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Monday, August 29, 2011
The Economic Role of Government
As I tell my students, it is a legitimate and defensible position to argue that the government should not try to manage the macroeconomy. For a variety of reasons (such as corruption, incompetence, and the influence of special interests), it is conceivable that policy makers and implementers will make things worse, not better. If one chooses this position, however, then one cannot complain about high unemployment, high inflation, or a lack of economic growth.
Prior to the Great Depression, the predominant school of economic thought, classical economics, suggested that macroeconomic problems would correct themselves. If unemployment increased, the response would be a decrease in wages until employers were willing to hire them again. Similarly, inflation (a general increase in the level of prices) would cause people to buy less (as prices rose). Reduced demand for products then would cause prices to fall. The biggest problem with classical economic thought, however, is that it is based on assumptions that are rarely true. (For example, it assumes people have full information, which is almost never the case.) Several decades of subsequent economic thought have been devoted to explanations of flaws in the simplistic classical rationale. (The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded 42 times to 67 Laureates between 1969 and 2010 to highlight and honor those achievements.)
John Maynard Keynes, a British economist, popularized the notion that the government can and should play an active role in managing the macroeconomy. Keynes acknowledged that classical thought might have applicability over an extremely long time period, but "in the long run we are all dead." If people wait for the macroeconomy to correct itself, they may not live long enough to see the changes. The severity and prolonged duration of the Great Depression convinced most people of the validity of Keynes' insights. During the Great Depression, prices were falling, but that did not motivate an increase in purchases and employment as classical economics predicts. Even if people had income, they were reluctant to spend it because of uncertainty about the future.
Mainstream economics since the Great Depression is Keynesian economics. The overwhelming majority of economists around the world believe it is appropriate for the government to take actions to promote economic growth and to maintain low unemployment and low inflation. The debate in the United States is not whether the government should try to achieve these goals. Instead, the discussion is about what the government should do. Essentially, Republicans argue that public policies should primarily benefit businesses and the wealthy because they are the job creators. Democrats respond that making the wealthy richer will not cause them to hire more workers unless there is a significant increase in the demand for goods and services. Democrats favor policies with broader benefits because they believe increasing the overall demand for products will increase employment. Very few people argue that the government should do nothing to reduce unemployment, maintain stable prices, and promote economic growth. Indeed, the mood of the country is "they have not fixed the economy, so throw the bums out."
If President Obama loses the 2012 election, it will be because he did too little to improve the economy, not because he did too much. Reports from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a government agency whose professional economists provide non-partisan analysis to legislators, consistently confirm that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the much criticized stimulus spending program, created jobs, increased employment, and reduced the unemployment rate from what would have occurred in its absence. It is a fair criticism to say some politicians steered ARRA funds away from the most economically beneficial projects toward other favored objectives. But that is a failure of the political system and the implementation of the suggested policies, not of Keynesian economic theory.
Friday, August 5, 2011
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION - July 2011
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 117,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care, retail trade, manufacturing, and mining. Government employment continued to trend down.
Household Survey Data
The number of unemployed persons (13.9 million) and the unemployment rate (9.1 percent) changed little in July. Since April, the unemployment rate has shown little definitive movement. The labor force, at 153.2 million, was little changed in July. (See table A-1.)
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men(9.0 percent), adult women (7.9 percent), teenagers (25.0 percent), whites (8.1 percent), blacks (15.9 percent), and Hispanics (11.3 percent) showed little or no change in July. The jobless rate for Asians was 7.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
The number of persons unemployed for less than 5 weeks declined by 387,000 in July, mostly offsetting an increase in the prior month. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over), at 6.2 million, changed little over the month and accounted for 44.4 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-12.)
The civilian labor force participation rate edged down in July to 63.9 percent, and the employment-population ratio was little changed at 58.1 percent. (See table A-1.)
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was about unchanged in July at 8.4 million. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)
In July, 2.8 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, little changed from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.)
Among the marginally attached, there were 1.1 million discouraged workers in July, about the same as a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.7 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in July had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.)
Establishment Survey Data
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 117,000 in July, following little growth over the prior 2 months. Total private employment rose by 154,000 over the month, reflecting job gains in several major industries, including health care, retail trade, manufacturing, and mining. Government employment continued to decline. (See table B-1.)
Health care employment grew by 31,000 in July. Ambulatory health care services and hospitals each added 14,000 jobs over the month. Over the past 12 months, health care employment has grown by 299,000.
Retail trade added 26,000 jobs in July. Employment in health and personal care stores rose by 9,000 over the month with small increases distributed among several other retail industries. Employment in retail trade has increased by 228,000 since a recent low in December 2009.
Manufacturing employment increased in July (+24,000); nearly all of the increase was in durable goods manufacturing. Within durable goods, the motor vehicles and parts industry had fewer seasonal layoffs than typical for July, contributing to a seasonally adjusted employment increase of 12,000. Manufacturing has added 289,000 jobs since its most recent trough in December 2009, and durable goods manufacturing added 327,000 jobs during this period.
In July, employment in mining rose by 9,000; virtually all of the gain (+8,000) occurred in support activities for mining. Employment in mining has increased by 140,000 since a recent low in October 2009.
Employment in professional and technical services continued to trend up in July (+18,000). This industry has added 246,000 jobs since a recent low in March 2010. Employment in temporary help services changed little over the month and has shown little movement on net so far this year.
Elsewhere in the private sector, employment in construction, transportation and warehousing, information, financial activities, and leisure and hospitality changed little over the month.
Government employment continued to trend down over the month
(-37,000). Employment in state government decreased by 23,000, almost entirely due to a partial shutdown of the Minnesota state government. Employment in local government continued to wane over the month.
The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged over the month at 34.3 hours. The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime for all employees also were unchanged at 40.3 hours and 3.1 hours, respectively. In July, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls was 33.6 hours for the sixth consecutive month. (See tables B-2 and B-7.)
In July, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 10 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $23.13. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 2.3 percent. In July, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 8 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $19.52. (See tables B-3 and B-8.)
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for May was revised from +25,000 to +53,000, and the change for June was revised from +18,000 to +46,000.
The Employment Situation for August is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 2, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).
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2017 Dakar Rally: The Stage 9 has been cancelled
The stage 9 (Salta – Chilecito) of 2017 Dakar Rally has been cancelled. It's the second day off for the competitors in this year's race after stage 6 was cancelled earlier. A bad weather forced this cancellation causing a huge landslide near the of Volcan, located in link section on the stage 8.
The affected area lies approximately 40 km to the north of Jujuy and 160 km from Salta. The competitors and their assistance crews couldn't reach Salta's bivouac in time to start stage 9, so organisers decided to cancel the stage 9 and reroute the whole Dakar caravan to alternative itinerary via San Antonio de los Cobres, extending the liaison by approximately 200 km. The organisers also have made their medical services available to the rescue teams which are helping people in affected area.
The race will continue tomorrow with stage 10 between Chilecito and San Juan. The overall length is 751 kilometers, with 449 km of timed section.
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KL Tower was officially launched by the Malaysian 4th Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia on the 1st October 1996. It is the seventh highest telecommunications tower (421meter above ground level) in the world.
According to the CEO of KL TOWER, Mr. Meor Shahril Anuar, the completion of the SKYBOX would be a key and iconic attraction for more visitors in conjunction with their 20th anniversary. It is not only for the view, but also the excitement of being at the height of 421 meter above the ground level. It took about 6 months for the completion of the SKYBOX, including the design and the construction.
Mr. Meor (CEO of KL Tower) mentioned they are planning in the coming future for activities such as, Exclusive and Unique candle light dinner for 2 pax for 2 – 4 couples/day. *wink wink*
KL Tower has an Observation Deck (Level 1) where you can get a bird's eye view of Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding regions.
The Open Sky Deck (Level 3) allows you to enjoy the open, breathtaking, and Megaview of the city.
|The view is awesome up here!
Price for Skybox :RM75 (MyKad Holder); RM105 (Non-Malaysian)
Facebook Page: Menara Kuala Lumpur (KL Tower Official)
Website: Menarakl
Opening Hours: 9am - 10pm
|It's not the wings that make the angel; It's what's inside that counts.
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Yes, you read that right — $5 AMC movie tickets for all of October! Movie theaters have been struggling because of stiff competition from video-streaming services — like Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Netflix — but AMC's latest deal is actually enough to entice us to head to the movies.
When it costs almost $50 to take a family-of-four to the movies (and that's before buying everyone snacks), it's hard to justify the expense. But $5 tickets and a $5 popcorn-and-drink deal, too? It's hard to say no. Seeing the latest movie on a 50-foot screen isn't something you can do at home.
So let's get into the nitty-gritty details. Every Tuesday (and only on Tuesdays), AMC is offering $5 movie tickets for all members of their rewards program, AMC Stubs. You can also get popcorn and a drink for $5, though they didn't specify what size. Sounds pretty sweet right?
Even when the month is over, you can still earn rewards through AMC Stubs. It's free to join, and all AMC Stubs members earn 20 points for every $1 they spend. When you reach 2,000 points ($100-worth of purchases), you'll earn a $5 reward. Members also get a free refill on their large popcorns.
But let's say you and your family are movie fanatics. In that case, if you pay $15 per year — which is roughly the price of one-and-a-half movie tickets — you can become an AMC Stubs Premier member. You'll save $5 on Tuesday tickets and earn 100 points for every $1 spent. Even better, you get a free size upgrade on your popcorn and fountain drink purchases.
So if you and your family are looking for something to do during the upcoming winter holidays, can we suggest a trip to the movies? As for the October-only $5-movie-ticket deal, we say treat yourself to a matinee after dropping off the kids at school. You deserve a break, too! And on that note, why not also help yourself to $1 margaritas at Applebee's throughout October?
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Many people make the mistake of thinking that branding is separate from business operations.
Here is a new slide I put together (download at SlideShare) showing how branding is key to managing day-to-day operations, no matter what environment you find yourself in.
The reason branding is so important is that it guides all of your decisions in a very focused way. Your brand is a promise, and a very specific one. You only do things in a way that honors the brand.
Today on LinkedIn, brand expert Laura Ries expressed the sentiment this way:
The reality is that if you do not have a very strong brand ethic to work against, disagreements and turf battles on the inside easily divert time and attention from the unifying focus that any organization must have: the customer.
What is your organization supposed to do? Just do it. That is your brand.
Anything else must be ruthlessly chopped away, no matter how painful that may be.
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Cooking Light group dinner - one of our best ever
The main course, Filet Mignon with Balsamic Syrup and Goat Cheese had the deliciously contrasting flavors of a sweet balsamic syrup and a tangy goat cheese. I've grown to like Brussels sprouts, and especially like the addition of smoky, crispy prosciutto in Brussels Sprouts with Crisp Prosciutto. The Baked Risotto with Asparagus, Spinach and Parmesan was great comfort food -- and baking the risotto makes it easier than traditional risotto. My rosemary bread recipe needed tweaking, but it came together in a flash in the food processor. And the Italian Cream Cake is one of my favorite cakes -- it's moist, buttery, nutty and not too sweet. The only thing I don't like about the recipe is that Cooking Light says it makes 20 servings. As Chrissy would say, yeah, right.
Filet Mignon with Balsamic Syrup and Goat Cheese (Kara)
Recipe from Giada De Laurentiis/Food Network (video is here)
1 1/2 cups balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons butter
6 (5 to 6-ounce) filet mignon steaks (each about 1-inch thick)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 ounces soft fresh goat cheese
Boil the balsamic vinegar and sugar in a heavy small saucepan over medium-high heat until reduced to 1/3 cup, stirring occasionally, about 18 minutes. (Note: I made this after this post. This sauce was like caramel before it got to 1/3 cup, and her video sure shows more than 1/3 cup. I'd say you may want to reduce it by 1/3, to 1 cup.)
Meanwhile, preheat the broiler. Melt the butter in a heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the steaks with salt and pepper. Cook the steaks to desired doneness, about 3 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer the steaks to a baking sheet. Crumble the cheese over the steaks and broil just until the cheese melts, about 1 minute. Sprinkle with pepper.
Transfer the steaks to plates. Drizzle the balsamic sauce around the steaks and serve.
Brussels Sprouts with Crisp Prosciutto (Jodi)
From Cooking Light, December 2003
3 cups trimmed halved Brussels sprouts (about 1 1/2 pounds)
1/4 cup chopped prosciutto (about 1 1/2 ounces)
Cooking spray
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Cook Brussels sprouts in boiling water 3 minutes or until crisp- tender; drain. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat; add prosciutto. Cook 6 minutes or until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove from pan; set aside. Heat pan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add Brussels sprouts; sauté 3 minutes or until lightly browned. Add butter, salt, and pepper, stirring until butter melts. Remove from heat; drizzle with juice. Add prosciutto; toss to combine.
Note: Pull off any limp outer leaves, and closely trim the stem end- don't cut too much off, or the Brussels sprouts may fall apart. Yield: 6 servings (serving size: about 3/4 cup)
Baked Risotto with Asparagus,Spinach and Parmesan
Nancy doubled the recipe, and added another 1/2 cup of broth. She also added the cup of white wine before the spinach and broth, then let the liquid be absorbed before adding the next ingredients.
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
1 cup uncooked Arborio rice
8 cups spinach leaves (about 4 ounces)
2 cups fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup (2 ounces) grated fresh Parmesan cheese, divided
1 1/2 cups (1-inch) diagonally sliced asparagus
Preheat oven to 400°.
Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion; cook 4 minutes or until tender. Add rice; stir well. Stir in spinach, broth, salt, and nutmeg. Bring to a simmer; cook 7 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup cheese.
Cover and bake at 400° for 15 minutes. Stir in asparagus; sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheese. Cover and bake an additional 15 minutes or until liquid is almost absorbed.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 cup)
Italian Cream Cake
Vegetable cooking spray
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup light butter
2 egg yolks
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon butter extract
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 egg whites (at room temperature)
Prepare Cream Cheese Icing (below); cover and chill.
Coat bottoms of 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray (do not coat sides of pans); line bottoms of pans with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray, and dust with flour; set aside.
Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine 2 cups flour and baking soda; stir well.
Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in pecans and extracts.
Beat egg whites at high speed of a mixer until stiff peaks form (do not overbeat). Fold egg whites into batter; pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 23 minutes. Let cool in pans 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen cake layers from sides of pans using a narrow metal spatula, and turn out onto wire racks. Peel off wax paper, and let cool completely.
Place 1 cake layer on a plate, and spread with 2/3 cup Cream Cheese Icing; top with another cake layer. Repeat with 2/3 cup icing and remaining layer, ending with cake. Spread remaining icing over cake.
Cream Cheese Icing
1 tablespoon light butter
1 (8-ounce) package Neufchâtel cheese
1 (1-pound) package powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream butter and cheese at high speed of a mixer until fluffy. Add sugar; beat at low speed until well-blended. Add vanilla; beat well.
9 comments:
- Emiline said...
Oh, man. I want that cake!
Everything looks so good. I wish I had a Cooking Light group.
- Patsyk said...
Looks like you had a wonderful dinner, and the best part was that it was all healthy since CL was the source!
- RecipeGirl said...
Everything sounds terrific to me!
I think that Italian Cream Cake recipe is on their list of like all-time reader favorites.
- Lisa said...
Yum! What a nice dinner. A dinner club is a great idea.
- Deborah said...
What a fun idea for a group! And I can see why all of these are winners - they all sound fantastic!
- Elisabeth said...
Oh wow, that cake looks FANTASTIC! Off to find an excuse to make it now...darn it, wish I had a supper club! :)
- eatme_delicious said...
Yum I'll take some of that risotto and some cake please! I love how the cheese is baked on top of the risotto.
- Veronica said...
I would love to start a CL dinner group...that filet sounds unbelievable! You know how I feel about brussels sprouts...but maybe with prosciutto!
- Karyn said...
Tracy! I bookmarked this and Lisa and I made it the last time I was at her house! The steak only, but it was so delicious! xx


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If you are in Tokyo for the holidays, consider attending one of the many beautiful Tokyo English Christmas Church Services. We have listed seven churches in Tokyo, and a handful in Yokohama, Kyoto and Osaka. Some of my best memories of a child are attending services. Even if you are unable to frequent church during the year make your Christmas even more special with family and friends and visit this Christmas to remember and worship!
Tokyo English Christmas Church Services 2016
1. Franciscan Chapel Center (Roppongi, Tokyo)
Religion: Catholic
Services in English: Christmas Eve: 16:30 Mass of the Vigil of Christmas; 20:15 Lessons and Carols; 21:00 Mass. Christmas Day: 8:00 Mass of Dawn; 12:00 Mass of the Day; 19:00 Mass of the Day.
Address: 4-2-37 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Phone: 03-3401-2141
Access: 2 min walk from Roppongi Subway Station
2. St. Alban's Anglican Episcopal Church (Shiba Koen, Tokyo)
Religion: Episcopal
Services in English: Christmas Eve 17:00 Family Eucharist; 19:00 & 22:00 Holy Eucharist; Christmas Day 8:00 and 10:30 Holy Eucharist.
Address: 3-6-25 Shiba Koen Minato-ku
Phone: 03-3431-8534
Access: 5 min walk from Kamiyacho Subway Station
3. St. Ignatius Catholic Church (Yotsuya, Tokyo)
Religion: Catholic
Services in English: Christmas Eve 22:30 Mass; Christmas Day 12:00 noon Mass.
Address: Koujimachi 6-5-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3263-4584
Access: 1 minute walk from Yotsuya Station (Beside Sophia University on the JR Chuo Line/Subway: Marunouchi and Namboku Lines).
4. St. Paul International Lutheran Church (Fujimi, Tokyo)
Religion: Lutheran
Services in English: Christmas Eve 19:00 Christmas Carols and Candlelight Worship; Christmas Day 9:30 Holy Communion Worship
Address: 1-2-32 Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3261-3740
Access: 5-10 min walk from Idabashi and Kudanshita stations
5. Tokyo Union Church (Omotesando, Tokyo)
Religion: Protestant
Services in English: Christmas Eve 16:00 Children's Service, 18:00 Candlelight Worship Service, 20:00 Candlelight Worship Service with Holy Communion; Christmas Day 8:30 and 11:00 Worship Service
Address: 5-7-7 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3400-0047
Access: 3 minute walk from Omotesando station
6. Tokyo Baptist Church (Shibuya, Tokyo)
Religion: Baptist
Services in English: Christmas Eve 17:00 and 19:00; Christmas Day 9:00, 11:00 13:30 and 17:30.
Address: 9-2 Hachiyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3461-8425
Access: 5 min walk from Daikanyama Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line
7. Tokyo Lutheran Church (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Religion: Lutheran
Services in English: 20:30 Christmas Eve Candle Service in English; 10:30 Christmas Day English Service
Address: 1-14-14 Ookubo Shinjuku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3209-5702
Access: 5 Minutes walk from Shin-Okubo Station. 7 minutes Okubo Station or 10 minutes Higashi-Shinjuku Station.
8. PAZ Church (Omotesando, Tokyo) – Iinternational, bilingual (English/Japanese) church group run by missionaries will have a service in Omotesando with the presence of a Gospel Choir.
Religion: Christian
Bilingual service in English and Japanese with the presence of Tama-Love Gospel Choir: Christmas Day, 14:30
Address: Ivy Hall, 2F ミルトス Room
Phone: 044-935-6241 / 080-4440-4041
Access: 8 minute walk from Omotesando Station. Near Aoyama University.
Yokohama English Christmas Church Services 2016
9. Yokohama Christ Church (Naka-ku, Yokohama)
Religion: Episcopal
Services in English: Christmas Eve 23:30 Carols & Midnight Mass; Christmas Day 9:30 English Eucharist for Christmas Day
Address: 235 Yamate-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Phone: 045-628-3319
Access: 5 min walk from the Station Motomachi-chukagai on the Minato-mirai line
10. Sacred Heart Cathedral (Naka-ku, Yokohama)
Religion: Catholic
Services in English: Christmas Eve Mass 22:00; Christmas Day Mass 9:30am.
Address: 44 Yamate-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Phone: 045-641-0735
Access: 5 min walk from JR Ishikawacho Station
11. Yokohama International Baptist Church offers a Christmas cantata by its adult choir. Ministries in English, German, Tagalog, Korean and Japanese.
Services in English: Christmas Eve Mass 18:00; Christmas Day Mass 9:30 and 12:00 noon.
Address: 60 Nakaodai, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Phone: 045-621-6431
Access: Near JR Yamate Station. Please see church map.
12. Osaka International Church
Religion: Christian
Services in English: Christmas Eve 22:30, Christmas Day 9:30am
Address: Osaka Christian Center #407 2-26-47 Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka
Phone: 06-6768-4385
Access: near JR Tamatsukuri Station
13. Assembly Kyoto Church
Religion: Christian
Services in English: Christmas Eve Candlelight worship 19:00, Christmas Day 17:00
Address: 38 Nishiishigatsubo-cho, Nishishichijo, Shimogyo-ky, Kyoto
Phone: 075-311-5193
Access: 15 minutes by bus from Kyoto Central Station (West side)
Tokyo English Christmas Church Services 2016
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The growing economic and regulatory demands placed on lenders is changing the process of mortgage origination.
And to control the unpredictability of the increased costs and activity that arise from meeting those demands, lenders are automating their originations — helping one mortgage technology firm outpace the industry.
Pleasanton, Calif.-based Ellie Mae (ELLI) boosted revenue 28% in 2011, according to its annual earnings report filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. This compares favorably to the overall mortgage origination technology market, which sank 20% in the same time period.
Further, Ellie Mae expects to accrue $68 million to $70 million of revenue in 2012, a 27% spike from 2011's $55 million figure. And during that time, industry revenue is expected to sink another 20%, Ellie COO Jonathan Corr says.
It's a model that Ellie built on top of the classic software-as-a-service model that many companies use. There's intense relevancy to the mortgage market, Corr says, because all of the compliance and regulatory changes put pressure on mortgage lenders. "Our handling and managing of that for them and having that in our data centers and our cloud is really attractive."
Despite the firm's growth, its stock price volatility is apparent, dipping from nearly $7 a share a year ago to less than $4 then back up again to more than $10. When the firm went public last April, it slashed its initial public offering from roughly $10 a share to $6 a share.
Shortly after the Dodd-Frank Act's passage in 2010, Corr, Ellie's chief strategy officer at the time, told HousingWire that technology will play a larger role in cost-effective operations in the sets of changes brought on by the Act and other regulations.
The firm's Encompass software, which handles business and management functions for mortgage originators, allow it to control about 20% of the national volume of loans. In August, it purchased a competitor, Del Mar Datatrac, using proceeds from its initial public offering. Corr said Del Mar Datatrac controls about 10% of the volume going through their platform.
Even in this depressed lending market, originations surpassed $1 trillion in 2011.
"The plan over time is to bring those two solutions together and, without adding any new customers, bring the volume to 30% of the national volume," Corr said. "We have yet to penetrate that volume with all the automation and services that our customers would like from us. That's the great opportunity in the near future."
To accommodate the expansion that could arise from those opportunities, Ellie Mae continues to hire seasoned talent and even create C-Suite positions.
All the byproducts of the recession and housing crisis — tighter underwriting, greater levels of verification, increased buyback risk and compliance concerns, more regulation, etc. — has accelerated the use of technology and automation.
"The vast majority of the 7,500 lenders in the nation are small to medium-size businesses," Corr said. "The only way to cost-effectively deal (with) all the new demand is automation."
Origination market and broader market is dealing with quality issues such as investor verifications, making sure everything is checked. Also with regulatory changes — RESPA, truth in lending, Dodd-Frank, CFPB.
"All those things put a tremendous amount of addition cost on small, mid-sized — and even some of the larger lenders — which is our target segment, and they're embracing automation," Corr says. "Addressing a lot of those things, even as market volume has gone down, folks have embraced our offering to help them be more efficient and stay compliant."


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Monday, July 14, 2008
7000 BC – Neolithic settlements in the Indus Valley
3000 BC – The Indus Valley Civilization.
2300 BC – The civilization of Mohen-jo-daro.
1500 BC – The Aryan rule with the Vedic Civilization, known as Hinduism.
519 BC – The Persians conquered Sindh
326 B.C. The Greeks under Alexander controlled Sindh.
320-293 Chandragupta Maurya conquered Sindh
273-232 B.C. Ashoka's reign whose conversion to Buddhism popularization it in Sindh.
711 A.D. The Muslim invasion of Sindh under Muhammad bin Qasim.
This was followed by various Muslim dynasties that ruled Sindh.
1783 to 1843: The Muslim reign of Talpur Mirs in Sindh.
February 1843: Charles Napier, a British general, conquered Sindh from the Talpur Mirs with the help of the rich Sindhi, Seth Naomal Bhojwani. Mr. Bhojwani's father had been kidnapped and ill-treated by Muslims and he wanted to end their rule. It was only after the British rule in Sindh, that Hindus were allowed to buy property, where they had none earlier.
The Hindu Sindhis also gained in power and position since they took to education quickly and were adept at learning languages. They quickly learnt English and made themselves useful to the British for administrative jobs.
1847 Sindh was annexed to Bombay Presidency. British colonialism brought two immediate and far-reaching changes in Sindh's history: firstly, it broke the uninterrupted Islamic rule right from 712, transferring power from Muslim to non-Muslim authorities. Secondly, it effected the merger of Sindh with Bombay Presidency, terminating Sindh's geographical, cultural and political isolation from India. This resulted in Sindh seeing, in the 19th century, the emergence of modern social and political institutions.
K.R.Malkani, in "The Sindh Story" narrates how Hindus became rich, "When the British took over, the Hindus did not hold any land. The British gave land to the retiring officers, most of them Hindu. The wealthy began to buy lands at market price. The improvident Muslim landlords began to mortgage lands to the Hindu money-lenders, who gradually acquired the same on default. In one century of British rule, the Hindus had come to, acquire about 40 per cent of the land. Another 20 per cent was believed to have been mortgaged to them.
Some Muslim League leaders --- particularly Sir Abdullah Haroon --- made this into a big issue. Here was a gentleman who started life as a cycle-repair assistant on four annas a day, and ended up as a crore-pati, who grudged 30 per cent of the population .(Hindus) owning 40 per cent of the land! He could never see the initial iniquity of the Hindus (30 per cent of the population) holding zero land under the Muslim rule. However, many other Muslim leaders noted that the peasants were happier with the Hindu zamindars than with the Muslim zamindars. They also noted that many Muslim zamindars did not want education to spread --- for fear the next generation of educated tenants might ask for more rights.The real reasons for this shift of land-ownership were two: the Hindus who had been starved of land for centuries, felt the natural human urge for land --- and now they went in for it. Secondly, the impecunious Muslim habits stood in sharp contrast with Hindu prudence. A Muslim tended to spend beyond his means; a Hindu tended to save and invest. A popular saying was that when a Hindu had money, he would buy or build more and more houses (Jaye Mathan Jaye); when a Muslim had money, he would marry more and more wives ( Joye Mathan Joye)."
1934: The formation of the Sindh Separation committee. Earlier, as Sirajul Haque Memon says in his piece in the "Daily Dawn" ( 23. 3. 2001) entitled, Genesis of Separatist Sentiment in Sindh, "A campaign was started through the vernacular press for separation of Sindh from Bombay. It gathered momentum when looking at the trend of public opinion, political parties such as the Congress and the Muslim League too joined in. No political party could survive in Sindh if it opposed the Separation Movement. Hindu Maha Sabha was the only party, which opposed the separation. But soon it lost face in the towns and villages of Sindh and slowly and gradually it ceased to be an influential political party in Sindh."
April 1, 1936: Sindh was made into a separate, autonomous province—separated from Bombay Presidency. Gobindram Mukhi of Hyderabad, was the only one to vote against this move (with similar protests from Swami Harinamdasji of the Sadhubella of Sukkur); they could both see that this move would reduce Hindus in Sindh to a voiceless and powerless minority. However, others estimated that with the separation from Bombay, many opportunities would come their way and they would gain in power; accordingly, they all voted, along with the Muslims, for the separation from Bombay Presidency. Sindh became autonomous and Hindu Sindhis went on later to lose their homeland because the foundation of the separation was population strength. Hindus were a minority in a Muslim province. Abdullah Haroon, says Prof Sharif al Mujahid, played an important role: "A strenuous advocate and campaigner for the separation of Sindh from the Bombay Presidency, he continuously lobbied for it, proposing resolutions at all-India moots, from 1925 onwards. He repeatedly urged the Aga Khan who led the Muslim delegation to the Round Table Conference (1930-32) and Jinnah to get the Sindh separation issue settled favourably during the London confabulations. Along with Muhammad Ayub Khuhro and Miran Muhammad Shah, Haroon also played a leading role in getting Sindh to acquire an autonomous provincial status in the Act of 1935."1936-1937: Hindus subjected to discrimination (see Ram Ramchandani's account.)
October 1939: Gandhi received a telegram from Dr. Choitram Gidwani, Vice President of the Sind Provincial Congress Committee, from Shikarpur: It read:" Riots, loot, incendiarism, Sukkur district villages Hindus mercilessly butchered. Women and girls raped and kidnapped. Hindu life, property unsafe. Situation most critical. Government policy not firm. Pray send enquiry committee immediately to see situation personally." Gandhi's intervention, in his words, was "Now the only effective way in which I can help the Sindhis (is) to show them the way of non-violence. But that cannot be learnt in a day. The other way is the way the world has followed hitherto, i.e. armed defense of the life and property. God helps only those who help themselves. The Sindhis are no exception. They must learn the art of defending themselves against robbers, raiders and the like. If they do not feel safe and are too weak to defend themselves, they should leave the place which has proved too inhospitable to live in."March, 23, 1940: Muslim League passed the Pakistan Resolution at Lahore, visualizing a Confederal arrangement where units or states will be autonomous and sovereign.
August 9, 1942: Mahatma Gandhi started the "Quit India" movement, asking the British to leave India through non-violent means of protests and non-cooperation.1946 Sindh, with its Muslim majority, was already under the Muslim League. The Muslim League got its toehold in Sindh earlier thanks to a Muslim League candidate who stood for election against Shah Nawaz Bhutto, a secular Muslim. The latter was defeated because he refused to rise to the Muslim League's challenge to perform namaz in public. The opponent made capital of his refusal and won the wrested the seat from Mr. Bhutto, giving the Muslim League an entry into Sindh politics.
August 16, 1946: Jinnah declares the day as "Direct Action Day" to get Pakistan, letting loose loot and murder. Gandhiji agrees to the Partition of India the very next day. (See Prof. G.A.'s account.)
March, 1947: One learns what happened from the biography, "Mountabatten, the Private Story" by Brian Hoey: "Lord Mountbatten was once again interrupted—this time by Prime Minister Clement Atlee, who summoned him to an urgent meeting. He was informed that the then Viceroy of India, Lord Wavell, had failed in his efforts to obtain a settlement between the various political parties and the main Hindu and Muslim leaders… Atlee wanted Mountbatten to take up the job. Every demand of Mountbatten's was met by Atlee, who did not want to be bothered by mere details as long as the result was a peaceful end to this massive burden of what had become a troublesome Empire. Independence had been promised in 1942 as a reward for the support of Indian troops against the Japanese, and even earlier, in the 1920s, moves towards granting independence had started. In any case, the cost of maintaining a government in India was proving a drain on the finances of a Britain whose own funds were sorely depleted after six years of the most expensive war in history. So, in monetary terms alone, Britain wanted out of India…He was given fifteen months to achieve a solution to a problem.
By June 1948, the handover of power was to be complete. Mountbatten knew that if he was going to get the job done in the time allotted he would inevitably make some enemies…When he arrived in India he realized that fifteen months was far too long for the period of transition…He knew that the longer the negotiations went on the more bloodshed there was likely to be. So he insisted on a shorter period, which was immediately reduced to five months, so that instead of June 1948 as the deadline, he now had August 1947 as the date by which he had to complete the handover. Papers in the Mountbatten archives appear to confirm that Atlee did not have a firm withdrawal date in mind and that it was Mountbatten's idea. Mountbatten felt that to go to India without the Hindu and Muslim leaders knowing there was a definite date for withdrawal would weaken his position immeasurably. They would be suspicious that he was not there to end colonial rule, merely to delay the decision… The means were not all that important—it was the end that counted. Britain wanted to be rid of its Empire and Mountbatten was the man to do it…. The only guidance which Mountbatten had from the British government when he took over as Viceroy was that they fully recognised that India fell naturally into two parts, Muslim and Hindu, and that it was possible that these parts could be separated geographically. The last Viceroy arrived in Delhi on March 22, 1947. "
June 1947: The British announce the Partition. The first wave of migration from Sindh.
August 14-15, 1947: Withdrawal of the British, the birth of independent India and Pakistan, with Sindh in Pakistan.
August 19, 1947: Riots in Quetta, many Hindus killed (see Lila Kripalani's account.)
August 20, 1947: Second wave of migration (see Dr. Ram Buxani's account.)
August 27, 1947: Riots in Nawabshah organised by Mr. Masood, the Muslim collector of Nawabshah( see Gul & Pahilraj Ramchandani's account.)
September 1947: Curfew in Hyderabad Sind. All Hindu families were informed that the refugees were out of control and that all Hindus were at risk( see A. Daswani's and Javhar Advani's accounts.)
November 22, 1947: Riots in Hyderabad Sindh( see Chandru Gurbaxani's account.)
December 1947: Hindu houses and businesses were marked overnight. The very next day Muslim mobs began open looting and occupation with the full connivance of the authorities (see Dr. Niranjan Dudani's account and also Shewak Nandwani's.)
Jan 6, 1948 Riots in Karachi and Hyderabad. The third and the largest wave of migration after these riots.( see Mangharam Sipahimalani's account as well as Meena Rupchandani's and Dr. Motilal Jotwani's accounts among several others.)
Jan-Mar, 1948: The highest numbers of Hindus migrated from Sindh to divided India. Most settled in the outskirts of Mumbai. The population of Sindhi Hindus before the Partition in Sindh was 14, 00, 000.
By 1950, 12, 25, 000 had left Sindh for India and other parts of the world.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
I have received a lot of interesting responses(by email) to my book. However, I am posting this one which was received by me soon after I posted this chapter on the blog.
This is from Dr Dur Pathan from Pakistan and it came to me in two parts. I have followed these two emails with my own response to Dr Dur Pathan.
Here are Dr. Pathan's words: I quote:"Sindh History"picturises her love and keen interest in the history and glorious Past of Motherland of her forefathers.I am of view that due to non-availablity of the sufficient & authentic Source-Material there prevails an idea in minds of Young generation that Hindus/their forefathers were compelled by Sindhi Muslims to quit Sindh.Where as historical facts and ground realities do not this misconception.It was due to mishandling of the situation/issue by political parties including the Congress.Parties were in run to add feathers in their caps.Every body was aware of the fact that Britishers intended to leave the country therefore the Congress & other parties for want of taking credit and in the urge of earning the title of "The Father Of nation"ignred most important human,social and other interests/demands of the time.The Congress committed blunders in Sindh since beginning.All-India or Regional Parties failed to get feedback from the masses and were not capable to pick any problem of the people of the country and unite masses to agitate and offer tough time to Britishers,they (all parties) selected Khilafat Issue for making stage for their political Drama. Khilafat was not the issue of the people,by the people and for the people-neither of the people nor of the country-,it was imported issue that due to mishandling divided the Nation inspite of efforts to unite Hindus & Muslims. not only this but this Movement set ugly trend of migrating to un-seen Land. This Tahreek created love and affection for "Dreamlands".Sindh saw a Uncotroled migration after partition as people had previou experience and record of the unwanted Migration.This may kindly be put on record that it was not peoples'policy or agenda to get rid of Hindus from Sindh,but it was result of misguiding by Parties and their Leaders and later on desire of imported leaders those where without their own "Constituencies",in future the they wanted to be accepted as elected leader/learers of the people,therefore the misused their power (being in the power) to create such conditons as to bring their own voters.one of the most important causes of the Migration on lage scale was that one as stated.Prior to the Great Migration,lradres also played negative role in inspiring masses to leave their own country.For example Mahatma Gandhi-the great preacher and strenuous advocate of the Non-violance-asked Sindhi Hindus that "They must learn the art of defending themselves against robbers, raiders and the like.If they do not feel safe and are too weak to defend themselves thet should leave the place which has proved too inhospitable to live in".Recommendations like these made masses to uproot themselves from the land that gave them name,fame,cultre,history and identification.Problems are every where,robbers are in every country and raiders have no any country. It was not the solid and genunine reason to leve the country. Masses were misguided and history was compelled to take very ugly and unwated course in this way.Therefore Young generation must look into the matter keepinghidden causes and reasons in mind.
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While reading the article common reader will form opinion that Sindhi Hindus faced rainy days in Sindh due to discriminating attitude of the Muslim segment of the society.But is not true as we can not divide masses from religious point of view.Masses are masses what so ever their religion may be.Neither it was Sindh State policy nor masses ever supported it to victimize Sindhi Hindus.They were other reason responsible for victimization of some individuals.It has been said that Seth Naomul helped Foreigners to conquer Sindh in reaction to his father's unwanted humiliation and converting to Islam.No doubt,this ugly event happened in the last days of Talpur Rule,but we must not ignore the fact that event underreference was not outcome of the State Policy.Talpurs/Mirs were Shias by faith where as their Muslim subjects were Sunnis.There was clach and difference of faith.Sunnis were bent upon to give tough time to Shia Rulers,therefore they either made mistakes on their own or were misused bt Anti-Government elements including Agents of the East India Company.Hindus were made target with special reference to their right of religion.Talpurs failed to protect Hindus from Anti-Govt elements in a fear that they might face uprising from Sunni Muslims.In protecting their own power and Interests they made Hindus scape goats.Sindh History can not accept (and not even afforded as future conditions proved) the excuse of Seth Naumal to victimize his own Motherland in reaction.His father was made target by the Merchant class as he was ever rising figure in trade & commerce and threat to other Merchants.Anti-Bhojwani group hired purchaseable Mullas and raiders.There might be involment of any Agent of the East India Company.Illwillers acheived their purpose support of an influential man-Naumal-was diverted and Britsher availed this opportunity.While going through the pages of the "Memoirs of Seth Naomal"one can see that how the Rulers take care of Seth Hotchand.Seth Naumal has narrated the story of sorrows and longings of his father honestly and correctly.He has not claimed himself as a Hero of Hindu community,but later on some Hindu writers gave that impression and they were wrong.Also some Muslim Writers with purpose to give Muslims impression that Hindus have acted against the interests of Motherland,condemned the rolerole of Seth Naumal.Both kind of writers damaged Hindu-Muslim trust and relationship.Seth Naumal was not an angle he was a human being and all human beings are not mistake-free.He is character of our history by virtue of his unwanted reaction he provided Foreigners to Rule & ruin us.Sindh has unfortunately produced people like Seth Naumal.What to say about Khuhro and Pir Ali Muhammad shah Rashdi who imposed One Unit on Sindh? So Seth Naumal is not Hero of Hindus, nor enemy of all Sindhi Muslims.Therefore his special reference in our history is to be made in the capacity of an Scholar & Historian but not as a Hindu or Muslim Writer.Dr.Pathan
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My response to Dr Pathan's email follows
Firstly, thanks for taking the trouble to write to me at length. it is only through discussion and calm dialogue that we can arrive at the truth, and that's what really matters.
There were several points in your emails 1& 2 which I would like to address, with humility but also with honesty.
The very first contention is that my source material was not sufficient or authentic for my perspective of the partition to be in order.I am sure there are many books written on this subject on both sides of the border and both of us might have not read some. However, in my defence, I would like to add that perhaps I cannot be faulted more than any other historian on this subject since this was my quite substantial bibliography:
1. "Centenary Presentation, Life and Works of Principal Nirmaldas Gurbaxani" published by S. C. Samtani.
2. "Sadhu Navalrai, the Maker of Modern Sind and Sadhu Hiranand, the Soul of Sind" written by Sita C.Samtani
3. "Hiranand, the Soul of Sindh by Dayaram Gidumal by Sita C. Samtani
4. "Vidya 1909-1998," by Kamla High school, Bombay52.
5. "My Times" by Acharya J.B. Kripalani
6. "Vidya 1985," Kamla High School, Bombay 52.
7. "A Brief History of the Sind Brahma Samaj" by Dr. Bhagwandas D. Gurbaxani
8. "Success is Our Birthright" By Reena Rupani
9. "Taking the High Road" By Ram Buxani
10. "The Future of Pakistan." By Prof. D. H.Butani
11. "A Saga of Trials and triumphs of Sindhis" by Mira G. Advani
12. "The Advent of Advani" by Atmaram Kulkarni
13. "Sindh, A Scattered Treasure" by Popati Hiranandani
14. "National Integration of Sindhis"by Dr. Subhadra Anand
15. "Ram Jethmalani," Nalini Gera
16. "My Times" by J.B.Kripalani
17. "The Sindh Story" by K.R.Malkani
18. "Lal Advani, The Man and His Mission" by Gulab Vazirani
19. "Dr. L.H.Hiranandani, Born to Heal" by Subhadra Anand
20. "Cosmopolitan Connections" by Mark-Anthony Falzon
21. Those were the Days and then" by Mira Govind Advani
22. "Seth Naoomal Hotchand Bhojwani" by Lal Pushp
23. "History of Sindh" by Richard Burton
24. "The Aftermath" by Rajendra Prasad
25. "Sindhi Culture" by U.T. Thakur
26. "The Jagtiani Family" by Harish Jagtiani
27. "Mountbatten, the Private Story" by Brian Hoey
28. "Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel" by B. Krishna
29. "Sadhu T.L.Vaswani" by Mira G. Advani
30. "Freedom at Midnight" by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins
31. "Sind's Role in the Freedom Struggle" by Baldev Gajra
32. City of Hyderabad Sindh (712-1947)by Dr. Qammaruddin Bohra
33. "Jai Sadhubella" by Acharya Pandit Sitaram Chaturvedi
I am sure therefore on that front you are more or less convinced.However, I would be happy if you could add references in your contention.History is often written by victors, which does not mean it is true. Of course, Hindu Sindhis lost their ancestral homeland, and so we are no longer in posssession of the records in Sindh and that is our loss; however, it cannot be ruled out that "inconvenient documents' are often burnt or destroyed so that the victors appear faultless. To this extent it is possible for both sides to err.
That is why my book records first hand accounts, undiluted by political powers or vested interests.This is the reason why I attempted to directly ask those who migrated what they had personally seen, what had happened to them, so that the truth may be obtained from ordinary Hindu Sindhis, from all parts of the world today, and from all parts of Sindh then, before the Partition.I do believe that these people whether they were in Singapore or USA had no loyalties to the Congress or anybody and were really keen to be noted by history as having experienced certain events at that time. I don't believe any one of them lied to me, and they all spoke straight from their hearts, sometimes with a tear in their eye.Further you remarked that this "mishandling of the situation" was because of "political parties including the Congress". While you have mentioned the Congress at several places you are reticent about the other political parties, which I believe is not being even-handed; also, you have not specified in which way these other political parties( Muslim League included) helped deprive Hindus of their Sindh homeland.
It is important for us to be fair if we wish to obtain the truth, I have always believed this. I am sure you agree.
Additionally, I dont think Gandhiji wanted to be called "Father of the Nation" kindly let me have the source of this impression that you have formed about Gandhiji. If I remember correctly he used to get annoyed when somebody addressed him as "Mahatma". I agree with you that Congress made some mistakes( I have already said this in my history section) but why refrain from talking about the Muslim League and its role in this loss to Hindus?I am surprised and dismayed that you believe that it was Gandhiji that caused the migration of Sindhis to secular India away from Islamic Pakistan. Yes, when he was repeatedly being told about the troubles to which the Hindus were being subjected he was forced to say this.
What will a sane Hindu say to his fellow Hindus if he finds they are unequal to the Muslim numbers in Pakistan? How many Hindu Sindhis were there in Sindh? What was the climate like in those days? Did the Muslim migrants into Sindh come with anger, ambition and revenge when they arrived in Sindh? I am sure you can enlighten us on this as well.
Then in your second email you have claimed that there "were other reason responsible for victimization oif some individuals". Kindly furnish these reasons so I may be enlightened and be in a position to accept or refute the claim.You also state that the masses were misguided, be so kind as to elaborate on this.While the British were foreigners, it is true that when they took charge of Sindh Hindus were allowed certain humane rights like the right to buy land in their own ancestral home after so long! Don't you think that discriminating against Hindus when they were in power would have already damaged Hindu Muslim trust and relationship? Perhaps Seth Naomal may be seen differently by Muslims and Hindus, but it is a fact that under the British the Hindus in Sindh were accorded better status than under Islamic rule.Of course the British made their mistakes and so did the Congress, but it is surprising that you have not said anything at all about Jinnah and the Muslim League.
I don't believe that one can straight away go towards amity between Hindu and Muslim Sindhis all over the world by glossing over facts, or by keeping silent about inconvenient realities.It is by being honest that we will have true peace, or else we will be just hoodwinking each other to come around to our point of view. And we know that this only creates more anger when discovered.
Kindly also let me know which history books I can obtain to learn more on this subject. Meanwhile it would be good if perhaps you too can read the stories of the Hindus who lost their homeland because they belonged to the wrong religion.
Respectfully from an Indian Hindu Sindhi,
Lata Jagtiani
Posted by LATA JAGTIANI at 12:34 AM
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- S.P.Sir said...
Dear Lata Ji
We are running a complete sindhi Web site www.thesindhuworld.com This will be our pride to include your details in our biography section and your articles in Sindhyat section. Do contact me if this sounds interesting you.
Satnam Waheguru
- Sarfaraz A. said...
Almost all of your cited sources are from Hindu backgrounds.
- Prem Sadani said...
So what is the problem with quoting sources from Hindu Background Mr. Sarfaraz? Don't forget that your own background is also a Hindu until invader and looter Mohd Bin Qasim set his foot in Sindh.
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Map of western New York with NY 31A highlighted in red
|Route information
|Auxiliary route of NY 31
|Maintained by NYSDOT
|22.89 mi[3] (36.84 km)
|c. 1935[1][2]–present
|Major junctions
|West end
|NY 31 / NY 63 in Medina
|East end
NY 19 Truck / NY 31 near Brockport
|Orleans, Monroe
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New York State Route 31A (NY 31A) is an east–west state highway located in the western part of New York in the United States. It serves as a southerly alternate route of NY 31 from the western part of Orleans County to the far western part of Monroe County. It diverges from NY 31 south of the village of Medina and parallels NY 31 eastward until it reconnects to its parent route southwest of the village of Brockport. While NY 31 passes through the villages of Medina, Albion, and Holley, NY 31A bypasses all three, serving sparsely populated areas to their south instead. The route intersects NY 98 south of Albion and NY 237 in Clarendon.
The origins of NY 31A date back to the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York when the section of modern NY 31 between Middleport and Medina was designated as NY 3A. It was renumbered to NY 3B c. 1932 and extended northeastward to Knowlesville via Millville by 1932 before becoming NY 31A c. 1935. NY 31A was cut back to its current western terminus in 1949 and extended eastward to NY 19 and NY 31 in Brockport c. 1963, replacing New York State Route 31D, a spur route linking NY 31 to the Monroe–Orleans county line. The route was truncated to its current eastern terminus in the early 1980s after NY 31 was altered to bypass Brockport to the southwest.
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NY 31A begins at a four-way intersection in the southern portion of the village of Medina. At this junction, NY 31 travels to the west and to the north (eastbound), NY 63 travels to the north and to the south, and NY 31A travels to the east as Maple Ridge Road. It leaves the village shortly afterward, entering a rural area of Orleans County dominated by open fields. The route heads due east to Millville, a small hamlet situated at the junction of NY 31A and East Shelby Road in northeastern Shelby. At the eastern edge of the community, NY 31A meets West County House Road,[4] the former routing of NY 31A toward Knowlesville.[5]
Past Millville, NY 31A becomes West Lee Road and heads southeastward through farmland to the Barre town line, at which point the route turns back to the east and follows a slightly northeasterly alignment for 5 miles (8 km) into the town of Albion. Here, NY 31A passes the Benjamin Franklin Gates House, situated on the north side of the route near a junction with Mix Road. Not far to the east, the highway meets NY 98 at a rural junction 3 miles (5 km) south of the village of Albion and 50 yards (46 m) north of the Albion town line. NY 31A, now East Lee Road, continues on a northeasterly line for another 2.5 miles (4.0 km) before curving southward for 1 mile (1.6 km) to avoid a marshy area near the eastern town line. The route briefly reenters Barre along this stretch, heading south and east across the town's northeastern corner on its way into the town of Clarendon.[4]
The highway retains an east–west alignment for 2 miles (3.2 km) to the outskirts of the hamlet of Clarendon, the largest community on the route since Medina. At this point, NY 31A turns southeast to serve Clarendon, where NY 31A intersects NY 237 in the center of the hamlet. Upon crossing NY 237, NY 31A changes names for the final time, becoming Fourth Section Road. The rural surroundings return outside of Clarendon hamlet as a mix of woodlands and fields, which NY 31A progresses generally northeasterly through to the hamlet of Bennetts Corners. Here, the amount of development along the route begins to increase, a change ushered in by a pair of large housing tracts in the eastern part of the community.[4]
East of Bennetts Corners, the route takes on a more easterly alignment as it crosses into Monroe County, which contains just 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of the 23-mile (37 km) NY 31A. In Monroe County, the highway passes through a slightly more populated area on its way to a junction with NY 31 and NY 19 Truck southwest of the village of Brockport. Both NY 19 Truck and NY 31 enter the intersection from the north on Redman Road and turn east at Fourth Section Road, following the right-of-way of NY 31A eastward toward Brockport's business district. The junction completes the alternate loop of NY 31, which follows a parallel but more northerly routing between Medina and Brockport that takes it through the villages of Medina, Albion, and Holley. Along the way, NY 31 passes the campus of SUNY Brockport, situated 0.5 miles (0.8 km) northeast of NY 31A's eastern terminus.[4]
|Orleans county line–Brockport
|c. 1935[1][2]–c. 1962[5][6]
Most of modern NY 31 west of Rochester—including the section between Gasport and the outskirts of Brockport—was originally designated as part of NY 3 when the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924.[7][8] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 3 was realigned between Middleport and Medina to follow what is now NY 31E. NY 3's former routing between the two villages was designated as NY 3A.[9] NY 3A was redesignated as NY 3B c. 1932 as part of a renumbering of NY 3's suffixed routes. NY 3B was also extended eastward along Maple Ridge, County House, and Taylor Hill Roads to meet NY 31 at Knowlesville Station (a hamlet in the town of Ridgeway) by this time.[10][11] The route was renumbered again c. 1935, becoming NY 31A after NY 3 was replaced with a realigned NY 31 west of Rochester.[1][2]
Farther east, the segment of modern NY 31A from Clarendon to Brockport and what is now NY 31 from NY 31A to NY 19 became NY 3B in the 1930 renumbering.[9] Like NY 3A, NY 3B was renumbered to NY 3C c. 1932; however, it was also truncated to consist solely of the Monroe County portion of its routing at this time. The route now began at the Monroe–Orleans county line,[10][11] where state maintenance of Fourth Section Road began,[8] and ended at the junction of NY 63 (now NY 19) and NY 3 (NY 31) south of Brockport.[10][11] NY 3C was redesignated as NY 31D c. 1935 following NY 31's supplantation of NY 3 west of Rochester.[1][2]
On January 1, 1949, NY 31 was rerouted between Middleport and Medina to use NY 31A between the two locations. NY 31A was truncated to its current western terminus in Medina as a result.[12] It was substantially extended c. 1963, however, to a new eastern terminus in Brockport. The highway was rerouted east of Millville to follow a series of previously unnumbered roads through Barre and Clarendon to Monroe County, where it supplanted NY 31D from the county line eastward.[5][6] NY 31A was truncated slightly to its current eastern terminus in the early 1980s after NY 31 was rerouted to bypass Brockport to the west and south on NY 31A and Redman Road.[13][14]
Major intersections
|Western terminus
|Town of Albion
NY 19 Truck / NY 31
|Eastern terminus
|1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
See also
- ^ a b c d Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1934.
- ^ a b c d Road Map & Historical Guide – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sun Oil Company. 1935.
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 175. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Microsoft; Nokia (July 17, 2015). "overview map of NY 31A" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ^ a b c New York and Metropolitan New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Sinclair Oil Corporation. 1962.
- ^ a b New York Happy Motoring Guide (Map) (1963 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. Esso. 1963.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- ^ a b Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- ^ a b Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1930–31 and 1931–32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930–31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering
- ^ a b c New York (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company. 1931.
- ^ a b c Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1932.
- ^ "Highway Route Designations Change Jan. 1". Evening Recorder. Amsterdam, NY. Associated Press. December 9, 1948. p. 19.
- ^ I Love New York Tourism Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York. 1981.
- ^ New York (Map). Rand McNally and Company. 1985. ISBN 0-528-91040-X.
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Dow's Fine White Port
Best White Port
Expert Review
Made by one of the most well regarded port winemakers in the world, Dow's Fine White Port is one of our Best Picks. Fermenting the wine off of the skins as Dow's does helps to keep the tannins out of the port, giving it an incredible smoothness. After fermentation, Dow's ages their white port in oak casks for an average of three years, carefully blending recently crafted ports before bottling to create a fortified wine that's incredibly consistent. It's made from traditional Portuguese white grape varietals and has an aromatic nose that's on the floral side. Though it smells quite sweet, on the palate it's medium dry, with big fruit flavors that are well balanced by acidity.
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