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Because Happiness Matters
"The world breaks everyone,
then some become strong
at the broken places."
~Ernest Hemingway
Whether it's a relationship breakdown, professional stale-mate, spiritual disconnect, traumatic event, or something else; life gets hard. It can get so hard sometimes we feel broke, trapped, hopeless. We all get this feeling of brokenness at some point. It's unavoidable. What IS avoidable, is staying that way.
When we're sitting around in the pieces of our brokenness, we don't always know how to do what's best for ourselves. And if we don't understand what will work for us, then we get stuck there. It can start to feel like the whole world's against us and that it's a hopeless situation - even desperate. But it isn't hopeless.
Some of us just can't stop looking at the mess. We poke at it and prod it - inspecting it. We become super aware of every little detail. But we aren't actually taking any action to help the situation.
Some of us try to pretend like the mess isn't there. We somehow think that if we walk away from it, change the subject, ignore it, then it'll just get weaker and weaker and eventually maybe it'll just go away. Poof! We stuck in this mess because we all know that no amount of ignoring ever swept up anyone's floor.
Some of us find ways to cover it over. We try to make it look better than it really is, or we put a bunch of stuff around it, like excuses and reasons. We're worried about that other people will disapprove of our broken bits and maybe they'll leave us, or hurt us, or stop caring about us. We hope that if we can turn it into something it isn't, then we don't have to admit we're broken, and then maybe we'll still be worthy.
Some of us try to fix it up, but we don't spend enough time and effor for it to be effective; or we don't have the right tools; or we get frustrated when things don't work out right the first time, so we give up instead of trying again or using a different plan. We get stuck in a place of frustration and disbelief that things could be any different because we think we've tried everything and we feel exhausted.
"We either make ourselves miserable
or we make ourseleves strong.
The amount of work is the same"
~Carlos Castaneda
There are three useful things to remember when you've decided to make a change:
1) You must believe that you can succeed;
2) Your goal needs to be meaningful and important to you, because you're the one that matters; and
3) Above all, don't give up. You can rest, you can fail, you can go slow like a snail; but never give up.
Decide to commit to yourself: your ideas, your goals, your life. The real answers to most of life's difficulties are almost never on the outside of us. Of course we sometimes need to get help with serious illnesses, but the physician's job is just part of the process of getting better. For example, when a person is severely depressed, they might take anti-depressant tablets, but they also need to build social connections and get wellbeing education. For heart patients, maybe they're taking blood-thinning medication and had a stint put in, but they also need to pay attention to the way they eat and how much they exercise. Even a person with a broken leg needs a plaster cast and painkillers, but they also have to learn to use crutches and might have to do physiotherapy exercises after the cast comes off. In just about every situation, there is work to be done to complete and fulfill the healing process.
In other parts of our lives, it's just the same. We might need money to buy more advertising, but we also need to learn how get creative with our adverts and improve our networking skills. Or, we might need the bus to get to a job interview, but the buses don't travel there at the right time of day, so instead of giving up, we need to get creative in how we travel - learn to be more resourceful when it comes to alternatives. We might want to get in to a convention that will help propel us forward, closer to reaching our goals, but we also need to learn to find qualities in ourselves, and possibilities in our situations, to make that participation worthwhile. If we are willing to do what it takes, we can get what we need to achieve.
The WAY we think about things has a direct impact on how possible our goals are for us. Do we think of obstacles as barriers or walls, or do we believe that we can figure out how to work around them, or get over them, so that we can carry on moving forward? If we're going to change, we need to stop giving up and start considering the possibilities of a different kind of answer.
The limits to our potential are built from the negative thinking that gives all the power away to something outside ourselves; like the bank account, or the pain tablets, or the public transport schedules. We need to learn to believe in our ability to find alternatives and answers where it seems like there may be none.
If you want what you want, then don't give up at the first hurdle; even if you trip over it. Even if you trip over every single hurdle for 500 yards. Don't lose hope. Get up. Try again. Dream big. Be willing to do what's necessary. Find solutions and workarounds, and keep trying.
"If you do the things you've always done,
you'll get the things you've always got."
Changing our minds and our patterns to achieve our goals isn't easy; but it doesn't have to be done all at once. It can be scary; but it can also be thrilling - if you want it, you can find enough bravery to take one small step.
It can be inconvenient, but you can learn to find places in your schedule to fit things in here and there.
It can sometimes take a long time to get there. But someday is better than never.
It involves the failures of trial and error, but everyone was a beginner at one time, even the experts!
It takes commitment, compassion for yourself and your life. Despite the difficulties, it can be so worth it.
If you aren't open to trying new things, you'll be an expert at excuses and reasons. A lot of us find it easier to stay in a situation that we recognise and understand, no matter how hard it might actually be. And we become addicted to the predictability of it all. If this is the case, then we don't have to do anything strange, or new, or confusing, but we miss out on opportunities. Often times, having no idea that something better was possible the whole time - because the reasons and excuses we made up were so convincingly good.
So many of us, so much of the time, don't realise that we're a lot more in control of things than we think. We're more trapped by our thoughts and bad habits than we are by anything in the outside world.
The way we're eating; thinking; speaking; what we do for work; how we spend our free time; and so many other little things all combine to make us who we are, and contribute to how we feel. We all, deep down, know this, but a lot of us just can't be bothered with the responsibility of it. We're just too exhausted or beaten down to feel anything other than hopelessness.
Click Here for an interesting and inspirational talk given by Nick Vujicic.
Click Here for another interesting and inspirational video; this one is a talk by Sean Stephenson
"Create a life that feels good on the inside,
not one that just looks good from outside."
This is why meaning is so important. If you're going after something that other people want for you - or something you feel obligated to want; or something that makes good money, but doesn't make you happy - then you might as well not bother. You won't find the time in your schedule. You will find reasons not to be brave. You will easily find excuses for why you won't, or didn't, or can't, do the thing you need to do next.
It isn't because you're a bad person. It's because you're trying to impress someone other than yourself.
Consider the possibility that you're only ever one decision away
from a better life.
It's helpful to know that your beliefs are powerful things. Your decisions have a real-life effect on how well or how poorly you do anything. Most of us have heard of placebos before. When people believe that a placebo medicine is the "real" medicine, it can affect a person's physiology - so much so that there have been times when the placebo worked as well, or nearly as well, as a medical intervention did. In fact, sometimes, even when people KNOW that the placebo is not the real thing, it STILL has an effect. (Info on that from Harvard Medical School here).
Also, the opposite applies. If you're convinced that nothing will work - guess what? It won't. Consider how thinking something, over a long period of time, can cause a physical illness to worsen, or cause new symptoms to appear. Most people are pretty familiar with the term psychosomatic illness, and that's because it's an actual "thing." (Some information here. And a bit More information here.)
If we think about what this implies, just for a minute, we can begin to realise the potential of our beliefs. By making positive changes to our minds, we can make positive changes to our lives. The most powerful tool that we have is our minds. Improve your thoughts, to improve your life.
"Anything worth doing
is worth doing poorly
until you learn to do it well."
~Zig Zigler
Start considering the long game. Don't worry if it takes a long time. If you've been wanting to better yourself or some part of your life for quite a while, then it's worth taking quite a while to get it right. The more you feel you've suffered, the more reason you have to want to get it right.
Once you've decided to believe in yourself, and your ability to overcome whatever brokenness you're feeling, there's another sneaky thing that might crop up: Quick fixes. Thre are a lot of articles, websites, workshops, and blogs out there that are offering a quick fix for us. They sound mighty good when you're a stressed and busy person who has decided to make some changes for the better. They're so tempting to those of us who are fed up and exhausted. They say things like, "Be Happier by Next Week," and, "Here's the Top 10 Tips to Get the Life you Love Today!" They seem really appealing and wonderful at the time, but they can actually make our situation worse.
We think they can save us money. They seem less time-consuming, easier; and they don't get in the way of the rest of our lives too much. But, most of the time, these quick fixes don't actually work the way they say they do - or they don't last - and you end up in the same place you were when you started; sometimes worse off with less money and feeling totally defeated.
This cycle wears you down and it burns you out; and then that plays into the frustrated feelings of being trapped, which make you look for easy answers all over again. Then it happens again and you're stressed, you're discouraged, and you start thinking things like, "I just don't have the energy anymore!," or, "Nothing's working!," or, "Everything's just a waste of time!" But another quick fix isn't gonna solve that problem, is it? And that's when things can start to feel pretty desperate.
Don't let fear make your choices for you.
Allow yourself to daydream about who you are at your most powerful moment; in your perfect moment in time. Imagine what your life is like once you've achieved your goal. Spend time with it and get down to the details. Really think about your new situation, and then save it as a memory to remind you what it's all for in the difficult times. And then dare to commit to that dream. Believe that you can, and that you will, live that dream. Dedicate yourself to your happiness and success, whatever that means for you, personally. Dedicate yourself to this cause. That is your job.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
celebrating, loving, and dreaming
Trev took off work so we got to spend the whole day together - just us two love birds. Our big morning was spent at the doctor. A very special doctor, because our family is growing! I'm 18 weeks now and the truth is we're over the moon. Another baby. I can hardly believe those words, but baby it's happening. Even when you've done it before, seeing that tiny ultrasound is so overwhelming. Life changing. We had the doctor circle boy or girl on a little card I'd written out and seal it up. I wanted to wait to reveal at our anniversary dinner that night. Give us another thing to celebrate! So off we went to lunch at 20 Feet Seafood Joint to take our minds off the envelope. Amazing lobster roll and fish & chips. Oh my gosh it was delish and I wish I had some right this second. We spent the rest of the afternoon visiting shops that aren't so toddler friendly and just enjoying some time together. Our perfect day ended with a special dinner at Oak. We didn't find out what we were having the first go round, but that envelope was burning a hot hole in my pocket and we were both dying to find out. Vino was ordered, glasses were poured, and it was time to open. Dum, da, da dum… it's a B O Y! Oh me oh my!
It was a moment I won't forget and such a happy surprise. Trevor's face said it all. I think I'm still in shock, but I've got quite a while for it to sink in. The next morning we shared the news with Miriam. She was sort of in shock too, then excited, then all she could say was, "but I wanted a little sister." Sad pouty face. It's alright sweets. That's sort of a huge piece of information for a little girl to take in. We spent the rest of the weekend outside enjoying this unusually beautiful Dallas weather. Fleeting, but so delightful. Just the way the breeze feels on your skin makes you want to close your eyes and drift off into daydreams. We've been dreaming a lot around here lately. Here's hoping our dreams and love carry us far over the next 5 years.
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BONNIE!!! What fabulous news!!! I am so excited for you! Hope you have been feeling well. I had no idea how much I wanted a little boy until he was born and I found out that's what he was! He will steal your heart. Congrats to you and Trevor on 5 fabulous, giving years. Here's to many, many more! And, oh, little Miriam. How your world is about to be ROCKED!ReplyDelete
This whole post made me smile. SO excited for y'all. And you know I love me some little boys!!! xoxoxox.ReplyDelete
HOLD ON TIGHT!!! What fun news. I'm sure Trevor is already dreaming of time with his little buckaroo, and as for you, we'll, every mama needs a sweet little boy. They are truly a treasure and so very different from girls. Very happy you'll get to experience both!ReplyDelete
CONGRATULATIONS!! That is sooo exciting! I am just grilled to pieces for y'all. As an older sister to a little brother, I am sure that you will have lots of advice for Miss Miriam. I have always loved having a younger brother, myself. WHy did y'all decide to find out this time around?ReplyDelete


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[Commonplace books: Thomas Farnaby, 17th-century]
Why is authority like this? Why does it have to be like that? Because God (as in Acts 1 and Matthew 28, which we looked at earlier) wants to catch human beings up in the work that he is doing. He doesn't want to do it by-passing us; he wants us to be involved in his work. And as we are involved, so we ourselves are being remade. He doesn't give us the Holy Spirit in order to make us infallible—blind and dumb servants who merely sit there and let the stuff flow through us. So, he doesn't simply give us a rule book so that we could just thumb through and look it up. He doesn't create a church where you become automatically sinless on entry. Because, as the goal and end of his work is redemption, so the means is redemptive also: judgement and mercy, nature and grace. God does not, then, want to put people into little boxes and keep them safe and sound. It is, after all, possible to be so sound that you're sound asleep. I am not in favor of unsoundness; but soundness means health, and health means growth, and growth means life and vigor and new directions. The little boxes in which you put people and keep them under control are called coffins. We read scripture not in order to avoid life and growth. God forgive us that we have done that in some of our traditions. Nor do we read scripture in order to avoid thought and action, or to be crushed, or squeezed, or confined into a de-humanizing shape, but in order to die and rise again in our minds. Because, again and again, we find that, as we submit to scripture, as we wrestle with the bits that don't make sense, and as we hand through to a new sense that we haven't thought of or seen before, God breathes into our nostrils his own breath—the breath of life. And we become living beings—a church recreated in his image, more fully human, thinking, alive beings.
[Christianity: N.T. Wright, How Can the Bible Be Authoritative?]
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Then, we have to ask, if we are to get to the authority of scripture. How does God exercise that authority? Again and again, in the biblical story itself we see that he does so through human agents anointed and equipped by the Holy Spirit. And this is itself an expression of his love, because he does not will, simply to come into the world in a blinding flash of light and obliterate all opposition. He wants to reveal himself meaningfully within the space/time universe not just passing it by tangentially; to reveal himself in judgement and in mercy in a way which will save people. So, we get the prophets. We get obedient writers in the Old Testament, not only prophets but those who wrote the psalms and so on. As the climax of the story we get Jesus himself as the great prophet, but how much more than a prophet. And, we then get Jesus' people as the anointed ones.
[Christianity: N.T. Wright, How Can the Bible Be Authoritative?]
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In New York Oil price rising on stimulus hopes
Oil prices climbed for a fourth day on hopes that the Federal Reserve will take additional steps to prop up the economy.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange:
Crude rose $1.33 to end at $88.43 per barrel.
Gasoline rose 3.86 cents to finish at $2.8547 per gallon.
Heating oil added 3.95 cents to end at $2.8277 per gallon.
Natural gas fell 7.3 cents to finish at $2.8010 per 1,000 cubic feet.
On the ICE Futures exchange in London:
Brent crude rose $1.95 to finish at $103.37 per barrel.
Oil prices are rising on hopes that the Federal Reserve will take additional steps to prop up the economy.
Benchmark U.S. crude on Monday added 20 cents at $87.30 per barrel, while Brent crude rose 81 cents to $102.23 per barrel.
The Federal Reserve is considering new steps to boost consumer spending in the U.S., and analysts are betting Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will discuss those steps when he addresses Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Expectations for new stimulus boosted prices despite a series of downbeat economic reports.
The International Monetary Fund lowered its global growth forecast, and the Commerce Department said retail sales fell in June for a third straight month. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao also said over the weekend that China's "economic difficulties may continue for some time."


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Lime Plaster is not a new product; ancient Egyptian monuments, Maltese buildings, the Great Wall of China and the Aztec Empire all used lime as a building material. In the UK this product is being bought back to prominence as it can be recycled 100% and used again but as important is the ability to create intrinsic designs and apply the plaster with ease.
Leading training centres are showing apprentices how to mix and apply lime plaster which contains mica flakes for a brighter decorative effect. Minelco are working closely with a centre of excellence in London to find the best products for aesthetic appeal in this application. The variety of mica particle shapes and colours available from Minelco provides plaster finishes with a variety of effects.
The lime plaster can be chipped off the surface it has been applied to, crushed and reused but it will stay in situ for many years. The 2000 BC Egyptian monuments with lime plaster are still intact as are the statues found in Jordan made from lime plaster dating back to 5000 BC.


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I generally avoid dinners especially those paired with wine as I don't always enjoy thoroughly. I am not someone who is very fussy when it comes to pairing wine with food. I believe that we should go little easy and follow what we like, not otherwise.
Anyways, this dinner was for sure a special one. For the first time, four Indian wine makers got together for a dinner which was curated by Sommelier Kriti Malhotra at Pullman.
I like the way Kriti thinks when it comes to wine pairing. My last experience at Honk when she paired Asian food with rose, was my personal favourite. As I said earlier, instead of going by the traditional way, it's important to understanding your guest preferences and their profiling before your pair.
So, when she invited me for this dinner I was really looking forward to it. Apart from the usual wines, this time, Charosa also made an entry. Charosa wines are new to the city and they have their wineyard in Nasik.
York, Sula and Grover Zampa were other wine makers and I have tried their wines earlier too.
Pullman is very aggressively pushing wines and have been hosting lot of wine dinners and recently introduced their own label in association with Grover Zampa. I tried their label and I must say they were quite good.
I had Sula that was Brut Tropical, Sula Riesling 2016(one of my favourite wine), Rasa Shiraz 2014 Late Harvest Chenin Blanc 2016(too sweet to my palate). While Sula Riesling is my all-time favourite wine (I tried them first at Indian Accent), I have also started liking there brut tropical.
York wines had York Sparkling Blanc de Blanc, York Chenin Blanc 2016 and York Arros. I enjoyed their sparkling.
Grover and Sula are perhaps the only wine companies whose wines I have tasted the most and almost all varities. I was little surprised when I didn't see Fratelli and other Indian brands, though I know it's tough to create a dinner like this where you have four wine companies.


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It's rare for Matthew Cameron Clark and Dwayne Blackaller and to work as closely as they have for their newest creation, A Nighttime Survival Guide. As Boise Contemporary Theater's artistic director and associate artist/education director, respectively, the two haven't had time to collaborate on building a production from scratch since 2005. This play, they said, feels fresh in many ways.
"The writing itself is new. This is the first time I've co-written so closely with someone," said Blackaller.
In the script's early stages, Blackaller and Clark would open a shared Google Docs document and hammer the script out at the same time.
"You could see each other's cursors and watch each other type," said Blackaller. "So he could see the line I was writing, and write and respond simultaneously. It was a very energizing way to write, going to Denny's late at night and sitting over coffee, watching the script crank out."
That image is mirrored in the play, when the two main characters, Verne and Aki, first encounter one another looking through a transparent mock-up of a laptop.
"Face-to-face and 4,865 miles apart," Blackaller explained.
At its most basic level, A Nighttime Survival Guide is a story about two 11-year-old children (played by adult actors) and their conflicts with growing up. Aki, played by Carie Kawa, lives in the small village of Akaigawa on the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. Verne, played by Blackaller, lives in windswept Arco.
Blackaller and Clark wanted a play they could bring their children to, a rarity at BCT.
"[We] stumbled on this idea of these two kids, on either sides of the world, encountering these creatures," said Clark.
He and Blackaller drew inspiration from Japanese legends of Yokai, which encompasses all supernatural creatures, including the malevolent, the good-natured and mischievous.
"There are countless Yokai. Japanese folklore is rich with all kinds of opportunities for monsters," said Clark.
Boise artist Bill Carman, known for his surreal paintings, was an early choice to design puppets to serve as the Yokai.
"I didn't have the time when they called me, but I couldn't pass up monsters," he said.
Carman drew his vision of the reptilian, cucumber-loving Kappa--a creature said to lure children into deep waters to drown--as a short puppet with webbed feet and hands.
"Bill's work always has some weird, strange, muddy edge to it, in a really exciting way for me," said Clark. "It's dark and strange and playful at the same time."
Akaname, the "filth licker," haunts children who don't clean their bathrooms. Carman imagined a large, hairy beast with a tongue spooled around a broom-like staff. On stage, it stands at an immense 7 feet tall.
"I kept in mind that I didn't want to make the monsters too brutal," said Carman. "That's not really the place I come from with my work. I can do things that are sort of scary, but they have this humourous side, because humor is a big part of the my work. I think that's what these characters represent to me."
While the play is accessible to children, its writers stress they wanted to keep the story free of the squeaky-clean motifs that dominate children's television.
"There are some themes in this play that are big themes," said Blackaller. "Part of the test we went through is, if you go through the play and you're entirely dry-eyed or stoic through the entire thing, or if you don't have a moment of surprise, you're in trouble."
They wanted something adults could enjoy, as well.
"The best analogy is a Pixar movie," said Clark. "There are plenty of people that go see a Pixar movie that aren't there because they're taking their kids to see it."
With this play, Blackaller and Clark are taking some big risks, weaving dance, puppetry and musical elements.
But to bring those conceptual ideas to life, the production had to incorporate some complicated moving parts. Elaborate costumes were designed by Star Moxley. Dance segments were put together by Balance Dance Company Artistic Director Leah Clark. The stage itself does heavy lifting; an expensive arcing bridge designed by set designer Mike Baltzell recreates the curvature of the Earth between the two children.
"They stay distant from each other, essentially for the whole show," said Blackaller. "The distance between them is a big part of what we're playing with."
When Carman's puppets take the stage, they do so operated by three silhouette "characters," who serve as equal parts puppeteers, crew members and dancers.
"Puppetry is a bit of a spectrum in the play," said Clark.
Even though it has the largest budget of BCT's season, it became apparent A Nighttime Survival Guide would need more funding.
"In order to pursue this particular idea, we knew it was going to take more resources than a typical show here," said Clark.
Before a $10,000 Kickstarter goal was reached, Clark and Blackaller had nervously crossed their fingers. Asked how the play would be different without the extra funds, Clark said it would affect the play as a whole.
"It probably doesn't boil down to a particular thing ... but as we go into the final stage, new ideas as they come, it would limit us in how we're able to pursue that, because we'd be out of money," said Clark.
By the Jan. 19 Kickstarter deadline, 171 backers had contributed $11,172, bringing the campaign to its tipping point and providing extra funding for the project. But that doesn't mean it's home free yet; Blackaller and Clark will also have their fingers crossed before opening night, Wednesday, Jan. 30.
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Sometimes you just got to trust your gut in a risky situation.
"Trust Your Gut" literally means what it means when it comes to this episode.You can have all the knowledge you want, but it's your gut instinct that will help you figure it out. With one patient, who comes in with a cut on his gut, trying t explain that there's something inside of him. After meeting with Dr. Charles and Reese, the patient pulls out his intestate and rush to the OR to fix, but that wasn't the strange thing at all as the surgeons found a tumor that happens to be vanishing twin syndrome.
Another patient comes in with Dr. Manning and Choi treating who had no clue what was wrong with her at all. The parents blamed her brother for it, thinking it was drugs, but it wasn't. After a harsh moment with the brother and his parents, Choi talks to the brother about him and the drug use. The brother opens up about the pain in his gut after eating a burger and soon after Choi and Manning rush to the OR to stop a transplant to test the liver and comes to a conclusion that the patient and her brother sufferers from OTC or Omithine Transcarbamylase deficiency.
And Bekker and Rhodes butt-heads on the treatment of the patient who just had surgery. When the patient doesn't look so good, Bekker thinks other options that the patient needs now, but Rhodes wants to do it his way and trust his gut that with the treatment he's given will work and it did.
I couldn't leave out some of those #Manstead moments. This week they discuss the shave or not to shave for Will. As much as I enjoy the beard, I think that it might be good to see a clean shaved Halstead at Med. Also, who didn't enjoy that last moment when Will and Natalie fell asleep in the break room?
The episode was had so many good moments, which made you think of the case with the cases that the doctors were treating. The writing of this episode was so good and kept me interested the whole hour. The performances from the cast were outstanding and that everyone had equal good performances. Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10.
What did you think of the episode? Leave a comment.
Here's a link to next week's promo.
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What do you think? Does India need a permanent UNSC seat? Do comment and let me know …
Monday, August 22, 2011
Is India ready for a permanent seat at the UNSC?
What do you think? Does India need a permanent UNSC seat? Do comment and let me know …
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- Vishal TripathiAugust 22, 2011 at 3:32 PM
Amazing post! Very thought provoking. Though I agree on most of the points you made, the points still remains - is the status quo any better? How can victors of wars fought decades back still dictate terms to developing nations like ours and more importantly to the LDCs where the hegemony these powers enjoy is blatant. So the longer the present scenario continues, more and more decisions and actions will be taken around the world which are unjustified and arbitrary. So to accommodate the changing economic and political landscape, we need UNSC reforms even if they come at the cost of our 'non-intervention' policy. As it is history tells us that if we are compelled to take a stand on Iran or Burma, there are also things we can do to pacify them later on using our UNSC member status. And ultimately, the biggest plus point will be the constructive and pragmatic nurturing of foreign policy of India which we all know is way to archaic and stagnant for a rising economic power.ReplyDelete
Status quo is very good. We get to do what we want without much scrutiny of our actions. See, UNSC settles conflicts. When you vote to settle a conflict you are making some enemies and some friends. Instead, India can increase its influence by flexing its economic muscles. Give loans to African countries with a condition that a certain part of it has to be used to buy goods from Indian companies, get Indian railways to build railway networks that lead to increase in trade etc. instead of focusing on UNSC. Look at China, China has gained much goodwill in parts of the world not by dominating and influencing UNSC discussions but by giving economic aid. So why waste time trying to get onto UNSC which might actually make us lose the goodwill gained through NAM and general non-interference.ReplyDelete
Secondly, the current permanent members, though the victors of an old war, are "mature" powers. They match their words with action when the UNSC adopts critical strong resolutions such as the one which led to operation Desert Shield (First Gulf War) and the air attacks in Libya. Will there ever be political will in India to commit forces for offensive expeditionary missions overseas after the debacle of IPKF in Sri Lanka? India might turnout to be a toothless tiger even on joining the UNSC. So since we have much work to be done on the domestic and bilateral fronts why waste time getting embroiled in UNSC matters...
Good job!excellent analysis. There is difference between "want" and "need". While people "want" permanent seat, they should first study if they "need" it and if we get how do we use the power which comes with it.ReplyDelete


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Donnelly, pictured, said Telikom had heavily invested in infrastructure with emphasis on improving customer-user experience.
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"Telikom PNG is meeting that with further improvement to come.
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The service will cater for both post-paid and prepaid accounts. It will enable customers to access bundle balance, main wallet balance, top-up prepaid account, pay monthly bills, buy data bundles and view transactions.
"In a bid to stay agile and competitive, telecom companies everywhere are increasingly broadening their digital offerings for new age, tech-savvy consumers. Telikom is eager to increase customer engagement through online sales channels with customers able to self-serve when buying bundles, checking their credit usage or update account details.
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He said the self-care service was an extension of the customer service which not only provided efficiency for customers but also offerred Telikom reduced cost of customer service at the sales front.
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P.S. My son is currently a patient at the Univ. of Iowa Hospitals(Center for Digestive Diseases). Do you feel they have an adequate"handle" on IBD? Are you taking new patients?
U of I is well respected. An important question in gettinga handle on the case is to be sure they know your son is on a number ofnon-prescribed medications. There is a misconception that many sharethat natural remedies are not medications. Consider this: Adrug is a substance which is taken to affect a patient's metabolism insome desireable way. These natural products really are being usedas medications by many. The trouble doctors have in dealing withthem is that there is in general no safety or efficacy data available tobase any recommendation upon. The drug companies that sell thesematerials have lobbied congress and have gotten laws passed that have prohibitedregulation of themselves. They also have a fig leaf of a regulationthat says as long as they just say the magic words "nutritional supplement"they can market to the public without any regulatory oversight.
There is another misconception that natural substances are safe. There are tragedies in the medical literature of liver failure causingdeath in several children due to daily administration of certain herbalteas. The teas were known to be hepatotoxic, but the labelling didnot include this (didn't have to, it was a nutritional supplement). There are a number of natural substances that are known to be toxic insufficient doses. Nicotine, caffeine, digitalis, aspirin, strychnine,castor oil, ipecac, poppy juice, to name a few. (The last exampleis particularly instructive. Poppies are a source of opiates which causedwell documented toxicity to Dorothy, Toto, and the Cowardly Lion. The Tin Man and Scarecrow were spared, due to a difference in metabolism.) There are cases of death due to contaminated tryptophan. Just becausesomething comes in pill form does not mean it is as safe as people havecome to expect from pills from regulated drug companies.
You may be aware that the risk of drug interactions goes up with thenumber of drugs taken. With your son being on four different additionalmedications than prescribed there is the potential of drug interactions.
So, what are the drugs you are giving your child doing? I don'tknow. Indeed, I know that no one can know. The products describedare all complex. Aside from the vitamins, their manufacture is notregulated. Fish oils can be a source of dioxins. I wonder ifany of the nonprescription drugs your son is on have been through any regularmonitoring of known or likely contaminants. The medical literaturealso contains articles showing that the unregulated drugs are sometimesmisidentified by the manufacturer.
I try to limit my advice to matters for which there is some sort ofexperience with the substance at hand which can predict how a patient willdo. The need for the evidence to be predictive is what patients reallywant. It is expected that a doctor could explain what the expectedeffect would be, what the side effects would be, and the chance of eitherhappening. For the majority of unregulated drugs, the evidence forthe medicines marketed as nutritional supplements is anecdotal, which doesnot help one make predictions as to how a patient will respond.
All that said, what can I say about your particular questions? Well, I do not have data on efficacy or side effects of Salmon oil in Crohn's. Thus, prediction of relative effects is not possible. (I even donot know if Purepa is whole fish extract or part fish extract. Asa licensed drug, processing must adhere to Italian good manufacturing practicesand will therefore be consistent lot to lot.) I also do not knowwhat interactions would develop, if any, with the other medications heis on. As to Purepa, note that the patients in the study were selectedwith criteria that predicted a high chance of relapse. The singlestudy thus applies to patients with the same clinical features. Itis probably generalizable to patients outside Italy, though the fact thatItalians eat more olive oil is one reason that studies in other countrieswould be good. Whether the drug would be beneficial to patients witha lower risk of relapse is not known.
The simple answer, therefore, is "I do not know." The reason forwriting all of the above is to explain the underlying concerns that I asa physician have that causes me to say "I do not know". As a fellowprescriber of medications I urge you to consider the risks and benefitsof your recommendations. Also, I hope that you are keeping recordsof clinical response and medications (including dose and regimen and lot/batchnumber). These records would be valuable for determining likely candidatemedications relating to clinical response, good or bad.
I hope for the best in your son's case.
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8 Thoughts Every Mom Has When Her Kid Finally Sleeps In The "Big Kid" Bed
I remember the day my partner and I transferred our daughter into the toddler bed. We did it earlier than most parents, thanks to a herniated disc in my lower back that made it difficult for me to lift her out of the crib. So we converted her crib into a full-size bed and never looked back. Sure, I had some conflicted feelings about my baby growing up, and I had the same thoughts every mom has when her kid finally sleeps in the "big kid" bed, but I was mostly excited. Oh, and somewhat nervous.
When our daughter was born my partner and I didn't have very much. We lived in a tiny apartment and didn't have much money for furniture or decorations, especially since we saved everything we could for a new addition to our family. Everything in my daughter's nursery was given to us. I'm talking all of the furniture, except her crib and mattress, was used, and her crib was a gift from my grandmother. We made do with what we had, but the nursery was the furthest it could be from the cover of Pottery Barn magazine. So a few years later, when we had just a little more money to spend, I was excited to redecorate her room and get her some new furniture. Plus, she was getting way too big for the crib and she was ready.
When the mattress was delivered and my partner and I finished putting everything together, our daughter jumped right into bed. That night, we read her stories while cuddling in her "big kid" bed and it was pretty awesome. I hear horror stories about kids not being able to sleep in their beds and how "big kid" beds become "party time" for the kids, but that wasn't our experience at all. For us, the transition wasn't at all difficult and one we all embraced. That doesn't mean I didn't have some thoughts, though, including the following:
"Please Stay In Your Own Bed"
We never co-slept but I was still nervous that my daughter was now able to just climb into our bed in the middle of the night. You see, I love my sleep and I don't love toddler limbs puncturing my lungs and violently kicking my kidneys, so I prefer to sleep alone (unfortunately, my husband claimed half of the bed, so he can stay, I guess). So while I was excited for my kid's brand new freedom, I was slowly realizing the reality of that new freedom.
"Please Don't Fall Out Of The Bed"
It's a long way down from the mattress to the floor and I didn't want to hear the dreaded thud. I was thinking about concussions, broken bones, and fractured skulls. Because, you know, those can totally realistically happen in a mother's mind.
"Where Did My Baby Go?"
So, like, that's it? My baby is all grown up? No more baby snuggles? The end of the crib signifies the end of the cute baby stage and the beginning of "I don't know what this person is going to be like" kid stage.
"I Guess Now We Have To Lock Our Door"
Well, from now on my partner and I must lock our door when we want to do adult things in our adult bed because at any moment our non-adult can just run in and want to hang out. No more open door policy around here. If we want to play, we must lock up.
"What Will This Kid Do With All Of That Freedom?"
So now that my child is no longer restricted by the crib, what will she do with her new freedom? How will I ever be able to sleep soundly at night again knowing this kid can just come and go as she wishes? Now she can get into the most dangerous situations, like play with knives downstairs if she really wanted to, right?
Well, I solved that potential problem with a gate by her door. Made for a much more peaceful night.
"Please Don't Poop In The Middle Of The Night"
Since the "big kid" bed happened before this "big kid" could wipe her own butt, I prayed she didn't decide to poop in the middle of the night and try to wipe herself. That would be bad for everyone involved. I imagined poop hand prints everywhere.
"Yay For Cute Sheets & New Furniture"
Nurseries are serene and beautiful. They are sweet and smell like baby wipes with a slight underlying hint of a soiled diaper (I don't care how "great" a diaper pail is, they all smell). Nurseries are the epitome of innocence, of change, and of new beginnings. After a few years, however, we were ready for new furniture and for normal bedding. If you transfer your kid to a "big kid" bed, you may also redecorate and that is usually kind of exciting and fun.
While there is some underlying sadness of fleeting babyhood, there is also some sense of accomplishment and moving into the new stage in our lives. In many ways it feels great that you and your child are moving into this new milestone. Your kid is super excited and you feel relieved you have somewhat successfully gotten through the first couple of years of raising a human being.


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In its appeal to the Colorado Court of Appeals over a 2012 voter-approved fracking ban, Longmont is stuck between two state Supreme Court cases.
The Colorado Oil and Gas Association, the state's largest industry group, sued in 2012 to overturn the ban. It was joined by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission — the state agency that regulates the industry — and TOP Operating, the principal oil and gas company active in Longmont.
Longmont is appealing a July ruling by a district court judge, which said that the city's ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, conflicted with the state's interest in regulating the oil and gas industry.
The Colorado Court of Appeals can't set new precedent but can only follow existing Colorado Supreme Court decisions. There are two important ones that deal with this issue, and both were decided on the same day in 1992: Voss. v. Lundvall Bros. Inc and Bowen/Edwards Associates Inc. v. the Board of County Commissioners of La Plata County.
Richard B. Collins, a professor of law at the University of Colorado, teaches courses on local government and the U.S. Constitution and co-authored a 2002 treatise on the Colorado Constitution. Voss and Bowen/Edwards establish state law on the question of whether the state's interest or a local government's interest come first when it comes to the oil and gas industry. However, the cases come down on opposite sides of the question, Collins said.
"Those two decisions rejected what might be called extreme positions," Collins said. "It's funny because you rarely hear these two rulings mentioned by the same person, as it's not convenient for most people to acknowledge that there's two competing rules."
Voss (the name of the Greeley city clerk at the time) occurred when Greeley voters implemented a ban on drilling oil and gas wells. Lundvall Brothers and other oil companies in the city sued and, after an appeal, the Colorado Supreme Court found in favor of Lundvall.
Justice Joseph Quinn said in the opinion that while a city still has some authority over drilling in its limits, because there was a "statewide interest in the efficient development and production of oil and gas resources," a city could not totally ban the practice altogether.
In Bowen/Edwards, an oil company disagreed with La Plata County's regulations requiring oil and gas developers to obtain permits. In this case, the state's highest court found in favor of the county, saying that the county was within its rights to add on regulations as long as the regulations didn't conflict with the state's.
Bowen/Edwards figured into COGA's earlier lawsuit over the city of Longmont's oil and gas drilling regulations that the city council passed in 2012, before the fracking ban went into place. Longmont argued that based on Bowen/Edwards, there was precedent for its regulations to be more stringent than the state's. COGA sued the city but later agreed to dismiss the suit without either party admitting fault as part of a compromise struck with Gov. John Hickenlooper that spawned the Oil and Gas Task Force. That task force finished its work in late February and delivered recommendations to the governor.
Collins said that where Longmont can argue in between these two cases is that either a ban on fracking and a ban on oil and gas drilling are not the same thing, or that the fracking ban doesn't directly interfere with the state's interest in oil and gas.
"It's a question of whether it's a conflict with state law on this subject," Collins said. "There is no specific state law that says 'Thou shalt be able to frack.'"
Longmont, in its appeal, makes both of these arguments, but Collins said he has a feeling it's a long shot.
"There is very competent lawyering involved here, and the city on appeal does as well as a city can do in a case where the city has a tough road ahead," Collins said after reading various briefs filed in Longmont's appeal case.
Currently, Longmont's case is working its way through the Court of Appeals system, with Longmont's reply to several friend-of-the-court briefs filed this month due April 9.
Because other municipalities and local governments in Colorado are closely watching Longmont's case, Collins predicts whichever side loses in the Court of Appeals will ask the Colorado Supreme Court to review the decision.
The city of Lafayette instituted a fracking ban and did not appeal when COGA sued and won, while the city of Fort Collins is appealing a similarly unsuccessful lawsuit related to its five-year fracking moratorium. Broomfield is also in a lawsuit related to its five-year moratorium on fracking. Neither the city of Boulder nor Boulder County yet face lawsuits related to each entity's respective moratorium on oil and gas development applications.
"Given the significance of the issue, the odds that the Supreme Court would accept the case to review are rather high," Collins said. "So I don't think this is even close to being done."
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There's nothing more satisfying that cracking open a brand new bottle of nail polish and trying it for the first time, especially when you haven't had the chanceto read nor see any reviews/swatches. A couple of weeks ago I had the fantastic opportunity to test out a few Polished London nail polishes - I have heard snippets about this brand previously but haven't delved into the history or products. So I unknowingly dived into the polishes and after wearing all three polishes over the last three weeks I thought I would write my thoughts, plus include a few swatches, for you guys!
I received three bottles in the shades Cranberry, Portobello and Miss Navy. All three polishes went on smoothly and were quite opaque. I did have a little issue with Miss Navy as my nails were noticeable around the edges but that was due to no error than my own (note to self - do not paint dark coloured shades during the night as the artificial lighting makes everything look perfect). The only thing I would consider giving negative comments on is the brush, I feel as though Polished London could make the brush applicator thicker and and possibly make the bristles shorter. That way it makes controlling the brush much more easier. But other than that I'm very impressed with this brand.
Cranberry: Exactly what the name suggests, a cranberry red creme. (2 coats plus Seche Vite)
Portobello: A classic periwinkle (purple/blue) creme. (2 coats plus Seche Vite)
Miss Navy: A dark ink (or navy if you want to simplify it) blue with blue shimmers. (2 coats with Seche Vite)
Polished London polishes can be found at various Terry White Chemists and independent pharmacies within Australia (check out the stocklist here) ranging between $4.99-$7.99.
Have you tried Polished London products before?
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Review + Swatches: Polished London Nail Polishes
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The ANC caucus on Monday reiterated the party's opposition to the motion of no confidence, saying it "will not vote with the opposition to collapse our democratically elected government".
This follows an announcement by Parliamentary Speaker Baleka Mbete that the vote of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma would be determined by a secret ballot.
In a statement released by the Office of the Chief Whip, the ANC caucus said it supported Mbete's decision and has "long stated that we are not adverse to a secret or open ballot".
However, it said the ANC would not support the motion led by the party's "political nemesis" whose aim is to "undermine our popularly elected government, fracture and weaken the ANC with the aim of removing it from government by any means outside of general elections".
'This motion - like those before it - will be defeated'
While the party said it acknowledges "genuine grievances by our people and various organisations around state capture", it would not pander to the opposition's "political ploy".
It also rejected as "fake news" a list circulated online of 95 ANC members expected to vote in favour of the motion.
"This list is nothing but fake news to the extent that some of the people on the list have long left Parliament including comrade Joyce Moloi-Moropa. The other member included on the list is a member whom we buried this past week, comrade Trevor Bonhomme. This shows the utter desperation of our detractors," it said."We have full confidence in our ANC members of Parliament. This motion, just like others before it, will be defeated," it said.


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It's Walnut Grove vs. Sleepy Eye in the annual baseball battle. Star pitcher Mr. Mumford appears to be an ace up Walnut Grove's sleeve, until his wife discovers the townspeople are betting heavily on the game's outcome. To put a stop to the madness, she benches him, leaving Caroline to persuade Mrs. Mumford to allow him to play.
The troubles of the Walnut Grove team are not over however, between arguments of the rightful name of the team to Sleepy Eye's Green Stockings' win at any cost attitude the battle for the game is fought in quite an unorthodox manner.
- Michael Landon: Charles Ingalls
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- Melissa Gilbert: Laura Ingalls
- Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush: Carrie Ingalls
- Barney: Jack
- Dr. Baker wears a uniform he says is from his college team, the "Mulligans". This is unlikely, as baseball was a gentleman's club sport when he would have been in college and the very first college challenge game (between Williams and Amherst) was in 1859 -- only about 15 years before this episode takes place.?
- On the scoreboard, Laura writes a 2 on Walnut Grove's side. The shape of the 2 changes the next time they show the board.?
- All the base ball (two words back then) players on the Sleepy Eye team are wearing gloves when fielding. In the year depicted in this episode, only the catcher and occasionally the first baseman wore gloves. It wasn't until the late 1890s that all fielders wore them.?
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Audi's current-gen A4 has been around since 2008. Since then, all of its premium mid-size competitors have been updated or, in the case of the BMW 3 Series, replaced by an all-new car.
While the current A4 range continues to sell well, it sits behind the Mercedes C-Class and 3 Series in sales. A mid-cycle refresh - with new drivelines, power upgrades and sharpened styling - is therefore timely for Audi.
Most obvious among the changes are new head- and tail-lights. The A4's signature daytime-running-lights (DRLs) are now better integrated into the headlight design, and xenon main beams are standard on all models aside from the 1.8 TFSI.
Updates also include new wheels, front and rear fascias and a more angular version of Audi's single-frame grille across all models.
The revisions run more than skin deep however, with new driveline options improving efficiency and performance across all models.
We were among the first to sample the new range over some of the most entertaining roads north-east Tasmania has to offer.
The A4 interior has always been a benchmark with typically excellent fit and finish, material quality, ergonomics and space.
The design has aged very well in the four years since launch, but this hasn't stopped Audi from incorporating several incremental improvements with this model revision.
All in the new range feature a new leather-trimmed steering wheel (with optional flat bottom), along with redesigned ignition stalks and key fob, and chrome-ringed controls.
Leather upholstery is standard on all models, with a huge range of optional trim colours and with the all-encompassing S-Line trim package available on all spec-levels except S4.
The seven-inch touchscreen 'MMI navigation plus infotainment' system (standard on all bar the 1.8TFSI - which makes do with a 6.5-inch display-only screen) is now controlled by just four console-mounted buttons surrounding the central toggle controller.
Bluetooth mobile phone connectivity is standard on all models, as is climate control (three-zone on models above 1.8TFSI).
Similarly, models above the 1.8 TSFI feature electric seat-adjustment as standard. Steering rake and reach adjustment remains manually controlled on all models.
Cabin space continues to impress for the category, with ample rear legroom and headroom for this 175cm passenger. Only the recently-launched F30 generation 3 Series compares with the A4 for rear seat accommodation.
Cupholders are integrated into each door, along with centre console and rear armrest. Interestingly, front seat map pockets are optional with the 'Storage Package', which also includes bins beneath the rear seats.
Standard on all models, Attention Assist sounds a chime if the wheel remains still for a period of time - with the intention of waking a driver drifting off to sleep.
Active Lane Assist goes a step beyond the existing lane departure warning system by actively steering the vehicle back within the road markings. This feature is included in the optional 'Assistance Package' which also includes adaptive cruise control.
Reverse sensors are standard on all models (rear-only on 1.8 litre models), but a reverse camera remains optional across the range.
Regardless of spec-level or options ticked, the A4 interior is a nice place to be.
On The Road
TMR had the chance to drive each of the new A4's revised engine options at length, back to back, so we've gained a good appreciation of their relative differences.
But only automatic versions were available at launch, leaving the manual versions of the 1.8 and 2.0 TFSI for future assessment.
Aside from engine upgrades, the most significant mechanical update to the A4 range is the adoption of electro-mechanical steering for all models.
Replacing the previous hydraulic system, Audi claims the new setup brings an average 0.3 l/100km efficiency-improvement for each engine.
Out on the road though, the new system follows other electrically assisted units in lacking feel through the wheel, ironically returning some of the numbness Audis were once criticised for.
At slow speeds, the speed-sensitive steering is ultra light, which makes for effort-free parking, but takes a moment to adapt to after sustained high-speed driving with lesser assistance.
Another efficiency measure applied to all models is stop-start technology, regardless of transmission. The system is switchable; it can be turned off via a centrally-mounted dashboard switch.
This update also signals the farewell of the torque-converter automatic from the A4 range. All Quattro models now use an 'S tronic' dual-clutch unit, while front-wheel drive models employ a multitronic continuously variable transmission (CVT).
'Audi Drive Select' remains a multi-tiered option, with dynamic steering, adaptive dampers able to be added to all models, and a torque vectoring rear differential available on quattro models.
In its basic form, it now includes and 'Efficiency' mode, which adjusts engine and transmission mapping to favour fuel economy over performance.
Over the launch route, we found the adaptive dampers to be the most useful of these options, giving the driver the option of maximum comfort, or tightening the damper valving to reduce bodyroll when the going gets fun.
We found the dynamic steering option a bit of a gimmick, as it seemed to just significantly reduce power assistance, with no noticeable improvement in feel of the tyres' relationship with the road.
The top-selling 1.8 TFSI continues as the entry A4, but with output now boosted to 125kW and 320Nm (up 7kW/70Nm). Relatively lightweight at 1470kg in multitronic guise, the 1.8 TFSI gets along quite well.
With a claimed 0-100km/h figure of 8.3 seconds, the days of the underpowered base model seem to be over.
With maximum torque arriving just beyond idle in a diesel-like band of 1400rpm-3700rpm, seat-of-the-pants feel would have you believing that there was a large six under the bonnet.
Coupled with the multitronic auto, the engine's lower-end torque produces earlier upshifts and a more settled and refined feel to the drive. It all-but eliminates the feeling of slipping found in some CVT units (which hang onto higher revs before up-shifts).
With a bountiful 320Nm arriving so early, the 1.8 TFSI has no trouble dealing with hills or responding eagerly when the throttle is given a healthy stab.
This improvement in performance and refinement is matched by an 18 percent improvement to efficiency, with an official consumption figure of just 5.8 l/100km for the multitronic.
Physically, the engine gains from attention to thermal management, port fuel-injection as well as direct-injection, variable valve lift, and an electronic wastegate more accurately controlling boost levels from the turbo.
Essentially a reworking the 1.8 used by the Volkswagen Group for years, the 1.8 TFSI proves the value of searching for incremental gains from existing petrol engines and engine technology.
The 1.8 TFSI is a very appealing drive.
Next up Audi's price scale comes the 2.0 TDI turbodiesel.
It now produces a very healthy 130kW and 380Nm (up 25kW/60Nm) in both sedan and Avant model variants.
Despite carrying a 50kg weight penalty over the 1.8 TFSI multitronic, the 2.0 TDI completes the 0-100km/h sprint in 7.9 seconds.
The previous efficiency-focused 'e' grade manual 2.0 TDI has been discontinued, with the facelifted model achieving the same 4.8 l/100km consumption figure with the multitronic CVT automatic transmission.
Surprisingly for a diesel, maximum torque arrives later than the 1.8 TSFI, with a narrower torque band of 1750-2500rpm.
The CVT's seven ratios disguise this from the driver though. It is a very robust unit with that wonderful rising diesel thrust that rushes things along so absolutely effortlessly - with just a hushed diesel groan as accompaniment on the road.
2.0 TFSI Quattro S tronic: $64,500
Now available only with quattro all-wheel-drive, the 2.0 TFSI turbocharged petrol engine is a very eager piece of work.
It adds another dimension to what makes the 1.8 TSFI so special, with its maximum torque produced over an even wider band of 1500rpm-4200rpm.
The 0-100km/h sprint takes just 6.5 seconds (for both manual and dual-clutch S tronic automatic options). Interestingly, the manual - which we have not yet driven - records a better combined fuel figure of 6.8 l/100km as against the S tronic's 7.0 l/100km.
The S tronic transmission on test proved as comfortable under gentle driving conditions as the multitronic CVT. There is only the tiniest hint of dual-clutch stammer moving from rest.
But when hurried along, that's when it really comes to life. At speed, the S tronic easily outshines the multitronic with the speed and definition of its shifting.
In the company of the new A4's other engine options, the 2.0 TSFI's most impressive trait is its smoothness and quietness throughout its rev range.
It's a genuine sports saloon with a deceptively swift turn of speed and delightful on-road balance.
First Drive Verdict
In terms of design, performance and efficiency, the new A4 range is a genuine improvement to an already-appealing and dynamic mid-size saloon.
In our view, the standout driveline options are the impressive new 1.8 TSFI petrol engine and the 150kW version of the 3.0 TDI. (see Launch Review Part II)
The 1.8 litre combines comparatively low cost with surprising performance and efficiency, while the 3.0 litre performs with frankly amazing efficiency and potency under the toe.
We're not so keen on the new electro-hydraulic steering system; it may improve fuel efficiency but at the cost of driver feedback.
Nonetheless, the A4 is an excellent premium mid-size choice, with an impressive line-up of dynamic drivetrains and handling, and appealing style inside and out.
2012 Audi A4 2.0 TDI multitronic - 130kW - $57,900
2012 Audi A4 Avant 2.0 TDI multitronic - 130kW - $60,900
2012 Audi A4 1.8 TFSI manual - 125kW - $52,700
2012 Audi A4 1.8 TFSI multitronic - 125kW - $55,500
2012 Audi A4 Avant 1.8 TFSI multitronic - 125kW - $58,500
2012 Audi A4 2.0 TFSI quattro manual - 155kW - $61,700
2012 Audi A4 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronic - 155kW - $64,500
2012 Audi A4 Avant 2.0 TFSI quattro S tronic - 155kW - $67,500
Note: prices exclude on-road costs.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Get some Turksploitation at Onar Films! (NOW!)
Okidoki boys and girls, just grab into your pocket, get some money (I know you can afford it) and make some orders to Onar Films, the dvd company that is the specialist numero uno about turkish genre cinema!
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Only 13.50 euro!!!
I have this dvd myself of course, and it's a must in the collection!
There's a lot to recommend, but I think this is a good start. Just don't forget that Iron Fist is a very fun movie to, in away a much better movie (aka more coherent script, better acting and so on), but so you get to great and fun movies for the price of one - and a nice poster to!
So, what do I own from Onar Films? This:
Casus kiran - Super Collectible Edition (1968)
Karanlik Sular - Super Collectible Edition (Hard-matted) (1995)
Kilink Istanbul'da (1967)
Kilink uçan adama karsi ( Kilink Vs. Superman ) (1967) / Kilink soy ve öldür ( Kilink Strip & Kill ) (1967)
Ölüler konusmaz ki ( Dead Don't Talk, The ) (1970) / Aska susayanlar seks ve cinayet ( Thirsty for Love, Sex and Murder ) (1972)
Turkish Superman Double Bill - Super Collectible Edition
- Süpermen dönüyor ( Return of Superman, The ) (1979)
- Demir yumruk: Devler geliyor ( Iron Fist: The Giants Are Coming ) (1973)
These are all cool releases! Next up for me is Cellat, the turkish Death Wish, and of course ALTIN COCUK (THE GOLDEN BOY), a 007/spy movie!
The owner, Bill, spends all his money on this and needs support. So fuck all these big budget companies (really, you don't need a bluray of Transformers 2!) and get some nice turk-action!
And yes, I reviewed some of the movies in my Turkey-sektion.
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text: Hi everyone i make this thread because im really upset, i have heard bad commnets about rogues like They are weak, they are slow, they are the worst class and some people say to me " i tough rouges where better" Or " WOW you're really slow" and " you're weak" i have recieved all this comments that makes me sad i tough i was good since im lvl 51 full str but whit all this comment i feel bad and i think im not the only one who recieve this kind of comments Even so whats special about rouges? Warriors are really strong, mages have powerfull magic, acolytes can heal themselves and other people, creators can deal the same damage as a warrior and can cure themselves and other stuffs,And last rouge, rouges are fast and hit a lot of times in secs but even whit that speed people say bad things about rouges like i said before, even if they have full str like me they still calling us weak This comments make me want to create other character whit different class but i keep thinking that ill become powerfull someday... Even so im not an expert at this game i consider my self a "noob" i dont know how to be faster as a rouge I use the fastest skills even so my friend level 46 also a rouge told me that im slow and i was like wtf im a higher level than you. Even so my friend deal the same damage and its faster so maybe rouges are not a bad class maybe its just me the bad one I want to know some tips and "secrets" to be faster and deal more damage i use the best weapon for my level and i have Str 100+10 so if you can tell me some tips ill be really happy Leave a comment ill like to hear your opinion and your experience playing as a rogue


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CANs second strategic plan under development
The Centre for Animal Nutrition has successfully implemented its strategic plan for the period of 2010-2014. During this period, the vast majority of the targets as defined in the plan have been achieved including increased output, improved collaboration between members, closer collaboration with national and international key partners and involvement of industry. Currently, the strategic plan for the period of 2015-2018 is under development.
Global perspectives on animal nutrition are rapidly changing. Increased volatility in feed prices coupled with an increased demand and drive towards a more sustainable production are some of the challenges which have to be addressed in the next strategic plan. In addition, national policy for the funding of scientific research are in a state of flux and EU Horizon 2020 research programmes have been released and calls are open. The increased globalisation of knowledge and increased focus by Asian countries on food security calls for a revision in the strategic focus of CAN without disbanding those aspects which make CAN unique. A first draft of the 2015-2018 strategic plan has been developed and is currently being discussed among CAN members. Aspects included are the mission statement of CAN, its market and research focus, educational goals and management targets. Above all, collaboration between its member groups and with industrial partners are among the major focus areas. After full consultation among its members, the strategic plan will be evaluated by a select number of experts working in industry and research institutes.