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Continuing a look back at my first exposure to a number of rock ‘n’ roll acts and superheroes (or other denizens of print or periodical publication), some of which were passing fancies, and some of which I went on to kinda like. They say you never forget your first time; that may be true, but it’s the subsequent visits–the second time, the fourth time, the twentieth time, the hundredth time–that define our relationships with the things we cherish. Ultimately, the first meeting is less important than what comes after that. But every love story still needs to begin with that first kiss.
This was originally posted as part of a longer piece covering both pop music and comic book characters. It’s separated here for convenience.
I don’t think I was aware of Aquaman before my Dad bought me a copy of Aquaman # 30 (November-December 1966), which cover-featured Aquaman’s funeral. Aquaman would eventually become one of my favorite superheroes, but I doubt that I’d heard of him before getting this issue. But who can resist a cover full of superheroes? Fine, I didn’t know Metamorpho or Hawkman yet, but I sure knew Batman and Superman! The thing is, even if Bruce and Clark had been replaced on this cover by some other superheroes that I didn’t know–Green Arrow, Plastic Man, Martian Manhunter, The Hooded Halibut, even–I would still have been intrigued: it was a comic book cover full of superheroes! What more could a six-year-old want?! Perhaps it was a cheat that these heroes only appeared in a single panel in the story itself (with Metamorpho entirely hidden, but The Flash bringing up the rear), but I don’t believe that put me off.
Given that the King of the Sea’s comic book lasted another 26 issues in the ’60s (and has been revived again and again since then), and that he became a Saturday morning TV cartoon star in the Fall of 1967 (and did so again as one of the Super Friends in the early ’70s), and that he moved into blockbuster Hollywood feature film stardom with the Justice League and Aquaman movies…yeah, given all that, it ain’t a spoiler to reveal that Aquaman survived his own death in Aquaman # 30. He’s resilient.
I think I saw DC house ads for Aquaman #s 31 and 32, plus The Brave And The Bold # 73 (co-starring Aquaman and The Atom), but my next Aquaman adventure was Aquaman # 36 (November-December 1967), with its cover blurb proclaiming, “The King Of The Sea Is Now The King Of TV!” This would have gone on sale around the same time as the debut of the above-mentioned TV cartoon series, The Superman-Aquaman Hour Of Adventure on CBS. The series continued Superman and Superboy‘s cartoon exploits from the previous fall’s The New Adventures Of Superman, supplemented by all-new animated action starring Aquaman and Aqualad, plus one additional cartoon each week starring one of a rotating line-up of DC superstars (The Flash, Hawkman, The Atom, Green Lantern, The Teen Titans, and The Justice League of America).
These cartoons were terrible–hokey, juvenile, formulaic, and strictly by-the-numbers–but I just loved ’em as a kid. Frankly, the comics at the time weren’t exactly cutting-edge themselves, but there was undeniable energy, and there was artwork by Nick Cardy, who is possibly my all-time favorite comics artist. The TV show added a pair of black boots to Aquaman’s costume, and I don’t think it made much use of the comic-book supporting cast other than trusty sidekick Aqualad; the villains were there–I think I remember seeing Black Manta on TV–but there was no sign of Aquababy or Aquagirl. And there wasn’t nearly enough of Aquaman’s beautiful wife Mera. That was a shame! As drawn by Cardy, Mera was the hottest-looking female character in comics at the time.
But my favorite run of Aquaman stories began in 1968, when Dick Giordano took over as editor with Aquaman # 40. Giordano replaced veteran writer Bob Haney with young turk Steve Skeates, and the series just exploded with imagination, drama, and sensational quirkiness. Skeates’ first order of business was a long, long serial involving Aquaman’s search for Mera, who’d been abducted by unknown assailants. Giordano took Nick Cardy off the main art chores–Cardy retained cover art duties, and proceeded to knock everyone out with some of the finest covers of his long career–but found a more than able replacement in Jim Aparo. Like Giordano and Skeates, Aparo had come to DC fresh from budget-priced-but-brilliant work at Charlton Comics, a low-rent line we’ll be discussing in a couple of days. Aparo’s work on Aquaman was stunning, gorgeous–so much so that I still consider Aparo the definitive Aquaman artist, my eternal allegiance to Nick Cardy notwithstanding. This was just a terrific, underrated run, one of my favorite runs of any character at any time.
Sadly, sales weren’t sufficient to keep Aquaman afloat. The book was cancelled with its 56th issue (March-April 1971), cover-featuring “The Creature That Devoured Detroit!” The book may have been too off-kilter to survive, but it was a blast while it lasted. Aquaman returned a few years later in the pages of Adventure Comics (inspiring a letter of comment from a certain future blogger in North Syracuse), and he regained his own comic book in the mid-’70s. The current Aquaman comic book is pretty cool (and Mera is still a knockout), but no version of these characters could ever top my affection for the Skeates-Aparo-Giordano era.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan was gifted a cricket bat US President Donald Trump along with the picture of President Eisenhower – the only US President who had watched a Test match in Pakistan.
President Trump said that it is a great honour to have a “very popular, a great athlete, one of the greatest, the prime minister of Pakistan.”
PM Imran arrives on three-day visit to US
PM Imran’s leadership, the US president said that “a lot of things are happening for the US, and I think a lot of great things are going to be happening for Pakistan too, under your leadership. I really feel that”.
The world cup winning captain on Sunday arrived in Washington on his three-day visit to the US on the invitation of President Trump.. —APP

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The Lakeside Fairy Tales
Vol. 1 – Right Train, Wrong Track
By accident, two people not understanding their own needs discover themselves and each other, becoming something new together.
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From spoonbills to Spanish moss, Georgia’s Southern charms come alive on this walking tour through Savannah and its lovely Golden Isles.
Outside your window, the Georgia dawn caresses live oak branches draped in Spanish moss, and the birds’ morning chorus hits a crescendo. A flotilla of spoonbills flies by, glowing bright pink. It’s daybreak on Little St. Simons Island, and you’re among the lucky few who get to wake up here. Roll over and contemplate the day’s options presented by this walking tour of Savannah and the Golden Isles. Your naturalist guide knows the island’s every nook and cranny, miles of paths and boardwalks leading to untouched beaches where waves roll endlessly off the open Atlantic. Who knows what undiscovered treasures she’ll lead you to. Later, you may grab a kayak and explore the estuaries looping lazily through the marsh grasses. Or go fishing. Or bird-watching. But first, there’s breakfast. And if it’s anything like last night’s locally sourced Southern feast, you’re ready to dig in.
- Venture into Georgia’s renowned Golden Isles to hike marine forests, delicate estuaries, and the white-sand dunes of Cumberland Island National Seashore.
- Spend two nights on a private island exploring 11,000 acres of protected beach, wilderness, and bird sanctuaries by foot, kayak, boat, and bicycle.
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57.3 percent of Venezuelans consider that the country’s economy is improving and attribute these results to the administration of President Nicolas Maduro, an international consulting firm revealed today.
The data disclosed by Juan Villamizar, head of the International Consulting Service, indicated that Venezuela is recovering economically, which matches the most recent reports of national authorities and international organizations.
The survey carried out from August 8 to 12 among 1,225 people in 22 states of the country, recognized that 30.1 percent of those interviewed see certain progress in the economic recovery and another 27.2 percent consider it to be somewhat certain, according to statements made by Villamizar to the newspaper Ultimas Noticias.
Only 16.2 percent of those polled think it is somewhat false and 24.2 percent think it is false in its totality.
When asked to what do you attribute the growth of the economy, to the economic management of President Nicolas Maduro or to other factors?, 51.8 percent of the respondents mentioned the head of state and 43.0 percent mentioned other factors.
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I initially stopped watching Manifest after season 1 so it was great to have it on Netflix for a weekend binge of seasons 2, 3 and newly released 4 part 1. If you’ve not watched the show, here is a brief summary: The passengers of flight 828 from Jamaica disappeared. Their families presumed them dead…
Each episode feels like I’m watching a movie rather than a tv show. The Peripheral is based on a novel by William Gibson and the show was created by the makers of Westworld Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.
Just got around to seeing Nope.

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ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) -- There was a light agenda for Monday night's city council meeting, but there's still a few concerns on the minds of council members.
Rochester City Council President Randy Staver brought up the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system they had previously voted on and approved and wants everyone to do more research into it, sighting concerns about closing a lane of traffic off.
Also mentioned, council member Shaun Palmer says he has received a lot feed back from his constituents that do not support the city council's pay raise.
The council took an initial vote and it passed 6 to 1, with Palmer voting yes, but he says he's not on board with it anymore.
"I don't support that we are going to have an automatic increase. It should be hard for us to spend tax payer dollars and to do this, you know, we didn't get into this hole over night and we shouldn't come out of it over night and I think people need to be more up front with it from a transparency perspective. We could have done this in March and said we were going to look at it and had a few more meetings, so that was the driving force, but listening to the people of Rochester was my big one," explained Palmer.
He says there will be a final vote on the pay increase at the January 6th city council meeting and that he plans to oppose it.
It was at the December 2nd meeting the council voted for a pay increase for council members that more than doubled their salary.

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Tell your landlord you’re claiming Universal Credit
Don’t rely on the Universal Credit centre or your work coach to tell your landlord you’re claiming Universal Credit.
Contact your landlord to check they know.
If you’re living in social housing there might be help available from tenancy support or income officers to manage the move to Universal Credit.
They can help you work out the best way to pay your rent on time.
Speak to your tenancy support officer or income officer if you need help managing your rent
If you’re getting Housing Benefit now
Your Housing Benefit should stop when you claim Universal Credit.
Check with your local council that they know you are now claiming Universal Credit and that your Housing Benefit claim is stopping.
If you don’t check, your Housing Benefit may continue and you risk being overpaid.
Contact your local council to make sure they know about your Universal Credit claim.
Changing your rent date
When you know the date your Universal Credit goes into your bank account, you might be able to change your rent date so that you can pay it just after you get paid.
Some social landlords offer ‘Any date’ rent arrangements, which makes changing easier.
If you can’t change your rent date
You could set up a separate bank account that you can pay your rent money into when you get your UC payment or wages each month.
This will protect your rent money. You can then set up a Direct Debit or standing order to make sure that the rent is paid on time to your landlord.
Contact your tenancy support officer or income officer and ask if they offer an ‘Any Date’ rent arrangement if you want to switch your rent date.
Documents you’ll need when you talk to your landlord
- tenancy agreement
- rent statement
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That is such a pain; sorry to hear that. Hopefully, the need to isolate will soon be a thing of the past! So, what was your route into playing the horn and historical horns?
I’m from Birmingham, so I came up through the Birmingham Music Service, which was absolutely brilliant, and gave me so many playing opportunities. I also did a work experience placement with the Welsh National Opera and the Birmingham Royal Ballet. WNO were so fantastic — on my first night of doing work experience, the section told me to come and sit right behind them, and they were doing Der Rosenkavalier! That was my first time hearing that piece, so you can imagine I was absolutely blown away.
When I was in my last year of school, I applied to universities and music colleges and decided to accept my place at the Royal Academy. I had already been playing the natural horn before arriving at the Academy, thanks to my teacher in Birmingham, who had found an old piston horn and taken the valves off. He thought I might like to give it a go six weeks before my Academy audition. I fell in love with it so much that I was playing the Beethoven Sonata on the natural horn in my audition!
What a fantastic opportunity to get the chance to play the natural horn so young! Did you manage to keep a balance between playing the modern horn and natural horn throughout RAM, or were you really in favour of the natural horn early on?
At the Academy, I was pretty much doing 50/50 modern and natural horn playing, but I was so committed to my natural horn playing that I started lobbying to do that fully. The advice I got from my teacher Andrew Clark was to complete the modern horn qualification. Ultimately this was good advice as there are now so many strains to HIP — I have done Hindemith on period instruments — so I end up playing the modern horn a fair bit anyway, albeit perhaps with a different approach! Given that my Alexander 103 is from the 1960s, you could argue that it’s almost a period instrument!
What are some of the main differences you notice between performing on period instruments as opposed to modern ones?
With Historically Informed Performance (HIP), there are two things at play. There are the physical nuts and bolts of the materials we use. Still, there are also the huge swathes of background knowledge and context — the performance practice, things like phrasing, articulation, rhetoric and expressive devices, for example, portamento or elements of tempi or ensemble. So, when I play a modern horn, it’s not really the instrument I play which is the main thing. Still, the approach I take and the questions I am asking myself.
I think the main difference between someone specialising in HIP as opposed to someone purely playing the modern horn is that they are not necessarily addressing this background context in the same way.


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PFP welcomes Losang Samten - and you - back for his fourth annual visit, one of our Folk Arts and Social Change Residencies exploring the relationships between local folk arts practices and social justice struggles. This years visit launches a year-long collaboration with the Tibetan Association of Philadelphia to document how the group uses Tibetan arts and culture in their protest against Chinese occupation of Tibet.
About the artist: As a teacher of meditation and as Spiritual Director of the Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia, Losang Samten practices his art as part of a community of Buddhists. Born in 1953 in Chungpa, near Lhasa, in Central Tibet, Losang escaped in 1959 to Nepal, along with his father, mother, and sister. He later settled in Dharamsala, India, where he studied at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, and, later, at Namgyal Monastery. At the monastery, he earned a Master's Degree in Philosophy and Debate and became a scholar of Sutra and Tantra. He first studied sand mandala making while a monk at the Monastery in 1975. At the Dalai Lama's request, he began to create mandalas in public settings, aiming to share Tibetan Buddhist practice more widely as a way of communicating the experience of Tibetans - both their historical situation and ongoing struggle and the learnings and practices that share peace, loving kindness and joy. (He has done this creatively in many contexts, including in the movie Kundun!) For his work, Losang has received many honors, including the nation's highest award in the folk and traditional arts (the Heritage Award of the National Endowment for the Arts) and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. His lovely book, Ancient Teachings in Modern Times: Buddhism in the 21st Century (2011) will be available at PFP during his visit.
Sand mandalas: A mandala is an intricate diagram of the universe or cosmos, in sacred terms. Tibetan mandalas have been popular since around the 12th century, and the small-scale painted ones were especially loved for individual meditation. Over the centuries, Tibetan monks created different mandalas with complex iconography, each with a different purpose, such as for healing, or to emphasize compassion, and so on.
Sand mandalas, which cannot be moved, create a temporary sacred space. They give artists the chance to make their understanding of the cosmos visible to others for a specific purpose before they are dismantled in keeping with the Buddhist principle of impermanence. Even though these mandalas create sacred space, and even though they are often done by a small group of monks as part of a religious ceremony, they can be created outside of a temple setting. Since the act of creating it makes that place sacred, anywhere the artist has been invited or feels comfortable to make one is the proper place.
Losang explains that "First and foremost these mandalas are a form of communication through art. They tell stories that have meaning for Tibetans and other Buddhists, and for humanity in general. The witnessing of patience in the creative process helps observers find patience and perseverance within themselves. They also see how each tiny piece matters in the interconnectedness of life. These are important lessons for the next generation, whether Tibetan or not."
About this year's mandala: The Kalachakra Mandala is sometimes referred to as "The Wheel of Time" and known as one of Tibetan Buddhism's most complex works of sacred art. This virtual floor plan for a multi-leveled palace houses five separate yet interrelated mandalas. Each has its own purpose: purifying body, speech, mind, and then consciousness, and culminating in the ultimate tier of Great Bliss. Within the center of this palace resides the deity Kalachakra and his consort, Vishvamata. This sacred union and its representations are seen everywhere throughout this particular mandala as repeated affirmations of wholeness and completion. Sun and moon, feminine and masculine, as well as pristine awareness with transcendental knowledge, all have fully merged. Also residing in this palace are 722 manifestations of the Kalachakra deity. These serve to bless the 722 chakras and channels of the initiate and viewer. The journey of the practitioner through this visual scripture is said to trace the progression toward the state of Awakening and Inner Peace. Surrounding the palace and its grounds are the protective forces of the five Elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Space. The outermost circle of the mandala represents the holding environment for all that takes place within its embrace. Compassion and Wisdom have united and loving-kindness prevails in this cosmic setting. (Excerpted, with permission, from www.losangsamten.com. Visit this website for more information.)
About the week: PFP is open for five days (March 18 - 22) from 1 PM - 7 PM. You can witness Losang Samten at work, or try your hand at making the mandala, using the chakpo through which the sand flows. Losang also shares Tibetan traditions, including stories and songs, that relate to the mandala.
Special events are also scheduled:
March 20, 6 PM - 7 PM: The Lhakar Project: Tibetans throughout the diaspora use folklore to protest China's occupation of Tibet: on Wednesdays, they wear regional clothes, eat Tibetan foods, tell local stories, and speak Tibetan. Learn about use of folk arts for social change at a community presentation about Lhakar practice in Philadelphia.
March 22: 6 PM. Dismantling Ceremony. In keeping with Buddhist understanding of the impermanence of all things, after the mandala is completed, it is ritually dismantled. Losang leads this ceremony, beginning at PFP, where attendees help brush the sand into the center of the mandala. Then, we carpool to the Schuylkill Banks (parking at Chestnut Street) where we return the sand to the river. All are welcome to attend.
About the Philadelphia Folklore Project: Established in 1987, PFP aims to sustain vital and diverse living cultural heritage in communities in our region, build critical folk cultural knowledge, and create equitable processes and practices for nurturing local grassroots arts and humanities.
Philadelphia Folklore Project - 735 S. 50th Street - Philadelphia, PA 19143 - 215.726.1106


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Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has made public comments for the first time about his divorce last year from Wendi Deng and about the knowledge that she had shared secret weekends with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Murdoch family’s California ranch — although nobody has confirmed an affair.
Murdoch says in Fortune magazine that he was “shocked” when he first read diary entries in which his ex-wife describes having “warm feelings” comparable to a “crush” on Blair, who allegedly spent time at the ranch with Deng in October 2012 and April 2013 while the octogenarian boss of News Corp. and 21st Century Fox was overseas.
Murdoch hustled home to quiz the staff, he says, and filed papers for a divorce a week later, ending 14 years of marriage.
The diary entries — in which Deng praises Blair’s “good body”; “really, really good legs”; and “ butt” — were revealed two months ago in Vanity Fair. Deng and Blair were sequestered in the master bedroom at one point, staff members said, and fed each other.
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Rubbing to spine. Some foxing. Some staining to boards. ; [xii (first leaf blank)], 184 pages. Green cloth baords with gilt lettering and rule on spine, gilt lettering on front board. Page dimensions: 209 x 162mm. Contents: The Shakespeare Miracle; Hamlet; Falstaff; Iago; Shylock; Caliban; Macbeth; Richard the Third; Julius Caesar; King Lear; Romeo and Juliet; Cleopatra; A Midsummer Night's Dream; As You Like It; Henry the Eighth; Shakespeare's Women; Winter's Tale; Beatrice and Benedick; Malvolio; Shakespeare's Asses. Printed dedication to the members of the Dunedin Shakespeare Club. The author was Rector of Otago Boys' High School, Dunedin. "Had these Studies been written in the first instance for publication, they would have taken a different form [. . .] But they were originally adderesssed to a Shakespeare Society - The Dunedin Shakespeare Club - of which the writer has the honour to be President, and were meant merely to serve as introductory to certain plays, or parts of plays, selected for public reading." - from the Prefatory Note.
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Featuring Jason Hwang and Gwen Laster on violins, Alexander Waterman on cello, Melanie Dyer on viola, Ken Filiano on bass, Michael Wimberly on percussion, We Free Strings “embodies the ethos of free jazz, both embracing and dismantling Western music and traditional jazz conventions…[and] sounds in and beyond blues, experimenting with tropes in the black music lexicon and aesthetic values that inhabit Afro-Atlantic culture up to contemporary black experience in the US while signaling present and future freedom.”
YouTube yields no video of We Free Stings as of yet (I told you the band was new), so here’s Gwen Laster performing on local TV:
We Free Stings will appear at Atlas Studios in Newburgh, New York, on November 18 at 8pm. Admission is $15. For more information, call (845) 391-8855 or visit http://www.atlasnewburgh.com/.


Billie Eilish is ready to break out of the quarantine doldrums and perform for an audience… a digital audience.
The five-time GRAMMY award winner announced her latest live stream concert “WHERE DO WE GO? LIVESTREAM.” Billie posted the good news on Instagram with an ominous picture of her burnt infrared frame against pure red. “miss doing shows so muuuuuch😭,” the singer captioned.
“soo I’m doing a livestream October 24th and i can’t wait to be performing agaaaain. get your tickets now!”
Tickets are $30 each. Fans can reserve their digital seats via her website. Apparently there’s an active merch deal but those details, and specifics about the concert, are still under wraps.
Elish was forced to cancel her in-person “WHERE DO WE GO?” tour dates for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but she hasn’t let COVID-19 stall any side projects. She released her latest single “My Future,” then performed the track during a livestreamed performance at the Democratic National Convention, back in August. She even called out party-goers for their brazen attitude during COVID.
Arguably her splashiest release came when the alt-pop superstar finally released a music video for “No Time to Die,” the latest theme song in the James Bond movie franchise.
The track dropped back in early February to promote the upcoming Bond film by the same name. Eilish made history with this project, becoming the youngest person to record a theme for the movie franchise. She’s also the first American artist to record a Bond theme since Jack White and Alicia Keys collaborated on 2008’s “Another Way To Die.”


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You’ve probably heard the news that the Federal Reserve has been raising its benchmark federal funds rate. The Fed doesn’t directly control consumer interest rates, but changes to the federal funds rate (which is the rate banks use to lend funds to each other overnight within the Federal Reserve system) often affect consumer borrowing costs.
Forms of consumer credit that charge variable interest rates are especially vulnerable, including adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), most credit cards, and certain private student loans. Variable interest rates are often tied to a benchmark (an index) such as the U.S. prime rate or the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which typically goes up when the federal funds rate increases.
Although nothing is certain, the Fed expects to raise the federal funds rate by small increments over the next several years. However, you still have time to act before any interest rate hikes significantly affect your finances.
Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs)
If you have an ARM, your interest rate and monthly payment may adjust at certain intervals. For example, if you have a 5/1 ARM, your initial interest rate is fixed for five years, but then can change every year if the underlying index goes up or down. Your loan documents will spell out which index your ARM tracks, the date your interest rate and payment may adjust, and by how much. ARM rates and payments have caps that limit the amount by which interest rates and payments can change over time. Refinancing into a fixed-rate mortgage could be an option if you’re concerned about steadily climbing interest rates, but this may not be cost-effective if you plan to sell your home before the interest rate adjusts.
It’s always a good idea to keep credit card debt in check, but it’s especially important when interest rates are trending upward. Many credit cards have variable annual percentage rates (APRs) that are tied to an index (typically the prime rate). When the prime rate goes up, the card’s APR will also increase.
Check your credit card statement to see what APR you’re currently paying. If you’re carrying a balance, how much is your monthly finance charge?
Your credit card issuer must give you written notice at least 45 days in advance of any rate change, so you have a little time to reduce or pay off your balance. If it’s not possible to pay off your credit card debt quickly, you may want to look for alternatives. One option is to transfer your balance to a card that offers a 0% promotional rate for a set period of time (such as 18 months). But watch out for transaction fees, and find out what APR applies after the promotional rate term expires, in case a balance remains.
Variable-rate student loans
Interest rates on federal student loans are always fixed (and so is the monthly payment). But if you have a variable rate student loan from a private lender, the size of your monthly payment may increase as the federal funds rate rises, potentially putting a dent in your budget. Variable student loan interest rates are generally pegged to the prime rate or the LIBOR. Because repayment occurs over a number of years, multiple rate hikes for variable rate loans could significantly affect the amount you’ll need to repay. Review your loan documents to find out how the interest rate is calculated, how often your payment might adjust, and whether the interest rate is capped.
Because interest rates are generally lower for variable rate loans, your monthly payment may be manageable, and you may be able to handle fluctuations. However, if your repayment term is long and you want to lock in your payment, you may consider refinancing into a fixed-rate loan. Make sure to carefully compare the costs and benefits of each option before refinancing.
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19-year-old Chelsea youngster spotted in first-team training under Frank Lampard before Bournemouth game
Carney Chukwuemeka, a Chelsea youngster, has been sighted in first-team training ahead of tomorrow’s game against Bournemouth.
The midfielder may be viewed in the club’s image collection on the 5th Stand App.
Mauricio Pochettino already wants to build his Chelsea side around 29-year-old
Chukwuemeka, who was one of the first outstanding kids to make the move to Stamford Bridge when Todd Boehly took over the club, has had a difficult season overall.
The 19-year-old did not play under Thomas Tuchel before the manager was fired, which irritated the owner following the big-money signing in the summer.
Graham Potter made opportunities more plentiful, even starting a crucial Premier League game against Manchester City in January.
However, since Frank Lampard took over the club, there has been more of the same patient waiting, which will annoy, especially considering the lack of importance remaining in the games.
Chukwuemeka is undergoing training.
There have even been claims that the young Englishman has been impressing in training, even though he is regularly kept out of the team entirely on match days.
Some supporters may be encouraged that Chukwuemeka is training only days before the club’s Premier League match against Bournemouth.
The team has now lost six games in a row under Lampard, with their most recent defeat coming against Arsenal.
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The only bright spots in that game were the performances of Noni Madueke and Mykhailo Mudryk, both of whom were struggling for minutes.
This should urge the interim manager to turn to players like the former Aston Villa midfielder to help restore some of the positive vibes at Stamford Bridge.

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The annual event is a fundraiser for FeedMore, the city's community food bank and Meals on Wheels program. About two dozen of Richmond's best restaurants participate by offering a fixed-price, three course meal to diners, raising enough money last year to pay for about one million meals for the needy.
Newcomers to the project this time out include Secco Wine Bar and Amour Wine Bistro in Carytown. Another fairly new restaurant, Bonvenu, was not selected to participate, according to the cafAc's manager Charmagne Doyle, but decided to join in unofficially. That's what appears to have prompted a letter that urges the restaurant to stop doing so immediately. “It says that if we don't stop, they'll take away our chance of doing it in the future,” Doyle says, wary about starting a restaurant war over a popular community fundraising effort. “We're not here to undermine anybody but none of the reasoning here is logical.”
Not clear is the source of the letter, delivered to Bonvenu earlier this week. At least two other restaurants, Coast and the Melting Pot, are also participating unofficially; staff members at those businesses say they have not heard complaints.
Longtime event organizer Aline Reitzer of Acacia Mid-town, citing an extraordinary level of business this week, declines toAÿdiscuss the issue until the event ends on Sunday. By all measures, this year's RRW has been busier than usual.
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Through this book the author tries to get into the commitment of revisiting the forgotten Bombay poets of 70s and 80s.
The novel explores the genius, yet psychotic, Goan-American poet-painter Newton Francis Xavier. The uncontrolled high-lows of Xavier's life have been narrated in two tones. First, as a series of interviews with his loony mom, neighbors, ex-wives, teachers, and a host of other characters by Dismas Bambai, a multifarious journalist who was recording an oral history of Xavier. Second, as a chronicle of Xavier's journey from New York to Mumbai and finally to Delhi where he’s travelling for one last hurrah, an exhibition before being consigned to oblivion.
Thayil is a brilliant writer. His flow, the language, his ability to summon up a vision or emotion at will, his masterful use of a misplaced word that shakes you up, his exceptional knowledge of poets, poetry, painters, art and superb research. The use of poetry in the novel is again, brilliant.
Different people's interviews to introduce the early life and the bohemian and reclusive character of Xavier have been done brilliantly. Dismas Bambai goes back and forth from people and at different times to slowly unveil the events involving Xavier and his nature. The entire Hung Realist poetry movement (akin to Souza's Progressive Artists Group) and the comic absurdities around various poets, their debaucheries and the politics of Indian poetry scene are put very well through these recordings.
Newton Francis Xavier is satirized very well. A cursory Google search on India's well known painter Francis Newton Souza and the well-known poet Dom Moraes will bring up the unmistakable similarities in the life stories of the three. Xavier is portrayed as an awarded genius, once-successful, irreverent & depraved non-soul, obsessing after booze and younger women who he uses and discards without being 'distracted by love', going down the abyss of personal and professional self-destruction. There seems to be a lot of Thayil in Dismas Bambai and Newton Xavier: that these characters running after heroin, booze, casual sex and that they are poets give that away. In that sense, the book seems to be very personal to Thayil.
The increasingly unhinged thinking and erratic behavior of Xavier, depicted in the book, maybe a plot device showing progressive disintegration of the character. If so, it is masterfully done. But unfortunately, from half-way point of the book, this comes across more as the author losing grip of his writing.


A record number of UK-listed companies have issued warnings to shareholders that rising costs could hurt their profits, a new report shows.
The number of profit warnings issued in the first quarter of 2022 rose by 44 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the report from accounting firm EY.
Some 43 percent of listed companies that warned profits could be lower than anticipated said it is owing to rising costs as commodity and energy prices surge.
This compares to just 27 percent that said so in the last three months of 2021 and an average 10 percent that cited it as the main cause across the past decade.
Alan Hudson, partner at EY, said: “The war in Ukraine has contributed to greater supply-side pressures and raised questions about confidence and demand in 2022.
“We are now looking at a year with ongoing COVID-19 disruption alongside higher inflation, greater uncertainty, and faster monetary tightening than we expected just a few months ago.”
Meanwhile, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said firms might need further support before the autumn budget to help tackle rising costs.
Alpesh Paleja, the CBI’s lead economist, said, “While private sector growth seems resilient so far, near-term challenges are growing.”
He said that “strong inflationary pressure is hurting businesses through higher costs” and will “weigh on the economic outlook for this year.”
Noting that the government has announced support for low-income households, he said, “To combat rising cost pressures, firms may also require further support prior to the autumn budget, not least energy intensive firms.”
According to a new survey conducted by the Institute of Directors (IoD), another UK business group, optimism among business leaders in prospects for the UK economy remained very low in April after it “collapsed” the previous month.
Kitty Ussher, chief economist at the IoD said, “The invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves around British boardrooms as firms grappled with the impact on their own organisations and those of their trading counterparties.”
The survey of 575 of IoD members showed that their confidence in the prospects for their own firms partially recovered in April from March’s low as business leaders came to terms with the impact of the Ukraine war.
But Ussher said the optimism in the UK economy “remains very low.”
“Business leaders see no early prospect of an improvement in inflation and the overriding mood is one of heightened risk and uncertainty,” she said.
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Let’s face it, expectations were set pretty dovish for the ECB rate decision.
With disappointing economic reports coming out day after day and the Cyprus bailout deal reigniting concerns about the eurozone’s debt problems, traders were expecting a pessimistic statement from Mario Draghi. And to a certain extent, Draghi did deliver.
He might not have announced any changes in monetary policy, but he did mention that policymakers went through an “extensive” discussion of interest rates and that the ECB stands ready to act if the need arises. Am I the only one that smells a rate cut coming?
In assessing the economy, he also added that economic weakness spilled over into early 2013, and he basically gave an uninspiring outlook for the region, citing downside risks to the economy.
Yet in spite of all this, the euro managed to end Thursday on an extremely strong note. What led the euro to stage such a crazy comeback?
Draghi assures the markets that Cyprus is “no template” for future bailouts.
The markets were spooked out when they learned about the deal that Cyprus accepted to secure its bailout loan. I mean, who wouldn’t be? It involved raiding the savings of depositors for crying out loud!
Investors were afraid that this agreement would lead to a bank run and might set a precedent for future bailouts.But in the press conference following the rate decision, Draghi responded to these concerns by saying that “Cyprus is no template.”
What this basically means is that what was applied to one country will not necessarily apply to another, so there’s no need to worry about the governments reaching into depositors’ coffers again.
Furthermore, when asked what would happen if a country were to exit the eurozone, he answered that there is “no plan B,” which suggests that European officials will do all they can to keep the region intact.
This strong resolve to keep the eurozone together seems to have inspired confidence in the markets because what followed next was a massive euro rally.
Short squeeze on the euro?
Many believe that the ridiculous rally we saw on the euro was the result of a short squeeze. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, a short squeeze occurs when sellers are forced to cover their short positions, resulting in a sharp rise in price. It’s basically like hitting the NoS on a racecar for an added boost!
Some think that the massive move we saw on EUR/JPY might have also had spillover effects on EUR/USD. After all, EUR/JPY climbed over 500 pips on Thursday, the largest single-day rally on record!
When buyers started to push EUR/USD higher, it could have triggered some stops, which in turn increased market bullishness and lifted prices up to new heights.
No doubt, the euro’s performance that day was extremely impressive – one for the books. But with the prospect of a rate cut looming over the shared currency, one can’t help but wonder if these gains will eventually be erased. Do you think the euro has what it takes to continue trading higher?


As I sat in the courtroom of the Russell County Courthouse Monday night, it couldn’t help but seem that the warning coming from County Treasurer Kim Fenske was falling on deaf ears.
As the magistrates mulled over a decision to purchase two new trucks for the road department at a price tag exceeding $230,000, an idea presented by magistrate Mickey Garner, Fenske told the magistrates that they needed to be cautious spending so much money out of the county’s general fund.
The county has a surplus of about $1.8 million dollars carrying over into the next fiscal year, and that seemed like a good enough reason for Garner and fellow magistrate Ronald Johnson to use those funds to purchase the trucks.
But Fenske told them to proceed with caution: that surplus has been larger, and with rising expenditures, it has been going down by around $200,000 each year. That might be going up too in the near future, with higher prices as the U.S. economy rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“You could buy those trucks outright, but at some point, we’re at a negative of about $200,000 each year and that surplus keeps dropping by $200,000 every year, so the more we spend and the higher expenditures go up, I’m just looking long term,” Fenske said during Monday’s meeting.
I’m not here to deny that the road department needs better equipment. They do. And from what it seems, that was made evident during the ice storm last winter. Those workers did the best they could with the equipment they have and should be applauded for their hard work, and equipment upgrades should be considered for the department.
But there has to be some mindfulness about the financial future of the county. It wasn’t all that long ago when Gary Robertson’s administration took over the judge-executive’s office when the county had to borrow $400,000 to make payroll for county employees.
That’s not a place we want to be at again.
And right now with a national labor shortage, with the new vehicle purchases being made this year, the county is going to have more vehicles than they do people to drive them.
Right now, the county is in pretty decent financial shape and considering everything, they should be congratulated for that. It hasn’t been easy.
But if the county finds itself in financial distress again, there will be two options: cutting costs (i.e. laying off employees or cutting back services) or raising taxes.
Does anybody want either of these to happen? I would imagine not. I certainly don’t want essential services cut back or a higher tax bill.
Those in county government have been warned about what’s coming. Let’s see how they respond.
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BERLIN - Germany signed off Monday on a $5 billion foundation to compensate people forced to work for Hitler's war machine, sealing months of arduous negotiations on one of the last Nazi evils not redressed after World War II.
Representatives of the United States, Russia, Israel, four eastern European states, the Jewish Claims Conference and lawyers for the victims signed documents along with German officials establishing the compensation fund.
''This closes one of the last open chapters of the Nazi past,'' German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said. ''We are setting down a durable marker of historic and moral responsibility.''
More than 1 million former laborers are expected to be eligible for payments, mostly central and eastern Europeans. The fund also will compensate people subjected to Nazi medical experiments and some with other Holocaust-related claims.
Officials said they expect the foundation, funded in equal parts by German industry and the government, will start payouts this year.
''It can't undo the suffering that the victims went through, and unfortunately it also comes too late for many,'' Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said.
Still, he added, the agreement marked a ''historic day'' not only for the survivors, but for Germans because they were forced to confront this aspect of the Nazi past.
President Clinton issued a statement praising the German government and companies.
''This important and generous act will bring comfort and some measure of justice to surviving victims of the Nazi era,'' the president said.
''It is a fitting capstone to the 20th century, and a cornerstone for a 21st century of peace and tolerance.''
Schroeder said foundation trustees would meet to draw up application procedures immediately, and said the government would transfer its entire $2.5 billion contribution to the fund's coffers this year so that payments can begin quickly.
Several former forced and slave laborers attended the signing ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin - a building that once housed Nazi Germany's central bank.
''Finally we have a victory, not only morally but also in a material sense,'' said Karel Horak, a 79-year-old Czech survivor of a Nazi-era forced labor camp who attended.
Israel Miller, head of the Jewish Claims Conference, praised Germany for launching the fund.
''A great challenge faces us now,'' he added. ''We must reach potential beneficiaries as quickly as possible. Survivors are dying each day.''
Germany has paid some $60 billion in restitution to survivors for suffering at the hands of the Nazis, but slave labor had always fallen between the cracks. German companies long denied responsibility for using slave labor, arguing they had been pressured by the Nazis.
U.S. class-action lawsuits filed by survivors brought German industry and Schroeder to the bargaining table last year. As the theme spilled into the open in Germany, it became clear that the use of Nazi-era labor extended far beyond industry to farms, city administrations, private households and even churches.
Among the documents signed Monday were guarantees from Washington intended to protect German companies from class-action lawsuits in the United States. German industry will only free its share of the fund once the lawsuits are dropped.


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Everyone knows how important it is to eat your veggies! Help your little ones learn to love broccoli and its albino cousin cauliflower with this fun felt food tutorial. The pattern for these felt florets require some gathering so be sure to have sturdy thread at the ready!
Sturdy thread in matching colors
Template (at the end of this post- print full page)
Fabric marker, pencil or chalk
For felt broccoli pattern you will need:
For felt cauliflower pattern:
From light green felt – Cilantro
Cut 2 of your chosen stem (stalk)
Cut 1 base
From bright green felt – Fresh Cut Grass
Sew felt broccoli base pieces together using an overcast stitch matching thread, keep your stitches close together because we will be stuffing it pretty tightly. Stuff with a pencil or as you sew.
Sew base onto bottom after stuffing with an overcast stitch and matching thread.
Now for the tricky part. Mark outlines on patterns using chalk or permanent fabric marker. Sew a loose running stitch along each of the “veins” pulling tightly before knotting and moving to the next marking. Keep all the knots on the marked side – this will be the inside.
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The White Chapel of Elvis
THE WHITE CHAPEL (… of Elvis)
I wish I could say my husband and I had a huge wedding with bowls of floating orchids on crisp white linen table cloths. All the guests dressed exquisitely in designer finery, and me, in a gown with layer upon layer of ivory tulle, my face tucked under a delicate ivory veil.
The setting is rolling hills framing a picturesque landscape we picked out so perfectly. The wedding guests sip flutes of Chateau de What’shisname, chirping and laughing as they dine on sumptuous trays of petit this and crème de that, and delicious baby something or other, served just as the sun drifted behind the hills. The sky could have been painted by Renoir himself, as brilliant shades of tangerine and coral streaked and dazzled an almost navy blue sky.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, my wedding day consisted of a quick jaunt up highway 80 to Nevada…Reno, that is, not Vegas. My husband was a fire captain and had only a few hours before his 96 started, (wives of firefighters understand) so we figured that day was as good as any.
My husband was more than a decade older than me and had been through the whole wedding mania before, so to avoid boring him with my girlhood dream of walking down the aisle I opted for a trip to Reno.
Finding a wedding chapel in Nevada is like finding a rock in a rock quarry, they’re pretty plentiful. We stopped at one called the Little White Chapel. I thought it was an adorable novelty at first, but, after we left I noticed there were just as many adorable Little White Chapels as there were 7-11’s, with just as much neon.
It was noon by the time we’d gone up the street to licensing bureau to get the marriage license, so we headed back over to the “chapel”. We pulled up to the front of the mock church and noticed a young woman in a huge picture window, chewing her heart out on a piece of gum while she filed her nails, emblazoned in red lettering with flashing red neon hearts the sign above her read, “Drive-in Wedding”. I’d seen it all.
We walked up the red carpeted steps and entered by two huge Grecian urn-style vases filled with dust covered plastic flower arrangements, complete with spider webs. My intended and I looked at one another, and then he took my hand and said, “Here we go”. I don’t know if he thought I would turn and run or if he took my hand in fear, probably a little of both.
We walked into the church vestibule, we were met with lines of wire racks filled with road maps, cheap 24 - hour breakfast joints, and discounted stage attractions; most had ended months before.
Behind the counter hung the requisite Reno artwork - a larger than life size portrait of Elvis, on black velvet. It was of “The King” in his legendary white jumpsuit, collar turned up to accent his thick mane of blue-black hair. Would you expect anything less from a wedding chapel in Reno, Nevada?
Behind the counter a young man of about 18 welcomed us and told us about the various wedding packages available. We just wanted a quickie, so we opted for the basic/no frills package. Basically, we got the minister and a cassette tape of the ceremony of us saying “I Do”.
The young man politely excused himself and stepped behind a flowery threadbare drape. I could have sworn I heard him say, “Maw, we got one”, but I could be wrong.
In seconds Maw, I mean, the minister walked through the dusty drapes holding a file folder and a Bible in one hand and a cup of something in the other. A cigarette hung for dear life from her bottom lip, bouncing as she spoke to welcome us to wedded bliss.
My husband leaned in to me and asked me if she was gonna smoke through the ceremony. I didn’t really care. I just wanted her to hurry. Between the cigarette smoke in my nose, her noxious body odor mixed with dime store perfume and the stench from the 50 year old casino knock off carpeting, my nose was on sensory overload.
We were escorted into the sanctuary by the minister, that’s when I noticed she was wearing matted fuzzy slippers that were completely devoid of color. I thought to myself, this is too much (!) let’s just get this over with. We got into the sanctuary and my mouth hung open in wonder. As ambience and a backdrop for the minister, there was another life size black velvet painting of The Last Supper hanging in a thick gild plastic frame. One of the disciples looked strangely like Elvis.
The bottom portion of the golden frame was being held together by strips of grey duct tape, but no one seemed to mind the repair technique.
The young man followed us into the church and eased behind the minister to a table where he pushed the play button on an antiquated cassette player. We were entertained by the warbled strains of “Oh Promise Me” as it crackled and hissed, filling the musty church with sound.
My curiosity taunted me so, I wanted to turn back and take a good look around the church, but the rational part of me said to keep my eyes forward. Rational thinking lost. I looked. No, I turned completely around and didn’t turn back until I felt my husband elbowing me…hard.
Rarely am I at a loss for words, but, I was astounded and amazed on so many levels. Even my husband, who was a fire captain, and has seen it all, was stunned.
We were in Nevada, the land of quick marriages, and take no hostages living, but when it comes to getting hitched in what is peddled as being a church I think that velvet Elvis should not be in the building and the minister should not have a smoke in the blessedness of the church sanctuary.
What shocked me more than anything were the ashtrays on the ends of the pews. Smoking in church? There’s no smoking in church! Wooden church pews with metal ashtrays built into the ends of the pews. What company makes church pews with ashtrays? That has to be sacrilegious. And to add to the décor was a table with ice buckets, alcoholic beverages and glasses – a mini bar in church, yes, in church.
So, we didn’t have all the wedding bells and whistles, lavish meal and great gown, but we have a cassette tape of our wedding day with the minister who has a hacking cough, and who continued to puff throughout the ceremony. You can actually hear her exhale and cough throughout the tape. She’s kind of hard to understand at times because the tape of “Oh Promise Me” hisses and screeches a lot. It’s hysterical.
It’s many, many years later and we now have two children to our credit. They listened to that warbled wedding tape well into their 20’s and every time they’d laugh until tears rolled down their cheeks. Every anniversary I’d have to tell the kids the story, and each time they’d laugh uncontrollably.
Sure, we could have waited and had the wedding I dreamed of with the bowls of floating orchids, but I really don’t think we’d have the memories we made that day in Reno in The Little White Chapel.


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Sourav Ganguly says no comment on Manjrekar axe
Mirror Sports Bureau
Sourav Ganguly has refused to comment on the removal of Sanjay Majrekar from the BCCI/IPL commentary team. As reported by this paper yesterday, Manjrekar was left out of the team for the just-abandoned South Africa series and is a likely exclusion from the IPL commentary team also. “Yes, he wasn’t a part of the panel for this series, but it doesn’t mean that during the next series, he won’t be there. I don’t know what exactly was the trigger,” an agency report said quoting an unnamed BCCI official.


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January 21, 2011 |
NEW DELHI: Prices of natural rubber in the domestic market touched a record high of Rs 234 per kg today, tracking global rates which hit a new high on supply concerns emanating from biggest producer Thailand. Prices of natural rubber, a key component for making tyres, today closed at Rs 234 per kg in Kottayam and Kochi, which account for 90 per cent of the country's production. The price of the commodity also shot up to a record high of Rs 261 per kg in Bangkok on concerns that supply from Thailand, the top exporter of the material, may decline, worsening a supply shortage after a flood warning in the nation.
February 28, 2013 |
KOCHI: Tyre industry has objected to the Centre's move to raise the import duty on natural rubber from Rs 20 per kg to Rs 34 per kg. In view of the widening gap in domestic production and consumption, the industry says, the import of natural rubber is inevitable. "It will have far-reaching and adverse consequences on tyre industry and its long-term impact will be felt on the entire value chain of rubber sector," said Anant Goenka , chairman of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA)
October 13, 2011 |
NEW DELHI: Natural rubber consumption fell by 8 per cent to 74,000 tonnes in September, 2011, while production rose by 3 per cent to 80,200 tonnes, according to the Rubber Board data. India consumed 80,500 tonnes of rubber in September, 2010, whereas output stood at 77,500 tonnes in the same period, according to data released by the Rubber Board. On a month-on-month basis, rubber consumption declined by about 4 per cent to 74,000 tonnes in September, 2011, as against 77,000 tonnes in the previous month, it added.
October 28, 2002 |
KOTTAYAM: Country's production of natural rubber was 43,635 tonnes during June '02 as against 39,175 tonnes in June '01, Rubber Board sources said. The total production during the first quarter of the current financial year was 1,25,845 tonnes, registering a growth of 2.7% compared to corresponding period of previous year. Weak monsoon and consequent realisation of more tapping days helped increase in production of natural rubber. Consumption of natural rubber stood at 56,740 tonnes during June as against 56,505 tonnes in previous month.
September 26, 2014 |
KOCHI: The Centre would take a 'time-bound' decision on increasing import duty of natural rubber, Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today. A decision in this regard would be taken after taking into consideration the views expressed by stakeholders in the rubber sector, the minister told reporters here. She held meetings with tubber growers, traders and tyre manufacturers here. The minister said Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy had also met her and sought an increase in import duty.
September 17, 2006 |
COONOOR: The conventional wisdom (CW) is that natural rubber (NR) grows best at altitudes of 1,000 ft and tea at over 3,000 ft and that the two can only meet at annual plantation conferences. And yet an experimental project is now on in North Bengal to grow rubber on tea estates. By sometime next year, if the first latex drawn from the rubber trees meets end-use requirements and improves growers' viability, the tea-growing heartland of north-east India could also be looking at meeting the rapidly increasing domestic consumption for NR. At this point of time, it might seem like a pipe dream.
March 24, 2014 |
KOCHI: Realising that producing rubber sheets of high quality will help curb import of natural rubber, which is likely to reach a new high of over 3 lakh tonne this year, the Rubber Board has launched a series of branded high quality sheets through a company promoted by it in Nilambur in Malappuram district in Kerala. Thunchathu Ezhuthachan Rubbers, a company in which Rubber Board has controlling stake, has launched the brands Nilambur Gold and Nilambur Honey in the RSS 1X category.
April 4, 2014 |
KOCHI: A month after starting the procurement drive for natural rubber, there is hardly any improvement in prices. The prices have remained at Rs 148-149 per kg as the procurement has been sluggish. The procurement agencies point out lack of funds as a major reason for the slow pace. The Kerala State Co-operative Rubber Marketing Federation (Rubbermark), one of the agencies that have been entrusted with the procurement, has procured 105 tonne till March 31. A senior officer of Rubbermark said the federation is yet to obtain funds for the procurement.
May 7, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: Indian tyre manufacturers are worried about the government's decision to increase import duty on natural rubber, which they say will make them uncompetitive and cause dumping by neighbouring nations. They see the move going against the government's 'Make in India' initiative. The government increased the duty on natural rubber to 25% from 20%, making imports costlier than before, after India's natural rubber production fell to a 12-year low. Tyre makers, who have been lobbying against the duty, say the step adds to the inverted duty structure - higher import tax on raw materials compared with finished products - that the government wants to dismantle.
April 20, 2015 |
KOTTAYAM: Production of natural rubber in Kerala has declined by more than 15 per cent during last fiscal as against the yield for the corresponding previous year as unremunerative prices kept rubber growers away from tapping. Production of natural rubber during 2014-15 was 6,55,000 tonnes which is 15.4 per cent lower than 7,74,000 tonnes produced in 2013-14, according to the latest figures released by the Rubber Board. Kerala accounts for more than 90 per cent of the total rubber production in the country.


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"The casual gaming market has really boomed in the last few years. Often a gamer would have a few minutes to fill with a short game, and more often a non-gamer would want to start with something simple and quick. With this in mind, I would not be surprised if Solitaire is the world’s most played game.
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It’s been a busy weekend for the wallets of the world. If the Steam Autumn Sale didn’t drain them then Black Friday was waiting in the wings, waving cut-price SSDs and bargain-bin monitors in our faces.
Somehow, Amazon has spearheaded its own evil version of Christmas, catapulting Black Friday into a new stratosphere of commercial madness. I barely even know what Thanksgiving is apart from turkeys and colonisation but Black Friday has become a global phenomenon. Even if the most strong-willed can’t help but get their head turned by the wave of deals and cutthroat prices.
Now it’s time to put away that credit card and come down from that post-purchase high. Let’s take stock of what we’ve all bought during the biggest sales weekend of the year.
I’ve had a quiet one this year for the sales, to be honest, I’ve got no moolah at the moment, so, er, I didn’t buy anything in either of the big sales this time around. Maybe next year, when an upgrade is a little higher on the agenda!
What bargains did you manage to find on Black Friday, and did any games take your interest in the Steam Autumn Sale? Or were you disappointed by the offerings this year? Let us know below!


British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday condemned attacks on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, saying Egypt was responsible for protecting diplomatic property.
"I strongly condemn the attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. We have urged the Egyptian authorities to meet their responsibilities under the Vienna Convention to protect diplomatic property and personnel, including the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. They have reassured us that they take these very seriously," Cameron said in a statement."The Egyptian authorities have previously said that they will uphold Egypt’s international agreements including its peace treaty with Israel. We welcome this and look to Egypt to honour this commitment. We urge both countries to work together to resolve current tensions and enhance regional stability,”he added.


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