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Priyanka Chopra congratulates Delhi Crime team on win at the International Emmy Awards
Tue, Nov 24, 2020
Megastar Priyanka Chopra Jonas congratulated the team of Netflix series Delhi Crime on their win at the International Emmy Awards 2020.
Priyanka, who has become a global name due to her stunning acting skills and charming personality, took to her Instagram Stories to share special tribute to the team for winning an international award.
She wrote along side the picture of the movie: "Congratulations to the entire team on the win at the International Emmy Awards."
Other stars, including Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Hrithik Roshan, Swara Bhasker, Hansal Mehta, Onir, Guneet Monga and many others also congratulated the team of Netflix series Delhi Crime on their win at the International Emmy Awards 2020.
The Netflix series won the Best Drama Series award at the International Emmy Awards 2020 on Monday. Creator Richie Mehta and actors Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Tailang among others took to social media to express their joy on this momentous occasion while other members of the film industry congratulated them.
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta, who is still riding high on the success of Scam 1992 also congratulated the team of Delhi Crime .
Priyanka Chopra Jonas took to her Instagram to admire the entire team of Delhi Crime on the win at the International Emmy Award .

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Pan Australian is an emerging copper and gold producer with an advanced copper heap leach, SXEW project in Thailand and advanced gold and copper projects in Laos. The Company also has precious and base metal exploration projects in Queensland. The Company seeks to add value to its diverse pre-development and exploration portfolio and become a leading mining company.


So here's the idea: let's say we can serve up high-quality Fusion-branded content to a new generation of digital natives, and that they love that content. If and when that happens, it's going to be a lot easier for the cable companies to persuade that audience to pay for cable TV if their cable lineup also includes Fusion. The content won't be the same, of course — but the brand will be. And the cable companies are going to want the Fusion brand on their lineup because that's the only way they're going to be able to seem relevant to anybody under the age of 32. The result: Fusion has negotiating leverage with the cable channels, and becomes very valuable.
Here's where things start getting really cool. What this means is that it doesn't matter where people consume our digital content: it only mattersthat they consume it. So while everybody else fights with each other to get millions of unique visitors to their websites, we will be happy to go reach the audience wherever they are. Of course, we will have an excellent website of our own — the amazing Hong Qu is hard at work building it as we speak. But in no way will we feel constrained by that website. If our audience is on Instagram, we'll make 15-second videos for them on Instagram. If they're on Upworthy or BuzzFeed or Vox or even Snapchat, we'll try to find a way to reach them there, too. It's what I call promiscuous media: put everything where it works best.
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Parking will be suspended at Cassiobury Park while construction work is underway to expand the car park.
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The works started on Monday (February 25) and will continue until April 18.
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The museum, called the "Smithsonian of country music" because of its unrivaled collection of state-of-the-art galleries, archival storage, education classrooms, retail stores, and special event space boasting stunning downtown views. In addition to touring the museum, additional packages offered allow groups to choose from a variety of one-of-a-kind experiences that includes Nashville's most legendary recording studio or time spent with Music City's finest performers and songwriters.
Begin on Nashville's famed Music Row with a tour of Historic RCA Studio B, Nashville's oldest remaining recording studio. Following the guided tour, groups will gather around the legendary microphone for a recording session with a professional sound engineer. This tour is offered as an add on to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum admission.
The Ryman Auditorium isn't just another nightly music venue, it's the exact spot where bluegrass was born. It's where Johnny Cash met June Carter, where country music found an audience beyond its own back porch, and countless careers took off. Sign your group up for a backstage tour of one of American music's most treasured landmarks!
The world famous Wildhorse Saloon is a 66,000 square foot live music and dance destination. Your group will get a delicious meal of award winning Southern smokehouse cuisine, followed by a chance to learn the newest line dance steps on the largest dance floor in Tennessee. The Wildhorse is three floors of action packed fun!
There's nothing like a backstage tour of the Grand Ole Opry House – it's a must-see for everyone in Music City! Walk in the footsteps of country music's superstars and get an exclusive look at what happens behind the scenes of the show that made country music famous!
Bring your group together for an unforgettable Nashville experience aboard the General Jackson Showboat. The General Jackson offers delicious dining options and a scenic cruise on the beautiful Cumberland River.
Located in the heart of Downtown Nashville, BB King's is one of Nashville's finest live entertainment venues. The menu is comprised of a variety of the South's most delicious comfort foods that are sure to be a hit for your group's lunch or dinner.
This 1930's estate, with its Georgian mansion and 55 acres of cultivated gardens, today serves the public as a botanic garden, sculpture trail, and art museum. Your group will enjoy a stroll through Cheekwood's 12 gardens, as well as the mansion, which is now the museum of art.
Dave & Buster's is a great option for your group for dinner and an evening activity, and it won't break the bank. After a long day of touring, your group will love the opportunity to have a delicious dinner, followed by a time to blow off some steam on the games. From exclusive new games to classic video games, Dave & Buster's has tons of ways to play for people of all ages.


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Gotye / Making Mirrors
Album: Making Mirrors Collection: General
Artist: Gotye Added: Dec 2011
Label: Universal Republic Records
Add Date: 2012-02-05 Pull Date: 2012-04-08
Week Ending: Apr 8 Apr 1 Mar 25 Mar 18 Mar 11 Mar 4 Feb 26 Feb 12
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Somebody That I Used To Know 4. Feb 10, 2015: Radio Personality
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Somebody That I Used To Know 5. Jan 11, 2013: Time Traveler (Top 37 Indie CDs of 2012)
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Making Mirrors
Karpediem
by Karpediem
In the indie album "Making Mirrors", Gotye, a Belgian-born Australian musician, courses through so many styles and instruments that it's hard to categorize this album as distinctly "indie". The tracks here range from reggae to Motown-influenced, from 80s rock to contemporary Nine-Inch Nails-ish garage electronica. This album is also particularly notable for the catchy basslines that run throughout.
Standout tracks include 3, 6, 7, 10, 12. No FCCs Detected.
1) Making Mirrors (1:01)- Spectral, slow, bass-heavy introductory track.
2) Easy Way Out (1:57)- upbeat track with catchy riff.
**3) Somebody That I Used to Know (4:04)- Slow tempo song about a man brooding on his breakups. Chorus reminds me of Sting. Addition of female guest Kimbra midway through the song is a huge positive.
4) Eyes Wide Open (3:11)- Fast pace of the song set by a strong, consistent drumbeat. Feels like it could be featured in the soundtrack to an 80s action movie in the final climactic scene.
5) Smoke and Mirrors (5:13)- Slower song with wide variety of instrumentation and interesting lyrics. The "mother are you watching" bridge at around 3:15 is particularly compelling. Beginning of the song is reminiscent of Black Keys.
**6) I Feel Better (3:18)- Could have been produced in Motown. Very upbeat, fun track filled with horn fanfares and tambourine hits.
**7) In Your Light (4:39)- Fast-tempoed song with a heavy Gospel influence.
8) State of the Art (5:22)- Great bassline, reggae feel, vocals are so heavily manipulated that I'm not even sure it's the same singer as on the rest of the album. Track may be too long to play given its bizarreness but I enjoy it (maybe give it a listen to judge for yourself first before choosing to air)
9) Don't Worry, We'll Be Watching You (3:18)- Slow track with another fantastic bassline.
**10) Giving Me a Chance (3:07)- Slow Intimate piece with great synth sounds.
11) Save Me (3:53)- Mid-tempo, thankful track with soothing background singers.
**12) Bronte (3:18)- Slow track, very focused around vocals/drums. Ties the album together nicely with lyrics proclaiming "we will be with you"
1. Making Mirrors 7. In Your Light
2. Easy Way Out 8. State Of The Art
3. Somebody That I Used To Know 9. Don't Worry, We'll Be Watching You
4. Eyes Wide Open 10. Giving Me A Chance
5. Smoke And Mirrors 11. Save Me
6. I Feel Better 12. Bronte


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2015 Audi TT and Audi S3 – first drives
We get a first taste of the all-new Audi TT and high-performance S3 at the Dubai Autodrome
Recently at the Dubai Autodrome, we had a chance to grab some first drives of two new models now available in the Middle East – the 2015 Audi TT and Audi S3, priced from AED149k (US$40,555) and AED150k (US$40,833) respectively.
Let's tackle the S3 first – that's because I've been waiting to try this ever since I found myself surprisingly taken with the Audi A3 1.8 when I drove it last year (review here).
So why should the S3 be even better? New single frame grille, tailpipes, diffuser, aluminium look wing mirrors and 18-inch wheels.
More importantly Quattro with sports suspension, progressive speed sensitive power steering and six-speed dual clutch tranny. Most significantly however – a 2.0-litre engine putting out 296bhp! That gives it a 0-100kph time of just 5 seconds. Oh, and as an added bonus there's a 700 watt sound system.
S3 Video Review
How the S3 drives
It's everything I like about the A3, but turned up to 10. More power, more performance, more grip, more go. Not being a big car, it's immensely chuckable, and you can scrub off and push through the understeer remarkably quickly. Like all the Audi Quattro systems you have to have faith in it and to find the grip-and-go.
Plus of course it's imminently practical, looks like a sensible little saloon (although the S does look a little meatier) and is a great size for darting about town in.
This is the all-new Audi TT – and whilst it may look familiar, nothing is carried over. In fact even the chassis is different, now with hybridised steel bits in its aluminium structure to make it more rigid – but it's still lighter (less than a Mini 5dr in fact), losing 50kg compared to the previous car (although that was 90kg lighter than the first TT).
And compared to the previous TT this one is wider by 10mm, has a 40mm longer wheelbase and is the same height. Inside there is a completely new cabin design, and they've borrowed an idea from Lamborghini Huracan in this car: there is no central screen, instead all the infotainment info shows up on the massive 12.3 inch instrument panel display in front of the driver when required. Neat, but I do think there is sometimes just too much going on in front of the driver
It also made using the Drive Select modes more fiddly, because as soon as you've selected one it goes off that screen and you don't have an option to try a different setting without going back into the menu again.
The cars we tested didn't have GCC Sat Nav – but that will become available from July – and otherwise the cars were beautifully finished inside and out and well equipped with dual USB and SDI slots. The cleverest detail inside is the swtiches for the climate control actually embedded into the middle of the circular vents, making for a very clean dashboard.
TT Video Review
How the TT drives
The cars we drove came with the 2.0-litre 230bhp engine which with Quattro, makes them good for 0-100kph in 5.3 seconds (they're also available with front wheel drive only and the acceleration time slows a fraction to 6 seconds).
Driving it back to back with the S3, the TT felt lighter and livelier for sure. But being down 66bhp on power was somehow more apparent than I expected it to be. The TT wasn't as punchy, but still certainly a quick car for a 2.0. It's unfair to compare it to the more performance-orientated S3 in terms of its go-juice though.
Being of less mass and a sportscar, I was also expecting it to be a keener and more entertaining drive. And sure enough it was certainly an enjoyable car to chuck around the Autodrome and satisfying to peddle about town on the brief road drive. However I have to say that whilst I can't really fault the car in any particular area, it didn't really excite me the way I was hoping it would – though perhaps I need more time with the car in isolation.
I really don't want to say that the TT was a disappointment, because it is a lovely looking thing and definitely a more faithful understudy of the iconic original TT. Plus the interior is clever and enticing, if a little too clever, and there's more than enough performance and nimble dynamism to keep most owners in a happy place.
To me, however, it didn't quite feel special enough as a sports car. Instead it came across more as a very stylish and desirable commuter car for those wanting to make a statement, rather than a driver's tool for those wanting to hammer it occasionally.
On the other hand the Audi S3 had me salivating from the mere thought of driving it, and lived up to my expectations after track time, autocrossing it, and a brief blat on the roads.
As mentioned, it's not really right to compare these cars, and the juxtaposition was probably unfortunate.
But then I learned that they both cost about the same money, give or take a thousand dirhams. I couldn't help but come away with the sense that as stylish and new as it is, it would be foolish to pay out on the TT, when I could have the S3 instead (a car both more hard-core and practical than the TT).
2015 Audi TT 2.0 230bhp – The Specs
Price: AED149k (US$40,555)
Engine: 2-litre four-cylinder 230bhp @ 4500rpm, 273lb ft @ 1600rpm
Performance: 0-100kph 5.3secs (Quattro) 6.0 (FWD), 250kph, 6.4L/100km
Transmission: 6-speed auto, four-wheel drive
2015 Audi S3 – The Specs
Performance: 0-100kph 5.0secs, 250kph, 6.9L/100km
Let us know what you think of the 2015 Audi TT and Audi S3 in the comments below
2 responses to "2015 Audi TT and Audi S3 – first drives"
Tammam says:
so the audi TT or the Nissan 370z even though there is almost a 100 hp diffrence in between them but damn that TT is quick and at the same price! light weight is winning here, isn't it?
[Shahzad] For me the 370Z – it just feels like a proper meaty sports car and is still rather special, even though it's a whole generation behind the TT now.


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The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine
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A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children's story is brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip Stead and Erin Stead.
In a hotel in Paris one evening in the 1879, Mark Twain sat with his young daughters, who begged their father for a story. Choosing a picture from a magazine to get started, Twain began telling them the tale of Johnny, a poor boy in possession of some magical seeds, who finds himself on a quest to rescue a stolen prince. Later, Twain would jot down some rough notes about the story, but the tale was left unfinished . . . until now.
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{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
module Data.Hashabler (
{- |
  The core of this library consists of

  - the 'Hashable' class which defines how hashable chunks of bytes are
    delivered to the data-consuming portion of a hash function; new instances
    can be defined to support the hashing of new datatypes using an existing
    algorithm

  - the 'HashState' class which implements the data-consuming portion of a
    particular hashing algorithm, consuming bytes delivered in 'hash'; a new
    instance can be defined to implement a new hashing function that works on
    existing 'Hashable' types.

  We also include implementations for the following hash functions:
  'hashFNV32', 'hashFNV64', 'siphash64', and 'siphash128'.

  Please see the project description for more information, including motivation.
 -}

  -- * Hash Functions
  -- | Hashes of different widths. We tag these hash types with the types of
  -- the data they were produced from so that e.g. we get a sensible 'Eq'
  -- instance.
    Hash32(..), Hash64(..), Hash128(..)

  -- ** Hashing with the SipHash algorithm
{- |
 #siphash#

 SipHash is a fast hashing algorithm with very good mixing properties, designed
 to be very secure against hash-flooding DOS attacks. SipHash is a good choice
 whenever your application may be hashing untrusted user data.
-}
  , SipKey(..)
  , siphash64
  , siphash64_1_3
  , siphash128

  -- ** Hashing with the FNV-1a algorithm
  -- | The FNV-1a hash (see <http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/fnv/>) is
  -- a fast and extremely simple hashing algorithm with fairly good mixing
  -- properties. Its simplicity makes it a good choice if you need to implement
  -- the same hashing routines on multiple platforms e.g. to verify a hash
  -- generated in JS on a web client with a hash stored on your server.
  --
  -- If you are hashing untrusted user data and are concerned with hash
  -- flooding attacks, <#siphash consider SipHash instead>; performance is
  -- about the same in the current implementation.
  , hashFNV32
  , hashFNV64
  -- *** FNV-1a Internal Parameters
  -- | Magic FNV primes:
  , fnvPrime32
  , fnvPrime64
  -- | The arbitrary initial seed values for different output hash sizes. These
  -- values are part of the spec, but there is nothing special about them;
  -- supposedly, in terms of hash quality, any non-zero value seed should be
  -- fine passed to 'hash':
  , fnvOffsetBasis32
  , fnvOffsetBasis64

  -- * Hashable types
  , Hashable(..)
  -- ** Creating your own Hashable instances
{- |
 #principled#

 When defining 'Hashable' instances for your own algebraic data types you
 should do the following.

 For types with /a single constructor/, simply call 'hash' on each of the
 constructor's children, for instance:

 > instance (Hashable a, Hashable b, Hashable c) => Hashable (a, b, c) where
 >     hash h (a,b,c) = h `hash` a `hash` b `hash` c

 And when a type has /multiple constructors/ you should additionally call
 'mixConstructor' with a different argument for each constructor.

 > instance (Hashable a, Hashable b) => Hashable (Eithers a b) where
 >     hash h (Lefts a0 a1)     = mixConstructor 0 (h `hash` a0 `hash` a1)
 >     hash h (Rights b0 b1 b2) = mixConstructor 1 (h `hash` b0 `hash` b1 `hash` b2)

 In the future we may offer a way to derive instances like this automatically.
-}
  , mixConstructor

  -- * Stable \"hashes\" of Types
  , StableHashable(..), TypeHash(..), mixType, typeHashOf, typeHashOfProxy

  -- * Implementing new hash functions
  , HashState(..)

  -- ** Detailed discussion of principled Hashable instances
{- |
 This is a work-in-progress, and purely IYI.

 Special care needs to be taken when defining instances of Hashable for your
 own types, especially for recursive types and types with multiple
 constructors. First instances need to ensure that
 /distinct values produce distinct hash values/. Here's an example of a /bad/
 implementation for 'Maybe':

 > instance (Hashable a)=> Hashable (Maybe a) where -- BAD!
 >     hash h (Just a) = h `hash` a                 -- BAD!
 >     hash h Nothing  = h `hash` (1::Word8)        -- BAD!

 Here @Just (1::Word8)@ hashes to the same value as @Nothing@.

 Second and more tricky, instances should not permit a function
 @f :: a -> (a,a)@ such that
 @x `hash` y == x `hash` y1 `hash` y2 where (y1,y2) = f y@... or something.
 The idea is we want to avoid the following kinds of collisions:

 > hash [Just 1, Nothing] == hash [Just 1]          -- BAD!
 > hash ([1,2], [3])      == hash ([1], [2,3])      -- BAD!

 Maybe what we mean is that where @a@ is a 'Monoid', we expect replacing
 `mappend` with the hash operation to always yield /different/ values. This
 needs clarifying; please help.

 Here are a few rules of thumb which should result in principled instances for
 your own types (This is a work-in-progress; please help):

 - If all values of a type have a static structure, i.e. the arrangement and
   number of child parts to be hashed is knowable from the type, then one may
   simply hash each child element of the type in turn. This is the case for
   product types like tuples (where the arity is reflected in the type), or
   primitive numeric values composed of a static number of bits.

 Otherwise if the type has variable structure, e.g. if it has multiple
 constructors or is an array type...

 - Every possible value of a type should inject at least one byte of entropy
   /apart/ from any recursive calls to child elements; we can ensure this is
   the case by hashing an initial or final distinct byte for each distinct
   constructor of our type

 To ensure hashing remains consistent across platforms, instances should not
 compile-time-conditionally call different @mix@-family 'HashState' functions.
 This rule doesn't matter for instances like 'FNV32' which mix in data one byte
 at a time, but other 'HashState' instances may operate on multiple bytes at a time,
 perhaps using padding bytes, so this becomes important.

 A final important note: we're not concerned with collisions between values of
 /different types/; in fact in many cases "equivalent" values of different
 types intentionally hash to the same value. This also means instances cannot
 rely on the hashing of child elements being uncorrelated. That might be one
 interpretation of the mistake in our faulty @Maybe@ instance above
 -}

#ifdef EXPORT_INTERNALS
  -- * Internal functions exposed for testing; you shouldn't see these
  , hashFoldl'
  , hashLeftUnfolded
  , magnitudeAsWord
  , FNV32(..), FNV64(..)
  , bytes32, bytes64
  , _byteSwap32, _byteSwap64, _hash32Integer, _hash32_Word_64, _hash32_Int_64
  , _bytes64_32 , _bytes64_64, _signByte
  , clean8ByteChunk
  , assertionCanary
#endif
    ) where

import Data.Hashabler.Internal
import Data.Hashabler.SipHash

#ifdef EXPORT_INTERNALS
import Control.Exception

-- This could go anywhere, and lets us ensure that assertions are turned on
-- when running test suite.
assertionCanary :: IO Bool
assertionCanary = do
    assertionsWorking <- try $ assert False $ return ()
    return $
      case assertionsWorking of
           Left (AssertionFailed _) -> True
           _                        -> False
#endif

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Two months after taking over scam-tainted Satyam Computer Services, Tech Mahindra on June 21, 2009 renamed the IT major as Mahindra Satyam.
The logo will be adopted from the Mahindra Group. "This strategic move paves the way for the emergence of a robust brand, which draws from the core values of the Mahindra group and the inherent strength of the Satyam brand," said a company statement here June 21, 2009 evening.
"Customer centricity, high standards of corporate governance, unimpeachable ethics form the cornerstones of the Mahindra Group," said Mahindra Group vice chairman and managing director Anand Mahindra.
"This rebranding exercise symbolizes an amalgamation of the Mahindra Group's values with Satyam's fabled expertise, even as it retains that part of Satyam's identity which signifies commitment, purpose and proficiency of the organization and its people," the statement said.
Satyam's executive vice chairman Vineet Nayyar described the move as "a significant milestone towards the recovery of the company".
Tech Mahindra, owned by the $6.3 billion Mahindra Group, bought the scam-hit IT company in an open auction in April 2009.
The re-branding comes six months after Satyam's founder and then chairman B. Ramalinga Raju confessed to a Rs.78-billion accounting fraud.
The government launched a probe, superseded the board, and put the company up for sale in open auction.
Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju, former chief financial officer Vadlamani Srinivas and five other accused are currently in jail.
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Ramalinga Raju is hit over Obama in Internet search
He may be popular for all the wrong reasons, but Satyam's disgraced founder Ramalinga Raju has beaten US President-elect Barack Obama on internet popularity charts in India, and is closing the gap abroad too.
By now infamous IT czar Raju shot to limelight earlier this month after disclosing what has emerged as the country's biggest ever corporate fraud in India and has been called
'India's Enron' right from the word go. Google's search volume index shows Raju and Obama were generating almost equal searches from India during the first six days of the year, with Obama leading by a small margin. However, Raju jumped up the charts on January 7, when he admitted to a massive fraud of about Rs 7,800 crore.
The search volumes for Raju are estimated to have been over 10 times more than that of Obama on January 7, after which it has been declining consistently but Raju is still holding an edge over the US President-elect.
In terms of search volumes generated from various regions, Raju's own state Andhra Pradesh is on top, followed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi. In terms of cities too, the maximum search volume has been from Hyderabad, where both Raju and Satyam are based, followed by Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Mahape and Delhi.
As regards searches for Obama, Tamil Nadu has been on the top, followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi among the regions. For cities, the maximum search volumes for Obama has come from Chennai, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi. Outside India too, Raju has generated significant search volumes from UAE, Singapore, Finland, US, Poland, Australia, UK, Canada and Germany, but has lagged Obama. Raju has been searched for in Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Dallas and San Fransisco, while search queries have come in Polish language too, other than English.
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Why Lehman Brothers went bust ?
$362 bn Lehman brothers went bankrupt today. Merill Lynch was sold to Bank of America for merely $50 bn.
Lehman and Merill were 2 of the 5 biggest investment banks in US. Both are history now. 26000 employees working for Lehman lost their jobs in one day. It was a big news on all TV channels showing the Lehman employees packing their stuff, clearing their desks and closing their offices on the Wall street. NYSE rep said on TV that Stock holders of Lehman will not get anything.
The economists say this is going bring a worst economic depression of this century. And of course it is going to affect global economy.
US economy is supposed to slide further down and get worse till next June.
Why Lehman Bros went bust; what it means for you
Lehman Brothers is not more. Merrill Lynch has gown down the Bank of America maw. AIG too could go belly up. With a doubt, these developments in America are the most shocking events to have hit global financial markets. So where did it all begin? And what does it mean for the Indian stock markets? Find out. . .
What is (or was) Lehman Brothers?
America's fourth-largest investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc has filed the biggest bankruptcy petition known to mankind.
The 158-year-old firm was founded by brothers Henry, Emanuel and Mayer Lehman, Jewish immigrants to the US from Germany, in 1850. Henry set up a general store in Alabama in 1844 and was later joined by his brothers. In 1850 they set up the merchant bank in New York after having made money in railway bonds. So what went wrong?
Lehman Bros, which till June 2008 had not reported a quarterly loss even once, had earlier survived many an economic crises, like railroad bankruptcies of the 1800s, the Great Depression in the 1930s, and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management in the 1990s.
Thus the collapse of the giant investment bank came as a major shock for the entire world markets that plunged after Lehman filed a Chapter 11 petition with US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan.
The $613 billion (some estimates put the size at $639 billion) bankruptcy thus throws up the question: why did the Wall Street giant go bust? Here's why. . .
Why did Lehman Brothers go bankrupt?
The giant investment bank succumbed to the sub-prime mortgage crisis that has rocked the United States and the global economy. Lehman was strangled by a massive credit crisis and fast plummeting real estate prices.
The gargantuan $60 billion loss in bad real estate loans forced the bank to file for bankruptcy.
However, the fall of the 158-year-year institution that started cotton trade in US before the American Civil War and financed the railroad that built a nation, got hit by a large dose of bad luck, pride, arrogance and greed. Primarily, the pride of its chief executive office Richard Fuld.
But there were more reason. Check out what they were.
Lehman's collapse was also triggered by the refusal of other banks to do business with it because of its complex and, at times, opaque ways of trading. Housing loans made by the bank to people with little support made these loans very risky, and when interest rates rose, these borrowers could no more repay Lehman. This led to huge losses, the extent of which is not yet clear.
Thus other banks stopped trading with Lehman. This led to it losing almost all business and triggered its fall.
The final straw for Lehman was the fact that both Barclays Plc of the United Kingdom and Bank of America Corp pulled out of takeover talks. BofA bought out Merrill Lynch for $50 billion.
However, Barclays has now said that it is in discussions with Lehman Brothers about buying certain assets of the stricken US investment bank.
"Barclays confirms that it is discussing with Lehman Brothers the possible acquisition of certain Lehman Brothers assets on terms that would be attractive to Barclay's shareholders," Britain's third largest bank said in a statement.
When other banks do not want to buy Lehman, why is Barclays interested?
Barclays wanted to buy Lehman out at a discount, so to speak. But when Lehman CEO Fuld decided that his bank was worth much more than what Barclays had apparently offered, Barclays stepped back.
Now that Lehman has filed for bankruptcy, its assets are available fairly cheap. However, the biggest problem is to take on Lehman's enormous liabilities.
How far is the CEO of the company responsible for Lehman's fall?
Wall Street analysts believe that it was the 'hubris' of Richard Fuld, the 62-year-old CEO of Lehman, who did not take the telltale signs of impending doom very seriously. Fuld, nicknamed The Gorilla for his foul temper, intimidating presence and tough talk, rejected many bids to save Lehman because he thought that the sinking giant was much bigger than Wall Street was giving it credit for, and wanted to get more price for the sale of the company.
Analysts say if the bank was sold just a week before it went kaput, it could have been saved the ignominy of a bankruptcy, but Fuld was far too adamant to see reason. Result: the end of a 158-year-old financial giant.
Could the United States government helped, like it helped Bear Stearns in May this year, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac earlier this month?
The US government could have helped, but US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said that it would not use up any more taxpayer dollars to bail out Lehman Brothers as it would lead to investment banks getting away with their gambling ways. Paulson had bailed out Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Bear Stearns, saying that if the government had not done so, the US housing loan market would have collapsed leading to gigantic losses for hundreds of banks all over the globe that have invested in US property.
Paulson, however, believes that a brokerage major like Lehman, which does not have a direct connection with ordinary people who have taken on home loans, need not be bailed out as it would not cause any systemic damage to the US economy
Will everyone in Lehman lose their jobs?
The bankruptcy administrators, PricewaterhouseCoopers, feels that as Lehman's operations were essentially centralized at New York, the folding up of the investment banker in the US will have a telling impact on all its operations globally.
Over 5,000 employees in the UK have already lost their jobs, while about 20,000 in the US might as well forget going back to their work stations. About 2,500 Lehman employees in India too face the axe.
Will the whole bank be liquidated?
Unlikely, at least for now. The US Chapter 11 that deals with bankruptcy says that PwC, the administrators, can go about taking its time to find good offers and buyers for Lehman's 'least affected businesses.'
The entire exercise can take months before all of Lehman's assets are sold, given the complexities linked to the bankruptcy.
What about the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch deal?
Merrill Lynch's buy out by Bank of America is also a shocking development. ML, saw the writing on the wall once it guessed that Lehman was going bust, and decided to sell out before it actually has to file a bankruptcy petition..
What about the insurance giant AIG?
The world's largest insurer, American International Group, has been downgraded by credit rating agencies and is racing against time to find a multi billion dollar infusion to stay afloat. US Federal Reserve officials and two leading banks, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, were negotiating to put together $75 billion package to save the insurance giant to stave off crisis.
AIG has sought $40 billion in bridge loan to stave off the crisis. But the Fed rebuffed the request. AIG's ills came to fore, when three leading credit rating agencies – Standard and Poor's Moody's and Fitch – lowered the company's credit scores.
Who could be the next to fall?
Some Wall Street analysts, reports The Guardian, name Washington Mutual as the next financial major to 'find itself in serious trouble.'
However, the even bigger worry is whether the world's largest securities firms, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, would be able to survive this brutal financial crisis. But many say that these two gaints will not melt down as they have 'done a better job of spreading their bets across world markets and are also more diversified, less leveraged and have managed such risks much better.'
What do Indian markets fear?
The fall of two global financial behemoths — Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch — is expected to dent India Inc's ability to raise resources via the equity route.
Experts feel that such events significantly increase the risk perception, which in turn will put all future investments by institutional investors such as pension or endowment funds, on the back burner.
While the public issue market has already dried up, the private equity funds are also becoming conservative in terms of pricing. This is resulting in either inordinate delays in concluding deals or transactions being called off.
There are many instances of private equity fund managers refusing to go ahead with deals after signing the term sheet. Sources said that a leading fund conducted due diligence on two companies in the last fortnight but did not close either deal primarily because of the developments in the US, their home country.
The crisis faced by Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers is expected to have a cascading effect on PE firms too.
Will it hit the Indian growth story?
The ongoing financial sector crisis in the United States and its repercussions on developed markets worldwide will result in lower capital inflows into emerging markets like India, economists and government officials said today.
At the same time, they called for the government to make it easier for Indian companies to borrow overseas by easing the restrictions that have been imposed in the past to reduce excessive liquidity in the system and control inflation.
This will, in turn, lead to a slowing in investment growth in the months ahead. As lending gets tighter and investment flows dry, corporate India will find it more difficult to raise both equity and debt.
Technology firms are shivering
Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing may well prove to be the last straw for Indian IT firms, which were expecting the second half of FY09 to be better. As a result of the US financial market crisis, analysts do not expect Indian IT firms to sign any significant contracts in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) space in the months to come.
While IT firms do not disclose client-specific details, it's estimated that Lehman Brothers has outsourced deals amounting to anywhere between Rs 550 crore and Rs 700 crore (annually) to numerous IT firms, including majors like Tata Consultancy Services, Satyam Computer Services and Wipro. Lehman Brothers, say sources, works with 14 services providers in India – Wipro and TCS being the largest. It also has investments in a few IT firms. It's not clear if these holdings will be liquidated to raise funds.
Moreover, the sources add that Lehman Brothers' unit in India has issued termination letters to a majority of its 2,500 employees.
What kind of investment does Lehman have in India?
Lehman does not have direct large holding in the Indian stock markets. These holdings are estimated at around $200 million, including Participatory Notes. This figure is not enough to cripple the Indian stock markets.
But Lehman has exposure to the Indian stock market through special purpose vehicles. This exposure to real estate stocks is said to be of about $1.5 billion, enough to shake up the markets.
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Sensex falls below 10K, first time in 2 years
Melting stock prices on Friday pulled down the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex below the 10,000 point mark for the first time in over two years.
The 30-share index, which opened higher by 205 points, tumbled by 582.76 points to 9,998.73 in pre-close trading, a level last seen in June 2006.
The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty, which gained 66.65 points at the initial stage, plunged by 196.35 points, or 6 per cent at 3,072.95 points at the same time.
All the sectoral indices, led by realty sector were ruling in the red with steep falls, dragging the Sensex down.
Morning trade
Markets have turned volatile after bouncing back in early trade. Buying is seen in technology, capital goods and oil stocks, while selling in banking, few metal, pharma and FMCG stocks.
At 1022 hrs IST, the Sensex rose 5.90 points to 10,587 and the Nifty gained 16 points to 3,285. BSE Midcap and Small Cap indices rose 0.8 per cent each.
Top losers are ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Sterlite Industries, Tata Communication, SBI, DLF, Reliance Communication, HDFC, Tata Power and HUL. However, gainers are Wipro, ONGC, L&T, HCL Tech, Cairn India, TCS, Reliance Industries and ITC.
Breadth is negative; about 1363 shares have advanced while 1583 shares have declined. Nearly 242 shares are unchanged.
Markets @ 0956 hrs IST: Nifty stands above 3300; Cap Goods, IT, Realty stocks up
Markets have bounce back in early trade after sharp cut seen in previous trade, as US markets rebounded sharply in Thursday's trade. Buying is seen in capital goods, auto, technology, banking, technology and power stocks.
At 0956 hrs IST, the Sensex rose 111 points to 10,692 and the Nifty gained 35 points at 3,304. BSE Midcap and Small cap indices rose over 1 per cent.
Satyam, Tata Motors, Zee Entertainment, Reliance Infrastructure, L&T, BHEL, Siemens, Suzlon, HDFC Bank, TCS and Tata Steel have gained.
Satyam Computer is witnessing volatility after gaining nearly 5 per cent in opening trade, after its Q2 numbers. The company has reported growth of 6.05 per cent in net profit of Rs 580.85 crore as against Rs 547.70 crore, QoQ. Net sales stood at Rs 2819.29 crore versus Rs 2620.83 crore.
Asian markets are trading mixed. The Nikkei and Shanghai rose 2 per cent and 1 per cent, respectively. However, Kospi, Taiwan and Jakarta tumbled 1-3 per cent. Hang Seng and Straits Times fell marginally.
US markets closed firm after a hugely volatile session. A late-day rally gave the Dow a triple-digit boost after a 700 point intra-day swing. Unwinding of hedged options on the S&P 500 ahead of October options expiry was one of the factors for the volatility in the market.
The expiration triggered several big buys at the end of the day. Dow gained 401.35 points, or 4.68 per cent, to 8,979.26. The S&P 500 index advanced 38.59 points, or 4.25 per cent, to 946.43, and the Nasdaq composite index added 89.38 points, or 5.49 per cent, to 1,717.71.
October 17, 2008 Posted by Bala | Business, General	| Bank, Bombay Stock Exchange, Delhi, DLF, Gain, Gainers, HCL, HDFC, ICICI, L&T, Losers, Loss, Market, National Stock Exchange, Nifty, Profit, Reliance, Satyam, SBI, Sensex, Stock, Tata, TCS | Leave a comment


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Charities 2018: Blind Dog Rescue and Pet Blood Bank.: Money raised £1900.
Each year a different charity/charities is chosen by Billingshurst Dog Training Club for which we try to raise funds through various events and personal donations, and for 2019, we have chosen Garbo's German Shepherd Dog Rescue.
Please help BDTC to raise funds for these worthwhile charities.
KIT WILSONTRUST, WADARS & AHT & MEDICAL DETECTION DOGS PRESENTATIONS.
Here is Eunice presenting the cheque for £1500, raised by the club, 2014/2015, to Kit Wilson Trust for their Aged Dogs Accommodation, at the BDTC AGM.
Here are Eunice, Pat and Graham presenting Stef Ransley from Wadars Animal Sanctuary, with the cheque for £1500 raised by BDTC in 2014/2015 with a note from Wadars.
Your donation has been reserved for current dog care.
This means it will be used for kennelling and veterinary fees for a number of our four-legged friends in our care, as you will know some treatments can be costly (scale and polish, neutering etc) and this is not always covered by the adoption fee.
Below is a picture of Eunice presenting Andrew Simmonds from AHT with the cheque for £1050 raised by BDTC in 2015/2016 with a copy of the letter sent by AHT.
It was a pleasure meeting you at Crufts on the Sunday and to have received the wonderful cheque from Billinghurst Dog Training Club's fundraising in 2016. What an honour to receive your valued funds in this our 75th Anniversary year!!
With our sincere thanks again for supporting our canine work and I shall look forward to updating you on how the funds were utilised in due course. We will ensure they provide a huge benefit towards furthering the health and welfare of dogs.
Above Is a picture of Eunice presenting Esther Vanoostrum who is a local volunteer for Medical Detection Dogs, with a cheque for £800 raised in 2016/2017. The presentation took place at the BDTC Agility Show 2018 at Cranleigh Showground.
Above is a picture of Maureen at Crufts 2019 presenting Cath from Blind Dog Rescue UK with a cheque for £950.
Above is a picture of Pat at Crufts 2019 presenting Pet Blood Bank with a cheque for £950.
Below are some letters from Medical Detection Dogs Fundraising Manager Frankie Hockham for money raised by BDTC IN 2017.
Below is a letter of thanks from GARBO'S GSD Rescue for the £400 donated to them from the surplus from 2016/2017 fundraising year.
Below is a letter of thanks from Blind Dog Rescue UK for the £950 raised by BDTC in 2018.
Below is a thankyou letter from Katrina Wilkinson, MD of Pet Blood UK for the £950 raised by BDTC in 2018.


This document is designed to allow companies in both the Public and Private Sector, where a Call or Contact Centre exists to gain a better understanding of the benefits associated with installing Optymyse Advanced Wallboard and Employee Engagement Software. In this instance the solution being referred to is specifically designed to take real-time data from any AVAYA PBX where CMS and RT_Socket have been installed and adding metrics from QueueBuster.
Cheshire County Council is one of many organisations using AVAYA technology in their Contact Centre, in this instance the purpose of the Contact Centre was to be a single point of contact for citizens of Cheshire to receive County Council based services. The services provided by the contact centre includes enquiries and applications for Blue Badges, School transport and Free school meals, along with reporting of highways faults, a payment taking service and the provision of an almost unlimited range of General Enquiries.
9 (nine) flat screen TVs were mounted on walls, 7 responsible for displaying the real-time information from the AVAYA, plus key information from QueueBuster. In addition to Contact Centre Metrics the solution also allows Cheshire County Council to post instant scrolling messages and fullpage messages which can rotate in sequence with the Contact Centre statistics.
Installation Address Cheshire County Council, Dalton House, Dalton Way, Middlewich, Cheshire.
Founded in 2001 SJS Solutions have dedicated over 16 years to the improvement of contact centres across the globe. We take a consultative approach towards solving the biggest challenge facing call and contact centres today, the retention of good agents (CSRs).
According to Gallup just 31% of employees are engaged at work and an improvement in worker engagement of just 5%-10% can result in an increase of approximately 1,227 to 2,454 more available call minutes per agent per year.
Optymyse is more than just a wallboard, it's a completely new way to empower, engage and motivate your agents. To have the biggest impact we strongly encourage our customers to replace negative call handling metrics with Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) and Net Promotor Scores (NPS), and to move as far away from traditional wallboard or dashboards layouts as possible.
By using the latest REST API and Browser-Based technology we give our customers the ability to reconnect agents to their brands, remind them of core company values, be empowered, satisfied and most of all have access to the information they need to deliver positive customer experiences.
When purchasing Optymyse, the world's most flexible wallboard software, customers also receive the tools, knowledge and support required to create amazing contact centers, filled with happy, engaged, loyal agents.
Cheshire County Council wanted to improve the level of service being provided to the Public and felt that by giving agents instant access to the information available from both their telephone system, QueueBuster and improving communication with agents would help them improve their levels of service.
An additional driver was to alleviate the pressure endured by the management team who are micro managing teams to ensure they are aware of calls waiting and managing when breaks / lunch are taken in the light of calls waiting. Without this information or micro management staff may go for breaks when there are calls waiting and be available whilst there is a dip in demand. This meant that the supervisory staff were not able to focus on the other side of the role; looking at ways to improve the performance and moral within the contact centre.
The contact centre serves the local community with a wide range of services. There are large fluctuations of call volumes mostly outside the control of the contact centre and as such it is challenging or impossible to influence staffing to accommodate these peaks and troughs without either incurring high costs or resulting in long call wait times. It has therefore taken a high degree of supervisory intervention to manage the staff and ensure that the queuing calls are dealt with efficiently whilst providing a quality service.
Cheshire County Council had an existing AVAYA PBX plus CMS reporting package. CMS provides both historic and real-time reports but these reports are only accessible to managers and supervisors on a desktop PC and are not suitable for display on large TV screens. In addition to this, QueueBuster calls are reported via an external website, which means that managers have to look at two sources to view a full picture of contact centre activity. Agents would only know if customers were waiting longer than acceptable when a manager looked at the CMS reports and verbally made them aware of the problem, this issue was compounded by the fact that QueueBuster information was not being regularly viewed by management due to impracticalities such as website time out and the complexity of looking at multiple sources to get a complete picture. This would result in the situation where both managers and staff were unaware of the complete picture of calls waiting and wait times making it very difficult to provide an acceptable service to the public whilst planning both general staffing and also lunches and breaks.
Optymyse takes real-time information from the AVAYA via RT_Socket, feeds this information down the customer network to any number of wall-mounted televisions. Optymyse is all major PBX / contact centre solutions and is suitable for outbound "sales / activity driven" Call Centres as well as "service driven" Contact Centres. Optymyse instantly transfers data and information to TV screens via tables, simple values, virtual noticeboards, scrolling messages and threshold based alerts. In addition the Optymyse Screen Director puts the customer in complete control of all of these elements, thus reducing TCO. As was the case with Cheshire County Council SJS are able to blend data from multiple sources (CRM, WFM etc) and show this information on any device.
Connect any hardware device/PC e.g. an Intel NUC, AOPEN Chromebox Commercial, Raspberry Pi 3 etc with an Operating System installed (e.g. Windows/Linux) to any TV, monitor or projector screen.
To view a screen design simply open a browser (e.g. Chrome/Firefox) on the hardware device and either open the Optymyse Director or type in the URL link for the screen you wish to view. (Each screen has a URL when it is added into the Optymyse Director).


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Essena O'Neill, the former teen Instagram model made the decision to quit Instagram after growing disillusioned and unhappy with the staged nature of her social media presence. Before deleting her Instagram account, Essena recaptioned all of her photographs to reflect her true experiences when they were taken and posted.
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Yoga in Palestine: Freedom on the Mat
I recently returned home to Ireland after a short visit to the Occupied Palestinian West Bank. Despite the existence of a stalled peace process, which is well documented elsewhere, the feeling on the ground as observed from a Palestinian perspective, is that a just resolution to Israel's continued military occupation remains as uncertain as ever. As I write, US diplomacy efforts are falling short of bringing both sides to the table as the Palestinian demand for a settlement freeze as a precondition to negotiations is denied by Israel. At a meeting with Bethlehem's first female Mayor, Vera Baboun who is a Christian Palestinian, she cautioned that without a freeze on illegal Israeli settlement expansion, Palestinians will soon become the 'settlers' in the West Bank as dispossession from their land deepens.
During my visit, however a rare expression of optimism and unity emerged across the Palestinian territories and rippled throughout the Arab and Middle East region. This was the victory of 23 year old Gazan refugee, Mohammad Assaf as winner of the massively popular TV Talent Show, 'Arab Idol'. An astounding 60 million people voted for Assaf in a show of unprecedented solidarity for this young man representing a Stateless people. The celebrations that followed were akin to those treasured in Ireland on the rare occasions of victory in international football or rugby. The broader repercussions of such a watershed however, remain to be seen. Assaf's performance and success can be seen as is a simple expression of non-violent resistance, and of Palestinian unity and pride in its' purest form- through music. He speaks very eloquently of this himself. (http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/06/201362219549114855.html)
Which leads me to the purpose of my trip. I travelled to Palestine to witness and document a new, unique and unlikely form and expression of non-violent resistance emerging among Palestinian women in the West Bank: Yoga. As a yoga teacher and independent documentary maker, I became intrigued by a story I found in several online news sources earlier this year about how yoga is being used as a transformative tool to support women in Palestine (see links below). I read about 'Farashe' ('Butterfly' in Arabic)- a non-profit yoga studio based in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Established in 2010 by a group of Palestinians and international expats, Farashe's aim is to make yoga available to anyone in the West Bank wishing to access it. Its' name- butterfly– signifies transformation both on the personal and wider, collective levels.
What charged my interest further was learning of a teacher-training course facilitated by Farashe and a Washington DC based charitable foundation, Anahata International, who's mission is to bring yoga teacher -training to areas of conflict or post-conflict zones. This was a story that resonated with me as a yoga practitioner, teacher and documentary maker. I needed to see it for myself. To respect the privacy of the women involved, the majority of whom are of the Muslim faith, I decided that the most appropriate form of recording the story would be through the medium of radio – and so, I set about making a radio documentary. I contacted Farashe and with relevant agreements in place, I was warmly welcomed to Palestine. And so for the month of June, I said goodbye to my own yoga students, packed my microphone and recorder along with some donated Yoga props from Irish-based company 'Body and Soul Store' and travelled to Ramallah in the heart of the West Bank.
This year, 22 Palestinian women availed of the teacher-training course offered by Farashe. This included 16 who had participated in a foundation yoga training course in 2012 and an additional 6 new trainees, which included a number of Psycho-Social Counsellors working in West Bank's refugee camps. Others were recruited through community centres and gyms in towns and villages from Ramallah, Bethlehem, Ni'ilin and Nablus. For many, this was their first introduction to yoga. By the end of the short 9 -day intensive training course, they were clearly inspired and moved by a sense of personal transformation- on both physical and psychological levels. Many of the women felt immediate improvements in posture, reported that they were sleeping better and feeling calmer in general. Some of the women who had undertaken training in 2012 had begun teaching yoga classes proving that the potential for transformation reaches beyond the individual and extends into the wider community. Examples of this will be explored in depth in the forthcoming documentary (I can't give everything away here!)
Over three weeks, I captured stages of the teacher-training delivered by three highly experienced teachers from Anahata International through a wonderful interpreter, Lubna, who then joined me on the road. I got to know some of the Palestinian women trainees – spending time with them in their homes, observing them teaching yoga classes in local communities and sharing hearty meals with their families. Their stories are remarkable. Not only because they are extraordinary women, but because they exemplify the dignified nature and resolve of the Palestinian spirit. Their enthusiasm for yoga is clear. The women are testament to how even the briefest respite from the daily stress of occupation is a necessity for women living under occupation. Through everyday acts of resistance such as planting seeds, learning new things, supporting family needs, preparing food for the table- and now, in practicing and sharing the benefits of yoga, Palestinian women find a new way to express a sense of agency and explore an inner world of freedom, which is otherwise denied to them under Israeli Military occupation.
I am back in Ireland now, about to begin the process of editing and pulling the material together to share this remarkable story. I intend to create an independent blog where I will share the stories and development of this project in more detail. I hope you will join me there. (A link will be provided here shortly)
Further reading on this yoga initiative in Palestine:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alaina-sadick/bringing-the-benefits-of-_b_1634643.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/07/201271512307610494.html
http://www.anahatainternational.org
http://www.bodyandsoulstore.com
Practice and All is Coming
When I last wrote an entry here in very early February, I was enthusiastically welcoming Spring with its' promise of brighter days, renewed natural growth and the awakening of seasonal shifts. How disappointing then, to note that as I write almost two months later, that Spring feels yet a distant reality. Reports of heavy snowfalls and electricity failure in the North are repeated on news bulletins. Flooding and road closures in the East and South warn motorists to take care and bitter easterly gales whip the island on which I live . It has been a long Winter.
But then, doesn't what we desire to have or be often feel tantalizing close yet impossibly beyond reach? The summer holiday booked in January, the momentous family event planned well in advance, the release from school, college or workplace at the end of term… How we value the intervening time and how we refer to it is telling – filling time; in limbo; biding time- says a lot about how we value the present and project unconsciously into the future. The lesson here is that regardless of how laborious these intervening stages seem, the future will eventually arrive and transform into a conscious present.
And similarly during yoga practice, I have found myself as a student- from time to time- wandering into this same territory during a routine class, a challenging sequence or demanding asana (posture). Is this class nearly finished? Where's the clock in this room? When will we get to Savasana (final relaxation)? As a student, the transition from the busy mind to the quiet mind, which is desired for a deep and restorative practice doesn't always come easy. But. We get there in the end. Without realizing it, we let go of expectation unconsciously and find ourselves being invited to take our final relaxation posture, Savasana, or corpse pose. And all is well. We feel restored. And when we finish the practice, we remember nothing of the impatience, the frustration or restlessness we perceived as impenetrable half–way through class.
Sri K.Pattabi Jois, founder and master of Ashtanga Yoga, puts it simply, 'Practice and All is coming'. This is not the same as saying 'it's about the journey not the destination', which sounds corny and trite at the best of times, because ultimately, the destination is irrelevant. So when it comes to desiring for Winter to end and Spring to finally arrive, it will be irrelevant, as Spring evolves and reveals itself in much more subtle forms than we can perceive on a physical level. And when we perceive that it has 'arrived', it quietly transforms once again. Thus Spring dissolves as Summer takes up residence. Our yoga practice draws to a close and we become aware of the subtle benefits and transformation gained since we first unfurled our mats. At first we practice, and then all is coming.
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Springcoming: Anois teacht an Earraigh
I had this argument, or should I say 'debate' out with a friend of mine this time last year. When does Spring officially start? In my mind, Spring begins on February the 1st- St. Brigid's Day. This goes back to my primary school days, when on February 1st the Bord Dúalra (Nature Table) would take on a greener, fresher shade. Red berries, deep brown nuts and fading holly leaves would be swept off the display into the teachers' palms. The gesture of another Winter passing. Sprouting beans atop cotton wool gauze in yoghurt pots would fill the space and on mornings, we would be witness to all feats of nature's wonders in bold colours on the slide/ projector screen. The white and purple crocus. Talk of tadpoles would creep into (usually boys) conversations. Used 1/2 litre Milk bottles clutched in little hands would, one by one, line up along the window sill, gasping with expectation for the tadpole jelly.
And so this evening, as I lead my yoga class on the eve of the feast of St. Brigid, a Pagan Goddess to many, I paid quiet homage to the shifting of the seasons that tomorrow will mark (even if it' still pretty Wintery outside). In the West of Ireland, St Brigid dolls made of straw (súgán) will be walked from house to house as locals bend and turn the súgán into festive shapes above doorways, welcoming visitors in from the darkness. Time to exhale and breathe again.
As I set up the music to play while my students rested in their final relaxation savasana of the yoga class this evening, I noticed how the petals of the white tulips I'd picked up last week, were now open wide, like glad children – giddy with expectation at the changes which lie ahead.
To my friend's mind, Spring begins in late March, around the Equinox. A fair argument, perhaps. But for me, the memory of the nature table is fixed firm and February 1st signifies the wonder of tadpoles, crocus, snowdrops and light.
Anois teach an Earraigh, tá an lá ag dul chun síneadh (O Raiftearaí)
Welcome the Spring as the day stretches long.
All in good…time
I finished my class this evening back-to-front or backwards, even: with an intention. Setting an intention for an asana (yoga) class usually comes at the beginning, to focus the mind on a broad, fleeting or quiet aspiration or reflection. But this evening, somehow, it slipped through my new-teacher mind. Happily- and appropriately, it did drop back into my mind as the class drew to its gentle conclusion.
The theme, or intention that I was going to set – and meant to share- was around developing awareness around the idea that all the things we wish for- desires, kindness, necessary affirmations in life- come in good time. And so, it fit perfectly that I should at first forget and then be reminded of this humbling and, all too often, challenging acceptance. It will fit when it fits.
The trouble is, all too often, we become attached to these wants, needs, desires and identify with them to such an extent that they end up controlling our minds, hearts, days and nights. The lesson here, is in letting go. Letting go of attachment to the, ' I need', 'I must have/ do/achieve'. Without the attachment to the 'I need', there is no expectation and no chance of disappointment – just acceptance of what is.
This is a lesson which resonates with me 'off the mat 'also, as I recently received news that has brought an unexpected affirmation, and while I did not actively desire or 'need' it, has made me aware that fulfillment can happen even if the need is without any particular shape or form prior to it happening! But when it happens, you know it fits. You realise that – yes, this is what I needed and this is the right moment. And so, the intention to be aware is also the intention of letting go, accepting and trusting that things will happen, when they happen, in their own time. Back -to -front. Upside down. Inside and out. All… in good time.
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Yogalann Beginnings: Teaching Yoga Any-where
When I came across the notice from Bitu – an experienced Hatha yoga teacher based in the North Indian State of Ladakh-taped to a lamppost offering classes in his rented room in the Asia Guesthouse on the Chungspa Road in Leh, I have to admit I wondered what that would be like. Coming from the Western world of underfloor-heated Yoga Studios with surround sound speakers and adjustable lighting I felt slightly uneasy with the idea of sharing such an intimate, private space with a complete stranger – and practicing yoga to boot. But, a fellow traveller recommended the classes to me, and so I dropped my preconceived notions of Western propriety and cultivated expectations of what a yoga studio should offer the student in terms of setting the tone: space, light and cleanliness, and set my watch for the 6.30am wake up. When I walked through the sleepy Asia Guesthouse courtyard at 6.55am, guests sipping their early morning lassis before taking to the surrounding Himalayan mountains en masse- and proceeded through a narrow, unlit corridor, onward up the polished stone steps to room number 3, I was met with a lesson over the following two weeks of early mornings that I will never forgot.
First, to drop all preconceived notions of what is or is not an appropriate place to practice yoga. And second, to understand that yoga, with the right intention, approach and teacher guiding you safely through your practice, can be practiced anywhere. Sure, the aesthetics of your space are important and one of the precepts of the traditional Ashtanga 8 -Limb system of philosophy is cleanliness (saucha). This room could have been cleaner, perhaps. But it was flooded with the cleanest and brightest morning sunlight I have ever seen. There were no yoga mats, belts, blocks or eye pillows. Instead, it had a gradually inclined floor, several layers of (dusty!) carpet and a mattress (where the teacher slept, up to about -oh, 5minutes before my arrival!) laid up against the wall. But the room did have a view and a natural soundtrack- a lazy stream- melt waters of the Himalayas, skirting the Guesthouse. And the windows, shut tight to the early morning chill, offered stunning mountain vistas. At 3,500 feet above sea level, the city of Leh is nestled on Ladakh's high plains at the foot of the Himalayan range. Beyond the range as seen through the window of the Asia Guest House and due West, lay the embattled State of Kashmir; Pakistan lay further West and China rose due North. Ladakh is a Buddhist State, formerly Tibetan – and at this altitude and through the month of July (when I visited), promises days of glorious sunshine, with the finest of visibility. The mountains, rising from the horizon – humbling, inspiring and bold in their lofty beauty – made each morning practice a joy. The uneven floor, became part and parcel of the daily challenge.
So when it came to considering where I might begin to explore my own yoga practice as a new and recently qualified yoga teacher, I was reminded that with the right intention, approach and teacher guiding you, yoga can be taught anywhere. And so, this evening marked my first steps – not quite like in the Asia Guesthouse but here, in my own home in Limerick- and appropriately on the banks of Ireland's longest River, the Shannon. Converting the living room space into a bespoke – or to use the buzz word of travel magazines – 'boutique' style yoga studio was perfect. I am lucky to rent a room in a very well cared for home, with an open plan living room area, offering plenty of floor space and options for mat placement. I did invest in some props and scents (rose, for the heart!) but I opened my first class as a new yoga teacher with a welcome and a very warm acknowledgment of the lesson learned from Bitu, who taught me well in his humble quarters at the Asia Guesthouse on the Chungspa Road.


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Rear Window (1954) (BluRay)
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The Killer Is Loose 1956 (1956) (BluRay)
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I Walk Alone (1947) (BluRay)
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Hells Half Acre (1954) (BluRay)
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The Search (1948) (DVDRip)
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The Accused (1949) (BluRay)
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Desert Fury (1947) (BluRay)
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Rear Window [Hindi] (1954) (BluRay)
Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartm
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The Furies 1950 (1950) (BluRay)
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Carbine Williams (1952) (DVDRip)
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Sorry Wrong Number (1948) (BluRay)
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Holiday Affair (1949) (BluRay)
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The Rainmaker (1956) (BluRay)
Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's
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Alias Jesse James (1959) (BluRay)
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The Rack (1956) (DVDRip)
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