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|29th December 2009, 02:14
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FIAT's A.S.S, let the real owners speak.
Hello BHPians who own a Fiat in India. I am starting this poll just to assess how is Fiat's After Sales and Service experience?
Palio has been there, Linea is almost a year since launch and Punto is almost six months since launch, so let everyone respond to this poll with overall A.S.S experience with Fiat.
Request all Fiat owners to be honest in their responses. Below are the ratings for everyone to judge
Excellent & Outstanding - Perfect on time execution, very knowledgeable, strong skills & competencies, Rated high on both quality of work and end results.
Exceeds Your Expectation - Exceeds expectations significantly and consistently everytime. Proactive in getting things checked and fixed.
Meets Your Expectation - Knowledgeable in essential skills. All services and repairs are fixed to your expectations. On time delivery.
Below Your Expectation - Not being treated on priority, Demonstrates average skills/ knowledge in most of the essential tasks. Needs continuous and close supervision from your end.
Improvement Needed - Quality of work has been consistently falling short of requirements. Not satisfied with overall experience.
(Disclaimer: This is not a poll to judge how good or bad Fiat A.S.S is, its just a poll for genuine TBHP Fiat owners and their personal views and experiences. Since online forum participation is very less, this by no means would give a realistic picture.)
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|29th December 2009, 02:39
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im sorry to say this but fiat's service in bangalore is sub standard atleast in bangalore and the tie up with tata is not upto the mark.
i simply stopped visiting fiat *** and looked for alternatives.
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|29th December 2009, 02:43
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Hi, good initiative if this is going to be the real feedback from "genuine" FIAT owners.
I have a question - how do you ensure that only the 'genuine' FIAT owners participate in the poll ? else, the results will be skewed and this thread will face the same fate as other FIAT bashing threads !
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|29th December 2009, 08:46
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I wish moderators ensure that only current genuine fiat owners participate in this poll.!!! or else the very essence of the poll will be destroyed!!
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|29th December 2009, 09:21
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I have owned the Punto MJD 1.3 E+.
I had to visited the TASS prior to delivery (for my PDI). I was driven in my "to-be" car to the workshop, car was hoisted when I did my PDI and the staff was friendly.
Then in about 7 days, I had to go again as I my car was dented by unfortunate motorcycle accident. My car was stalled in the middle of the road and this guy on the bike bumped right into me.
FIAT (or TASS) fixed the dent in 24 hours and the paint job was done well. No problemo. I was pleased
I will be visiting them for my 3K checkup in 15 days. I am booking a prior appointment as I like doing that, though not sure if that will help. Plan to get a full oil change done.
Will keep you all posted about my experience again.
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|29th December 2009, 09:47
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I own a Palio 1.6 Sport. And my service center Concorde has been rubbish. They are good for routine things like oil change. Any deviation and you hit a wall.
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|29th December 2009, 09:57
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I have a Petra since 2006.
When in Pune,I used to service it at TASS(B U Bhandari).Was very happy with the service there.Knowledgeable people and availability of spares too wasnt an issue at all.
But since moving to Tamilnadu,its been a mixed bag.Visited Concorde Chennai twice and it was a very bad experience.
Since I keep moving between Chennai and Coimbatore very often,decided to switch to MyTVS and have been very happy with them.But again thats not part of TASS.So havent voted here in this thread
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|29th December 2009, 10:00
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After buying my Fiat Linea, I visited Concorde Motors, Dairy Circle, Bangalore, twice for small issues. Both the times, I was attended to immediately and the problem repaired within half-hour. But, I have not yet gone there for full-fledged servicing. So, I voted for 'Meets Your Expectation'.
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|29th December 2009, 10:06
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I have been visiting Concorde Motors in Bangalore to get my GP serviced.
There had some small but niggling issues from the time of delivery and a small set of them still exist to date.
However the staff have been courteous and really helpful.
Having said this, they still have a long way to go in order of 'Solve it right first time'.
I vote for Meet Expectation.
Alternatively, I am not sure if Green Tracks is TASS. I used to get my palio's serviced from them.
They are good and do a much better job.
I shall probably start to give my GP there itself.
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|29th December 2009, 10:28
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Vahaan Automobiles in Kolkata was the best rated FIAT a.s.s. But now they have shifted to VW & Honda.
The TATA-FIAT workshops - i don't have a good feedback about them.
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|29th December 2009, 10:46
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Gave 1 vote on behalf of three of my colleagues (1 palio, 2 Linea) who (are not TBHP members and) felt that the service was Ok and kind of on par with the rest.
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|29th December 2009, 11:01
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I own a Palio 1.2 since 2002 and a Stile 1.6 since 2007. My experience has been OK, meets expectations. To exceed expectations, FIAT can concentrate on some quick wins like
1) ensuring that the customer is not left unattended when he arrives at the service for more than 10 mins
2) Try not to upsell or cross-sell just to make a quick buck. Many a times the service advisor will recommend you to do a few un-necessary services which sometimes leaves you feeling cheated.
3) Try and give a quotation for the entire service (approx +/- 10%) at the outset.
4) Ensure the car is cleaned and ready at the said delivery date and time. It is annoying to arrive on time and the car is not cleaned.
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|29th December 2009, 11:04
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My 7 month experience with TFASS - Poor diagonistic ability (nothing can be repired - just change it attitude), poor technical accumen .
(1. Alternator problem - TFASS - Change it 14 k estimate - done out side at Bosce service for RS.450 !. 2. Car stalling - TFASS - Fuel Pump - 11K estimate - My own R&D with electrician - Fuel Pump relay rusted - Rs 100 repair cost. Car has covered 2000+ kms after both repairs TROUBLE FREE)
Availibility of spares is not due to A.s.s, parent company should be blamed.
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|29th December 2009, 11:09
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I have owned a Punto MJD E+ for around 4-5 months now & it has visited TASS atleast 3-4 times. They are polite, pickup & drop the vehicle, try to resolve issues & actually want to improve overall experience we have with them. All the times i have been to ABS motors in Gurgaon & I will recommend it to everybody.
I have been to Some Hyundai / Maruti / Mahindra showrooms & i found ABS one far better & customer focussed then other.
Not to say we still expect more from them but at their current level they are meeting my expectations.
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|29th December 2009, 11:15
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I voted "Needs Improvement". Though they attend to you immediately they lack the knowledge to understand your problem, they look like they weren't properly trained. I often feel they are overloaded, they generally have umpteen nr. of cars to attend from the Tata stable and because of that they behave as if someone has poured hot water on their legs.
Also mostly you would be surrounded by Taxi drivers, so you can imagine how the environment would be there. Even the service center as such doesn't look clean & tidy and appears poorly organised.
I feel the current setup will not definitely work, Fiat needs a seperate sub-garage within T.A.S.S to attend to the customers, only then the customer experience will improve.
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Dear Annabel and Silas,
People always compare kids. It can't be helped. We can't seem to stop ourselves. You really are so different from one another.
Annabel, you were precocious in your development. We often said you held your head up at birth.
It wasn't really an exaggeration.
You also started teething at four months, cruised around the living room at eight months and walked on your own at 10 months. You could say about a billion words by the time you were two. You were funny and charming to people you felt even the slightest bit comfortable with, standoffish and shy in all new situations.
You couldn't fall asleep in our bed. You'd squirm around until I put you in the cradle, where you'd immediately fall asleep.
I suppose the bad part - the part that may seem harshly noticed at any rate - is that we always thought your temperament had two speeds: Happy and Emergency. There didn't seem to be much room for error. We called you "high maintenance."
By contrast, Silas, you were a pretty easy-going baby. You slept through most every noise and routine upheaval, safely tucked in a pocket sling. You didn't have the crying jags that punctuated at least two hours of each of your sister's early days.
Your development, while only slightly slower than Annabel's, lacked her almost palpable determination. I'm not even sure if you have ever really "teethed." At sixteen months, you still have only four of the pearly whites, and they came in without much fanfare.
You are also into EVERYTHING once you started walking. Whereas your sister would sit with us and listen for hours as we read to her, you quietly go about your business getting into everything at or below your eye level.
We never had to "childproof" much around the house for Annabel.
There are so many subtle differences, too. While I know both of you are very intelligent, I realize now that your sensitivities seem so opposite. Annabel was more sensitive to frightening predicaments as an infant; startling and the like, whereas Silas is more susceptible to emotional hurts, such as storylines where animals get lost.
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Yet when other people notice or mention your differences -- I get almost blind with rage. I read into their comments the passing of judgment and I become hopelessly defensive.
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- mamatulip said...
I love this, and as always, the photo is awesome. I see so much in common with your son and daughter and mine.
- Leeanthro said...
My two kids, roughly the same age as yours, are very dissimilar, similar to yours. I could have written the first few paragraphs of your post.
It's so hard not to compare the two. Or to not think that the second is behind, when he is probably just normal and just not advanced like his older sister.
She was a real go-getter (still is) doing everything way early. He is laid back and taking his time and is into everything.
They are two different people and that's okay, because, well, they are two different people.
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I love the zoo - but yes, it can be a tough place to go. The elephants are by far my favorite. We go to the Pittsburgh zoo at least once a year and The Man often asks "should I just come back and get you later?" after at least 30 minutes watching elephants ;).ReplyDelete
So glad your brother and SIL are safe! Scary stuff.
I'm so glad your friends are being so supportive. The best way I've found to stay close with my mommy friends is to find things to do that we can do without kids, and even if that means kid talk (or going in kid stores), it's not nearly as hard as being around all the kids. While it's not an "always," it does help. I'm thinking specifically of my one friend I run with, and we usually go out for drinks or dinner at least once a month. Her DH knows that adult time is good for her and she knows I need to not always be around the kids, so it works out very well as he's willing to take on bed-time duties and The Man will be our taxi if we plan on having drinks. Supportive husbands make it easier!Replies
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Ha ha about the elephants =) They are fun to watch, I agree!Delete
That's a great point about the kidless outings. Another thing I appreciate is that even when kids are around, they don't become the (or the only) focus of attention. Maybe that's a lot to ask from parents, but after all, since we were friends before their kids were born, we still have things to talk about that don't all involve their kids! Most of my friends are really thoughtful about that, although I do wonder if they change their behavior when they're with me vs. another mom (I don't mind, just curious).
I'm sure they do change their behavior - just as we IFers talk differently with one another than we do with a fertile friend :). (I'm actually leaving that comment because it was a huge Ah-ha! for me as I read yours...I'd never thought about it that way before.)Delete


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My 26 year-old role model, Miss Meghann of the San Angelo Civic Ballet had this to say to her 7-8 year old dancers-in-training.
from a child ballerina: "Miss Meghann, these splits are kind of uncomfortable."
And Miss Meghann so wisely informed them "Ballet is not about being comfortable."
Apparently, my life is just exactly identical to a beautifully choreographed and executed ballet on the stage — not about being comfortable.
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The only way that I can keep from feeling like a chronic failure is to tell myself that "life, like ballet, is not about being comfortable."
Monday mornings are clearly not about being comfortable. I don't think it's just me. If I were alone in succumbing to Monday-morning chaos, they wouldn't make coffee mugs about it.
Being a felony prosecutor isn't very comfortable either. People don't understand why they have to come back into San Angelo to testify when last time they were here, they witnessed something scary and then spent their entire sojourn talking to the police and giving statements. It's that pesky 6th amendment that requires they show up. The defendant has a right to confront his accusers. What about their rights? Well, victims don't have a bill of rights in the Constitution. It's all about protecting the one who faces a loss of liberty.
It also isn't comfortable knowing that I will be out of commission all week next week, from early in the morning til possibly late at night presenting two cases to juries. It taxes even the smoothest-running homes when trials are going on. My friend, Stephanie, embroiled in a high-profile case that is taking weeks, has to juggle argument, evidence presentation, objections, and cross-examination with text messages about volleyball practice being changed from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Then she has to relay that information to the children's father. Who is probably wondering how he is supposed to get everything done around here? (She may need my "send a conciliatory text message to your spouse when you're too angry to do it yourself" services). I wouldn't charge her. She has done a lot for me.
I don't have that other parent at home to pick up the slack. I do, however, have Miss Pat. Because I pay her, she doesn't give me too much of a hard time. But it's very hard relying on someone else to take the reins for you. Especially when, like so many mothers do, we keep all our running to-do lists inside our heads.
I think we keep them in mental-note form because if we dared to write them out, people would think we were crazy and we would be forced to cut back our activities and obligations.
Pirouette, do the splits, and curtsey. And remind me that ballet is not about being comfortable.
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Okay…..this blog passage is perfect. You are so right on….
dad November 19, 2010 at 4:00 am #
This entry prepared me for the nevertheless surprising result of the terrorist's trial in Manhattan, culminating this week. Our judicial system IS all about the rights of the accused–not the victims…a concept I'd never pondered. Apparently the evidence, witnesses, etc. simply had dissipated–or at least had grown very cold or otherwise been invalidated or rendered suspect. Guess we'll have to accept the 20 years and be content.


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Greek drama puts eurozone at risk: The outbreak of investor optimism that greeted signs of progress for Greece and Ukraine rests on fragile foundations (The Telegraph)
[In the United States,] Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 386 Institutions (Calculated Risk blog)
Capitol City Bank & Trust Co, Georgia, Collapses – Largest Bank Failure of 2015 [as posted here yesterday] (Problem Bank List)
Tesco [Britain's biggest retailer] to cut up to 10,000 jobs: Thousands of staff face the axe at Tesco offices and in stores as chief executive Dave Lewis looks to cut costs (The Telegraph)
Oil and gas layoffs not yet showing up in jobless totals (Gannett Louisiana)
The aim of this blog is to show (mostly from reports in mainstream respected news sources) that there is reason to believe that both the United States and the global economies remain fragile in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 and that a number of threats exist today that could, if they worsened, bring about economic depression -- not just a minor depression, but a depression worse than the Great Depression. Key threats include excessive risk-taking by financial firms, unchecked by effective regulation; the continued existence of "too big to fail" institutions; and most especially, the amassing of levels of public and private debt which could become unsustainable.
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KILLERS – Menace To Society (CD)
The fine people at Metal Mind Productions based out of Poland have reissued Killers' "Menace To Society" along with five bonus tracks, and this album is far removed from what Di'Anno did vocally with Iron Maiden and Killers' solo recordings. On this album Paul Di'Anno comes across sounding more anger driven kind of like Phil Anselmo of Pantera, and their music is just heavy as Pantera, but you can still feel that heavy metal music edge on "Menace To Society".
There are 17 tracks on here including the five bonus tracks, which makes for a kick ass listening experience that is if you want Paul Di'Anno to sound like Pantera. The five bonus songs are made of live rehearsal recordings, so it is pretty neat to hear the band in their rawness.
Seriously, "Menace To Society" is a good release, but it sounds like it would've been a part of Pantera's catalogue.
However, it is still Di'Anno, but experimenting with more of an aggressive singing style, with more frustration and anger in the mix. I like this album, but I feel that his distinctive vocals comprised of semi-punk and melodic vocals would've made this record even better.
Check out the opening track "Advance and Be Recognized" as it will have you banging your head to its thrash metal rhythms and in your face, pissed-off vocals, courtesy of Di'Anno, of course. I definitely had my fists flying in the air and head going back and forth on this one.
If you want maximum energy and intensity within your metal, then "Menace To Society" just might blow you away. If you want Pantera, then check out Pantera. [Metal Mind Productions] Sarjoo Devani


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Under the terms of the partnership, Sircon will provide NAIFA-PA's members, via a software-as-a-service platform, with online access to Sircon's array of insurance licensing, compliance and education resources to state insurance departments in Pennsylvania and nationwide. NAIFA-PA members will enjoy special rates for Sircon's online services under the terms of NAIFA-PA's business partnership with Sircon.
NAIFA-PA's partnership with Sircon will enable members to more easily comply with insurance regulations. NAIFA-PA members will have access to Sircon's real-time services which, allow producers to submit license applications and apply for renewals. In addition, members can obtain licensing status information, search for continuing-education classes and transcripts, and verify compliance status for their agents quickly and easily online.
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Susan Helene Gottfried, our good blogger friend, mind behind West of Mars, and author of Shapeshifter: The Demo Tapes Year 1, was kind enough to grant me an interview about her time at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.
If you haven't read Shapeshifter yet, you should get your hands on a copy of this bird's eye view of the rock and roll universe.
Where is this interview you ask?! It's on my D.C. Literature Examiner page. Check out, leave some comments. I'm sure Susan will be by to check out your thoughts.
Still not convinced you should read Shapeshifter, check out these reviews from Diary of an Eccentric and She Is too Fond of Books.
***In Other News***
I updated my Book Review Policy and added a note to my readers.


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Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Spend Spend Spend
I had to buy the goody bag, so much good stuff in there including 1 set of the clear stamps(Daisy and Dandelion), the paper pack, stickers etc etc, plus the other 3 clear stamp sets, they are really lovely, also bought 3 of Clare Curds signature range stamp sets, a brilliant bargain at £5.99 a set, will hopefully have a play with those soon.
I really must cut back on my spending on craft products, buying is soooo compulsive though, I am sure thats why they are always bringing these lovely things out to tempt us as am sure most crafters know.
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I'm really looking forward to seeing what you create with the Clare Curds Signature Range. They had a few packs of the stamps at my local "The Range", but I was after the papers (have far too many stamps as it is!). I'm sure they'll be online to buy soon enough! And I know exactly what you mean about spending too much on craft stuff. Because we don't have any decent and 'proper' craft shops anywhere locally, I buy all my stuff online. All we have is The Range and HobbyCraft, so trying to by Nesties or any decent stamp is impossible. And Basic Grey products are unheard of! The problem with buying online is it's far too easy to drop stuff in the basket and click a few times before it's whisking its way to me in the mail!ReplyDelete
Have fun with your new stash!
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As today was not raining or cold I decided to do an outfit post and here is what I was wearing today. I wanted to show ye my recent purchases in an outfit post. I bought this gorgeous suede fringe jacket from Shutterbug and I'm in LOVE! I have wanted something like that for ages and I wish I had gotten one that I had seen at the Kilo Sale (I actually don't know why I didn't purchase one then but at least I have one now).
It is a size 16 but I like that over sized look and it doesn't look too bulky which is brilliant. It's such brilliant quality also for being vintage. I've been wearing it non stop since I got it last friday 🙂
I also got the top last week from Veuxdoo (they now ship to Ireland!! 😀 ) it's a gorgeous ink blot type pattern. I have another top which will feature in another outfit post but for now I wanted to show you this one. The quality of the tops are brilliant and they're soft!
So here's the outfit post 🙂
P.S. the jewellery is from ShopDixi and Regalrose and the necklace is from Zara 🙂 Beanie is from 10thTribe (it's a limited edition one)
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Hubby says I am getting stronger every day. Some days I feel like it, some days I don't. I will tell you its going to be a very long time for this hurt to go away. I am thankful to be leaving and excited that we are trying another church this weekend. We are both looking forward to that.
Got some new dress shoes yesterday. They are cute. Red. Also got some craft things, so earringgs and a cross necklace. I really like it and think it will go nicely with my cross earrings. They both look like they are made out of nails.
Thanks to all of you are who continuing to support us and stand behind us. We thank you for that.
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Tuesday, 21 July 2015
The Book of Life and Death
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sounds kinda interestingReplyDeleteReplies
Hopefully some interesting stories can be produced from this.Delete
Are these going to be a more "I'm unsatisfied with my self so let's change me"/ prank my friend type story kinda like a written Morphic Adaption Unt or a revenge style plot.... or can we expect a little of both?ReplyDeleteReplies
Thats not a bad idea... might jot it down as a request and write something.Delete
Though these will likely be incidents/intended life swaps where people switch their births/existence with one another.
I did consider a cloth swap but finding images for that was harder than expected.
Sounds like fun. This may be a way to do another interactive like the first cross swap ritual. Friends draw from a hat and write down the life they draw. Just an idea (I know interactives are time consuming and a lot of work). Anyways I love your work ~ narriDelete
Yep, entirely possible.Delete
Though since you are rewriting your life with someone, it is entirely possible that history will change and the book will disappear.
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And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him. 1 John 2:28-29 NKJVHave you ever been ashamed or embarrassed of something you have done or not done? Do you remember that feeling of wanting to just disappear or somehow turn back the clock so you could have another chance to do it all over again? I'm sure most of us have, and it is not a very pleasant experience to go through. I'm also sure that most of us have probably wished that someone would have warned us of what we were or were not doing right so that we could avoid the embarrassment we felt when it was all said and done.
We have been looking for a few weeks at the concerns of Peter as he understood that his time on this earth was about to conclude. This week I decided, just out of curiosity, to look at the words of John the Apostle as he too was in much the same situation as Peter. To my surprise, (and embarrassment for I should have known this), just as Peter had done, John gives believers a warning about what to expect in the Church, especially just preceding the return of Christ. Along with the warning, however, John also admonishes believers in the hope that we will not be ashamed when we stand before our Lord. What exactly are we to be watching for? Again, just as Peter warned, we must be watching for false teachers within the Church.Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. 1 John 2:18-19 NKJV
The word antichrist is probably familiar to most everyone, believer or not, simply because of how much it has been used. The vast majority would probably recognize it as a noun, as it is used as the name of the world ruler who will come in the last days. The word itself, however, is used in this passage to describe both the individual and those who would share his mission by adopting his false gospel. The Greek word for antichrist is "antichristos" which simply means an adversary of the Messiah. In the context of this passage, what John is warning us about is that in the last days there will appear many "within the Church" who will deny that Jesus was the Messiah or that He is the only way of salvation.But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 1 John 2:20-23 NKJV
If you follow the news from around the world at all, I'm sure you are aware of the fact that the belief in Jesus Christ as the only way to salvation is under attack from many sides. The most recent and surprising challenge to the Gospel, however, has come from Pope Francis who stated in an interview that salvation by works is possible, and that attempts to convert unbelievers to Christianity is "nonsense". There is a word that describes what is going on here and we find it in Peter's second letter where he warns the Church of "heresy".
But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 Peter 2:1 NKJV
Heresy can be defined as an opinion or doctrine that is different or at odds with the original accepted teaching of the Gospel. This is why John tells us in this passage that we need to remember what we have been taught by the inspired Word of God and listen to the guidance of the Holy Spirit who lives inside of all who believe.
Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life. These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. 1 John 2:24-27 NKJVThe word for abide in the Greek is meno which means to sojourn, not depart, to remain, to remain as one and not become another. You recall at the beginning of this article I asked the question about being ashamed? How many will stand before our Father in Heaven and be very ashamed because they have strayed from the truth of the Gospel? John tells us that in order to avoid this embarrassment we must abide in the Gospel we have been given, and not to be led astray by those who would teach a different gospel than the truth we find in the Word of God.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life—the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us—that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. 1 John 1:1-4 NKJV
When Peter preached on that very first Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit had come upon the disciples, this is what he said;
"Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12 NKJV
Keep watching.
"Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12 NKJV
If you are reading this today and have never made the decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, I urge you to do it right now. Simply admit to God that you need His forgiveness because you are a sinner, be willing to turn away from your sins, believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sins, and invite Him to come in and control your life through the Holy Spirit by praying a simple prayer like this;Jesus I know I am a sinner in need of salvation. I believe you sent your Son Jesus to die on the cross for my sin, and I ask you now to forgive me of my sins. I want to receive your gift of salvation so please come into my heart and help me to live and follow you as my Lord and Savior. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Are you one who hits the ground running 10/1 (or 9/1) armed with pumpkins, hay bales, spiders, ghosts and more over every square inch of your front porch? Or more of a stick a pumpkin out at 6pm Halloween evening so the kids know you're totally into this candy thing (this is SO me)?!?
Well while we're usually the one pumpkin, last minute candy run kind of family my husband has been hit by the Halloween bug for the first time ever (dad-mode) and last month he texted me the following image out of the blue (sans text, just the image) …
I first looked and looked to figure out who these folks were before I realized he was sending this suggesting we family costume it up this year. We have NEVER (NEVER EVER) done couple or family costumes so this was seriously a dad-level-up moment. I did have serious doubts about our ability to follow through and (as you'll see) my intuition was on point.
You can see our maximum effort on Halloween the past two years (yes those are the same costumes) here.
And this year (though hubs continued to have lots of great ideas of what we should do) and after at least an hour at target deciding on a toddler costume.. which culimnated in her declaring (calmly and rationally as all toddlers do) that she was NOT wearing a costume we settled for 'playing dressup' in a costume we already had (see what I said about our follow through and effort before?!?). I even slacked on the pro photog mom side and just did cell phone images because we were running late for trick or treating.
But what's popular with far trendier folks this year??! I was curious so I looked and these are GREAT and I have to admit I have no idea who/what/where Riverdale is (ahhh).


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|QUOTE OF THE DAY (OR MORE): "No, no. You don't understand. This is an '89 Calico. I'm pretty sure that exceeds the Kelly Blue Book value. The cat's totaled." --A comedian whose name I forget talking about a vet who presents a $3,000 bill for a 12-year-old cat
Thursday, May 13, 2010
I just had a horrifying thought...
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Oh gosh. I bet you are right, so try not to swallow.ReplyDelete
Good luck! (on the entire race; not just the pee part).
Reason #2,392 not to do a tri........... LOLReplyDelete
Ew. Well...maybe if you keep that in mind, you wont be such a slow swimmer after all.ReplyDelete
haha...I like mama-face's comment.ReplyDelete
Good luck!
Gah! There's a thought.ReplyDelete
It'll be diluted. You'll be fine. Shower after. A lot.ReplyDelete
That thought might be the incentive needed to swim faster (says the woman who can't swim).ReplyDelete
I'm going to use "paucity of portapots" in a sentence today...it's fun to say.
Good luck! Here's to cold water...
HA! Ok that made me laugh. I've never done the triathlon thing, but that is a horrifying thought.ReplyDelete
Love your blog! -Lindz
I don't think I could pee and swim at the same time.ReplyDelete
Good Luck!
This might be the first time the phrase "paucity of portapots" has ever been written. Awesome.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 14, 2010 at 2:18 AM
Oh EWWW. Best of luck!!!ReplyDelete
I'm sure it won't be the first time you swam in pee. You know what those kids do in the pool. Cheers!ReplyDelete
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| Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, You're my only hope!
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|Mid Rim
|Mytaranor sector
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Kashyyyk was a planet in the Mid Rim of the galaxy. It was covered in wroshyr trees and was the homeplanet of the Wookiee species.
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- Star Wars: Galactic Defense
- Lethal Trackdown (Appears on poster only, spelled "Kashyk")
- Pursuit of Peace (Appears on billboard only, spelled "Kashyk")
- Wookie Hunt (Indirect mention only)
- Destiny (Mentioned only)
- Season 7 (Unreleased)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
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- Chewbacca, Part V
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- Aftermath: Life Debt (First identified as G5-623)
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2 fabulous Cards Mary - the images are so cute. I love the fruity paper in the first card .... but less abotu the cards and more about the NEW CAR!! How is it?? I have been thinking about you all weekend! It has been lovely and sunny here , i hope it was for you too.
Glad you like my ten facts .... and even better you like Mash potato ! That would be an easy dinner party lol... with Lawrence as special guest !
Hope you are going to tell all
Lisa ;)
I love these two cards! The papers on both are just gorgeous. I think I particularly like that new Kiki with puppy image.
These are just so fun and fabulous! First, your coloring just rocks! And second, I just love how you mix patterns, that is something that I just can't do. Hugs, Carly
I'm starting to get over my TGF obsession and am also leaning towards C.C. Kiki with puppy is so on my shopping list. Gorgeous card. I love the way you've framed the dps with chocolate brown cardstock.
I love the cheerful bright colours of your get well card and how you've used a non-nurse stamp for the image.
These are both darling, Mary! Great images for some fun coloring!!
love these Mary! course I'm a CC Designs addict too! lol
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Making and learning from mistakes improves young people mistakes improve children's learning in themselves by accepting their mistakes and learning from them. ― alexander pope, an essay on criticism tags: failure own your mistakes it's ok we all make them learn from them so they can empower you. The art of making mistakes and learning from them - laws of life essay. Allowing them to learn from and papers without information due to the fear of making a mistake we should also let them know that as teachers. Why you need to learn from your mistakes we should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
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Most adults understand that making mistakes is part of life yet we pressure our kids to get it right what's important is how we learn from them yet, children grow up in a society that. Lesson 1: learning from our mistakes one thought of comfort is that if we learn from that mistake how did you learn from them did you make those same. Check out our top free essays on what have you learned from a mistake to help you write your own essay point of making mistakes is to learn from them. Life has so many uncertainties and variables that mistakes are inevitable fortunately, there are many things you can learn from making mistakes here is a list of ways to harness the.


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my pictures. Now if only it were true. That would be a dream come true for me/ I am going to make it happen. I am writing it down as one of my goals. You have to believe to achieve right.
Sunflowers are my favorite flower. I grow them every year.
The abstract beside it I did one afternoon with my niece.
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My response was notably less so; to wit:
Dear Vice President Biden,
I realize that President Obama campaigned on finishing the fight in Afghanistan.
I am also old enough to have lived through LBJ "finishing" JFK's legacy war in S.E. Asia.
I am not sanguine about the possible outcomes.
In addition, DADT and DOMA are a priority for me, just like the FSM and the Anti-war Movement were priorities to my "co-religionists" at UC Berkeley in the 60's.
You and the President's team are just gonna have to deal with that.
My deepest regards,
A Disgruntled Democrat
I guess I read too much of The Hoosier Sage's stuff.
Update: I guess it doesn't pay to respond to the e-mails. I got a "No such user" message.
Please don't anyone tell Jill.
Requisite profanity, Fuck.


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Women are evil essay
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Women are evil essay
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Objection Quotes (18 quotes)
Against filling the Heavens with fluid Mediums, unless they be exceeding rare, a great Objection arises from the regular and very lasting Motions of the Planets and Comets in all manner of Courses through the Heavens.
But here it may be objected, that the present Earth looks like a heap of Rubbish and Ruines; And that there are no greater examples of confusion in Nature than Mountains singly or jointly considered; and that there appear not the least footsteps of any Art or Counsel either in the Figure and Shape, or Order and Disposition of Mountains and Rocks. Wherefore it is not likely they came so out of God's hands ... To which I answer, That the present face of the Earth with all its Mountains and Hills, its Promontaries and Rocks, as rude and deformed as they appear, seems to me a very beautiful and pleasant object, and with all the variety of Hills, and Valleys, and Inequalities far more grateful to behold, than a perfectly level Countrey without any rising or protuberancy, to terminate the sight: As anyone that hath but seen the Isle of Ely, or any the like Countrey must need acknowledge.
— John Ray
Every discoverer of a new truth, or inventor of the method which evolves it, makes a dozen, perhaps fifty, useless combinations, experiments, or trials for one successful one. In the realm of electricity or of mechanics there is no objection to this. But when such rejected failures involve a torture of animals, sometimes fearful in its character, there is a distinct objection to it.
He [Samuel Johnson] bid me always remember this, that after a system is well settled upon positive evidence, a few objections ought not to shake it. The human mind is so limited that it cannot take in all parts of a subject; so that there may be objections raised against anything. There are objections against a plenum, and objections against a vacuum. Yet one of them must certainly be true.
It has been said that science is opposed to, and in conflict with revelation. But the history of the former shown that the greater its progress, and the more accurate its investigations and results, the more plainly it is seen not only not to clash with the Latter, but in all things to confirm it. The very sciences from which objections have been brought against religion have, by their own progress, removed those objections, and in the end furnished fall confirmation of the inspired Word of God.
Objections inspired Kronecker and others to attack Weierstrass sequential definition of irrationals. Nevertheless, right or wrong, Weierstrass and his school made the theory work. The most useful results they obtained have not yet been questioned, at least on the ground of their great utility in mathematical analysis and its implications, by any competent judge in his right mind. This does not mean that objections cannot be well taken: it merely calls attention to the fact that in mathematics, as in everything else, this earth is not yet to be confused with the Kingdom of Heaven, that perfection is a chimaera, and that, in the words of Crelle, we can only hope for closer and closer approximations to mathematical truthwhatever that may be, if anythingprecisely as in the Weierstrassian theory of convergent sequences of rationals defining irrationals.
Stem cells are probably going to be extremely useful. But it isnt a given, and even if it were, I dont think the end justifies the means. I am not against stem cells, I think its great. Blanket objection is not very reasonable to meany effort to control scientific advances is doomed to fail. You cannot stop the human mind from working.
The average English author [of mathematical texts] leaves one under the impression that he has made a bargain with his reader to put before him the truth, the greater part of the truth, and nothing but the truth; and that if he has put the facts of his subject into his book, however difficult it may be to unearth them, he has fulfilled his contract with his reader. This is a very much mistaken view, because effective teaching requires a great deal more than a bare recitation of facts, even if these are duly set forth in logical orderas in English books they often are not. The probable difficulties which will occur to the student, the objections which the intelligent student will naturally and necessarily raise to some statement of fact or theorythese things our authors seldom or never notice, and yet a recognition and anticipation of them by the author would be often of priceless value to the student. Again, a touch of humour (strange as the contention may seem) in mathematical works is not only possible with perfect propriety, but very helpful; and I could give instances of this even from the pure mathematics of Salmon and the physics of Clerk Maxwell.
The camel has his virtuesso much at least must be admitted; but they do not lie upon the surface. Irreproachable as a beast of burden, he is open to many objections as a steed.
The facts obtained in this study may possibly be sufficient proof of the causal relationship, that only the most sceptical can raise the objection that the discovered microorganism is not the cause but only an accompaniment of the disease... It is necessary to obtain a perfect proof to satisfy oneself that the parasite and the disease are ... actually causally related, and that the parasite is the... direct cause of the disease. This can only be done by completely separating the parasite from the diseased organism [and] introducing the isolated parasite into healthy organisms and induce the disease anew with all its characteristic symptoms and properties.
The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense, not worth looking at. Then comes a time when a multitude of contradictory objections are raised, such as: the new theory is too fancy, or merely a new terminology; it is not fruitful, or simply wrong. Finally a state is reached when everyone seems to claim that he had always followed this theory. This usually marks the last state before general acceptance.
The nervous system is the most complex and delicate instrument on our planet, by means of which relations, connections are established between the numerous parts of the organism, as well as between the organism, as a highly complex system, and the innumerable, external influences. If the closing and opening of electric current is now regarded as an ordinary technical device, why should there be any objection to the idea that the same principle acts in this wonderful instrument? On this basis the constant connection between the external agent and the response of the organism, which it evokes, can be rightly called an unconditioned reflex, and the temporary connection—a conditioned reflex.
The only objections that have occurred to me are, 1st that you have loaded yourself with an unnecessary difficulty in adopting Natura non facit saltum so unreservedly. And 2nd, it is not clear to me why, if continual physical conditions are of so little moment as you suppose, variation should occur at all. However, I must read the book two or three times more before I presume to begin picking holes.
Comments after reading Darwin's book, Origin of Species.]
Comments after reading Darwin's book, Origin of Species.]
The philosopher has no objections to a physicists beliefs, so long as they are not advanced in the form of a philosophy.
Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.
We live in a capitalist economy, and I have no particular objection to honorable self-interest. We cannot hope to make the needed, drastic improvement in primary and secondary education without a dramatic restructuring of salaries. In my opinion, you cannot pay a good teacher enough money to recompense the value of talent applied to the education of young children. I teach an hour or two a day to tolerably well-behaved near-adultsand I come home exhausted. By what possible argument are my services worth more in salary than those of a secondary-school teacher with six classes a day, little prestige, less support, massive problems of discipline, and a fundamental role in shaping minds. (In comparison, I only tinker with intellects already largely formed.)
When it was first proposed to establish laboratories at Cambridge, Todhunter, the mathematician, objected that it was unnecessary for students to see experiments performed, since the results could be vouched for by their teachers, all of them of the highest character, and many of them clergymen of the Church of England.
we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and, even when interrogating oneself, one pushes the inquiry only to the point at which one can no longer offer any opposition. Hence a good inquirer will be one who is ready in bringing forward the objections proper to the genus, and that he will be when he has gained an understanding of the differences.