaries had been impressive.
Of these five people, all of them were potential victors.
But, the key point was that even though these five people had reached the 30th step, there were still three more steps above them!
If this was the same elimination ratio as before, then perhaps there would be no one that would be able to reach the 33rd step. Perhaps even the 32nd step would be far too difficult.
"What Xiao Daochild said was right. There is no human that can reach the 33rd step."
"No one should be able to reach the top, not even Nether Limitless."
At this time, people in the audience were discussing amongst themselves with true essence sound transmissions. With the semifinals having reached this point, the billions of people in the arena were focused and quiet, patiently waiting for the final battles to come. When these people reached the 31st step, regardless of who battled who, it would truly be a magnificent duel!
At this time, floating above the Divine Seal Altar, Xiao Daochild finally opened his eyes. A faint voice spread throughout the entire arena.
"If there is an odd number of people that reach the 31st step, then the person with the best results in the preliminaries, Nether Limitless, may avoid battle and directly ascend to the 32nd step. The rest will continue fighting and the victor will climb to the 32nd step.
"If an odd number reaches the 31st step then Nether Limitless doesn't need to fight?"
"This is far too great an advantage. In the last several steps, even if one didn't fight they still couldn't save much strength. But now, on the 31st step, the advantages of being able to avoid a battle are just far too great!"
"That's right. These five people are all peak masters so it's likely they can all climb to the 31st step. If Nether Limitless can avoid battling them here, he can climb even higher!"
All the disciples of the Ancient Phoenix Clan, the New Paradise Holy Lands where Bloodless Sword came from, as well as the sect that Purple Blade originated from, thought that this was extremely unfair.
But, the disciples of the Skydark Holy Lands were actually cheering as loudly as they could!
"Haha, too awesome! Senior-apprentice Brother Nether can avoid a battle, but this is also something that Senior-apprentice Brother Nether earned because his results were the best."
"If so, then Senior-apprentice Brother Nether might have some chances of reaching the 32nd step or even the 33rd step!"
"Heh, in fact, even if Senior-apprentice Brother doesn't avoid a battle, he could still easily win anyways!"
On the Divine Seal Altar, Nether Limitless maintained a calm appearance. He clenched his fists and thought, "Good! These rules are good for me."
Even though Nether Limitless was exceedingly proud of himself, even he lacked the energy and confidence when facing the titanic Divine Seal Altar. If he could save some of his strength then the benefits would be gigantic.
"If I can really avoid a battle then I will be able to obtain an even better result here. My chances of catching Empyrean Demondawn's attention will be that much greater!"
Nether Limitless was brimming with confidence!
"Begin the climb!" Xiao Daochild closed his eyes again and returned to his meditation in the air.
Five participants that were screened out from all the peak masters of 100 great worlds immediately jumped up onto the walls of the Divine Seal Altar in unison.
At the moment when Lin Ming touched the stone walls, he felt a great pressure on him.
"What a formidable pressure… moreover, this isn't just pressure of the body and true essence, but also the soul…"
Lin Ming could feel that as soon as he began climbing up to the 31st step of the Divine Seal Altar, a wild and savage power rushed into his spiritual sea.
"This sort of soul pressure isn't anything to me. But to the others, this should be a great test."
After Lin Ming tempered his soul in the Divine Dream World, his soul force was far more formidable than other martial artists' of his level. A soul pressure of this degree was something he could easily withstand.
With steady steps, he began to climb up the towering and roughly hewn stone walls of the Divine Seal Altar.
The closer he reached the top, the more vividly Lin Ming could feel the Concept of the 33 Layered Heavens from the Divine Seal Altar.
As for the others, it was actually impossible for them to climb up as calmly as Lin Ming was doing.
As they climbed up the Divine Seal Altar, all sorts of illusions crashed into them!
Fight! Crusade! Slaughter! Heart Demons!
Dragon Fang felt as if he was climbing onto a blood-drenched Asura battlefield. Within his ears, all he heard were the echoes and screams of hateful spirits and doomed souls!
The beating drum of war reverberated in his ears. A deep sword energy washed over his body, making him feel as if he would be torn apart at any moment.
"The Divine Seal Altar truly lives up to its reputation. How intriguing!!"
Dragon Fang closed his eyes and then opened them up once more. When he did, his pupils had changed. They became as narrow as a needle. And around these needle-like pupils formed a series of strange patterns.
His eyes seemed wrapped in a shroud of unfathomable mysteries, making others not dare to look at him. Those who did would feel as if their very souls would be sucked out.
After these variation pupils appeared, all illusions were instantly swept away by Dragon Fang, unable to affect his mind at all.
He began to steadily rise up once again. And, because he was facing the Divine Seal Altar, no one was able to see the differences in his eyes.
As for Nether Limitless and Bloodless Sword, they were finding this much harder.
"The 31st step is truly terrifying!"
Bloodless Sword twisted his eyebrows together.
"Slaughter Sword Intent, erupt!"
At that instant, a deep crimson divine light blazed out from between Bloodless Sword's eyebrows. The killing intent that emitted from his body reached the peak. With his own killing intent, he resisted the countless waves of illusions.
As Bloodless Sword climbed up, his forehead became drenched with sweat and every movement he made was difficult. He clearly wasn't able to remain as relaxed as Dragon Fang.
As for Nether Limitless, he was also in a similar situation with Bloodless Sword. By relying on his deep strength and cultivation he was able to forcefully resist these illusions. To him, climbing up the 31st step was an extremely great test!
And of these five people, Purple Blade was at the end. His face was wan, his fingers trembled, and every step he took was slower than the last. He seemed to be trapped in a swamp, his movements becoming increasingly slow.
"These are illusions! Illusions! They can't affect me! They can't affect me! They can't affect me!"
Purple Blade cried out in his heart, wanting to rid himself of all these chaotic illusions in his mind. However, his current physical state was already extremely poor and he had consumed most of his energy. No, facing this dual pressure from the Divine Seal Altar on his body and soul, he was finding it impossible to resist.
This was the power of illusions. Even though he knew they were illusions, he would still be affected by them.
"I… I am the last! Am I… am I the worst!?"
Illusion and reality constantly shifted back and forth. Purple Blade could feel his own strength rapidly fading away from his body. In between these rapidly alternating scenes, he could see that Lin Ming, Dragon Fang, and the others had already pulled ahead by a considerable distance.
He was like a severely wounded mortal that had fallen into a deep ravine. Although he could see the top of the cliff, wanting to climb up it was simply a despairing matter.
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There is no way to predict how this game will play out. The easy thing to do is predict another shoot out just like the first game between the Cowboys and the Giants this season. But how often do two games in a row play out the same way? It just doesn't tend to happen that way.
The Cowboys defense just isn't very good. I have tried to justify their performances throughout the season in different ways. But the reality is that they just don't perform at a high level for long stretches of time. Sometimes they are dominant for a quarter or even a half. But at some point they always seem to go soft. And they never seem to be at their best in the critical moments of the game. So the defense is what concerns me the most heading into the Sunday night showdown.
Demarcus Ware has put up 18 sacks this season. But how many of those sacks have come in game defining moments? Sean Lee has had some big plays. But how many of those big plays have come when the team needed them the most? There just doesn't seem to be a player on the defense that steps up when the moment gets big. I don't think we can expect that to change Sunday night.
So that means that the offense and special teams have to be on top of their game. Tony Romo should be good to go coming back from his hand injury. The Cowboys can't afford many turnovers from their offense in the game. And Romo needs to lead his offense to touchdowns, not field goals. The funny thing heading into the game is that Romo is one of the last guys on the team I am worried about. He has been playing lights out for quite a while and he has stepped up in big games before despite what his critics would have you believe.
Felix Jones and Sammy Morris will be very important as well. The Cowboys don't need to get into another game where the last offense with the ball wins. They need to control the clock and the game with the running game. Felix Jones should be healthy for this one. Derrick Dockery starting for Montrae Holland is a bit of a concern but I don't think there will be a noticeable difference in the running game with Holland out.
Dwayne Harris showed a little spark in the return game last week. Maybe he can finally provide some juice to the kick return game. Dez Bryant will be used on punt returns a lot more this week since there is nothing to save him for at this point. I give the Cowboys a big edge in special teams if Dez Bryant is going to get a lot of work returning punts. Of course that means that the defense actually has to force a few punts for Dez to get his opportunities.
I really could see this game going either way. The Giants could get out to a quick start and then pound the Cowboys into submission with Brandon Jacobs. Or the Cowboys could get out to a quick start and control the clock with the running game. Or it could be another shootout. I could even see Eli Manning and Tony Romo both come out a little shaky and the scoring stay down. Both teams have been so inconsistent this season it has been maddening to the fans of both the Giants and the Cowboys.
I'm going to pick with my heart. My head tells me to flip a coin. My heart tells me that Romo is playing the best football of his career and it is time for him to turn the corner and become respected as a big time quarterback. That means he needs a win Sunday night. I think the Cowboys will get the win. I'm picking the Cowboys to win the game 27-20. Of course, it will come down to the last minute. You can bank on that based on the way the season has gone.


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On Thursday 8th March, ten young dogs will be heading to the NEC, Birmingham to compete at Crufts 2009 in one of the highest levels of achievements for young pedigree dogs.
The Grand Final of the Kennel Gazette Junior Warrant Winner of the Year Competition is aimed at dogs from the dog show world from the ages of 6 to 18 months.
For the chance to win this special Kennel Club award, dogs need to have achieved the title of Junior Warrant winner by collecting points awarded for first prizes at both Open and Championship Dog shows over the previous year. The finalists then won through from semi-finals held last November at the Kennel Club's Discover Dogs event in London.
The overall winner for 2009 will be presented with an award and trophy and will be featured in the flagship publication of the Kennel Club, the Kennel Gazette, which keeps readers up to date with all the latest developments within the world of dogs every month.
Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club spokesperson, said, "All the competitors in the Junior Warrant Winner of the Year have done extremely well over the past year to qualify for the grand final. The gold standard for young dogs is set at this competition, and we wish everyone well."
The Kennel Gazette Junior Warrant competition is just one of the fascinating activities taking place at Crufts, which is celebrating happy, healthy dogs from 5th - 8th March 2009 at the NEC, Birmingham. For further information, please visit www.crufts.org.uk. To find out how you can subscribe to the Kennel Gazette, an essential guide to what's happening in the world of dogs, produced by the Kennel Club, please visit the Kennel Gazette page.


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Back in the day, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain were bitter rivals on the basketball court. However, they were also reportedly pretty close off the court. Russell even ate dinner at Chamberlain's house a few times after Sixers/Lakers games in Philadelphia. So you'd think that with today being the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Chamberlain's 100-point game, Russell would be open to talking about it. However, when NBA insider Ken Berger contacted Russell yesterday to get the scoop, he was unceremoniously turned down when he asked Russell if he'd like to share his thoughts on Chamberlain's accomplishment.
"Not really," Russell said.
"Is it a bad time," Berger asked, "or is it a topic you don't really want to talk about?"
"A little of both," Russell replied.
And, just like that, Russell turned down the chance to honor his longtime friend/foe. Why? Well, Berger went into some detail about the pair's love/hate relationship and even talked to Chamberlain's longtime friend and attorney to get some perspective. But, still: Russell didn't have anything to say about Wilt's feat? Even though Wilt has passed, it sounds like the on-court rivalry lives on.
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The item featured James May driving a £5.5 million Ferrari 250 GTB California Spider through the crowded streets of Windsor. The car, which was owned by Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans at the time of filming, turned into St. Mark's Road to find three Clearway Driver Training cars in his way.
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The Dream Team: A Critique
by Subroto Roy
First published in The Statesman and The Sunday Statesman, Editorial Page Special Article, January 6,7,8, 2006
(Author's Note: Within a few weeks of this article appearing, the Dream Team's leaders appointed the so-called Tarapore 2 committee to look into convertibility — which ended up recommending what I have since called the "false convertibility" the RBI is presently engaged in. This article may be most profitably read along with other work republished here: "Rajiv Gandhi and the Origins of India's 1991 Economic Reform", "Three Memoranda to Rajiv Gandhi", ""Indian Money & Banking", "Indian Money & Credit" , "India's Macroeconomics", "Fiscal Instability", "Fallacious Finance", "India's Trade and Payments", "Our Policy Process", "Against Quackery", "Indian Inflation", etc)
1. New Delhi's Consensus: Manmohantekidambaromics
Dr Manmohan Singh has spoken of how pleasantly surprised he was to be made Finance Minister in July 1991 by PV Narasimha Rao. Dr Singh was an academic before becoming a government economic official in the late 1960s, rising to the high office of Reserve Bank Governor in the 1980s. Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia now refers to him as "my boss" and had been his Finance Secretary earlier. Mr Ahluwalia was a notable official in the MacNamara World Bank before being inducted a senior government official in 1984. Mr P Chidambaram was PVNR's Commerce Minister, and later became Finance Minister in the Deve Gowda and Gujral Governments. Mr Chidamabaram is a Supreme Court advocate with an MBA from Harvard's Business School. During 1998-2004, Dr Singh and Mr Chidambaram were in Opposition but Mr Ahluwalia was Member-Secretary of the Vajpayee Planning Commission. Since coming together again in Sonia Gandhi's United Progressive Alliance, they have been flatteringly named the "Dream Team" by India's pink business newspapers, a term originally referring to some top American basketball players.
Based on pronouncements, publications and positions held, other members or associates of the "Dream Team" include Reserve Bank Governor Dr YV Reddy; his predecessor Dr Bimal Jalan; former PMO official Mr NK Singh, IAS; Chief Economic Advisers Dr Shankar Acharya and Dr Ashok Lahiri; RBI Deputy Governor Dr Rakesh Mohan; and others like Dr Arvind Virmani, Dr Isher Ahluwalia, Dr Parthasarathi Shome, Dr Vijay Khelkar, Dr Ashok Desai, Dr Suman Bery, Dr Surjit Bhalla, Dr Amaresh Bagchi, Dr Govind Rao. Honorary members include Mr Jaswant Singh, Mr Yashwant Sinha, Mr KC Pant and Dr Arun Shourie, all economic ministers during the Vajpayee premiership. Institutional members include industry chambers like CII and FICCI representing "Big Business", and unionised "Big Labour" represented by the CPI, CPI(M) and prominent academics of JNU. Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar joins the Dream Team with his opinion that a gas pipeline is "necessary for the eradication of poverty in India". Mr Jairam Ramesh explicitly claimed authoring the 1991 reform with Mr Pranab Mukherjee and both must be members (indeed the latter as Finance Minister once had been Dr Singh's boss). Dr Arjun Sengupta has claimed Indira Gandhi started the reforms, and he may be a member too. External members include Dr Jagdish Bhagwati, Dr. TN Srinivasan, Dr Meghnad Desai, Dr Vijay Joshi, Mr Ian Little, Dr Anne O. Krueger, Dr John Williamson, IMF Head Dr R Rato, and many foreign bank analysts who deal in Bombay's markets. Harvard's Dr Larry Summers joins with his statement while US Treasury Secretary in January 2000 that a 10% economic growth rate for India was feasible. His Harvard colleague Dr Amartya Sen — through disciples like Dr Jean Dreze (adviser to Sonia Gandhi on rural employment) — must be an ex officio member; as an old friend, the Prime Minister launched Dr Sen's recent book while the latter has marked Dr Singh at 80% as PM. Media associates of the Dream Team include editors like Mr Aroon Purie, Mr Vinod Mehta, Dr Prannoy Roy, Mr TN Ninan, Mr Vir Sanghvi and Mr Shekhar Gupta, as well as the giddy young anchors of what passes for news and financial analysis on cable TV.
This illustrious set of politicians, government officials, economists, journalists and many others have come to define what may be called the "New Delhi Consensus" on contemporary India's economic policy. While it is unnecessary everyone agree to the same extent on every aspect — indeed on economic policy the differences between the Sonia UPA and Vajpayee NDA have had to do with emphasis on different aspects, each side urging "consensus" upon the other — the main factual and evaluative claims and policy-prescriptions of the New Delhi Consensus may be summarised as follows:
A: "The Narasimha Rao Government in July 1991 found India facing a grave balance of payments crisis with foreign exchange reserves being very low."
B: "A major cause was the 1990-1991 Gulf War, in its impact as an exogenous shock on Indian migrant workers and oil prices."
C: "The Dream Team averted a macroeconomic crisis through "structural adjustment" carried out with help of the IMF and World Bank; hence too, India was unaffected by the 1997 'Asian crisis'".
D: "The PVNR, Deve Gowda, Gujral and Vajpayee Governments removed the notorious license-quota-permit Raj."
E: "India's measurable real economic growth per capita has been raised from 3% or lower to 7% or more."
F: "Foreign direct investment has been, relative to earlier times, flooding into India, attracted by lower wages and rents, especially in new industries using information technology."
G: "Foreign financial investment has been flooding into India too, attracted by India's increasingly liberalised capital markets, especially a liberalised current account of the balance of payments."
H: "The apparent boom in Bombay's stock market and relatively large foreign exchange reserves bear witness to the confidence foreign and domestic investors place in India's prospects."
I: "The critical constraint to India's future prosperity is its "infrastructure" which is far below what foreign investors are used to in other countries elsewhere in Asia."
J: "It follows that massive, indeed gargantuan, investments in highways, ports, airports, aircraft, city-flyovers, housing-estates, power-projects, energy exploration, gas pipelines, etc, out of government and private resources, domestic and foreign, is necessary to remove remaining "bottlenecks" to further prosperity for India's masses, and these physical constructions will cause India's economy to finally 'take off'."
K: "India's savings rate (like China's) is exceptionally high as is observable from vast expansion of bank-deposits, and these high (presumed) savings, along with foreign savings, will absorb the gargantuan investment in "infrastructure" without inflation."
L: "Before the gargantuan macroeconomic investments bear the fruits of prosperity, equally large direct transfer payments also must be made from the Government to prevent mass hunger and/or raise nominal incomes across rural India, while existing input or other subsidies to producers, especially farmers, also must continue."
M: "While private sector participants may increasingly compete via imports or as new entrants in industries where the public sector has been dominant, no bankruptcy or privatisation must be allowed to occur or be seen to occur which does not provide public sector workers and officials with golden parachutes."
Overall, the New Delhi Consensus paints a picture of India's economy on an immensely productive trajectory as led by Government partnered by Big Business and Big Labour, with the English-speaking intellectuals of the Dream Team in the vanguard as they fly between exotic conferences and international commercial deals. An endless flow of foreign businessmen and politicians streaming through Bangalore, Hyderabad, five-star hotels or photo-opportunities with the PM, followed by official visits abroad to sign big-ticket purchases like arms or aircraft, reinforce an impression that all is fine economically, and modern India is on the move. Previously rare foreign products have become commonplace in India's markets, streets and television-channels, and a new materialist spirit, supposedly of capitalism, is captured by the smug slogan yeh dil mange more (this heart craves more) as well as the more plaintive cry pardesi jana nahin, mujhe chhorke (foreigner, please don't leave me).
2. Money, Convertibility, Inflationary Deficit Financing
India's Rupee became inconvertible in 1942 when the British imposed exchange controls over the Sterling-Area. After 1947 independent India and Pakistan, in name of "planned" economic development, greatly widened this war-time regime – despite the fact they were at war now only with one another over Jammu & Kashmir and, oddly enough, formed an economic union until 1951 with their currencies remaining freely convertible with each other.
On May 29 1984, the present author's Pricing, Planning and Politics: A Study of Economic Distortions in India proposed in London that the Indian Rupee become a convertible hard currency again — the first time liberal economics had been suggested for India since BR Shenoy's critique of the Second Five Year Plan (a fact attracting an editorial of The Times). The simple litmus test whether believers in the New Delhi Consensus have or have not the courage of their stated convictions – i.e., whether what they have been saying is, in its empirical fundamentals, more signal or noise, more reality or rhetorical propaganda – would be to carry through that proposal made 21 years ago. The Dream Team have had more than enough political power to undertake this, and it remains the one measure necessary for them to demonstrate to India's people and the world that the exuberant confidence they have been promoting in their model of India's economy and its prospects is not spurious.
What does convertibility entail? For a decade now, India has had limited ease of availability of foreign exchange for traders, students and tourists. Indeed some senior Government monetary economists believe there is convertibility already except forex dealers are being allowed "one-way" and not "two-way" quotes! That is wrong. The Government since 1942 has requisitioned at the border all foreign exchange earned by exporters or received as loans or investment — allocating these first to pay interest and amortisation on the country's foreign debt, then to make its own weapons and other purchases abroad, then to release by ration what remains to private traders, students, tourists et al. Current account liberalisation has meant the last of these categories has been relaxed, especially by removal of some import quotas. What a convertible Rupee would mean is far more profound. It would allow any citizen to hold and save an Indian money that was exchangeable freely (i.e. without Government hindrance) into moneys of other countries. Full convertibility would mean all the paper money, bank deposits and rupee-denominated nominal assets held by ordinary people in India becomes, overnight, exchangeable without hindrance into dollars, yens, pounds or euros held anywhere (although not of course at the "one-way" rates quoted today).
Now money is a most peculiar human institution. Paper money is intrinsically worthless but all of India's 1,000 million people (from street children onwards) have need to hold it temporarily to expedite their individual transactions of buying and selling real goods and services. Money also acts as a repository of value over time and unit of account or measure of economic value. While demand to hold such intrinsically worthless paper is universal, its supply is a Government monopoly. Because Government accepts obligations owed to it in terms of the fiat money it has itself issued, the otherwise worthless paper comes to possess value in exchange. Because Government controls its supply, money also can be abused easily enough as a technique of invisible taxation via inflation.
With convertibility in India, the quantity of currency and other paper assets like public debt instruments representing fiscal decisions of India's Union and State Governments, will have to start to compete with those produced by other governments. Just as India's long-jumpers and tennis-players must compete with the world's best if they are to establish and sustain their athletic reputations, so India's fiscal and monetary decisions (i.e. about government spending and revenues, interest-rates and money supply growth) will have to start competing in the world's financial markets with those of the EU, USA, Japan, Switzerland, ASEAN etc.
The average family in rural Madhya Pradesh who may wish, for whatever personal reason, to liquidate rupee-denominated assets and buy instead Canadian, Swiss or Japanese Government debt, or mutual fund shares in New York, Frankfurt or Singapore, would not be hindered by India's Government from doing so. They would become as free as the swankiest NRI jet-setters have been for years (like many members of the New Delhi Consensus and their grown children abroad). Scores of millions of ordinary Indians unconnected with Big Business or Big Labour, neither among the 18 million people in government nor the 12 million in the organised private sector, would become free to hold any portfolio of assets they chose in global markets (small as any given individual portfolio may be in value). Like all those glamorous NRIs, every Indian would be able to hold dollar or Swiss Franc deposit accounts at the local neighbourhood bank. Hawala operators worldwide would become redundant. Ordinary citizens could choose to hold foreign shares, real-estate or travellers' cheques as assets just as they now choose jewellery before a wedding. The Indian Rupee, after more than 65 years, would once again become as good as all the proverbial gold in Fort Knox.
When added up, the new demand of India's anonymous masses to hold foreign rather than Rupee-denominated assets will certainly make the Rupee decline in price in world markets. But — if the implicit model of India's economy promoted by the Dream Team is based on correctly ascertained empirical facts — foreign and domestic investor confidence should suffice for countervailing tendencies to keep India's financial and banking system stable under convertibility. Not only would India's people be able to use and save a currency of integrity, the allocation of real resources would also improve in efficiency as distortions would be reduced in the signalling function of domestic relative prices compared to world relative prices. An honest Rupee freely priced in world markets at, say, 90 per dollar, would cause very different real microeconomic decisions of Government and private producers and consumers (e.g., with respect to weapons' purchases or domestic transportation, given petroleum and jet fuel imports) than a semi-artificial Rupee at 45 per dollar which forcibly an inconvertible asset in global markets. A fully convertible Rupee will cause economic and political decisions in the country more consistent with word realities.
Why the Rupee is not going to be made convertible in the foreseeable future – or why, in India's present fiscal circumstances if it was, it would be imprudent to do so – is because, contrary to the immense optimism promoted by the Dream Team about their own deeds since 1991, they have in fact been causing India's monetary economy to skate on the thinnest of thin ice. Put another way, a house of cards has been constructed whose cornerstone constitutes that most unscientific anti-economic of assumptions, the "free lunch": that something can be had for nothing, that real growth in average consumption levels of the masses of ordinary households of rural and urban India can meaningfully come about by nominal paper-money creation accompanied by verbal exhortation, hocus-pocus or abracadabra from policy-makers and their friends in Big Business, Big Labour and the media. (Lest half-remembered inanities about "orthodox economics" come to be mouthed, Maynard Keynes's 1936 book was about specific circumstances in Western economies during the Depression and it is unwise to extend its presumptions to unintended situations.)
3. Rajiv Gandhi and Perestroika Project
On 25 May 2002, India's newspapers reported "PV Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh lost their place in Congress history as architects of economic reforms as the Congress High Command sponsored an amendment to a resolution that had laid credit at the duo's door. The motion was moved by…. Digvijay Singh asserting that the reforms were a brainchild of the late Rajiv Gandhi and that the Rao-Singh combine had simply nudged the process forward."
Now Rajiv Gandhi was an airline-pilot and knew no economics. But the origins of the 1991 reform did come about because of an encounter he had, as Opposition Leader and Congress President from September 1990 onwards, with a "perestroika" project for India's political economy occurring at an American university since 1986 (viz., The Statesman Editorial Page July 31-August 2 1991, now republished here; Freedom First October 2001). In being less than candid in acknowledging the origins of the reform, the Dream Team may have failed to describe accurately the main symptoms of illness that afflicted India before 1991, and have consequently failed to diagnose and prescribe for it correctly ever since.
The Government of India, like many others, has been sorely tempted to finance its extravagant expenditures by abusing its monopoly over paper-money creation. The British taught us how to do this, and in 1941-43 caused the highest inflation rates ever seen in India as a result. Fig. 1 shows this, and also that real growth in India follows as expected the trend-rate of technological progress (having little to do with government policy). Independent India has continually financed budget- deficits by money creation in a process similar to what the British and Americans did in wartime. This became most conspicuous after Indira Gandhi's bank and insurance nationalisations of 1969-1970. Indeed, among current policy-makers, Pranab Mukherjee, Manmohan Singh, Arjun Sengupta, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Bimal Jalan, NK Singh, Amaresh Bagchi and Shankar Acharya, were among those governing such macroeconomic processes before 1991 — albeit in absence of the equations that illustrate their nature. Why the Rupee cannot be made an honest, internationally convertible, stable money held with confidence by all Indians today, is because the Dream Team have continued with the same macroeconomics ever since. The personal and political ambitions of the tiniest super-elite that the New Delhi Consensus represent (both personal and political) have depended precisely on gargantuan unending deficit-financing backed by unlimited printing of paper-money, and hence the continuing destruction of the integrity of India's banking system. A convertible Rupee would allow India's ordinary people to choose to hold other stores of value available in the world today, like gold or monies issued by foreign governments, and thus force an end to such processes.
Two recent articles in The Statesman (Perspective Page 30 October 2005, Front Page 29 November 2005) outlined India's financial repression and negative real interest rates (which suffice to explain the present stock market boom the way athletes perform better on steroids), and also how deficits get financed by money creation accompanied by wishful projections of economic growth in an upside down imitation of how macroeconomic policy gets done in the West.
"Narrow Money" consists mostly of hand-to-hand currency. "Broad Money" consists of Narrow Money plus bank-deposits. Modern banking is built on "fractional reserves", i.e. a system of trust where your bank does not literally hold onto deposits you place there but lends these out again – which causes further deposit expansion because no individual banker can tell whether a new deposit received by it is being caused by the depositor having himself borrowed. As a general rule, bank lending causes further deposit expansion. Why India's (and China's) bank deposits have been expanding is not because Indians (or Chinese) are superhuman savers of financial assets in banks but because the Government of India (and China) has for decades compelled (the mostly nationalised) banks to hold vast sums of Government debt on the asset side of their balance-sheets. Thus there has been humongous lending by the banking system to pay for Government expenditures. The Dream Team's macroeconomics relies entirely on this kind of unending recourse to deficit finance and money creation, causing dry rot to set into banks' balance sheets (Figs. 2,3, 4). If the Rupee became convertible, those vast holdings of Government debt by banks would become valued at world prices. The crucial question would be how heavily New York, London and Hong Kong financial markets discounted Indian sovereign debt. If upon convertibility, the asset sides of domestic Indian banks get discounted very heavily by world financial markets, their insolvency upon being valued at international prices could trigger catastrophic repercussions throughout India's economy. Hence the Rupee cannot be made convertible — and all our present inefficiencies and inequities will continue for ever with New Delhi's rhetorical propaganda alongside. The capital flight of 10 out of 1000 million Indians will continue, leaving everyone else with the internal and foreign public debts to pay.
4. A Different Strategy had Rajiv Not Been Assassinated
Had Rajiv Gandhi not been assassinated and the perestroika project allowed to take its course, a different strategy would have been chosen. Honest money first demands honest Government and political leadership. It would at the outset have been recognised by Government (and through Government by all India's people) that the asset-liability, income-expenditure and cash-flow positions of every public entity in the country without exception — of the Union Government, every State and local Government, every public undertaking and project – is abysmal. Due to entanglement with government financial loans, labour regulations, subsidies, price controls, protection and favouritism, the same holds for the financial positions of vast numbers of firms in the organised private sector. Superimpose on this dismal scene, the bleak situation of the Rule of Law in the country today – where Courts of Justice from highest to lowest suffer terrible abuse receiving pitiable amounts of public resources despite constituting a third and independent branch of India's Government (while police forces, despite massive expenditure, remain incompetent, high-handed and brutal). What India has needed ever since 1991 is the Rule of Law, total transparency of public information, and the fiercest enforcement of rigorous accounting and audit standards in every government entity and public institution. It is only when budgets and financial positions become sound that ambitious goals can be achieved.
The Dream Team have instead made a fetish of physical construction of "infrastructure", in some grandiose make-believe dreamworld which says the people of India wish the country to be a superpower. The Dream Team have failed to properly redefine for India's masses the appropriate fiscal and monetary relationship between State and citizen – i.e. to demarcate public from private domains, and so enhance citizens' sense of individual responsibility for their own futures, as well as explain and define what government and public institutions can and cannot do to help people's lives. Grotesque corruption and inefficiency have thus continued to corrode practically all organs, institutions and undertakings of government. Corruption is the transmutation of publicly owned things into private property, while its mirror image, pollution, is the disposal of private wastes into the public domain. Both become vastly more prevalent where property rights between private and public domains remain ill demarcated. What belongs to the individual citizen and what to sovereign India –their rights and obligations to one another – remains fuzzy. Hence corruption and pollution run amuck. The irrational obsession with "infrastructure" is based on bad economics, and has led to profoundly wrong political and financial directions. The Rupee cannot be made an honest stable money because India's fiscal and monetary situation remains not merely out of control but beyond New Delhi's proper comprehension and grasp. If and when the Dream Team choose to wake up to India's macroeconomic realities, a great deal of serious work will need to be done.


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This is a really fun upbeat song from her album and definitely a fan favorite. From a musical standpoint, the chorus is my favorite part of the song. It has a really good melody. My other favorite part of the song comes during the bridge, "Boys only one love if it's torture". She does amazing things with her voice that sound a lot like Lorde's music.
Who is this song about?
|Photo courtesy of Taylor Swift
In her secret session livestream on October 27, 2014 she said, "This is a song that I wrote with Max Martin & Shellback and I always bring them lots of ideas. I bring them like 4 or 5 first choruses that I've kind of worked on and I decided that I like them. We decide together which ones we're going to work on that day. With this one I did not think it was going to get picked because I kind of wrote it as a joke. I was thinking a lot about, you guys know, you've seen in the last couple of years, it's been interesting what the media has decided to fictionalize and sensationalize about my personal life. It's been pretty gnarly. I was thinking about that. I was thinking about how they've drawn up this character, she's like emotionally unstable, and needy and clingy, but she gets all these boyfriends but they leave her. She's devastated. She goes to her evil lair and writes songs for emotional revenge. I was thinking about the juxtaposition of that and my actual personal life which involves just kind of me just sitting there with two cats watching Friends marathons. But I got to thinking about it and I thought, which one is more interesting to write about? I thought the character they've drawn up, although it may be fictional, it's actually sort of interesting. I thought of this line that went, 'I've got a long list of ex lovers/They'll tell you I'm insane/But I've got a blank space baby and I'll write your name.' "
The song has a lot of satirical elements to it, "I get drunk on jealousy", "You look like my next mistake", "I'm dying to see how this one ends", "Got a long list of ex-lovers, They'll tell you I'm insane, But I got a blank space, Baby, And I'll write your name.", "Be that girl for a month", and "boys only want love if it's torture".
|Taylor's rooftop livestream secret session October 27, 2014, photo courtesy of iHeartRadio
Dating is really all about wading through the muck (alot of muck) to find that diamond, to find that prince. It takes time and lots of lots and lots of dates. It can last forever and it can be the best thing that ever happened in your life. I hope Taylor you can "grab your passport" and someones hand and not just make things "good for a weekend", but good for "forever".
Click here for lyrics to the song, "Blank Space".
Click here to see the music video for "Blank Space".


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About Us
Bountiful Harvest Farms was started by Sam and Isabel McLemore in the spring of 2011 in Starkville, Mississippi. What started with a desire to grow vegetables for our family turned into a new career for Sam and an adventure to grow vegetables for the Starkville area.
Sam and Isabel are both Mississippi natives from Port Gibson and Oxford, respectively. Sam's grandfathers both grew food in gardens at home. Isabel grew up having a family summer garden most years and learned to compost at an early age. They both had the makings of farming in their future but did not realize it!
Sam and Isabel met, fell in love, and graduated from Mississippi State University and have called Starkville home for 9 years upon graduation.
When Sam graduated from college he took 6 months to hike the Appalachian Trail. After working in the landscape business for a while he decided that he wanted to grow food full time instead of just as a hobby and Bountiful Harvest Farms was born!
In the first year BHF had two neighborhood garden locations and continued to grow. In 2013 the farm needed more space and the operation was moved to one larger piece of property in Starkville. At the end of 2015 the farm moved again to the current location on Pat Station Road where it could be at a more permanent location.


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#20: Amazon Self-Publishing, with Andy Traub
On today's session of the Cubicle Renegade podcast I'm joined by Andy Traub, the host of the Unofficial Linchpin Podcast and author of The Early To Rise Experience: Learn to Rise Early in 30 Days. We talk self-publishing, why you should give away your book for free to anyone that wants it before you launch, how to get a bunch of reviews on Amazon, and why waking up early can make a huge difference.
You can listen or subscribe to the podcast iTunes or use this player.
Items mentioned in this episode:
- Early To Rise Book
- Unofficial Linchpin Podcast
- TheSelfPublishingSystem.com
- Andy Andrews
- Mastering the 7 Decisions
- Jeff Goins
- Tribe Writers
- Dave Ramsey
- Entreleadership Podcast
If you have enjoyed this or other episodes of The Cubicle Renegade Podcast I'd love for you to leave a review on iTunes.
Intro & Outro Music by Ratatat.


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Our Voice: Thumbs up to Cantwell, Murray for efforts to preserve B Reactor
The state's two Democratic senators, Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, are pushing to preserve Hanford's historic B Reactor by creating a new national park.
National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis deserves a nod too for supporting the proposal.
Some senators have opposed forming a Manhattan Project National Historical Park until the $11 million maintenance backlog at America's national parks is cleared. The issue was addressed Thursday during a Senate committee hearing.
"My theory on new units is that history doesn't stop just because you have an economic challenge," Jarvis said at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.
Cantwell, who led work on the current bill to create the park, said she "was not going to have the attitude that we're not going to do any new park until the maintenance backlog is caught up."
"Our generations' challenge is to be good stewards," she said.
The proposed park would preserve an important part of America's history -- the dawn of the nuclear age. Atomic weapons played a crucial role in ending World War II and the United States' eventual victory in the Cold War.
The House already has approved the new park. The Senate's action is needed. It's good to see Cantwell and Murray working to make that happen.
Just say no
Thumb down to ambiguity in the Legislature's ethics rules, which recently resulted in an investigation into whether five state senators accepted too many free meals from lobbyists.
Here's a simple way to add some clarity and give lawmakers certainty about when they've crossed an ethical line -- set the bar at zero. Nada. No free lunch.
This summer, lawyers are spending hours gathering records on lobbyist-paid meals to present to the Legislative Ethics Board in the fall.
The investigation was prompted by a complaint filed after The Associated Press and a consortium of public radio stations found that the state's 50 most active lobbyists pampered legislators with $65,000 in free meals in the first four months of this year.
Washington ethics law prohibits public officials from accepting free meals on more than "infrequent occasions," but that rule is not clearly defined, the AP reported.
The ethics complaint focused on the top five recipients identified by reporters: Republican Sens. Doug Ericksen of Ferndale; Steve Litzow of Mercer Island; Joe Fain of Auburn; Mike Hewitt of Walla Walla; and Mark Schoesler of Ritzville.
But regardless of whether they are guilty of letting lobbyists foot the bill on more than infrequent occasions, the bigger questions remains -- why allow it at all?
No, we don't think legislators can be bought for the price of a meal. We've picked up the check ourselves after breakfast meetings with lawmakers.
But any special treatment widens the gap between elected officials and the people they serve, who, by the way, already provide ample support for legislators during the session.
The annual salary is $46,106, and during the session, lawmakers get $90 a day per diem for travel to and from Olympia from their home districts, for an apartment while they're in Olympia and for food.
That's enough to buy your own lunch.
Reefer madness
Thumbs down to a federal law that classifies hemp as marijuana, despite obvious differences that make the comparison silly.
For starters, hemp only contains traces of THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana -- not enough to make people high. Treating it as a narcotic makes no sense.
But the plant does have plenty of beneficial uses -- as fiber for rope and fabrics and as high-protein feed for livestock. One government study estimates the value of a legal hemp crop at $300 million.
Nine states have passed laws that allow farmers to grow the crop, but federal law forbids growing hemp without a permit. Violators face a range of potential consequences, including prison terms and the loss of their land.
The prohibition on hemp never made sense even from an anti-marijuana point of view. It's time to let farmers pursue a profit from the crop.


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Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters from Arc System Works is coming west thanks to NIS America. The spooky visual novel will be arriving in Europe on March 13 for PS3 and PlayStation Vita in retail and digital form.
From the developers of Deadly Premonition and
featuring music from Nobuo Uematsu, Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters is a brand new visual
novel that offers a unique battle system and an immersive tale of life, death, and the
space in between. As an ordinary transfer student you start life at Kurenai Academy in
Shinjuku. On your first day touring the new school grounds, you quickly encounter
something supernatural, which throws you headfirst into the world of ghost hunting. You
must come face to face with ghosts as you blur the line between life and death.


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Acupuncture for Asthma
Healing Vibes
Aside from using Acupuncture for Asthma, I will also share other tips that will drastically help in the treatment of Asthma. I have known so many people that are struggling with this nagging respiratory condition. The truth is, there are options! Trips to the ER and multiple doctors visits is scary. Asthma can even be life threatening. I am here to tell you there are multiple ways to help. When the number of people with asthma continues to grow, there is something wrong with mainstream healthcare. It saddens me that there are so many people suffering from this disorder. 5 Ways to Help Treat Asthma:
When an asthma patient comes in for acupuncture, there are specific questions that I ask. How long? What brings on a flare? Does the cough have phlegm, or is it dry? The treatment involves expelling phlegm, or moistening the lungs. It also involves strengthening the lungs and decreasing inflammation. I also frequently use an herb called Moxibustion to strengthen immunity. When warming this herb on certain points, it actually triples the white blood cell count (the main blood cell used for immunity). Acupuncture works amazing at treating asthma symptoms for children, adults, and seniors.
Herbal Medicine
There are multiple formulas that I use when prescribing them for asthma. Depending on the diagnosis, a certain formula is used. They are powerful, natural herbs that can increase the lung capacity, strengthen immunity, and eliminate times of shortness of breath. Some of the herbs used can help moisten the lungs to eliminate dry cough, or expel phlegm from the lungs. They can be taken in pill, or powder form, and are completely safe for children.
Believe it or not, diet plays a major role in respiratory disorders. For example, if a patient has a deep phlegmy cough related to asthma, it is aggravated by damp, greasy, or oily foods. This includes dairy. The digestion cannot properly metabolize this excess dampness, and stores it in the lungs. Someone with a dry cough related to asthma can incorporate honey into their diet. Honey can help combat the dryness.
Cupping Therapy
Cupping is used along with acupuncture for asthma. The cups are used either on the chest, or on the back behind the lungs. It helps to expel pathogens from the lungs, and increase immunity.
Essential Oils
I like to prescribe two main things here. First, is oregano oil. This is a powerful essential oil that can be taken in capsules 3 times per week to help with respiratory issues. It is very strong in strengthening immunity. I highly recommend to take this during cold and flu season. Make sure that your source of oregano oil is combined with vegetable oil, and at least 70% carvacrol. I usually use the Sprouts brand. Secondly, sleeping with an oil diffuser filled with essential oils can really help. The one I recommend is "Breathe" by Doterra. It is a blend with lots of respiratory strengthening oils. My patients wake up feeling much less shortness of breath.
Asthma is a very prominent and serious respiratory condition that affects so many people. Along with using acupuncture for asthma, there are so many other complimentary therapies. I am not recommending to quit Western Medical treatments all together. But, with the help of natural medicine, you can eliminate or decrease the use of pharmaceuticals and doctors visits. Please contact me if you are suffering from asthma, or know anyone who is and needs help.


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Jillian Pigg
Jillian is an instructor of Yoga, Pilates, and Barre. Her enthusiasm for and knowledge of dance began at an early age while studying classical ballet. Her passion for movement lead her to the Center For Yoga of Seattle in 2002, training with Richard Schachtell. Jillian is a member of the National Fitness Professional Association since 2005, certified in Pilates and mentored by Jonathan Urla, founder of Yogilates. Jillian recently retired as an instructor for Boeing and relocated to Astoria and is excited to share her life practices with the community on this wonderful journey of health and wellness.


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How to Prepare for Advancement
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Grad Cohort 16 Review
I attended Grad Cohort 2016 with three goals in mind: finding an internship position aligned with my research interests for summer, connecting with PhD students in HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and understanding their experience and the path they are following, making the most of the workshops geared toward the third year PhD students as the audience. To fulfill… Continue Reading Grad Cohort 16 Review
Content Analysis Project using LDA topic modeling
Content Analysis Project using LDA topic modeling LDA on 16 interview of both first and last year UCSC first generation students This post is about the Qualitative Data Analysis class that I took at the department of education, UC Santa Cruz. The project objective was to develop two sets of interview protocols for first generation… Continue Reading Content Analysis Project using LDA topic modeling


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Mike Kim
Vice President
As Vice President of Investor Relations, Mike is responsible for managing CLP's relationships with its external investor base and expanding its marketing initiatives. During his 15+ years of experience in real estate investment management, Mike has worked with a wide range of institutional and individual investors including city and state pension plans, university endowments, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and high net worth individuals. Previously, Mike was Director of Investor Relations for CityShares, where he was responsible for securing investor commitments on behalf of the company's neighborhood focused discretionary fund platform. Prior to CityShares, Mike worked at Castellan Real Estate Partners, a real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition and management of multifamily and mixed use assets in NYC, While at Castellan, he oversaw the firm's investor communications program and managed its relationships with third party placement agents. Prior to Castellan, Mike was Director of Investor Relations for Gemini Real Estate Advisors, a NYC based real estate investment firm focused on retail and hospitality assets. Mike began his career at Credit Suisse, where he was a member of their real estate private equity group, DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners. During his tenure with the firm, he worked in various capacities including compliance, fund accounting/administration and investor relations. Mike received his BA in Political Science from the University of Vermont.
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