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Chapter 7 – True Safety
Words of Avatar Yangchen:
Many feel safety within their own minds.
Within their hearts.
Or within their abilities.
These havens are an illusion, and provide only false safety.
Our minds can be bent to the will of another, and we destroy ourselves in the process.
Our hearts can be shattered at a moment's notice, and we destroy our ties to the ones we love.
And our abilities may fail us when we need them most, destroying our confidence and will to continue.
Only in the presence of the one closest to us are we truly safe.
With their encouragement, we find the strength to overcome any challenge.
With their friendship, we stand firmly against the most fearsome storms.
And with their love, we are driven to protect them with our lives.
Dual Anniversary.
Ba Sing Se, Upper Ring...
A month had passed since Aang's attack and Suki's death. Life had moved on, though Sokka still walked around like a zombie most of the time.
Much to Aang and Katara's delight, the Firebender rebel attacks had dwindled to almost nothing. Though it was good news, Aang cast fervent looks at Katara at least once every few minutes. With Aang home so much more, there was a lot more time to spend with each other, and they were hardly apart. They took daily walks around Ba Sing Se, stopping occasionally to eat or get a drink. Girls were constantly giggling and pointing at Aang, much to the discontent of Katara.
It was no secret that Aang had grown well. He was muscular, tall and handsome. Just about every teenage girl in Ba Sing Se had shot him an appreciative rake of the eyes. Of course, Katara got the point across that SHE was not to be messed with, and often pulled Aang around a corner to avoid a group of giggling girls.
On one of these days, Katara and Aang were walking hand-in-hand down the upper ring of the city when Katara said, "Aang, do you know what today is?" she arched her neck to get a good look at his face.
He nodded. "It's my 3-year anniversary for defeating Ozai."
Katara smiled. "And what's tomorrow?"
Aang squeezed her hand. "Our three year 'together' anniversary."
Katara nodded her head happily. "Three years of almost-perfect bliss."
Aang swung their hands back and forth. "No doubt about that." He agreed.
They both bowed as some upper-ring nobles bowed to them. "Thank you, Avatar!" they chimed.
"Of course." Aang answered humbly.
They continued walking. "Would you like something to eat?" Aang asked Katara in a lighthearted tone. "It's about noon."
Katara nudged him with her shoulder playfully. "Are you asking because you're concerned for me or because YOU are hungry?"
"You got me."
They both laughed as Aang pulled Katara into a restaurant labeled "The Food Palace." "You would think they'd name it something more eye-catching." Katara chuckled. "Food Palace sounds like somewhere Mai would eat."
She was interrupted when a wall of screams and cheers bombarded them as they strode through the doors. It was a chaotic pack of ravenous fans, all cheering for Aang, who grinned broadly and blushed.
"I guess they remembered, too." He said raising his voice above the fanatic screams. He inclined his head to every person that bowed to him, shaking hands with the occasional townsperson eager for his acknowledgement. Quite a few girls begged him for a handshake, and nearly fainted as soon as his hand touched theirs. Katara ignored that, and politely exchanged greetings with boys that wanted her attention.
When one particularly rambunctious teenage boy called out, "I LOVE YOU, KATARA!!", Aang quickly released her hand and slipped an arm around her waist instead, clearly trying to get a point across. Katara heard him mumbling to himself, and let out a small giggle. "Relax, Aang." She teased.
He flashed an apologetic smile at her.
Suddenly, a waitress appeared and whipped out a pad of parchment. "I'm so sorry," she stated, "I can take you to our private room. Come."
She whisked away, closely followed by Aang and Katara. They sighed in relief when they passed through a doorway that shut as soon as they entered.
"There is NO quiet restaurant in Ba Sing Se, is there?" Katara said, straightening her dress. "I feel like I just walked through a herd of screaming ostrich-horses."
"Ba Sing Se just seems to know stuff." Aang pointed out, scratching his bald head.
The waitress they were following motioned to an empty table. "There you are, Avatar." She said, bowing. "Enjoy, Miss Katara. The manager will be here momentarily." She bowed again and made her exit.
Aang stepped over and pulled out Katara's chair for her, pushing it back in when she sat down. Then, he edged around and sat in his chair with a huff.
"I hate crowds." He said, wrinkling his nose. "I always feel pressed." He laughed.
Katara raised an eyebrow when she heard how odd his laugh was. She became curious when a warm red color flooded his face. He was getting fidgety, too.
"Um...are you all right?"" she asked slowly, reaching across the table to cover his hand with hers.
He laughed. "Yeah, yeah...just fine, don't worry about me."
Katara squinted her eyes in suspicion just as the manager suddenly burst into the room. A large, boisterous man, the manager easily created a feeling of comfort and happiness.
"So!" he boomed. "The rumors of having the Avatar in my shop are true!" He reached out a beefy hand and shook Aang's vigorously. "It's truly an honor, Avatar."
Aang nodded. "Please, call me Aang."
The jolly man chimed a laugh. "And this must be Katara!" He rumbled, bowing in her direction. "I've heard of you all over town!" he shook her hand energetically. "I see the rumor of you two being an adorable couple is true, too!"
Katara smiled at Aang, turning bright red.
The manager turned to Aang. "My name is Shen. I hear you turned sixteen last week, Aang. I wish you another happy year."
Aang grinned. "Thank you, Shen."
Shen hoisted his pants. "So, what'll it be for you two?"
Over the next hour, Aang and Katara enjoyed a wonderful lunch. Tray after tray of fabulous dishes were placed before them, and they were soon stuffed.
After a particularly rich, creamy bowl of pudding, Aang pushed back from the table with a loud scrape.
"Ugh..." he groaned, "I feel like I just ate Appa." He patted his stomach.
Katara wiped her mouth on an embroidered napkin. Nodding her head, she too pushed her chair back from the table.
"So," she said conversationally, "what was your problem earlier, Aang?" she ran her fingers through her hair. "Come to think of it, you haven't been able to look me straight in the eye for days now. What's up?"
Aang fumbled the spoon he had just picked up. "Huh?" he asked stupidly. "What do you mean?" he avoided her eyes and turned red.
Katara's lips twitched. "You know what I mean."
Aang turned an even darker shade of red. Propping his elbow on the table, he gazed off into the distance. "It's nothing,' he murmured, "let's pay and head home."
Katara sighed.
Aang stood, pacing around the table to pull Katara's chair out. Taking her hand, he helped her stand. His heart dropped when he saw her head dipped low, avoiding his gaze. Expression softening, he placed the side of his hand under her chin and pulled her head up to face him.
"Hey..." he whispered, "don't worry...it's nothing negative. I've just been...considering some stuff lately. Don't be upset...you'll see in time."
Katara stared into his eyes. Gradually, she nodded. "I trust you."
Aang kissed her forehead. "Let's go."
As they proceeded to find Shen, they silently grasped hands, trying once again to press through the stifling crowd. When they did finally locate the burly manager, he refused any kind of payment.
"Your efforts to free the world have saved us," he said, "the least I can do is give you a proper meal, especially on the three-year mark. Thank you, Avatar Aang." He bowed low in respect.
Sweetest Dreams.
The walk home was very quiet. It was only one-thirty, but their meal was beginning to set in, and Katara felt like having a nap.
As they ascended the steps to the house, Sokka walked out of the door. He had a big bouquet of flowers, and his face was splotchy and red. When he saw Aang and Katara, he waved.
"Going to see Suki." He rasped. "Toph is working." Without waiting for an answer, he trotted down the steps, wiping his nose.
Aang and Katara proceeded into the house. Momo pounded on Aang as soon as he was through the door and licked his head.
Katara scratched behind Momo's ears, opening her mouth wide in a wide yawn. "I'm feeling a nap coming on..." she raised her arms above her head. "I'll be in my room if you need me."
Aang watched her stride to the entrance of the hallway. Grasped by a sudden feeling of remorse, he called out, "Katara."
Katara halted, turning toward him with one slender hand placed on the wall. "Yes?"
Aang flitted to her side, the light breeze wafting her silky hair with gentle strokes. He caught her up in a firm hug, lacing his fingers through her hair to press her forehead to his shoulder.
Surprised, but happy, Katara gripped him around the waist in return.
"I don't like having you upset at me." He said his voice muffled by her head. "I know I've been hard to cope with for the last few days, but please trust me when I say that it's for something good."
"I'm not upset, Aang."
"Yes you are...I know you. I know you don't like it when I keep stuff from you. I know you're not super upset, but you are just a little put off. That's worse than you being happy, and I live to make you happy."
"More to keep the world in balance." Katara pointed out. Aang shook his head.
"No. To make you happy is what I think is more important." He released her, but placed his hands on her shoulders. "C'mere..." he murmured, "I want to tell you something." He steered her to the couch. Sitting down, he pulled Katara's head into his lap and proceeded to play with her hair. The calming sensation made her close her eyes in pure content.
"Do you remember when we were in Ba Sing Se with the Earth King? Right after we got Long Feng arrested?"
Katara nodded.
"Well, when we got those scrolls, and I found out that there was a Guru waiting to train me, I remember being so sad that we had to be split up. But, I was mostly upset because I was leaving you."
Katara smiled. "What were you going to say before Sokka interrupted you? You were acting so weird."
Aang hesitated. "Well, I was going to confess how I felt about you...but I was extremely nervous, and Sokka kind of ruined it." He began braiding a strand of her hair. "Anyways, when I got to Guru Pathik, I was embarrassed at how little I knew about the chakras. Every one of them was new to me, and the visions I had were terrifying. But, there was one chakra that was blocked by grief. I saw all of the Air Nomads in front of me...and they began disappearing, one by one. I heard Pathik's voice...he told me that their love had been reincarnated. Then, I saw a vision of your face. It was right when I had woken up from the iceberg."
"You've never told me this." Katara said.
"I know," Aang muttered, "but I want to tell you now."
He traced his fingers over her face, closing her eyes. "Relax." He whispered. "You don't know how peaceful and soft of a feeling I got when I saw your face in my vision. It was like waking up in your arms all over again. It was you that helped me get over the loss of my people. I realized that so long as I have you, I am complete."
"WE are complete." Katara corrected.
"Yes," Aang said, "We." He sighed. "Well, a few chakras later, I had to concentrate on what attached me to this world, what kept me here. Of course, you filled my mind with visions. That was when Guru Pathik told me that I had to let you go."
Katara opened her eyes. "What?"
Aang nodded. "He said that to let the cosmic energy flow, you must learn to let her go. When I heard that, I was repulsed. I told him that I couldn't let you go because I loved you. That was the first time I confessed my feelings for you out loud."
"And how did it feel?"
"It felt...right. Like it was supposed to come from my voice."
"Well, it really does sound nice coming from you." Katara teased.
As they sat together, Aang shared with her all of the moments that he could remember of trying to tell her he loved her. He told her about the fortuneteller, when he had tried to tell her, but was snubbed by the cheering crowd. He told her about Kyoshi Island, when he had tried to make her jealous with all of the other attention he was getting. Finally, he came to the most embarrassing of them all.
"Remember when we arrived at the rendezvous point on that island? It was four days before the invasion."
Katara laughed. "That's when you almost when insane from lack of sleep, right?"
Aang chuckled. "Yup, that one. Well, when you told me that I should take a nap, I told you that I had a daydream about living underwater, right? Well, I lied. In my real daydream, I told you that I loved you, then I kissed you, and you kissed me back. Then, I swept you off your feet and said, baby, you're my forever girl. Next thing I knew, I was holding thin air, and you were staring at me with a weird expression on your face."
Katara was shaking with laughter. "Forever Girl, huh?"
They laughed and joked together for a while, all of the tension from earlier washing away. But eventually, Katara slowly drifted off into a quiet sleep, chest rising and falling in the rhythmic pattern of peace.
Aang sat, cradling her head. For quite a while, he gazed at her relaxed facial expression, taking in the way her hair waived around every angle of her refined posture. A slight smile formed about her lips, and as she breathed, Aang heard a faint, chiming laugh, the same one he had fallen in love with.
A thought struck him, and he was suddenly very curious. He raised a hand and gently pressed two fingers against her forehead, focusing.
He closed his eyes and when he opened them, he found himself staring down at an open grass field, surrounded by tall trees. The sun shone bright and a gentle wind picked up, caressing the grass and various wildflowers. A sparkling stream flowed through, splitting the field in half.
Aang heard her laugh again, and another person spoke. Recognizing his own voice, he descended towards the field.
Katara was lying on her back on the riverbank with one hand extended towards the sky, pointing at the spot where he was looking down at her.
"That one looks exactly like you!" she exclaimed. She turned her head and giggled at the comical expression on the face of Aang's dream-self, who lay beside her.
He smiled and slowly withdrew from her mind, leaving her to her own pleasant dreams.
Quietly, Aang hummed a soft lullaby, scooping Katara up into his arms. She shifted in her sleep as he stood, curling in such a way that she fit right into the structure of his arms and chest. He smiled as he walked with a gentle gait.
When he reached her room, he nudged the door open with his foot. He crossed the length of it in a few seconds, gently lowering her limp form onto the bed. Still humming his tune, he pulled the shoes off of her feet and set them at the foot of the bed frame, then pulled the blanket up and smoothed it over her. Brushing her hair out of her face, he bent down to kiss her forehead.
"Sweet dreams, love..." he murmured before turning and walking back into the hallway, silently sliding the door shut behind him.
A Question of Fate.
Ba Sing Se, inside Team Avatar's home, 5 hours later...
Aang sat on the couch, turning the necklace over and over in his hands. He was contemplating the way he would ask Katara, and though many ideas flowed through his mind, only a few actually stuck.
He also reminded himself to be more careful and not ruin the surprise.
Aang's fear had nearly come to pass when Katara had woken from her nap two hours ago. He had been sitting in exactly the same spot, thinking out loud. The engagement necklace pressed against his hip, concealed in his pocket. "It has to be special when I ask her..."
"Ask me what?" a soft voice issued from just behind his ear.
Aang jumped and instantly went scarlet as he snapped around to face Katara. He had been so caught up in his own thoughts that he didn't even notice when she crept up behind him.
He was shocked and more embarrassed than he had ever felt before, and couldn't find a single word to say.
Katara burst into laughter, squeezing her eyes shut and nearly doubling over.
She could not contain herself.
After a few moments, she composed herself enough to say "I'm sure I'll find out eventually." She placed a kiss on his cheek before pacing to the door and sliding it open, still giggling. "Gonna head to the marketplace, I'll be back in a little while." She glanced at Aang and began laughing again, his face still flushed with shock as she stepped outside.
A bead of sweat rolled down Aang's face as he brought himself back from the memory. He wiped his forehead, thanking the spirits that he hadn't been holding the necklace.
Katara had yet to return, and Aang waited patiently, consumed with his thoughts.
He was also waiting for Sokka, who was supposed to bring Hakoda to the house. Aang had sent a letter to the chief a week ago, asking him to visit for a while. It was also Water Tribe tradition to get a blessing from the father before actually asking.
Aang was just thinking about this when the front door opened. In strode Sokka, who had his father in tow. Aang jumped up immediately to shake hands with the Water Tribe chief.
"Chief Hakoda." He said, bowing in respect.
"Please, Aang," Hakoda chuckled, "I've known you for quite some time now." Turning, he lowered himself onto the couch across from Aang. "So," he declared, "what is it you wanted to talk to me about, Aang?"
Aang sat back down, turning white. "Well..." he squeaked, voice hitting a higher octave. He coughed. "Hakoda...I'm just going to say it. I want to ask for Katara's hand in marriage." Shifting, he raised the necklace that he had been working on for almost two weeks now.
Hakoda fell silent, gazing at the gorgeous ornament. "May I see it?" he asked.
Aang stood up and carefully deposited it to Sokka, who passed it to his father. Hakoda examined it with reverence.
After a minute or so, in which Aang began sweating and fidgeting around in extreme nervousness, the Chief lowered it.
Well...? Aang thought nervously.
"Aang, I have no doubt that you would make a wonderful partner for my daughter."
Relief flowed through him.
Hakoda spoke again. "All I have to ask is...are you up for this?"
Aang sat up straighter. "Of course, sir. I promise I will always be there for her, no matter what. I know that it will be anything but easy, but I am up for it anytime if I have her by my side."
"And could you love her forever?"
Aang bowed his head. "Every minute of forever."
Hakoda broke into a wide grin. "Then you have my blessing." He rose to his feet and grasped Aang's forearm. "I will be honored to call you my son."
"And I would be honored to call you father." Aang released Hakoda and bowed, then turned to Sokka. "What about you, Sokka? I want your approval, too. After all, you'll have to live with me as your brother."
Sokka raised his hands. "Hey, as long as you don't bug me with your vegetarian nonsense, I'm all for it."
Aang was feeling light-headed with happiness. Wow, he thought, this is happening...me...with Katara...forever...He smiled and sat back down, along with Hakoda and Sokka.
"So," Hakoda said, "when do you plan on asking her?"
Aang rubbed his eyes. Still smiling, he said, "Tomorrow."
Ba Sing Se, early morning...
It was about two in the morning, but Aang couldn't sleep.
Katara had returned shortly after Aang's discussion with her father, just as Sokka and Toph were leaving to escort Hakoda to the airship station.
Jittery and nervous for the day, he couldn't seem to find peace enough to sleep. He tossed and turned, grumbling at himself. Finally, he gave up, and decided he wanted to go visit Appa. Sitting up, he pulled his shoes on and whipped the engagement necklace into his pocket. Treading carefully, he pushed the door open and crept down the hallway.
He inhaled a deep breath of fresh air as he slipped outside. The full moon filled the night sky with its luminescent glow as he stepped onto the porch and a soft breeze caressed his chest.
Aang ducked and almost had a heart attack as a flying ball of fur dive-bombed him, landing on his tattooed head. The guttural chatter and constant swipes of a tongue told him it was Momo.
"Momo!" Aang laughed. "What's your problem?'
Momo was screeching and whining, constantly trying to pull Aang in a certain direction.
"What is it?" Aang asked, getting concerned. He followed Momo, starting to jog as Momo's screeches became more urgent. Momo was frantically flapping to get Aang to move faster.
Finally, they reached the other side of the house, and Aang's heart skipped beats.
There was a strange, smoky gas pouring from a window.
Aang had just realized which window it was when Katara's desperate scream shattered the calm night.
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Texas (1941)
Two young men head west in search of fortune and adventure. (93 mins.)
Stars: William Holden, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, George Bancroft
Go West, Young Lady (1941)
Federal Marshall Tex Miller, and his girl-friend Belinda Pendergast are having problems with the masked bandid 'Pecos Pete'. (70 mins.)
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Stars: Penny Singleton, Glenn Ford, Ann Miller, Charles Ruggles
The Desperadoes (1943)
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Lust for Gold (1949)
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The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
In 1871 a convict escapes, with other prisoners, to kill the man that framed him, but has second thoughts after meeting the man's beautiful future wife. (83 mins.)
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The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)
Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder... (82 mins.)
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The Man from the Alamo (1953)
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Reg "DPM-particle aborted"
Iam working on DPM problem.In that i define my injection as surface injection with a particle size of 50 microns .After the particle DPM iteration i see in the summary report that all my particles are aborted.But if the same injection done with a 1 micron particle , all the particles that are tracked are escaping.Can i know why is this discrepancy. NOTE: Turbulent Dispersion :(No of tries -0.1,Time scale constant -0.15),Tracking parameter (1e+08),Step length factor -15.
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check the wall condition from where u r injecting keep it reflect and tracking parameter 10000 step length 5
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hai, thanku for ur kind reply, I had mentioned it as a surface injection,ie(from my gas inlet) & B.C's at all walls reflect only. And this is a cyclone calciner,so i gave a high step length of 1e+08 so all particle will escape.
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as far as my knowledge is concerned u"ve to give no of tries in terms of 1,2 3, etc u"ll get more information abt no of tries in fluent user guide .one more thing ur max number of steps will be the product of ur cell elements and step length factor.Make sure ur boundary conditions are (DPM)correct.
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RT @RantingFromReno: @BuddyRoemer <<--says politicians must answer to the people, but wont answer up here to us.
@RantingFromReno I would bet $$ that I'm the only candidate to tweet answers to your questions. But you're not the only person tweeting me.
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@dmataconis Was thinking of doing a "face palm" avatar in honor of tonight's debate, too.
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At stumps, England captain Andrew Flintoff (17) and Paul Collingwood (11) were at the crease.
England, who are 1-0 down following their nine-wicket loss in Mohali, continued to have injury problems as their main pace bowler Steve Harmison and opener Alastair Cook, who had made a century on debut in the first Test at Nagpur, had to sit out due to a shin injury and a stomach ailment respectively.
The visitors needed to show all the courage and grit to compete and Andrew Strauss found form as he made the most of an easy paced wicket smashing a brilliant 128 which included 17 boundaries and a six of Anil Kumble.
He had the luck running for him also as Dravid dropped a difficult chance off Harbhajan when he was on 92 and then Dhoni dropping him on 123, also of Harbhajan Singh.
In the morning, Strauss was well supported by make-shift opener Ian Bell, who saw off the new ball helping the Middlesex opener put on 52 for the first wicket before the first loose shot by Bell brought his downfall. He tried to drive Sreesanth on the up but only managed to slice it to Harbhajan Singh at point who made no mistake. Bell made 18.


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Will not go back.
The unit was very clean and in excellent condition as it appeared to be recently remodeled. I would recommend it for sure!
My husband and I spent a week at this condo. This was our first time travelling to the Keys and wanted something close to everything. The condo was very comfortable, clean and quiet. The pool is very nice and kept clean as well. Lots of great restaurants in the area and everything is just a few miles by car. Very central location, easy to get around. Too bad the street has no streetlight for people who like to go for walks after the sunset.
We stayed a week in this condo and found it to be in a good location to explore the Keys both North and South. The bedroom was large enough to be comfortable with a nice King size bed. Our adult son slept on the pull out couch and found it comfortable as well. The kitchen and bathroom are recently remodeled and clean and nice. There is a side view of the ocean from the patio balcony and we spent most mornings there in a nice breeze drinking coffee. The pool is very nice with Tiki huts for shade and a great view of the ocean. I would suggest a better light in the living room as there was no light bright enough to read by. Nice stay for the price.
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Discussion in 'XenForo Questions and Support' started by Ryan McAdams, Dec 6, 2010.
I cant find an option to delete PM's... am I missing something?
Just just have to leave the conversation which is the equivalent to delete.
Yes, but that doesn't force remove the other user from it .. they can just update it not knowing the other party has left.
Ok - that makes sense... but what about when you have 290 of them? Seems like another 'check all' that's missing.
That's already been suggested I believe.
heh I had to delete 14 pages of PC's... one - at - a - time.
I did it with somone's help on this forum through phpmyAdmin. I can't seem to find that thread or remember who helped me Jake, Brogan, Floris... not really sure.
When I find it and post it up here for ya..
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Teenage, high school, helped me somewhat to keep alive in my soul the pleasure of drawing, color, painting. But, until recently, was a forbidden pleasure of others. It was all mine. I have not told anyone, I did not show anyone any drawing. Just because I was convinced that not worth anything, that my works are not worthy to be admired. That only great artists can ask entitled, attention and appreciation. Today, I show them all, so as an act of great courage .... Without pretend me an artist. But undoubtedly loving beautiful. And beauty is subjective.
I followed Pedagogical School (for 5 years - it was at that time), then Law School - 4 years, two years of Master Degree and I manage the Human Resources department for a private company working in the field of construction ... and talk about painting? ? Yes, it can arise from the most unexpected places and, above all, the most surprising souls.
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Durban, Dec 9: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed the poor shot selection and execution of his batsmen for the 134-run loss to South Africa in the second ODI here on Sunday (December 8).
After the 141-run defeat in the first ODI at Johannesburg, Dhoni expressed his pleasure about the bowlers' performance, but also his disappointment with the batting line-up, the middle order in particular.
"Compared to the last game, our bowling did a fantastic job especially in the middle orders. Spinners bowled well and so did the fast bowlers when they came back on, in the latter stages of the South African innings. I am happy with the bowlers' performance because 280 runs on this pitch was a decent score."
"The wicket was on the flatter side and there wasn't much for the fast bowlers in it, so I am disappointed with the batting. The kind of shots we played, well, few of them were on. But the shot execution was not great to some extent, as they went to the fielders," he added.
India were reduced to 34 for 4 at one stage, and bowled out for 146 in 35.1 overs, whilst chasing 281 runs. No batsman crossed the 40-run mark.
"In the last few series our middle order, to some extent, was a bit of a bother. In this series we lost the top three quite early and our middle order was exposed. So if you assess, then that's maybe why we haven't been able to perform to our potential, especially the batting department," he asserted, a possible for the series loss.
South Africa were put into bat by Dhoni and while his bowlers eventually finished on top, early on they were once again defied by Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla, with the opening duo putting up 194 runs for the first wicket and smacking a hundred each in doing so.
"They have done really well for South Africa. They did so in the last series as well (versus Pakistan). The way they were batting in the first 20 overs, I thought this may be another 300-plus run chase but we came back into the game.


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Much cleaner than when it originally rolled down Chrysler's storied assembly lines, this slick Dodge coupe has been transformed into a take-no-prisoners show stopper that consistently drops jaws. You won't be staying under the radar with the car's wet looking black paint, which highlights a very clean body that benefitted from a pair of fresh quarters. There are no signs of rust or rot, suggesting that mostly original metal was a straight, trouble-free canvas before its detailed metamorphosis began. Not surprisingly, panel gaps are good enough to make a traditional tail stripe line up exactly right. Trim is factory-spec all the way. And overall, this fully sorted Dart is a virtually flawless representation of timeless Detroit muscle.
When are two letters insufficient? "GT" says it all, right? Gran Turismo, Grand Touring, however you want to pontificate, if you're going to add a third letter it better mean something. And when Dodge tacked on an "S", they were sure to highlight the fact that they jammed a pavement-rippling torque monster under the hood of a lightweight, compact car. Check this GTS' glossy engine bay and you'll find a correct Magnum V8 that hangs a familiar 2468130 casting number opposite an August 15th, 1967 casting date. Now, I just said "Magnum" because, instead of being your run-of-the-mill 383, this bored and stroked small block currently displaces a whopping 434 cubic inches! At the top of the Hemi Orange mill, a coated Edelbrock 4-barrel guides wind from a correct chrome air cleaner in to a factory-spec intake. At the sides of that intake, chrome valve covers cap ported and polished 906 heads that have been rebuilt with 1.81 and 2.14 Manley stainless valves. At the front of those heads, an electronic distributor sequences spark between a fresh harness and clean Chrysler Electronic Suppression cables. Those cables fire stout 10.5 to 1 compression thanks to an internally balanced, forged 4340 crank, Eagle H-beam connecting rods and custom-built Ross Racing pistons. Restored exhaust manifolds feed large, true-dual pipes, with the help of a Comp flat-tappet cam. A correct 033 radiator circulates water through pliable Mopar hoses and modern screw clamps. And overall, this Dodge's clean engine bay is a nice combination of form and function, featuring a reproduction MoPar battery, an authentic Chrysler washer tank and high quality ARP fasteners.
Take one look under this slick A-Body and you'll find a fully sorted chassis that's adequately equipped to back the car's attractive looks. A correct Chrysler A833 4-speed twists a proven 8.75-inch rear end that's fitted with correct 3.91 gears. That smooth drivetrain feeds a familiar front torsion bar and rear leaf suspension that's shackled to factory manual steering and aftermarket shocks. At the front of that suspension, factory disc brakes have been supplemented with slotted rotors. At the back of that suspension, factory drum brakes have been replaced with an SSBC disc conversion. Exhaust rumbles through true-dual pipes, which employ traditional turbo mufflers and polished stainless tips. Above that impressive hardware, original, body-matched floors frame a new fuel tank, fresh stainless fluid lines and sturdy subframe connectors. And at the corners of those floors, 15-inch steelies spin 215/70 BF Goodrich Radial redlines, and 235/70 BF Goodrich Radial redlines, around red-trimmed center caps.
Inside this Dart, a quality Legendary interior does an excellent job of mimicking correct factory fodder. The car's bucket and bench seats are soft to the touch, featuring pliable covers that present very well. In front of those perches, a warp-free dash frames a trademark square speedometer above an old school Dart Solid State and small Auto Gage accessory gauges. Below that dash, a wood-trimmed and black-dyed console anchors a simple Hurst shifter. At the base of that console, "Dart" branded floor mats protect fade-free carpet. At the sides of that carpet, weather-free door panels unite glossy frames with serious "GTS" badging and sprinkle bright hardware. In front of the driver, a wood-look steering wheel spins bright spokes around a Sunpro Super Tach II. And behind the passengers, a fully restored trunk features a correct jack and fresh plaid mat.
Since Galen Govier decoded this Dodge's VIN and fender tag, there's no questioning the accuracy of the car's clean restoration. Here's a detailed look at how it left Chrysler's Hamtramck manufacturing facility.
- LS: Dodge Dart GTS
- 23: 2-door hardtop
- H: 383 cubic inch V8 that utilizes one 4-barrel carburetor to create 300 horsepower
- 8: 1968 model year
- B: Assembled in Hamtramck, Michigan
- XXXXXX: Production Sequence Number
- LS: Dodge Dart GTS
- 23: 2-door hardtop
- 62: 383 cubic inch V8 that utilizes one 4-barrel carburetor to create 300 horsepower
- 3: A833 4-speed manual transmission
- 38: E70x14 Firestone redline tires
- 112: Scheduled for production on Friday January 12th, 1968
- 063594: Shipping Order Number
- 25: Drip rail moldings
- 30: Body belt moldings
- 78: Wheel lip moldings
- A7: 8.75-inch axle that's equipped with 3.91 gears
- X8: Sure Grip differential
- TS: Sport trim grade
- R6: Vinyl bucket seats
- MX: Black interior
- PB: Black roof paint
- NB: Black body paint
- T1: Monotone paint
- UB: Black upper door frames
- B: No buffed paint
- S9: Tape stripe (Delete Bumble Bee Sport Stripe)
- R1: Music Master AM radio
- X1: Tinted windows
- a6: Equipped with a console and floor shifter
- b4: Bucket seats
- m-: Chrome left-hand manual outside mirror
- u1: Sold car/Expedite
In addition to that decode, Govier also documented this MoPar's impressive exclusivity in terms of Galen's Registry numbers. As of 2009 this coupe was:
- Number 48 of 88 383-powered 1968 Dart GTS hardtops listed in the registry
- Number 17 of 32 registry-listed 383-powered 1968 Dart GTS hardtops ordered with a 4-speed transmission
- Number 17 of 32 registry-listed 383-powered 1968 Dart GTS hardtops ordered with Sport Black Vinyl trim
- Number 9 of 20 registry-listed 383-powered 1968 Dart GTS hardtops ordered with a Bumble Bee Stripe Delete
- Number 3 of 4 registry-listed 383-powered 1968 Dart GTS hardtops ordered with Black monotone roof and body paint
- Number 3 of 3 registry-listed 383-powered 1968 Dart GTS hardtops ordered with 3.91 gears
- The only registry-listed 383-powered 1968 Dart GTS hardtop with the combination of equipment outlined above
- A copy of the car's original broadcast sheet
- A vintage Owner's Manual
- A stack of restoration receipts
- Miscellaneous component manuals
- The aforementioned Galen Govier VIN and fender tag decode
- The aforementioned Galen's Registry paperwork
It's not mere hype when we say you need to call right away about this awesome Dart. Well-built, compact MoPars are just good, clean fun. And every time we put a reasonably priced example in our showroom, our phones start ringing off the hook. Take a good, long look at the body, drivetrain and interior of this sporty coupe. There's just no way you could build something like this without significantly overshooting our $58K asking price. Don't be the guy who calls late and asks: "Is it really sold?" Pick up the phone and call now!
- Year
- 1968
- Make
- Dodge
- Secondary Make
- n/a
- Model Name
- Dart
- Secondary Model
- Vehicle Type
- Passenger Car
- Hobby Segment
- Muscle Car
- Mileage
- 61388
Engine / Transmission
- Engine Type
- Gasoline
- Engine Size
- Engine Number
- 2468130
- Heads
- n/a
- Fuel Specification
- 92/93 Octane
- Fuel Delivery System Type
- Single 4 Barrel
- Transmission Type
- 4 Speed Manual
- Transmission Spec
- Transmission Number
- Entertainment System Type
- AM Radio
- Battery Location
- LH Engine Compartment
- Battery Shut Off
- n/a
- Battery Charger
- n/a
- Power Steering
- No
- Air Conditioning
- No
- Interior Color
- Black
- Seating Type
- Bucket
- Seat Material
- Vinyl
- Shifter Type
- Floor
- Center Console
- Yes
- Body Style
- Hardtop
- Doors
- 2
- Safe Body Color
- Black
- Paint Type
- Basecoat/Clearcoat
- Stripes
- Yes
- Front Suspension Type
- Torsion bar
- Rear Suspension Type
- Leaf Spring
- Axle Specification
- 8 3/4
- Front Wheel Specification
- 15"
- Rear Wheel Specification
- 15"
- Front Tire Specification
- Rear Tire Specification
- Front Brakes Specification
- Disc
- Rear Brakes Specification
- Disc
- Spare
- n/a
- Exhaust Type
- Dual Exhaust
- Muffler Type
- Turbo Muffler
- Restoration Status
- Restored
- Mileage Since Restoration
- n/a
- Awards Summary
- n/a
- Historical Documents Summary
- * Copy of original broadcast sheet. * Vintage Owner's Manual. * Restoration receipts. * Component manuals. * Galen Govier VIN/fender tag decode. * Galen's Registry paperwork.
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His Glasses: Inspired by Adam Young
With your rose-colored glasses,
You bring joy to the smiling masses,
Like a child with an eager dream,
You shine brighter then a star beam,
Shy and wary but insightful to the core,
With delectable words, you're never a bore,
Open wide your soulful eyes to enjoy your heightened life,
Reality passed you by, but it's not without some strife,
God will help you stay innocent and true,
All you can do is be uniquely you.
To the Sea
If I dreamed a dream as big as yours, I'd fall into the sky,
You'd meet me there with open arms and ask me not to cry,
The wind would sail our tiny ship across the fervent sea,
The stars would shine above the clouds, to wink way down at me,
As the warm sun leaves, we both will yawn,
With love and dreams we'll both set sail, and journey 'til the dawn.
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insightful to the core, wary and shy
you'd meet me and ask me not to cry
Voted-up and beautiful.
I love Owl City :)
A good friend of mine gave me some of his music a few years back. He had a show here about a year ago, but I wasn't able to go :(
What do you think of the new album?
Believe it or not I actually haven't gotten around to getting it yet! I previewed most of the songs on iTunes, but other than that I haven't heard much from it. I'll be getting it soon, though.
Did you hear the cover of In Christ Alone he posted on his blog?
Oh, I love To the Sea! It has a wonderful rhythm that follows through in all but the last two lines, and I can easily hear myself saying it aloud. =) Voted up!
I liked both of these, but really like To the Sea. Very pretty.
I have those exact same glasses on my head now! haha I just thought it was wierd. Anyways very nice poems! They are very pleasant.
I love the sea .....and anyone that writes of her!........:-}
I read all of your hubs they are so interesting can you please add some more. Thank you
I'm about halfway through the album now. Listening on Spotify, which is the best thing ever, by the way. So far, Angel is my favorite, but I won't make that official until I finish :)
Re. Galaxies: I've been listening to Galaxies and I like it a lot. But the tune of Alligator Sky seems to stay in my mind more, for some reason.
Like I mentioned on another page, it's the rhythm of Alligator Sky that so easily stays in the mind...
I happen to be listening to it now lol :)
One of the versions was on Youtube but I'll have to take another look.
Ty. I just looked at your hub and there are 4 videos about it. :)


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Vintage: 2015
Vineyard: Crowley Station Vineyards
Appellation: Eola-Amity Hills AVA
Harvest Date: September 18, 2015
Clones: Own-rooted Colmar clone
Soils: Marine sedimentary
Brix at harvest: 20.5
Assemblage: 85% direct-pressed, barrel-fermented "white" Pinot gris; 15% skin-contact "red" Pinot gris
Aging: 6 months in neutral French oak (plus an extra month of barrel fermentation)
Final Alcohol: 12.1%
Production: 122 cases
Our Thoughts: We didn't think anything could top the craziness of the 2014 season...until 2015. Records again were completely busted. Heat, tonnage, insanity. The good news is that we learned from 2014 (and 2013, and 2012), and harvested in two passes, once at the beginning of September (our earliest pick at the vineyard yet) and again in mid-September as moderating temperatures that month allowed. Crowley Station Vineyards produced its highest crop load ever in 2015 (a whopping 2 tons/acre with no fruit-thinning), which allowed us to experiment even more than before.
This wine (and the two vintages that preceded it) was originally born of the frustration that most Pinot gris in Oregon is insipid plonk (yeah, we said it). Pinot gris is nearly genetically identical to Pinot noir, but it's treated like a bastard product that is made to be cheap and quick-to-market. We disagree with that approach.
We decided to capitalize on the unique quality of the grapes grown at Crowley Station Vineyards, which are all very tiny and concentrated and deeply-colored because of the shallow soils the vines are rooted into. We treated a portion of the Pinot gris fermentation as we would Pinot noir, allowing extended maceration on the skins and then barrel aging for a period. Another portion was direct-pressed and barrel-fermented as 'white' Pinot gris. To create this 'pink' wine, we blended four barrels of 'white' and one barrel of 'red' (simple as that). All barrels completed malo-lactic fermentation, and the wine was bottled unfiltered and unfined. We find it's a little subtle on the nose with delicate white flower aromas leading into flavors of peach skin, quince, and persimmon (all the kind of non-fruity fruits). The time in barrel lends a leesy richness, but shot through with racy acidity, and a signature mineral salinity.
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Check out Nick in the Daily Discovery feature of American Songwriter!
Check out Nick in the Daily Discovery feature of American Songwriter!
Hey All, Nick has begun booking his summer 2014 house-concert tour. If you live on the West Coast, and have a house or community space where you would like Nick to perform please contact us @email@example.com. Why house concerts? Because it is the best way to share music in a community. Pot-lucks and family-oriented events encouraged.
Check out the video for the title track off Nick's upcoming album "Wanderlust". Directed by Bill Bowles (mynameisbill.com), this video is true to the nature of the song; this is what you get when you take a few friends, an RV, a labrador, and a parakeet into the Mojave desert to surf the Kelso dunes.
Wanderlust CD's are in production! After putting off the release from the fall of 2013 to early 2014, I am finally doing a short run of the new album "Wanderlust". These CD's will mostly be for the publicity campaign leading up to the album launch Feb 4, , but if you show up at my house and ask for one I'll be happy to give it to you… The official worldwide release will be mostly digitally distributed (itunes, and all other major digital marketplaces), so if you want a hard copy, be sure to pre-order it!
- Nick


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The chairman and manager of Bhiwandi-based Nagrik Sahakari Bank got passbooks printed but never paid the money to the printer and instead used it for their benefits
While going ahead with the processes and procedures for allowing new banks, the RBI should, simultaneously, reopen the banking reforms agenda. If this is not done corporates and small borrowers will continue to disbelieve the banking system and find out escape roots for deploying their surpluses and meeting their financial needs
Perhaps because of a sense of futility in the present coalition scenario, the Government of India (GOI) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in the recent past, have been making sub-sector-specific or issue-based observations on financial sector reforms. Reforms, to be successful, need a holistic treatment. There appears to be a studied silence on structural reforms in the financial sector, except for passing references to additional banking licenses to private players or changes in regulatory environment for NBFCs. These are more with the interests of certain stakeholders in view than the overall health of the financial sector.
The RBI governor's recent observation about GOI's liquidity problems for allowing further expansion of public sector banks adds to the confusion. If the financial sector has to rise to the expectations in regard to credit delivery, especially to agriculture and service sectors, the banking infrastructure will need structural reforms, skill development and a change in outlook on HRD-related issues.
Public sector banks continue to shoulder more than their real share of the burden of lending to traditional priority sector which includes agriculture and small borrowers. Even if they come into being, the proposed additional private sector banks may not be immediately in a position to support the critical areas which are neglected by private sector banks to a large extent, as of now.
In this context, any further delay in comprehensive financial sector reforms, for political reasons ("compulsions of coalition politics", government not having adequate dependable numbers in both the Houses), may have long-term adverse impact on the country's economic development. Perhaps, this is the right time for the finance minister to open a debate for a consensus in the matter.
Here one has to admit that it is quite natural that as a regulatory body responsible for the health of the financial sector, RBI's concerns go farther from just the net worth of the promoter or his professional capability to run a bank. RBI's intention to regularize and ratify the parallel banks which can conform to regulatory norms and rehabilitate some RRBs (regional rural banks) which may have manpower and infrastructure in place but may be finding it difficult to perform for want of leadership as also the central bank's desire to keep the business of banking trustworthy is evident from the cautious approach of RBI in regard to new bank licenses despite perceivable pressure from industry and to some extent from GOI.
Read New banking license announcement is first major reform in two decades
Even when the RBI came out with the discussion paper on the issue of new bank licenses, it was known that the idea of setting up some more private sector banks was loaded with compulsions much beyond the government's stated intention to give a greater role for private sector in banking to promote financial inclusion and reduce government's financial commitments for running banks. The role so far played by the private sector banks which came into being post-LPG (Liberalisation-Privatisation-Globalisation), which are driven by profit-motive, in lending to traditional priority sector, penetration to semi-urban and rural areas and financial inclusion has not been very impressive.
It has to be said to the credit of RBI that the central bank effectively brought to the fore the real issues and concerns of all stakeholders in the financial sector, about new banking licenses. In the present scenario, the central bank should take initiative to reopen the banking reforms agenda which was kept in the backburner after allowing some banks in the private sector during the introductory years of financial sector reforms.
In 1991, the Committee on Financial System (Narasimham Committee) visualized a structure for Indian banking system with "three or four large banks that could become international in character; eight-10 banks with a network of branches throughout the country engaged in 'universal banking'; local banks whose operations would be generally confined to a specific region and rural banks (including RRBs) whose operations would be confined to the rural areas and whose business would be predominantly engaged in financing of agriculture and allied activities". As more than two decades have passed, though there may be reason to re-evaluate a suitable model in the present context, the relevance of structural reforms has not lost validity.
Although the recommendations of the Narasimham Committee were realistic and had kept in view the long-term credit needs and the inability of large banks to reach out to un-banked and under-banked rural India, for various reasons including compulsions of coalition politics, RBI and the Centre did not take a serious look at reorganization of banking infrastructure. Banking services, in India evolved through a multi-agency system and through different limbs, supported the credit needs of small borrowers to a great extent.
The need of the hour is to ensure that all players in the business of banking in the formal sector, namely, commercial banks, cooperatives and RRBs remain healthy and perform their assigned roles effectively and the informal sector, through which banks and NBFCs support microfinance needs, is also brought under financial discipline through regulatory arms such as RBI, NABARD and state governments.
To read about other initiatives of RBI, click here.
The present scenario is partly the result of GOI and RBI keeping the residual banking sector reforms in the backburner after allowing some banks in the private sector in the initial days of reforms. The debate in the media during the last couple of years about "new private sector bank licenses" shows that a bank or a financial institution is a different animal to different persons, depending on the person's financial status and banking needs.
At this delayed hour at least, a total view of banking needs of agriculture, industries and service/export sectors and institutional infrastructure for meeting them may have to be taken by the central bank. If this is not done, corporates at the national level and small borrowers at the ground level will continue to bypass the banking system.
The RBI has been consistently playing a proactive role in institution-building in the financial sector, since early 1950s. SBI, IDBI, NABARD and new private sector banks are some examples of the central bank's success stories in institution-building. Despite its efforts, along with GOI, to improve the health of the rural financial infrastructure by rehabilitation of existing cooperatives, trying experiments like Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks and promoting financial inclusion, adequate and cost-effective institutional credit is yet to arrive in rural India. The proposed new private banks will initially be able to focus on large investors and borrowers only, which will definitely have an impact on the sources and uses of funds available to banks and financial institutions. In the circumstances, the central bank should, while going ahead with the processes and procedures for allowing new banks, simultaneously, reopen the banking reforms agenda.
The diversions so far provided for bigger banks to dilute their priority sector and rural lending responsibilities should be reviewed with a view to ensure that deposit-mobilization gets tied up to the social responsibility of meeting the genuine credit needs of all sectors considered relevant for overall economic development. If this is not done corporates at the national level and small borrowers at the ground level will continue to disbelieve the banking system and find out escape roots for deploying their surpluses and meeting their financial needs.
The public sector-private sector divide in meeting social responsibilities also needs a closer look. If this is not done corporates at the national level and small borrowers at the ground level will continue to bypass the banking system.
Overlap of functions, large-scale outsourcing of activities and challenges from business houses who are telling that if you will object to owning a bank, the same objective will be achieved through an NBFC or some other arm or instrument which can achieve desired objectives and reluctance of banks in the private sector to directly penetrate below the creamy layer of the large majority which is waiting for "financial inclusion" are all major areas of concern needing immediate response from RBI.
GOI, at this late stage, should think in terms of (a) encouraging individual banks to do business in functional and geographic areas in which they are better equipped and have competitive advantage in terms of outreach (b) redefine the role of various categories of banks considering their background, skills and capabilities and (c) involving the regulator, namely RBI, for conveying GOI's expectations, so that multiplicity of guidances is avoided. A comprehensive review of the banking needs and institutional infrastructure for meeting them with focus on how best the existing banks can be guided to meet the genuine credit needs of various sectors of clientele is the need of the hour.
Read other articles by MG Warrier, here.
(The writer is a former general manager of RBI. He can be contacted at [email protected])
Will the aviation minister pay attention to how Air India continues to treat passengers even when taxpayers are set to provide a massive bailout of Rs40,000 crore to the ailing carrier? Here is a harrowing experience of Padma Bhushan Prof Hegde's trip from Chandigarh to Bengaluru
It was to be a bad day for me on the 21st October when I planned to travel from Chandigarh to Bangalore for a commitment there the following day. I was in Ludhiana for a national conference and had to reach the Chandigarh airport well in time for my Maharaja's flight from there via Delhi to Bangalore. The roads were not too friendly in that part of the country but the organisers of the meet were too good to be true. When I see their faces all my tiredness used to vanish. The driver of my cab, a bearded Sardar, was a real friend indeed. He drove so carefully so that I could even sleep on those bumpy roads.
Trouble, though, awaited me in the airport. Air-India's commercial partner, Optiontown.com, kept sending me messages for a 75% reduced business class ticket which I had to buy online. A computer illiterate that I am, it took me hours to do just that, having paid the charges online again with considerable distress. When I presented myself at the Air-India's airport office the wise people there laughed at me. They told me that there is no such agency in the service of their Maharaja. They implied that I must have been taken for ride by some internet crooks.
Confused and dismayed at that information I offered to buy the upgrade by paying them money which luckily was less than what the on line agency had charged me! Little did I realise that I was in for more surprises. Before losing complete hope of my money paid online I called my good friend, an old hand at Air India in Mangalore, Sunil Bhat, for more details. He not only told me that the scheme does exist and the partner company is an internationally reputed one.
He told me that I could get my full money refund minus their Rs100 service charge. Now comes the second part of Maharaja's curse. Having bought the business class ticket at the office, I went to the counter for my boarding pass where was told that I will get only my Chandigarh- Delhi boarding pass but not the on-going one to Bangalore as they did not have a computer link to Delhi airport? The gap between the two flight at Delhi airport was less than an hour and it is a human impossibility to go the booking counters in Delhi's Indira Gandhi airport where the flight landings and the office counters are miles apart, that too in that short time.
I was in a special quandary, having thus paid twice for my upgrade I was with a ticket in hand but no boarding pass. Seeing my pitiable state the station manager, Mr Negi, if I remember right, a good human being told me that he would send a message to Delhi to help me with my boarding pass at the transit desk at the arrivals. The officer in charge at the office was too rude and told me that people like me do not know the rules and then bother them unnecessarily as such a partner like optiontown.com did not even exist. He showed me his papers to say that only cash payment to them would get me the upgrade voucher. Thank heavens, the flight arrived on time and departed on time and the journey took less than the scheduled time leaving me with good hour gap between flights at the Delhi airport.
The Delhi airport transit counter experience was simply out of this world. There were six young and not-so-young big-bellied men standing there on the inside with me alone on the outer side of the counter. Despite that they took quite some time to look at me as they were engaged in an animated personal discussion. When I told them my problems, one of them, their senior may be, told me that I have to get out and get my boarding pass at the booking counters outside which was an impossibility with hardly any time left for reporting at the gate. My pleadings with him went waste as he stood his ground that he could not do anything as his computer would not tell him if there is a vacant seat in the business class or not. He went to the extent of telling me that people like me who want to take advantage of cheaper fares must wait for the last minute as the airline might prefer full fare paying clients. Rightly so, but I was not naïve to believe him when the airline's business class is going vacant and the seats are offered on discount, who, in his right mind, would pay four times more for a full fare ticket? This is very curious as when I finally got into the plane I saw only three people in the business class having ten seats—seven still empty. One of them was a Khadi-clad MP who travels at our cost and one more passenger in addition to myself with seven empty seats.
Resigned to my fate, as I do not believe in fighting raising my own blood pressure, I went towards the gate. I had to pass through another security, though. There I saw another transit counter with one young girl sitting doing nothing. I went to her with my story. She had the patience to listen to me and took pity on me. She called her boss who, after much cajoling, told here that my upgrade voucher was true and she could give me the last seat in the business class. Thank God, I got my boarding pass at long last.
Before I forget I must give you the full woes of the staff in Chandigarh airport. They do not have computer links to other parts of the country and cannot issue boarding passes to on-going journeys. They do not have a lounge for business class passengers. Their pleas fell on deaf ears. While there are flights of private airlines going to Chennai, Bangalore and other major cities via Delhi, Air India's bosses refused to give a direct flight even thong the commercial value of these sectors is excellent. The benefit goes to the private airlines.
Chandigarh is commercially a very profitable airport for airlines but the Maharaja's bosses want to help the private airlines in all those commercially viable routes. It was Ambrose Bierce who called politics strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles, and means of using public affairs for private advantage. May be the concerned people have vested interest in some private airlines.
I have been flying Air India from the 1960s. During the early days of my experience with them, when JRD Tata was the chairman, with half a dozen long-haul aircrafts like the Boeing 707s, they were adjudged the best in the world. Today, they are anything but the worst, thanks to political brinkmanship with hundreds of aircraft bought under suspicious circumstances. Many of our netas travel in private airlines even when they have an Air India flight available for better comforts. I have a good story to tell you.
I was in New York some years ago and was to take the Air India flight back home on a particular day. I had to reach the airport very early as the new security problems had just begun then. We all waited for the departure time at 7.30 pm only to be told that the flight is delayed indefinitely as the aircraft did not arrive from London!
Another long wait followed without much information as to what had happened to the aircraft from London which incidentally arrived that morning at London from Bombay (those days). At 2 am we were told that the aircraft will arrive the following evening and we will have to wait till then. Obviously people started fighting with the hapless staff at the airport with their bosses sleeping in the cool comfort of New York City. Finally they agreed to give us some hotels. That is where I met a good man in Indian politics, Late MP Prakash and his wife. He was not a minister then. They were new to New York for sightseeing and took my assistance to locate the hotel on our own. We became very good friends ever since till he died recently. Very good human being that he was I pray for his soul.
Later we were to learn that the then prime minister who was in London for a meeting thought of going to Africa for a holiday with his wife. He took the London New York aircraft to Kenya. That was why our flight was cancelled without any prior knowledge of Air India staff in New York! Lots of sick people and elderly ladies were all left stranded in the airport for a full 24 hours.
I was in London a couple of months ago. I met a very nice senior officer of Air India in a meeting where I delivered a lecture. He came to see me after that in my hotel room as he wanted to learn more about his health etc. He was narrating his bad experience recently in London. He was in charge of the flight to Mumbai from London on a particular afternoon at 13.30 hours. The aircraft was new and everything was getting ready when the then aviation minister, who was in London city, called the airport saying that he wanted to travel by the same flight to Mumbai. The staff reminded him that the flight was ready for departure but the minister's PA curtly told them that they could delay the flight giving some reason.
Lo and behold! Within minutes the Bombay head office was on the line telling this gentleman that he should open the engine of the plane and declare that there is a fault there. He pleaded that opening a new engine might create problems but he was asked to follow the HO instructions. The engine was opened! The minister came at 5 PM. The flight had to start but the engine would not start! There really developed a new fault.
Learning that the aircraft really cannot take off, the minister told the staff to get him a first class ticket on Jet Airways that was to leave in another hour or so. He continued to enjoy his food at the lounge and got on to the private airline and went to Mumbai. The problem for the passengers of the ill-fated aircraft was compounded by the lack of an air corridor for the flight from London to Mumbai for another four hours. See how our netas serve their motherland with diligence, dedication and determination. They need to be saluted. With the birth of a new breed called Kejriwal-Anna nexus does anyone think that this drama will change at all? If anyone thinks that it is going to be a cake-walk, s/he is in for a rude shock. Man, said Shakespeare, whether in a palace or pad, castle or cottage, is governed by the same emotions and passions. Late Indira Gandhi abolished our erstwhile real maharajas' privy purse promised to them for acceding their states to the republic. In their place we now have a new breed of political maharajas for whom no rules apply.
Sooner they sell Air India to a private player the better for the tax payer. Today the poor citizens pay for the upkeep of this airline. In every so called democracy it is the poor who pay for their poverty with their lives, the story is the same with Air India. While there are some dedicated staff still left in that airline, most take life easy what with their job security they could' care less for the passengers and their problems. This country can only come out of the deep trench into which it has been thrust by our netas with the help of a new generation of Indians that follow the Indian culture of walking their talk.
Culture is what one does when no one looks at him/her. Let us pray for that day when India will regain her world supremacy, Air India included. JRD Tata must be turning in his grave indeed looking at the state of the airline which he nurtured with all his heart and strength.
Long live the Maharaja, his political troubles notwithstanding. Happy flying folks with Air India. I am only hoping that I will get my money back from www.optiontown.com sooner than later.
(Professor Dr BM Hegde, a Padma Bhushan awardee in 2010, is an MD, PhD, FRCP (London, Edinburgh, Glasgow & Dublin), FACC and FAMS. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes, Chairman of the State Health Society's Expert Committee, Govt of Bihar, Patna. He is former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University at Mangalore and former professor for Cardiology of the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London. Prof Dr Hegde can be contacted at [email protected].)


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