The article lays a study into as should Amortization of Tools, Dies, Moulds, Patterns etc. costs be added in the value of finished goods for GST purpose. Example of automobile industry can be taken, the manufacturing of an automobile (say 'a Car') is highly complex process and is usually found split among multiple tiers. The ones with the brand name of automobile are the ones who usually do the assembling process are called Original Equipment Manufacturers ('OEM'), the ones providing parts for assembling are called Tier 1 manufacturers ('Tier 1') , and the ones providing sub parts and child parts are referred to as Tier 2 manufacturers and so on.
The automobile parts ('SKU') manufactured by Tier 1 are tailor made for OEM which are to be used as original equipment parts in their finished goods. Accordingly they have to be made in accordance with OEM's specifications and drawings. For manufacturing specified SKUs, Tier 1 requires Dies and Moulds ('D&M').
Model 1 [Supply of D&M by OEM]: On most occasions, the OEMs supplies D&M free of charge to Tier 1, by using said D&M, Tier 1 manufactures SKU.
Model 2 [Manufacture and Retention of D&M by Tier 1]: Over the time, the Tier 1 have installed setups to manufacture D&M. Under such scenario the Tier 1 manufacturer make D&M and retains with them and thereafter continue with manufacturing of SKUs from such D&M. The consideration for D&M is a separate one from the consideration of the SKUs.
The term Transaction Value ('TV') under Central Excise is a popular one. Almost all of the goods were taxable ad valorem under Central Excise Act, 1944, and the basis of their valuation was TV i.e. the price paid or payable by the buyer, provided certain conditions were satisfied. TV is a fancy word (earlier it was Normal Sales Price). The Central Excise is tax on manufacture, the true valuation factor therefore should be – the value towards manufacturing, TV and NSP are mere proxies of it. To elaborate, if an assessee manufactures a product A which is made of Raw Material X, Consumable Y through use of Capital Good Z, the manufacturing value of Product A shall be the complete value of X, the consumed value of Y and deteriorated value of Z, and some manufacturing profits in making A. It makes no difference if the Material was supplied by the recipient of the goods or the Capital Goods were rented at Nil by the manufacturer. [Ujagar Prints 1989 AIR 516, Empire Industries 1985 (20) ELT 179 (SC), Bombay Tyre International Ltd. 1983 (14) ELT 1896 (SC)].
In the case at hand, the Tier 1 manufactures SKUs out of the raw material procured by them and by use of Capital Goods owned by them. Additionally, the Tier 1 gets the use of D&M for manufacturing the SKUs. Therefore, the cost towards all of these factors should be relevant for arriving at the value for Excise Duty purpose. In the case of M/s Mutual Industries [2000 (117) ELT 578 Tri Del], the assessee had paid excise duty on the consideration received from the buyer, ignoring the value of D&M supplied by the buyer.
The Larger Bench of Hon'ble CEGAT then proceeded to add the value towards D&M (by virtue of Valuation Rules) on the basis that the D&M received by the assessee is an additional consideration in the context of manufacture, hence disqualifying the transaction value/ normal value.
The Tribunal observed that since the supplying of D&M has affected the price of goods charged by Tier 1 from OEM, had OEM not supplied D&M, the Tier 1 would have charged a higher price, therefore the monetary price agreed between the parties is not the sole consideration. Once the Value was rejected, the Tribunal invoked Rule 5 of the Excise Valuation Rules, 1975 to add Amortized Value of the D&M for the purpose of arriving at the true manufacturing value. Rule 5 ibid therefore can be said to be a proxy in arriving at the manufacturing value.
The proposition of Amortization of D&M was explicitly incorporated in Valuation Rules of 2000 vide Explanation to Rule 6 [pari materia to Rule 5 ibid]. To sum up, it can be said that Amortization by judicial discipline and by fiction of law tends to arrive at the true value of manufacturing, which was exigible to Excise Duty under the Excise Act.
The Supreme Court in Moriroku case supra has vividly distinguished the valuation mechanism under Excise Law and Sales Tax Law. It has been unequivocally held that the duty of Excise is leviable on "Value", and the price has definite connotation for finding value.
In case of sales-tax, tax is exigible on real price received or receivable by the dealer in respect of a sale………………….
The important thing to be noted is that "price" is the amount of consideration which a seller charges the buyer for parting with the title to the goods. It comprises of the amount which the dealer himself has to pay for the purchase of the goods, the expenditure, which he is to incur for transporting ………….The cost price of the goods actually paid by him under various heads of accounts would no doubt constitute the consideration for which he would part with his title to the goods. The entire amount of consideration, including the sales tax component, which the purchaser pays, would constitute the price of goods………………….
To this extent, there is no difficulty. The difficulty comes in when by law or by legal fiction the Department seeks to introduce a notional concept as an element of the "real price". This is particularly important when there is no rule to that effect in the sales-tax law. Even under the definition of turnover in Section 2(i) one has to take into account only the aggregate amount for which goods are bought or sold. It is this aggregate amount which is taxable under Section 3 read with Section 2(i) of the 1948 Act.
It was also noted that measure of Value under Excise Law and Sales Tax Law are based on their taxable event and have to be arrived at keeping in mind the same. For Excise, the measure is Value which is the function of manufacturing costs and manufacturing profits, besides the price agreed between parties can is a good criteria for bringing out true manufacturing value. Comparably, under the Sales Tax, the value for measure is the Real Price, the price again can be used as a basic criteria, however the Price will not necessary be same as the Value of the excisable product.
Therefore, sales-tax or trade-tax under the 1948 Act is leviable on sale, whether actual or deemed, and for every sale there has to be a consideration. On the other hand, excise duty is a levy on a taxable event of "manufacture" and it is calculated on the "value" of manufactured goods.….
Therefore, for sales-tax purposes, what has to be taken into account is the consideration for transfer of property in goods from the seller to the buyer. ………..and in such a case cost of manufacture is irrelevant………….
One thing that can undoubtedly interpolated from the Moriroku case, is that "Value" is term different for every legislation. The value has to be seen from the point of the levy also, the fiction provided under the law are to be applied keeping in mind the levy. Further, the Excise Rule 6 cannot be summarily borrowed into other Tax statutes just to seek equity.
Section 15 (1) provides that the value for GST shall be the Price provided (1) the parties are not related and (2) the price is the sole consideration. Déjà vu. On an apparent reading, it seems the very wordings and the very nomenclature of the Excise Law has been incorporated in Section 15(1). However, all caution has to be exercised, as to whether "the sole consideration" as enumerated in Excise Law and as enumerated in GST have same connotations? Or they can be interpreted to mean otherwise? All the logical sense and judicial principles would indicate that there is no departure in the interpretation of the words "sole consideration". However, we have seen through the Moriroku case that Excise Law tends to cover Value towards manufacturing, which is not the case with Supply.
In the case above, the Court was concerned with a tax called Italian Regional Production Tax ('IRAP') which is chargeable on the productive activities, that whether IRAP being a tax on production was a VAT? The Court on the stand stick of valuation measure, analyzed, that in VAT, the tax is proportionate to the price of the supplies, while in case of IRAP, the tax being based on production factors, would not be parallel to the price. Although this judgment doesn't explicitly words the valuation measure under a VAT, at the same time it does enunciates the principle that under a VAT, the tax is on the price.
By the very language, it can be seen that, that the consideration definition has two parts. The "includes" part comprises of two facets viz.
Without going into the contours of "in respect of" etc., there has to be an act or forbearance. In the case at hand, there is no need to divulge in the second facet, when there is lack of satisfaction of first facet. The Larger Bench of Hon'ble CESTAT in case of Bhayana Builders [2013 (032) STR 0049 (Tri. – LB)], has held that the consideration is something that benefits the supplier.
Even if it has be construed that the "Free supplies" are "for the inducement of" supplies, these Free supplies are precursory not "act or forbearance" for the benefit of the supplier. These could be called "condition of supply" vis-à-vis supplier, these are passed on to supplier for supply but not passed on to supplier for supplier (his own benefit).
91. E agrees to supply services to M at a rate of 100. Under the agreement, E must perform the services on M's premises in Melbourne. M agrees to allow E to use its computer facilities, stationery and safety equipment on M's premises to perform the services. M also agrees to fly E to Melbourne and provide accommodation and meals during the period E performs the services.
On a closer look into Model 1 and Model 2, a major difference can be seen. Suppose in the Model 1 the price of SKU offered by Tier 1 is INR 100 per SKU, while in Model 2, the Tier negotiates, a consolidated price of INR 140 per SKU instead of charging separately for the D&M manufactured by them. Call we call it disparity? And proceed to load the value of D&M into SKU under Model 1, so as to bring into parity with Model 2?
It would be another day when we will find the logic of disparity via-a-vis Excise Law, but the same cannot be found under GST. Nope! Even if there is, disparity cannot be the singular to load the value of D&M. The Court in Bhayana Builders supra, unequivocally disapproves the same relying on Bombay Tyre International supra and Nitdip Textile Processors [2011 (273) ELT 321(SC)] [para 8 (ix)].
All the above leads to reasonable belief that the consideration fails to cover the free supplies of D&M by the OEM to Tier 1 for manufacturing SKUs and therefore TV can be accepted distinguishing the ratio of Mutual Industries on change of law and circumstances.
The Excise duty is leviable on manufacture, however payable on removal, so when there is no removal, there is no tax. Under the analogy of Model 2 above, the Tier 1 would manufacture D&M, transfer the title to OEM, but retain the same in their factory and won't pay Excise Duty. Even if the D&M exhausted their life and rendered useless, then also there was no Excise Duty since they were used in the manufacture of other excisable goods vide Notification No 67/95-CE. In effect these D&M got complete exclusion from the Excise Duty. To correct such anomaly, the excise duty had charged on D&M via SKU. Therefore there was a necessity under Excise Law to provide for inclusion of value of D&M as Amortization.
However, under GST, the transfer of title from Tier 1 to D&M is exigible to tax as an independent supply, therefore there is no need to unnecessary incorporate the amortized value of D&M and tax it twice in the grab of SKU.
Before moving forward, a closer look at who is "liable to pay", should be necessary. Liable to pay is a, "contractual term" i.e. to become liable to pay, one has to enter into contract or be a part of contract in some capacity. Furthermore, there should be an express or implied onus on the one to be "liable to pay". In express contract, if one person is specified to pay, then he is liable to pay, and if his liability has been paid by someone else, then the payment needs to be added to value under clause (b) above. However, in case by an express clause, it is inserted that "supplier" is not liable to pay, there will be no occasion to go into Section 15 (2) (b) whatsoever.
The plethora reaches to one and only conclusion, re-imbursements are being made liable to tax. However, re-imbursements are taxable only when there is a conjunctive supply, mere reimbursements may not be subject to tax. Nevertheless, re-imbursements are absolutely nowhere to be found in either of the Model 1 or Model 2. In Model 1, the OEM is liable to pay towards the cost of D&M, the Tier 1 is not privy to the liability of D&M. While in Model 2, the value of D&M is part of separate supply between Tier 1 and OEM, and is anyways offered for tax as part of that supply.
Another way of looking at Section 15 (2) is that all the clauses contained therein are "determined value", if they are to be added, they are to be added as such, No function can be applied over the value of determined value. However, in the peculiar case present, the D&M covers multiple consignments usually over 2 – 3 years [say 50 lots]. Factually, the value of D&M is qua contract of SKUs than qua Lot of SKU. Should a single determined value be added to either of the lot? If it was to be spread over 50 lots, the value would lose its primary character. Amortization, therefore should never be covered by the operation of clause (b), simply because the provision doesn't empower spread of value.
It can be safely summed up that, Valuation for a VAT/GST is different from the Valuation of Production based tax. Although Section 15 (1) carries the transaction value from the Excise, it doesn't carry the flawed "manufacturing value". The Valuation in GST should be structured on "Price", more or less mimicking State VAT Acts, since GST tends to capture the events which Central Excise Act was not able to and hence was forced to act upon the proxy valuation rules. Sole consideration also needs a level up from the one prevailing under Excise, the proxies should be minimum. And out of all, Amortization should not be there under GST.
This article provide a very good insight into valuation methodologies and in particular useful for auto industries. However due to insufficient clarification , industries is still following interpretation of Excise laws in GST regime as well.
Dear Mr. Manish Sachdeva, well written article on this complicate subject. GST has been mooted to avoid complications to Law makers and law abiders. Hope the GST Council will soon give a Firm clarification on this notional addition to amortisation cost.


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20 med students from state stranded in Philippines | Ranchi News
Jamshedpur: Twenty youngsters studying medicine at various colleges in the Philippines are stranded in the island nation ever since India stopped all international flights in March to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Ravi Kumar, senior teacher of mathematics at Loyola School in Jamshedpur said his daughter Kritika Aryan (23), a second-year student of medicine, and five are from Jamshedpur are among them.
Talking to TOI on Tuesday, he said, "My daughter and the others registered for the Vande Bharat plane service to return to India, but could not avail it. They only had the option to register for their nearest international airport — which is in Kolkata. Due to some technical reasons, no flights from the Philippines was approved to operate on this route."
Kumar said Kritika had told him over phone that there some medical students from the northeast are also stranded in the Philippines. "All the students are waiting for the next round of Vande Bharat service, which is likely to begin on June 13." Kumar appealed to the local MLA and state health minister Banna Gupta and chief minister Hemant Soren to help the distressed parents and get their children back home.
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Court Listing
Court round-up
Zamuel Mallinson
Zamuael Mallinson, 24, of St Mary's Lane, Binbrook, appeared at Lincoln Magistrates' Court charged with keeping or training a Staffordshire Bull Terrier for use in connection with animal fighting.
He is also charged with two charges relating to animal welfare and one of kicking a wild rabbit.
The case has been adjourned until January 5 for a two day trial to be heard.
Mr Mallinson has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Stephen Edward Spurr
Stephen Edward Spurr, 32, of Barkwith Road, South Willingham, was fined £400 by Lincoln Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to failing to stop following a collision with another vehicle in Horncastle.
He was ordered to pay £85 costs, a £40 victim surcharge and his licence was endorsed with five points.
John James Robson
John James Robson, 48, of Grammar School Road, Brigg, has been sent for trial at Grimsby Crown Court on December 15 charged with a sexual offence against a 13-year-old boy.
Karl Kirk
Karl Kirk, 52, of Caistor Lane, Tealby, has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a woman in Scunthorpe in June 2005.
Judicial Review action launched by Chief Constable of Lincolnshire over scheme to require all new police officers to obtain a degree
Magistrates have sent the case for trial at Grimsby Crown Court on December 15.
Daniel James Minshall
Daniel James Minshall, 22, of Scawby Road, Scawby Brook, Brigg, has been fined £350 after he was found to be drink driving.
He was disqualified from driving for 17 months and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £35 victim surcharge. The defendants guilty plea was taken into account during sentencing.
Stephen Richard King
Stephen Richard King, 71, of Churchill Avenue, Market Rasen, appeared at Lincoln Magistrates' Court last month charged with having a vehicle on the road without insurance in place.
The case was adjourned until January 21.
Richard Barnes
Richard Barnes of Grange Farm Cottage, East Firsby, appeared before Lincoln Magistrates' Court on November 26.
The 35-year-old admitted driving a Honda CRV on Blackthorn Hollow on April 30 without due care and attention.
He was fined £100 with £40 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
A 15 year-old girl from Market Rasen, appeared before Lincolnshire Youth Court on November 17.
At the hearing, she admitted to recklessly damaging a window worth £174 belonging to Axiom Housing on September 9.
She also pleaded guilty to recklessly damaging a Citreon car belonging to Harry Meanwell on July 27 in the Festival Hall Car Park, Market Rasen.
The girl was referred to the Lincolnshire youth offender panel for 12 months. Her mother/guardian was ordered to appear with her.
For the damaged window, no order was made for compensation due to the girl's lack of means. The same was determined for court costs and the victim surcharge.
But the parent/guardian was ordered to pay £1,500 compensation for the damage to the car.
Molly Edge
Molly Edge of Lindum Court, Fountain Street, Caistor, appeared before Lincoln Magistrates' Court on November 17.
At the hearing, she admitted being drunk and disorderly at Trunch Lane, Chapel St Leonards, on September 30.
The 49-year-old also pleaded guilty to using threatening or abusive behaviour in Lincoln on November 14.
For being drunk and disorderly, Edge was fined £50.
For the threatening behaviour, she was fined £50 with a £20 victim surcharge.
Danielle Curzon
Danielle Curzon of Linwood Road, Market Rasen, appeared before Lincoln Magistrates' Court on December 2 accused of hacking into a computer.
The 31-year-old is alleged to have hacked into the computer in Market Rasen on May 26.
She elected to be tried by jury, and was sent to reappear for trial at Lincoln Crown Court on December 16.
Leslie Simpson
Leslie Simpson of Mill Lane, Brigg, appeared before North Lincolnshire Magistrates Court in Scunthorpe on December 3, charged with offences related to not paying her Council Tax.
There was a complaint for committal to prison for non-payment of council tax and costs of £622.43 in respect of the period 01/04/05 to 31/03/06.
There was also a complaint for committal to prison for non-payment of council tax and costs of £970.48 in respect of the period 01/04/06 to 31/03/07.
There was a further complaint for committal to prison for non-payment of council tax and costs of £1,019.36 in respect of the period 01/04/07 to 31/03/08.
The court ordered Simpson to pay £517.43 or in default to serve 28 days further suspended. £10 a week was to be paid every day for the first offence.
For the second offence, she had to pay £970.48 or in default to serve 28 days further suspended. Again, £10 a week was to be paid.
For the third offence, she had to pay £1,019.36 or in default to serve 28 days further suspended. Payment terms were also £10 a week.
The case was then adjourned until March 4 2015 to review the case.
Tom Collins, 47, of Market Stainton, appeared at Lincoln Magistrates' Court on Wednesday December 3 charged with failing to give details to the police leading to the identification of a driver who was alleged to be guilty of a traffic offence.
The case has been adjourned until January 28, 2015, at the request of the defence to allow for legal advice to be taken and a plea made.


Hi Barbara, sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. Miley has a new name. She never even looked at me when I called her that, so after trying several out on her she chose Loosie. I had to give her a unique spelling since she's such a unique girl. She's loving the country life and her new brother. Exploring the woods around our house is one of her favorite things to do. Although the rain keeps us all inside a little more than we like. As you can see from the pictures, she blends right in with the leaves, making me think I've lost her a couple times. We can't wait to see if she likes the boat and fishing as much as we do...... thanks again for helping us find the perfect new furbaby for our family!!


This study discusses the meaning and semantic structures of the EU verb 'see' in Acehnese language. Therefore, the theory of Natural Semantic Metalanguage is used. The data were collected by interviewing native speakers ofAcehnese language. The results showed that the meaning of the verb EU in Acehnese language is formed by the combined semantic prime of the verb 'see' withthat of 'feel', 'think', 'know', and 'say'. The resulting polysemy is see/think, see/know, see/feel, and see/say. Furthermore, the semantic structure of the verb EU is characterized by the same semantic component in describing the meaning of EU, namely the components' X see Y'and 'X see Y like this'.
FITRISIA, Dohra; MULYADI, Mulyadi. Verb eu 'see' in the Acehnese language. Proceedings of English Education International Conference, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 2, p. 232-238, nov. 2016. ISSN 2527-8037. Available at: <http://eeic.unsyiah.ac.id/proceedings/index.php/eeic/article/view/49>. Date accessed: 19 apr. 2019.


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Owen's story
Owen's story
Six-year-old Owen was diagnosed with X-SCID in 2013, aged 15 months. His diagnosis prompted the need for urgent treatment and involved the family moving from Wales to Newcastle, where Owen had a cord blood stem cell transplant. After spending nearly 25 weeks in hospital, Owen made a strong recovery and the family returned to Wales. His dad, Ian, shares their story.
Owen's early years
Owen had a history of ear infections and had a bad bout of rotavirus infection that was very slow to clear. He also had recurring conjunctivitis and wasn't gaining weight as he should. When he was between 6 and 12 months old, Owen's health deteriorated quickly and he became very poorly. Although he bounced back, the underlying cause of his illnesses and their frequency often remained unknown.
Diagnosis of SCID and flying by the seats of our pants
After contracting pneumonia and sepsis 10 days after receiving the MMR injection at 13 months old, Owen was diagnosed with X-SCID by Dr Jennifer Evans, a consultant immunologist specialising in paediatrics. Dr Evans was doing a full lymphocyte cell count, including analysing the number of different T-cells and their function in Owen's blood, when she noticed things weren't 'quite right', so she consulted Dr Stephen Jolles, head of the immunology centre in Cardiff. Dr Jolles contacted us straight away and told us there was no time to waste. Owen was rushed to the 'bubble unit' at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, as a medical emergency.
That was in August 2013 and it involved a family move of 'unknown duration' from Wales to Newcastle. It felt like a 'fly by the seat of your pants' moment for all of us. We were advised that the best way forward was a stem cell transplant.
Search for a donor
It was difficult to take on board the realisation that to make Owen well (as he was presenting at that time) we had to make him ill. A search for a donor started immediately. We found that Owen's sister was not a match. Luckily, through an international registry, a cord blood donor was found in Finland.
While we were waiting for the match, Owen became seriously ill with meningococcal meningitis but, looking on the bright side, we felt we were in the best place to cope with this, and the care was excellent. He recovered well from the meningitis but the illness reduced the chances of the transplant being a success. It was a testing time for all of us.
Having the BMT
My wife and I completed eight-hour shifts to look after Owen. The transplant itself was a big anti-climax. We got used to the daily blood counts to see if the transplant had worked and we started to see slow engraftment. We had already been told that engraftment was slower with cord blood stem cells than with other sources of stem cells, so we were prepared for this. However, at four weeks, Owen was given G-CSF to speed up the engraftment process. On day 47 post-transplant we were transferred to the hospital's half-way house. We thought we were on the homeward stretch, but then Owen had an infection and was re-admitted to hospital for eight days. After that setback it was clinic visits twice a week, and there was always someone available 24/7 to help us with any queries.
Back to Cardiff
I must admit, it was with a sense of trepidation that we left Newcastle, and a few tears were shed because we had become such good friends with the staff who had supported us throughout Owen's transplant. Now everything has come full circle and we are again in the capable hands of Dr Stephen Jolles and his team. Owen has to have immunoglobulin therapy to help top up his immune system, and we have regular clinic visits.
Owen now
Nearly five years post-transplant, our little boy is extremely well. He is rarely ill, and if he does become ill, he recovers much quicker than all of us combined. He has lots of T-cells and has now received all his newborn vaccinations.
Our journey was difficult emotionally, not helped by the logistics of having to leave our home in Wales to go to Newcastle. We cannot praise the care we received highly enough. Thank you.
A newborn screening programme for X-SCID. We were lucky, but there are many parents who have lost a child because SCID was not diagnosed. That is tragic.
More 'bubble units' around the country that are able to deal with cord and bone marrow transplants.
That the cord blood bank is linked to the bone marrow registry and blood banks, since they are both in Finland.
Posted August 2018


After the birth, good nutrition becomes all more important. It can make a difference in the quality of your breast milk. The lactating mother needs additional amount of almost all the nutrients like energy, protein, fat, calcium, vitamin A, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, vitamin B12 and ascorbic acid. Keeping this in mind we design the diet which take care of infant as well as help come back into shape without compromising on nutrition at all.


The test is diagnostic evaluation for the qualitative distinction of IgG and IgM antibodies to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in human serum and plasma.
Tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that generally effects the lungs however it can affect other parts of the body. It may cause pulmonary tuberculosis and various skin and abdomen infections. It spreads through the air from infected people - coughing, sneezing or spitting.
The Anti TB test (IgA, IgG, IgM) is restricted to a standard assesment of antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in human serum, plasma. It also recognizes antibodies of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium africanum. The test is a qualitative screening assay and is not for determining quantitative concentration of TB antibodies.
Specimen collection procedure:Venipuncture - Collection of blood from a vein, usually from the arm.


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Black Freedom Movements in American History
Some resources to help understand protest and activism for Black freedom in American history
Abolitionism
Civil Rights Movements
#BlackLivesMatter & #SayHerName
Deloice Holliday
Subjects: African American & African Diaspora Studies
Photo by doug teresky, Tillary St, NYC
Photo by Geoff Livingston, Washington, DC, May 30, 2020
Photo by Victoria Pickering, Washington DC, June 2, 2020
Photo by Geoff Livingston, Washington, DC, June 6, 2020
Photo by Thomas Hawk, Oakland, CA, June 6, 2020
Taken by Marilyn Warren at a march and vigil held in Belleville, Ontario
This guide is meant to help you find information to contextualize the protests that started in May 2020. It is a work in progress.
On Monday, May 25, 2020, Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd while Floyd was handcuffed and being held on the ground. Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, even after Floyd said repeatedly "I can't breathe" and after Chauvin was told that Floyd was unconscious. In the days to follow, protests erupted across the United States and around the world, not only about Floyd's death, but about police violence against Black Americans and systemic racism in general. Floyd's death followed those of other Black people who had been shot and killed, including 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in her home by the Louisville (KY) Metro Police; 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, who was jogging near his home in Glynn County, GA; and 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks, who was shot in the back while running away from police. The vast majority of protests were peaceful and called for an end to systemic racism, more transparency of accusations of officer misconduct, an end to qualified immunity, disarming police officers, and redirecting funds from police departments to social service organizations.
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URL: https://guides.libraries.indiana.edu/protests
Subjects: African American & African Diaspora Studies, American Studies, History


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Hiding the Truth for Community's Sake: The Danger of Small Town Dynamics
Why It Matters That REI Will #OptOutside on Black Friday
Watching Our Language: Recommended Reading on American Slavery History
Source: New York Public Library
George Orwell's 1984 taught us that language—and who uses it—truly does matter. In the case of educating Texan youth about American history, language matters a great deal. McGraw-Hill Education's current geography textbook, approved for Texas high schools, refers to African slaves as "workers" in a chapter on immigration patterns. Other linguistic sleights of hand include using the passive voice to obscure slave owner's brutal treatment of slaves. It appears we have a Ministry of Truth at work after all, just like the one where Orwell's ill-fated hero Winston Smith worked, rewriting history. The fact is especially disconcerting, as Texas is the largest consumer of textbooks.
David Levin, president and chief executive of McGraw-Hill Education, has promised a revision of the textbook. The digital version and the next printed edition will reflect the Africans' forced migration and enslavement. In the meantime, McGraw-Hill Education is sending stickers to cover up the "workers" passage. High school social-studies teachers will set aside the textbook for this subject and teach from other books. The fact remains, however, that the professionals and consultants enlisted for their expertise on the textbook whitewashed history.
Luckily, there is an abundance of rigorous scholarship on the history of American slavery. We asked our authors who have written on this issue for a list of books about the Atlantic Slave Trade that influenced their writing.
Mary Frances Berry, coauthor of Power in Words and author of Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich
· John W. Blassingame: The Slave Community, Plantation Life in the Antebellum South
· Heather A. Williams: Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery
Thomas Norman DeWolf, coauthor of Gather at the Table and author of Inheriting the Trade
· Michelle Alexander: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
· Douglas A. Blackmon: Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
· Roy L. Brooks: Atonement and Forgiveness: A New Model for Black Reparations
· Shelly Tochluk: Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk about Race and How to Do It
· Howard Zehr: The Little Book of Restorative Justice
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
· Gerald Horne: The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
· Gerald Horne: Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba during Slavery and Jim Crow
· Edward E. Baptist: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
· Walter Johnson: River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
· Tiya Miles: Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom
Anita Hill, author of Reimagining Equality
· Leon Higginbotham, Jr.: In the Matter of Color, Race & the American Legal Process: The Colonial Period
Sharon Leslie Morgan, coauthor of Gather at the Table
· Charles Smith, Patricia Johnson and the WGBH Series Research Team: Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
· Anne Farrow, Joel Lang, and Jenifer Frank: Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged and Profited from Slavery
· Saidiya Hartman: Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
· Wendell Berry: The Hidden Wound
· Joy Degruy Leary: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship, The Amistad Rebellion, and Outlaws of the Atlantic
· Ira Berlin: Many Thousands Gone
· C.L.R. James: The Black Jacobins
· Eugene D. Genovese: Roll, Jordan, Roll
· Herbert G. Gutman: The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom
· Edmund S. Morgan: American Slavery, American Freedom
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Waking up to the Sunrise Movement
The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II Calls on Graduating Students to "Get Up, Get Together, and Get Involved Tomorrow"


This is ridiculous chicken - and the pic on the left is as normal as he gets. For those of you who haven't met him before, he's about as close as I get to having a mascot... something I doodle on letters before I send them. Not that I send many letters... I used to draw him in yearbooks etc too. The pics on this page are just a few of his many faces, since I usually don't scan them or draw them on the computer.


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Deaths surge beyond 1500, compulsory quarantine or punishment in Beijing
China reported another sharp jump of more than 140 deaths from the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak overnight as capital city Beijing imposed mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for those returning to the cit.
Beijing authorities announced the new rule late on Friday night as the city attempts to cope with a staggered return of millions after the extended Chinese New Year (CNY) holidays amid the outbreak.
Those not following the quarantine or the rules in containing the outbreak will be punished, city authorities said.
The announcement comes as China continues to struggle to contain the epidemic, which has now killed 1523 and infected over 66500 across the country.
Among the new deaths, 139 were in Hubei Province, two in Henan, and one in Beijing and Chongqing respectively, the national health commission said Saturday morning.
The commission added that 11,053 patients remained in severe condition, and 8,969 people were suspected of being infected with the virus.
A total of 8,096 people had been discharged from hospital after recovery.
The commission, as quoted by the state media, said 513,183 close contacts had been traced, adding that among them, 30,081 were discharged from medical observation Friday, with 169,039 others still under medical observation.
The state-controlled Beijing Daily cited a notice from Beijing's virus prevention working group put out late on Friday night: "From now on, all those who have returned to Beijing should stay at home or submit to group observation for 14 days after arriving. Those who refuse to accept home or centralised observation and other prevention and control measures will be held accountable under law."
Anyone returning to Beijing will be required to submit travel plans to their community in advance, the notice added.
Beijing, a sprawling city of 21 million, has so far reported nearly 400 cases of Covid-19 and four deaths.
As of Thursday midnight, 77 clusters of infection cases of novel coronavirus were reported in Beijing, the state-controlled China Daily reported.
Among them, 70 cases were infected by family members, said Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Diseases Prevention and Control.
"Multiple family clusters of infection cases occurred in Beijing recently, and it's vital to put every citizen under quarantine at home for protection," she said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged an improvement in the preventive mechanism in response to major public health crises and the country's public health emergency and management system. Xi also stressed the importance to roll out a biosecurity law as soon as possible.
Xi, according to state media, encouraged the use of big data, AI, cloud computing and other digital technologies to support epidemic monitoring, analysis and resource allocation.
More than two dozen countries have confirmed cases and several have suspended trade and travel links with China in a bid to contain the spread of the virus.
So far, three deaths have been recorded outside mainland China – one each in Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan.
Egypt reported its first case of the coronavirus on Friday, becoming the first country in the African continent to confirm a case, and the second in the Middle East region, after the United Arab Emirates diagnosed its first cases late last month, the Al Jazeera reported.
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Wild Orient Pokie Machine
Beautifully drawn Asian wildlife decorates the 5 reels of the Wild Orient pokie that comes from the Microgaming developer and it has a couple of interesting creature features that players should find pretty rewarding.
Spinning these reels can trigger free games, see extra wins created by a wild symbol and give second chances to turn a losing spin into a winner, while lining symbols up is made easier by the inclusion of Microgamings' 243 Ways to Win format.
A bamboo forest, rendered in a nice 3D effect, forms the backdrop to the reels, that are themselves framed in yet more bamboo which sets the scene and makes this an appealing pokie to look at, but looks are not everything, so let's see how it all works.
Playing Wild Orient
The first thing to note is the lack of any conventional paylines, which have been replaced by the 243 Ways to Win system where players just need to line up 3 or more matching symbols anywhere on adjacent reels running from the left side to get a winning spin. As the name suggests, there are 243 different ways that this can happen across all symbols and it tends to lead to more frequent wins, although they can be smaller value ones.
Something else that players will be quick to notice is the word 'Respin' underneath each reel, and this is an interesting feature that we will come back to in a bit.
A bet range from as little as 0.25 per spin up to 125.00 should make this pokie suitable for most budgets, although the Ways to Win system means that all positions are in play at all times and there is no option to place small bets on just a line or two.
Wild Orient has the usual 9, 10, J, Q, K and A symbols as the lower value ones, although some have been given little bits of decoration such as Chinese style umbrellas, dragons, fans and paper lanterns to help them fir in to the theme.
The real stars of course are the animals, and we have realistic images of various ones that can be found across Asia such as a wading bird, monkey, panda, tiger and elephant, each of which becomes animated when making up part of a winning line.
5 1 1 5 Wild Orient
Wild Features
It's only appropriate that the Wild Orient logo is a wild symbol, meaning that it can act as any standard symbol if it can complete winning lines, so for example, if there was a tiger on reels 1 and 3 and a wild on reel 2 it would fill in the gap and pay out for 3 tiger symbols.
The wild will only appear on reels 2 and 4 however, so there's no value attached to it unless it makes a substitution, and it won't replace the scatter symbol.
That scatter is a stone carving of the animals and it has a couple of useful jobs to do when it lands in any 2 or more positions at once, without having to be on adjacent reels to do so. Players win 1x their total bet amount when just 2 scatters appear, with 2x, 10x or 100x being won with 3, 4 or 5 scatters, while any 3 or more also starts 15 free spins.
During these spins, any wins are tripled in value, although the reels are standard with no richer symbols, so it's not absolutely guaranteed that players will win anything, however, they would need to be pretty unlucky not to.
The free games can be re-triggered if more scatters appear, with a further 15 tacked on to the end of the current round.
Respins are a way for players to try and get an extra win and lets them spin a single reel any number of times to hopefully complete a line. It's an interesting feature, but each spin costs money, with the amount dependant on the likelihood of getting a win out of it and the potential size of that win. Players will need to judge for themselves whether it's worth it or not and will need to be careful as it is easy to spin a reel over and over until the potential prize is outweighed by the cost of the respins.
Just about any pokie that features cute animals will be guaranteed success and Wild Orient is sure to attract a wide audience of players who like the genre. Some of bonus rounds are potentially quite rewarding, with up to 60,000 coins to be won in the free spins game, but it's a pity the wild only appears on a couple of reels and can't make up winning lines on its own.
Other than this, Wild Orient is another high quality release from Microgaming.


I'm an Australian poet and writer.
My poetry has appeared in Alliterati Magazine, Best Australian Poems 2011, Cordite Poetry Review, Eclecticism, Multiverses, PoV Magazine, Railroad Poetry Project, street cake magazine, The Night Light and Tincture Journal. Now I only publish it on this site, along with my fiction.
Incidentally, this site is called whatever they sing in homage to the poet E. E. Cummings and his wonderful poem, "may my heart always be open to little birds".


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This game is just like hangman but you are trying to avoid hanging the robot by guessing letters of famous cities from all over the world.
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Played by MICHAEL WESLEY-SMITH
Tribe: MALL RATS
Friends: DAL
Loves: ELLIE
Current Status: ALIVE
With a passion for computers, and possessing an above average intellect, this geeky young man is a valuable asset for the tribe that begins to form within the mall. It is Jack who develops many of the devices which helps ease their daily lives, including the water filtration system, a way to charge batteries, and a security system for their home. Yet Jack's intelligence is tempered by the occasional selfish streak, as well as his sarcasm which can sometimes rub people up the wrong way.
Dal, who quickly becomes his best friend, is the person who helps Jack with many of his inventions, providing the practical and hands-on approach which Jack desperately requires. Together, it appears that there isn't anything that they can't achieve when they set their minds to solving a problem. Though Dal often has to intervenes in order to keep Jack both grounded and humble.
Having discovered the mall first, Jack harbours a secret stash of food which he is reluctant to share with the others, knowing that it will be wasted in no time at all. But such a secret is difficult to hide for long, and soon many individuals begin to bribe and manipulate Jack due to its existence. When the truth is finally revealed to the entire tribe, Jack is put on trial. After manipulating the entire jury, Lex manages to get Jack off for his crimes, wanting to keep his own secrets buried.
With the re-emergence of the virus, Jack is one of the forerunners in wanting to journey to the mountain observatory. He finds coordinates in the files from Hope Island and pushes the others to go to Eagle Mountain – it could be their only hope. At the observatory, it is Jack who manages to gain access to the computer systems. Unfortunately, the old generators will end up causing an explosion.
In the aftermath of the explosion up on Eagle Mountain, Jack continues to pursue the antidote and the truth behind the virus. With the antidote soon discovered by Tai San, the Mall Rats begin to have hope once more for the future. It is during this time that Jack encounters Ellie, and the mutual attraction is obvious. More comfortable with computers and technology, Jack however is unable to properly explain his feelings, and has to fight to stop himself for looking like a complete fool when in her company.
Ellie, who has also never been in a relationship and doesn't know how to explain her own feelings, teases Jack when she realises that he is about to open up to her. Though he is both angry and upset, they eventually have a heart-to-heart and become a couple. Jack is on a high after this, but begins to grow incredibly jealous of Dal, who spends time with Ellie up on the farm. It is Jack who helps Ellie to achieve her journalistic dream by sets up the Amulet newsletter. Together, the two try to break the story of the virus.
It is during their investigation that they discover that Danni's involvement with the virus … that her father was one of the scientists working on an anti-aging project that drastically backfired. Though Jack is more concerned about Danni making them both look like fools when they were trying to hunt down the truth, rather than her indirect involvement. As his friendship with Dal continues to fracture, the Mall Rats force Jack to work at the hotel in order to keep an eye on Ebony. Jack grows more and more flustered during this time, the pressures of being a spy far too much for him to cope with.
When Ebony works out what Jack is doing, she threatens him.
Jack's jealousy when it comes to Ellie rears its ugly head once more, when the Mall Rats encounter the charming Wolf. Not knowing that he is a secret Chosen informant, he tells the Mall Rats that the Chosen are finished, tricking Ellie into printing the lies and confusing everyone. The way is paved for the Chosen's triumphant return.
With their attack against the Chosen in tatters, Jack is captured alongside the other Mall Rats and returned to the mall. Using his knowledge of their home, Jack tries to escape, but he is caught. Though the Mall Rats fear the worst, the Guardian has realised just how much of an asset Jack is. He is far too valuable a person to simply kill. Instead, Jack is sent away to work on the Chosen's secret projects.
Ellie is distraught. Though she initially refuses, she is forced to go along with a ploy to use the obvious attraction of their enemy against them. But this ploy begins to backfire, as Ellie soon develops genuine feelings for Lieutenant Luke.
When the Chosen's grip on the city begins to falter and collapse on the overthrow of the Guardian, Jack returns to his home … where he discovers Ellie's feelings for the former Chosen Lieutenant. Despite tension between them for a while, Jack never lost his feelings for Ellie. The two eventually reconcile and resume their relationship, ready to try again.
No one is more shocked than Jack by the sudden appearance of a technologically advanced tribe which now sets its sight on invading the city. Together with Ellie, they head out to gather as much information about the Technos that they can, but their initial encounter reveals that the tribe have come to conquer. Rescuing Dee from the Technos after she is stunned by their projectile weaponry, Jack and the others take her back with them to the mall.
Attempting to mount an offensive against the Technos, Jack is soon captured and taken away.
With their hold on the city and their prisoners faltering during the transition of power between Ram and Mega, Jack makes a surprise return to the city. On his journey back to the mall, Jack encounters, and rescues, a naive Gel who is on the run from a group of thugs. With nowhere else for her to go, Jack decides to take her with him.
He is eventually reunited with Ellie on her own surprise return to the mall … but Ellie has completely lost her memories. It is Jack who saves the Mall Rats from disaster when he defuses the bomb that Java had rigged on her. Jack helps Ellie to remember her past, and upon the return of those memories, the two become a couple once more.
As the Mall Rats begin to suspect that Mega isn't what he seems, Jack becomes an undercover mole – working with Mega on the surface, but secretly trying to sabotage him at any available opportunity. It is Jack who uncovers the Zoot AI programme, which is ready to release the mach II version of the virus out into the atmosphere. Unable to stop it, Jack escapes alongside the other Mall Rats on the trawler.
With Zak's confession that he doesn't even know how to pilot the trawler, it is Jack who is forced to quickly get himself up to speed and learn how to navigate the trawler out on the open seas. With fuel dangerously low and supplies about to vanish, Jack helps to rig up a crude tarpaulin in order to gather any rain. Unfortunately, rain showers were few and far between. By some miracle, the Mall Rats discover the massive Jzhao Li cargo vessel. Jack risks his life to enable the trawler to ride alongside the ship, allowing the Mall Rats to make the transition between them, before he is narrowly able to do the same.
With the mysterious onboard the cargo ship, the task was given to Jack and Ram to work out the complex instruments of the ship. Ram, egotistical and brilliant, scoffs at the idea of Jack having the needed intelligence, quickly turning it into a competition between the two of them. Despite his arrogance and misguided nature, Ram's brilliance can not be denied, and together, they begin to work out how to pilot the Jzhao Li. Unfortunately, Ram has no intentions of continuing on their current heading, and he makes a mistake which will see the ship crashing against the island.
Now forced to make their home on the mysterious island, Jack accompanies Lex on a scouting party, where they are easily captured by the Natives tribe. It is here that they are introduced to Lia and the Priestess. Jack admires how Lia has been able to learn their language and make a life for herself within their tribe.
As events come to a head, Jack fights alongside the others against the Legion.
As the Mall Rats continue to try and decipher the mysteries of the Collective, the group soon embark on a journey back to Arthur's Air Force Base in order to find out what they can. It is Jack who explores the advanced computer systems, trying to understand all their uses. Whilst there, an unknown individual makes contact with him through the emergency UNANET system, a system which allows for communication to occur in the event of a global emergency.
Though the identity of the person on the other end of the UNANET system is never uncovered, it is believed that they were a part of the Collective tribe, since the Zootists soon storm Arthur's Air Force Base, capturing the Mall Rats in the process.
Alongside Amber and Ram, Jack is taken back to Eagle Mountain, forced to uncover the access codes to the secret hidden levels. With Ram's help, it is Jack who comes up with the correct numerical sequence to the entrance, unlocking the path to the secrets inside – the hibernation chambers and an AI system controlling it all. Though Eloise kills the sleeping adults, the Mall Rats recover the data drive which contains their accumulated knowledge.
But the question is if Jack can decipher that knowledge before the Collective mount their counter-assault, desperate to get their hands on a treasure that they have been seeking for all this time.
Lockdown Interviews – Michael Wesley-Smith aka Jack
Raymond Thompson hosts a lockdown interview with Michael Wesley-Smith. Michael played the role of Jack in The Tribe.
Review – The Last Great Snail Chase
There are some great moments, and I think there's a lesson in there somewhere about not wasting your life, but it gets lost among long drawn out banter about anarchism.
Michael Wesley Smith Presents 'Sky News' Report
Michael Wesley Smith (Jack) presents a Sky News report segment on the Banks prosecution.
'The Last Great Snail Chase' Featuring Sally Martin, Michael Wesley-Smith & Caleb Ross
The sky is cracking apart, whales walk the earth, and a colossal tidal wave threatens to destroy the planet. And a bumble bee's life hangs in the balance. Featuring Sally Martin (Kandy) as Josie, Michael Wesley-Smith (Jack) as Daniel, and Caleb Ross (Lex) as Rob.
From order to disorder, from peace to war, from stability to chaos, as the series draws to a close, the tribes' face their future together. Has the dream been realised?
The Techno invasion has begun – they are clearly technologically advanced but who are they and where have they come from? Rumours abound the city that they could be adults!
Various Tribe Cast Star In 'Atlantis High'
16-year-old nerd, Giles (Michael Wesley-Smith – Jack), is the new student at Atlantis High, where both the students and teachers seem to be very weird. Could the school being reputedly built on the lost city of Atlantis have anything to do with this?
The first day dawns on the age of Zoot. Newcomer Pride explains how his tribe live in harmony with the animal world under the leadership of the enigmatic Eagle, but what is her real identity?
In order to search for the cure the tribe must leave the mountain and return to the city where the antidote is rumoured to be hidden. As they prepare for the journey, a horrific accident occurs.


As I follow the sinuous curves of her, dropping away and out of my immediate focus; I let go of the handlebars and float for a time. Precariously balanced between grace and disaster, I release myself back to the only force that truly controls me....that controls all of us. I've wrestled with these concepts but have so far been unable to put them into practice. I finally succumbed to the idea that I'm truly not in control….I've written about it for a while, but I've struggled at it as we all do. For better or for worse, we're just here….floating along….our efforts unrecognized by all others except for our narcissistic selves. Each year goes by just the same as the last…the water flows by you if you choose to sit on the side of the river…or you can jump back in and let the river take you where it may. Either way the river is there, and it does what it does, with or without you.
Sometimes this means that your best efforts at cleaning and overhaulling your bike are met the next morning by a torrential downpour. Sit it out and keep a clean bike, or dive in and get wet…..
I still get smitten when I see perfection…but what is perfection if not the voice of a thousand songs being sung together in disharmonious unity. The world is a cacophony of imbalances that meld together, inconceivably, into balance. The sad song and the happy song, the sorrowful and the joyful tale, the melancholy and the joyous moods of daily life….the one without the other is just a single point of view…..you have to be open to experiencing it all. A clean bike may look good…but only because you can see the art and thought that went into the making of such a beautiful machine; a beautiful machine that exists to make fun and not be clean....a machine that screams, "Let's sling a little mud, Girl"
And by extension of that thought, the dirty bike is equally beautiful. Take into context the thoughts and feelings I felt as I rode this clean and spotless machine through the forest to create this new look….
Think of the natural beauty I sat and pondered as I ate my lunch…..contemplating the concept of perfection…..
Perfection I see in the frozen raindrops on an Aspen leaf, holding the mornings rain well into the overcast afternoon….soft ripples of a breeze not enough to erase the sign that beauty happens here daily as the forest is reborn from the ashes.
And from those ashes I see the irony in the bike that I ride which holds the symbol of the Phoenix…..
As I ride through this place with friends, I'm strangely attracted to the starkness of death around me that once filled my heart with gloom...a time when I looked up at the sky and I could only see the forest in flames. I now see it in the context of the renewal that is springing up all around me as a consequence of that death.....perfection.
But as we climb through the burn area towards 10,000ft, we enter back into a higher zone protected from the harshness of the burn.
.....and still the lines exist in my mind as well as those that I ride with…these are lines that will always be etched there….if you fail to see them, it's no matter. They're there…we skied them…they exist….and so it is.


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Attack with the Boden-Kieseritzky-Morphy Gambit
The Boden-Kieseritzky-Morphy Gambit is lightly regarded and is never played by grandmasters, but it has one of the best records for White of any opening played below the master level. It scores a phenomenal 62% in all games in the chess databases. This book examines an opening which can be quite useful for beginners and amateur chess players. The gambit we will examine (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3!? or 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4!?) has been used by Paul Morphy among other strong players. In my view it is as good a gambit as most others.
Publisher: ISHI Press
Author: Eric Schiller
Year of Publication: 2011(2nd)
The Boden-Kieseritzky-Morphy Gambit is lightly regarded and is never played by grandmasters, but it has one of the best records for White of any opening played below the master level. It scores a phenomenal 62% in all games in the chess databases. This book examines an opening which can be quite useful for beginners and amateur chess players. The gambit we will examine (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3!? or 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4!?) has been used by Paul Morphy among other strong players. In my view it is as good a gambit as most others. You won't find it on chessboards of grandmasters these days because White really cannot claim a serious advantage from this opening. Without doubt, White gets enough compensation for the pawn, but no more than that. For amateur use, this is enough, and it is also fun. The opening leads to exciting play with excellent attacking chances. The gambit can be used in the Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4) or against the Russian Game (Petrov: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6). It is important to remember that most amateur players have poor defensive skills. If a grandmaster has an extra pawn but pays the price of having the king stuck in the center for a while, that's not a big deal. However, failure to castle is one of the most common sources of defeat for most amateur players. Therefore, as a practical matter, this gambit provides excellent opportunities for the first player to win the game. One of the key factors here is that the recommended lines for Black usually involve the advance of the pawn from f7 to f6. This creates a weakness which is easy to exploit if Black makes a mistake. The variations chosen for White in this approach are fairly simple to play, and easy to learn. I concentrated on the moves which are considered best for Black in various opening books and encyclopedias.
Eric Schiller (born March 20, 1955 in New York City) is an American chess player, trainer, arbiter and one of the most prolific authors of books on chess in the 20th century. In 1974, Schiller was the Illinois Junior Champion. Schiller played for the University of Chicago team several times at the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship. He was an organizer of the Hawaii International chess festivals 1994-98 including 1998 US Open California Champion 1995. Later that year, he appeared as a chess adviser for the music group Phish on some of the stops for their "Chess Tour" where they played an ongoing game of two chess moves per tour stop and some "band vs. audience" partial games as part of their stage performance.
Schiller was an arbiter at several notable games and championships including the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000. While Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov opted not to participate in the event, they had both endorsed Schiller for this sensitive role during the planning stages. As of April 2009, Schiller has a FIDE rating of 2166. He is also an International Arbiter and International Trainer. Schiller's expertise and publications in the Flohr-Zaitsev Variation made him a sought-after expert when Gary Kasparov used that opening at the second game at the World Chess Championship 1990.
Eric Schiller
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Johnny Gr4ves performs live in concert at The Village Block Party on Cook Street in Victoria, BC on Sunday, May 27th, 2018. Concert presented by Atomique Productions and The Village on Cook Street.
Ponytails performs live in concert at Vinyl Envy in Victoria, BC on Friday, May 25th, 2018.


Issue 4 – Bold as Love.
It's that time of year again. Love is in the air, apparently. Where love mostly is, apart from in the air, is in gift shops and supermarkets around the world. Fluffy, patchwork teddy bears are declaring their love for you; shiny balloons are asking you to be their Valentine; enormous greeting cards are flying off the shelves with endless spoutings of banal sentiments.
Happy New Year and welcome to Issue 3 of Dark Fiction Magazine. We have four fantastic stories for you this month all around the subject of Brave New Worlds to help welcome the brave new year.