All Blacks go for Super youngsters
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen names a mixture of untried youngsters and established stars in their pre-Test training squad.
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The Adjudicator: Super Rugby R12
The Adjudicator tries to solve problems on and off the field as he delivers his preview for round 12 of the Super Rugby season.
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Super Stormers sink Force
The Stormers complete their four-match stand in Australia and New Zealand in impressive style, beating Western Force 17-3.
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Celebrating Dan Carter’s milestone of 100 Super Rugby games
Daniel Carter played his 100th game of Super Rugby last weekend when he faced the Hurricanes, the side he made his 2003 debut against. Here’s a superbly made video that features great footage from the last nine years, and words from Dan himself.Â
Despite having been injured for a large part of the campaign, late last year Carter added a Rugby World Cup winners medal to his hugely impressive list of achievements over the years.
Multiple Super Rugby titles, Tri Nations wins, and victory over the British & Irish Lions all came about through the supreme influence of a man who is quite possibly the most gifted, and well rounded – in more than one way – number ten we’ve seen, or will see, for quite some time.
James from Whero Films sat down with New Zealand’s record points scorer for a chat to discuss yet another milestone, his impressive achievement of reaching 100 Super Rugby games. The result is an insightful interview, and a quality video packed with some of Carter’s best bits.
This season he’s come back from injury and eased into the competition at center, or second five eigth, a role the 30 year-old says has been good for his development. He’s cited playing outside of Andrew Mehrtens, Carlos Spencer, and Aaron Mauger as being valuable lessons in his career.Â
Against the Hurricanes last weekend it was another memorable occasion for Carter as he not only scored a try, but his team came away with a 42-14 bonus-point win. After watching this awesome video, you can view highlights of that game in our archived Super Rugby section.
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The Adjudicator: Super Rugby R10
The Adjudicator returns with his early take on round 10, where he’s got a little advice for NSW Waratahs No.9 Brendan McKibbin.
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The Adjudicator: Super Rugby R9
The Adjudicator returns with early take on round nine, where he thinks some young Brumbies might be about to relive a painful memory.
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The Adjudicator: Super Rugby R8
The Adjudicator returns with his unique take on round eight armed with inspiration from Australia’s queen of the velodrome, Anna Meares.
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Super Rugby top tries – round seven
Joe Pietersen put his nomination forward for try of the season, but where did it rate in our tries of the week? Watch the video now!
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Cheetahs come from behind to beat Hurricanes in Super Rugby thriller
The Cheetahs and Hurricanes played some incredible rugby in what was an action packed Super Rugby game in Wellington on Saturday. The visitors looked blown away early on, then fought back and secured a 47-38 win, their second on tour.
The dynamic Hurricanes played some scintilating rugby in the first half of this fast paced game, racing off to a 32-11 lead. Julian Savea, Andre Taylor, and Beauden Barritt all played their part.
The visiting Cheetahs kept their composure though and fought back admirably, tying things up at 32-32 going into halftime, thanks to three tries in seven minutes.
Prop Coenie Oosthuizen scored twice, and despite flyhalf Barritt scoring 23 points in total for the home side, the Cheetahs dominated territory and possesion to pull off a famous win.
“It was definitely a great victory, and it’s a nice way to end off the tour,” said captain Adriaan Strauss. “They’ve [his players] got their never-say-die attitude. It’s a good place for us to start building on now for when we get home.
“We definitely want to keep that momentum going that we got from beating the Hurricanes. But we aren’t kidding ourselves, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done,” he added.
His side now travel back to South Africa to take on the Lions, having left New Zealand and Australia with a 2-2 record, following courageous losses to both the Brumbies and the Crusaders.
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The Adjudicator verdict: Super Rugby R6
The Adjudicator returns with his verdict on round six, where he’s looking forward to the battle between the master and the apprentice.
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Super Rugby 2012 Profiles – The South African teams
We’re now into Super Rugby 2012 season so after having looked at what the Kiwis and Aussies have on offer, it’s time scope out the South African talent, as New Zealand’s own Tony O’Sullivan talks us through each of the teams from the Republic.
Bulls fans will be a little nervous this year as many of their legendary senior players are moving on. It’s up to a largely youthful and inexperienced squad to continue the legacy of this dominant South African franchise.
There is still a fair amount of quality in the team though. Number eight Pierre Spies, a truly terrifying man, will captain the side this year. He runs at teams like he’s starving and there is boerewors (big South African sausage) on the other side of the defensive line.
Francois Hougaard, one of the standout players at the World Cup will partner up with Morne Steyn making for a lethal halves pairing. Can the Bulls win their 4th Super Rugby championship? For me, not this year, theyâre too inexperienced. This season will be looked back on as part of their rebuilding phase.
Notable Losses: Victor Matfield, Bakies Botha, Guthro Steenkamp, Gary Botha, Fourie du Preez, Danie Rossow
Notable Signings: Johan Sadie, JJ Engelbrecht, Lionel Cronje, Jano Vermaak.
Biggest Strength: Great options of the back of rucks mails and scrums.
Biggest Weakness: Squad depth and inexperience. Over consumption of meat.
One to watch: Francois Hougaard.
The Sharks, or Shorks as some of their fans would call them, have an exciting young line up. They too saw some of their greats leave in the post world cup exodus, most notably John Smit. That finally leaves the door nice and open for arguably the world’s best hooker, Bismark du Plessis.
In order to bring some more experience into the squad, the Sharks have made some interesting purchases. Frederick ‘that was a forward pass’ Michalak is an option at 9 and 10, while Marius Joubert, who may be a little long in the tooth, has heaps of knowledge that he will be able to pass down to the players around him.
As far as other players, there is class all over the park but I’m looking forward to seeing Patrick Lambie and former cheetah Riaan Viljoen show us their true potential in 2012. Is it the Sharksâ year? Could be.
Notable Losses: John Smit, Stefan Terblanche, Adrian Jacobs.
Notable Signings:Â Frederick Michalak, Marius Joubert, Riaan Viljoen
Biggest Strength: Starting test players all of over the park.
Biggest Weakness: Inability to earn bonus points has cost them big in the past.
One to watch: Bismark du Plessis.
The Lions. This pride is about as scary as a packed lunch. They’ve proved that they’re consistent in Super Rugby, not finishing inside the top 10 since 2002. Is that all about to change? They did win the 2011 Currie Cup, so confidence and belief must be high within this struggling franchise.
There is a Kiwi influence within the team with two of NZ’s most talented and infamous exports, John ‘we’re on a journey’ Mitchell as the head coach, and King Carlos Spencer as the backs coach.
Could these cellar dwellers, with a little help from a couple of sheep shaggers, finally make a decent splash in Super Rugby? With new signing Butch James and the momentum of the Currie Cup they can definitely improve on past efforts.
Notable Losses: Burton Francis, Andre Pretorius, Jano Vermaak.
Notable Signings: Butch James, Ross Cronje, Guy Cronje
Biggest Strength: Self belief after Currie Cup win.
Biggest Weakness: Travelling out of the republic.
One to watch: Derick Minnie.
The Cheetahs, theyâre a bit of an odd bunch. On paper they look like a quality side but unfortunately injury and a lack of depth beyond the starting 15 has cost them and their fans any results to be really proud of. They have a mouth watering loose trio with the likes of Heinrich Brossow, Juan Smith and Ashley Johnson, and a powerful front row.
Their back line lacks fire power though and would hardly strike fear into the hearts of their opponents. With Andries Strauss holding them together, and if much talked about Johan Goosen gets an opportunity, they could yet turn a few heads and upset some more fancied opposition.
But itâs the same old story with the Cheetahs, it’s always if this and maybe that and in the course of a Super Rugby season injuries will happen and they’ve shown time and again that they simply don’t have the depth to adapt their side when the proverbial hits the fan.
Notable Losses: Sarel Pretorius, Wilhelm Steenkamp, Kabamba Floors.
Notable Signings: No one of note.
Biggest Strength: Loose forward trio.
Biggest Weakness: Bloemfontein
One to watch: Johan Goosen – the up and comer can get penalties over from 65 metres+ !!
The Stormers strike me as the Hurricanes of South Africa – they always have a great squad and often look unbeatable during the regular season, but they never quite get over the line. The Stormers however are in better shape than the Canes this year, but there is still nothing to indicate they will win in 2012.
Their main strike weapon Bryan ‘I used to be awesome’ Habana, is looking like there is a reason wingers are generally not that great later into their careers and I just get the feeling this will be another almost year for the Newlands based franchise.
They have a great squad and a good chance of winning the South African conference, but with the loss of Francois Louw and Jaque Fourie to sides abroad, it’s unlikely that they will have the goods to go all the way in Super Rugby this season.
Notable Losses: Jaque Fourie, Francois Louw, Ricky Januarie, CJ van der Linde.
Notable Signings: JP du Plessis, Joe Pieterson
Biggest Strength: Can play the complete game and look like world beaters.
Biggest Weakness: Semi Finals and Finals.
One to watch: Gio Aplon.
The South African teams kick off tonight when the Bulls host the Sharks in Pretoria
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Carter eyes Super Rugby return
Dan Carter is targeting a return to Super Rugby action in the Crusaders’ round five clash with the Cheetahs
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A look at the first ever White Card in Super Rugby
There’s been a fair bit of confusion since the introduction of the new White Card in Super Rugby. Last weekend we saw one issued for a tip-tackle, so here’s a quick look at that, as well as an explanation of how the process works.
The new white card system is being trialled in this year’s tournament in an effort to streamline and simplify the citing procedure. There are no changes to the issuing of the standard yellow and red cards, but the white card can now be used to indicate that further inspection may be required.
So if a referee suspects foul play, or sees something but isn’t quite sure on how to judge it in the heat of the moment, he can pass it on to the citing commisioner, who will then deal with it later on. This was the case with Cheetahs center Andries Pretorious last weekend, who made a dangerous tackle on Wickus Van Heerden of the Lions.
A yellow card was given, and whether or not it should have been a straight red card was to be determined with the showing of the white card. Strauss accepted a guilty plea within the stipulated four-hour time period, thus guaranteeing him a lesser sentence than if it went to a full judiciary.
He was given a two week suspension after the tackle was deemed not intentional. Other issues were also taken into account and the decision was reduced or ‘discounted’ by two weeks for remorse, an early plea, and an admission of guilt. He also apologised personally to Van Heerden, who had ‘residual neurological symptoms assumed to be from bruising.’
There are also other new elements in the citing procedure, such as an Off-Field Yellow Card. Two of these were actually issued this weekend, with Tristan Moran and Jason Eaton, both of the Hurricanes, being given off-field yellow cards after review of two seperate incidents. One was for a shoulder charge, and the other for stamping.
An off-field yellow card can be issued when the Citing Commisioner sees an act of foul play that is considered close to, but not quite, a red card. These have no immediate affect, but get logged on the player’s disciplinary record, much in the same way as an on-field yellow card would.
What do you think of the new concept, and do you think the IRB should take it on board in future?
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The Adjudicator verdict: Super Rugby R2
The Adjudicator is waving goodbye to a wet summer and saying hello to a round of running rugby. Read his Super Rugby verdicts now!
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The Adjudicator: Super Rugby R2
The Adjudicator is back with his early take on round two of Super Rugby and he’s voicing his opinion with the authority of The Iron Lady.
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Super Rugby 2012 Profiles – The Australian teams
A few days back we took a look at a formidable New Zealand conference that has one or two sides that could well challenge for top honours in this year’s Super Rugby tournament. Today silver tongued Tony O’Sullivan talks us through the Australian teams, which produced the winner last year, and tells us where their strengths and weaknesses lie.
The long time bottom feeders of the Super Rugby world are now the champions. Yup, the Reds took the biscuits in 2011 and pulled off what no one thought was possible. It was a helluva impressive effort. Aussie praising makes me feel like I need a shower.
They did it on the back of some Wallaby superstars and some dude from Tokoroa. That dude is of course Quade Don’t mention the World Cup Cooper. Incredible talent but currently injured and unlikely to play until week 7.
The Reds also have, in my opinion, the best wing in the world at the moment, Digby Ioane, and the guy with the best haircut, Radike Samo. Last year the balance of the team was perfect, but can they go back-to-back? They have shown they have the talent and the coach, but accomodating for Cooper’s absence early on will be crucial.
Notable Losses: Will Chambers
Notable Signings: No one really of note.
Biggest Strength: Creativity and belief.
Biggest Weakness: Losing shape and sticking to the basics if attack isn’t working like it should.
One to watch: Digby Ioane.
The Rebels. It’s never easy for a new club in it’s infant years and the Melbournians (I don’t know if any of them are actually from Melbourne) have some tough tasks ahead of them in 2012. Not only do they need to put in consistent good performances and avoid the wooden spoon to provide legitimacy of a 5th Aussie side, but they need to create ongoing interest from the public in an AFL stronghold that has trouble supporting one of the most successful NRL teams in history.
Melbourne have picked up special talent Kurtley chicks dig my dirty Sanchez mo Beale and along with James O’Connor, Mark Gerrard, and Stirling Mortlock their back line has some quality fire power. Can their forwards get quality ball to these guys? Probably not, and with the exception of amusingly named Hugh Pyle, the forward pack just doesn’t look like they have the right stuff to match it Super Rugby this year.
Notable Losses: JP du Plessis, Luke Rooney, Greg Somerville
Notable Signings: Kurtley Beale, James O’Connor
Biggest Strength: Classy Backs
Biggest Weakness: No name forwards.
One to watch: Beale if he has the dirty sanchez mo, James O’Connor if he shaves it.
The Force are looking.. well… not good this season if truth be told. The Aussie battlers have suffered crucial losses in the form of Bieber lookalike James O’Connor and their player of the year in 2011, David Smith. After last years 12th place finish losing those attacking threats is a big blow.
They do posses one of the best no 7s in the game in David Poccock, who in tandem with Bryce Lawrence was partially responsible for knocking the meat eaters out of the World Cup. The rest of their squad is made up of blokes who are bit past it or are yet to really make their mark on the Super Rugby world.
The Force really need to have a big one this year as they are no longer Super Rugby infants. It’s imperative that they deliver better results for their loyal fans.
Notable Losses: James O’Connor, Matt Dunning, David Smith.
Notable Signings: Winston Stanley, Salesian Ma’afu
Biggest Strength: David Pocock pilfering ball at the breakdown.
Biggest Weakness: Inability to put on good performances consistently.
One to watch: Winston Stanley.
The Waratahs generally provide a strong challenge for any team that comes up against them, but seem to struggle at crucial times of the year. One look at their squad shows us that it’s solid all over the park. They picked up good talent in the form of a man who looks spookily like the devil, Adam Ashley Cooper, and the young meat eater, Sarel Pretorius, who has Springbok written all over him.
In the forwards they have picked up Rocky I’m too old for this shit Elsom who had a far from impressive 2011, but has Waratahs management promising big things from one of the criminal’s finest players in the modern error. The rest of their forwards are big, strong, and dynamic.
It would of stung the ‘Tahs to see the Reds win the championship before they had, and knowing the nature of that inter-state rivalry, they’ll be gunning for the top spot this year.
Notable Losses: Al Baxter, Kurtley Beale, Luke Burgess, Ryan Cross, Phil Waugh.
Notable Signings: Adam Ashley Cooper, Rocky Elsom, Sarel Pretorius, Dan Vickerman.
Biggest Strength: Have quality in the team to beat all comers on their day.
Biggest Weakness: It’s not always their day, especially at the end of the season.
One to watch: Sarel Pretorius.
The Brumbies, historically Australia’s most successful team in Super Rugby, had an absolute Barry crocker of a year in 2011, finishing 13th. I have more bad news for Brumbies fans, it could be worse this year. A number of frontline players have left and not much has come in to replace them.
Their most crucial signing happens to be a World Cup winning Coach, Jake White. The challenge for him is enormous. It is akin to explaining to your Mrs that you’re a regular at the pub because you’re researching for a book on the dangers of alcoholism.
It’s sad to see a once successful organisation get to such a low point. I hope they can discover some hidden gems of talent that will make this year bearable for their fans, but as far as I can see, unless White is a miracle worker they will get drilled by the big teams, and not have class to match it with many others.
Notable Losses: Matt Giteau, Rocky Elsom, Adam Ashley Cooper, Mark Chisolm.
Notable Signings: Jake White (coach).
Biggest Strength: Underdog tag.
Biggest Weakness: Not having squad up to Super Rugby Standards.
One to watch: ? I guess you could watch Stephen Moore.
The Australian conference kicks of on Feb 24th (Friday), when the Brumbies host the Force
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The Adjudicator: Super Rugby R1
It certainly is a sad day for Australian sport. But, luckily, as you wave goodbye to Ricky Ponting, you welcome back The Adjudicator.
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Super Rugby 2012 Profiles – The New Zealand teams
Super Rugby is just a week away so our man in New Zealand, Tony O’Sullivan, has put together a no-nonsense preview of the teams over there that will be competing for the trophy. Next week we’ll feature the Australian and South African teams. Feel free to share your thoughts on the sides, the previews, and what excites you most this year.Â
The Crusaders. Like Harry Redknapp hates investigations into his offshore accounts, I hate the Crusaders. Well I did, but now after all the good people of Canterbury have been through I find my self saying in hush tones that taste like vinegar ‘C’mon crusaders.’ The team has some of the biggest names in the game and talent throughout the squad.
The buzz word when describing the Crusaders is culture. ‘It’s their culture that makes them so successful’, ‘It’s their culture that separates them’. Well whatever it is, the Super Rugby runners up of 2011 – in the most trying conditions imaginable – will be once again be there or thereabouts at the business end of the tournament. Â
Notable losses: Brad Thorn, Sonny Bill Williams, Chris Jack
Notable signings: Tom Donnelly, Tom Taylor
Biggest strength: Clinical precision; Can kill a game without the opposition even getting a look in.
Weakness: Natural disasters.
One to watch: Israel Dagg
The Blues, my team, are as frustrating as teaching your Grandmother to use an iPod. The Bipolar results and the win-one, lose-one nature of the team make them an extremely hard team to pick. The glory days of Blues rugby are well and truly over and have been eclipsed by the red and black domination.
They are capable of some extremely attractive rugby though, and have signed some more than handy players in the form of ‘Keep calm Piri’s on’ Weepu and Ma’a ‘Does he wear eye liner?’ Nonu. Could this be the year the power base of NZ rugby shifts back north? Hopefully, but probably not.
Notable Losses: Joe Rockoko, Luke McAlister, Jon Afoa, Winston Stanley
Notable Signings: Ma’a Nonu, Piri Weepu, Rudi Wulf, Gareth Anscombe
Biggest strength: Ability to pile on a lot of points and shock other teams into submission
Weakness: Consistency and decision making at crucial times
One to watch: Rene Ranger
The Chiefs: Always have potential, very rarely deliver when it counts. For those outside of New Zealand, Wakachanchan, or the Waikato region, is an extremely proud and passionate Rugby heartland. But you wouldn’t know it. Pathetic crowd numbers and apathetic support is an all too common and sad sight to see.
This could change this year though with the likes of the most polarising three letters in New Zealand arriving in Chlamydiasville (aka Hamilton), SBW. With his arrival and the boy wonder, Aaron Cruden, new to the scene, their back line with the likes of Richard Kahui and the freakish talent Tim Nainai Williams have a real spark about them. They have one of the smartest brains in the game Wayne Smith involved, and as long as the forwards get the backs some front foot ball, the Chiefs are my dark horses of 2012.     Â
Notable Losses: Siteveni Sivivatu, Mills Muliainia, Alec de Malmanche, Isaac Ross, Stephen Donald
Notable Signings: Sonny Bill Williams, Aaron Cruden
Biggest strength: A back line jam packed full of X factor
Weakness: Inexperience. Severe out breaks of STDs.
One to watch: Has to be Sonny
The plucky, not flashy Highlanders surprised many last year as they had some periods of impressive form. A lot of this was attributed to new coach Jamie Joseph with his hard-nosed approach and staying true to the fundamentals of good rugby: Do the hard graft upfront and the rewards will come.
The Highlanders pick up Hosea Gear and Andrew Hore in the Hurricanes carve up, adding world class grunt upfront and attacking venom out wide to a workmanlike squad. Can they be there at the end when it counts? Unfortunately I don’t think they have the depth to take them there.
Losses: Tom Donnelly
Signings: Hosea Gear, Andrew Hore
Biggest strength: Keeping it simple.
Weakness: Squad depth to last the season.
One to watch: Hosea Gear
At this time of year you always hear the same old catch cry about the Hurricanes, ‘Maybe this will be the year they finally win it.’ No one is saying that this year. After last years appalling year with Mark ‘all my best players have left because of me’ Hammett at the helm, this could be a train wreck of a year.
On the other hand if Hammett is successful in installing the much talked about Crusaders culture into the capital they may be able scrounge out a few victories. This once great franchise with some of Rugby’s most exciting players has been dismantled and shipped off for parts, and has a long way before they can even think about being a strong team again. I hope I’m wrong.
Notable Losses: Andrew Hore, Ma’a Nonu, Piri Weepu, Aaron Cruden, Hosea Gear, John Swalger, Rodney So’oialo, Neemia Tialata. (8 current or former All Blacks… ouch)
Signings: Half a dozen rookies and journeymen
Biggest strength: Underdog tag
Weakness: Mark Hammett
One to watch: Conrad Smith, how will he cope being the main man in an understrength squad?
This year’s Super Rugby tournament kicks off on February 24th, with the Blues vs Crusaders
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Mitchell to miss Super Rugby opener
Drew Mitchell is resigned to missing NSW’s Super Rugby opener and admits he is enduring the toughest spell of his career.
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Super Rugby could go global
Super Rugby’s future stars could find themselves based in Los Angeles or Tokyo if dollars make sense in the next broadcast deal.
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‘Super Rugby tougher for Aussies’
It’s harder for Australian sides to be successful in Super Rugby than their South African and New Zealand rivals, Jake White says.
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O’Neill takes aim at Super clubs
ARU boss John O’Neill warns the nation’s five Super Rugby franchises to lift their game in attracting spectators or risk losing funding.
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Elsom may miss start of Super Rugby
Rocky Elsom may miss the start of next year’s Super Rugby season with the NSW Waratahs due to a hamstring injury.
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Qunioa – The Super Diet
Qunioa – The Super Diet
Quinoa Super Diet
What you really want is just something that works! The Quinoa Super Diet is a healthy great tasting way to melt fat off and Not Use Sugar. This small grain is powering the next health food, grain based, diet explosion as it was named as a “super food” by the United Nations. Quinoa Can Help You Melt Away the Pounds Starting Today. Even if you are in good shape you know that getting rid of that extra 10 or 15 lbs. would not hurt, right? But you have tried so many different diets and weight loss ‘miracle’ cures you do not know who or what to believe anymore. You just want to regain that figure you once had such pride in … and you should! Many fad diets just plain do not produce the results you desire. And that is very frustrating. It is time to end that madness with a sensible, healthy, all-natural product from the mountains of South America – something that JUST WORKS, finally!
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a gluten free grain very high in protein, essential amino acids, and iron. It contains 14 grams of protein for every 100 gram serving! When cooked, it has a fluffy texture and acts as a much healthier substitute for rice or potatoes. Did I mention the taste? The light but hearty grain is very rich in flavor and most everyone who tries it wonders why they waited so long. On the Peruvian-Bolivian alpine plain it has been grown for ages together with corn and beans as a staple food of ancient Incans. Quinoa, in language of Incans, means ‘mother of cereals’. The high nutritional value of Quinoa has been known from the beginning of the 20th century, causing a big boom during 1st World War in all of Europe. Quinoa is very versatile and can be used in recipes for: breakfast, lunch dinner, snacks… the list goes on.
Here is just one testimony of many Quinoa Super Dieters: “Once I started eating Quinoa, the difference was noticeable right away. I was able to lose 6 lbs. in my first 5 days on the plan. Of course once you see those results it motivates you to keep going. I have since lost the 15 more lbs. of baby weight that I was trying to get rid of for over 3 years! And the best part is, it tastes delicious and takes seconds to prepare. I just add quinoa to my regular meals.”
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What Is Super Built Up Area In Indian Property Market?
What Is Super Built Up Area In Indian Property Market?
The terms built up area, super built up area, saleable area and carpet area pop up again and again for an Indian real estate buyer. The apartment that is sold as a spacious 1500 sqft apartment, is actually not 1500 sqft if you count its actual covered area, or carpet area.
Definitions -
1. Carpet area – The actual area you use. The area on which ‘you can put a carpet’.
2. Built up area – Carpet area + area of walls and ducts. Around 10% more than the carpet area. A terrace is considered as half the actual area for calculating built up area. Some projects charge dry terrace same as internal rooms.
3. Super built up / Saleable area – Built up area + markup for common spaces like lifts and stairs. Usually 25% more than the built up area.
Let us take an example.
Here is the floor plan of one of the apartments at Kumar Periwinkle in Kharadi.
This is a small apartment whose saleable area, or super built up area is 892 sqft. Let us calculate its carpet area by summing up all its rooms -
Room Dimensions (ft & inch) Carpet area in sqft Living Room 10′ x 15′-9″ 157.5 Dining Room Dimensions (ft & inch) Carpet area in sqft Living Room 10 x 15′-9″ 157.5 Dining Room 7 x 7′-8″ 53.6 Bedroom 1 11′-9″ x 10′-9″ 126.3 Bedroom 2 11′-9″ x 10 117.5 Toilet 1 8′-6″ x 5″ 42.5 Toilet 2 8′-4″ x 4′-3″ 35.4 Terrace 10 x 5′-9″ 57.5 Kitchen 11 x 8′-6″ 93.5
Now terraces are generally considered by halving their actual area. So, carpet area considered of the terrace is 57.5/2 sqft = 28.75 sqft.
So, the total carpet area for the rooms of the flat comes to be approximately 655 sqft. Now there is a passage area at the center of the flat, which looks approximately 11 feet by 5 feet, which adds 55 sqft more to the carpet area.
So, approximate carpet area of the flat = 710 sqft.
Now, the saleable area as given on the website is 892 sqft. Thisis the area which is billed to you by multiplying it with the square foot rate.
This difference is what super built up area is all about. As far as I have seen, a thumb rule is to take 1.25 as the multiplying factor to calculate super built up area (i.e. saleable area).
So, if we multiply by this factor, 710 * 1.25 = 887.5 sqft is approximately the answer we are supposed to arrive at.
But this rule of 25% is no written rule, and this multiplier can vary. Ideally, this multiplier should be more for the schemes where more space is given to amenities and common areas. This area is supposed to include the common amenities that are built but are not directly charged to the customer. But there are no concrete formulas for this. The agreement that you will sign with the builder, should have all the details like carpet area in it. But you will probably see the agreement in detail only after you decide to buy your home there.
So are you getting cheated when you actually get a 700 sqft apartment when you thought you got 900 sqft? Not really…
The key is to ask for the carpet area of the apartment you are buying, and verify it by doing a calculation as given above, and also verify the dimensions actually on the ground if possible. As long as we have open market economy, you will always have choices. So, if you find that a project has a multiplying factor of 25% for super built up area and another has 30%, the simplest thing you can do, is get the carpet area of the actual rooms and find out the per sqft rate based on carpet area, to compare the two projects.
Apart from this, there are also several extra bills like electricity backup charges, parking charges, maintenance charges for amenities, society formation charges so on and so forth. So, you need to consider and compare all of these charges before thinking of choosing the right project to buy a property. Give a hard thought to how many of the amenities you are actually going to use, and how much you are getting charged for them. Will it be simply better to buy into a no-frills project and join a gymkhana club rathar than paying maintenance charges for the swimming pool you are not going to use?
Simply create an excel sheet and put all the parameters of the property in it, like carpet area, parking charges etc. Use that sheet as your basis of taking decision and not the glossy marketing brochures they give you!
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Need To Lose 15 Pounds In 3 Weeks – Super Fast Way To Lose Weight
Need To Lose 15 Pounds In 3 Weeks – Super Fast Way To Lose Weight
Need to lose 15 pounds in 3 weeks? A super fast way to lose weight is to not get too hung up on the number of calories you are eating but rather put in a portion control system paired with a the best fat burning meals. Basically what you want to do is get a bowl that is the size of your two fists together, in this bowl you will put in strictly whole foods like whole wheat bread, nuts, lettuce, oats, grass fed beef etc. and you will eat 6 times per day. The benefit of using this system is that you will not be taking in any foods that will make you more hungry.
Often times people go out and buy a whole bunch of “diet” foods but these are usually filled with sugar, salt and preservatives, all of which can make you even more hungry. We all know that the enemy of diets is hunger. Most diet plans are not balanced and make you cranky from how hungry you are all the time. Eating whole foods which are high in fiber and have good fats as well, will keep all of your pesky cravings at bay. If you need to lose 15 pounds in 3 weeks, this is a super fast way to lose weight.
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3 Weeks To Lose 15 Pounds – How To Lose Weight Super Fast
3 Weeks To Lose 15 Pounds – How To Lose Weight Super Fast
Have just 3 weeks to lose 15 pounds? Most people don’t know how to lose weight super fast and usually think that to get thinner, you have to eat less. In actuality, what this will do is wreak havoc on your metabolism because the less you eat, the more your metabolic rate slows down. The only way that you can truly slim down and stay that way for many years to come is to put together a diet that will tackle multiple aspects of losing weight. One obstacle is hunger, which comes with most low calorie diets.
To counter this you will want to include as much fiber and healthy fats as you can. If you like peanut butter, get an apple, cut it up and spread the peanut butter on it. There you have tons of fiber which will fill you up and good fats from the peanuts. If you eat these types of meals every day at least 5 times per day, you will not only boost your metabolism but you won’t feel any hunger at all since you will be eating so often. If you have just 3 weeks to lose 15 pounds and want to know how to lose weight super fast, try these great tips yourself starting today.
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Super Bowl Party Food Ideas
Super Bowl Party Food Ideas
If you’re tired of the same old chili and cornbread for Super Bowl halftime food, why don’t you change things up a bit? How about a different kind of soup? In general, soups are very easy to make and they don’t take much time. If you make them the day before the party, you’ll have less to do on the day of the big game and you’ll have more time with your guests. Another bonus of making them a day ahead is it gives it time for the flavors to really blend.
A crowd favorite is chicken tortilla soup. There are many variations of this soup but it usually consists of onions, garlic, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, canned tomatoes, chicken stock, yellow, orange or red bell peppers and chicken. Saute the onions until soft, add garlic and cook for a minute, then add the tomatoes and stock. Either grill, bake or saute a couple of chicken breasts and then shred or cut into 1″ cubes. To flavor those ingredients, add cumin, oregano and canned chipotle pepper. You don’t need much of the chipotle as it packs a wonderful, spicy hot and smoky flavor. You can freeze the remainder of the can, just scoop out and put in a freezer bag. This is just about the best secret ingredient you could ask for! Add the chicken to the soup, simmer for 15 minutes and let cool. Refrigerate until the next day.
You can add homemade bread to go along with the soup. It has made a huge comeback, it’s so very easy to make and it would score a touchdown on Super Bowl Sunday. The four main ingredients are flour, yeast salt and water. There is a wet dough process that takes about 15 minutes to mix, then about 2 hours to rise at room temperature. You refrigerate the dough at least 3 hours or even overnight. The mixture will yield 4 boules of bread and will store up to 14 days refrigerated. On baking day, you form the number of loaves you want, let rest for 40 minutes and then bake for 30 minutes. You could even get creative and form a football shaped loaf. That would be a fun and impressive way to present your beautiful homemade loaf on game day.
Since the soup was made the day before, reheat on medium heat. When it’s time to serve, ladle into bowls and top with a dollop of sour cream and chopped cilantro. Squeeze a lime wedge into the soup for extra tangy flavor.
Slice the bread and serve with butter.
This will offer your guests a welcome change to your Super Bowl menu. It’s quick and easy and most of it will be done the day before the game. You can have piece of mind that your halftime meal will be a hit. You can enjoy your guests and actually watch the game and the commercials!
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Rugby World Cup Daily – Super Saturday
Super Saturday kicked off in the early hours of Saturday morning for most of us, with four matchestaking place on what has been dubbed as Super Saturday. There were nearly a couple of upsets, but overall things ended the way most would have expected.
Scotland 34 – 24 Romania
Romania gave Scotland somewhat of a scare as the Scots needed two late Simon Danielli tries to take them clear of avoiding an embarassing upset. Romania led the game before Scotland pulled things together.
“We had to come back, we were in a tough situation with about 10, 15 minutes to go and we dug it out,” said captain Alistair Kellock.
Fiji 49 – 25 Namibia
Namibia put up a spirited performance against the flying Fijians in Rotorua. Namibian flyhalf Theuns Kotze took them into the lead with an incredible three dropgoals, but the pacific islanders came back, with Vereniki Goneva becoming the first Fijian to score a World Cup hatrick. He ended with four tries, only the 11th ever player to accoplish that feat.
France 47 – 21 Japan
France also found themselves in a bit of trouble in North Harbour stadium as Japan played some inspired rugby to get themselves without five points at one stage, looking as though they were in control of the match. Hot on attack, John Kirwan’s had France sweating, but it didn’t last long as the talented French backs scored a few tries from turnover ball, maybe the final scoreline a lot more flattering than it perhaps could have been.
England 13 – 9 Argentina
In what was touted to be the game of the day, England and Argentina contested a heavyeight battle in Dunedin’s impressive new Otago Stadium. Poor kicking was the order of the day, as both sides struggled, with Jonny Wilkinson in particular having what was probably his worst every goal kicking performance. He said afterwards that the only thing to blame was himself, not the ball, nor the stadium.
“The difficulty was that I felt I was hitting the ball well and expecting to see it go where I wanted it to go, but when the ball moves a bit how do you correct something that didnât feel wrong,” said Wilkinson
“Christ, I didnât even know how many I missed. Iâd say Iâve probably had days like that but not for a while. The blame is on me,” he added. England will be relieved to have won the match however.
Match highlights
We’re restricted by what we can show in terms of highlights at this stage, but you can see them all on the official Rugby World Cup website. Rugby World Cup highlights
Tomorrow’s lineup
Australia v Italy
15:30 local, 03:30 GMT
Ireland v USA
18:00 local, 06:00 GMT
South Africa v Wales
20:30 local, 08:30 GMTÂ Â Â
Below is the daily updates show, which runs through the games, features Buck Shelford, and includes Springbok coach Peter De Villiers sounding quite eloquent. Yes, you read that correctly.
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Self Managed Super Funds
Self Managed Super Funds
There are definitely advantages to having your own Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF). Obviously the biggest advantage is the ability to control where your money is invested. Most people agree, the change in Australian legislation to allow personalSuperannuation Choice between large commercial Super Funds and Self Managed Super Funds was a great moment in Superannuation Legislation in Australia.
There are, however, some important factors you’ll need to consider. Although anyone can setup their own SMSF, there are fees and setup costs involved, so as a guide, you should really have at least 0,000 to start with. Any less than this and the administrative costs would outweigh the benefit received from the fund. SMSF’s can cost upwards of 00 to 00 per year to run.
You should also remember that, being a Super Fund, you cannot benefit personally from any fund revenue until you retire.
The maximum amount an employer can contribute to your super fund is ,000 for those under 50 and ,000 for those over 50 years old. After 2012, this 000 contribution cap for those over 50 will disappear. Considering these low contribution limits you should, as much as possible, maximise your contributions from a younger age.
If you are sitting in the top tax bracket, you have the opportunity of saving 31.5% tax on Super Contributions, as the maximum amount of tax you will pay on these contributions is 15%( ie 46.5% – 15% or 31.5%). In essence, every dollar of superannuation contributed by your employer, up to the ,000 or ,000 limit provides a tax saving of 31.5 cents in every dollar.
If you are a high income salary earner, you can beat the concessional limit by making additional or excess superannuation contributions. This is possible by introducing negative gearing losses or an anti-detriment balance into your Self Managed Super Fund. This, in effective, reduces your marginal tax rate from 46.5% to 31.5%.
Since Self Managed Superannuation Funds can now borrow using Instalment Warrant Borrowing & Limited Recourse Borrowing arrangements, beinf the Fund Trustee, you could actually invest in assets that cost more than the funds available in the Super Fund bank account. Most lenders will require that the fund put up at least one third of the asset cost as security. For example, if you have 0,000 saved in your fund you could potential secure debt of about 0,000 to buy an investment worth 0,000. This not only provides a negative gearing effect and allows for the possibility of making excess contributions, this strategy also ensures that the asset can be sold tax free in the future once the members have entered retirement phase. In addition to this, the very same asset could deliver a tax free pension income stream once the members have entered retirement phase.
Your Self Managed Superannuation Funds now also has the possibility of being involved in property development, either by itself or by joining forces with a joint venture, company or unit trust structure.
With the introduction of tax ruling TR2010/1, passive investment companies now have the ability to contribute superannuation on behalf of their directors (in this case, the Trustees). In scanarios where the investments are held in a trust with a corporate trustee, the trust will then facilitate the distribution to the corporate trustee & the corporate trustee should then make the contribution on behalf of the company director.
Whilst in the transition to retirement phase (ie 55 – 60 years old), and depending on what the marginal tax rate for the member of the fund is, it is worth looking into using a re-contribution strategy. What this basically means is taking a pension and maximising employer contributions up to the age based limit.
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