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Is this is a 'golden' opportunity?
There is so much media glare on equities that investors have little opportunity to evaluate other options. The perceptive investor however, does not focusing on the media. He wants to know if there is any opportunity out there that he may be overlooking; perhaps an opportunity in gold? It is normal for investors to think a little contrarian at this stage. Everyone is talking of equities hence they are looking for something other than equities that has not quite shot up to the same extent. Enter gold.
Why gold?
It is important to first understand what gold brings to the portfolio. This will help us assess whether gold is a good investment in these times and if not now, then when does gold make for a lucrative investment?
Most investors think of gold as an investment, which it is of course, by virtue of the fact that investors are putting their money in gold. These investors think of gold as an investment / asset that will earn a return over the long term. In this sense, they think of gold like any other asset be it equities, property, fixed deposit and so on.
The more perceptible investors think of gold as insurance. They buy a little gold to insulate the portfolio against shocks – be it from politics or economic downturn or a global catastrophe like the 2008 global credit crisis.
Why does gold makes for a good insurance bet?
Gold is unlike other assets in two ways–there is limited supply, which means that you cannot increase gold supply like you can increase the supply of equity shares or bonds. So gold prices do not fluctuate in the same way as bond prices or share prices. The second way gold is different is that it is an international asset and available to the Indian investor at the same price as the US investor (ignoring local factors like import controls and the like). This makes gold a solid asset with a price that is usually a good indicator of the intrinsic worth of the asset and this price is the same across the world.
Since gold is so good, why would investors ever want to own another asset? They should simply buy gold since it is the only 'true blue' asset at a price that is more intrinsically true than other assets.
That would be true if gold was the only asset in the world. But it is not. There are other assets to choose from– equities, fixed income, property even cash or liquid funds. And there are occasions when each of these assets has outperformed gold. If investors were to remain glued to gold, they would have lost out on these opportunities. Ultimately, every asset goes through a boom/bust cycle. The idea is to enter the asset at a low and sell at a high.
Why not gold?
Because gold acts as insurance in the portfolio, it is usually sought after by nervous investors when other assets are not expected to do well. So when equities and fixed income are no longer attractive due to economic woes for instance, gold enters the limelight.
Ditto for currency. So long as the US dollar was under pressure due to quantitative easing (QE), investors flocked to gold. Now that the Federal Reserve has indicated that it will phase out QE, investor confidence in the US dollar is restored at the expense of gold.
Over January 2014 to June 2014 gold has barely risen by 9%, of this nearly 7% appreciation came in June 2014 alone. Compare this to the blistering growth in equities–Indian indices of all hues are at all-time highs. As global economies rebound, investors no longer take shelter in gold; they want to capture economic growth through equities. So long as global economies are recovering strongly from post-2008 levels, equities will be the flavor at the expense of gold. Subdued gold demand will reflect in depressed gold prices.
So should you invest in gold today?
Gold should be treated as insurance and not as an asset. Gold is an asset for hedge funds and astute fund managers, who study global trends and invest in gold on cues. Retail investors must buy gold as insurance to insulate their portfolios from shocks in the equity and debt markets.
Gold should be about 5%-10% of the portfolio. Your financial planner is best planned to define the precise allocation based on your risk appetite and investment objectives.


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BJP's prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi files his nominations today from Varanasi. He is the last one to file since Congress' Ajay Rai filed his nomination on April 17 and AAP's Arvind Kejriwal filed his on Wednesday, April 23.
Before filing the nomination, he addressed his party members and all Modi fans through his blog.
He wrote, "Today I embark on a unique and memorable journey from the land of Somnath to the city of Lord Vishwanath. Later today I will be filing my nomination papers from Varanasi as the BJP candidate. I would like to thank the leadership of the Party for giving me this opportunity to contest elections from this city that has such a rich history and culture. I bow to the Party Karyakartas who have been working tirelessly on the ground from the time my nomination was announced and the Karyakartas and well-wishers from all over India who have supported me in the last few months."
He also mentioned why Varanasi is such a pious place and holds an important stature in the history of our country. The names of Buddha, Sant Kabir, Mirza Ghalib, Pandit Malviya, Ustad Bismillah Khan have also been taken into account by the BJP's candidate. Also, Mirza Ghalib described Benaras as 'Kaba-E-Hindustan' and 'Chirag-E-Dair' or the light of the world.
Apart from thanking, Modi doesn't fail to put out his visions for Varanasi if he wins from Baba Bholenath's abode. He plans to promote tourism in the city and also has chalked out a project to restore Ganga to it's older glory. He promises to make Varanasi clean and green by mitigating garbage and sewage problems. Except the the population of the city, Modi specifically mentioned the weavers and their poor conditions. He wants to improve their livelihood conditions by improving the technological facitilities available to them. Medical facilities which are again stressful in the World heritage site is said to improve once Modiji comes to power.
To end the blog, he asks the citizens to bless him and provide support so that he can bring in the above said and required changes to Varanasi and Poorvanchal so that it comes back to life and is focal point of our rich culture


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Mousasi would crush Filho…
I wonder if a lot of guys were takin roids when they were fighting for Pride in Japan???
Gegard Mousasi on Paulo Filho,
"What happened when [Filho] came to America, he wasn't…he got beat up really bad. Now he's back in Japan and he feels like a kid in a candy story, I think. He can use all kinds of steroids. And I think the steroids have gone to his head."
"[Filho] didn't perform the same as he does in Japan as he does, how you say, in America. And now he suddenly has a big mouth again. I would say that he's a little donkey that, he's on steroids, he thinks he's a running horse. But, he's more like a little poney….I really believe that he used steroids. He also backed out a couple of times when he had to fight Chael Sonnen. He said he was crazy. Maybe he is crazy. I don't know. I think he wasn't feeling very good mentally because he cannot use his magic stuff … You saw what happened when other fighters came from Japan, when they fought in the US, and how they performed."
"I also fight in Japan and I don't use anything … If there's an athletic commission test, he can fight me everywhere, everywhere he wants."
Gegard Mousasi calling it like it is when asked about Brazilian middleweight Paulo Filho in a recent interview with Fighters. Filho's "rumored" steroid use took stage when the unbeatable fighter who fought mostly in Japan, came to fight in the United States. He had two lackluster fights with Chael Sonnen in the WEC before disappearing to Brazil to be treated for Depression {Rehab}.
He has now emerged back in Japan, (where the steroid testing is almost non existent) calling out the best middleweight fighters in the world.
Mousasi would crush Filho…
I wonder if a lot of guys were takin roids when they were fighting for Pride in Japan???
Barnett – check
Filho – check
What the hell is wrong with Japan??? Test all fighters for performance enhancers…
a little donkey on roids. that is freakin funny to me.
I want to see Mousasi in the UFC
Gegard Mousasi is really growing on me..
`Japen like the Big muscler Guys idk yet but thats why they dont test they like The freak shows…Like Bob Sap and butter bean and so on..
Nice one Zach, making me laugh
Matt Hamill vs. Jon Jones expected for The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale in December
I think Matt could give jones some problems
Strikeforce champ Gegard Mousasi scratched from DREAM's "Super Hulk" tourney
that sucks, but its not a big loss i would have liked to see him win the tourney but there was not alot of reason for him to fight soko right now a win people already think soko is not that good and if he lost it would have been bad. he is better off just fighting for strikeforce.
good now hopefully soko can win the super hulk tourny lol. mousasi would crush filho. definetly the wrong guy filho should be calling out lmao.


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Saunter (v.) - To walk about idly; to stroll
It was anything but an idle stroll as four busloads of Richmonders traveled Broad Street Oct. 24 on a route encompassing Willow Lawn on one end and Rocketts Landing on the other.
The 3rd Annual River City Saunter drew 150 participants who explored city properties in all stages of revitalization, climbed to rooftops to admire views and examine solar panels, and questioned experts and elected officials about sustainable development.
Organized by the Partnership for Smarter Growth (PSG), the Broad Street journey was designed to simulate the proposed Bus Rapid Transit route, a high-frequency, limited-stop service that will employ special buses in addition to dedicated lanes along much of the route.
Tour guide Larry Hagin, director of planning at GRTC, pointed out that at peak times currently, there may be 50 buses per hour moving in one direction that have to clear 41 traffic signals between Willow Lawn and downtown.
"If we're going to get people out of the car, we have to get the bus to move around that," said Hagin, noting that the Bus Rapid Transit concept includes giving signal prioritization to the BRT vehicle.
BRT would also help ease traffic congestion by attracting suburban riders to a park-and-ride center, which Hagin suggested would ideally be located in the Staples Mill-Willow Lawn area.
"For a park-and-ride lot to be successful, you need two things," said Hagin. "Proximity to the interstate, and proximity to a roadway that carries a ton of traffic. The Staples Mill area has both. It has huge potential." What's more, added Hagin, the area has large parking lots in the vicinity of the Anthem headquarters, and vacant residential property that should soon be developed.
At the opposite end of the BRT route, Hagin said that Church Hill residents had lobbied for the line to continue along Broad Street, but Main Street and Rocketts Landing won out.
"We want to put the line where there's better bang for the buck," said Hagin, "and Rocketts Landing has better bang for the buck from a time-saving standpoint and a residential density standpoint. Rocketts Landing is almost a mile long -- eight city blocks of potential ridership.
"We want to be there, and Rocketts Landing has been working with us since Day One."
Both the Willow Lawn area and Rocketts Landing developments are occurring under Henrico County's new Urban Mixed Use (UMU) zoning code, which GRTC considers "highly transit supportive" in density and design.
Firehouses and Skyscrapers
At the first stop along the route, riders disembarked to visit the home of BWCH Architects, designers of Harvie Elementary School, the renovated Gayton Library, and other Henrico landmarks. Located at 1840 West Broad Street, the BWCH site was formerly an early-20th-century automobile dealership before being rehabilitated and transformed into an office building.
Departing from the Renaissance Conference Center in Richmond, the group also visited an adaptive reuse apartment complex near the Convention Center with photo voltaic systems and solar thermal panels. The building, formerly a funeral home warehouse, represents the first multi-family LEED (homes program) project in Richmond and the first in the state to combine that distinction with National Park Service Historic Preservation certification.
At Broad and Second streets, participants explored an Art Deco skyscraper that has been vacant for 10 years and is ripe for repurposing. From 1930 to 1971 (when it was surpassed by City Hall), the Central National Bank Building was Richmond's tallest building.
At 21st and Main riders visited a three-story firehouse, constructed in 1899 and given new life as a mixed-use corner building boasting first-floor restaurant space and loft apartments. Tour guide Stewart Schwartz, executive director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth, noted that the firehouse is just across the street from the site of Henrico County's former courthouse, which moved in 1974 to the western government complex.
Rising to the Occasion
After the tour, riders and tour guides (who also included Rachel Flynn, director of planning and development review for the city, and attorney and civic leader Bill Pantele) reassembled at the Renaissance Center for refreshments, exhibits, an art auction and roundtable discussions.
Keynote speakers Donald McEachin and Kathy Graziano, a state senator and city council president, discussed state and city roles in encouraging urban revitalization and reinvestment in transportation and existing infrastructure.
Developers, architects, planners and other experts also shared perspectives on projects such as revitalization in Manchester and the new Courthouse Village in New Kent County. Both projects were among the five profiled in a new release from the Southern Environmental Law Center, entitled "Smart Growth is Smart Economics: Sustainable Development in the Greater Richmond Region."
Innsbrook, the office park that is Henrico County's largest employment center, was also one of the profiled projects.
Attorney Trip Pollard, author of the report, cited plans to redevelop Innsbrook from a suburban office park into a more compact, walkable mixed use town center as an example of what's to come as communities adapt to the changing market and look for alternatives to sprawl.
With its low-rise buildings and massive surface parking lots, Innsbrook is a classic example of '70s-era sprawl. In the report, Innsbrook founder Sidney Gunst is quoted as saying, "You even have to get in your car at Innsbrook to get lunch."
In recent years, vacancy rates in the office park have risen to around 25 percent. As Gunst points out, "People want a different lifestyle. . . Companies want the choice for their employees to live close to their jobs, or they will go somewhere else.
"Either we rise to the occasion or we will be obsolete."
No Quick Fix
"Smart growth benefits our environment, our health, and our wallets," Pollard writes in the report, adding that the economic case for smart growth is particularly compelling in light of the recession and the real estate slump. Among the benefits of smarter growth he cites are lower infrastructure costs for localities, enhanced economic competitiveness and job growth, shorter commutes and reduced energy consumption.
But despite the economic benefits of smart growth and the market trends fueling momentum for it, there are still a number of barriers. Government transportation and land-use policies still favor sprawl, and changes in regulations and public investment priorities are needed to attract investment in walkable, mixed-use development. Providing improved transportation choices is key -- but funds are scarce, and there are no guarantees of obtaining federal funding even for relatively modest projects – such as the designated BRT lane on Broad Street.
As Rachel Flynn pointed out, however, suburban sprawl was decades in the making. It's unrealistic to expect anything but a gradual shift to sustainable communities.
"Basically, it was suburban growth that caused the exodus [from the city]," said Flynn. "Now people want to be in urban settings again. . .
"Revitalization just takes time. You can't change overnight what took 40 years to go downhill."
"Smart Growth is Smart Economics: Sustainable Development in the Greater Richmond Region," is available at http://www.SouthernEnvironment.org and www.psgrichmond.org.
Holman student named Miss Va. Coed Junior Teen
Holman Middle School student Victoria Nguyen recently was named Miss Virginia American Coed Junior Teen after competing in the Miss Virginia American Coed pageant in Williamsburg. She was the youngest competitor in her division. Nguyen now will advance to represent Virginia at the 2015 Miss American Junior Teen Pageant at Walt Disney World in Florida in November. > Read more.
Companion Extraordinaire to honor veterans May 14
Companion Extraordinaire Home Care and Skilled Services will be honoring veterans and current military members May 14 at 11 a.m. The event will take place at 5311 Lakeside Avenue.
Companion Extraordinaire dedicated a hall in its new Lakeside office as a "Wall of Honor" and will be presenting 13 military service men and women with certificates as well as placing their service photos on the wall.
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Henrico student among 3 vying for national $10,000 scholarship
Public vote open through Friday to select winner
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Henrico resident Haley Malloy is one of three national finalists for a $10,000 scholarship, whose winner will be determined by the vote of the public.
Malloy is a finalist for The Goddard School Anthony A. Martino Scholarship, which is open annually to any high school junior or senior who graduated from a Goddard School pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program. Applicants are evaluated based upon the work ethic and perseverance they have demonstrated – two key characteristics of Martino, the founder of the Goddard School franchise system. > Read more.
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Relax this holiday weekend with Fridays Uncorked at Southern Season – taste wines from the Roman Empire! Or at James River Cellars who is hosting "Experience Virginia" – sample Virginia wine, beer, cider and mead. And what goes better with wine than strawberries – an annual tradition in Varina, the Gallmeyer Farms' Strawberry Fields Festival is tomorrow. Other fun happenings this weekend include: "A Little Princess" at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen; weekly dance at American Legion Post 125; and National Theatre Live's "Man and Superman" at the University of Richmond. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Final performance of 2015 season – 'Quartet' – starts this week
CAT Theatre's final show of its 51st season – Quartet by Ronald Harwood – will open May 22 and run through June 6. It will be the show's Richmond-area premiere.
The theatre also announced its four-show schedule for its 52nd season, which will begin in October and continue into June 2016, and announced a new partnership with The Bifocals Theatre Project, an outreach program into senior communities in the Richmond region. > Read more.
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It's a beautiful weekend to spend outdoors and Henrico has many options to choose from! The 31st annual Lebanese Food Festival begins today on the grounds of St. Anthony's Maronite Catholic Church. The MISS Foundation's Kindness Walk is tomorrow, as well as the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Great Strides Walk. Take a Sunday Stroll at Dorey Park with the Pocahontas Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society or raise money for the March of Dimes at the March for Babies in Innsbrook. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Rowena Arrandale8/12/09
hey Iain, How's things? I'm going to be in Neilston for most of next week if you fancy meeting up. Let me know. row x
Rowena Arrandale3/17/09
Wot u going to be on tv for? x
Meggy Arrandale3/11/09
Happeeeee hellos there iain pops how are yoo?? All is fabby with me...saving to go to kenyalandto see the giiraffes with the pretty eyelashes and to do some volounteering eeeeee. Yips anytime ur free let me know and climbing sounds great...woo hooo!!! Love and frogs that wear hats and sing meggy spice x x x x x x x x x x x x
Meggy Arrandale11/29/08
Aww thats groovy!! anytime maybes next weekend afteroon or evening is fabby by me just bebo me backs or give my wee houseland a fone (as i am a dinosaur who has no mobile) eeeeeee looking forward to it lots of love meggy spice x x x
Meggy Arrandale11/11/08
happpeeeee big hellos there iain pops!! How are u deary?? its been a long long long time since ive seen u hopes ur summertime has been fabby and ur all well and happy...say a big hiya to laura 2..i here yous have moved to paisleyland!! i was wondering if maybes one time soon u wood maybe want to go climbing in glasgow climbing centre...its just i'm reely keen to get into it but wood reely like to go along with someone who liked it 2 and kinda knew what they were doing?? i think ni'm gonna go for a wee course thingy in there but wood love to go with a friend coz it will be more fun!! neyhooos just give us a wee ring or a bebo if u fancy it love meggy spice ur neighbour x x x
Cat Henderson10/30/08
hiya iain
Rowena Arrandale10/19/08
hey iain, I was in Neilston and did come round but you wern't there. Nonone was so sorry but hopefully next time i'm through we can catch up. Until then it's Bebo all the way. Do you have a mobile number? I've emailed you mine. Row x
Rowena Arrandale10/13/08
hiya, Groovy beans. I'll see you then! Will Cat and Ross be around as well? If so I'll say hi to you all Yeah I heard... awfy sad but I will remember him with a smile - so remember so many funny things about him!!! See you on Sunday. row x
Rowena Arrandale10/11/08
hey you going to be around Neilston by any chance either on the 18th or 19th for a while of October only I'm coming over and thought I might meet some of you "long distance" Walker clan friends! I'm going to the parents for the weekend -yes I have decided to grace them with my presence (and complicated eating patterns ) Hope all is well with you. Row x
Rowena Arrandale8/6/08
hey Iain, I hear the Clan of Walkerhood is moving house!!!! Main Street will never be the same (not that any of us live there either...) Hope you're having a great summer. I've been aqua sphereing.... you sooo need to have a go! It's amazing!!!! See ya soon hopefully. row x


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Pune: If you are permanent citizen of Pune city, then you are staying in an area which is high risk zone of Ultra Violet rays. For the first time ever, Pune Municipal Corporation has come up with UV rays index in city's Environment Status report (ESR) for the year 2013-14 which was released on Monday. The report has also included the ozone level of the city for the first time and according the report, ozone level in the city is lower compare to the standard set by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
In its last ESR, PMC for the first time had included carbon foot print of the city and it had became the first municipal corporation in the country to include carbon foot print in ESR. Now going one step ahead, PMC for the first time has included UV index and ozone level in the ESR report for Pune city. Civic body in its ESR has mentioned that the UV index of Pune city is higher compared to the specified standards. The report states that the UV index is calculated from unit zero to 10. From zero to four, there is no risk area and from four unit onwards the risk level starts increasing. The ESR shows that the UV index of Pune is much above the no risk zone. Infact in the month of June, it had gone upto extreme risk level. Mangesh Dighe, head of environment cell head of PMC said, "For the first time we have included UV index in the ESR and it shows that the UV index is higher for the city. Particularly in the month of June, the rain showers clear the air and the UV rays directly penetrate the surface and that time the index is crossing extreme risk level."
While the UV rays index is higher for the city, the ozone level is not upto the standards, states ESR. Dighe said, "The standard set by CPCB for ozone is of 100 microgram per meter, but the ESR states that the ozone level in Pune is lower compare to the standard level."The ESR has also mentioned the carbon footprint of the city this year as well. The carbon footprint report for the city has been prepared by the energy and resources institute (TERI) in Mumbai and the greenhouse gas emission is calculated in CO2 equivalents. The report states that the carbon footprint of Pune is approximately 4.7 million tonne. The report also stated that out of the total greenhouse gas emission of the city, 61 percent is from the residential areas, 27 percent is from commercial zone, eight percent is from industrial sector, three percent is from public works while one percent is from temporary connection.
The ESR has also included the vehicle population of the city and according to the ESR report, in the year 2012, Pune city had total 9,76,553 vehicles but in 2014 the number of vehicles have increased manifold and at present city has vehicle population of 26,66,488.Not just the vehicle population, but there is an increasing pressure of human population. According to ESR, Pune's human population is nearly 35 lakh. The ESR also states that since 2001 to 2011, the vehicle population rate of Pune has been 22.73 percent.


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Obama tries TV blitz for health reform
President says he needs to better explain issues
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought to blanket the airwaves yesterday with an impassioned defense of his health reform effort during back-to-back broadcasts of taped interviews on five morning news programs.
In interviews conducted Friday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Obama acknowledged being "humbled" by the challenge of "breaking through" in the complicated and emotional battle over health care reform.
"I think there have been times where I have said I've got to step up my game in terms of talking to the American people about issues like health care," he told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week."
"I've tried to keep it digestible, you know, it's very hard for people to get their — their whole arms around it. And that's been a case where I have been humbled and I just keep on trying harder, because I, I really think it's the right thing to do for the country."
Beyond health care, Obama also said he will remain skeptical about the need for more U.S. troops in Afghanistan until he is satisfied that the military has the right strategy for winning the war there. And as previously reported by the networks on Friday, he dismissed former President Jimmy Carter's contention that critics are fueled primarily by racial hatred.
The interviews were devoted primarily to the battle over his health care efforts. Hewing to virtually the same script in each, Obama voiced a desire for a more "civil" tone in the debate.
"We all have an obligation to try to conduct this conversation in a civil way. And to recognize that each of us are patriots," he told NBC's David Gregory on "Meet the Press."
After Obama's appearance on NBC, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the issue is not one of rhetoric or style.
"The president is selling something people aren't buying," Graham said. "He's been on everything but the Food Channel."
In addition to NBC and ABC, Obama also granted interviews to CNN's "State of the Union," CBS' "Face the Nation" and the Spanish-language Univision, but he did not appear on the Fox News Channel. Obama plans to make an appearance tonight on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman," a first for a sitting president.
In the interviews broadcast yesterday, Obama portrayed himself as willing to take politically difficult positions, citing his move to pursue alternative dispute resolutions in cases of medical malpractice.
"That's not popular in my party," he said on NBC.
However, many physician leaders have complained that the administration's $25 million grant program falls far short of the aggressive changes they seek, including a cap on legal awards to injured patients.
The president brushed off suggestions by some allies that the fight over his centerpiece domestic policy initiative has been tinged by racial attitudes.
"What's driving passions right now is health care has become a proxy for a broader set of issues about how much government should be involved in our economy," he said on CBS. "I have no interest in increasing the size of government. I just want to make sure we've got a smart government."


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Unsettled structured credit markets are causing investors to become more scrupulous in their collateralised debt obligation (CDO) manager choices, according to market participants.CDO markets have been knocked by snowballing delinquencies in the US subprime mortgage market. Despite the continuing soundness of much of their underlying collateral, investment-grade corporate CDOs have not gone unscathed by the crisis. By November 20, the five-year on-the-run iTraxx 3-6% index tranche, representing mezzanine European investment-grade corporate CDO paper, was trading at 175 basis points. On January 2, the on-the-run iTraxx 3-6% index tranche was trading at 30bp.
A rise in perceived credit risk and a breakdown in secondary liquidity across structured credit markets are making investors more cautious about investing in CDOs. In particular, they are becoming choosier about the collateral managers overseeing deals, which have the ability to swap out credits and often trade names in the underlying portfolio.
"There's really a bifurcation between those who can get a deal done and those who will take a deal at any price. And you're seeing that more now than ever before," said Jason Schechter, New York-based global head of CDO trading at Lehman Brothers.
Having lost billions of dollars on subprime mortgage-linked and warehoused CDO assets, dealers are also cautious about taking any assets onto their balance sheets that they might not be able to later unload.
On November 7, New York-based Moody's Investors Service reported that, by the end of October, the global speculative-grade default rate stood at 1.1%, its lowest level since March 1995. The agency predicts this will rise to 3.6% by October 2008.
As the credit cycle turns, CDO arrangers and managers said it would become easier to differentiate between managers that were adding value and those that were not.
"When everything's grinding tighter on a week-by-week basis, it's very hard to tell which manager did better than the other," remarked Kathy Sutherland, head of JP Morgan's global structured syndicate team in London. Contrastingly, she added, rougher credit markets would produce greater differentiation between managers.
Some CDO managers welcome the prospect of higher defaults, believing it will help bolster their claim that they add more value to transactions than competitors. One US-based CDO manager who spoke to Risk said it would separate value managers from "incompetents" and "amateurs".
But Lehman's Schechter said it was also important not to "bind the hands" of good CDO managers through excessively strict trading rules, especially in turbulent market conditions.
"There are certain investors that always want to limit the trading flexibility of a manager when things like this happen. It is better to give the manager more flexibility rather than less, especially when the market is potentially facing a period of disarray."
A recent report by Moody's also stressed the significance of management fee and incentive structures to the performance of CDO managers. "The alignment of interests between the manager and noteholders is critical to ensuring the flexibility granted to the manager is used in a way that is not detrimental to the rating and noteholders' interests," it said.
In general, studies by analysts at both Citi and Derivative Fitch suggest managed synthetic CDO deals exhibit lower ratings volatility than static ones.
According to Citi, managed synthetic CDO tranches rated by Standard and Poor's (S&P) underwent fewer ratings upgrades between 2004 and 2006, while credit conditions were favourable. On the other hand, S&P-rated managed synthetic CDOs experienced fewer downgrades during the credit downturn of 2003. Analysts at the bank expect investors to demand more managed deals in future as credit conditions take a turn for the worse.
The recent performance of some managers in the CDO of asset-backed securities (ABS) sector, however, might give them pause for thought. On November 21, Derivative Fitch lowered the CDO asset manager (CAM) ratings of six CDO managers, including Connecticut-based GE Asset Management, Rabobank and California-based Trust Company of the West. It placed another four on watch for a possible downgrade, including London-based Solent Capital.
The CAM ratings reflect Derivative Fitch's assessment of the firms when managing CDOs of ABSs only. Manuel Arrive, a director at the agency in London, said it was difficult to tell whether the downgrades would affect their performance in managing other CDOs referencing corporate bonds or loans.
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Among the examples of flying a kite was the suggestion in the 1960s by then Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan that the Republic of Ireland should rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations. He did so on the orders of then taoiseach Seán Lemass. However the reaction was negative and Lemass and Lenihan dropped the issue, with Lemass (with Lenihan's connivance) claiming that Lenihan had just been speaking theoretically in a personal manner and not for the government.
A famous British example occurred in 1885 when while his father's supposed approval, a son of then Leader of the Opposition William E. Gladstone revealed that Gladstone now supported home rule for Ireland. The revelation is known in history as the Hawarden Kite. Historians still debate whether the Hawarden Kite was a deliberate tactical revelation (a case of flying a kite) or an accidential revelation. Whatever the reason the reaction was sufficiently positive for Gladstone to publicly confirm the accuracy of the story and commit to a home rule policy.
One example happened in the country of Singapore in October 2007 - Minister Mentor Lee mentioned the idea of Singapore and the Federation of Malaysia remerging, but the idea was later met with some derision by both parties on either side of the Causeway.
An American equivalent is the term raising the flag and seeing who salutes (i.e., raise an issue and see the reaction).


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Darling Harbour Fireworks
You don't have to wait for big occasions like New Year's Eve to see fireworks in Sydney. If you choose a Darling Harbour View room at Novotel or ibis Sydney Darling Harbour, you'll see fireworks most Friday and Saturday nights!
Chinese Garden of Friendship
Have you ever imagined your own secret garden? A place to escape; to breathe deeply and feel the sun on your face. Darling Harbour's Chinese Garden of Friendship is that place.
Much more than just a city garden, the walled Chinese Garden respectfully recreates the philosophy and harmony of a traditional Chinese garden with waterfalls, lakes, exotic plants, pavilions and hidden pathways. With koi carp swimming in the lakes, willows weeping in the breeze and a Teahouse serving Chinese tea and dim sum, be careful when you discover Darling Harbour's secret garden—you may never want to leave.
Highlight tours and fish feeding are on daily. Visit darlingharbour.com for more information.
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Come eye-to-eye with whales in this remarkable photographic exhibition. American artist Bryant Austin is the only photographer in the world producing life-size photographs of whales. He spends weeks and months with whales, waiting for humpback, minke and sperm whales to pass less than two metres away from his lens. The result is extraordinarily intimate and detailed portraits that illuminate the majesty and spectacle of nature's underwater giants.
Open daily until Sunday 1 February at the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Voyage To The Deep Exhibition - Australian National Maritime Museum
Tueday 9 December - Monday 27 April
Voyage to the Deep is about undersea exploration and adventure – of the kind immortalised by Jules Verne's novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and celebrated in popular culture from Jacques Cousteau to the Octonauts.
Verne's submarine, the Nautilus, was a fantastical craft with a basis in genuine technologies. This exhibition will present both the fantasy of the novel and the facts of today, allowing visitors to explore Verne's imaginary world and the real-life wonders of the oceans. Visitors will discover what it is to operate a submarine, and learn about the underwater world as it would be seen from inside an imaginary deep-sea exploration vessel.
The exhibition will be based around a model of a fantasy submarine and there will also be activities outside the submarine in areas which recreate the seafloor environment.
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A FIne Possession - Jewellery & Identity Exhibition
September 2014 - September 2015
Jewellery has been made and worn for personal, social and cultural reasons through millennia. Styles, materials and practices have varied across time and place, yet the desire to adorn ourselves has been universal.
Jewellery can influence the way people perceive us, make us more attractive, mark special events or symbolise wealth and status. We make, wear, give, receive, collect and express our identity, individuality and creativity through jewellery. It contributes to our spiritual, cultural and emotional well-being.
A fine possession celebrates the central place of jewellery in our lives, from antiquity to the present-day, through a sumptuous selection of jewellery made, worn and collected in Australia.
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Wichita State (among others) sheds mid-major tag
NEW YORK Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall bristles when he hears the term "mid-major" applied to his team, even though he understands where people are coming from.
"There is not a lot that is mid-major about these guys," Marshall said.
The Shockers have yet another opportunity to prove that Thursday night, when they face top-seeded Alabama in the NIT championship game. It's the first of two eventual title games that pit teams from smaller leagues against those from the major conferences.
Butler and VCU meet in the Final Four in Houston on Saturday, with the winner facing UConn or Kentucky - a pair of traditional basketball powers - for the national championship.
"I like to refer to our situation as a non-BCS program," Marshall said of the conferences that belong to football's Bowl Championship Series. Wichita State is part of the Missouri Valley Conference, and doesn't even have a football program anymore.
"There are a lot of major programs that would like these guys," Marshall said. "Generally we recruit players who, in two or three years, the BCS folks will turn and go, 'How did you get them?' You just have to develop young athletes who have that potential."
That's been the blueprint at Butler, which is in the Final Four for the second straight year, and VCU, which was built in part by current Crimson Tide coach Anthony Grant.
He led the Rams to a first-round upset of Duke in the NCAA tournament four years ago, then took them back to the tournament two years ago, before leaving for Tuscaloosa.
"There are certainly challenges at both places," Grant said. "It is difficult to compare the two. We certainly had to work hard at VCU to win our conference and play championship-level basketball, and that is certainly no different at Alabama."
There are still plenty of differences, though.
Schools like Alabama, with cash-cow football programs, have budgets that far outpace those from smaller conferences. And basketball programs such as Kentucky and Connecticut have extensive history that coaches can sell to potential recruits.
Wichita State has had its share of success, and even sent a few players to the pros, though it is usually overshadowed in its own state by heavyweights Kansas and Kansas State. But there have also been times when the Shockers have been the last one standing, left to showcase their program to a national audience after their Big 12 neighbors have gone home.
In 2006, Wichita State reached the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament before losing to fellow mid-major and eventual Final Four darling George Mason. The Jayhawks were upset by No. 13 seed Bradley that year, and the Wildcats didn't even make the tournament.
This year, Kansas lost to VCU and Kansas State was ousted by Wisconsin.
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A gluten-free diet may help people with celiac disease reduce their risk of early atherosclerosis, according to a small study of 20 adults published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Researchers said normalizing small bowel mucosa through a gluten-free diet appears to be associated with a beneficial effect, but larger studies are needed to better define cardiovascular risk factors and benefits of a gluten-free diet in patients with celiac disease.
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Chennai: An injury-time strike from Baskar gave ICF a 2-1 win over Southern Railway in its final St. Joseph's-CFA Senior Division league match of the season.
The win ensured ICF second place, taking its points tally to 24, two more than Indian Bank.
Man of the match Baskar had earlier set up Venkatesan for ICF's first goal, which came half an hour after the Railway side had gone ahead through a Rajesh free kick that deflected in off ICF defender Srinivasan's head.
Southern Railways, on eight points, will face SAI on Friday in its final match, crucial to its hopes of staying in the senior division.
In the first division, goals from Tamil Selvan and Sivaraj gave Central Excise a 2-1 win over Chennai City Police, for whom Nafrullah Khan scored.
Karnataka Sangha and Pachaiyappa's win titles
Karnataka Sangha girls and Pachaiyappa's boys emerged champions in the two-day St. Joseph's College inter-schools athletics championship which concluded at the JN Stadium on Wednesday.
The results (winners only):
Boys: High jump: VI -VII Std: R. Ranjith Kumar (SMH HSS, Sirkali) 1.50m; Shot put: X-XI: Fairoze (Velammal) 11.1.m; 400m: VI-VIII: N. Rajkumar (Santhome) 59.3s; IX-X: A.Vishal (Velammal) 54.4s; X-XII: Prabakar (Pachaiyappa's) 51.6s; 4x100m relay: IX-X: 1. Santhome HSS; XI-XII: 1. Pachaiyappa's; Long jump: S. Thangavel (Pachaiyappa's) 6.26 m.
Girls: 4x100m relay: IX-X: 1. Karnataka Sangha; XI– XII: 1. Karnataka Sangha; Long jump: IX-X: M. Jeyashamily (Karnataka Sangha) 4.96m; 400m: VI-VIII: M.L. Akshaya (St. Patrick's); IX-X: R. Hemalatha (Karnataka Sangha) 1:06.1s; XI-XII: K. Kathir Jothi (Karnataka Sangha) 1:06.1s; Javelin: XI-XII: Anjamma (Karnataka Sangha) 22.42m; Shot put: VI-VIII: Angelin Nisha Rani (Spartan) 6.04m.
Overall championship: Girls: VI-VIII: Karnataka Sangha (27 points); IX-X: Karnataka Sangha (45); XI-XII: Karnataka Sangha (85).
Boys: VI-VIII: Spartan Matric (24); IX-X: Pachaiyappa's (53); XI-XII: Pachaiyappa's (51).
Golf tournament
The inaugural Shriram EPC Group invitation golf tournament will be held on February 15 at the Cosmopolitan Club-TNGF Golf Course.
The non-professional tournament will be conducted in two groups, one for players of handicap 13 to 20, and the other for those with handicaps of 20 and over.
Aquatic meet
The SDAT-Dolphin Swimming Academy will conduct the Tamil Nadu State-level age-group short-course aquatic championship on February 14 and 15 at the SDAT-Dolphin swimming pool, Mogappair.
Around 600 swimmers from the State are expected to participate in the event, in nine age groups between five and 18 years.
Volleyball tournament
The Marina Beach Volleyball Club will conduct a State-level tournament for men and women at the JN Stadium from March 5 to 8. The event is open for all affiliated clubs, institutions and departments in the state.
Entries close on Feb. 25. Call A.J. Martin Sudhakar at 2536 1134 for details.


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Vanderbilt QB Austyn Carta-Samuels (knee) won't play in bowl
Vanderbilt quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels played the final three games of the regular season with a torn ACL, but underwent surgery after the season and will miss the Commodores bowl game.
James Franklin revealed Monday that Carta-Samuels tore his ACL against Georgia on Oct. 19. The senior quarterback missed two games, but returned to action to help lead the team to wins against Kentucky, Tennessee and Wake Forest.
According to Franklin, Carta-Samuels underwent surgery shortly after the season.
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Franklin said doctors cleared Carta-Samuels to play with a brace after some rehabilitation. The senior then started the final three games as the Commodores beat Kentucky, Tennessee in Knoxville and Wake Forest to finish 8-4 in the regular season a second straight year.
When asked about the seriousness of his injury in November, Carta-Samuels said only that he couldn't hurt his knee any further by playing. He was on crutches Dec. 8 when Vanderbilt's bowl destination was announced and declined to comment on whether he had had surgery.
The decision go ahead with surgery will allow Carta-Samuels to be back for the school's pro day, usually held in March. Freshman quarterback Patton Robinette will start at quarterback for the Commodores' appearance in the BBVA Compass Bowl against Houston.
Carta-Samuels completed more than 70 percent of his passes after the injury to lead Vanderbilt to a 8-4 finish, locking up the program's third straight bowl bid for the first time in school history. The senior finished the season with 2,268 yards passing on 68.7 percent passing with 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions.


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Residents Near Last Year's Deadly Massive Mudslide Worried About New Pond
Collbran-area residents held a meeting on Tuesday over concerns about a pond that formed near the top of the site of a massive landslide killed three men last May.
Marijuana, Gay Marriage Lead Top 6 Colorado News Stories Of First Half Of 2014
Social issues and the weather found center stage in the first half of 2014 in Colorado, with legal pot and not-so-legal gay marriage claiming the headlines.
Hundreds Honor 3 Men Lost In Mesa County Mudslide
Hundreds of people turned out Sunday to honor the lives of the three men lost in a massive mudslide last week in western Colorado.
Area Of Massive Mesa County Mudslide Being Remapped
Laser and radar technology is being used to remap the area of a massive mudslide in western Colorado, where three men are still missing.
Gov. Hickenlooper Tours Massive Mudslide Near Collbran
Gov. John Hickenlooper has toured the mudslide area near Collbran where three men are still missing.
Western Slope Landslide: It's Just A Matter Of When
The landslide that skidded down out of a bowl shaped drop-off from the Grand Mesa Sunday night had enough material to stretch out for three miles, and it was hundreds of feet deep in some spots.
Rock Slides Will Remain Common Because Of The Significant Snowpack
The slopes in Colorado are becoming very active and one U.S. Forest Service official said it's erosion in action.
Drones Helping Search For 3 Missing In Mudslide
A drone helped searchers go where humans physically couldn't during their search for the three missing men after a mudslide on the Western Slope.
Western Slope Mudslide Registers 2.8 On Richter Scale
The massive mudslide on the Western Slope has registered a 2.8 on the Richter Scale.
Officials Brace For Another Landslide Where 3 Went Missing
Authorities are bracing for the possibility of another landslide in a remote part of western Colorado amid dangerously unstable conditions that led them to call off the search for three ranchers missing there.


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Although the pregnant women in the study were younger than the non-pregnant women, had higher initial CD4+ lymphocyte counts (white blood cells that are attacked by HIV), and a smaller amount of HIV RNA in their plasma, their risk of disease progression remained lower even after factoring in these differences. Nor did it matter that the pregnant women also were more likely to receive HAART and more likely to attend clinic appointments.
Additionally, women with multiple pregnancies during follow-up tended to have a lower risk of disease progression than did women with only one pregnancy. Sterling notes, This apparent dose-response relationship supports a possible protective effect of pregnancy on disease progression. Pregnancy is associated with a complex set of immunological changes during the gestation period, which may provide additional benefit to the mothers health.
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Dr. Sterlings study gives hope that correlative studies of the immune response to pregnancy and the influence of pregnancy on HIV disease may help to provide the needed information.
Dr. Anastos suggested that this information may be of particular significance to women in resource-limited communities, who generally bear more children than do those in higher-resource communities. She noted that women can now have greater confidence that in addition to protecting their children from [mother-to-child transmission of HIV] with HAART, their own health will not be compromised by pregnancy, which would place their children at long-term riskthe findings by Sterling and coworkers suggest that at least for HIV disease progression, the odds may be in their favor.
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Crystal Palace won twice last week by taking on a more direct approach under Tony Pulis, but purist Poyet is adamant his side can only survive by playing a passing game.
"To play football is not just about running up and down and kicking it because the more we kick it, the more open we become and the more the opposition has the ball," argued Sunderland's Uruguayan coach. "There were a few breaks against Tottenham when we could have conceded.
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Karachi: Nothing less than a major Test series win or one-day title and a place among the top three in ICC rankings during new coach Geoff Lawson's two-year contract would be acceptable to the Pakistan Cricket Board.
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Germany sent Joerg Asmussen and France sent Benoit Coeure to join the European Central Bank's Executive Board, sparking competition for the position of chief economist. Asmussen, Germany's deputy finance minister, and Coeure, France's No.2 Treasury official, succeeded Germany's Juergen Stark and Italy's Lorenzo Bini Smaghi.
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There has been growing international recognition that continued movement and migration often play an important role in shaping refugees' lives after their initial flight. This report considers the extent to which labor migration is being used—or could be used in the future—to strengthen the international refugee protection regime and facilitate durable solutions for more refugees, many of whom have been displaced for many years.
The majority of the 51 million people displaced in the world today are in protracted situations, forcing them to live in limbo for years. This policy brief by the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees argues for long-term development solutions and a new narrative that emphasizes refugees' potential to contribute to host and origin communities through their own human capital, transnational connections, and dedicated international assistance.
A discussion on the situation of Syrian refugees, recent developments in the region, and the U.S. humanitarian response, along with reports from recent fact-finding missions to the region by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Refugee Council USA. Speakers from both organizations, as well as a leading official in the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, discuss conditions for refugees in camps and urban settings, as well as U.S. policy regarding the Syrian crisis.
A discussion on the situation of Syrian refugees, recent developments in the region, and the U.S. humanitarian response, along with reports from recent fact-finding missions to the region.
The number of people around the world forcibly displaced by conflict or persecution reached its highest total since World War II, with more than 51.2 million fleeing their country or displaced within it, the UN refugee agency reported in 2014. An estimated 13.6 million people have been displaced by conflicts in Syria and Iraq alone, constituting what the UN High Commissioner for Refugees dubbed a mega-crisis.
Driven by rising migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, the Bay of Bengal, the Red Sea, and elsewhere, as well as by the challenges to border-control policies implicit in maritime migration, representatives of states, civil society, and international organizations gathered in December 2014 under the auspices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to discuss ways to limit the loss of life and foster international cooperation. This commentary explores the issues and challenges surrounding irregular maritime migration.
The Member States of the United Nations must negotiate a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) that will frame a new international development agenda to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that expire in 2015. This issue brief examines how migration can be integrated into the post-2015 development agenda, outlining proposed migration targets and elements for indicators within the SDGs.
The humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Central African Republic (CAR) has received scant world attention, even as more than 20 percent of the population of 4.25 million has been displaced as a result of deadly sectarian violence. This article examines the causes of the violence, the international community response, and the impacts of large-scale displacement within the country and beyond its borders.
This edited volume from the World Health Organization (WHO), which includes chapters written by MPI researchers, examines country-level responses to the international movement of health-care workers, both before and after adoption of the WHO's Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel.
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Offering insights on migration issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region today, this event launches a brief that explores the Asia-Pacific priorities for the GFMD 2014 and provides recommendations on how the GFMD can be a development focused and results-oriented forum.
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UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees T. Alexander Aleinikoff joined Kathleen Newland for a discussion on the Syrian refugee and internally displaced population, now considered one of the biggest humanitarian emergencies in a generation.
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Saint Valmiki, also known as adi kavi or first poet, exemplified the dos and don'ts of life in the Ramayana, a tale portraying Lord Rama as a model for Hindu virtue. Even today, moral lessons from the Ramayana are adopted by millions as a reference for day-to-day living. While we take pride in the rich heritage of the Ramayana, we seem to have forgotten the great saint, besides discriminating against his disciples. They are mainly from a group of Scheduled Castes or Dalit communities mostly engaged as sweepers or scavengers.
Lord Rama knew no caste — he ate the fruits tasted by Sabari, an elderly woman from an oppressed caste. On the other hand, some temples still bar entry for Dalits. It is ironical that we worship Lord Rama, who cared for devotion not caste, but object to people worshipping Him for reasons of caste.
Manual scavenging is another instance of our society behaving ostrich-like in overcoming the caste barrier. This engagement of members of the Valmiki community in manual scavenging and sanitation work is another example of the persistent caste barrier in society. Dr. Ambedkar said: "In India, a man is not a scavenger because of his work. He is a scavenger because of his birth irrespective of the question whether he does scavenging or not." Apart from facing caste discrimination, scavengers are at risk of contracting diseases.
The UPA government has recognised manual scavenging as a social issue rather than as a sanitation problem and is looking to strictly enforce the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993.
This Act has provision for punishment and fine for employing manual scavengers or constructing dry toilets. However, the government should first expand the ambit of manual scavenging to include workers who clean sewers, septic tanks and drains where human excreta is washed.
Secondly, it should provide a rehabilitation programme for these workers and their family members. Such programmes could include training in other professions and technical education. For example, scavengers could be given free vocational training, thus opening up avenues in the professional world.
Like in developed countries, sanitation workers should be armed with state-of-the-art technology and tools, thus preventing them from direct exposure to sewage water and waste. Also, the benefits of the Rastriya Swasth Bima Yojana and similar health schemes should be extended to these workers and their family members with a provision for free health check-up on a regular basis. Finally, they should get subsidised loans for starting new ventures.
Let us thank Valmiki for giving us the vision of Ramrajya. Gandhiji often compared democracy with Ramrajya, a society with no divide between the rich and the poor and where all religions are treated equally. However, a true Ramrajya would come about only when society overcomes the vicious cycle of caste and cultural barriers.
(Balyogi Umeshnath is Rashtriya Sant for the Valmiki Community, Ujjain, and Anurodh Lalit Jain is a social healthcare analyst. firstname.lastname@example.com)
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