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The first occasion you are likely to come across the electricity supply in Crete is from the public utility known as DEH when you buy a property or rent a home on Crete or anywhere else in Greece. The electricity bill covers both usage of electricity, the local municipal council rates and the fee to fund state broadcaster, EPT the Greek state broadcaster - like the BBC in Britain. When it comes to the Domestic Water Supply , each Town Hall in a Municipality is responsible for supply to its own inhabitants.
DEH electricity charges and billing are based on a quarterly assessment, calculated on matching meter reading dates. You receive a bill, basically every other month (six week intervals allowing for public holidays etc). The first bill arrives via the postman after the end of the quarter in question. Half way through the next an assessed usage bill comes through the letter box based on the previous consumption rate. There are several levels of usage on which charges are based - across the whole quarter The DEH (ΔΕΗ Α.Ε ) link further down the page will explain in English the variation in peak and off peak hours between Winter and Summer.
The electricity company, DEH is understanding and tends to have a lenient policy towards late paying customers. If you don't pay the bill in a reasonable time, you will eventually get cut off! If you are on a tight budget, the key is to call in to your local Electric (or Telephone Company) Office and ask what your bill currently stands at, then pay some, or most of it off. That way you're always ahead of the game and should not get cut off. (Local residents say DEH does not take action if the billing total amount is under €90).
DEH has an excellent special billing system of allowing for long periods of absence by owners from their Greek homes (i.e. holiday homes). About one month before an owner will be away (usually for the wintertime period) go into a local DEH customer service centre. Tell them you will be away and for how many months and they will make a special calculation. This calculation will be much less than otherwise would be the case in not telling them, by just leaving the house empty. Be sure to check your meter reading in the morning as DEH staff will wish to know it. DEH (ΔΕΗ Α.Ε ) Customer Service Hotline (from a fixed line telephone) Tel: 10500 .
During 2005/2006, standing instructions payments with a number of banks was promoted by the utility companies in Crete. Previously this was not possible. So, you can now set those up through your local Crete bank account.
Bills can be paid at any Post Office, and over the counter at your bank but watch out for what can seem a hefty handling fee plus VAT.
DEH has its own payment offices in main towns, where you can settle the bill with no service charge.
DEH (ΔΕΗ Α.Ε ) Power Cuts or "outages" can be frequent in Crete lasting from a split second to a few hours. Between 2007 and 2010, the situation has been getting much better. A massive updating of the distribution network within towns and villages and a massive upgrading of the main power station have reduced cuts (in my village to averaging once a month - better than the 3-5 a mnth before). If you typically have expensive electronic gear - such as dvd, LCD TV - do yourself a favour and protect your equipment from power surges and purchase a Belkin UPS Power Management System, as "Dirty Mains" can be the cause of the loss of your Computer Hard Drive and all the data on it. The Belkin units also have a version that includes telephone socket breakers as well. Crete suffers from local thunderstorms throughout the year and it is not unknown for telephone cables to conduct a lightening strike, knocking out your telephone line. Do not use your computer during a thunderstorm!
++Guide to Latest Crete electricity costs.
++DEH - Current Electric Company website in English.
Note: Deregulation of the electricity industry was supposed to give consumers a choice of supplier. By November, 2011, this had yet to happen in Crete.
Water supply is the responsibility of the local municipality in which you live. If you are in a town or village then dealing with the local Mayor's office will be straight forward for "domestic" water supply. This will be different when it comes to land outside the limits of the village or town, or if you happen to own an olive grove within the boundary. Water supply then becomes an agricultural matter and should be taken care of at the time you purchase your property and in your contract to purchase, or the landlord will have arranged it in the case of a rental property. This can be a complex matter and should be followed up appropriately.
A Bit Weird, Isn't It?
Well actually no. Insisting that only natural waste matter goes down the small diameter soil pipe and not the paper and other things that find their way into the toilet bowl, has kept Crete's and Greece's thousands of kilometres of coastline relatively free from sea borne pollution. So while on hottest of days, the paper bin depository next to the toilet seat, may be a bit pongy (stinks), it is but a small price to pay and better than polluting the coast. With Crete's one million tourists a year since the 1970s visiting the island, we should be thankful that a simple idea of separating, then burning used toilet paper, instead of flushing it, has helped preserve Crete's generally good record on controlling pollution.


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Nokia, Cingular, Citibank and Mastercard have all gathered around in a festive orgy to begin offering a trial pay-by-phone service in the NYC area. The cellphones will use the NFC (near field communications) credit card/cellphones and the already in-place Mastercard PayPass system. Folks will be able to walk up to a PayPass device, tap the phone and automatically be deducted the amount for whatever is purchased.
Worried about hackers? You should be. This doesn't sound safe at all. If you are already a Cingular subscriber and Citibank account holder you can sign up for the trial service here.
NYC Mobile Trial [Via Gearlog]

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By far, the GST amendment will be the biggest step the country has taken in ensuring economic integration. While the draft law comes with a promise of economic growth, it poses several critical pitfalls that can adversely affect businesses in the country.
GST: Great or Gruesome
The trust deficit between the Citizens of India and the Government of India has plummeted to new depths when one reads the Draft GST Law (in case you have not read the draft laws, please click here to read it). In one fell swoop, a swathe of businesses is staring at their death knell – as instead of being the promising vehicle for growth, GST has the potential to destabilize all that is good. On the bright side, this is still a draft law – and corrections can be applied, so that GST indeed becomes the Greatest Simplified Tax regime, and the biggest economic event of Independent India. It has all the ingredients to become so. Why then, am I sounding the danger bells?
The most critical cause of failure of GST will be in the transference of responsibility and liability of tax remittance to the customers of a supplier (Section 16(11)( c)). Basically, the law postulates that if a particular supplier has failed to comply with the law correctly – by furnishing the correct returns (Section 27(3)) and/or making the correct payment (Section 27(2)) – then its' customers cannot avail the input credit, and if given, it will be reversed.
The origin of this provision lies in the history of tax avoidance through false representations by a small section of businesses[i] and the fact that it was not feasible for the Government to systematically contain this problem. With the framing of this law, the Government hopes that the market will self-weed out the bad eggs – which is not wrong in theory. What is wrong is not understanding the cascading consequences of doing this in practice – and the mayhem it will create. While the effort for driving compliance will reduce, the consequential effect of businesses shutting down, and therefore collections going down, have not been treated seriously enough.
What exactly is the problem?
Let us understand this by visualizing a scenario.
Assume Business A operates on a retained margin in the range of 8-9% [ii]
Because it is (say) an SME, it buys without access to good credit terms. So, it has purchased goods worth 50,000, and with GST of 20%, it has paid Rs. 60,000 for the invoice. It now sells this at Rs. 55,000, with an applicable GST of 11,000 – so raises an invoice of Rs. 66,000 on Business B.
Business B is a distributor, operating on a margin of (say) 2% [iii]
Now, Business B is concerned that the input credit of Rs. 11,000 may or may not available to it, in case Business A is negligent in its compliance. Therefore, it refuses to pay the GST amount UNTIL it can be certain to get the input credit (which is an entire 'return' cycle away). So, it pays only Rs. 55,000 on an invoice valued Rs. 66,000.
Business A, in order to 'get' the balance due of Rs. 11,000, has to first finish all compliance requirements, including payment of Tax, when it has not yet 'collected' the Tax amount! In contrast, if Business B 'trusts' Business A and DOES pay the Rs. 11,000 – and if, for whatsoever reason (negligence, cash difficulties, mal-intent), Business A fails to complete the compliance, Business B will lose not just Rs. 11,000, but in effect, the 'margin' it makes on 10 other such invoices (since it operates on a thin margin of 2%)!
Critically, this is not just an 'invoice to invoice' problem. Business A probably supplies to twenty-thirty people, and each of its customers will not have access to input credit due to any negligence of Business A!
Apart from this, there are going to be enough collateral problems. For example, when the input credit is denied, will this be formally treated as a 'business expense' and not be taxed by Income Tax? Obviously yes! But at what point do I treat this as 'contingent expense'? Will my Advance Tax payments made on the assumption of 'possible write back' be accepted? If not, will I be reimbursed for the cash-flow cost I incurred? How do I report my end-of-quarter and end-of-year? Will banks fund me? Will insurance cover this risk? How much more working capital will I require? Will I be eligible for it?
When the input credit is uncertain and outside one's span of control, the correspondent questions which will arise – and correspondent litigations can only be imagined. The last two-three questions will kill a large number of businesses (SMEs, Distributors, Stockists, Industrial Retail, Commodity traders – who either work on wafer-thin margins, and/or with inadequate cash).
The reasoning of the Government is: people are today colluding (albeit in small percentages) to fraudulently take input credit when it is not due. Therefore, it is only fair to put this risk back on the citizen. It also reasons that because this is a small percentage, which will keep declining due to self-correction by citizens, it is not a 'great burden' – that is, the 'business risk' is small enough to be manageable.
The problem is not the 'management of a manifest risk' – the problem is the side-effects of cash flow, improper accounting, and reduced ability for people to trade with new suppliers and new customers – since there is uncertainty about the business outcome.
Is there a solution?
Of course. One of the greatest benefits of GST is that it is built ground up as a technology-enabled-tax-system.
In the past, it was not feasible for the Government to systematically mitigate the risk of fraud, since there was no practical human ability to keep track and trace the culprits – who could/would repeatedly create phantom organizations, and/or phantom invoices. Against this history, it is no wonder that the Government wants to control this menace!
However, GST gives extraordinary traceability. For one, it fully eliminates the ability to have phantom invoices. That alone, will massively reduce the problem. Secondly, with the near ubiquity of Aadhaar and the passage of the Aadhaar Bill, the Government MUST mandate that all GST registrations are traceable to individuals based on their Aadhaar identity. Now, the ability to repeatedly create phantom organizations which allow credit to be taken without correspondent payment will rapidly evaporate. And, of course, the sheer traceability of the individuals, and strong public actions showcased for deterrence, will NOW become effective.
While Tally has been working to ensure that the right software is available to all of you to simplify and manage your business when GST comes, it will obviously not help to solve this basic problem created by the law itself.
GST has all the ingredients to be Great. Making it practical and convenient, by removing this one MAJOR lacuna, will go a long way in its 'welcome embracement' rather than 'resisted embracement'. Being technology led, it also has all the ingredients to spiral upwards the trust deficit, rather than spiral downwards. If all of us, as responsible citizens of India, rally together to help make it Great, we will all live together in a Greater and Grander India.
Bharat Goenka, Managing Director.
Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
To read the complete draft GST Law, please click here.
Our detailed representation to the relevant authorities can be found here.
[i] http://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/blackmoney-govt-unearths-indirect-tax-evasion-of-rs-50000-crore-in-two-years-2793085/
[ii] http://www.crisil.com/Ratings/Commentary/CommentaryDocs/smes-present-strong-financial-profile.pdf
[iii] http://www.crisil.com/Ratings/Commentary/CommentaryDocs/smes-present-strong-financial-profile.pdf
144 Comments
- Rishi Bansal September 8, 2016 at 12:02 pm
We wants to know about the taxation tax form i.e c, h , e-1 etc after the implementation of GST.
- JAGDISH MAKWANA September 7, 2016 at 4:42 am
dear sir
please provide gujrati language letrature gst law easily & simple nowlege
- JAGDISH MAKWANA September 7, 2016 at 4:40 am
please gujrati transletion require our gujarat businessman & service provider easily corresondence
- Pawan Sharma September 5, 2016 at 9:07 am
Excellent information sir thanks all tally team
- chnadan singh September 5, 2016 at 7:46 am
Excellent information sir thanks
- chnadan singh September 5, 2016 at 7:45 am
Excellent information sir thanks all tally team
- Raghvendra chaubey September 2, 2016 at 8:48 am
thanks for information
- Lalit Kumar Poddar August 23, 2016 at 5:31 am
Dear Bharat sir,
After reading this i am feeling very pleasure that i am attached as an partner with a huge accounting software tally company.Want to go as far as the company will go.
Thank You sir,
Lalit Kumar Poddar
- BASAVARAJ V GURAPPANAVAR, HUBLI TALLY EXPERT,HUBLI August 20, 2016 at 1:06 pm
- BASAVARAJ V GURAPPANAVAR, HUBLI TALLY EXPERT August 20, 2016 at 1:04 pm
- P. Venugopal Reddy August 20, 2016 at 12:50 pm
I twas a very good step by Govt of India to get on track GST bill to flow the fair business and to curb the tax defaulters.
But it is now a good question that how the Input should be taken if the Manufacturer doesn't comply correctly and a lot of questions arises like if the material supplied is not good the material is sent back, retailer doesn't have any TIN and to give output and how to sell it to retail customers directly like it is does in E-Commerce, etc.
The deadline is 1st April 2017 and the framework has to be started and the same have to be explained to the Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Traders, Distributers, etc.
What is the effect on Proprietory and Partnerships.
Govt has to take measures to bring all of them to understand the GST in Principle and Practice and GST to run smoothly.
P. Venugopal Reddy.
- Dinesh choudhary August 19, 2016 at 1:51 pm
Gst bill laga dala to tansan ko dho dala
- Avadhut Kshirsagar August 19, 2016 at 8:12 am
Excellent information sir, It will help us. ( A.K. Solutions )
- Arghya Mukherjee August 16, 2016 at 7:46 am
suppose maan lo kisika vat hain but service tax nehi hain……..unko kya gst main 18% hi tax pay karna parega?????
- anil August 14, 2016 at 10:09 am
iam buying from traders . vat is paid . ecixse is paid but not shown in bill .'
what will happen to my stock on 1 april .
how i will get diff credit that i paid .
is my stock will be treated as tax paid .
- anil August 14, 2016 at 10:05 am
can gst tax be not collected daily like shhare bazar type sysytem .
all our daily bill bill go in gov server . immediate matching
- CA.B.C.Chechani September 3, 2016 at 3:16 am
Real-time filing of invoices for real-time matching is the great idea
- rajesh August 14, 2016 at 9:34 am
i wouldn't agree the solution forced upon by Govt. it is not just to leave business fight /suffer among themselves. rather i have a solution for this – PREPAID GST. vendor will generate a "Tax paid code" by paying GST online and print the same on invoice. the buyer shall verify the code online and pay the amount. as simple as that! what more? govt is getting tax amount faster
- SHIV RATAN KHATRI August 13, 2016 at 7:08 am
- Deepak Jadhav August 12, 2016 at 6:31 am
Excellent information sir
Thank you for guiding us
Deepak Jadhav
Samruddhi Industries Ltd
- Pratap Narayan Chaturvedi August 12, 2016 at 6:09 am
Dear Sir,
Thanks for your valuable input on GST "GST FUTURE IN INDIA"
Definitely we responsible as citizens of Indian, to contribute something which is create easy our system and transform…
Pratap Narayan Chaturvedi
- G Manjunath August 12, 2016 at 5:57 am
Very rightly pointed out . There have been any number of cases in Karnataka where the onus of ensuring the payment of taxes by the selling dealer has been passed on to the purchasing dealer. Small units without the wherewithal to engage in costly litigation have been the victims of these actions.
If the same provisions are allowed to creep into GST, MSME'S will die a premature death.
- Prasanna P Hegde August 12, 2016 at 5:55 am
Dear Bharat Sir,
This is really very informative. We as Tally partners looking forward to ACCEPT the CHANGE.
- Ketan Vyas August 12, 2016 at 5:00 am
Dear Bharat,
While it is true that GST will bring its own complication, but unlike any change – Change is dificult to digest and moreover difficult to implement (more challenge towards acceptance of change) and we have the mentality of comparing the past with the present.
Anyways, given that GST will be reality, we need to be prepared in best possible manner and would like to know what Tally as a partner is doing to ensure that their customer will be compliant with robust support of Tally.
Thanks for your views
- Anil Chitlangia CHIRAG COMPUTERS August 10, 2016 at 9:20 pm
Bharat ji, I was shocked at first glance, when I read that you do not expect the GST law to succeed, but as I read through, I could understand your cause of concern.
You have rightly and timely pointed out the factor, which if ignored could create havoc in the market.
Sir, I wonder what would be the scenario with end user, for example, if a consumer buys a Laptop and the retailer doesn't pay due GST, though he avails credit as the whole-seller has paid his due GST .
Filing so many returns in time and with accuracy will certainly require software to meet the compliance, so it will be good and busy time for Tally family.
Wish you great times ahead 🙂
- Lalit Goenka August 10, 2016 at 11:55 am
Carefully Study the subject Bharat ji.
But long way to now even now also.
- Rakesh Chaturvedi August 10, 2016 at 9:35 am
Great analysis Sir!
Let's ready for GST!!
Rakesh Chaturvedi
Ms Rudraksha Infotech (AP)
- andrewlee August 10, 2016 at 7:02 am
Good for india Economy
- Ratan kumar August 10, 2016 at 5:57 am
Dear Sir,
It is great knowledge to understand GST
and Implementation In Software
- Palak Agarwal August 9, 2016 at 3:10 pm
Thank you B G Sir, for putting Limelight on the New taxonomy -GST, it help us to understand the GST Bill , why it is bad for short term but Good for INDIA's Future.
We also know that Tally will Help every SME to work with any Taxation policy with Comfort . Like Tally will give 7.2 for VAT. Like this we assure that Tally is ready for GST.
Tally is a great Company with Emotions, Ethics & Integrity.
Great Sir..
Palak Agarwal
Version Software's, Jaipur (Today We applied for becoming a Helping hand for Tally As Partner)
- neredukomma nagaraju August 9, 2016 at 5:33 am
nice information sir
academy for practical accounting
- thiagarajan August 8, 2016 at 5:33 pm
the goverment should trust the taxpayer ,has the common man trust the government.2000 years back tamil litature has well said how taxes should be collected. A flower with its colour and fragance attract butterfly and bees for cross pollination , allow them to collect honey without causing any harm to the flower . honey collection is like tax collection. the flower will not get hurt .
- Prasanna P Hegde August 12, 2016 at 5:57 am
Well Said Thiagarajan.
- Dalip Saraswat August 8, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Excellent and very good Information GST one tax all india.
your truly
Dalip Saraswat
Calculus computer
Sri Ganganagar Raj.,
- PraveenKumar August 8, 2016 at 12:02 pm
Dear Sir,
Thanks for your valuable input on GST
Thanking you,
Praveen Kumar. R
- Amit Pandey August 8, 2016 at 10:55 am
Great Lines sir, it's very easy to understand the concept of GST.
- pandurang mete August 8, 2016 at 8:33 am
Very Good Information about GST, One Tax in Country, I think this is so good for all businessman and Tally.ERP9 is fully ready software with GST.
- B Gopal Sharma August 8, 2016 at 6:24 am
Very Good Information about GST, One Tax in Country, I think this is so good for all businessman and Tally.ERP9 is fully ready software with GST.
- naresh Pagariya August 7, 2016 at 6:45 am
how can we work on tally on mac as it is such a common Operating system & Tally being so user friendly do not operate on that. do revert
- kumar February 14, 2017 at 3:53 pm
Mac is outdated, pls update to windows and enjoy the benefits of tally. You can upgrade yourselves to seamless user experience in accounting & reporting in Indian environment
- Vinod Kaushik @ 9812024076 August 7, 2016 at 6:44 am
Very Good Information about GST, One Tax in Country, I think this is so good for all businessman and Tally.ERP9 is fully ready software with GST …………… Thanks
Vinod Kaushik INFOTECH 3 star certified partner Panipat Haryana INDIA
- C M JOSHI August 6, 2016 at 2:53 pm
Sir, wonderfully information tally is always great
- SANJEET GUPTA August 6, 2016 at 7:35 am
Excellent Info Sir
- Karthik Winways August 6, 2016 at 7:28 am
Thanks for your valuable input about GST and we share to our Partners.
Product Specialist
Winways Systems Private Limited
Madurai. Tamilnadu.
- PRAKASH TUNIYA August 6, 2016 at 7:14 am
its very good infermation.
- Unknown August 6, 2016 at 6:39 am
tally.erp9 Release 5.x.x
is best for trangulation reports
- Milind Madhukar Kapote August 6, 2016 at 6:16 am
Very great information. We expect from GST support from Tally
- Mangal Jeet August 6, 2016 at 4:59 am
WOW! This is awesome & well on time for GOI / FM to take corrective measures.
Thanks B.G. Sir
Mangal Jeet
National Computer Training Center
- Vijay Gupta. (Star Electronics, 3* CPSI, Nashik) August 6, 2016 at 4:51 am
Dear B.G.Sir,
Thank you for giving such a good analysis of upcoming GST Tax regime. After knowing few points about the complexity in GST Set off, as a Better Citizen of Hindustan, can we make it a JAN ANDOLAN to make dealer/business men to understand, not to do any wrong practices, so that GST becomes a pleasure to live in Hindustan. And not be a punishment of good uniform Tax Regime? If your words become true, as such Hindustan Government is more keen to give benefits of 7th Pay commission to Job holders, small business community will extinct. Let us come together to fulfill the adaptability of GST.
Thank you sir.
- Raja Sekhar August 6, 2016 at 3:21 am
Thanks for Information
- SUDIP JAIN August 5, 2016 at 3:25 pm
Your consent is logical but the situation cannot be as worse as you are thinking.
In India taking input is very COMMAN in ED ( EXCISE DUTY ) & VAT (TAXES LEVIED BY SATE )
Have you ever heard these things happened in CENTRAL EXCISE DEPT, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
This same problem came in existence after VAT was introduced.
Yes it happened a lot in VAT because the STATES were not so strong in IT .
Over the period , STATE GOVT. understood the problem and applied lot of measures
which ultimately resulted in bringing down these type of NOTORIES ACTIVITIES.
One such example is J1 & J2 implemented by MAHRASHTRA GOVT.
One such measure taken by CHHATISHGARH GOVT was to submit monthly sales & purchase
details by all DEALERS of the STATE if the value exceeds 1 lac per month.
India's taxation process is getting MATURED day by day so I expect that these ambiguities
will be sorted out as and when required by the MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
- Balaji Kannan August 5, 2016 at 1:49 pm
Thanks for an insightful article Bharatji coupled with optimism that time still exists to correct potential risks foreseen.
- NILESH August 5, 2016 at 1:45 pm
Sir Tally Release 5 can not download in Madhya Pradesh since long time more then a year ??? very slow process …
- Tally Solutions August 6, 2016 at 4:04 am
Dear Nilesh, We are working on Release 5 VAT forms for MP, it will be available soon.
- Shailendra August 5, 2016 at 10:44 am
Well, sir the Pandora box of GST has now opened, what happens next is on individuals imagination only. If scenerio mentioned by you happens it has to be taken care as soon as possible. We should share this information on social media at our level best so that some corrective measures can be taken by the top leadership.
Hats off to your effort and alertness. Hope we would get more business friendly environment in years to come.
CyberTec Solutions
- I.Rama Lingayya.Tax consultent.Rajahmundry. August 5, 2016 at 10:35 am
great infermation sir
- hari August 10, 2016 at 12:08 pm
rama lingaiah sir thank u so much
- Manikandan August 5, 2016 at 9:35 am
Thanks for the gud information.
Tally always Rocks!!!!
- Arunkumar S August 5, 2016 at 7:44 am
Thank you for the information.
- Arghya Mukherjee August 5, 2016 at 7:18 am
Excellent……Thats Good. 🙂
- Alok Choudhari August 5, 2016 at 6:45 am
Thank you for the detailed insight. Very well articulated. I hope the authorities understand this Lacuna and do the needful required to make India a greater country.
Best Regards
- N K Punglia August 5, 2016 at 6:23 am
Thank you for the information.
AVI Technologies
- N K Punglia August 5, 2016 at 6:18 am
Thank you for the information
- dr sunil mundada August 5, 2016 at 5:59 am
I believe that even if the bill is passed without making changes to the section you have pointed out, it will be challenged in the court and will be struck down. After all, the person collecting GST and remitting it to the government, is in effect an agent of the government, and not of the buyer.
VAT, and the earlier Sales Tax, operate without putting the burden of VAT payment on the buyer (unless there is strong reason to believe that there is fraud). I believe that this section will be used in the same way, and has been placed to take care of fraudulent transactionssec m vat act 48 (5).
sir their should be mecanisem or if any party fails to pay gst it should be recoverd from him only not from his byure .
- Waahid khan {Accounts And Solutions} August 5, 2016 at 5:55 am
Great Information about GST..
- Arghya Mukherjee August 5, 2016 at 7:21 am
- GK Web August 6, 2016 at 12:28 pm
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Some £15 billion of investment is needed to connect wind farms in British waters over the coming decade if the government's aim for up to 33 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2020 is to be achieved. The timely delivery of the offshore transmission system necessary is a crucial element in meeting that goal. There are, all agree, some issues that still need to be resolved, although for a disgruntled few only a total rethink of the regime design will suffice.
For the UK's energy regulator, Ofgem, the government's strategy - four years in the making and developed in full consultation with the industry - will work "to ensure that offshore cable connections are delivered on time and at reasonable cost ... and to maintain an effective and secure grid." Ofgem notes that of 19 responses received in the latest public consultation on the transmission regime design, just two expressly did not support the regime. There are some critics still, but the feedback Ofgem is getting is general acceptance, it says.
At the heart of the regime is a competitive tender process for offshore transmission licences, with a 20-year revenue stream up for grabs. Companies will soon be invited to submit bids to own and operate (for a 20-year period) the transmission lines. The bid process applies only to lines rated at 132 kV or above, so some existing connections to a few of the offshore wind farms already operating, which are "embedded" at lower voltages in the local electricity distribution network, are not included. Successful bidders will then become official Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTOs).
Significantly, and to the industry's relief, generators can also bid for an OFTO licence, but they will need to comply with EU unbundling legislation when it comes into effect by the end of 2012. This will require large vertically-integrated energy firms which control both electricity production and distribution assets to be broken up, although there are two opt-out clauses. These opt-outs allow European energy companies to retain their network assets, with either an independent systems operator overseeing network activities, or the day-to-day grid management being put in the hands of an independent transmission operator. Under the UK regime, generators can also carry out strategic investments in advance of future tender rounds and recover the costs. The Great Britain system operator (GBSO) National Grid, meanwhile, has been tasked with looking at where offshore developments will feed into the onshore system to identify the grid reinforcements needed. In doing this it will give the onshore network preparations a head start, says Ofgem's Robert Hull.
The starting gun for the first round of bids will be fired this month. This will cover £750-1000 million of offshore transmission assets for an initial eight wind farms, all either existing or under construction. The winners will be awarded licences in June 2010. From then transmitting electricity from an offshore location without a licence will be illegal. A second request for tenders will be issued next year for the OFTO licences relating to another six or so offshore projects that will have reached financial close by June 2010.
Further rounds will follow for projects that get the go ahead for development under the government's third round of site lease concessions. Up to 25 GW of wind capacity could be built in Round 3 in nine development zones, most of them far out to sea beyond the UK's 12 mile territorial limit. The grid network for Round 3 developments is estimated to cost £10-12 billion.
Hull reports a healthy level of interest from prospective investors. These include existing UK and overseas network operators and financial investors, such as pension and infrastructure funds, interested in the long term, low risk, profile of the investment. One firm planning to bid is independent transmission company Transmission Capital. As part of a consortium, it will provide the management capability while its financial investor partners will provide the capital, says the company's Chris Veal. "Introducing competition in the provision of offshore transmission will bring innovation and a more entrepreneurial approach," he says, insisting it will reduce offshore developers' costs and produce more timely connection for projects than has been seen so far. Agreeing with Hull, he adds, the regime "is encouraging investors to come in who do not have the high return aspirations that the offshore developers themselves have."
While OFTO's will, in most cases, foot the upfront bill for new transmission connections, the offshore wind farm generators will actually pay for the cost of the offshore wires through price regulated transmission charges. In adopting this approach government hopes to ease the upfront burden on generators by spreading grid connection costs over a number of years, rather than the alternative plan considered of the generator paying for the connection up front. As the UK proposals have progressed, a number of wind industry players have suggested the regime has become too complex, however.
"It is trying to square a circle that cannot be squared," says Matthew Knight of Siemens Transmission and Distribution. In opting for a competitive tender process, he says, the government is aiming to be price competitive while at the same time looking for innovation to bring costs down. Concurrently, it wants to give developers certainty that their project timescales will be met. "All these things are fighting against each other." The competitive regime makes the connections process lengthier and more expensive than if generators were simply to build the connections themselves, he says. "But we will make it work because we have to," he adds.
In Germany and Denmark, rather than companies bidding to build and operate the networks, existing transmission system operators (TSOs) are instead obliged to provide the wires out to offshore wind farms, with the costs then "socialised" among all electricity network users. The TSO must, under German law, have the grid connection to shore ready for when a planned offshore wind farm needs to use it. Criteria to decide how advanced the development of a project is, such as whether the turbines have been ordered, are used to make sure no cable investments are made until necessary. While some have called for a similar system in the UK, legal firm Herbert Smith, in its summer 2008 Energy Exchange Quarterly, notes that anecdotal evidence suggests the German system has led to wrangling between TSOs and the regulator over the cost of capital to undertake these works. The German government is expected to legislate on remuneration rates for the transmission system operator shortly. There are also capacity problems, especially in northern Germany, which could affect the economic viability of offshore projects (Windpower Monthly, June 2009).
The competitive bid system adopted by the UK has, says Ofgem, been applied successfully in other countries. This includes the US as well as Australia, where competition was used for the Basslink electricity transmission interconnector linking the state of Victoria on the Australian mainland with the island of Tasmania.
For Guy Phillips of offshore developer E.ON UK, and chair of the wind industry's offshore grid group, the challenge for Britain now is making sure that the metaphorical meat is put on the bones of the new transmission regime. "It is not proven that the competitive tender process can be made to work for the enduring regime. Much work is needed to flesh out the detail," he says. "That is not to say it cannot work. We think it can."
Greater flexibility
Knight meanwhile welcomes the fact that Ofgem is listening to concerns - Ofgem and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) revised the rules for Round 3 to give greater flexibility in response to feedback, confirms Hull. "Most positive is the greater role of the wind farm developer in specifying the network," says Knight, suggesting this gives some of the co-ordination that was missing from earlier proposals. "There is an enormous task here. Anything that government and the regulator can do to help us pull in the right direction is welcome."
Specifically, under the Round 3 revision, developers of offshore zones, together with the Crown Estate, as co-developer for Round 3 projects, will call the shots on the OFTO process. "We would anticipate the winning bidder (in the Crown Estate's competition for zone developers) will trigger investments in connections," says Hull. It is up to the zone developer whether these investments are planned and added to incrementally over a long period of time to connect phased wind farm developments within the zone, or whether it prefers to opt for tenders on a piecemeal basis, he explains. "So we could end up with one OFTO per zone, but that depends on the Crown Estate and the generators."
Peter Madigan of the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) says the one OFTO per zone scenario is its preferred option, as this will allow greater forward planning. "There is currently no incentive for OFTOs to plan ahead," he says, noting that, in contrast, onshore transmission owners will receive a higher return on their assets for building out the grid early to meet the anticipated increases in generating capacity. "We would like to see something similar (for) offshore," he says. "We think there are ways of doing that without distorting the competitive process." While yet to be introduced, Ofgem is talking to the industry to see how it can be done, so incentives are on the cards.
Onshore obstacles
BWEA is anxious to see more progress on suitably expanding the onshore network. A report from the cross-industry Electricity Networks Support Group identifies the onshore upgrades needed to connect 30% of UK electricity from renewables in addition to new nuclear capacity, says Madigan. It also recommends two major north-south subsea transmission links to bypass bottlenecks on the British onshore system. "While you are bringing that power down, you could connect some offshore wind farms in the process," Madigan says, suggesting the idea is a good example of strategic thinking across both onshore and offshore networks.
Developer Warwick Energy is also concerned about the development of the onshore network. Less conciliatory than others, it believes the government and Ofgem have got the offshore development regime wrong. Rather than relying on a competitive bid system, Warwick would prefer to see an extension of the existing onshore transmission franchises offshore under a "connect and manage" approach to system operation. Offshore wind farms could then be connected to the mainland grid without having to wait for new grid capacity to be built, it says.
The increased power flows would be managed more actively by the system operator and some generation plant, be it renewable or fossil fuel, would be constrained off at times of high generation and low consumer demand. This "would provide a more strategic and co-ordinated solution to this critical challenge for the UK and better facilitate interconnections with other grid systems in the EU," it says. The company's Mark Petterson says the UK's onshore grid system needs to be completely revamped if it is to cope. "This must be planned together with the offshore network as a whole," he says. "We can no longer think of them as two separate regimes with different regulatory regimes and different objectives."
Ofgem insists that is not what it or the government is doing. Both Ofgem and DECC are, it says, seeking to ensure that "the GBSO is proactive in its approach to facilitating offshore network development." Hull, however, admits that while these provisions attempt to ensure connections are delivered on time, the problem of gaining consents for onshore grid reinforcements remains. Unless this planning issue is resolved, it could, he warns, significantly delay the offshore connection process.


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DETROIT -- Tigers pitchers entered Saturday night's game against the Royals leading the Majors with 1,258 strikeouts and ranked third in the American League in both ERA (3.68) and WHIP (1.25). Along with some talented arms, another reason for the staff's success is pitching coach Jeff Jones.
While a pitching coach is only as good as the talent around him, Jones' job depends on getting the most out of talent. Part of that includes reading emotions.
"He's done a terrific job, and he's got a good rapport with the pitchers," manager Jim Leyland said. "He knows how to step on them a little bit when he needs to and he knows how to coddle them when they are supposed to be coddled. That's all a part of the coaching profession."
Some pitching coaches are better with mechanics over game plans against hitters or vice versa, Leyland says Jones is strong in both areas. Opposing hitters only have a .376 slugging percentage against, the lowest mark among AL clubs.
Jones has been overseeing a staff that's been on an upward trajectory, and he has been effective with helping starters make in-game adjustments.
"He's very good at picking out flaws," Leyland said. "I know something's not right, but I can't tell where the ball was going, but he normally is right on the money.
"He does a terrific job. He's like a mother hen to them; he protects them. He's a nice buffer between me and the pitchers, which is very important. He's very supportive of me and my decisions. He's really done a whale of a job, to be honest with you."


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Good Morning and happy tax day – not!
Futures are down this morning, here's a snapshot of the overnight hours:
This morning the CPI data came in with less inflation than expected, the CPI fell by .1% when plus .1% was expected.
The New York manufacturing index actually rose from its horrid low of -38.2 up to -14.7. Still very significant further contraction, but the pace of contraction is slowing.
Billionaire Sam Zell now sees commercial real estate down 30% and admits he made a mistake purchasing the Chicago Tribune. No kidding.
UBS announced an additional 7,500 layoffs.
It looks like the /ES is going to open at about 833. that will place the SPX very close to the lower boundary of its potential ending diagonal. The 100dma is at 827, so a break beneath that would be bearish, but keep in mind that the short term oscillators are reaching or already are oversold. Of course the Daily is overbought and a real correction could be in the cards, but it may require more impetus to get over the hump.
Have a good day, and best of luck to your trades!
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Consulting/Fulltime Development Position Sought My experience and expertise is in the facilitation of corporate partnerships in addition to research and development collaborations. I am seeking a position, consulting or fulltime, where I can utilize my experience and expertise to establish the kind of relationships that are mutually beneficial to young as well as established corporations. In my 15 years in the drug discovery/pharma/biotech industry, I have raised over $80M in corporate and research funding, managed $70M in key litigation and authored 10 patents. Education: MS University of Paris, Sorbonne MBA University of PA, Wharton School JD University of VA Experience: Genentech -- Litigation Analyst-- Established Litigation Resource Center, in addition to prosecuting patents and devloping and managing litigation teams. Corporate Development--Headed up team to drive Corporate Development, as well as Research and Devlopment collaborations. Assisted with the Roche stock purchase. IDEC --Analyst-- Corporate and Strategic Development, Project Managing. Established 8 significant corporate/research and development relations, in addition to 10 similar relationships with academia. AXIOM Biotechnologies, Inc.-- VP Legal and Corporate Affairs. Primary responsibilities: development of venture/corporate and research and development collaborations. Established Legal Department and retained appropriate outside counsel. Sunny Stewart sunnyesq at ix.netcom.com


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Hoy aprenderemos los fundamentos de las evaluaciones comparativas o benchmarking, analizaremos las seis fases recomendadas para un proceso exitoso de benchmarking y, por último, volveremos a referirnos a uno de sus ingredientes fundamentales: los parámetros.
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GNU R statistical computation and graphics system
DescriptionR is a system for statistical computation and graphics. It consists of a language plus a run-time environment with graphics, a debugger, access to certain system functions, and the ability to run programs stored in script files. The design of R has been heavily influenced by two existing languages: Becker, Chambers & Wilks' S and Sussman's Scheme. Whereas the resulting language is very similar in appearance to S, the underlying implementation and semantics are derived from Scheme. The core of R is an interpreted computer language which allows branching and looping as well as modular programming using functions. Most of the user-visible functions in R are written in R. It is possible for the user to interface to procedures written in the C, C++, or FORTRAN languages for efficiency, and many of R's core functions do so. The R distribution contains functionality for a large number of statistical procedures and underlying applied math computations. There is also a large set of functions which provide a flexible graphical environment for creating various kinds of data presentations. Additionally, several thousand extension "packages" are available from CRAN, the Comprehensive R Archive Network, many also as Debian packages, named 'r-cran-<name>'. This package is a metapackage which eases the transition from the pre-1.5.0 package setup with its larger r-base package. Once installed, it can be safely removed and apt-get will automatically upgrade its components during future upgrades. Providing this package gives a way to users to then only install r-base-core if they so desire.
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Filling in the gaps
Before Ellie met Joel
Ellie returns in Naughty Dog's first ever downloadable story chapter, now available to play even if you don't own The Last of Us. Set before and during events of the critically-acclaimed The Last of Us, this additional instalment delves deeper into Ellie's past, winning multiple awards thanks to its unforgettable storytelling.
New light is shed on Ellie's relationship with Riley, her best friend and sometime-mentor from a military boarding school they grew up in together. After disappearing for weeks, Riley returns with a surprising revelation on her whereabouts. Ellie and Riley sneak out of school for the last time, leading to a series of events that will forever change both of their lives.


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AS-i safety monitors are used to monitor protective equipment such as E-stops in AS-i systems.
They monitor the code sequences to be transmitted in the AS-i network. In the case of message deviations or timeouts the monitor ensures the safe state of the system.
The unit is available in two versions: with either one or two redundantly designed output switching elements. They can be connected to the AS-i system at any position. Several AS-i safety monitors can be operated via one AS-i master. Any grouping for evaluation of the safe AS-i slaves is possible.
Known safety relay functions like "e-stop", "stop categories 0 or 1", "two-hand operation" or "enable switch" can be implemented via the software. One AS-i safety monitor thus replaces many traditional safety relays.


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Vulcano from Green Hides combines distressed leather aesthetics with the durability of modern tanning. Hand-selected European and New Zealand hides are aniline dyed with a classic marbled crackle effect. A protective non-scratch finish allows use in high-traffic areas and makes this leather suitable for public and private environments. Vulcano is processed using low-emission mineral tanning formulas which are environmentally friendly. Water-based finishes are applied to provide an even coloration and protection to the leather.


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Special Diet Request Form – click here to complete.
Note: A 10% surcharge for special diets will be applied to your meal package rate.
We appreciate the opportunity to serve you through the provision of a medical/vegetarian special diet during your stay at the Cannon Beach Christian Conference Center.
Please note that we can accommodate only medically necessary and vegetarian special diets, not weight loss, organic, or food preference diets. Many preference or weight loss diets can be accommodated within the framework of the menus planned during your stay by adjusting portion sizes. For more information, contact one of our food service staff at your meal.
Diets that CBCC can accommodate by submitting a special diet request form:
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Special Diet Request Process
- You MUST complete the special diet request online at least five days prior to your stay.
- Confirmation that your online request has been received will be emailed to you along with a copy of the special diet request you have submitted. Please review for accuracy. If you do not receive email confirmation of your medical diet request within 24 hours after submitting it, be sure and contact CBCC by email or phone.
- A food service staff member will contact you if additional information is needed or if you have requested a follow up contact.
- At each meal, please notify your server that you have a special diet request and provide your FIRST and LAST name.
- Your server will bring you a meal that has been specially prepared to accommodate your dietary needs based on the information provided through your special diet request.
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- We will normally not attempt to accommodate children or adults with life threatening allergies due to risk and liability.
- Our kitchen is not equipped to cook special foods brought to CBCC by guests.
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Toad Gully Growers is committed to the mass production of premium quality Paulownia planting stock.
We are the only nursery in Australia specialising in the year round propagation and supply of Paulownia plants.
Propagation is a fascinating process. To start from a single plant and multiply it into many thousands is a very gratifying endeavour. From the beginning, the aim at TGG was to develop the most effective systems to reliably produce top quality Paulownia planting stock to meet the needs of commercial plantations.
To appreciate what sets TGG's product apart you need to comprehend three facets of our operations; method, products and genetics.
In the late 1980's we began propagating Paulownia by field grown root cuttings. This is a low tech method and was a useful starting point, but it soon became clear it was not best practice. There are significant inefficiencies, both in time and land use, to grow saplings for several months and then dig them and trim the roots to obtain the cuttings. This is followed by further time in containers in a greenhouse while a percentage of the roots sprout, generally at varying rates and of uneven quality requiring sorting and grading before finally hardening and dispatching to the plantation. More important, however, is the disease risk inherent in any plant matter sourced directly from the ground. Soil borne fungal and other pathogens are easily transmitted and carried from sapling plot to nursery and ultimately into the plantation.
Our next step was seed germination, in which we soon became proficient after determining the exacting conditions required by Paulownia. We still supply seedlings when circumstances favour this method. According to leading Chinese researcher Prof. Zhu Zhaohua, "...production from seeds is an important method of Paulownia propagation. It has many advantages. The roots are better developed in seedlings than those propagated by root or stem cuttings. The plants grow stronger, faster and are hardly affected by heartwood-rot." We don't doubt the Professor but it is important to know that seed propagation will result in more variability. Each seed is genetically individual, so plants grown from seed are not as uniform as those grown from cuttings or other vegetative methods (which produce clones). Tissue culture is another method to produce clones but it has limited value for large scale Paulownia forestry as it is an expensive method of propagation and results in weak laboratory grown plants in-vitro that take a long time to greenhouse grow and harden in the nursery before they are strong enough to survive planting in the real world.
At TGG we have developed alternative technology for the propagation of Paulownia which is both efficient and provides solutions to the problems associated with field grown roo t cuttings and the variability of seed propagation. Starting by developing and selecting only the best parent plants we then use our unique non-vitro method to clone only those strongest, thus eliminating much of the variability. Specially managed soil-free grown starter plants are used to source clean parent material. Micro-cuttings from this juvenile tissue mimic actual seedling growth, ensuring a strong root system and avoiding the early decline often seen in trees propagated by field grown root or stem cuttings. These greenhouse propagated plants are also much faster than any other method to reach a ready to plant stage, allowing us to react faster to the needs of our clients.
TGG supply Paulownia plants that are strong and ready to plant directly into the ground.
Headstarters™ are bare-root Paulownia trees with trimmed trunks. They can be easily transported and are ideal for farmers and foresters, including export customers in countries with strict quarantine requirements. PreStarters™ are hardened, green plantlets in biodegradable plug pots and are supplied in large quantities to commercial plantations.
In addition we develop custom solutions as alternatives to the main product types. For low cost nursery options we can offer starter plugs or propagation material in the form of container grown root cuttings from healthy parent plants grown in soil free medium.
There are numerous species within the genus Paulownia, most of which are not utilized in timber plantations simply because they are un-tested or under-developed. TGG has on-going research and development to improve the range and quality of Paulownia genetics available to plantation growers.
Paulownia have a very wide natural distribution ranging from latitude 22° to 40° in China (tropical to cool temperate) with P. fortunei also extending into Vietnam and Laos. Paulownia tomentosa also grows in Korea and Japan. P. kawakamii and P. fortunei are indigenous to both China and Taiwan where they formed the natural hybrid P. taiwaniana. Most Paulownia plantations in Australia use P. fortunei, particularly strains originating from Guangdong province. TGG's biggest sellers are two such varieties; the FGD09 derived originally from high grade seed sourced directly from China then further propagated from select plants in our nursery, and the CAF15+ which originated from work done by the Chinese Academy of Forestry, with the '+' symbolising further selection undertaken at TGG. Fortunei is favoured for its ability to produce a straight trunk more readily than some other species and its adaptability to Australian climatic conditions. However, it should be noted that there is a vast range of variation within most species of Paulownia, depending firstly on provenance and secondly, for those changed through cultivation, the level of genetic alteration; so it is too simplistic to generalise on the characteristics of particular varieties based on species alone. There are many hundreds of cultivars and natural local variants within the different Paulownia species, many of which do not display certain reputed weaknesses of their more archetypical relatives.
TGG has collected a large range of Paulownia genetics from both within Australia and internationally. Along with self harvested and imported seed germination and lineal selection we also actively generate new hybrids within our nursery. We have achieved obvious heterosis through the crossing of certain strains of Paulownia species. To result in a commercial quantity of a new select hybrid clone is a long process, beginning with cross pollination, seed collection and germination, followed by numerous generations of selection trials ultimately resulting in a single superior tree from which we begin mass propagation leading to the release of a new variety for sale.
The combination of the best method of propagation, suitable product type and top genetics makes TGG Paulownia the obvious choice for premium plantations.
To work closely with others to build the foundation of ecologically and economically sustainable tree based industries.
Creation of employment and improved living standards through well managed tree plantings which correctly match type to region & site, create local continuity of supply to enable value adding and fill domestic and export market demand.
Based on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne, Australia, TGG is a family business specialising in the propagation and supply of Paulownia plants. With over 20 years experience in Paulownia genetic improvement, propagation and supply worldwide and through our own field trial growing, overseeing, and learning from plantation customers, we are well placed to offer both a premium planting product and the knowledge needed to grow it.


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A month or so ago, I received a subscription box to review. There are so many subscriptions out there to choose from but this one excited me because of who it was aimed for...Grandparents!The box has all sorts of goodness in it and would be great for not only holidays but for any special occasion. Mostly, this particular subscription is to tell the people you love that you are thinking about them.I loved this box and would love to receive it monthly from my own family. (cough) Hint, hint!Check out my first YouTube live streaming video where I talk about the Grand Box Subscription and the items that were in it. You cannot go wrong with this one. Two thumbs up!
PS> I forgot to mention in the video that you can also send photos and messages in the box too. The Grandbox WEBSITE shows you just how to do that!Disclosure: I received a sample box to review. However, the opinions expressed here and in the video are 100% my own and may differ from yours. ~Michelle aka Naila Moon
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:46 pm
Post subject: Breatharian questions
Ive seen almost all the videos, pictures etc of the breatharians or those that claim to be and have been. And i have some questions regarding it.
If this is the best "eating" for humans why are some of these people fat? why are some of them slim but with no energy, why are so many of them weak? why does none of them do alot of exersice and maybe to something competetive? I know Jericho Sunfire is the only exeption
When i see people adopting to fruitarianism f.ex i see extremely positive changes in terms of weight, skin, energy and all. Almost everyone starts to exersice alot because they have the energy and many of them start doing even competetive because they just feel like it because they feel so well.
So would be great to get some answears there
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there is alot of mental exersices out there where you can protect your energy field. Stewart Swerdlow has alot of them
Thanx for your answear. But if you cant be around people almost i cant understand why it is so beneficial. This world is f##### up, but since you live in it you have to make the best out of it. And i want to do alot of stuff and enyoj myself and not sit crossed leg in the himalayas and meditate.
Also would be great to get in touch with some breatharians also and ask them alot of questions. Seems like its 10+ years almost since they stood out.
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:10 pm
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If this is the best "eating" for humans why are some of these people fat?
How fat are we talking about? And where is the fat?
These are important questions. Subcutaneous fat protects the body from solar radiation. Also, some people have theorized that "Buddha belly" is a natural phenomenon which a breatharian should experience.
Since I haven't converted the body to breatharianism, I cannot confirm all of such speculations. However, what you think the body is supposed to look like isn't necessarily the most practical form for the body to take.
Remember, the body is designed to be energy efficient. The body is not designed to appear on the cover of Playboy. If the body is properly converted to the breatharian state, the body will take on the form which most successfully channels energy, whatever that form may be.
why are some of them slim but with no energy, why are so many of them weak?
The body has not yet been properly converted. The body should have energy and not be "too thin"
why does none of them do alot of exersice and maybe to something competetive?
Breatharianism is about mastering the self. When you have mastered the self, there's no real point to mastering others (i.e. competition)
Frankly, I'd be surprised if I *ever* saw a breatharian playing a competitive sport. Sure it could happen, but there's not a lot of reasons for someone to have achieved that level of mastery to spend time competing with others. Simply put, there are a lot better things for an enlightened being to be doing with his time.
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:25 pm
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hmm fat is just all around them not in a particular place. They are just chubby.
Ok buddah belly, no thanx
The easiest way to carry energy should be without all the fat. Fat is just blockage.
Im not just talking about sport as competetive but for fun. Be around friends and people, be social and have a good time.
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And also. If they wanted to could they have gone far in athletics? since its suppose to be the best way to live on all strings so that means you should be able to be superb there aswell. Even tho it seems like jogging for many people is to much. And when that is the case i dont see any point in going that path because you are here to use your body and enjoy it.
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You seem troubled with this sport issue.
I am not a "
" but I have lived like that for some periods of time (20 days in a row was the longest).
I do mean in the state of
, not fasting which is a totally different thing as you know (which I also practised).
From this (limited) personal experience I can tell you that, apart from the days I was detoxifying from all the stuff I cram in my body, my physical energy was simply soaring. I could do many more push ups than usual, I would not be tired after 45 minutes of running or swimming and I would exercise for as long as I wanted.
Of course sometimes I just didn't feel like working out, I would enter in a spontaneous state of meditation and the feeling was so wonderful that I did not need/want/desire anything else... Everything was with me and in me... I suppose this feeling is powerful enough to remove the will to compete (or do anything else, really).
Anyway I never took much pleasure in beating other people --- I do enjoy some challenge from others (I practised martial arts - Kung Fu, Capoeira, Savate) but there is no comparison to the pleasure I get from surpassing my own limits.
I get slimmer when I am in the state of
, but not skinny. My muscles respond to the workload I give them. So, if I work out I build muscle, if I don't... what's the use of having strong muscles?
I do love my body and I love to be fit and strong --- I feel good and I look good --- and I totally understand that you wouldn't be interested in this if you had to be skinny. But you don't --- if you train and accept no limiting beliefs.
The body does what you expect it to do --- just beware of your unconscious beliefs - they might make you trip.
I remember listening a (real) breatharian called Oberom saying that when he "converted" to bretharianism he became the leading sports competitor of his class, town, etc... And that he was hooked-up on that feeling of being a superman. Later he found out that all that energy was not to be applied in that direction and he changed his life so that he could better serve others. He does this also through sport, as a yoga teacher. But he's not competing anymore.
Cheers mate.
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thanx alot for great respons nirmanakaya
Totally agree with everything you said. Thats what i wanted to hear, just want to know that everything is possible if you choose to go that path. That there is no limitations. And since nobody has brought up the hard sport part i was just curious
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how did you work your way up to living for 20 days without food and water?
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hmm fat is just all around them not in a particular place. They are just chubby.
Do you mean just chubby, or "flabby" chubby. There is a difference.
Subcutaneous fat is natural. It protects the body from decay from solar radiation.
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I've never seen a flabby person who claimed to be breatharian. I have not seen these videos of which you speak.
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This is all very experimental at this point. Maybe they need to do a program code (Jasmuheen mentions this in her book, "Food of the Gods.") Maybe a perfect weight program code would benefit. In addition, perhaps their other sources of nourishment (air, prana, sun, love, etc.) need to be increased or the quality of their practice refined. Just throwing those thoughts out there to chew on.
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sorry for answearing so late. What i ment by fat etc is in terms of bodyfat%. Its said that oyu need 2-3% bodyfat to live so ill just pick a number but ofc single digits is got to be optimal. The lower the better since fat is just stored toxic, dead weight etc. So 5% bodyfat for me would be great and should be easy for inedia people but i havent seen anyone exept Jericho Sunfire coming close to that. Many looks like ordenary semi flabby people.
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