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Yemeni Women Create a Parallel Reality Amidst the War
Maeen started her work in activism by defending female prisoners and later became a mediator in disputes and negotiations during the war. Ashwaq rebuilt bombed schools from scratch. Dalia works to provide jobs for the poor women from Al-Hudaydah, while young women from Aden volunteer to provide oxygen cylinders to COVID-19 patients. Qubul and her colleagues do their best from Cairo, where they have sought refuge. Misk, who belongs to the Muhamasheen (the marginalized people), has officially become a Neighborhood Chief. Maryam and others are fighting female genital mutilation (FGM) in Hadramaut.
Rim Mugahed
Writer from Yemen
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In a place like Yemen with its ongoing reality, death becomes the norm. People die from bombing, explosions, mines, extrajudicial arrests, enforced disappearance, hunger, thirst, disease, and need. They die from alienation and lack of opportunity, and they die from anguish and grief. Thus, the efforts made by the good people often focus on sustaining "life" itself: a just and appropriate priority.
Yemeni women live in awful conditions. In addition to the abovementioned general situation, Yemeni women still have one of the highest maternal mortality rates, sometimes caused by their child marriages. However, women have proven that they are often highly "sensitive" to issues concerning people's daily affairs. They always find their reasons and motives to take the initiative, face harsh conditions, and respond to the needs and responsibilities of their community.
The inexhaustible Maeen
I met Maeen last summer; she is a vigilant young woman. Before meeting her, her colleagues told me: "Maeen doesn't like to talk much; she only works! That is indeed true. Since graduating from law school in 2004, Maeen has volunteered to advocate for women, especially the most vulnerable and forsaken: female prisoners. She told me that the beginning was with the Yemeni Women's Union, where one of its female leading figures was managing a campaign to help female prisoners. At that time, Maeen began working with a team of female lawyers who had no more than a bachelor's degree and a strong belief in these women's cause. They started by helping accused women receive a fair trial, especially in cases that male lawyers and judges often took lightly, namely the so-called "crimes against morality" such as "indecent acts", "adultery", etc.
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With a team of activists, Maeen took up defending poor women who were accused in cases of domestic violence, divorce, and other cases that usually affect women's daily lives. She was particularly concerned with women from the Muhamasheen (1), who may be more marginalized than men of the same group. Due to this fact, no one has ever cared about their issues, whatever they are, because most people are basically indifferent to their lives. After a long career in advocacy, the courts started to take Maeen and her colleagues seriously. She said that their endeavors paid off due to their persistence and struggle in an atmosphere that showed much contempt and ridicule of women's work and issues.
Maeen laughs when she recalls how she volunteered without receiving a single riyal and how she sometimes walked long distances because she could not afford to pay a bus ticket or a bottle of water to quench her thirst. Coming home exhausted, her mother used to scold her and ask her to stop what she was doing. She scolded Maeen for being paid nothing for the hard work that consumed so much of her energy and feelings. Nevertheless, she persisted.
When the events of 2011 erupted, Maeen was in the frontlines along with the revolutionaries. In 2011, she was elected head of the Rights and Freedoms Committee in the Bar Association; she was the first woman to rise to that position through elections. While the street was boiling and the city of Taizz was leading the nationwide revolution, Maeen was leading the legal committee in the Freedom Square of Taizz. Through this committee, Maeen officially documented the violations committed against the revolutionaries by submitting requests to the Public Prosecution Office to open an investigation into all recorded cases of violence and abuse. Her work was not only documenting violations but also standing by the families of the martyrs, extracting burial permits and death certificates.
"We truly believed that everything was about to change and that life would become better," Maeen recalls.
As life conditions worsened in the country, Maeen continued to play her part as a militant woman who recognized her responsibilities toward her community. Although her family and little daughter fled to the countryside when the war broke out, destroying and besieging her city, Maeen stayed because of her work.
She said: "In my constant attempts to visit my daughter and my family and to resume my work in monitoring violations, I had to cross all the roads that had been closed by the siege." That indescribable suffering inspired the idea that Maeen should start talking about opening humanitarian corridors in the besieged city of Taizz. Voluntarily, and sometimes all alone, Maeen made almost impossible attempts to open up roads and corridors controlled by the two sides of the war. Sometimes she succeeded in persuading them, although some of those roads were arbitrarily reclosed according to the moods and interests of the conflicting parties, yet Maeen has not given up and continues to work on this issue. Meanwhile, her colleagues have made efforts to facilitate the exchange of dead bodies between the two sides of the conflict and releasing prisoners and detainees. Inspiring trust with her good reputation in the field of mediation, the two parties always demanded that Maeen be in the mediators' team in order to hand over, for example, prisoner statements or other sensitive information. Although Maeen is not directly involved in the process and does not take credit for the initiative, she is a vital part of it.
In a thirsty city like Taizz, Maeen and her colleague Ola Al-Aghbari decided to take the initiative and raise the issue of the drought the city suffers from. Taizz' water tanks lie in the Houthi-controlled part of the city, where three sides wield influence. Maeen said: "I have good relations with everyone because I do not take sides. I only take the side of the people and society." Maeen dealt with both sides of the conflict as she did with the issue of opening safe roads. She persuaded the Houthis to start pumping water into the tanks of the Water Corporation, which is controlled by the internationally recognized government. She said: "The water has not yet been pumped, but the International Red Cross is repairing pipes and tanks. We have an agreement, and hopefully, the water will be pumped soon."
Though she has inexhaustible motivation, Maeen describes a journey that has not been easy. In fact, it is a mission that has not been and will not be easy for any Yemeni woman who enters this field or seeks to prove that she can do something beyond traditional frameworks and expectations. Like many other women, Maeen has been intimidated; her brother once threatened her by firing a bullet into the air, but she continues to fight! After all, who, if not women like Maeen, is up to the challenge of helping a thirsty and besieged city, and of lending a hand to the abused and long-forgotten women of Yemen?
A hero-teacher
Al-Hayat School after restoration
Al-Hayat School before restoration
Ashwaq Abdul Jalil
Literacy classes for women after restoration
Here is yet another story; that of Ashwaq Abdul Jalil, who has been working as a teacher at Al-Hayat School in Taizz. At the beginning of her career, she was a teacher at Al-Mithaq School, which was bombed by the military aircraft of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. Al-Hayat School was also bombarded by the Coalition and, later, by the Houthis. Chairs, doors, boards, and everything portable in the school were looted. Nevertheless, Ashwaq and the other teachers have found ways to sustain their work. During classes, the students would sit on the ground in the remaining part of the school, whose walls had been blackened by the bombing. The teachers would struggle to raise their voices so that the students could hear them amid the noises coming from other classrooms, which have no doors to isolate the sounds. The cold and dust harm the children's and teachers' health, triggering allergies and cough spells. One day, Ashwaq noticed a pile of iron lying next to the school, and a light bulb went off in her head: We can make something! On Facebook, she wrote a post stating that she needed a skilled blacksmith to turn iron piles into chairs. Thus, she began a series of school repairs and renovations.
Part of that school is currently being used to hold literacy classes. Ashwaq said: "Although the Ministry of Education has approved the literacy classes, we do not have a building in which to hold these sessions. We had to use unfurnished classes that had no doors to hold literacy classes in after the regular students' classes ended." Ashwaq restored doors and chairs for women who were often mothers seeking to learn to read, write, and memorize the Quran. Some of them were continuing their education. One of them even reached the ninth grade along with other students and is seeking to enroll in the university. When I asked Ashwaq if the teachers were paid to teach literacy classes, she told me that some worked for money and others worked as volunteers.
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Ashwaq renovated the school in stages, starting with the chairs, windows, and doors, then moving on to the burnt walls and blackboards. The teacher photographs the place to be repaired, determines how much money it will need, and divides the amount into smaller shares so everyone can donate little. She then posts the photos and updates on the repairs made on Facebook, which encourages people to give financial support to the project. If the donations aren't enough for the restoration, Ashwaq usually pays the gap sum with her own money. In the end, Ashwaq writes the names of the donors and purchases invoices with photos of the work done for the sake of documentation, credibility, and integrity.
Ashwaq roams the besieged city, buying the materials she needs, negotiating their prices, and posting her daily stories as a mother of three, a teacher, and a wife of an expatriate. I am one of her followers on Facebook. One day she posted the saddest post I've ever read about the fear that haunted her after the death of a local hero (2). In that post, Ashwaq described war, siege, and pain. She documented - simply and effortlessly - the moment of brokenness and powerlessness the ordinary people feel when they lose their hero, hope, and protection. It is just as she now documents her journey with her sense of responsibility towards her students, profession, and city. Ashwaq, by the same standards, is a hero.
Girls in action
Handicrafts by the women from Al-Hudaydah
Dalia successfully runs an organization called "Banat Al-Hudaydah" (Girls of Al-Hudaydah). Al-Hudaydah is, at once, one of the poorest and wealthiest areas in Yemen. Dalia recounts how it all started when she realized that all the women around her, including herself, were highly dependent on men, often due to economic needs. Her direct contact with many women, who complained to her about their distress and humiliation, led Dalia to believe that the power of women lay in their financial independence and economic empowerment.
In 2009, Dalia and other girls from her family and friends began raising money to sponsor one female breadwinner at a time, to empower her economically. The first was a woman who sought to open a homemade meals project but lacked supplies for it. With the group's help, she got the necessary cooking utensils, gas, and food supplies. Then the group provided two other women with a training course in sewing and bought them sewing machines. After that, the girls moved to another level, where they organized exhibitions of women's products, and from the exhibitions' income, they continued to support more women.
The one-year long initiative then turned into the association called "Banat Al-Hudaydah". Its key donors are also women: the daughters of businessmen and businesswomen. Before the war, the foundation was mainly concerned with women and children. When the war began, most international organizations fled the marginalized city, and internally displaced people (IDP) poured out of the war-stricken areas. At that time, before Al-Hudaydah turned into a disaster area, Dalia and her companions thought about what she literally described as her "social responsibility," adding the issues of refugees, relief work, and the IDP to their programs.
In 2020, the number of beneficiaries of the foundation exceeded 100,000. The beneficiaries, especially women, have benefited from programs for economic empowerment, relief, and assistance to IDP and refugees. Among the beneficiaries are women who have established their own small businesses and young men who have made small kiosks. Dalia recounted how they followed up on the cases of those who received support to ensure their complete stability and seriousness in lifting their families out of poverty and need.
Dalia said: "Until 2018, the staff was entirely composed of women. When they criticized us for that, we included men in the management. However, women still make up at least 60% of the foundation."
And outside Al-Hudaydah too…
Women like Dalia never cease to stand up for themselves and others in situations where nothing helps except self-reliance. The "I am a human" initiative has launched from Aden in the south of Yemen. It seeks to rehabilitate and empower community members, especially women, by practicing a profession, mastering a craft, and learning some skills such as making and decorating cakes and baked goods, as well as learning graphics and design. From Aden, too, several initiatives were launched by young women during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic; they used to roam the city, door to door, to provide people with oxygen cylinders and necessary medications, saving lives in the process. One initiative tracked down the poorest patients, verified their conditions, and looked for donors to help them undergo operations, do expensive tests, or travel abroad for treatment when necessary. Those innumerable relief initiatives are led by women in a country whose residents' primary concern is survival amid hunger, disease, and poverty. Just as these circumstances create tragic conditions, so do they generate the initiatives that address such conditions.
Women as a homeland outside the homeland
It is said that Egypt is the "mother of the world", but it has certainly always been a mother to the people of Yemen. When the war broke out, many Yemenis found a way to enter Egypt despite the new restrictions. One of them was a young woman named Qubul, who says, with a heavy heart: "I went to the UNHCR and saw the endless humiliation that people are subjected to." The UNHCR has given Qubul nothing but justifications for her as a Yemeni refugee to stay in Egypt.
Driven by her sense of responsibility toward the world, Qubul and her women colleagues started a social media forum dedicated to the issues of refugees. The page shared the concerns of dozens of refugees who had suffered the horrors of war and the harsh realities of the countries they had fled to as well, giving them advice on how to register as refugees and get support. With time, the Facebook page became much more than a Q and A platform, turning into a concrete initiative led by Qubul for three and a half years. It initially targeted the Yemenis scattered all over Egypt, by providing them with financial aid such for renting homes or medical treatment and emergencies when the COVID-19 pandemic spread. The initiative then expanded to include all nationalities, providing specialized sections for legal, medical, educational, and relief support.
Qubul said: "The initiative was interested in everyone, but it especially targeted Yemeni women. It could not always resolve all cases within its scope of work and jurisdiction, so it referred those cases to specialized bodies such as the legal bodies that addressed issues of violence against women, which increased during the pandemic." She told us the story of a Yemeni woman who was subjected to domestic abuse. The initiative intervened to save her by putting her in contact with a local organization that specialized in issues of violence, which then took over the judicial task.
Other than that, there are stories of rape and stories of Yemeni women who are left without support or a source of income. Qubul shared with me, for example, the story of a child accused of a criminal offense and placed in a men's prison. His mother asked the initiative for help, and the case was brought to the attention of a specialized institution, which transferred the child to juvenile prison, after which he was acquitted and finally released.
Qubul and the initiative she supervises are trying to give what they can. From contributing to children's education, empowering women, and providing medical support as wheelchairs, Qubul and her colleagues move through a space full of complexity, anxiety, and painful human stories, but also of a spirit of initiative and struggle.
Women pushing boundaries and breaking taboos
Misk Al-Maqrami
In a society like Yemen's, a woman from the Muhamasheen is neither expected to resolve people's conflicts in the absence of the state apparatus, nor to create and run an organization, nor to be a Neighborhood Chief, an official position filled exclusively by powerful men. However, Misk al-Maqrami, a Muhamasheen woman, has pushed the boundaries and imposed a different reality.
Misk told me that her college education was the key to this experience. It is worth noting that she was busy preparing for her university exams when I contacted her for this report. The idea of a girl continuing her higher education amid war and tragedy made me very happy. She told me that the situation of the Muhamasheen in the city of Taizz was shocking to her, even though she came from the countryside. The Muhamasheen (the marginalized people) caste is placed at the lowest level of the Yemeni social hierarchy. Misk says: "I found that the Muhamasheen in the city eat leftover crumbs from restaurants and waste containers; they work as street sweepers and sanitation workers; their children are deprived of education; painful forms of racism target them..." (3) Consequently, Misk established the Kifayah (Enough) Association in 2014 to be the voice for the Muhamasheen and a platform to defend them. The association shed light on the "marginalized" issues of the Muhamasheen, focusing especially on women, their economic empowerment, and raising awareness of women's rights. The associations also selected young women from the Muhamasheen to be trained as community activists (4).
Misk's endeavors and initiatives are not limited to awareness programs on the rights of the Muhamasheen and their economic empowerment. She also turned to relief work, which Yemen direly needs at a time of war. In the process, the Kifayah Association provides clean water and humanitarian aid and strengthens its ties with people (5).
Kifayah does not refuse to help those in need other than the Muhamasheen, especially the vulnerable groups. Because she is well versed in mediation and settling disputes on a local level, Misk became the chief of her neighborhood by consensus. Of course, this was far from easy. It is near-impossible for women in general to become chiefs, let alone for a woman from the Muhamasheen.
Discussing FGM in public
Just as a woman is not expected to assume a leadership position, so is a woman expected to adhere to society's restrictions: a "respectable woman" is not to mention female genitals in a public space; she is not to enter people's homes to tell them about female genital mutilation (FGM) and the suffering their daughters would go through, let alone talk about women's sexuality. However, some women saw that their responsibility was to do exactly those things which society widely condemns.
I spoke to researcher Maryam bin Samir, who lives in Hadramaut, a very conservative community. Maryam and her colleagues started talking about the societal taboo of FGM; they conducted academic research in which they surveyed people's opinions on the subject. Nowadays, issues relating to women are always trivialized and pushed aside. How, for example, do we talk about FGM if people are starving to death? Who wants to talk about FGM in Yemen, whether males or females? Those responsibilities are usually assumed by those who strongly believe in a cause, and Maryam and her colleagues do.
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Maryam shared with me the research and pictures of her running workshops and leading an awareness-raising team. She summarized the results for me as follows: Elders still reject the idea of anyone criticizing this tradition; men still strongly support FGM; it turned out that women became less supportive of this violence. When I asked her if her campaign has yielded positive results, she answered yes, even if they were few. I now apologize for asking that question because I realize that a centuries-old legacy cannot be abolished overnight by a campaign. The real change taking place is what Maryam and her colleagues are doing as they impressively take on a challenge and a responsibility that many fear to undertake.
The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of Assafir Al-Arabi and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation cannot accept any liability for it.
Translated from Arabic by Sabry Zaki
Published in Assafir Al-Arabi on 31/03/2022
1- They are the black people in Yemen who constitute a pariah social class. This discriminatory dilemma has not yet found a satisfactory solution, neither at the official level nor in public attitudes and prevailing beliefs. Refer to these articles in Assafir Al-Arabi:
- The Muhamasheen in Yemen: Alienation at the Bottom of the Heap, by Lutf Al-Sarari, https://bit.ly/3qAyU5S/
- Yemen is a Black Homeland, by Ahmad Al-Zakari, https://bit.ly/3qEuuLc
- Reem Mujahid, Salma, a chapter from the book "Tales from Yemen" https://bit.ly/3Nmbr1Z
2- I am talking about the period during which Brigadier General Adnan Al-Hammadi, who was leading the resistance in Taizz, was assassinated.
3- Misk Al-Maqrami: "My education protected me from begging and living in tin houses," Moaz Nasser, "Al-Harf 28" website, March 20, 2021. https://alharf28.com/p-56446
4- Misk Al-Maqrami: community activist and head of a foundation for women's rehabilitation in the Muhamasheen society, Suhail TV Channel, July 4, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng8qsZ022_8
5- Misk Al-Maqrami: a human rights activist who advocates defending and assisting the Muhamasheen in Taizz, Maha Ali reports, August 16, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tIpsMYkqYM
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A Daytona Sweep Tough to Clean Up Two Wins in Single Season at rhe World Center of Racing
McDowell, Cindric, Hope to Break Trend in Coke Zero Sugar 400 and Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola At DAYTONA
NASCAR Michael McDowell and Austin Cindric have tall tasks in front of them. Even though they were Daytona International Speedway Champions with victories this past February to open their respective seasons, the challenge of sweeping races during the same season at the iconic venue is just as tough as getting that first victory at the World Center of Racing.
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Hopefully we can go back-to-back at Daytona and grab the checkered flag on Saturday night. 🏁 pic.twitter.com/6KUSNytC1W
— Michael McDowell (@Mc_Driver) August 24, 2021
When Cindric, winner of the Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300 this past February, takes the green flag in the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola this Friday, Aug. 27, he will seek to join only Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in 2003 to capture victories in both of Daytona's NASCAR Xfinity Series races in a year (track has had two Xfinity races each year on the 31-degree tri-oval since 2002).
With a stellar field that includes former Daytona Champions' Noah Gragson and Justin Haley, and a host of other incredible driving talents, it will be an uphill battle for the 2020 Xfinity Series Champion and five-time 2021 winner Cindric.
For McDowell, who claimed his first career triumph in the DAYTONA 500 earlier this year, the challenge awaits in Saturday's Aug. 28 Coke Zero Sugar 400. Since the track opened in 1959 and began hosting two NASCAR Cup Series races a year, only five times has the DAYTONA 500 Champion backed it up with a Coke Zero Sugar 400 triumph.
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Tickets to the Xfinity Series Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola, which is set for a 7:30 p.m. ET green flag start, begins at $35 for adults and FREE for kids 12 and under. Access to the UNOH Fanzone will be available before this race as well! A Two-Day Pass is available which includes access to the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday, and the Wawa 250 on Friday. These passes start at $69 for adults. Fan Q&A is also scheduled for Friday and will include Cindric, Gragson, Haley, AJ Allmendinger and Justin Allgaier.
As part of the "Welcome Back" weekend for fans, the track's outside Midway (In Front of Sunoco, Toyota, Axalta, Chevrolet and AdventHealth Injectors) and UNOH Fanzone will be the site of a host of exciting interactive activities, featuring eNASCAR Racing, along with other speedway partner exhibits like Pit Boss, Coca-Cola, GEICO, Chevrolet, Toyota, Wawa, Air Force (featuring a fighter jet), Door Dash, Busch Beer, General Tire and a NASCAR Kids Zone.
The first 10,000 fans through the gates on Saturday will receive complimentary Coke Zero Sugar 400 drawstring bags.
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As per above clause, GST will be applicable on the services which we provide to our customers. Before moving in-depth of the article I want to clarify one thing to all fellow bloggers who are worrying about their blogging money, we no need to pay GST from our pockets. We are service providers and we should collect the GST 18% from the customers who are using our services and we need to pay the same to the Government.
As a blogger, we make the most of the income from below sources.
Displaying 3rd party advertisements on our blog such as Google Adsense or any other ad networks.
Selling ad space to our clients.
Selling e-books directly from our website or from any e-commerce website.
Now will check, how GST will be applicable to above services.
GST Will Be Applicable On 3rd Party Advertisements?
NO. GST will be applicable only on services. You are not providing any service directly to the advertiser. You are just displaying ads on your website on behalf of ad networks. Ad networks will collect GST from their advertisers and they pay commission to the publisher. So GST will not applicable on displaying 3rd party advertisements on your blog such as Google Adsense or any other ad networks.
GST Will Be Applicable on selling ad space to our clients?
Yes, selling your website ad space to the client is falls under service. So you should collect the GST on the total amount offered to the client.
If you offered USD 300 for ad space, you should collect 18% GST on 300$. So total amount will be 300$+18% GST.
GST Will Be Applicable on selling e-books?
Yes, selling E-Book to the client is falls under service. So you should collect the GST on the total amount.
If your e-book cost is INR 1000, you should collect 18% GST on INR 1000. So total amount will be INR 1000+18% GST = 1180. Now your total e-book cost will be 1180 and should collect the same from the customer.
GST Will Be Applicable on Sponsored posts?
Yes, posting sponsored content on your website falls under service. So you should collect the GST on the total amount offered to the client.
If you offered USD 300 for a Sponsored post, you should collect 18% GST on 300$. So total amount will be 300$+18% GST.
GST Will Be Applicable on Affiliate commission?
No, here also we are not providing any services directly to the buyer, we will just suggest the product to the buyer. Merchant will collect GST from their buyers for the products which they are selling to the buyer.
But if we raised an invoice for the commission, GST will be applicable. They need to pay the GST to you and you need to pay the same to the government. Some companies like Cuelinks, we need to raise the Invoice and request them for our commission payment. In this case, GST will be applicable. We need to raise the invoice to Cuelinks with GST and will pay us with GST by deducting 2% TDS.
As per understanding from this post till now, we no need to pay GST on Affiliate commission and 3rd party advertisement but applicable only on Sponsored posts, selling e-books and selling ad space.
Now, will check some more questions about GST registration and when it will be applicable.
When Is GST Applicable To Bloggers as per Government?
You need to get the GST registration if you fall under any below conditions.
If there any interstate supply or services.
According to the first point, we no need to get the GST registration if your annual turn over not exceeds 20 lakhs. But as per the second point, GST registration is mandatory for the bloggers as your services are not limited to a single state where you are residing.
Is mandatory for all bloggers to obtain GST registration?
Yes, all bloggers should obtain GST registration regardless of your income.
My only income is from ad networks and affiliate marketing. Still, I need to get the GST registration?
Yes, all bloggers should obtain GST registration regardless of their income source.
As per second condition, if there is any interstate supply means we need to get the registration. When we are speaking in bloggers view interstate supply means, when our blog visited by other state persons it falls under GST.
My turnover is less than 20 lakhs, still GST applicable to me??
Yes, all bloggers should obtain GST registration regardless of their income and income sources as per second condition mentioned above.
For Which Invoices, GST Will Be Applicable??
GST will be applicable for the Invoices generated from 1st of July.
18% GST will be applicable for the Invoices generated from 1st of July.
GST will be applicable on any invoice that we raised to any party/company for the payment.
If we raised an invoice for commission also GST will be applicable. They need to pay the GST to you and you need to pay the same to the government. Some companies like Cuelinks, we need to raise the Invoice and request them for our commission payment. In this case, GST will be applicable. We need to raise the invoice to Cuelinks with GST and will pay us with GST by deducting 2% TDS.
All bloggers should collect the GST for their services.
Whether their turn over exceeds 20 lakhs or below 20 lakhs, all bloggers should obtain GST registration.
GST not only will impact on our income but also on expenses. Let's check how.
As a service provider, all bloggers should collect the GST for their services offered to any clients. So indirectly all our service rates, for example, e-book cost, ad space cost and the sponsored cost will be increased as we need to add 18% GST on all our products or services.
This cost will be born by the customer only but it may impact on our regular income. Our e-book prices and other services cost will increase due to GST, so it may reduce our sales.
If your sales and income not reduced due to GST, you are a very lucky blogger.
First of all, GST will indirectly impact on our blogger income but directly impact on our expenditure. Let's check how.
All hosting services rates will increase and we need to pay with 18% GST.
Email marketing tools rates will increase.
Premium plugins and themes rates will increase.
Facebook ads, Google ad words rates will increase.
All blogging tools and stuff rates will increase due to GST, So directly our expenditure will increase.
Apart of income and expenditure, GST Will Impact more On Bloggers Day to Day Life. Let's check how.
Every registered taxpayer should furnish returns.
Returns to be filed even there is no business activity during the return period.
Input tax ledger, cash ledger should maintain on a continuous basis.
Now, will check how GST should be calculated and how the invoice should be.
For example, if we raise the invoice to the company or person living in the same state CGST 9% + SGST 9% will be applicable. If we raise an invoice to the company or person living in the other state IGST 18% will be applicable.
This is a knowledge-based post and written this article to help the bloggers who are worrying about GST. I've not gone depth in GST and just written which is helpful for the bloggers.
I hope this article helped you. Comment and Let me know if you have any doubts on GST. Share this post with your blogging friends which will help them.
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More people must read this and understand this side of your story.It's surprising you aren't more popular since you surely possess the gift.
What a comprehensive guide on GST! Glad to know about the Indian Blogging Industry and the impact of GST on it!
Tax reforms are important part to increase transparency in system .. Surely it may create trouble in early times but we will learn to live with it !! .. very informative post ..
Wow! This is so useful and a big help to all bloggers. I will share this to my clients and will bookmark too.
Insightful post on what you must go through in the India blogging industry.
This is a useful and informative post for Indian bloggers who will face this situation. Good explanation.
This is interesting as I'm from the UK as well and run a travel blog – need to look into all of the things that apply to me when I start monetizing my own blog in the future. This is a very well- written and detailed guide though.
We have to pay tax too but 18 % is very high! Thank you for explaining what GST is, I know there are many Indian bloggers who might be wondering how this will affect them!
This is a very interesting article for the Indian bloggers. Here in the UK we have the blogging market very well regulated and we do need to register and pay tax as any other business as well, from the moment we start monetizing our blogs.


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Hitting a Natural High at 4700 metres
On our way to the peak.
For hiking aficionados climbing Ruco Pichincha on the eastern side of Quito in Ecuador is a must. At 4700 metres it's the capital's highest peak.
Ruco or Rucu (which means old in the indigenous Quechua language of Ecuador) Pichincha is part of the old Pichincha volcano. It had been on my bucket list of things to do in Quito like forever. Given that I have been coming to and from Ecuador for years now, I really thought that it was about time that I climbed it. I should also add that with its proximity to Quito and its ease to get close with the teleferico (or cable car), my excuses not to hike it were running out!
Art at the top of the Teleferico, or Cable Car.
Luckily for us, my good friend and co-founder of Andean Summit Adventure, Elisabeth, was in town. The company is based in Baños, Ecuador's adventure capital. She asked Alex and I if we'd like to accompany her and Andreas, also from Austria and doing a stint with the company, on a hike to Ruco. Why absolutely! She's Austrian, she gets mountains! Let's go!
It's a long way to the top … that's Quito way behind us.
It was going to be an early start so we got out backpacks, clothes and food ready for the next day and took ourselves off to bed earlier than usual. Saturday arrived and we were raring to go! Well, I was! But then I always am; I am a morning person! Alex got up a little later than me and observed the somewhat still foggy outside. "We're doing this Alex, rain, hail or shine", I told him.
We walked the short distance to where Elisabeth and Andreas were staying. It was around 8.00 am as the idea was to leave as early as possible. From there we caught an Uber to where the cable car leaves from. The Uber ride was around $5.50 and it took around 15 minutes. You can also catch a local bus for 25 cents. It will drop you off at a point from which the cable car's complimentary bus service will take you to the cable car ticket point. Very easy and organised really. We bought our tickets, and we were off at around 8.30 am (opens at 8.00 am).
The amazing things you see along the way.
The TeleferiQo (from teléferico and Quito), is a cable car lift, running from the edge of the city centre up the east side of Volcano Pichincha to the Cruz Loma lookout. The cable car ride is around 2.5 kilometres, making it the highest in South America and one of the highest aerial lifts in the world. The ascent takes around 20 minutes. It is once you get off the cable car that the hiking and ascent to the peak actually begins.
Cruz Loma, without a doubt, offers some of the most spectacular views over Quito's mountainous landscape. I have been on the cable car and at this height several times. At 3867 metres above sea level, Quito is the world's highest capital (no, it's not La Paz as the constitutional capital of Bolivia is actually Sucre). At this point, we were at around 4100 metres above sea level. The air felt fresh and clean. We were ready. Ruco's summit is around 4700 metres above sea level.
It's all about the journey and not the destination … right?
Before the actual hike, there are some lovely shorter walks, paths and other activities (such as eating!) in which you can engage in. For the many who come up here and don't hike to the top, there is still lots to do. Solo, couples, families … something for all. We had a huge amount of fun on the Swing in the Clouds. Yes, it's touristy, but it's a must-do. It was now time for the 'real deal'. Let the show, oops hike, begin! The round-trip is approximately five hours.
Swingin' on top of the world. The fog prevented a better view of Quito.
Time to Hike
And so, we were off! Slowly, slowly the air got cooler, and we started to pop on a few more layers, including gloves and hats. At first, it seemed breezy, so to speak, but as we got higher, a bit more focus came into play. I definitely would not call it a difficult or technical walk, but you do have to be reasonably fit. If you have never done such a steep hike or if you simply prefer to go in a guided group, I cannot recommend Andean Summit Adventure highly enough.
The vegetation and unusual flowers along the way were beautiful. Unfortunately, the fog didn't seem to be lifting, so we weren't getting the arresting views that we knew lay behind the fog. These are the breaks! You win some, you lose some. Mother Nature, or Pacha Mama, rules here! You never know what will happen when you hike a mountain.
Mountainside flora and views.
At about the two and a half hour mark (going up) we met Mr Saenz (coming down). At 73 years of age, he hikes every weekend. Yes, EVERY, weekend! Impressive. Today he reached the summit in one hour and 25 minutes, proving that you are never too old! My hero. I want to be like him when I grow up.
With 73 year old Mr Saenz.
Aiming for the Summit
We reached a point where we had to scramble up a rocky interface. I cautiously and strategically placed my feet one in front of the other, knowing that there wasn't that far to go. Or, was there? We were almost there, surely … or so I thought the signs were telling us. The fog hadn't lifted, but I was a woman on a mission, and let's face it, who wants to stop a woman on a mission? You certainly don't want to stop me on a mission, just ask Alex!
The rocky interface then straightened out, and some of the folk coming down told us that we were almost there. Ok, whatever! But lo and behold, we soon did come around the bend that showed the sign that we had indeed reached the top, 'Cumbre Ruco Pichincha, altitud 4696 msnm". In English, that's, 'Ruco Pichincha Peak, altitude 4696 metres above sea level'. We managed it in around 2 hours 30 minutes.
Reaching the Peak
We did it! I did it! Alex did it! One more tick, one more thing which I wanted to do and did! The fog still had not lifted, but we had reached the top! On a clear day, the views of the many surrounding volcanos and snow-capped mountains are spectacular. So clearly, I will need to do this again.
What a buzz and thrill. Such excitement! I am a self-confessed adrenalin junkie. Thanks, Elisabeth and Andreas of Andean Summit Adventure! So, which peak is next?
It was at the peak that we met 11-year-old Lesley, who did the hike with her dad. Lesley, you also proved that you are never too young! What an inspiration.
We did it! With Elisabeth and Andreas hitting the peak of Ruco Pichincha at 4700 metres above sea level.
What comes up, must go down
So, let the descent begin. Going down, you almost immediately have to walk/ slide down an area called 'el arenal' (means sand in Spanish). Be prepared for your boots to end up with sand in them, and for you to possibly end up on your butt. I managed both.
Alex and Andreas on the way down.
The rest was easy peasy. We made our way down slowly, chatting along the way. Whilst the fog didn't lift from the top, as we got closer to the cable car, we were able to see Quito and its surrounds. Always impressive.
Andreas and Alex with the Austrian and Andean Summit flags.
We did the round trip in about five hours. I was tired but happy. We caught the cable car back down and then took an Uber into the funky area of La Floresta. We decided that we needed a coffee hit, so Cafe Jaru it was, for some amazing coffee and cakes. Just what we needed really!
Ombi and Elisabeth chillaxin' at Cafe Jaru.
Once again, thanks to Elisabeth and Andean Summit Adventure for a truly awesome day!
Who are Andean Summit Adventure and where do they go?
Andean Summit Adventure is a specialised tour operator and international travel agency for hiking, trekking, trail running, mountaineering, expeditions, climbing and other activities in Ecuador and South America, with Austrian-Ecuadorian management. They can take you to many 'lower' peaks like Rucu Pichincha, Pasochoa, Corazon and Rumiñahui.
In Ecuador, you can also climb a number of peaks that are over 5000 metres (16,000 ft) in height, like Cotopaxi, Cayambe, Antisana, Iliniza Norte and Iliniza Sur just to name the most important ones. There is also Chimborazo which reaches an altitude of more than 6000 metres (20,000 ft) being.
FACTS 'N' OTHER USEFUL STUFF
Capital City of Ecuador: Quito
Country Population: 17.6 Million
Official Language: Spanish. Ecuador also recognises, encourages and protects 14 indigenous languages, nationalities and peoples in its Constitution.
Acclimatisation: At 2867 metres above sea level, Quito is the highest capital on earth. When you arrive you may experience some symptoms of altitude sickness like a headache, tiredness or nausea. In more severe cases even vomiting. Take the first few days nice and easy. Keep hydrated, rest, do not go to bed too late and eat lighter meals.
Transport: Buses and electric buses are cheap and plentiful in and around Quito. Reasonably priced taxis and Ubers also abound. If using a taxi, always ask that they use the taxi-metre.
Accommodation: Ecuador has everything from budget and family fun hostels and hotels, to Airbnb and more top-end and including 5-star hotels.
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The Rhino-Rack rooftop accessories platform plays host to your choice of tent, be it a sleek James Baroud pop-up hard shell tent with a 10 second setup time, a more traditional folding TJM roof topper or a family-friendly integrated tent complete with change room / kiddies' quarters. Best of all the tent can be removed altogether for day trips.
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'First Openly Gay Country Star' Steve Grand on 'All American Boy,' LGBT Rights, and Pre-Show Whiskey Shots
A GRAND DEBUT
Nearly two years after "All-American Boy" made him a viral star, Steve Grand is releasing his first album—and still embracing his distinction as country's first out gay artist.
Gabe Bergado
Updated Apr. 14, 2017 11:55AM ET / Published Mar. 23, 2015 2:10PM ET
Courtesy Steve Grand
Country music is finally having its big gay moment.
Steve Grand caught the attention of the gay world—and the rest of it, too—when his music video for the country-inspired "All-American Boy" hit viral gold in 2013. The video tells the story of Grand's character falling for his whiskey-sipping friend, eventually kissing the fellow hunk. When the attraction isn't reciprocated, Grand's straight friend assures him that they're just buddies.
"All-American Boy" was groundbreaking for two major reasons. First, and most obviously, Grand was knighted the "first openly gay country star." But while the story of unreturned gay-straight crushes is an all-too-common one, the amicable ending signaled the possible end of straight guys going into a panic when their heterosexuality feels threatened.
Although BuzzFeed deemed Grand as the "first openly gay country artist," he's been quick to point out other out country singers before him. But there still seems to be a gay glass ceiling in country music—and the hardworking Grand, whose music straddles rock and pop genres as much as it does country, is doing his best to shatter it..
Since all the buzz for "All-American Boy," Grand has been working on his debut album All American Boy, which was funded by a Kickstarter campaign that became the third most funded campaign of all time with almost 5000 backers and $326,593 pledged.
When The Daily Beast hopped on the phone with Grand, he had just woken up from a nap (in his car) after a morning appearance on WGN News—promoting an album is tiring work. We chatted about his album (which is out on March 23), his affinity for a good shot of whiskey and what he thinks is next for the LGBT community.
So what have you been up to since your video for "All-American Boy" went viral other than promoting the Kickstarter album and working on your album?
That's the big two chunks. The album has been a huge project. There's not just recording the songs. There's picking the songs then there's deciding exactly how they're going to be. There's me and going back and reworking things or changing my mind about songs or writing new songs with other people. Then we have to go and mix the songs and I'm heavily involved in that process as I am with pretty much every creative process in this whole thing that I'm doing. That's just the sound, then there's still mastering and designing the album cover and getting all the stuff ready on the inside, and all that stuff. There's so many details. And then all Kickstarter rewards like meeting with people and drawing them with smelly markers.
What was it like doing everything independently without a label?
I wanted to be in total creative control. When you're with a label, you're really not sure what they're going to do with you. I felt like there's so many things now like crowdfunding and Kickstarter that make it possible for independent artists to say, "Hey look, this is the kind of music I'm doing, this is my message, this is what I want to bring to the world. I want to make this album and bring it to the world, will you guys help me?" It's such a great thing. It's such a democratic process. People don't have to give, but people give to things that they feel are compelling and makes them feel like they're contributing to something that makes the world better in some ways. So that's it in a nutshell.
What were some of the main inspirations for the album? Any funny or interesting stories behind one of the tracks?
Well now that my Kickstarter folks have the album, I've been getting their feedback on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and all that. I see a lot of them, their favorite song, not by a long shot but definitely at least one of their favorites is "We Are The Night" and also "Better Off." Those are both the two tracks I was close to cutting. It just goes to show I don't have good taste when it comes to my music. But my producer fought with me when I first was like, "Let's forget 'We Are The Night.'" He was like, "Oh I will cry if you do that." So I was like, "Alright, we'll keep it on there." So they ended up actually liking those the best which is interesting.
And what artists do you look up to?
I grew up listening to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elton John and Billy Joel with my dad. We'd listen to the oldie station when we were driving in the car. Even before high school, I was getting into Blink-182, Sum 41, My Chemical Romance and all those kind of pop-punk and post pop-punk, all that sound really inspired me. And Fall Out Boy. Top 40s music inspires me too, country music inspires me. I did live in Nashville for one year when I was going to Temple University so I think that country sound and style of writing has worked its way into me a little bit and comes off in my music sometimes. And I love pop artists, I love Lady Gaga, I think she's a great artist of our time.
What did you think of her performance at the Grammys?
Oh it was amazing, it was so good. I was just like telling everyone about it, I was like, "you have to watch this is so freaking good." And I was so happy that so many people started recognizing that and they're like, "Wow, she really, really could sing," and I'm like, "Yeah, she can!"
So what's it like seeing the pre-orders for All American Boy roll in?
It's just so wonderful and it's so affirming and humbling that people have believed in me and kept their faith throughout this whole time. They've been really patient and I think it's going to pay off. I'm really proud of the album and I think they're going to love it and my Kickstarter people are already loving it.
What's the next track you're going to be working on a music video for?
I do have a video for "Time" that I'm still fiddling with. I don't know when that's going to be out. I was going to do one for "Whiskey Crime," but now I'm not sure about that. I think I'll see what fans are really responding to and go from there. I've done this by listening to them and using them to guide the direction. They're part of this record that I made, I was thinking of them every step of the way.
"Back to California" is the last track on the album. What's the story behind the song?
Yeah, thank you for asking about that. It's really special to me. It's definitely one of the most autobiographical songs. I wrote it when I saw my friend was getting married. This is a friend that goes way back for me. We became friends in middle school. We had a really tight bond and it was at a time when I wasn't really able to accept my sexuality. And she really encouraged me to love myself. She was just a really, really great friend. It was almost threatening to me to have someone who cared so much. It was an intense and confusing relationship in a lot of ways. I think there were some kind of romantic feelings, probably more so coming from her end at some point, so it was just a really complex, intense, adolescent relationship that I think a lot of us relate to. I definitely bring that into the song and try to communicate that unique sort of friendship that gay men seem to find themselves in with their straight girl friends in middle school and high school. It's a song about a deep, loving friendship and what that friendship does and how it changes over time, how it stretches and bends, sometimes it's weaker and sometimes it's stronger, but a relationship that's lasted the test of time and those tumultuous years of youth and early adulthood.
How do you usually prep before performing?
I usually have a shot of whiskey. Can't have too much, but it psyches me up and loosens me up a little bit. To run out on stage with my arms up, it takes a lot to do that. When you have people that come to see you you really have to show strength and leadership and confidence and it takes a lot to run out on there and say, "yeah I know these people are here for me and I'm going to give them a great show." So I just really try to get myself in a good headspace and part of that involves maybe having a shot of Jack. I've been doing that less though, just trying to achieve that natural high and it's been working out.
What artist or musician would you love to collaborate with one day?
Lady Gaga comes to mind first. I've never sat down with her but I feel like we would hit it off musically because I understand where she's coming from musically and artistically, even when other people don't. And she would just be a fascinating person to talk to let alone write with, so she'd probably be at the top of the list. And that Hozier guy! I mean that song "Take Me To Church" is just unbelievable, that's songwriting right there, just amazing.
What benefits do you see from staying in the Midwest over moving out to LA or to NYC?
I think it gives me a unique quality. There's just a different energy over here and I think that always affects whatever anybody is creating. I don't know if I'll stay here, but while I've been here I've always wanted to incorporate the city. The city's a big part of me and I wanted that to be reflected in my work as much as it made sense. You don't really see a lot of shots of Lake Michigan in music videos really ever. I think it makes it unique and fun and has it's own really warm, special, unique Chicago summer vibe.
Are you familiar with Josey Greenwell, the out country musician who has rebranded as Nate Green? What do you think of his decision to remarket himself?
I don't really know much about him. I just know he did a DNA photo shoot and he seemed to be out and proud and now he seems not to be embracing that side of him in the same way. Let me think what I want to say about this… It saddens me because I feel his decision to not be out and open in what appears to be actually in some ways going back into the closet professionally, I see it as a reflection on the sad state where people feel like they can't be out. And I feel bad for him, that he for whatever reason doesn't feel he can't be welcomed as an artist and he's branding himself as a country artist but he doesn't feel like that he can make that part of his work. I think I wanted to be out because I felt it sets a good example. We need as many people out as possible. I felt comfortable doing that and I'm all about that for myself and I encourage other people to do the same. But I don't know his story, what his journey's been like, so I don't want to make any judgement other than it's a reflection of the world that he believes in and it's a sad reflection for me.
I've read in other interviews that your parents were really protective growing up. How did you educate yourself on LGBT issues?
I was very sheltered up through going to Belmont University in Nashville, my first time away from home. My internet activity was closely monitored and all that, so I didn't really know anything about the LGBT community or history until I went to college and started meeting gay people.
We've seen a lot of progress in terms of marriage equality the past couple of years. What do you see as the next frontier for LGBT rights?
Well we can't forget about the T in LGBT. I think now it's our trans brothers and sisters that we really need to allow to take the lead. We need to listen to them and support them the way they have supported us all these years. I feel like they've put their needs, they've taken a backseat, to really help marriage equality come through and help people accept gay people better but that doesn't necessarily help trans people. I think we need to be there to support them now. There's a lot of issues that community faces that gay and lesbian people don't have to face. There's issues of what bathrooms they can go to and there's blatant discrimination against them and even the way society thinks of gender is problematic for the way they see themselves and want to be seen by society. We have a long way to go. We're really just beginning now so we really need to allow trans people to take the lead.
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Francesco Mazza
Italian script-writer and director
This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (September 2014)
Francesco (Francio) Mazza is an Italian writer, script-writer and director.
From 1999 to 2001, he was a recurring guest on Michele Santoro's evening talk shows (Circus, Il Raggio Verde) aired on Rai 2.
In September 2001 he moved to Mediaset, becoming a reporter for the youth magazine "Mosquito" aired on Italia 1.
In 2003 he joined the crew of TV writer and producer Antonio Ricci. In 2005, he was one of the writer of Striscia la notizia[1] (aired on Canale 5).[2] He also worked on some Striscia's spin-offs, such as Paperissima Sprint and Le Nuove Mostre.
In 2011,[3][4] he was a script-writer of Big End, a sketch-com that aired on Rai 4.
After leaving Striscia in 2012, he graduated in filmmaking in New York in 2013.
In 2015, he wrote and directed the short film Frankie (Italian Roulette)[5] in which he also acted as the main character.[6] In 2016 it was nominated ("cinquina finalista") for a Nastro d'Argento in Rome. The co-writer of "Frankie (Italian Roulette)" is New York-based director Amos Poe.
He also wrote, directed and produced the TV documentary Graffiti a New York[7] that premiered on Italian broadcaster Sky Arte HD on 20 November 2015. "Graffiti a New York" is presented by Italian journalist Federico Buffa[8] and features some of the most relevant graffiti writers of all time,[9] including the British photographer Jon Naar. Later on, the documentary screened at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO).[10]
In 2017 he directed the short film "Broken Eggs", starring Michael Laurence and Nicole Arlyn, produced by Amos Poe. It screened at various festival in Italy and in the U.S.
On 10 October 2017 his web series "Estremi Rimedi" ("Full measures")[11] was released online:[12] it won "best screenplay" and "best actor" at the 6th Rome Web Fest. [13] In 2019 it won for "best Italian web series" at the Digital Media Fest. By December, 2021, all the episodes have amassed over 50 million views on Facebook.
In 2018, he wrote and directed the TV documentary Ettore Majorana - L'Uomo del futuro on the life and the legacy of Italian scientist Ettore Majorana.[14] It premiered on Sky Arte HD [15] on March, 28th for the 80th anniversary of Majorana's mysterious disappearance. [16]
In 2021, he wrote and directed his fifth short film "Infelici e contenti" ("Happily unhappy"). For her role in this movie, Italian actress Angelica Cacciapaglia won for "best supporting actress" at the MISFF -Montecatini International Short Film Festival, the longest-running Italian festival dedicated to short films.
As a writer, in 2020 he wrote the non-fiction book "Volevo essere nessuno" ("I wanted to be nobody") published by Mondadori and translated in English. In 2021 his memoir "Il veleno nella coda" [17] ("The poison in the tail") was published by Laurana editore. It received positive reviews from the critics [18] [19] and was ranked seventh in the weekly chart of "Robinson".
For years, he has been writing op-eds, satirical articles and special reports for various international media outlets. His works appeared in Libération,[20][21] Linkiesta,[22][23] Charlie Hebdo,[24] RaiNews24 among others. In 2016 he won the Macchianera Internet Award [25] for best article of the year, with an article about Charlie Hebdo Comics published on the italian online Magazine Gli Stati Generali.
TV shows[edit]
Mosquito Italia 1 Talent
Striscia la notizia Canale 5 Writer
Paperissima Sprint Canale 5 Writer
Mattino 5 Canale 5 Writer
Le nuove mostre Canale 5 Writer
Big End Rai 4 Writer
Buffa racconta il Sundance Film Festival Sky Cinema Director of photography
Vera Bes "Sotto la Maschera" Writer, Director
Frankie (Italian Roulette) Writer, Director, Actor
Graffiti a New York Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Broken Eggs Writer, Director
Estremi Rimedi Writer, Director, Actor
Ettore Majorana - L'uomo del futuro Writer, Director
Books[edit]
Volevo essere nessuno Mondadori
Il veleno nella coda Laurana Editore
Note[edit]
^ Torna Striscia la Notizia, il Tg satirico di Antonio Ricci spegne 22 candeline
^ Striscia la Notizia
^ Traffico, inchieste, meteo: il bello e il brutto della città in onda sulla web TV
^ Da Striscia a Pisapia: ecco perché
^ Frankie Italian Roulette in Cannes
^ L'altro italiano al Festival di Cannes
^ "Graffiti a New York"
^ Buffa racconta graffiti a New York
^ Francesco Mazza on directing and producing Graffiti a New York
^ Graffiti a New York al MACRO
^ Estremi Rimedi
^ Intervista a Duels
^ Charlie à l'italienne
^ Au commencement était Harvey Weinstein
^ Il caso Regeni: l'Italia che 'chiagne e fotte'
^ La crisi venezuelana: brutalità e regime
^ La caricature de Charlie Hebdo expliquée à ma mère
^ Macchianera Internet Awards
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Since what you are told from your very first 12-step meeting is, "Your only options are to get sober using our Program, or it's jails, institutions or death," you tend to stop thinking for yourself, (since it was your "best thinking that got you here"), stop questioning, and just follow what other's tell you to do. This would be fine if this is what worked… but unfortunately, the evidence is proving otherwise.
*45% of the people who attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings never return after their first meeting.
*95% never return after the first year.
*5% retention rate (Based on Alcoholics Anonymous World Services' own statistics).
*93-97% of conventional drug rehabs and alcohol treatment centers are 12-step or AA based, so those who leave AA to look elsewhere, such as conventional alcohol and drug treatment for solutions, are essentially rejoining AA!
AA hardly sounds like a "proven method," let alone one that works for most people. So, if only about 5% of the people are getting the help that they need, what about 95% of the people who are not being helped? That is the purpose of this article… to provide much-needed awareness to individuals, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, sober livings, and even 12-step programs themselves so that people with substance abuse problems can be helped. The bottom line is this… is the goal to get alcoholics and addicts into AA or NA or CA, or is it to actually get them help?
Let me mention from the start that I think 12-step programs are wonderful for those individuals who it does work for. I have seen it change many lives for the better, including my dad, who has now had 15 years of continuous sobriety, maintaining his sobriety from his very first meeting. It is also a great fellowship to share experiences, strength, and hope. So, in no way am I anti-AA. However, it is becoming clearer to me that substance abuse is not a "one size fits all" problem, and therefore, there can not be a "one-size-fits-all" solution.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIDA, has even gone on record to emphasize that no single addiction treatment method is right for everyone. They claim that matching treatment services to each individual's specific needs is critical to success. In addition, research studies indicate that even the most severely addicted individuals can participate actively in their own treatment and that active participation is essential for good outcomes. According to the NIDA, counseling, either individual or group and other behavioral therapies are critical components of effective treatment for addiction. It's interesting to note that participation in a 12-step program was never mentioned anywhere in this research-based guide which discussed the principles of effective treatment.
Reliance on outdated and ineffective treatment methods has created an environment that fully expects individuals to fail, and fail again until such time that rock bottom has been reached. It is often said that once an individual has reached rock bottom that there is only one way to go, UP. The problem with that philosophy is that for many people, the ultimate rock bottom is death. (Vacovsky, Executive Director, American Council on Alcoholism, May 12, 2005).
3. We now have evidence that is in direct contradiction to the traditional view of problem drinking.
*Well-designed research conducted over more than three decades has conclusively demonstrated that problem drinking will not inevitably get progressively worse and that this is one attribute of being a "disease" of alcoholism is simply wrong. Some problem drinkers "progress," but the vast majority don't.
*What most Americans believe about drinking problems and their treatment is substantially inaccurate.
*Drinking problems do not occur as a result of a disease. It is a learned behavior, and additional learning can, therefore, modify behavior.
* For no other "disease" do so many physicians, psychologists and counselors themselves believe in the non-research-based myths of problem drinking, ignoring the research of their own peers in developing their treatment plans.
*Insistence by treatment programs to only offer abstinence has been shown to deter many problem drinkers from seeking treatment.
*Chronic "relapsers" can actually be harmed by the 12-step model view that once a slip has started, you are powerless to stop; the stronger one's belief in this is the longer and more damaging the relapses are.
*The confrontation and treating alcoholics and addicts like children commonly thought necessary to help them actually often hinders any change.
*The only way to resolve a problem with alcohol is to abstain for life is wrong for the majority of people. A substantial proportion becomes moderate drinkers even when achieving abstinence is the primary focus of treatment.
*Dr. Patricia Owen, Director of Research of the Hazelden Foundation, who was a long-time supporter of abstinence-only treatment, referred to these individuals as "in recovery without abstinence" and acknowledged their presence in large numbers among a sample of Hazelden graduates.
Of course, not even all scientists agree on the nature of and best treatments for alcohol abuse. But this is the twenty-first century, and no one would disagree that all patients suffering with an alcohol or drug problem have a right, just like any other patient suffering from any other problem, to be fully informed of the available options, the risks or areas of uncertainty, and, after reviewing the relevant information, in consultation with one or more providers, choose a course of action. This is simply good, ethical medicine. Should people struggle with substance abuse issues accept anything less?
In a group of self-treated alcoholics, more than half said that they had simply thought it over and decided that alcohol was bad for them. Another group said health problems and frightening experiences such as accidents and blackouts persuaded them to quit… Others have recovered by changing their circumstances with the help of a new job or a new love or under the threat of a legal crisis or the breakup of a family.
Surveys found that over 77 percent of those who had overcome an alcohol problem had done so without treatment. In an earlier study… a sizable majority of alcohol abusers, 82 percent, recovered on their own.
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Q: Apache Camel JSCH SFTP: Incomplete file download I am trying to download files from remote server to local directory over SFTP using a fairly simple route.
The problem i am facing is that the route is able to download small files (200 bytes) but gets stuck exactly at 98265 bytes for larger files (200 KB). After around 30 seconds i get a Pipe Closed error.
I am using Apache Camel version: 2.15.3
From: sftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xx//User/User01?delay=30s&include=File.*.csv&initialDelay=1m&password=xxxxxx&stepwise=false&streamDownload=true&username=User01
To: file:///var/opt/myfolder/incoming?doneFileName=${file:name}.done
DEBUG 04/11/15 07:45:24,183 org.apache.camel.component.file.FileOperations :Using InputStream to write file: /var/opt/myfolder/incoming/File01.csv
...
few seconds gap
...
INFO 04/11/15 07:49:53,820 org.apache.camel.component.file.remote.SftpOperations$JSchLogger :JSCH -> Caught an exception, leaving main loop due to Connection reset
INFO 04/11/15 07:49:53,821 org.apache.camel.component.file.remote.SftpOperations$JSchLogger :JSCH -> Disconnecting from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port xx
WARN 04/11/15 07:49:53,823 org.apache.camel.util.IOHelper :Cannot close: File01.csv. Reason: Pipe closed
java.io.IOException: Pipe closed
        at java.io.PipedInputStream.read(PipedInputStream.java:308)
        at java.io.PipedInputStream.read(PipedInputStream.java:378)
        at java.io.InputStream.skip(InputStream.java:222)
        at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.skip(ChannelSftp.java:2894)
        at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.access$600(ChannelSftp.java:36)
        at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp$RequestQueue.cancel(ChannelSftp.java:1246)
        at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp$2.close(ChannelSftp.java:1503)
        at org.apache.camel.util.IOHelper.close(IOHelper.java:326)
        at org.apache.camel.component.file.FileOperations.writeFileByStream(FileOperations.java:404)
        at org.apache.camel.component.file.FileOperations.storeFile(FileOperations.java:274)
        at org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileProducer.writeFile(GenericFileProducer.java:277)
        at org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileProducer.processExchange(GenericFileProducer.java:165)
        at org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileProducer.process(GenericFileProducer.java:79)
        at org.apache.camel.util.AsyncProcessorConverterHelper$ProcessorToAsyncProcessorBridge.process(AsyncProcessorConverterHelper.java:61)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.SendProcessor.process(SendProcessor.java:129)
        at org.apache.camel.management.InstrumentationProcessor.process(InstrumentationProcessor.java:77)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.RedeliveryErrorHandler.process(RedeliveryErrorHandler.java:448)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.CamelInternalProcessor.process(CamelInternalProcessor.java:191)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.Pipeline.process(Pipeline.java:118)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.Pipeline.process(Pipeline.java:80)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.ChoiceProcessor.process(ChoiceProcessor.java:111)
        at org.apache.camel.management.InstrumentationProcessor.process(InstrumentationProcessor.java:77)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.RedeliveryErrorHandler.process(RedeliveryErrorHandler.java:448)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.CamelInternalProcessor.process(CamelInternalProcessor.java:191)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.Pipeline.process(Pipeline.java:118)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.Pipeline.process(Pipeline.java:80)
        at org.apache.camel.util.AsyncProcessorHelper.process(AsyncProcessorHelper.java:109)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.Pipeline.process(Pipeline.java:60)
        at org.apache.camel.processor.CamelInternalProcessor.process(CamelInternalProcessor.java:166)
        at org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileConsumer.processExchange(GenericFileConsumer.java:435)
        at org.apache.camel.component.file.remote.RemoteFileConsumer.processExchange(RemoteFileConsumer.java:137)
        at org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileConsumer.processBatch(GenericFileConsumer.java:211)
        at org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileConsumer.poll(GenericFileConsumer.java:175)
        at org.apache.camel.impl.ScheduledPollConsumer.doRun(ScheduledPollConsumer.java:174)
        at org.apache.camel.impl.ScheduledPollConsumer.run(ScheduledPollConsumer.java:101)
        at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:304)
        at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:178)
        at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:293)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)

After this error, this file and none of the remaining files are downloaded.
I also tried using localWorkDirectory but saw that the file downloaded in the tmp directory also stuck at 98265 bytes.
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After further investigation it seems like there is a problem with JSCH library which Apache Camel internally uses. I get the below error after the wait time. I created a standalone code using JSCH for downloading which is also hanging in between the download. I also created a standalone code with another sftp api (not JSCH) which was able to download the files successfully.
WARN 04/11/15 07:49:58,877 org.slf4j.helpers.MarkerIgnoringBase :Error processing file RemoteFile[/User/User01/File02.csv] due to Cannot retrieve file: /User/User01/File02.csv. Caused by: [org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileOperationFailedException - Cannot retrieve file: /User/User01/File02.csv]
org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileOperationFailedException: Cannot retrieve file: /User/User01/File02.csv
    at org.apache.camel.component.file.remote.SftpOperations.retrieveFileToStreamInBody(SftpOperations.java:651)
    at org.apache.camel.component.file.remote.SftpOperations.retrieveFile(SftpOperations.java:594)
    at org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileConsumer.processExchange(GenericFileConsumer.java:396)
    at org.apache.camel.component.file.remote.RemoteFileConsumer.processExchange(RemoteFileConsumer.java:137)
    at org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileConsumer.processBatch(GenericFileConsumer.java:211)
    at org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileConsumer.poll(GenericFileConsumer.java:175)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.ScheduledPollConsumer.doRun(ScheduledPollConsumer.java:174)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.ScheduledPollConsumer.run(ScheduledPollConsumer.java:101)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:304)
    at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:178)
    at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:293)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: 4:
    at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.get(ChannelSftp.java:1513)
    at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.get(ChannelSftp.java:1266)
    at org.apache.camel.component.file.remote.SftpOperations.retrieveFileToStreamInBody(SftpOperations.java:636)
    ... 14 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Pipe closed
    at java.io.PipedInputStream.read(PipedInputStream.java:308)
    at com.jcraft.jsch.Channel$MyPipedInputStream.updateReadSide(Channel.java:362)
    at com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.get(ChannelSftp.java:1287)
    ... 16 more

Question 1: What might be going wrong? How can this issue be fixed?
Question 2: Is there a way to use any other library with Apache Camel for SFTP?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

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