We see in India - as in other currently developing countries - that as the economy grows, so do illicit flows.
This positive correlation exhibits the increased incentives to conduct illicit flows, mostly because more money is flowing within the system to steal away and constant greed is tapping into that pool.
http://www.gfip.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=339
September 15, 2010
September 9, 2010
Federer
Federer's bent for dullness and propriety at least allows us to appreciate his gifts without tabloid distractions.
Better, surely, that we can admire the poise and balance of a game that has no equal than dwell on the man's private life, which is, by all accounts, about as exciting as that of any nappy-changing Swiss dad who parts his hair in the middle.
Yet tennis, like the rest of modern sport, has always craved "personalities", and the genteel racket game has had its moments.
Martin Amis, writing in the New Yorker in 1994, made it clear he abhorred the vulgarity of John McEnroe, Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors and, to a lesser extent, Andre Agassi.
Those extroverts (he preferred the word assholes) were, he said, the polar opposites of Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall and Arthur Ashe, whom he described as "dynamic and exemplary figures". Amis reckoned they "didn't need personality because they had character".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/aug/27/roger-federer-us-open
Better, surely, that we can admire the poise and balance of a game that has no equal than dwell on the man's private life, which is, by all accounts, about as exciting as that of any nappy-changing Swiss dad who parts his hair in the middle.
Yet tennis, like the rest of modern sport, has always craved "personalities", and the genteel racket game has had its moments.
Martin Amis, writing in the New Yorker in 1994, made it clear he abhorred the vulgarity of John McEnroe, Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors and, to a lesser extent, Andre Agassi.
Those extroverts (he preferred the word assholes) were, he said, the polar opposites of Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall and Arthur Ashe, whom he described as "dynamic and exemplary figures". Amis reckoned they "didn't need personality because they had character".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/aug/27/roger-federer-us-open
Fending Off the Weeds With Newsprint
First the grass is mowed, then the newspaper pages are placed there (four seems about right). The pages are wetted, so the roots can burst through. Compost tops it off.
“Just make a hole in the newspaper big enough to plug in the plant,” he said. “But don’t excavate a wide hole, because you would be exposing more underlying soil where there are going to be weeds.”http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/garden/09garden.html
September 4, 2010
Why God Did Not Create the Universe
Why God Did Not Create the Universe
There is a sound scientific explanation for the making of our world—no gods required.
Ignorance of nature's ways led people in ancient times to postulate many myths in an effort to make sense of their world.
But eventually, people turned to philosophy, that is, to the use of reason—with a good dose of intuition—to decipher their universe.
Today we use reason, mathematics and experimental test—in other words, modern science
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704206804575467921609024244.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fxml%2Frss%2F3_7011+%28WSJ.com%3A+What%27s+News+US%29
There is a sound scientific explanation for the making of our world—no gods required.
Ignorance of nature's ways led people in ancient times to postulate many myths in an effort to make sense of their world.
But eventually, people turned to philosophy, that is, to the use of reason—with a good dose of intuition—to decipher their universe.
Today we use reason, mathematics and experimental test—in other words, modern science
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704206804575467921609024244.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fxml%2Frss%2F3_7011+%28WSJ.com%3A+What%27s+News+US%29
September 2, 2010
Panditji on weekends
Dakshina (donation) for Astrology services expected is $61/Hour. You can mail check in the name of "Pt. Xxx xxx towards the Dakshina to my home address "1234, xxx Drive, xxx, CA"
http://www.panditjiusa.com/about_panditji.htm
http://www.panditjiusa.com/about_panditji.htm
Men’s Cosmetics Becoming a Bull Market
“At one point I just started buying stuff for him because I don’t want him stealing mine,” Ms. Bain said.
Now she orders products online for him at Menaji.com, which bills itself as a “masculine” and “undetectable” line of cosmetics and skin-care products.
His favorites are an eye gel and stick concealer that target dark circles, and an anti-shine powder that comes (shhh!) in a compact.
“When you looked at him you wouldn’t think he’d have his own supply of men’s skin-care products in the cabinet,” said Ms. Bain, 40, a fashion buyer for Lane Bryant Outlets.
“He’s got a short, military haircut — and he’s very butch.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/fashion/02skin.html
Now she orders products online for him at Menaji.com, which bills itself as a “masculine” and “undetectable” line of cosmetics and skin-care products.
His favorites are an eye gel and stick concealer that target dark circles, and an anti-shine powder that comes (shhh!) in a compact.
“When you looked at him you wouldn’t think he’d have his own supply of men’s skin-care products in the cabinet,” said Ms. Bain, 40, a fashion buyer for Lane Bryant Outlets.
“He’s got a short, military haircut — and he’s very butch.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/fashion/02skin.html
Roger Ebert
It’s not that you can’t find a million things to discuss.
Mr. Ebert, 68, has reviewed movies for more than four decades.
He’s driven around with Robert Mitchum while the actor got stoned and lost on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
He once owned a 1957 Studebaker and still owns a Pulitzer Prize.
The thing is, he doesn’t eat and he doesn’t talk.
Or rather, he can’t eat and he can’t talk.
He hasn’t for four years, ever since cancer took his lower jaw, and three attempts to rebuild his face and his voice failed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/dining/01ebert.html?src=me&ref=general
Mr. Ebert, 68, has reviewed movies for more than four decades.
He’s driven around with Robert Mitchum while the actor got stoned and lost on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
He once owned a 1957 Studebaker and still owns a Pulitzer Prize.
The thing is, he doesn’t eat and he doesn’t talk.
Or rather, he can’t eat and he can’t talk.
He hasn’t for four years, ever since cancer took his lower jaw, and three attempts to rebuild his face and his voice failed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/dining/01ebert.html?src=me&ref=general
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