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She Believed She Can, So She Did!
Are you scared of bombing the ENTRY TEST? Do you get nervous just at the thought of MCAT? Is this the only specter that haunts your way? Let's be honest, right off the bat and admit that studying for the MCAT is not fun, especially when the stakes are so high. Obviously, if you want to get in, you'll have to put in the time and effort to excel on the MCAT! But still UHS offers no assurance!
Okay let me share My Journey to Medicine, My Road to MCAT! A short story… From Failure to Success! From Rejection to Selection! From a Pre-Medical Student to a Medical student! A walk worth remembering! I experienced rejection; I experienced failure; but I didn't let it go. And today when I look back, a year (being a Repeater) looks so lame in comparison with what I've been blessed with. Yes! Alhamdulillah I'm a Medical student, a RAWALIAN.
"Road to Medical life… A walk to remember"
"Doctors are not made, they are chosen"
Okay!! I, like many of you, since I was 4 or 5, started dreaming of becoming a DOCTOR. May be it was due to the environment of our home which was so educational or my Ideal Doctors, "Aappi" and "Bhae"; the graduates of KEMU and RMC. Whenever I encountered the question, "Beta baray ho k kya ban'na hy appny?" there was always an impulsive reply, "Doctor"… It was a kind of reflex action to me. So that idea got deeply rooted in my mind since I was very young… When I didn't even know the meaning of the word "Doctor" and it sowed the seeds in my mind. Then as I grew some older, these seeds started ripening and burgeoning rapidly, with its roots adamantly adhering to my every single thought, dreams, ideas and plans regarding my future.. !!
Being a PRE-MEDICAL Student!!
Life went really smoothly and school era came to an end… Everyone used to say that, "College life is fun time of one's life" but being a PRE-MEDICAL student, you ought to have another thought coming. Life showed me that it's not a bed of roses at all… The result of 1st year board left me in a dark valley of despair. In- spite of whole year's night awakenings, securing highest grades in each college assessment and my best performance in each Exam; I made it up to 447 only! Yes, 447… the score that is enough to make you stand no-where!
It was for the very first time I experienced, "Expectations hurt more than anything" This time I started getting tensed. I never have been that much depressed as in this span of time. This was the time I started doubting my future. I started making many different dreadful scenarios and assumptions regarding my future. And it was probably my First Mistake. Well, when you start doubting your own future then you are inviting many evils of fears, despair, and hopelessness to build a castle in your nerves, mind and soul. And they mess up all the things together; your diligence, zeal, passion everything and keep you entangled in your own web of doubts.
Then even after 2nd year exams, I wasn't finding myself in any race among the other Pre-Medical students, who scored brilliantly in their 1st year (my 2nd mistake), but still getting best prepared for the Entry Test for it can change all the game. Okay, 3 months passed; June, July, August and at the very end of August came out our result. I scored 936 and I thought it to be a respectable total … I don't memorize any single day during these months, in which I slept without calculating the required aggregate. One thing I had learnt from the past, "Dream a little low so it won't screw you up afterwards"… So this time, I just thought that I should score 950+ to be in a safe zone!!
The thing about MCAT is that you study until you get Mental Hemorrhoids. There are about 220 MCQ's in the test but literally hundreds and hundreds of concepts you have read in your Pre-medical classes. Nothing quite strikes fear in the heart of Pre-medical student as the prospect of taking the MCAT. This fear is not completely unwarranted... The MCAT is the monster of a test … And in most cases it is the last hurdle along the long path to the medical college… For this reason, there is a common fear that all the hard work put during last two years can be all or none if you crash and burn on the test day!! A lifetime of work can come down to how well you perform on one day! This is an irrational fear. There is no reason to assume that if you have worked and studied hard and performed well in FSC that all; that'll leave you on test day. If u did reasonably well in FSC and prepared for the Test you should do well but what "If?" 'What if 'If's' will drive you crazy?? Well there is no remedy available!
Ok, then came the DOOMS DAY… Yes, the Entry Test Day 22nd of September, 2013… I was in the best of my spirits. Started with Biology! When I reached half of the MCQ's, I felt like I'm attempting all of the questions and not leaving a single which is probably not a good thing. Negative Marking is there so I need to be a little more cautious... So, I started skipping the questions in which I was doubtful even a percent or less… And that pattern proceeded in Physics and Chemistry as well… So, it resulted in skipping of 20 questions altogether… I was left with a total of 1000 marks only...
I was extremely tensed during test hours that I marked the easiest of the questions incorrectly! Yes, I marked 'C' instead of 'B' and 'B' instead of 'C' on my response form in almost 10 of the questions (the biggest blunder one can ever make!) And when I came to know about this all, it was quite late! So, the questions that I deemed to be correct were incorrect in actual!
I also felt badly the need for word to word RATTA (I would have made) for Biology as even the simple things were mixing that time. There were hardly 3-4 questions incorrect in Physics and Chemistry's Section. I performed well in English as well but Biology; most of the questions I skipped from this section and most of the incorrect ones also in the same section! Result came as No Shocking News! 879/1100 with an aggregate % of 83.3052%... And I was left with no other option than to repeat and waste a year because it was not possible for me to let go of my Dream I dwelled in, for the lifetime! So, it was a requisite of time to give Myself another chance!!
Year 2014!!! (Being a Repeater)
Medical + Stethoscope + White Overall = A Shattered Dream!
Well, I will never ever forgive you 2013! For many of my tears :'( … This was the time when I found myself in the middle of no-where… Friends getting prepared for the New Era of Life; Medical life! Thrill, fun, excitement … And *Le me with FSC books again in hand revising for the 47th time! Well, it's really heartrending when you find yourself lagging behind the people that were there with you yesterday. They all took a leap and you still creeping like a snail :@. When you are a REPEATER, you are not sure about your new energy, but you know that you are in a risky situation. There is a chance that you may even succeed in a venture where others before you failed. Situations have an unfortunate tendency to be difficult for you. I told myself daily that your OPTIMISM ought not to be changed no matter what!! Just make sure that the battle you fight today is yours. There may be a great deal of tension in the air that might behoove you to stay detached from the war that's apt to ensue. One explanation could be rattled 'Confidence'. Why you doubt yourself right now?? You need to give yourself a long look in the MIRROR! Remind yourself that you can't stop moving forward just because you haven't made it last time!!
Well, I haven't found books hateful, as during this span of time. Yes, I hated them… I used to look at them as if someone's old love for which one has surrendered everything and that love has ruined it completely!! During the start of this year, for many a days, I didn't find courage to face these books again… I never have hated STUDYING but I was just sick of these FSC BOOKS! What I wanted is some new start! Some new books! Some new ME! But everything was OLD; monatomic, but NO I was change!!… I had more the riches of tensions, worries, depressions, and fears ahead!
But wait!! I had two options from there onward… 1st was, I let that DEFEAT define ME; or the 2nd one, I let it STRENGHTHEN me… and I chose the 2nd one … Well, I won't say that I was a kind of OPTIMISTIC being. There were many sleepless nights during this whole year… The persistent condition of my eyes these day; swelled up, burning red and pearls sparkling all the time (yes, the tears). I was of the view these days that I'm the most UNLUCKY being ever born on this planet. Honestly to tell you, I lost the hope of a percent or even less that I, Yes I can get in to a Medical college and Government!! Uff, no wake up DEAR!!
But someone said to me, "Okay! If we suppose that you are UNLUCKY, as you say; so why you are still relying on your luck… Stop leaning on the luck for even a percent. Just raise your HARD WORK to 100% ... No space for the LUCK to matter. Some people write down their FUTURE with their own hands… So, let yourself be added among that queue of people, The DETERMINED ones though unlucky!!
Okay, now the 1st question was! Should I need to improve my FSC score! This thing as we all know that improvement of 10-15 marks can't make a huge difference to your Aggregate. What matters most is how well you perform in your ENTRY TEST… Okay one thing to tell you, I was a Pre-MEDICAL student and I used to dislike BIOLOGY more than any other subject (even Pak. Studies). So, what I needed to do is to improve my Biology. (And today Bio is LOVE) So, I decided to appear in BIO-2 again!!
Some days, I got up and realized that I'm in the middle of NOWHERE… I have nothing to do but STUDYING and go to bed with the same thing planned for next many of the months. The only thing surrounding me these days was the prevalent Darkness!! I just looked for the light at the end of the tunnel, it's there. And what I need to do is to surpass this tunnel successfully. I deactivated Whatsapp, Viber, Facebook everything…
I started with BIOLOGY first. I didn't follow the UHS syllabus as I wasn't in a position to take the risk for even a single MCQ in this section (Although I skipped some of the Topics from 1st year Bio that included the Botany stuff (plants related portion)i.e. I skipped most of the PLANTAE and also Ch-14's starting part and the Kingdom Protoctista. From Bio-2 one can skip Ch-19 and 26 as well!) ... I used to read each line word to word again and again till these words got engraved to the bottom of my mind (with special emphasis on the blue blocks and diagram's descriptions). For Biology, one needs to lick up the whole book word to word and bits by bits! I revised the Biology for 3 months and by the end of these months, Bio was on finger tips... I wasn't oblivious of other subjects as well.
I started ENGLISH side by side. I estimated. Okay! If I revise 10 words of English vocab daily then I will revise the whole vocabulary in almost 872/ 10 = 87.2 days, Ok let it be 90 days, means time span of 3 months. So, at the very end of these 3 months I chewed up whole vocab thoroughly and also done with Bio completely… (For Vocabulary I consulted KIPS English book edition 2013, I think it's best for vocabulary. No need to search for the meanings yourself; there are many good books for this purpose, consult them!)
Then I began with PHYSICS. I followed the UHS prescribed syllabus for Physics (that included all the topics both before and after the UHS Topics. And all the stuff I found in relation with UHS topics including books of 9th and 10th as well)… What you need to do for 'Physics' is, make a register and compile each and every thing you found in correspondence with a topic (Unit Vise) with special emphasis on Formulas, Units, Graphs and Definitions (you may take help from the books of 9th and 10th as well for the topics like Centre of Gravity, Ultra-Sonics and its uses, Audible frequency range, Defects of Vision i.e. Long/Short sightedness etc). For once this register has been made; you can revise whole Physics in just a couple of days (no restriction, you can take even more). No need to overwork yourself with Exercise's lengthy Numerical, just keep revising the Chapter's Examples and revise them too often that just by seeing the statement you remind both the Formula and the Answer (but not to rely on that answer as values may be changed this time). Okay, it almost took two weeks in compiling all the physics stuff in a register and revising it.
Last but not the least!! Yes, CHEMISTRY .Well you can't think of skipping even a single topic from 1st year Chemistry because UHS is really shrewd in the sense that they picked up the TOPICS for which you need to go through the whole chapter thoroughly (May be u won't find all the topics related as everyone has a different perspective and I'm just telling mine! But I think it's good to be safe). Many of the topics from UHS syllabus may seem to be not in our FSC books but actually they are except a few! So it's better to Google them instead of panicking yourself. Then CHEM -2, I did only the UHS topics for INORGANIC Chemistry (feel free to prepare only the specified topics and act as if no other topic other than them, is there in your book) But for ORGANIC Chemistry, you need to go through all the related topics as well (And that depends on you what you find in relation with a topic e.g. for Electrophiles and Nucleophiles one needs to go through all the reactions of the book related to Electrophiles/ Nucleophiles substitution and elimination whether they are individually included or not.
P.S that's only what I think!). So I was done with all the subjects thoroughly in almost 5 months…
P.S that's only what I think!). So I was done with all the subjects thoroughly in almost 5 months…
I also made it my routine to revise English vocab side by side with every subject as there was a chance of mixing up the MASSIVE VOCABULARY. I used to revise 50 words daily, after I had revised the vocab for the 1st time (10 words per day). Then when the whole vocab was revised for the 2nd time, I used to revise 100 words per day. (And these words to be revised 3-4 times per day as well, it was like a routine diet for me that's intake is somewhat compulsory!) So when I was done with whole vocab for 3 times thoroughly then I used to revise whole vocab daily and marked the words that still needed to be revised. And then revised these mixing words for many a times And YES!! I was sure about these 872 words!!
For English Grammar, I have gone through all the Parts of Speech thoroughly and the whole grammar stuff (that I think every good grammar contain) from all the Grammar books I had a collection of! (Long list=D) (I think a single comprehensive reading (or twice) is just enough, if you are already good in English; which I suppose I was not) But the major contribution in this regard was of WREN & MARTIN. There is nothing like you need to memorize anything, just make sure you are good in Tenses, the usage of prepositions, relative pronoun; correct form of verb; sentence completion and most importantly you are good in locating the faulty part of a sentence (Mostly, when I read a sentence, my eyes sees only the faulty portion of it just on one glance, even though I didn't make out the flaw sometimes but I was able to locate it and that's what needed for the Test)
Let me tell you one other thing that might prove helpful for you… Each time, when I was going to revise any chapter, I used to mention the respective DATE on the very 1st page of that chapter, so it was a way of knowing; how many times the chapter have got revised! … And I gained so much confidence while during last revision of the books; I wasn't finding any little space to mention the corresponding date!!
One other thing, try to memorize the things that mix up with the help of MNEMONICS. It'll be really helpful. I used to make my own key words, little mnemonics (though silly =D) and by this I was able to memorize the gigantic tables as well. I used to search for Mnemonics on Wikipedia as well especially for Chemistry (like Electrochemical Series, Electronegativity values, and M.P/B.P trends etc)… For electrochemical series our Sir at KIPS told us a funny mnemonic and because of it whole series is just on my finger tips even today. "Lt. (Lithium) Pervaiz (Potassium) could (Calcium) still (Sodium) marry (Magnesium) a (Aluminum) zoya (Zinc) in (Iron) the (Tin) lovely (Lead) house (Hydrogen) causing (Copper) strangers (Silver) many (Mercury) gazes (Gold) =D"
Okay!! By the end of these 5 months, the HSSC-2 board exams were also about to finish… So, next question arise! 'Should I need to prepare at home' OR 'join any academy??' Last year, I joined 'KIPS Academy'. The way KIPS taught us to tackle the dreadful monster, Yes! TIME MANAGEMENT during test hours is commendable. And most importantly, the way they revise the UHS Syllabus as if there was nothing really difficult in it!! Were there anything? So, the major reason to join any Academy this year was that I needed to evaluate myself. So, I joined 'THE SCHOLARS ACADEMY'. It's the Scholars Academy that is responsible for again building CONFIDENCE in me. They made me believe again that Yes You Can Do It! You deserve it! You'll get it! They made me Dream again, think again, fly again, be passionate again! Our Sir once said to me, ''beta you are born to be a DOCTOR and we can see it while you doubt! Ups and Downs are the part of one's life but it's no reason to stop moving ahead''
New Soul, New Spirits and New Determination!
When you are a Repeater, you are the most pessimists these days. What you need the most, is someone that stand by your side, just assuring you each day that 'You Have To Do it because you CAN do it!! The one that believes in you so much that you start to believe in yourself too!
New confidence, New Chapters of Hopes and Prayers!
When there remained time span of 2 months for the Entry Test day, I revised the Books by the following pattern… Okay I have 6 books to revise and 2 months!
A schedule to revise 6 books for 5 times, in 63 days with ease! (Two months aprox)
- 1st revision:- One-fourth book daily (1/4) = 24 days
- 2nd revision:- One-third book daily (1/3) = 18 days
- 3rd revision:- Half book daily = 12 days
- 4th revision:- One book daily = 6 days
- 5th revision:- One subject daily = 3 days
Okay then came the ENTRY TEST DAY, 31st August 2014. I have never found myself so much calm and relaxed as during this test. It was probably the 1st exam of my life (except during childhood) in which I finally left my books at 9pm (for many a times it may take till 4am to summon the courage). This was the 1st time, I finally realized that it's not the revision of the same books over and over again that can give you satisfaction; as the Prayers, the Dua's, and the time spent with ALLAH Honestly to tell you, I have always prayed in haste so that I may find a little time more to revise the books once again but still unease, still anxiety, still nervousness, still un-satisfaction apart of the revision of books for many a times.
I had a strong Belief on Allah and Myself! that YES, this is the Test that is in between ME and MEDICAL Insha'Allah As I started with the test, it seemed me like there is some Devine help with me that helped me in not getting tensed or to panic myself. First I attempted the ENGLISH synonyms, I knew them all and I felt really boastful because these were the solid 50 marks I was sure about from the 872 vocabulary words I kept revising days and nights. Then began with BIOLOGY, this was the portion in which I couldn't afford a single mistake as I have revised the Biology more than any other subject! (Still I lost some of the marks here) I was done with BIO till 9:40am. Then began with CHEMISTRY, completed it till 10:20am. I was done with the two major portions of the test and left with 44 questions of PHYSICS and 20 remaining from ENGLISH and 70 minutes. I completed PHYSICS till 11:00am and ENGLISH in next 10 minutes and I was left with 20 minutes even then! So, I just looked at my response form as if how many left un-attempted, there were 3 of them. As I was strongly advised by my Teachers and siblings, not to skip even a single MCQ this time, so I just made educated guesses (if u can't make a choice then just make an educated guess). Then I spent the remaining time praying to ALLAH!
''Allah Almighty, the most merciful! I don't know what's best for me but YOU know the best! I just find it difficult at my side to even imagine myself not as a DOCTOR. I find it really hard to smash the Castle I dwelled in with my own hands. But Insha'Allah I'll be contended with Your Decision for Me because it'll be the best IA '' And yes, I was finally satisfied with my performance!
Okay, one thing I didn't tell about yet!! Yes, My TARGET this year. Actually, I happened to go through a document quite often this year, 'ROAD TO MCAT 2012'. It was a Ray of Hope for me! So I used to assume myself in every single line, each word, and every single thought of it. So I also used to estimate… My EXPECTATION last year; emm 950... REALITY; 879… Means difference of 71 marks… So if this year let my Target be 1100 and if difference would remain the same i.e. 71 then I need to score 1100-71= 1029. What? '1-0-2-9' Oh My…. So consciously or unconsciously I started praying for a score of 1029 in Entry Test. Neither a single less; nor more… just 1029! So my target was to score 1100 and Expectation; 1029! (71 less…=D)
Well! Result came within a week and I scored 986 ALHAMDULILAH with an aggregate percentage of 88.5325%. So the difference between my expected score and the Reality was 43 in fact .
What you need to do!!
There is no need to feel regret or shame about the things that have happened in the past. Turn negative experiences into lessons!! You have plenty of free energy. Now is a good time to make plans and to get involved in your commitments. Your vitality doesn't have any boundaries. You'll be amazed at how much you can handle when there's an end in sight. Your whole attitude lightens, so take the bull by the horns and create your own incentives. If you never go after what you want, you'll never have it!!
Just remind yourself that He is watching! Your efforts, your deeds, your patience!! Remind yourself of how good it would feel to have it all one day. Don't let go. Don't give up!!
"Some childhood dreams are so intense that they penetrate deep down; in your nerves, mind and soul! And build a Castle with solid concrete there… Dreams are the wishes that heart makes! No matter how hard you try, you can't get rid of them! So you decide either to gain courage to demolish it with your own hands or proving yourself capable of dwelling in that castle" (My daily diary)
I began to realize, how important it was to be Enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it with full speed ahead! Embrace it with both arms, love it and above all; become PASSIONATE about it!
Turn to the sun, and the shadow will fall behind you!!
Your engine is oiled up and ready to go. Put yourself in high gear and don't let anything stand in your way. Never again are you going to walk out of an exam saying, ''I studied forever and really felt that I knew the material but this bad grade is not a reflection of my Efforts and my Knowledge"
Today you may satisfy yourself with options like D-pharmacy, DPT, DVM or BS in any related field but one thing to tell you, there can be literally no SUBSTITUTE for MBBS/ BDS and if you have got another chance as a Repeater, Don't Waste It! Very few people are lucky to have a second chance. So, consider yourself LUCKY and if you are really passionate, the STETHOSCOPE will be yours as a DOCTOR in near future Insha'Allah. Allow your PASSION to become your PURPOSE and it'll one day become your PROFESSION!! IA
Few lines from my Diary, 2013!
"Dear STETHOSCOPE! Don't know whether you are made for me or not… But I'll make you MINE one day with the will of ALLAH IA, for you have been in every single line and every thought of my Existence and I won't give up on you whether the sky gets rough!"
'This road is thorny still I smell roses'
One Poem I have composed last year and I would like to share it with you fellows!!
May be it can become a source for Someone, Somewhere; to keep going, keep struggling, and reaching to his/her PASSION and DESTINY one day!! May be yours, Yes you reading!
When Darkness seems the only Way,
Find your way in that way,
With flame of Diligence lightning your way!!
When Despondency seems the only refuge,
Don't let yourself engulf in that deluge!!
Reside instead in the Castle of your Dreams,
Be a bird of HOPE, instead of DESPAIR!!
Life is GOOD if it's still UNFAIR,
Believe you can, and you are halfway there!!


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USC, Neuheisel re-emerge while Kelly is second-guessed
Most Pac-12 football teams are playing for diminished goals — BCS appearances rather than national-title games, pride rather than the postseason.
Seattle Times colleges reporter
So now, the spoils are less gaudy: Most Pac-12 football teams are playing for diminished goals — BCS appearances rather than national-title games, pride rather than the postseason.
What We Learned
USC wasn't ready to be written off. The Trojans (9-2), bowl-ineligible or not, have crowded their way into the elite of the Pac-12, beating Oregon three weeks after an overtime loss to Stanford. I think scholarship sanctions will thin them significantly, but until they take hold (or Matt Barkley leaves), they're a load.
"This game was mainly to show USC is back," safety Jawanza Starling told the L.A. Times.
Even Chip Kelly is second-guessable. Kelly's clock management, and even his play-calling, were up for scrutiny after Oregon's loss. He kept timeouts in his pocket even as the Ducks were, at their deepest penetration, on the USC 18 on their last drive inside the 40-second mark. And Oregon's last offensive attempt wasn't downfield, it was an odd hitch pass toward the left sideline that went for a loss of 2 yards.
Rick Neuheisel has returned to the pulpit. The UCLA coach, who had sworn off his practice of addressing the crowd on a live mic after games, took it over again after a 45-6 victory over Colorado and said, "Despite the naysayers, we're playing for the championship next week."
They are, even if it's for the Kind-Of-Title in the Aw-Shucks Division. The Bruins (6-5), who became bowl-eligible with the win, get the berth in the Pac-12 title game if they beat USC.
It could be a rough offseason for coaches. Arizona and three other schools — UCLA, Arizona State and Washington State — could be coach-shopping soon. ASU's (6-5) Dennis Erickson, earlier a candidate for league coach of the year, lost a second straight game (third overall) as a double-digit favorite, and the Arizona Republic wrote, "After this collapse, it would be a surprise to see him back next year."
The Cougars are looking for a replay official. After Marquess Wilson's goal-line catch against Utah, a would-be game-winner, the ball was placed down at the half-yard line with only seconds left on the clock and WSU out of timeouts and unable to call for a review. Merely the spot of the ball would seem to dictate a look from above.
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RBI considers more gold import curbs
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The RBI could limit gold imports by banks in "extreme circumstances," it said on Wednesday, as it put forward measures to help the world's biggest consumer of gold rein in purchases and battle a record-high current account deficit.
India, which imported about 750 tonnes of gold last year with 60 percent of that through banks, has already increased the import duty on gold, which now stands at 6 percent.
But a record high current account deficit of 5.4 percent of GDP in the September quarter has raised concern at the central bank, prompting it to link further monetary policy easing to a lower current account deficit (CAD).
"If the CAD remains sustainably high, say in 5.5-6 percent range, for the next three-four quarters, then it might be a case of an extreme situation," a senior official with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it would also consider introducing gold-linked financial instruments to divert savings of inflation-wary Indians from gold bars and coins into bonds, it said in a report published on Wednesday.
The recommendations now go to government for review and after its feedback, the RBI should announce new restrictions and products to curb gold import demand in the next few months.
The government has been warned of a credit downgrade by rating agencies due to high fiscal and current account deficits.
Duty rises helped to cut imports by 25 percent last year but analysts were sceptical these measures would have any serious impact on purchases in a country whose obsession with gold means households have more stored away than the U.S. Federal Reserve.
And the central bank itself, describing demand for gold as "excessive," added that it would only be reduced if inflation were benign and there was price and macroeconomic stability.
Headline inflation fell to a three-year low of 7.18 percent in December but still remains above the central bank's comfort level of around 5 percent.
"More restrictions from the government will result in more illegal imports ... unofficial imports have already started in Mumbai," said Kumar Jain, vice president, Mumbai Jewellers Association, which groups 12,000 jewellers.
Other measures could include a special "gold bank" which would buy gold from individuals at much higher rates than those offered by local jewellers in an attempt to move some of the 20,000 tonnes of gold stored by households into the economy.
"Even if these proposals are implemented, the impact on gold import will be limited till the point it is possible to unlock the idle gold stock," said Samiran Chakraborty, regional head of research Standard Chartered Bank, India.
"I think these rules could have a marginal impact on the current account deficit due to the shock-and-awe effect, but not a sustained impact," Chakraborty added.
The central bank itself admits these are only small steps and unlikely to bring down gold imports significantly in India.
"Demand for gold in India is autonomous and may not be amenable for reduction through policy intervention. Several studies have empirically validated that gold can be regarded as a long-run inflation hedge," the RBI said in its report.
Other measures proposed include removing incentives for banks to trade bulk gold with jewellers as banks have been charging them rates below the so-called base rate offered to their best customers, a move which could sharply bring down gold loans. Banks extend gold loans in the form of gold bars to traders at a fixed rate.
The central bank also wants to educate rural customers, who buy some 70 percent of imports, about investing in gold related products, but fell short of details. Some 70 percent of India's population lives in rural areas where access to banks is poor.
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Three days after a widely reported deadline to pay back an $80 million loan, Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek has yet to close a deal with his angel investors.
But the former Lehman Brothers executive still has control of the team that made a lucrative and unlikely run to the Stanley Cup championship in June.
And while neither the Devils nor the NHL would confirm a New York Post report Thursday of an imminent two-year financing deal, the team now finds itself staring at a new complication: a possible league-wide lockout.
On Tuesday, the same day the Devils signed their top draft choice, Stefan Matteau, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman ratcheted up the rhetoric, telling reporters: "The sides are far apart and have different views of the world."
For the Devils, a lockout could further complicate Vanderbeek's high-wire act as he tries to maintain control of a team he bought and moved to a new arena in Newark five years ago.
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SANTA CRUZ >> For those who can't get enough of the ever-blossoming Santa Cruz local food scene, a treat is on the way. Chef Andrea Conklin Mollenauer, proprietor at Lifestyle Culinary, plans to open the Food Lounge downtown. The location is under wraps until the lease is signed. She announced the new venture Monday at Event Santa Cruz: The Edible Night, hosted by the downtown restaurant Assembly and filled with a capacity crowd of 140. "If I...
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Palo Alto >> All season long, the offensive game plan for the Soquel High girls water polo team has been simple: Get the ball to Taylor Thorson. But going into the Central Coast Section Division II playoffs, most opponents took note of that and started to double team the junior attacker. The Knights' response? It was as simple as moving the ball around. A deep Knights squad had seven different players score a goal on Wednesday, as No. 2-seeded Soquel topped No. 3...
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Since the first blast from the starter's pistol, San Lorenzo Valley High alumna Anna Maxwell has never hesitated. She's started fast in her first year on the University of Washington cross country team. And it's safe to say that it's paid off so far. The Huskies' true freshman recorded her first top-10 finish with a time of 21 minutes, 4 seconds during her first race at the Sundodger Invitational on Sept. 20. It also helped the women's...
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San Jose >> After graduation, Zoe Kelly should consider a career in archeology. Each dig the senior made against Pinewood on Wednesday night seemed to uncover new signs of life for the Mount Madonna School girls volleyball team. Eventually, Kelly and the Hawks excavated a 25-23, 17-25, 25-18, 25-13 victory at St. Thomas More High that will send them to the Central Coast Section Division V final for the first time since they won the title in 2009. Mount Madonna (14-14), the...
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SOQUEL >> Deputies identified 29-year-old Jose Vidal-Garcia of Watsonville as the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash on Soquel-San Jose Road on Saturday. About 1:10 p.m., Vidal-Garcia was riding a 2008 Honda motorcycle with another man riding a Suzuki motorcycle on the 1600 block of Soquel-San Jose Road, said California Highway Patrol Sgt. Grant Boles. They were riding north behind a 62-year-old Felton woman in a Ford Explorer when she started to turn left, Boles...
Santa Cruz County to participate in Ebola response exercise Thursday
SANTA CRUZ >> The county Health Services Agency will have 25 to 30 staffers participate in a statewide exercise Thursday to test response systems to the deadly Ebola virus. The Ebola epidemic is the largest in history. The World Health Organization reported 13,241 cases with 4,950 deaths as of Nov. 4. Active cases of Ebola are in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali and Guinea. In the U.S., there have been three imported cases, including two deaths, and two cases where health...
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Brooke Shields To Sign Memoir Copies At West Hollywood Book Store
Posted Nov. 20, 2014, 8:14 am
Actress Brooke Shields will meet the public and sign copies of her memoir at a West Hollywood book store tonight.
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Submit Now For 2015 Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival
Posted Nov. 19, 2014, 9:37 am
The Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 10th annual festival to be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7, 2015.
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SHINE Storytellers "Finding Bravery" At YWCA Santa Monica Event Nov. 20
Posted Nov. 18, 2014, 9:47 am
When life knocked you down or fear gripped you, how did you move forward? These are questions storytellers will answer at the next SHINE event with its inspiring true stories of "Finding Bravery."
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SMC Synapse Dance Theater To Showcase New Works This Weekend
Posted Nov. 18, 2014, 9:41 am
Synapse Dance Theater – the innovative and widely praised contemporary dance ensemble of Santa Monica College – will present a program showcasing new works by professional guest artists, award-winning faculty artists, and up-and-coming student choreographers this Friday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 23.
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Santa Monica Place To Host Tree Lighting Ceremony Thursday, Nov. 20
Posted Nov. 17, 2014, 9:40 am
Santa Monica Place join forces with Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. this Thursday evening, Nov. 20 to celebrate the shopping center's tree lighting ceremony at its Center Plaza.
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Santa Monica's P32 Gallery On Target To Raise $15,000 For Chase Foundation
Posted Nov. 16, 2014, 9:34 am
The newly opened P32 gallery in Santa Monica raised $9,000 for the Chase Foundation in the first week of its exhibition, "Filling the wHole." The exhibition runs until Dec. 4 with a goal of raising $15,000. More than 150 people attended the opening reception on Oct. 25.
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St. Monica Catholic Community Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Nov. 26
Posted Nov. 16, 2014, 9:30 am
St. Monica Catholic Community will host its annual Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 26 for those who may be facing particular financial hardships this season or who may find themselves alone this holiday.
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Enjoy The Magic Of "Kinky Boots" At Pantages Theatre In Hollywood Until Nov. 30
Posted Nov. 14, 2014, 12:08 pm
The magic of touring Broadway shows continues at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood with the arrival of "Kinky Boots" through Nov. 30 after it opened on Tuesday as part of its first national tour.
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VIDEO: Ice At Santa Monica Skating Rink Open Daily For Holidays Through Jan. 19
Posted Nov. 13, 2014, 3:36 pm
Every holiday season, Downtown Santa Monica brings a little ice skating to the beachside community and transforms the corner of 5th Street and Arizona Avenue into ICE at Santa Monica.
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Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Presents Artist Resource Fair This Saturday
Posted Nov. 13, 2014, 9:37 am
The City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division hosts its first Artist Resource Fair this Saturday from 11 am to 2 pm. Open to all artists, the fair offers workshops and information about ways to live and work as an artist in Santa Monica, from affordable housing to health care.
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Santa Monica College To Celebrate International Education Week With Guest Speaker
Posted Nov. 11, 2014, 9:40 am
Santa Monica College will celebrate International Education Week with a special guest lecture by Zahra Ismail on "Working Together to Support Civilians Affected by Violent Conflict."
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Main Library To Host "Where Soldiers Come From" Screening Tonight
Posted Nov. 10, 2014, 9:55 am
Santa Monica Public Library hosts a screening and discussion of the documentary Where Soldiers Come From today, Nov. 10 at 6:30 pm in the Main Library MLK Jr. Auditorium at 601 Santa Monica Boulevard.
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Santa Monica Pier Setting For The 2nd Annual Rube Goldberg Contest
Posted Nov. 10, 2014, 9:44 am
Teams of high school and college students all over Los Angeles will compete in the Los Angeles region's 2nd Annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest this weekend.
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SMC Emeritus College "Pen & Brush" Opening Reception & Reading Announced
Posted Nov. 9, 2014, 6:00 am
Emeritus College has announced the Fall 2014 launch of "Pen & Brush," a journal of original art and writing created by Emeritus College students in the writing class taught by Monona Wali and the art class taught by Catherine Tirr.
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Santa Monica Cellist To Perform With New West Symphony This Sunday
Posted Nov. 7, 2014, 6:00 am
Local residents will have the opportunity to hear one of their neighbors in concert this Sunday, Nov. 9 at 4 pm when internationally-renowned cellist and Santa Monica resident Lynn Harrell performs with the New West Symphony at Santa Monica's Barnum Hall.
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Art Exhibit Opens Highlighting History Of Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Posted Nov. 6, 2014, 9:30 am
The Santa Monica History Museum is debuting an exhibit that highlights and celebrates the performances at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
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Santa Monica College Presents "Richard II + I" Starting Friday, Nov. 7
Posted Nov. 3, 2014, 9:33 am
The Santa Monica College Theatre Arts Department will present "Richard II + I, A Lamentable Tragedie Comedie," Nov. 7-16 at the Theatre Arts Studio Stage on the SMC main campus, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica.
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Winter Wonderland Returns To Santa Monica Starting This Weekend
Posted Oct. 31, 2014, 9:16 am
Downtown Santa Monica is preparing for a glittering winter paradise with the return of ICE at Santa Monica this weekend and Winterlit later in November.
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Santa Monica Actress Tanna Frederick Stars In "Train To Zakopané"
Posted Oct. 31, 2014, 9:10 am
Tanna Frederick, a Santa Monica actress, will be starring in Henry Jaglom's new play "Train to Zakopané" which tackles the issues of love and anti-Semitism in interwar Poland, on stage at the Edgemar Center for the Arts on Main Street in Santa Monica.
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Santa Monica To Celebrate Dias De Los Muertos At Cemetery Saturday, Nov. 1
Posted Oct. 30, 2014, 9:53 am
Días de los Muertos (Days of the Dead) is a traditional Mexican holiday when family and friends gather to honor and celebrate loved ones who have passed.
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Countdown To West Hollywood's 2014 Halloween Carnaval
Posted Oct. 30, 2014, 8:48 am
Approximately 500,000 people, many wildly dressed, are expected Friday night for West Hollywood's Halloween Carnaval, billed by organizers as the world's largest Halloween festivity.
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Santa Monica Zombie Crawl Returns For Second Year This Friday
Posted Oct. 29, 2014, 9:52 am
The 2nd annual Santa Monica Zombie Crawl will bring out the undead on Halloween night for a chilling bar crawl in the heart of the city this Friday, Oct. 31.
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Santa Monica Main Library Presents "An Evening with Michael Connelly" On Nov. 4
Posted Oct. 29, 2014, 9:49 am
Santa Monica Public Library will present "An Evening with Michael Connelly" on Tuesday, Nov, 4 at 7 pm in the Main Library's Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.
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Sneaky Math For Teens & Youth Workshop At Santa Monica Library On Nov. 4
Posted Oct. 29, 2014, 9:44 am
Best-selling "Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things" author Cy Tymony brings his unique, fun, hands-on learning approach to all things math in "Sneaky Math: A Graphic Primer with Projects" to Santa Monica next Tuesday, Nov. 4.
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VIDEO: Santa Monica Costume Shop Talks Trending Halloween Costumes
Posted Oct. 29, 2014, 9:31 am
Still pondering over what kind of costume to wear this Halloween? Santa Monica-based Ursula's Costumes may have the solution: as a year-round costume shop, the store is essentially a treasure chest for those who are seeking the perfect Halloween attire and willing to spend a little time exploring their options.


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IndyCar names Walker new competition chief
"We're pleased to welcome Derrick Walker to this vital role," said Mark Miles, chief executive officer, Hulman & Company, the parent company of IndyCar. "We spoke with many of our constituents about an ideal person for this job, and Derrick's name emerged early and often.
"After speaking with many talented candidates, Derrick stood out because his decades of experience in North American open-wheel racing blend ownership and management for his own race teams and other teams. He understands how to balance the technical and financial operations of our sport, and his confident leadership will provide a firm, clear direction for long-term IndyCar operations and competition."
Walker, 68, is a native of Scotland who comes to IndyCar after serving as general manager for the one-car Ed Carpenter Racing team in the IZOD IndyCar Series, and he has more than 40 years of experience in motorsports. His role will entail improving communication with team owners and suppliers in a wide-ranging role from cost management to developing plans for future technical platforms.
"I know I'm not going to please everybody every day," Walker said. "There are going to be some days when some people will think I'm a jerk and there will be some days where I probably will be a jerk. I just hope there's more good days than jerk days."
Walker mentioned containing costs and improving safety as two main areas of focus - which requires walking a fine line with fans who want to see increased speeds.
He does have vast experience to pull from, as Walker is a former chief mechanic who was well known for working with the likes of Graham Hill, Rick Mears, Roger Penske, and Al and Bobby Unser.
Job No. 1: bringing more fans to the race venues.
"We need to reduce the inflationary aspect of it because owners don't just get (hit with) it, the fans get it because the costs get passed on to them in the form of ticket prices," Walker said.
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Forget the seven dirty words — Google has 1,400 words it has banned its keyboard from auto-completing on its newest Android operating system, KitKat, Wired.com reports.
The list of words on the KitKat system are baffling, from "butt" and "geek" to reproductive health terms, "uterus" and "lactation," and even "thud" and "LSAT."
"I try to Swype-type the word 'condom' and I get 'condition' or 'confusion,'" Jillian York, a spokeswoman for Electronic Frontier Foundation, said in the report. "There is no context in which that makes any sense. Grow up, Android."
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