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Ending months of speculation, Arvind Saxena (54) on Friday quit Volkswagen Passenger Cars Division as director, where he had served for last 18 months, to join General Motors India as the president & managing director. Saxena replaces Lowell Paddock who moves to GM International Operations as vice-president (planning & programme management).
We are delighted to have Arvind join our team and with his extensive experience, lead us in to a successful future in India, with its significant growth potential.
GM is committed to India and with Arvinds leadership, we look forward to recognising the long-term growth potential of the market said Stefan Jacoby, GM executive vice-president and president, GM International Operations. Arvind began his career in 1983 as an Area Manager in the Motorcycles and Scooter Division of Escorts Ltd. He moved to Bajaj Auto in 1992, where he held the post of regional manager of North India. Three years later, he joined Maruti Udyog as Regional Manager of Western India.
After a year at Fiat India in 1999 as general manager, he returned to Maruti as general manager of Sales and later was promoted to chief general manager of Sales.
Volkswagen appoints Kodumudi India group chief representative
Mumbai, Feb 28: Following the exit of Volkswagen Passenger Cars Division India director Arvind Saxena, the German carmaker announced that Thierry Lespiaucq will replace Saxena as the managing director of Volkswagen Group Sales India Private Limited from May 1. Lespiaucq (58), is currently serving as Volkswagen brand director, Volkswagen de Mexico. Mahesh Kodumudi, the president and managing director of Volkswagen India has been promoted and will take the additional charge of group chief representative for the Volkswagen Group in India with immediate effect. Kodumudi (48), was the president & managing director of Volkswagen India.


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Guidelines for Banks issued by NABARD
|Site Map
|Contact Us
National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development
Bandra – Kurla Complex
P.B. No. 8121
Bandra (East)
Mumbai- 400 051
Tel: 26530094
Fax: 26524877
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Ref. No. NB.CPD.GCD/Psf/297/2003-204
16 August 2003
To all Public Sector Banks
Dear Sir
Price Stabilisation Fund – Operationalisation
As you may be aware, the Hon'ble Union Finance Minister in his Budget speech for the year 2003-04 had announced the establishment of Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme for the growers of coffee, tea, rubber and tobacco for providing support to the growers of these commodities. A Scheme has been finalised by a Committee set up by the Ministry of Commerce and the same has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
2. Initially, the Scheme would be open to growers having operational holdings of 4 ha. or less. The eligibility of growers to enroll as members of the Scheme would be certified by the respective Commodity Boards. Other details of the Scheme is furnished in Annexure I.
3. The eligible members would be required to open a bank account for the purpose with a bank branch. On the basis of the discussions the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry had with the representatives of Reserve Bank of India, NABARD and Commercial banks on 10 June 2003 at NABARD, Mumbai, the guidelines for opening and maintenance of accounts by banks have been drafted and a copy of the same is furnished at Annexure II.
4. The success of the Scheme hinges on enrollment of all the eligible grower farmers. As you will agree officials of the bank branches being in direct contact with the growers would be in a better position to apprise them of the details of the scheme as also the formalities for opening of bank account for the purpose. The concerned bank branches may, therefore, have to interact with the respective Commodity Boards and provide necessary support in making the scheme a success. We, therefore, request you to bring the details of the Scheme to the notice of the officials of the concerned controlling offices/branches of your bank and facilitate in popularising and operationalisation of the Scheme. We seek your cooperation and of all concerned branches of your bank in opening the accounts of eligible members and allowing operations thereon as per the guidelines.
Yours faithfully
( N Srinivasan)
Chief General Manager
Endt. No. NB.CPD.GCD. /Psf / 2003-04 of date
Copy forwarded for information to:
1. The Chief Executive Officer, Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme, Rooms NO. 132&133, 'C' Wing, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi with respect to his letter dated 11 August 2003 on the subject.
2. The Chief General Manager, ICD, NABARD, HO, Mumbai.
3. The Chief General Manager / Officer In-Charge, NABARD, RO, Bangalore / Chennai / Hyderabad / Thiruvananthapuram / Kolkata / Guwahati / Tripura / Agartala / Imphal / Itanagar / Shillong / Aizwal / Kohima.
(J D Bhattacharya)
Asst. Gen. Manager
Modus Operandi for calculation of Contributions from GoI and Members
GoI will announce a price band for each Commodity based on the seven year moving average of international prices as the mid point, the lower bound and upper bound as 20% (-) and 20% (+) respectively.
When the average prices fall below the lower bound of the band in a particular year, GoI will contribute upto Rs.1000/- to the account of the member. In that year the member will not be required to contribute any amount to his/her account.
In those years when the average price pierces the upper bound of the band, the member will have to contribute Rs.1000/- to his/her account while the GoI will not contribute any amount.
In the normal years when the price remains within the price band, the member will be required to deposit Rs.500/- each year to his/her account within a specified date. The GoI will also contribute upto Rs.500/- to the member's account during the normal year.
During years when the average market price falls below the lower bound of the price band, the member would be allowed to draw Rs.1000/- from the account.
At the end of ten year period the balance outstanding can be withdrawn by the grower including the GoI's contribution and the interest earnings. The initial contribution of Rs.500/- as entry fee however, will not be refunded.
The Scheme will be implemented through a Trust Fund to be set up jointly by Ministry of Commerce and NABARD and the operations will be monitored by a High Powered Committee set up by the Ministry of Commerce.
In case a member defaults in making his/her contribution within the stipulated date he will be deemed as defaulter. The PSF account maintained with the bank would be closed and no further deposits of either from the GoI and the member would be credited to the account.
New Membership
New growers willing to subscribe to the Scheme during the period of operation of the Scheme may be admitted in place of dropouts, however, the benefits of the Scheme will be restricted to the remaining period of the Scheme.
The operation of the Scheme is illustrated below. Let us presume that the 7 years moving average price of the commodity is Rs.43/-. The lower bound of the band would be Rs.34.40/- and the upper bound of the band would be Rs.51.60/-. If the prevailing price of the commodity is Rs.31/- per kg, the position will be as under:
|Price of Commodity
|Contribution to the A/c
|Withdrawal from the A/c
|Price say
Rs.31 per kg
(below lower bound)
|Rs.1000/ by GoI.
No contribution by member
|Rs.1000/- can be withdrawn by member.
|Rs.45 per kg (within the price band)
|Rs.500/- by GoI
Rs.500/- by member
|No drawals
|Rs.52 per kg (above upper bound)
|Rs.1000/- by member
No contribution by Govt.
|No drawals
Deeply concerned with the problems being faced by the growers of coffee, tea, rubber and tobacco due to continued low prices of these commodities for quite some time, Government of India (GoI) has taken a series of measures to ameliorate the hardships being faced by the growers of these crops. The Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme is yet another step in the direction of the GoI to demonstrate its commitment to safeguard the interests of these growers.
Objective of the Scheme
The PSFS aims at providing financial relief to the growers when prices of these commodities fall below a specified level without resorting to the practice of procurement operations by the Government agencies.
Duration of the Scheme
The Scheme will be operational for a period of ten years subject to a review after five years.
Mode of Intervention
Under the Scheme, a fund called the Price Stabilisation Fund will be established with contributions from the GoI and entry fee @ Rs.500/- from each grower desirous of participating in the Scheme. The corpus of the Fund shall remain undisturbed and interest earnings alone will be utilized for operationalising the PSFS.
Who can participate in the Scheme
Initially, the Scheme will be open to growers of tea, coffee, rubber and tobacco
having operational holdings of 4 hectares or less. Subsequently, coverage of
other growers could be considered.
How to become a member
Growers of aforementioned commodities desirous of participating in the Scheme, shall apply to the respective Commodity Board in the prescribed form within the date stipulated therefor.
The Commodity Boards shall select the members on first come first serve basis with preference being given to the members with the least holding size.
The Commodity Boards shall thereafter enroll the eligible grower as member who will be required to deposit an amount of Rs.500/- with the Commodity Board.
Opening and maintenance of bank account
The member would be provided with an application form to enable him/her to open the 'PSF' account with the designated bank branch.
The Commodity Board shall also inform the concerned bank branch for opening the account in the name of the member.
The account will be maintained as Savings Bank Account and would be entitled for payment of interest at rates applicable for Savings Bank Account. No service charges of any kind would be levied.
Members have to deposit their annual contributions to the account by 31 March every year.
GoI contributions to the account would be made not later than 31st May every year.
At the end of the duration of the Scheme the entire balance in the account would be payable to the member.
Price Stabilisation Fund Account-
Guidelines for opening and maintenance of Account by Banks
I wish to enroll as a Grower Member in the Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme introduced by the Government of India. My details are as under :
1. Name :
2. Father's Name :
3. Full address :
4. Regn. No. with the Board as a :
grower (TBRG No.)
5. Particulars of holdings of :
agricultural land (in hectares)
a) Name of the Village, taluka/mandal, district &
state where the land is situated
b) Survey No.
c) Holding of Agri. Land (Hect.)
6. Name & Address of the :
bank with Account No.
7. Remarks :
8. Details of entry fee of Rs.500/- by way of cash/D.D. :
I do solemnly declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above stated information is true, complete and correct. Further, I have read, understood and hereby agree to the terms and conditions of the Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme.
Signature of the applicant
The Manager
(Name of the Branch) Passport size photograph
(Name of the Bank) with signature/thumb impression
Date :
I wish to apply for opening of a bank account in your branch under the Price Stabilisation fund Scheme. My details are as under :
1. Name :
2. Father's Name :
3. Date of Birth :
4. Address :
5. Telephone No. :
6. Registration No. with the :
Commodity Board
7. Name and address of nominee :
8. Relationship with Nominee :
9. Details of existing bank account, if any :
I have been enrolled as a member under the Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme by the __________ Board (Name of the Commodity Board). I have read , understood and hereby agree to the terms and conditions of the Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme. Further all the particulars and information given above are true, correct, complete and upto date in all respect.
Certificate by the _____________ Board
Date :
We certify that Shri/Smt. has been enrolled as a member under the Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme and he/she has paid the entrance fee. He/she may be allowed to open a bank account under the Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme in your branch.

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Set up in the shadow of downtown, sandwiched between the Ohio River and the picturesque Louisville Slugger minor league ballpark, the three-day eco-urban Forecastle Festival hosted one of the most high-profile lineups in its low-key nine year existence this weekend.
With a new location in a 70-plus acre riverside park that aimed for a mini-Lollapalooza vibe, the weekend kicked off on Friday night (July 9) with Forecastle faves Widespread Panic, followed by the reconstituted Smashing Pumpkins on Saturday (July 10) and the always-explosive Flaming Lips closing things out on Sunday night (July 11). With temperatures in the brain-melting upper '90s down south, we opted to just check out the final day's activities and when we arrived it looked like plenty of three-dayers were running on fumes (and from the looks and smell of it, some other gases and solids) after 48 hours of music from a variety of DJs, lesser-known jam bands and national acts like Devo, Cake, Manchester Orchestra, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Bassnectar and the New Deal.
Most of the afternoon was about beating the heat, as sweaty modern primitives strapped hammocks between trees in the waterfront park and gently swayed near the Ocean Stage to a DJ spinning hacky sack-friendly techno.
One of the first big names of the day was duo She and Him, who opened a pleasantly perky set with the summer swayer "Rave On," during which actress/singer Zooey Deschanel busted out an electric ukulele. When she wasn't singing, partner M. Ward added a smoky croak to her high and tight vocals on the band's country shuffles, playing a series of slide solos with an assist from a bottle of local microbrew.
Deschanel, dressed in a 1960s vintage Nashville cowgirl singer blue dress with white frilled piping, brought a delicious longing to "Thieves" and bopped along while strumming her uke on the Hawaiian pop "Get Along Without You Now." With the sun finally fading behind some clouds, a crowd gathered near the main stage for the girl group singalongs "In the Sun" and "Don't Look Back." The set ended with a rousing cover of "Roll Over Beethoven" with Ward on lead vocals as Deschanel pounded away on her keyboard.
Spoon appear to be spending time in dingy dance clubs, as half of their strong set felt like it had gotten a remix from Chicago avant-rockers Tortoise. Along with straight-ahead rockers like "The Beast and Dragon Adored," they added a six-piece horn section for the secret agent rock of "Rhythm and Soul" and trippy, echo-laden dub effects for "Don't You Evah." A cover of the punk icons the Damned's "Love Song" was stripped of its pop sheen and reworked into a spare, spooky drone while "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" sounded like a Motown-via-Elvis-Costello swinger, accented by the low fart of a bass saxophone.
As the long lines for free water from the fountains near a child's playground overrun by hipsters covered in body paint began to ease up around sunset, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists blasted away a set of blitzkrieg punk to a sparse crowd near a canal larded with party pontoon boats. Nearby, an anarchist marching band was firing up their instruments again to signal the final show of the day for Los Angeles' underground answer to Cirque du Soleil, the tattooed and pierced Cirque Berzerk.
With the typical amount of last-minute duct tape surgery and shenanigans, the Flaming Lips finally took the main stage after 10:30 p.m. with singer Wayne Coyne bouncing out onto the crowd in his plastic hamster ball before the band busted into "She Don't Use Jelly," which was accompanied by a shower of streamers and blasts from Coyne's homemade hand canons.
Realizing the crowd needed a pick me up after a long, hot day, Coyne cranked the energy up even harder for "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song," which featured throbbing marital drums and a wall of trippy visuals on the giant round digital screen at the back of the stage. Looking around, there was, for no apparent reason, a guy in a full cow suit dancing next to me waving a glow stick, and next to him a glassy-eyed hippie dude in a home made fur-lapelled glittery Chinese tunic over a gold lame cocktail dress. And just in front of him, of course, was a dude wearing a gas mask just 10 feet from a horned guy in a dusty harlequin costume waving a giant black and white cane.
"With all your power!" Coyne shouted in a his cracked howl as thousands of fists shot up in the air to punctuate the anti-Iraq war song. The sedate "In the Morning of the Magicians" was accompanied by images of a calming sunset as the day's first cool breeze blew through the throng as hugs, arm waves and sunburned swaying broke out spontaneously.
Coyne, playing an acoustic guitar with his hand strumming underneath a giant plastic bubble over the sound hole, convinced the audience to call and respond with helicopter, finch, jaguar, monkey, tiger and tornado noises during the gentle acoustic song "I Can Be a Frog," and then transformed the usually rousing "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" into an unplugged folk ballad sing-along as two enormous disco balls threw shards of light into the night sky.
The weekend came to a close with the apocalyptic rock of "The W.A.N.D." and a "Give Peace a Chance"-like moment during "Do You Realize?" where the crowd got their fifth wind and revelers who were literally so passed out they were being nudged awake by security just moments earlier jumped to their feet and danced with reckless abandon to Coyne's paean to universal love and living in the moment.
Well, except that one guy, who just didn't get the message at all and had to loudly be escorted away by six security guards after threatening to pummel a volunteer who had asked him to leave.


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Trip Report: 016
Flight Category: Y-IMR (See Report End)
Date: 11-Oct-06
Dep.Arr.Time: 2350/0630+1/04:10hrs (Delayed by 03:00hrs)
Flight: SINGAPORE AIRLINES SQ 415, 1799 miles
Routing: CCU-SIN
Aircraft: 772
Seat: Raffles Business Class , 12A
I > Background:
Part of a month long amazing passage to India for a wedding, with some stops in Asia to see friends. Routing was CCS-MIA-EWR-SIN-CGK-SIN-CCU-DEL-CCU-BOM-CCU-IXZ-CCU-IXA-GAU-CCU-SIN-ICN-YYZ-EWR-CCS with a mix of J and Y class of travel. This focuses on the SQ J-class segment from CCU to SIN. Other trip reports for this trip will be EWR-SIN (SQ/J-Cabin), SIN-CGK (KI), CGK-SIN (VF), CCU-DEL (SG), DEL-CCU (IC), IXZ-CCU (DN), CCU-IXA (CD), IXA-GAU (IT), GAU-CCU (6E), and ICN-YYZ (AC/J-Cabin). I think these reports will be "firsts" for revenue flights on CD, IT (mainline) and 6E and cover IXA, GAU, IXZ-CCU, and CCU-DEL for the first time on Airliners.Net.
II > Pre-Flight:
a) Before Airport:
Booking for the sector was made using my travel agent in CCS. I was frustrated that the agent could not book my seat directly and I had to call SQ a few times before finally being guaranteed my choice of seat. SQ seems to have a very old-fashioned system as passengers in Y-cabin cannot pre-select a seat. Guess traveling in Raffles Business Class has its perks.
b) At Airport:
Construction work all over CCU's international terminal was very apparent. After having my ticket verified, I walked pass the other empty check-in counters (see picture) to around the terminal where SQ had its "new" counter. They had definitely moved from the last time around and I was surprised to see that their new counters were probably the worst at the airport. Check-in at the Raffles counter was a disaster. The line was long. See the picture of the check-in counter below? I stood exactly at that same spot for 32 minutes! UNACCEPTABLE! Anyways, then at the check-in counter, the sheer incompetence of the SQ staff was legendary. Despite the fact that I was flying to YYZ, they kept on tagging me to EWR. It took 3 attempts before they understood the concept of short-checking bags. The staff also "lost" my pre-reserved seat, could not enter BD's FF number (check the boarding pass, it says UAL), and finally could not give me the SIN-ICN connecting flight boarding pass. Uugh. Anyways, grumbling at their incompetence, I took the lounge passes, made my way back out of security (bizarrely, the international lounge – or rather small room – is outside the security perimeter.) Only in emerging countries . Anyways, I had a last round of beer with my friend and thanked him for an amazing time in India. It truly is an incredible country and hands-down the best travel experience in the world. It can be infuriating for sure – but no country can challenge you and teach you the meaning of life like India. I am going to be back!
At around 1115pm, my friend's parents were freaking out given my 1150pm flight and I decided to make my way to finally make it onboard. Pass security, awesome check-out immigration (the guy was like, "Mr. AM, hope India was good to you. Do come back!"), then a round of security check at the gate. Here is when further issues with SQ started. First of all, there was these 3 annoying Aussie dudes who kept on yelling at the security staff and saying pure bigoted commentary on how 3rd world the country was because they were not allowed their lighters on and how they would never come back. After hearing them scream for a bit, I lost it – I went to them and literally yelled at them something along the lines of "…try doing this in Australia, UK, or US and you will be behind bars. And take your bigotry outside. I am glad for India you all are leaving." At that point, they turned beet red and knowing I had the crowd behind me, retreated to the back of the gate area. Later, I had several people come up to me and just thank me. Anyways, having done by good duty for the day, I waited to board with my friend and A.Netter KIRAMAKORA who got special passes to wait with me. 1150pm, 1210am, 1230am, 1250am and still NO announcement. Suddenly an apology (but no explanation) for the delay and boarding was announced (an hour late.) It got worse. Post the London bomb scares, Indian security had been conducting secondary screening for all passengers prior to embarkation. Now, SQ had obviously STILL (it was almost 2 months later) not adjusted to the whole concept and boarding took a further 2 hours. I was one of the last to board and pulled the station manager aside and remarked at this. The guy went off – he kept on saying how it was the fault of the Indian Government, how they are brutal with their security, and something like he was from Singapore (which he kept on saying several times), followed by more blame-the-Government-of-India rhetoric crap. Probably inspired by me, Mr. KIRAMAKORA just fully exploded. You guys should have seen him – he went to Mr. Station Manager and said something along the lines of … "I work for the Government of India and we are doing this to protect innocent civilians. If you are not capable of accurately scheduling your flights with appropriate turn-around times, it is not the fault of the Government. You are welcome at any point to leave the Indian market and take your profits with you." Mr. KIRAMAKORA went further, "…and I don't give a crap to if you are originally from Singapore, India, China, or America … nationality and incompetence need not be related. I travel outside CCU often enough to know this happens mostly with SQ." Wow. Even I was impressed. And it seemed so did all the other J class passengers who started clapping. Haha. You had to be there to see it. Anyways, I gave my friend a good hug and bade farewell. I was told the station manager followed MR. KIRAMAKORA and that the later has filed a complaint against the SQ manager and have asked SQ to install sensitivity training.
Anyways, on board, the SQ girls quickly took my jacket away and I made myself at home at 12A – next to a Brazilian guy! He had apparently been 43 times to India this year! Apparently, Indo-Brazil trade grew at 454% last year. He also mentioned how he eagerly anticipated the new EK flights. Soon prior to boarding, I was offered a choice of either water or orange juice. No hot towels and no champagne. By the way, J class load was 100%.
Airport - External:
(NSCBIA – International, Kolkata)
Airport - Internal:
(Empty Counters)
Scenes of the tarmac:
Lounge – TAJ Clipper Lounge:
(Basically people congregated for secondary screening – all SQ had were excuses – read above)
III> In-Flight:
a) Service Schedule + Impressions:
Pre-takeoff included a choice of orange juice or water. Soon after take off and upon reaching cruising altitude, dinner was served (at around 3am) to the few passengers awake. No breakfast or snack was served prior to arrival.
SQ's overall Raffles product is definitely showing its age. I was disappointed by the amount of small things that SQ did not have anymore … including lack of deck of cards, and lack of amenity kits/except an eye-shade and socks (this is totally unacceptable to me in a premium cabin.)
b) Aircraft + Seats:
The regional 772s in high-density J class seating on SQ are OK. The cabin was extremely clean; however, the old-styled moderately reclining business seats with average 50" pitch contributed to the outdated feel of the cabin. The bathroom was impeccable though.
Views from Aircraft:
Seat Leg-Room:
Seat Recline + Angle View:
c) Meal + Beverage:
Surprisingly, there were no menus distributed for the flight. This was probably my first Singapore Airlines flight without any in-flight menu. Options for dinner were either a chicken curry with yellow rice, a pasta dish, or a vegetarian entrée. I chose the chicken curry dish and it was accompanied by a shrimp appetizer, and a rather lovely dessert. The usually robotic SQ FA was very cute when I was initially reluctant to have a dessert … she insisted with a "come on sir, its really good." The food on board was MUCH better than the J food on the EWR-SIN flight. Though, the lack of menu cards definitely reduced presentation. After dinner, I also ordered a cup of tea to go with my movie.
In terms of beverages, SQ offers a wide variety of specialty cocktails including the Golden Spice, Singapore Sling, Silver Kris Sling, Gin Fizz, and Cloud Nine and regular more common ones. Aperitifs include Campari and Dry Vermouth. Spirits include Cognac XO Otard, Chivas Regal, Johnnie Walker Black, Jack Daniels, Gordon's Dry Gin, Smirnoff, Bacardi Carto Blanca. Liqueurs include Cointreau, Tia Maria, and Baileys. There is also an international selection of beer, red wines (Lockwood Cabernet Sauvignon 2004, Chateau Marquis De Terme 1998), port (Dow 2001 late bottled vintage), white wine (Wente Reserve Riva Ranch Chardonnay 2003 and Rheingau Riesling 2004), and champagne (Piper 1999.) Besides these, there was a variety of non-alcoholic drinks, 5 kinds of fruit juices, soft drinks, and iced drinks (tea, coffee, mocha, chocolate, milo.)
(Shrimp Starters)
(Papad – crunchy Indian snack)
(Chicken Curry)
d) Inflight Entertainment:
I simply love SQs on-demand IFE system … 80 movies, 104 tv channels, music, game, live tv … it cant get much better than this. However, the choice of recent Hollywood movies was not as stellar as it has been in the past and I ended up seeing a classic … THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. Helping enhance the IFE experience were the noise-canceling headphones provided on board. The excellent SILVER KRIS magazine helped as well during this long flight. Of course, having internet on board helps and this was surely missed from such a long flight.
(In-flight magazines, Boarding Passes, etc.)
e) Crew:
Singapore Airlines crew were nothing to write home about … except my one interaction at dessert. Otherwise, they looked extremely tired (they don't stay @ CCU) and slow. However, they met every request with a smile.
IV> Post-Flight:
Transferring at Singapore Changi is a breeze and it continues to be one of my favorite world airports. I made my way to the SQ Raffles Lounge and waited there until my next flight to ICN … and even managed to get a shower.
Singapore Changi Airport:
V> Impressions + Scores:
Singapore Airlines standards have gone down drastically. I was not impressed on my EWR-SIN flight and was not impressed this time around. A shabby J class cabin product, coupled with the overlooking of small details that make J-class J-class (lack of menus, cards, etc.), an indifferent crew onboard, and an absolutely horrible ground crew made this one of my least favorite SQ flights. Don't get me wrong … they are still a great airline and better than the most and I enthusiastically recommend them. However, I can think of at least 10 airlines off the top of my head which I consider better … if you are curious they would be … NH, CX, MH, NZ, 9W, IT, ET, ME, EY, and JJ.
Reservation: 7.0
Check-In: 3.0
Lounge: 5.0
Boarding: 1.0
Seat: 7.0
Aircraft Overall Ambience: 7.0
Crew Service: 5.0
Food: 7.0
Beverages: 9.0
Amenity Kits + Others Freebies: 6.0
Disembarkation: 8.0
On-Time Record: 2.5
(Scores are based on comparison with other airlines in THAT class of service – No comparison of Y vs. F for example)
VI> Other Trip Reports:
1/ Avianca: BOG-LIM: 07/06/06: 7.09pts: Y-IMR
2/ Air Tran: EWR-MDW: 08/02/06: 6.73pts: Y-DMR
3/ West Jet: YYC-YVR: 09/05/06: 7.14pts: Y-DLR
4/ Air Canada: YYZ-YVR: 09/02/06: 5.92pts: Y-DLR
5/ Air Canada: ALB-YYZ: 09/01/06: 5.88pts: Y-ISR
6/ Singapore Airlines: EWR-SIN: 09/20/06: 7.81pts: J-ILR
7/ Adam Air: SIN-CGK: 09/22/06: 6.04: Y-ISR
8/ Valuair: CGK-SIN: 09/22/06: 5.04: Y-ISR
9/ Spice Jet: CCU-DEL: 09/25/06: 6.67: Y-DMR
10/ Indian: DEL-CCU: 09/26/06: 7.25: Y-DMR
11/ Air Sahara: CCU-BOM: 09/28/06: 4.42: Y-DMR
12/ Air Deccan: IXZ-CCU: 10/07/06: 5.75: Y-DMR
13/ Alliance: CCU-IXA: 10/08/06: 7.54: Y-DSR
14/ Kingfisher: IXA-GAU: 10/08/06: 8.21: Y-DSR
15/ Indigo: GAU-CCU: 10/08/06: 6.54: Y-DSR
(Note on Codes: Y – Economy, J – Business, F – First :: I/D – International/Domestic :: SR/MR/LR – Short/Medium/Long Haul :: I have designed these codes so people don't believe my scores are comparing apples and oranges)
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1.Equip companions with blunt weapons2.buy yourself an arena lance3.Profit.
Ok so far I've had the most success with loading my army up with sarleon knights (I've got around 80 of them atm) and ordering them to use only blunt weapons. This results in slightly over half your army attacking while just below half are left standing there doing nothing. The upside to this is that you will capture *every* enemy soldier. And so, using this to attack weaker armies I know half my force can take I can basicly vacuum up prisoners to fund my armies.Atm it's still not very profitable, I'm in my mid 20's lvl wise with only about 90'ish army size (I'm speccing int and holding out for qualis gems to make a super-duper pop char).Just tried this farming vanskerry raiders, very easy to snap up 20-40 prisoners in a couple of minutes with no losses. Any other ideas on how to improve or what to farm for more success? The jatu are more valuable prisoners but every sarleon costs 500 merely to recruit not to mention train and replenish and those jatu lance charges will result in increased casualties as the 2 handed maces are *terrible* to counter them.
I've always thought Warband was a bit wonky with the way it handles injuries. Would make more sense if "lethal" weapons weren't always lethal and blunt weapons were sometimes fatal. It's not like a warhammer wasn't every bit as lethal as a sword in reality.
No, HunterAlpha, from what I understand he said, HALF the Knights spawn with Blunt weapons, Half the KNIGHTS, without. It is random, he can't do what you are suggesting.
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A book about the signalboxes and operations on the railway lines of the Iirsh republic south from Dublin to Rosslare port,across to Waterford and Limerick Junction,with a trip along the closed Dungarvan and New Ross branches to boot.
This book is part of a series of books on Irish signalling and operations, this book being the first.
I am a signal engineer on the British mainline network, for my sins I also am a signal engineer on some local heritage railways too,my reasons for doing the books are partly that with my parents living in Ireland I get to travel round by train a lot and see the signalling there and also because as time progresses it becomes rarer and rarer with modernisation,so this is an attempt to capture both the old and the new and try to put into writing and pictures the more interesting or unusual aspects of railway signalling in Eire.
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Posted 26 March 2011 - 01:42 AM
I bought the Pro mount with all of the cabling through the mount, the astrograph, correctors, rings, flight cases, etc.
Since I live in a light polluted town in western Kentucky, I planned to travel with this system. It takes 3 large cases at nearly 100lbs each, plus a few small pelican cases for camera, correctors and miscellaneous gear. To fly with this system, is no small undertaking. A driving trip would be a snap with an SUV. It all fits in the back of my Mercedes GL-550 quite nicely.
I have had a bit of trouble getting my system up and running, mostly due to a controller issue with the OK3 focuser. The OK3 focuser has no manual control, so without a controller attached to a PC, there is no focusing of this system. There are no knobs. I am OK with that, as long as the controller works. Mine have been returned to ASA and I am currently using older working controller compliments of OPT.
Setting up this system is no trivial task, at least not without a lot of guidance. Now, let me state, I am not experienced in imaging. I have one year of experience tinkering with my CPC-1100 on a wedge with trying to autoguide a long focal length mirror shifting SCT and a small refractor. That in and of itself is not a simple task, although people are doing it.
So, now that I have the focuser working quite well, with a lightbuckets driver that automatically homes the focuser and positions it to last known focus upon start up, I am working on a number of other "setup" related issues that, for me, have a steep learning curve.
Without any step by step clear documentation on tuning the mount, I was left with a bit of guessing until one of the engineers from the factory connected to my laptop remotely and showed me the process. It is quite simple, but one must understand that ANY changes to the weight and balance of the system will require re-tuning of the mount. Once you understand what to do, this is a trivial task. I know have mine setup as I will image regularly so it is a set and forget procedure. If I decide to mount my refractor as in my photos, I have the PID values written down so I can quickly tune for that setup.
To get a good polar alignment, after leveling the mount (no level bubble) using a small level, I use the software (Autoslew) to turn on the laser and try to point the laser as close to the known celestial pole as possible. Within one degree is good enough as the software will figure out your offset and guide you in adjusting it later.
After polar aligning the mount with the laser, you must now shut down the software, point the OTA at the Zenith (slightly south) and the counter weight shaft to the eastern horizon level with the ground (slightly elevated), then start Autoslew and let it perform a home find. My understanding is that from this position, it is finding the physical stop points of the servos and noting the positions of the encoders.
Once the home find is completed, you can start a pointing file in order to polar align the mount. ASA claims four stars are sufficient for this purpose, but I have found taking the time to do 6-8 provides better results.
For this process, I am about to endeavor into the world of sequence and plate solving because making pointing files plain sucks and it is time consuming, at least for me. Basically, here is the process.
First, you need these two items:
A) Finder Scope. I recommend mounting a good finder scope on your OTA and align it. I installed a StellarVue F50M2 on my OTA rings and it has cut my "pointing file" time by 40%.
B) Joystick. I recommend a joystick or game pad connected to Autoslew. This has also cut my pointing file time dramatically.
1) Connect TheSKyX to Autoslew via POTH.
2) From TheSkyX, select a bright star on the same side of the meridian that you wish to image and slew to it.
3) Use the joystick and drive the mount to position the selected star in the crosshairs of the finder scope.
4) Use MaximDL to take continuous photos of the target, then use Autoslew or the Joystick (Autoslew is more accurate here) to position the star precisely in the crosshairs of the image in MaximDL. This is where automating with Sequence and plate solving would save a lot of time. I am about to get to this myself, so I have not experience yet.
5) Once the star is centered, confirm it in Autoslew with a single click.
6) Go back to TheSkyX and find another star and slew to it and repeat the process until you have 6-8 stars in your pointing file. Make sure you final star is one at or near the intersection of the meridian and the celestial equator. Once centered and confirmed, synch to this star in TheSkyX.
7) Close the pointing file and then tell Autoslew to calculate the real positions from the actual positions. IT takes a few seconds and it is completed. From here, pointing is very accurate, but tracking is not ready.
8) Select the Polar Alignment function and let Autoslew calculate your polar offset. The click Move Star and Autoslew will move to the polar offset in exactly the opposite direction.
9) Adjust the mount with the four screws and center the star manually. Once you have that star back in the crosshairs of your image in MaximDL, you are done with polar alignment.
10) Now you must make a new pointing file. I recommend 10-15 stars as Autoslew not only uses the pointing file for accurate Go To function, but also to make small adjustments to the tracking in real time (100x per second).
From here, I was able to shoot 5 minute unguided subs. I do have some star elongation, but I am told it is due to poor collimation of my very fast Newtonian Astrograph. I have ordered the cats eye collimation tools which should be here next week. We shall see.
For now, you can view my system and some quick test photos on my website. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have to the best of my limited ability.
Keep in mind, these images are mostly Ha (during last week's full moon) and they are uncalibrated, single images (no stacks) and no processing other than a simple screen stretch before saving as a tiff file.
I am only sharing them to show you what may be possible, but I am certainly not there yet.
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This process has taken me several hours each night. Perhaps it will get faster when I have more experience, but right now, it is slow tedious work. I do believe, however, that in the end, I am going to be a very happy camper.
Posted 26 March 2011 - 03:56 AM
he claims that there is a very intensive and steep learning curve with this mount because it is using a principle of operation which is very different than conventional helical gear based mounts ( the ASA is a direct drive mount with the motors directly driving the mount shafts.
Dave described the process nicely.
I think for anyone working from a fixed observatory it will be a fantastic mount - you will sweat in the beginning but once you're set you could probably push the ungiuded subs to 30 minutes easily.
for portable use this will be more complicated because you will have to do polar aline and build new pointing files each time you set up.
He also claims that ASA were very helpfull in assisting him (even online) with mastering the setup technique.
Posted 26 March 2011 - 07:32 AM
Posted 26 March 2011 - 10:13 AM
The physical setup and tear down is much quicker than my CPC-1100. My portable table is less cluttered.
For observatory use, I would purchase the DDM85 or DDM160.
I am confident that I will be able to use this in the field with reasonable setup time. I'll keep you guys posted and let you know when I am ready to attend my first star party!
Posted 28 March 2011 - 03:54 PM
I own ASA DDM60 Pro mount for almost 3 months.
I looked around the market for a new monut for almost 2 years.(I had Synta NEQ6 mount). because of my Meade 10" LX-200 , I needed a high accuracy mount.
After I checked every mount on the market , I bought ASA mount because it made no sense to pay 10000$ for a mount that still have the same old problems (PEC)when I can get much more for almost the same price. and NO GUIDING NEEDED !
I think it was the best puchase I ever did for my astrophotography hobby.
The mount in one word is : DIFFERENT ! (in the good way)
forget everything you know about guiding & PEC ... throw it a way ! it's not needed anymore.
becuase of the electromagnetic motors there is no PEC so if you set the mount right ,no guiding is necessary. which save you a lot of precious imaging time.
I'm not impressed easily , but to do 15-25 min frame unguided in 2500mm focal length and 30-40 min unguided frame in short focal length, it's something I never imagined to do. (I also have William Optics FLT98)
at first it takes a while to understand the new software and set everything up at the field but after a few times it gets much easier. now it takes me a about 30-40 min to set everything up. but when you done - you done ! .
I'm stopping the imaging only when I need to refocus the camera.
"A picture is worth a thousand words"
Take a look here :
all frames are 15 min Unguided . (please ignore the stars around the edges of the image , it's cause by coma)
Posted 28 March 2011 - 04:12 PM
what don't you use Sequence ? it will do the polar alignment pointing files and the "real" poiting file much much quicker using plate solving. it takes only a few minutes.
also if you use the mount at the field you don't need a pointing file at all (after Polar alignment of course).
just use SEQUENCE "Local Tracking" .
Contact me of you want some tips how to set the mount up quicker ...
Posted 29 March 2011 - 04:17 AM
I have also been building the observatory and refurbishing my home made scopes, and the UK weather has not provided many opportunities for imaging so under better circumstances the 'apprenticeship' would be shorter.
I am now at the stage where I can open the observatory, do a 'homefind', slew to the target with an accuracy of a few arcseconds and start imaging within 5-10 minutes.
Because my scopes are homemade and lack the rigidity of carbon fibre, I have only pushed the unguided capabilities to about 5 minutes. I use a Lodestar in an off-axis guider, and use pulse guiding to send very small corrections to the mount. On a good seeing night the guiding stays at <0.3 pixels at 1500mm focal length which is probably the limit of the seeing.
Cartes du Ciel (free!) drives the planetarium side.
Feel free to visit my website where I have documented some of my ramblings.
Posted 29 March 2011 - 08:36 AM
What they are doing is using technology developed for large CNC milling machines, where encoders directly on the axes and movement is controlled directly to that reference. So, for example, if it had a worm drive, there still would be no periodic error because the encoder on the axis would be the reference for movement. The catch here is the encoders are expensive- more so than the ones on the motors in conventional GOTO mounts because they have to be much higher resolution; GOTO encoders on a 288 tooth worm have 288 times the resolution they would if mounted directly on the axis.
The direct drive is a separate technology. Again, it comes from industrial machinery, and is the expensive, but speedy way to move things around. I haven't seen a large observatory using this. Even the LBT uses gears. It would drive a lot of expense to have a custom drive motor made, and I'd be concerned over having something producing such large and changing current draw on the same circuit I was powering a camera with.
As has been pointed out, this is blind to what the atmosphere is doing.
For me, the long story short is direct drive with axis encoders has produced a very capable system, but one with limited practicality for anything but a permanent observatory. Given a fully autonomous autoguider is now $300, and can drive a battery powered mount, it isn't like there aren't fully capable alternatives.
Posted 29 March 2011 - 10:17 AM
However, problems with backlash could still remain and there would be a 'dead time' as the backlash is taken up.
This does not happen with direct drive.
Posted 29 March 2011 - 10:35 AM
Yes it takes longer to set the mount up in the field , but you forget a very important thing.
when you done setting the mount up ,you don't need to waste any more time on guiding errors or any other common problem , how many times you wasted a few hours in the field to try fix a guiding problem ? I know that I did , that's why I swiched to that mount.
Posted 29 March 2011 - 05:53 PM
I think everyone has nights where they fight with the scope, but generally that gets worked through. It seems the ASA never gets to that point.
Posted 29 March 2011 - 06:37 PM
You maybe right , but I prefer to spend even an hour to set up and tune the mount and be worry free all night.
but also you need to see all the other benefits with this mount , the high accuracy motors not only allows you unguided imaging but also when you imaging with high accuracy mount there are less "motion blur effect" that caused by guiding corrections . which will result much sharper data and perhaps even higher SNR.
ASA mount is new , it will probably take a while , but I beileve that eventually ASA will improve the software and will develop new and faster ways to set up the mount.
Before "Sequence" software was created the process was much longer , now its relativly quick.
Posted 30 March 2011 - 01:30 AM
With regard to the power consumption of ASA's DDM-85 direct drive mounts, as I understand things they draw no more than similar observatory class mounts such as the Paramount ME from Software Bisque, while the portable DDM-60 consumes significantly less.
"I think everyone has nights where they fight with the scope, but generally that gets worked through. It seems the ASA never gets to that point."
This is a puzzling claim: the DDM users over on the ASA Yahoo! tech group appear to be having few major problems, judging by the amazing images they are often posting!
Also, while there were some questions and hiccups with earlier control software versions, the latest appear to have eliminated those.
Posted 30 March 2011 - 03:19 AM
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Posted 30 March 2011 - 11:32 AM
And for power consumption, the alternatives really need to include mounts without a sepatatate computer drive which are autoguidable. To make the comparison alternative only the Paramount isn't a realistic trade.


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posted at 5/31/2009 9:03 PM EDTHi everyone,
We're doing our photo session with the two of us before the wedding and we're looking for unique places to get these shots done. I want to get the pics taken in places that seem incongruous to our fancy wedding duds. I'm looking for two types of things....
1. doing everyday things
2. industrial settings
Our wedding is in the Inman Sq/Union Sq. area of Camb/Somerville. We lived in that area as roommates when we were just friends. So, we are going to get some pictures taken in Christina's ice cream shop (I love ice cream) and waiting for the bus at the bus stop in front of 1369.
When we were in town a month ago, we found a really cool old train in Union Square, but it would take some fence climbing to get to it. Does anyone know of any other areas around there that have some cool stuff like that? We want interactive stuff, we don't want to just have our pictures taken in front of something.
I'm having trouble doing research on this because we are doing our wedding planning from LA and we won't be back in town until the Thurs before our wedding.
Any ideas?
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posted at 6/1/2009 10:30 AM EDTThe Prospect Hill Monument is a citadel that pre-dates the civil war. I don't know if they have any cannons on the grounds, but it has a great view.
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posted at 6/1/2009 2:27 PM EDTIt's funny that you mention Prospect Hill. That is our ceremony site! No cannons there, though.
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HA! Well I guess that's a done deal then.
I just don't know where you'd go in that area to get the industrial thing going on. I'll ask some friends who live by there and see what they say.
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SPORTING PERSONALITIES: At this time of the year when the
local rugby season is virtually forgotten, it was a joyful and memorable
occasion to 'run' into another "unforgettable" Sri Lankan, a 'cheerful'
Burgher ruggerite, who is on a brief visit to his 'motherland' - (after
'Burghering-off' to Australia, some years ago!).
While in Sri Lanka, 'Off' the field - he added much value to the
Havelocks 'mantlepiece' with his frequent "Cheers!" but "On" on the
field, his invaluable contribution to the 'grand game' of Rugby,
illuminated many playing fields in the country!
Jeff de Jong
Some rugby fans in the sixties and seventies, were 'star-gazing' - at
the splendour of the rugby played by a constellation of 'moving-Stars' -
on the earth below.
Among them was this scintillating 'Star' Flanker - the former St.
Peter's College Colombo, Havelocks Sports Club and Sri Lanka Rugby
Captain - Jeff de Jong!
Jeff distinguished himself as a classy, robust rugby player, when he
started playing as 'flying' Flanker for St. Peter's College from 1969
and went on to Captain the team in 1972. His 'crash-tackles' and
splendid 'open-side' wing-forward play often had 'star-players' in the
opposition, seeing stars!!
He said, he owes his success in Rugby to his first Coach, Archibald
Perera, as a longstanding, dedicated perfectionist, who guided him and
many other brilliant players on the right paths, with the disciplined
implementation of the 'basics' in rugby.
St. Peter's were 'unofficial' School Rugby Champions in 1972, having
lost only to Trinity College, Kandy, with former Kandy Sports Club and
Sri Lanka Captain, Trinity "Lion" Irwin Howie, by a slender margin but
winning the rest of the games.
Jeff de Jong had the honour of captaining the Colombo Schools versus
the Outstation Schools and the Combined Schools Rugby XV against the Sri
Lanka Universities, leading both teams to victory in 1972.
It was absolutely unique that THREE sets of brothers played in the
1972 Peterite Rugby team, the 1st set - Jeff de Jong (Captain, 'Star'
Flanker, now domiciled in Australia) and Travis de Jong (an outstanding
Hooker, presently a leading Exporter of Tropical fish).
2nd set - Noel Van Langenberg (hard-working Prop-forward, now in
California USA) and Michael Van Langenberg (dashing Flanker and
currently in Australia) 3rd set - Rohan Weeratunga and Nalin Weeratunga
(both classy Centre-threes, now in USA). This can certainly be counted
as another 'record' for the "Guinness Book of World Records".
To make-up the rest of this 'match-winning' team, were - a brilliant
Scrum-half Ronald Rodrigo (a former Air Force Rugby Captain and
presently a Senior Pastor serving the Lord Jesus Christ in Australia),
Fly-half with a safe pair of hands - Roy Dias (former Sri Lanka's
brilliant Test Cricketer), a rugged Prop-forward - Earl Serpanchy
(presently in Australia), splendid Second-rowers - Nimal Jayasuriya
(currently Maj. General Sri Lanka Army) and Anura Gunatilleke (now
living in Venice), and agile big-made No. 8 - Jan Van Twest (a top Hotel
Manager down South), fastest Wing Threes - David Nicolle (presently
Director Galadari Hotel) and Shirley Thambinayagam (now residing in the
USA) and a 'safe-as-houses' Full-back - Neil Peiris (living in
He recalled, with glee in his eye, his remarkable feat in Athletics
whilst in College. It happened at the Inter-house Athletic Meet, when he
was suddenly summoned by the athletic coach to participate in the 1,500
metre race.
He little realised that he had to compete with his younger brother
Travis, who was the favourite 'runner' to win the 1500 metres. At the
time Jeff was called, he was 'running around' in his rugby attire and
did not 'fancy' the idea.
However, without much hesitation, his response was to take to the
Starter's orders 'get on your marks' - Jeff was ready for the 'set and
for the race of his life'.
With the sound of the 'bang' from the pistol, he took off like a
Gazelle and completed the 1500 metres in an 'unbelievable' New Record
time of 4 minutes 22 seconds... a school Record that has not been broken
to this day. As a fine 'sporty' younger brother Travis was overjoyed
with his elder brother's effort but was flabbergasted at the result.
Jeff also had his own methods of staying fit and built-up the
essential strength to play effectively in a bustling, bruising game of
Rugby, as a devastating Flanker.
Through serious, regular training and mastering the basic skills of
tackling, handling the ball, precise positional play and good team-work,
enabled him to earn a place in the Sri Lanka rugby team from 1974 to
He participated in two ASIADs, the first in 1974 in Colombo, under
the versatile captaincy of Indrajit Coomarasamy and again in 1978, held
in Malaysia. In the Hong Kong Sevens Tournament in 1977, Jeff was
appointed the Captain.
He played with other superb Captains such as, the outstanding CR&FC
Captain and prop-forward, Haji Omar, plus other outstanding players
like, Reggie Bartholomeusz, Anton Benedict, Angelo Wickremaratne, Mohan
Balasuriya, Michael Jayasekera, Irwin Howie, Hafi Abdeen, Ronald
Rodrigo, Desmond Harridge, Isham Abdeen and many more.
Before migrating to Australia in 1986, Jeff had the glorious
opportunity to play for the Havelocks Rugby XV from 1973 to 1979,
Captaining the team in 1977 and winning the Clifford Cup. In the same
year, Jeff was selected to Captain the Sri Lanka 'Sevens' team to Hong
It was Jeff's delight to recount his 'special-moments' when he donned
the popular salmon pink and chocolate brown 'Havies' jersey, playing in
his first year 1973, under the captaincy of a tantalizing inside
three-quarter Jeff Ratnam.
When Desmond Harridge captained 'Havies' in 1974, Jeff had some great
experiences of 'disciplined coaching' with Gamini Fernando, a former
splendid 'swashbuckling' Havelocks and Sri Lanka wing-forward, to see
Havelocks in the 'Cup-final' beating the CR&FC, led by 'speedy winger'
Reggie Bartholomeusz, to win the Clifford Cup.
In 1975 Jeff played his third year for Havelocks, with Shafie
Jainudeen as Captain and Gamini Fernando as Coach, unfortunately
'missing out' on the Clifford Cup. Refreshingly, 1976 saw Havelocks
regain the Clifford Cup, magnificently led to victory by Thajone
Savanghan, the Havelocks Captain, coached by Dickie Jayetilleke former
Sri Lanka and 'Havies' super Scrum-half.
1977 was a memorable, eventful year, when the vibrant wing-Forward
Jeff de Jong Captained the Havelocks, to win the Clifford Cup, coached
by former Sri Lanka Inside-three and Full-back Ken de Joodt, a Trinity
Captain and "Lion".
Jeff played once again in the following year 1978, when Anton
Benedict captained the Havelocks team and Jeff played his vital part to
enable 'Havies' to be "Triple Champions", for the first time ever,
winning the 'Sevens', 'Clifford Cup' and the 'Knock-out' tournaments.
1979 was Jeff's final year of his superb 'Star-studded' Rugby playing
In his usual determined 'gutty' manner, he gave off his best to help
bring victory to the Havelocks, led by a dazzling No. 8 and flanker,
Jeffrey Yu, another Trinity "Lion" and Captain - thereby winning the
prestigious "Clifford Cup".
Jeff decided to 'hang up his playing boots' and launched out to
'direct' the laws of the game to others by 'taking to the whistle' and
refereeing in the 'A' Division of the Clifford Cup Rugby Tournaments
from 1980 to 1986. He had a successful Referee's 'sojourn' and then
decided it was time to go by the 'rules of life'.
So with a long blast of the whistle he ruled himself out of his
'bachelor-life' and believed he should respond as the answer to a
'Maiden's Prayer'. With no time lost he 'flanked' out and achieved his
best 'Try' in real life and rightly focussed on the greater 'goal of
Jeff married "Katy" Neliya (nee Patternott - sister of the "famous
four" Patternott brothers, Patrick, then three grand ruggerites and
Cricketers, Aubrey, Rodney, Hemish - and a sister Patricia). They
produced two children, Griffith (a son, 22 years of age) and Neliya (Jnr.)
a daughter at 'sweet 16'.
Since they married on the 17th of October 1981, it was time for
'celebrations' this year, as it was their "Silver Wedding" (25th
anniversary - 1981 to 2006), which they did with family and friends in
Melbourne, Australia.
Jeff remembers with deep gratitude and heartfelt sentiments, how his
dedicated father Herbert de Jong (who, sad to say - passed away in 1994,
at the age of 78 yrs) and his sweet mother Quida (much alive and
'kicking' at 81 years), made it their sincere 'mission' to be present at
every Rugby match Jeff and Travis played in, be it Colombo or
Their infinite faith in a true and living God, helped them to spread
their wings of love, concern, care and encouragement over Jeff (now 53
years) and his three brothers, Ralph (58 yrs), Travis (51 yrs) and
Graham, (45 yrs).
With much love and gratefulness, Jeff also extends his "Thanks a
million" to his pretty wife Neliya and their two children Griffith and
Neliya (Jnr.), for enabling him to sustain success in life, especially
when it is a situation to maintain a 'home away from home' in Australia.
With such a wide circle of friends in Sri Lanka and his popularity as
a 'past' leading ruggerite, Jeff de Jong certainly loves and misses Sri
Lanka. It is hard to 'match' the good fund and wonderful hospitality of
dear friends and the love of family-members.
Despite the 'current' complicated country 'complex', Jeff prayerfully
hopes that Sri Lanka's 'future' will look bright if only the people will
seek our God's intervention and ask for God's 'miracles' that will bring
divine harmony and peace to this beautiful island of Sri Lanka.
As it is said in the Word of God, to those who believe - "With men it
is impossible, but with God All things are possible" (Mark 10:27), even
for Sri Lanka... Jeff's parting words was from a Christian saying "More
things are wrought by Prayer, than this world dreams of".... which he
believed in his playing days as an outstanding Sporting Personality and
still does.
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Last night, Patrick Stroud presented for the Society for the Furthering of the Liberal Arts, a group on campus in which the members teach each other things that, necessarily, aren't readily available through a Wabash course. For example, last year, I gave a presentation on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and exactly why they are neglected. Patrick's presenation was entitled: DePauw and "Deep Play"; what a college sports rivalry has to do with Balinese cock-fighting.
It may sound like an odd title, but it all comes to make sense. Patrick began by mentioning something that we are all, at least a bit, familiar with: The Wabash/DePauw rivalry and the Monon Bell. The namesake "Deep Play" comes from the idea that a sporting event holds no inherent value, and that value is given to it by the participants. We then talked about the men of Bali and how they use their "cocks" (fighting roosters) not only to win a bit of case on the side, but as a tangible manifestation of their masculinity (you can see the entendres that can be made here). The fighting cocks aren't just cocks. They are more than that because the men of Bali have made them more than that. In the same way, the Monon Bell has been made more than just a bell. We have given the Bell more symbolic meaning than it's inherent value (I mean, look at the way we make it a proper noun). We learned about something called "thick description"; a term that means no symbol should be taken literally. Just as the fighting roosters of Bali represent more than what they actually are, so does the Monon Bell.
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About Kingsbury Farm
Our Service PledgeWe will take care of you, we consider customer service as the most important part of our business, we treat you as we would like to be treated. We respond as quickly as possible. We guarantee all our items to be as described.
About UsWe have been in the antiques and Fine Art business full time for the last 15 years. We specialize in American Art and Sculpture. Also selling any early antiques, pottery, porcelain, glass, jewelry, primitives, baskets, kitchen items, American Folk Art, Native American Pieces, Toys, Teddy Bears, and Dolls. Then we also look for ephemera, souvenirs, advertising and well being in Maine what we can find that we like. Ours is a family business every member even the children contribute. It is all we do so we work very hard at finding the best and most interesting items we can. We focus on art as it is a personal passion of ours. Though we also enjoy antiques and collectibles. Living in midcoast Maine means we often find some wonderful east coast historical items. We greatly appreciate our cyber customers and treat them as we would like to be treated. The customer comes first. We strive to be accurate and make online buying a wonderful experience. We have had a site on ebay for the last 6 years and have a very good online reputation. We are not infallible but do always stand behind our pieces and take care of our customers, customer service is a priority for us. We wish you the very best shopping experience.
Jerry WeaverEmail Shop
357 kendall Corner Road
Waldo, ME
Tel: (207) 342-2471
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Waldo, ME
Tel: (207) 342-2471
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