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Are you losing friends as you age? #writebravely

By “friends”, I don’t mean  friends  on Facebook with whom you haven’t had a “conversation” ever. Or your children’s friends’ parents who become a  part of your life thanks to the various ‘Parents groups’ one joins to keep oneself abreast of what’s happening in the lives of their tiny tots. Neither am I talking about the different friends who belong to different categories one allots them to.

By “friends”, I mean your real friends who form the  innermost circle – who know your past, your life, your fears and even your desires,  Friends,  who have been with you for some time now. Who have been privy to personal matters which you may have shared with them and eased your burden. Friends who, you felt, would always be a part of your life.

So, are you losing these special friends?

This morning, I heard one of my favourite songs:

Diye jaltey hain…phool khiltey hain…badi mushkil se magar duniya mein dost miltey hain.”

It has played in my mind on the loop since then. I have always loved this song, right since the time I was in college when I heard it first. Back then, I had just one friend, and I would  dedicate this song to her when I hummed it in her presence. Thankfully, she is still with me. Will always be, hopefully!

I  have a few more friends who I am close to – have been close to since some years now. They know me inside out and I them. But, sadly, I feel the distance between us growing by the day. Although, I know, I just have to pick up the phone and blather on when in distress and they will be there to listen and make me feel better. But, there is this nagging feeling within me that tells me that, albeit slightly, our equation has changed. Maybe I am wrong. Maybe it’s all a figment of my overactive imagination, but, life does change, people do change, right?

Being an introvert, I have always had just a few friends. Few as in I can count them on the fingers of one hand. And, being a solitude-loving lonely soul, I don’t find the need to constantly hang out with my friends. Meeting them once in a while is enough. But, since some time now, I wonder why I feel them moving away…I find myself moving away, too.

Guess, Life must have gotten in the way, isn’t it?

Family, children, job, health, financial stress,  life…all of it gets in the way. Our changing perspectives about life get in the way! I don’t mean to sound melancholic or bitter,  but it’s something I have observed since sometime now. I am well aware of the fact that people come into our lives and move away and all  that, but friends are the ones who are supposed to stay always, isn’t it?

There are some friends I lost along the way, but  I will always cherish their memories, for sure.   For,  you don’t always come across a soul you vibe with instantaneously. You don’t always come across someone who reads your mind  and knows the exact words that will make you feel good about yourself, about your life!

We all lose friends as we age. As I said, Life happens. It takes time getting over them. It takes ages, actually, but you learn to live  without them.  Many a time, you hope they will return, you hope you will hear from them, which, of course doesn’t happen. What does happen is, we learn to live with ourselves -‘we’ –  our one constant friend till the end of time. We learn to take such eventualities in our stride, and make ourselves sturdier.

I wish I had known this fact earlier. I would have been better equipped to handle the heartache. But, I think the realisation had to come at an age when life begins making much more sense than it did earlier. The realisation that nothing is forever. That accepting life and moving on is the only solution to most of life’s miseries!

These are not outpourings  of a broken heart, it’s just something that has weighed on my mind since some time now and I needed to share it with my other constant friend – my blog! Maybe the fear of losing people makes me all jittery and my imagination goes on an overdrive!

Are you too losing friends as you age?

Why don't friends stay with us always?

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Do you know the secret to living a happy life? Eat. Pray. Love. Or, watch what you eat, wish well for all and fill your heart with love! That's precisely what I try to do through my blogs: 'Metanoia', the wellness blogazine, and 'Fictionista', my blog for fiction and non-fiction. Welcome to my virtual homes!

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  1. What a thought provoking post, Shilpa! So true about the friends. I, too, am an introvert and don’t have that many close friends. I enjoy my own company most of the time.

    When I was a military kid, losing friends was a common occurrence when I moved so often.

    Now that I’ve been in Ottawa for 30 years, I see that friends still drift away for whatever reason. Whatever you had in common is no longer relevant like a job or group you belonged to. Such is life! Or I was friends with parents of my kids when they were in sports or school.

    As you so wisely put it, we all lose friends over a lifetime and one day we will lose them all when death claims us, sadly. We must enjoy the moments along the way and cherish the few friends who stay with us through all the changes. I hope we will always be friends, even though we live far apart, Shilpa. I think of you as one of my good online friends.

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    1. Of course, we will be friends always, Cathy! You too are one of my closest online friends! So what if there’s such a vast distance between us?
      You are right…we all lose friends in life…And, we cherish the ones who we loved but who are no more a part of our lives..It is a sad reality, but we really can’t help it, can we? All we can do is cherish the ones who stay with us and remember the rest with fondness!

    1. You are so like my friend, who has just me in her friend circle and she says she does not need any more friends! 🙂 But, it is really better to be like you than make new friends and then lose them over time.
      Thank you for your comment, Dhanashree!

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  2. Aww hugs babe! I know what you mean and strangely, my post talks about a related concern: the growing distance between me and blogging friends. For one thing, it’s the lack of time and I do mean that literally. Impossible to keep in touch with 1500 friends! (Okay don’t roll your eyes at me!) But also that Life IS a bit too overwhelming once you grow older.I see Gy and I see the happiness, the carefree nature that comes with childhood and I miss that terribly on some days. How she fights and patches up immediately with friends. We find that tougher as we age. We have these huge things called egos and ‘maybe they don’t want us’ feeling that weighs on us. Sometimes, when I feel so, I do the crazy thing like calling up a friend out of the blue. One of those close friends whom I’ve known for 20 years and we just lapse into this easy, happy conversational tone. Like we just picked up from yesterday. So I think it’s a two-way street. We need to make the effort to stay connected. We have to choose those few relationships and invest in them emotionally. There is no other way.

    But a lovely post. And very wistfully written too 🙂

    1. Yes, Shailaja..I think apart from Life, our egos too come in the way. Our mind conjures up all sorts of horrid ideas and then we shut the door on our friends who we think have left us far behind!
      You are right….we ourselves need to reach out, keep the relationship alive and make efforts to stay connected. But, at the same time, we need to also learn to accept the changes that are bound to take place in life.

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  3. Once, I wrote about it when a very close college chum got married but fortunately our bond has grown stronger over time. I can relate and such things can happen with us, where people flesh out their priorities but true friendship stands tall. Friendship has always been sacred to me and when the closest people drift apart, it hurts us the most. I am also an introvert and take my time to make friends with people but there are some special souls with whom I made friends in no time.

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  4. Yes, we do lose friends. This is sad but true! If I look back, the people who were once close to me seem like strangers now. Life gets in the way. But one is lucky if they have that one friend who is always there!
    Loved reading your thoughts on this.

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  5. I used to be devastated earlier as I really give my all in a relationship; but life taught me the hard way that good ppl are rare and few; connection with them is even lesser!
    So I now stick to the adage People come into my life for a reason and for a season.
    I have lost such close and dear friends who were with me through terribly heartbreaking stuff in my life but chose to move on or away – guess life happened! I am grateful for them to be there in my life at that time and thank them from the bottom of my heart, bear them no ill will and have now just moved on!
    Only my truly closest friends are still there in my life and these have been in my life since childhood – so no worries of ever losing them to life and shit!!
    Dont be sad over ppl who walk on because their time in your life is simply over Shilpa!!! Newer ones will come along now! 🙂

    1. I am working on it, Shalz, but it’s so darn difficult.. People coming for a reason and for a season into our lives – accepting this hard truth and moving on can be taxing for an emotional person, like me, but it has sure taught me so much! I have learnt to be independent – emotionally independent.Am learning every day!
      Thanks my dear!

  6. Great post and what you shared, feels like my life. I am also an introvert. Sometimes I have a hard time talking to VT. And I still have only 2 close friends. Both from sons ago. Made many and lost many. You know what? There is this analogy that I keep using over conversations and guess have written that somewhere on the blog too. Let me share that with you.
    Life is a set of rooms. Each room has a few people. Family, friends, cousins, acquaintances, peers etc. we keep moving from one room to the other and the people sometimes come with us to the next room and sometimes they stay back. Mostly spouse, close friends, siblings and parents keep moving with us in each room until death. And who are stay behind are those relationships that were cherished in that room or two but not beyond that. We just lose them. So it’s okay cos their span was only that much with us.
    Hugs, Shilpa! ❤

    1. Wow! Parul, I loved that analogy! Yes, I agree..some people will stay back, but others will come along with you no matter how rough the road. The ones who left are supposed to be cherished for the lovely moments and memories we made with them. The rest who followed us – well, we are supposed to be grateful they are with us!

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  7. Ah Shilpa I identify with all that you said so much. I won’t exactly say I am an introvert but I am someone in middle – I always had a few selected friends but as life happened we all moved in different directions and what remains now is just a whatsApp group where they share pics of their kids. I have faces several heartaches by having expectations from people whom I thought were real friends but in hindsight I a, glad they are no longer a part of my life for they were never worthy. Blogging introduced me to so many virtual friends and a few have become dear ones- life happens and we must move along and save ourselves the heartache.

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    1. Saving ourselves from heartaches is what is most well as not expecting anything from anyone. That will actually make you much more independent and suffer much less!
      Thank you for visiting, Akshata! And, thank you for sharing your feelings! 🙂

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  8. Shilpa, I have only a handful of friends and they all live in different parts of the country and the world but somehow we are always connected.We speak after ages but there is no awkward silence or accusatory tone, we just pick up from where we had left off last time we spoke 🙂 I love this comfortable feeling, touch wood. Acquaintances come and go. I talk to everybody in my social circle but speak only with my close friends, if you know what I mean 🙂

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    1. I know what you mean, Sulekha! You are blessed to have friends who, despite the distance, are close to you.
      I too have just a handful friends, who are there, but Life and her varied priorities take away our time together. That’s Life, isn’t it? 🙂

  9. I never had too many friends. Just a few and I am still in touch with them. But yes, life do comes in between. I see how busy they have got specially with young kids that sometimes even call is not possible. I miss the old times of hanging out and go shopping and eating. With age it becomes difficult to make friends too I feel.

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  10. Wow! Loved what you have shared here Shilpa. Being an introvert myself, can completely relate to what you have expressed here. I have only a few friends, literally people I can count on the fingers of one hand, and then they are scattered around the world, with not one of them I can actually meet in person 🙂 – but knowing that we are still on the same page helps, immensely. We can just start from where we left off – no matter if it is a gap of a few days or months! Wish everyone has such lasting friendships.

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    1. True, Rashmi. It’s the same with me. The few friends I have are miles away from me..maybe the reason I can not meet them in person as often as I would like to makes me think we have drifted away!

  11. I have a ton of friends and many of them since my childhood. It’s strange because I’m quite a introvert at heart. Of course friends change or rather your interactions change – school friends are different from college friends who are different from bus stop friends …. you get the drift don’t you . Obviously some friends drop off along the way but that is only to be expected. We only have so many hours in a day and so many things to do so keeping in touch with each and everyone will be a tough thing to do!

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  12. Aw Shilpa. That was such a heartfelt post. We all do lose touch with friends but the good thing with close friends is that we can take up where we left off. Thanks to Facebook primarily, I feel the connection doesn’t snap as it used to before the age of social media so that’s something to be grateful for.

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  13. I agree! We lose friends as we age. We might not want that to happen but it does. I wish it wasn’t happening. I think that happens because we all change and not everyone changes with us. I actually wrote about that as well, if you’re interested. Anyways, good read and thanks for sharing! 🙂

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      1. You’re completely right! You might not want some things to change but there’s nothing else to do but to accept the change 🙂

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  14. I saw the link to this post in the FB group. At that time I couldn’t come to read it but I had to come back to read this one because I knew I will find myself and my thoughts here. I have to admit I do not have real friends, not any longer. I have accepted this truth and I am happy being on my own. I used to have 2 (somewhat like soul sisters) until a couple of years back but as it happened one of them moved away from me while I moved away from the second one. The introvert nature and the love of solitude are also the reason why I keep out people from my life.I have become wary of the word soul-sister too.

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    1. I have realised there are a couple of my friends who will be with me always (hopefully) and I am happy in the knowledge. But, life is uncertain. Secondly, my reclusive nature has me enjoying my own company much more and keeping people at an arm’s distance. There are moments when I so want to be with my friends, chat with them, spend hours with them. But such moments are few and far between. Maybe it’s just me being human, and my hormones driving me crazy. but, majority of the time, I would much rather be with myself, even go for a movie or to an art gallery by myself.
      In your comment, I could hear my own thoughts, Anamika. Our introvert nature is the reason we are the way we are. And, loving it, too! 🙂
      Thank you for pouring your heart out, Anamika! ❤

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Ryan Guzman is a Hollywood film actor. And he is also Mixed martial arts fighter. Guzman started as a model in San Francisco in 2006 while attending college in Sacramento and also training and fighting in M.M.A. in his spare time.

He was born September 21, 1987, in Abilene, Texas, to Lisa (Hudson) and Ray Guzman. His father is Mexican. His mother, who was born in California, has English, Scottish, German, Swedish, and more distant French and Dutch, ancestry. Ryan Guzman moved to Sacramento, California, his mother’s native city, at a young age. He graduated from West Campus High School in 2005. He attended Sierra College. Guzman has a younger brother, Steven.

In Sept of 2010 he decided to move to Los Angeles and within 6 month he found himself having success doing commercials. Through commercial work, an interest in acting started to arise for Guzman. Shortly after Ryan started taking acting classes, he signed with Luber Roklin Management, and two months later, he landed his big break and was cast as the lead in the highest grossing film dance franchise to date. Since moving to LA, Ryan has been keeping busy working on many popular films & TVs shows.

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Easy Come Easy go…The Drive Thru Dojo

Let’s get this clear from the get go. Karate-do is not transactional, at least not in my book, and not in my dojo. If it were, I’d be charging thousands per student. Fortunately it’s not transactional and I don’t charge thousands. What a sensei is, and does is really beyond monetary valuation. A sensei occupies a place unfamiliar to modern material living, and his impact on his students, if carefully observed, is equally transcendental. Now I know that some of you are scratching your heads and thinking I’m being opaque…saying to yourselves, what’s the big deal…I pay you, and you teach me how to kick and punch. And yes, you have a point if that’s all the 1% you want to get out of karate-do. But I can tell you from experience that you won’t last very long (at least in my dojo) if that’s all that you want. And you won’t last because your objective is material and/or ego based i.e. transactional, and ultimately void of the intended meaning and spiritual richness that prevents the walls (of continued training) from collapsing from within.

Years ago I recall a story told to me about Master Nakayama and a young Leslie Safar. For the sake of brevity I’ll just summarize. Mr. Safar was interested in starting karate, so he visited Master Nakayama’s dojo in Japan. He had saved up his money, and figured he’d pay and start training. Master Nakayama politely asked him to sit (properly, in seiza) outside the dojo and observe class. Mr. Safar obliged, thinking it was not an unreasonable request for him to sit and approve of the class before coming the next time to train. The next day, he eagerly arrived ready for his fist lesson on kicking and punching, but Master Nakayama politely requested him to sit and observe again. Thinking that his approval is imminently of important significance, he agreed and sat and watched again. This transaction went on for a quite awhile, weeks maybe even a month, until Mr. Safar realized that, it was not his approval that Master Nakayama wanted, but an insight into his humility and determination. Mr. Safar’s approval was immaterial. The barriers to entry were made painfully difficult to ensure that Mr. Safar’s interest in karate-do was beyond an ego transaction. The story continues with more humor and depth, but I think the point is clear. Incidentally, some many, many decades later Mr. Safar is still training and is one of the most renown karateka of world today.

Sadly, the modern sensei rivals the used car salesman in his zest to sell at any cost, to any person, at any age…often using dubious schemes and contracts. Even more disconcerting; however, is the student, not willing to “sit seiza and observe”….assuming that they can pay and simply adopt a cash is king cavalier attitude towards what should be a life long pursuit of self discovery and perfection of character.

Recently I had a mother come to the dojo, wanting her six year old kid to try out class, claiming he had been training since age two. Immediately, the red flags came up and I asked her to sit (on comfy chairs) quietly and observe the class with her son. I also told her to make sure to look at other dojo in the area, to make sure she knows exactly what she is getting. For me this has always been protocol, a slight take on Master Nakayama’s idea of  making the barrier to entry a little less transactional. Anyways, she was taken aback by my candor, incredulous to the fact that I would be turning away a paying client by not jumping on the opportunity to score a sale. The long story short, she stayed for the class, watched and never showed again. Easy come, easy go.   I don’t lament the fact that this person didn’t return. I’ve been on this journey long enough to know that like Leslie Safar, if you don’t want it bad enough, it’s just a trophy occupying space….and at this dojo, we’re all about emptying space. After all, this is the empty hand way.

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Upcoming: Art Squad Anarchy Life Drawing event

Art Squad Anarchy are going Feline for February with all profits from this event going to Shropshire Cat Rescue Big PURR Project.

A life drawing experience with a difference. Inclusive and fun environment to get everyone sketching and creating, whatever your ability, with the promise of awesome prizes and giggles on the way.

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This past July, when my father shuffled off this mortal coil, my daughter was conflicted about whether she should bring her very young daughter and my only granddaughter (not quite 4 years old) to his funeral.  I never hesitated in encouraging her to bring Blum along.  It's my firm conviction that children understand life and death from very early on, especially after having seen a dead bug!?  And the way this society tries to cover up death, pushing children away from the very natural and beautiful circle of life, just irks me to no end.  Trying to protect children from death is a mistake.  Each of us should be trying to remove the dark shroud of fear from death and help our children see it as a sad, but natural, part of life.

Blum knew "Pee-Paw" was very old and very sick.  She had been to visit him over the past few months and had witnessed his decline.  Still, he always smiled when she was in his apartment and she loved sharing her cookies with him.

It was only natural that Heba would explain his death, and what would happen at his funeral.  There was the visitation at the funeral home, then the drive to the cemetery, the full military honors with a 21-gun salute, and finally the burial in the family plot.  A couple of nights before the funeral, when I was talking to Blum on the telephone, she volunteered this information:  "Pee-Paw died.  And we're going to his funeral.  And then we're going to bury him up!!"

Out of the mouths of babes....

Later that month, I caught her having a conversation amidst the Play-Doh and little plastic dolls.  Oh, the sheer innocence and honesty of this moment!  She knows Pee-Paw is gone, but he lives on in her heart!


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Staying Alive: Women Ecology and Development [Book Review]

July 13, 2020 | By

Harbeer Kaur [File Photo]

This writing summarizes the views of Vandana Shiva that she has expressed in her book Staying Alive. It is a well written book on the basic issue of ecology. A beginner can learn a lot from this book about the actual situation of soil, water, green revolution etc. It also highlights some aspects of agriculture which can astonish a common reader easilyIn the book, Vandana Shiva tries to explore the relationship of nature/Women and developments/Science. She calls development a new project of western patriarchy. The desire of progress guided by science and development began to destroy life without any assessment of how fast and how much of the diversity of life on this planet is disappearing. The earth is rapidly dying : her forests are dying, her soil, water, air is dying. She further explains that colonialism is a constant necessary condition for capitalist growth. For this capitalist growth the natural resources are presented as UNDEVELOPMENT or unexplored potential. A stable and clear river is not a productive resource in this view, it needs to be developed with dams in order to become natural forests that remain unproductive till they are developed into monoculture plantations. In other words, The work that does not produce profits and capital is considered unproductive work. Third World women’s work is also being analysed through this lens.

Shiva draws a difference between poverty as subsistence and misery as deprivation. Cultural perceived poverty need not be the real material poverty. But the ideology of development declares those people poor who do not participate in the market economy. People are seen as poor if they live in self built houses made from natural material, like bamboo and mud rather than cement houses. The home made material does not imply a low physical quality of life. On the Contrary, The home made material is far superior whether it is eatables or homes. The development projects destroy sustainable lifestyles and create real material poverty. Cash Crop production and food processing takes land and water resources away from those people who primarily depend upon them. In other words, this new poverty is no longer cultural and relative : it is a great threat to the very survival of millions on this planet.

Title page of book Staying Alive : Women Ecology and Development

Modern science is a response of few men, it is a project of western man which came into being as scientific revolutions. Nature no longer remained as mother nature. Now it is female, who can be conquered by an aggressive masculine mind. This is also called the development process. It can only be done through political support from the state. She further gives an example how the development process ruins some regions. The development of Africa by western experts is the primary cause for the destruction of Africa. Natives of Africa had survived over centuries with this ecological evolved indigenous knowledge system. They conserved it for centuries and western experts and knowledge destroyed it in a few decades.

In certain areas, there is a possible return to ecological thought. The practice of breast feeding had been discredited by the baby food industry. But now this practice has become appreciated again. Sustainable organic farming is also on its way back.

Productivity, From the perspective of survival is sharply different from the perspective of capital accumulation. Man, who is producing commodities using some of nature’s creation and women’s work as raw material, becomes the only legitimate category of work. Nature and women are declared unproductive. The devaluation of nature’s work led to ecological crises and de-recognition of women’s work has created sexism and inequality between men and women. The Solution of this crisis lies in the category of those who are victims of this process and also in a position to become leaders in creating new intellectual ecological paradigms.

Rabindranath Tagore writes in Tapovan ‘India’s best ideas, have come where man was in communion with trees and rivers and taken away from the crowds. For the tribes of central India : Forests are the main resource of survival. They collect flowers which are eaten raw and cooked or dried, ground and mixed with flour for mating. A thick white oil extracted from seeds is used for cooking and burning and sold for the manufacture of soap and glycerine. But when the British colonized India, they first colonized her forests. They started the scientific management of forests. It is basically the erosion of the forest and of the rights of local people. The same tradition continues in the contemporary era also. She further gave the example of the Chipko Movement how they sacrificed their lives to save the forests. Women played a very important role in this movement.

Another crisis, known as ‘Social forestry Project’, fell upon the forests. This project is a good example of single species, single commodity, production plantation. This project divorce forestry from agriculture and water management and is seen through the lens of capital. So plans were made to sponsor the social forestry in Kolar Distt. of Karnataka, Experts said the indigenous

knowledge is unscientific, So to the local trees were declared useless because it does not support the market and eucalyptus was considered more beneficial because it could be used as raw material. Karnataka has already lost more than 13 percent of the agricultural land to eucalyptus cultivation. It certainly increased cash and commodity flow but destroyed the local eco-circle. It did not suit the ecology of that region. But in 1983, the women and small peasants organized a march and pulled out millions of eucalyptus seedlings and planted tamarind and mango trees. This protest challenged the domination of the forestry science that had returned all species to one (the eucalyptus) , all needs to one (that of the pulp industry) and all knowledge to one (that of the world bank or forest officials).

Green revolution is seen as a boon for society. On the contrary, it is a curse. It is a western project which is unable to understand and maintain the line between agriculture, animals and humans. The founders and followers of the green revolution saw these three as separate and independent entries. Agriculture is reduced only to cash crops and all diversity is eradicated. Animal husbandry is reduced to the produce of milk for the dairy industry. Organic inputs from forests and animals are no longer seen as necessary to soil. Agriculture follows the path of green revolution to yield more and more and start to use high yielding variety seeds . Though it marks a great increase in production, but it extracts a large number of nutrients from soil. The little earthworm working invisibly in the soil is actually the tractor, fertilizer factory and dam combined. But it was never seen as a worker in scientific agriculture. The miracle seeds that are used for rich production, can absorb three or four times the amount of fertilizer that traditional varieties do. Virus diseased did not exist in India prior to 1962-the came in with the revolution in the field of seeds Shiva says that Green revolution made mockery of two beautiful words; neither it is green, not it’s revolution.

Sometimes it is said that biotechnology would solve the problems created by the green revolution. But it is also another part of the development process that will support only commercialization. The Green Revolution is one of the main reasons for the death of soil. Except all this, she also discussed the situation of rivers and dam industry, water shortage etc.

* Harbeer Kaur works as an assistant Professor in Department of English at Malwa College, Bondli, Samrala. She has published many papers and one book and is doing research in the field of ecology.

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Portland Startup Week 2018 features special guest Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital

A couple of years ago, Stephen Green put together an amazing Reverse Pitch event that I got the chance to attend. (If you’re not familiar with the format, a “reverse pitch” is where investors get on stage to describe the types of startups they’re seeking.) During the event, I had the pleasure of hanging out in the audience with a newcomer to the venture capital world who was visiting Portland. Her name? Arlan Hamilton.

A lot has transpired since that event. Arlan and her firm Backstage Capital have had a significant impact on the venture capital world. Her thesis of focusing on underestimated founders has resulted in Backstage investing in nearly 100 portfolio companies. She’s been featured in publications like Fast Company, Fortune, Inc, and USA Today. She’s starring in the next season of the Startup podcast. And she just launched a Backstage Studio, a venture capital studio.

So imagine my surprise when Stephen announced he was going to be able to do the Reverse Pitch event again as part of Portland Startup Week 2018and that Arlan was carving time out of her overly busy schedule to join us in Portland, again. But this time, she’ll be on stage.

If you’re interested in attending, the free event takes place Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at WeWork Pioneer Place starting at 6:00PM. Space is limited. And keep in mind, that this is one of more than 100 different opportunities to engage with the Portland startup community, throughout the week. Many of which are hosted at WeWork Custom House and WeWork Pioneer Place.

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Ciaran Casey comes from Gorey, Co. Wexford, Ireland. He has always had a passion for all things sport as well as a diverse range of interests that have informed his writing including psychology, culture, politics and history. His travels and meetings with people throughout Ireland and South East Asia have given life to these stories and poems. He lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. STORIES FROM EAST AND WEST is his debut published collection.

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British Rail Class 09

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British Rail Class 09
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Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderBritish Railways' Darlington Works, Horwich Works
 • Whyte0-6-0
Gauge4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter4 ft 6 in (1.372 m)
Minimum curve3.5 chains (70 m)
Wheelbase11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Length29 ft 3 in (8.92 m)
Width8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Height12 ft 8 12 in (3.87 m)
Loco weight49 long tons (49.8 t)
Fuel capacity668 imp gal (3,040 l; 802 US gal)
Prime moverEnglish Electric 6KT
Traction motorsEnglish Electric 506, 2 off
TransmissionDC generator, DC traction motors, double reduction gearing
Train heatingNone
Train brakesoriginally vacuum, later dual, some now air only
Performance figures
Top speed27.5 mph (44.3 km/h)
Power outputEngine: 350 hp (261 kW)
Tractive effortMaximum: 35,000 lbf (155.7 kN)
Continuous: 8,800 lbf (39.1 kN)
Brakeforce19 long tons-force (189 kN)
Railroad(s)British Rail
NumberD3665–D3671, D3719–D3721, D4099–D4114;
later 09001–09026
Axle load classRA 5

The British Rail Class 09 is a class of 0-6-0 diesel locomotive designed primarily for shunting but also short distance freight trips along branch lines.[1] For this reason, though similar to the existing Class 08 shunting locomotives, Class 09s were re-geared to give a maximum top speed of 27.5 mph (44 km/h) at the expense of a lower tractive effort. They originally operated in the Southern Region of British Railways, though following privatisation in 1997 they have been distributed much farther afield.

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Clever Tips For How to List Items on eBay to Sell Fast

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Are you looking for eBay listing tips and tricks for how to list items on ebay? If so, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve been selling on eBay for a while now and have learned a few valuable tools along the way.

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eBay Listing Tips and Tricks for Photos

#1 – Snap Quality Photos

Nothing will kill a sale faster than a bad picture. So, how do you avoid that? Here’s a few simple tricks I use:

  • 2 large (12” x 18”) white construction paper sheets. You can grab these at craft stores or even your local grocery/pharmacy for just a couple bucks. These make great backdrops for your photos. Lay one sheet flat and stand the other sheet straight up (may require tape to hold in place).
  • If using the camera on your phone, stand back a bit and zoom in on the picture. This helps eliminate shadows.
  • Clean up preowned items so they look as best as they can.
  • Find a well-lit area to take your photos, natural sunlight is best. If you’re lighting options aren’t great, a relatively inexpensive option is a light box for smaller items.

#2 – Take Photos from all Angles

This is especially important if there are flaws on the item you are selling. You absolutely want to do zoomed in shots of any damage there is on the item you’re selling. In turn, this will reduce returns and create happier customers because they know exactly what they’re buying.

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#3 – Tips How to Position Select Items for Photos

  • Clothes.  If you plan on selling lots of clothes a mannequin torso form is probably your best bet.  Sure, you can buy a full priced one, but you could also check out any clothing stores in your area that are closing its doors for a better deal.  While clothes look best on a mannequin, the next best position is to fold them nicely.
  • Shoes. A zoomed in side photo with someone wearing shoes always makes for a nice photo.

How to List on eBay – Pricing

#4 – Decide on a Fixed Price or Auction Listing

Early on eBay was most known for its auction style listings.  However, over time, a fixed price model has taken precedence on eBay.  You can use either option for your eBay listings today.

Which option is better depends on the item you are selling?  Here’s a quick checklist for when an item might be good for auction:

  • High demand.  Remember Tickle Me Elmo?  That toy was in high demand and people were willing to pay up for it.  This would have been a perfect auction item.
  • Low supply.  When something is hard to find, it can drive up the cost. This is particularly true on older items that might have a nostalgic feel to a buyer.
  • Rarity.  Unique items, often antiques, where only one of its kind exists can make it hard to determine the value of an item.   This is where an auction style listing is ideal.
  • Unsellable.  Fixed cost items that aren’t selling for you might do better as an auction listing if you are just looking to get rid of it.

Fixed price listings are great for more common, everyday items where there are comparables to use when determining the sale price for your item.

#5 – Offer Fast and Free Shipping

Before you decide on the final price for your item, put it on a scale with the box you will sell it in and any shipping supplies (bubble wrap, tissue, etc.) you will use.  Then, determine how much the shipping fees will be and build it into your final price.

While offering fast and free shipping is essential on eBay, it doesn’t mean you have to eat the cost.  By doing this, eBay will sometimes give your listing an extra nudge and call out in green lettering that the item has “Fast and Free Shipping”.  It will even give the customer a guarantee by date in green.

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#6 – Accept Returns

This is a must if you are trying to grow a successful eBay business.  However, if you are just looking to make a few extra bucks here and there then this isn’t necessary.  Accepting returns builds trust with your customers and puts them at ease when making a purchase.

If you don’t offer returns, it’s probably worth reading through the eBay Money Back Guarantee policy Because, even if you don’t accept returns you might be forced to accept them in certain cases.

Related Article: The 25 Best Things to Sell on eBay to Make Money

#7 – Price Your eBay Listing Competitively

Before setting the price on your item you need to do a little research and determine what other people have been buying that item for.  Depending on the rarity of the item, it may be hard to do this but it’s always worth a try.  Check out this video for how to use eBay to do this.

How to List Items on eBay and Get Noticed

#8 – SEO

For those who don’t know, SEO stands for search engine optimization.  Simple put, it means any search engine like eBay, Google, YouTube, etc. looks for related keywords when a user types in a word or phrase to search for something.

So, when you go to eBay and type in “women’s shoes size 9”, eBay searches its database for listings with those words in it.  Therefore, SEO is important when it comes to listing your items.

When possible it’s good to repeat the key elements of your item in different places.  Your title should include as many keywords as possible, while still being reader friendly.  A long string of keywords with no systemic order is difficult for people to read.  And make no mistake, people are reading your titles.

Another good place to add lots of keywords is your description.  When done correctly, you can even repeat the main keywords over and over in your description.

The more keywords that are sprinkled throughout your listing, the greater chance your listing has of showing up high in the search results.  The secret is to find a good balance between customer readability and a keyword optimized listing.

#9 – Populate eBay Item Specifics

The more information you can provide eBay to explain what you are selling, the better chance you have at showing up in the search results.  When people search eBay for an item, they start with a keyword or keyword phrase.  Then, there is often a list of filters people can choose from to dig in further.  This is where using as many eBay item specifics as possible comes in handy.

#10 – Positive Feedback

The more positive feedback you get as a seller, the better you will look in the eyes of potential new customers.  A good way to encourage this is by leaving a positive review for the buyer a few days after their item has safely arrived at its destination.  This will remind your customer of the great item they just bought and hopefully prompt them to give you feedback.

Another way to encourage your customers to provide feedback is through leaving a friendly little note in their package.  The note could say something like:

Thank you for your purchase.  I hope your item has arrived safely and to your expectations.  Please email me at [fill in] with any concerns you might have, and I will do my best to address the issue.  If you had a positive experience with the product and service, please take a moment to provide a review on eBay.  I appreciate your business and look forward to working with you again.

#11 – Create Templates for Descriptions

People don’t want to read long texts of information so skip writing paragraphs on the items you are selling.  Instead, draft up templates for the category of items you are selling and call out the key elements of the item in your templates.  Here’s an example of a template I use when selling pants:

Stylish, lightweight jeans. Pre-owned. No obvious flaws or defects. Front button and zipper are in good working order. Belt loops are intact. Little or no wear on the hem. Free shipping! Ships USPS Priority Mail.

  • Inseam is x”
  • Waist is x”
  • Rise is x”
  • Hips is x”
  • Cuffs is x”

Please message me with any questions.

And don’t be afraid to bold or underline important parts in your description either.  Adding a little variety to the text makes it easier to read.

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#12 – Look for Special Listing Promotions

Starting on August 1, 2020, eBay now gives non-store sellers up to 200 auction or fixed price listings per month.  This is up from 50 a month.  Prior to that, eBay would send an occasional message under the My eBay section within my eBay account with special promotions.  Some of these messages went to the email address I have listed on my account but not all of them.

Most of the special promotions were to give additional free listings, which isn’t as valuable since they increased the base number per month.  However, I have also received 50% off the final value fee on certain categories.  For the right person, these offers could be very valuable.  You never know when eBay might give you a special offer or what that offer will be, so check your eBay messages!

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#13 – Give Quick Responses

Unless you’re selling a rare item, it’s unlikely you are the only one selling an item like yours.  If a potential buyer has a question, it’s in your best interest to reply quickly.  People don’t like waiting for answers and if they are forced to wait too long, they will likely move on to the next best thing.

When you don’t have an immediate answer as the item is not in front of you, send a quick note back.  Let the potential buyer know you will answer their question within the next # of hours or by the next day.  Your engagement will help keep them engaged.

#14 – Let Buyers Make You an Offer

To keep sales moving, allowing the buyer to make you an offer can help.  If it’s a low ball offer you don’t have to accept, and it’s likely not worth your time responding.  However, when it’s a more reasonable offer, I suggest countering with an offer to meet in the middle.

For example:  You have an item listed for $20 and someone has made an offer for $15.  You could respond saying,

Thanks for your interest.  Would you be willing to split the difference with me and pay $17.50?  I look forward to hearing from you.

People want to feel like they are getting a deal and even a slight reduction in the list price can get them to buy your item.

#15 – Fill Out Your eBay Profile

The more relevant information the buyer can find on you the better they will feel buying from you. For starters, make sure to add a nice quality photo of yourself to your profile.

Also, add a description to your profile that tells your potential buyer why they should trust you (without saying those exact words though). If you’ve been selling for awhile include that in the description. If you have a long-standing passion for the items you’re selling make sure to note that.

Good Luck with your eBay Listings

Sometimes the best way forward and up, is to play around with a variety of options and see what works best for you.  So, go ahead and start trying these eBay listing tips and tricks.  You may find some are better than others.  But you won’t know which ones until you get started.  Happy selling!

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Keep your child busy with this GLOW IN THE DARK 3-D outer space mega DIY bundle! You can use markers to color the wood pieces or paint your wood pieces. Each kit includes a 19" x 10" sign that you will paint. Then it includes 11 space themed  pieces, 10 Stars and your child's name to color or paint. Each kit comes with glue to attach each wood piece to the sign. We include a rope hanger with each kit so they can proudly hang their work of art!

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Making a full dinner in a short amount of time is no easy task. But chicken is so versatile that it can be made in pretty much any way imaginable—and quickly, too. If I’m being honest, I didn’t have a ton of time to come up with a new recipe this week, so I was looking for something that didn’t require much effort but could … Continue reading The Easiest Chicken Dinner You’ll Ever Make

Eggplant Panini With Roasted Red Pepper Mayo

I love eggplant, but nine times out of 10, I end up making eggplant parm whenever I’m craving the diverse vegetable. The truth is, eggplant can be used in a ton of ways—and it’s especially delicious on salads or paninis. Today, I went with fried eggplant piled into a warm panini. I had originally planned to top the sandwich with arugula, mozzarella, and roasted red … Continue reading Eggplant Panini With Roasted Red Pepper Mayo

Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken

I don’t love chicken, but I do love cream cheese. Honestly, I could probably just eat cream cheese right out of the container—but I don’t (usually). However, a cream cheese mixture cooked over chicken? That’s the type of protein I can get behind. This might not be the healthiest meal on the planet, but I’ll do a few extra situps at the gym tomorrow—tonight’s dinner … Continue reading Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken

Homemade Mini Pasta Bar

Pasta is one of the world’s greatest comfort foods. Now that it’s well into September, those temperatures are finally starting to cool down a bit, which calls for warm, hearty meals. But sometimes, it’s hard to decide which type of pasta sauce I’m in the mood for. Plus, if I’m cooking for a group, not everyone always agrees on what to have for dinner. (My … Continue reading Homemade Mini Pasta Bar

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Holiday Cooking Essentials

6 gluten-free cooking essentials for the holiday season

Everyone has their own go-to products in their kitchen. For me, it’s heavy cream and coffee, to name a few. For our office, it’s half-and-half, coffee, tea, and orange juice. But around the holidays, we all add a few different products to our kitchen pantry. Whether it’s something we know we’ll be using for the big holiday meals or foods we crave throughout the winter months, we all have some annual go-to products we turn to. This year, I have some new must-have products that I’ve been stocking my kitchen with. Check them out – you might just find a new favorite!

Rock Maple Mountain Syrup

Rock Maple Mountain’s Maple Syrup

Maple syrup is often found in my kitchen, whether it’s for use in breakfast foods, baked goods, or to sweeten snacks like oatmeal and yogurt. That said, I hope you all know I’m referring to REAL maple syrup, not the artificial stuff. Not only is that stuff bad for you, but the flavor just doesn’t compare to the real stuff. Once you use real maple syrup, you can’t go back to the high-fructose-knock-off stuff! Rock Maple Mountain is a new brand in my kitchen, and I must say, it’s fantastic! It’s organic, multi-filtered and uses a single-barrel approach, rather than a blend. I always figured pure maple syrup is pure maple syrup and I didn’t think the process mattered much, but the taste proves that it does. You can read specifics about their process here.

I also love that this company is run by a family and is a small business – it adds to the experience of eating this syrup – like you just went to a farmers market or something.

Grab a bottle of Rock Maple Mountain to use in all your holiday baked goods and breakfasts!

MyBread Baguette

MyBread’s Gluten-Free Baguettes & Rolls

Bread is a big deal this time of year. Toasted slices of baguette can be paired with cheese or a spread, rolls get slathered with butter and served alongside the holiday meal, and of course leftover sandwiches can be made with all sorts of breads. MyBread is another new brand in my kitchen, and I’m so happy about that! They offer pita bread, baguettes, and rolls. All are free from gluten, dairy, eggs, nuts, and soy, making them perfect for my mixed-diet family! I like to use the baguettes for my super simple crostini appetizers and serve the rolls for dinnertime.
What’s great about these products is that they all have the same taste and texture that I remember wheat-based products having. This is really impressive since they don’t contain the other “key” ingredients found in a lot of bread products (gluten, eggs, and dairy).

Break bread with your friends and family this holiday with MyBread products!

Path of Life Cauliflower Mash

Path of Life’s Convenient Side Dishes

The holidays are a stressful time of year. There’s planning and cooking and braving the grocery store lines, and all errands seem to take at least 15 minutes longer regardless of what day it is in December. Luckily, companies like Path of Life have our backs. They produce frozen side dishes that just need to be heated up! You can add things to them if you want, turn them from side dishes to main dishes, include them in a recipe, or eat them just the way they are. One of my favorite ideas is to use their roasted garlic cauliflower to create a mashed cauliflower side dish for the holidays or for any day! This is particularly great for people who don’t eat potatoes, such as those on a Paleo diet. It’s also a nice change of pace from traditional mashed potatoes for holiday dinner. To get the recipe for mashed cauliflower, click here.

Other delicious side dishes include quinoa with kale and mushrooms, quinoa with root vegetables, and more. Keep a few of these in your freezer for an easy side dish throughout the busy holiday months.

Check out Path of Life’s offerings to make cooking more convenient!

Schar Crackers

Schär’s Crackers and More

Schär is such a popular name in gluten-free essentials. From breads to crackers to cookies and so much more, chances are if you’re gluten-free, you’ve had a Schär product at least once! Schär is definitely not new in my kitchen – they’re a veteran in my pantry. I keep products like graham crackers, cookies, breads, and crackers on hand for all sorts of use. Their crackers, in particular, are perfect this time of year because all you have to do is set out a plate of those and a dip to satisfy those hungry mouths that keep asking when dinner will be ready! They’re great for serving to guests because they don’t taste any different than gluten-filled crackers, so even those who scoff at gluten-free products will be none the wiser.

Pick up a box of Schär crackers and check out the other essentials they offer!

Summerhill Dairy Goat Milk

Summerhill Dairy’s Goat Milk

Milk is an essential in my house. I use it for baking and cooking quite often. What I like about goat milk, though, is that people who usually can’t have cow milk can often have goat milk, meaning the delicious foods I make with goat milk can be enjoyed by more of my guests. Goat milk has less lactose and different casein proteins than cow’s milk, making it easier to digest. Goat milk tastes a little different than cow milk when you drink it plain, but if you cook or bake with it, it’s basically the same in most cases. I have had it impart a unique undertone to some foods that guests actually loved, they asked what I used in the recipe because they couldn’t quite put their finger on it. Summerhill Dairy offers goat milk that is Certified Humane, which is important if you want to ensure your milk comes from a source that treats their animals right. And it’s the holidays, so who doesn’t want good will towards animals?

Give Summerhill Dairy goat milk a try in your baked goods this holiday season!

ParmCrisps in Soup

ParmCrisps Parmesan Cheese Crisps

Last but not least, ParmCrisps! These have been a go-to of mine for a while now and they truly are a delicious, unique way to add crunch to so many things. You can bread chicken with these, top your salads with them (like croutons), eat them with a dip or spread, add them to a charcuterie board, and so much more. For the holiday season, I love to offer these as a topping to soups and salads. Guests love them because they are still very new to the market and a lot of people haven’t tried them in all the ways they can be used. They’re one of those products that some of my friends and family had said, “Oh, I’ve seen those at the grocery store.” but they haven’t bought any until they were served at my house. It’s fun to introduce people to foods that they didn’t know they needed! ParmCrisps are Keto-friendly, contain zero carbs, and are naturally gluten-free and protein-packed.

Explore the flavors ParmCrisps has to offer and share the deliciousness!

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The international games community is waiting impatiently for the start of the world’s largest fair and event highlight for interactive entertainment. From the 15th to the 19th August the international games industry will be in Cologne to show their latest innovations from the world of interactive entertainment. More than 300 world, European and German premieres from every segment of the games world we be available to be played for the every first time in Cologne. From new products in the PC and console sectors and online and browser games too, right across the board to mobile games, there will be something to thrill every games fan.

Gamescom will once again become the international stage for spectacular innovations from the games industry. Among the more than 300 premieres are numerous world premieres which games fans from all over the world are already looking forward to today”, commented Tim Endres, gamescom Project Manager, giving a foretaste of exhibitors’ anticipated presentations.

First line ups already public
The first big players have announced their new product line ups even earlier than ever. The presentations and premieres from among others, Blizzard Entertainment, Capcom, Electronic Arts and KONAMI are already promising some huge entertainment.

“World of Warcraft – Mists of Pandaria” and “Starcraft – Heart of the Swarm” from Blizzard Entertainment will be presented in Cologne. Electronic Arts will be showing with along its new football games, “FIFA 13” and “Football Manager 13”, “Crysis 3”, “Medal of Honor – Warfighter”, “Need for Speed – Most Wanted”, “Sim City” and “Star Wars: “The Old Republic”. Resident Evil 6, Lost Planet 3 and Devil May Cry from Capcom will also be guaranteeing the best in interactive entertainment. KONAMI in addition to “PES 2013” and “Metal Gear Rising” will also be presenting: “Revengeance” and “Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate” to games fans in Cologne. More line ups are to be announced shortly.

First press conferences announced.
Numerous companies will be presenting their premieres in the course of large press conference events. The kick-off event for this year’s gamescom will be taking place on the Wednesday at 10:00 am topped by this year’s partner country Korea in the North Congress Centre at the Koelnmesse site, the rest of the day will also see events from Ubisoft and Nexon, among others. Sony, Capcom and Electronic Arts will be presenting their new titles and making other announcements at their own press conferences ahead of the show.


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FX, better safe than SEF!

If confirmed, this will be a big win for FX Markets, and good news for FX Single Dealer Platforms, and will enable banks to continue to service clients with highly differentiated and innovative offerings.

It’s looking like FX markets have been successful in lobbying the US Treasury to exempt FX Swaps and Forwards from Dodd Frank legislation, according to a story carried in today’s FT (here).

FX Derivatives (Swaps, Options and perhaps long dated Fwds) fall under Dodd Frank Act (DFA), unless specifically exempted by the US Treasury (here)

Exempt FX: Global FX trade bodies have argued that FX derivatives are very different from other OTC derivatives, and that counterparty risk which DFA seeks to eliminate is not a major issue in FX, and the more important settlement risk, is already fully managed by the CLS Bank settlement system. I have covered this in an earlier blog here.

Include FX: The CTFC (tasked with implementing DFA), has been seeking to have FX included under DFA. Also, a Washington based think tank was lobbying for FX to be included (here)

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  1. “counterparty risk which DFA seeks to eliminate is not a major issue in FX”–> says who? On FX Swaps and Forwards, you compute a replacement risk which is far from being insignificant. Besides, the amount of the fx swap is usually huge. So, the ones who say that are the same who put us in this crisis.

    “the more important settlement risk, is already fully managed by the CLS Bank settlement system”–> wrong again. The delivery risk is only computed for FX Spots so the scope is small. Besides, not all clients are CLS members.

    Please, stop your stupid lobbying.

    • Hi Kevin, welcome to our blog!

      Not sure what you mean by “stop your stupid lobbying”, me or the Global FX Trade bodies?

      Either way, with regard to counterparty risk not being a major issue, that’s the conclusions of a study by Oliver Wyman (AFME 2011 European Liquidity Conf slide 22: here). They found that settlement risk dwarfs all other risks in the FX market.

      They estimated that settlement risk accounted for some 94% of the estimated maximum loss exposure in a transaction involving FX instruments with a maturity of 6 months and 89% for instruments with a maturity of 2 years.

  2. Hi Paul,

    Thanks for the link to the slide. That pushes me in thinking this study is funded by some anti-regulation lobby.

    In your opinion, what investment is the more risky: trade a 1 M EUR/USD FX Spot OR trade a 50M PLN/TWD 10 year swap? In the first case, you have a period of exposure of two days on a small amount and on a mainstream pair. On the last case, you have a period of exposure of 10 years on an obscure cross pair. Obvious.

    Then, you think how an expert ended up with such result: well, evil lies in the details. On the slide, it is being said “6 months average exchange rate fluctuation is used for short-dated instruments and 2 year average exchange rate fluctuation is used for long-dated instruments”. AVERAGE. How can an average exchange rate give you an accurate idea of a risk? How many black swan events do you need ?

    An interesting article:

    Besides, regulation must not been seen as a business blocker. People like you should think “Ok, how about making an MDP from our SDP?”. Or, “how making RFQ/RFS transparent to all clients?”. According to me, the future of this FX/FI industry is to quote standardized instruments. No one coming from Stocks & Futures never understood why the FI/FX world is different.

    • Hi Mike,

      Thanks for the link, will read on business trip tomorrow night!

      We provide technology that banks use to build their SDPs, in order to deliver highly differentiated services to their clients. Those clients trade on the SDP (in preference to the MDP) precisely because of the extra value that the platform delivers (however the client chooses to measure that extra value – not always in terms of price).

      Neither the banks, nor the clients want banks to convert SDPs into MDP – they already exist, so why “dumb down” a highly valuable SDP to make a lower value MDP. The client can always trade with that bank on the MDP, if they wish.

      However, we are aware that a number leading Top Tier eTrading banks have been working on strategies (should regulation require it) to convert those sections of their SDP that are impacted by new regulations, into a sort of DMA routing gateway in order to route trades and orders through to either SEFs, or perhaps onto exchange should that be required. But the banks will want to continue to ‘own the client relationship’ channel, and we believe the client will want that as well.

      With regard to your final comment, trading FX/FI in standardised size on exchange is not really an issue. If it’s in a liquid instrument, you will certainly be able to get your amount done. The issue arises, when trading in non-standard size, or non standardised contract terms, where the SDP model is totally different from trading on an exchange based model, in one key respect.

      The SDP world, is a “relationship” model, where banks provide customised liquidity on demand (and in most cases, continues liquidity with streaming one-click rates) to clients, to enable clients to manage risk in their “full amount”. By contrast, in an exchange model, nobody (least of all banks) has an obligation to provide a risk price for clients, and in the case of FI, which is very much an inventory based market, there is no guarantee a price will be available on exchange, which is why market making obligations were mandated on MDP platforms such as MTS!

      So, whatever happens with regard to regulations, I still see bank SDPs continuing to provide highly valued services to clients, which will co-exist with exchanges, SEFs, and MDPs.

      • Hi Paul,

        I see the future of SDPs as not only a façade but a complete front-to-trading system: it will include a workflow engine (partnership with a vendor like Streambase should be a plus), streaming services, commercial margin services, credit check services, administration services and maybe pricing services.

        That is my vision and that will differientiate you from “classic” MDPs even though you/your clents are forced to go multi dealer.

  3. Hi Mike,

    Totally agree with you, infact we have been saying this for a long time. SDPs will increasingly deliver greater pre and post trade services, and innovative banks will continue to provide a far higher level of service to clients than the multi dealer platforms.

  4. […] The paper highlights the degree of uncertainty amongst many banks interviewed, with regard to the interpretation and potential implement of much of the proposed regulatory changes (assuming of course that FX (swaps and fwds) are included in the new regulation – which is still not clear – see previous post on this point here). […]

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Volume One The Disclosure Project 2-Hour DVD

 Volume One The Disclosure Project 2-Hour DVD

A distillation of over 120 hours of video interviews made by Dr Greer.

Dozens of highly credible military and government witnesses discuss UFO events and

projects they have worked on, with introduction and overview commentary by Dr. Greer. This work is a basic primer for those who wish to bridge the credibility gap once and for all.

Topics Covered:

• Secrecy Risks: What are the global consequences of doing nothing?

• Credible Testimony: How high does one have to rank in government and military

before we believe them?

• Astronaut and Satellite-Related Testimony

• Craft and Body Retrieval of Extraterrestrial Origin

• Secrecy Examined: How it works through compartmentalization and unacknowledged

special access projects; how most members of government are kept out of the loop

• Secrecy Behind Space-Based Weapons: The lethal implications

• Threats and Ridicule: Aimed at those wishing to disclose the truth

• The Veil Lifting: How and why secrecy is no longer necessary

• Also includes the Executive Summary and 500 page briefing document given to

members of Congress. A treasure trove of analysis and smoking gun documents.