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Tour de France 2021 route: Nairo Quintana wary of time trials but relishing double Mont Ventoux ascent
The Colombian is still recovering from injuries suffered this year
By Alex Ballinger published 2 November 20
Nairo Quintana has responded to the Tour de France 2021 route, saying he is excited about the two ascents of Mont Ventoux.
The Arkéa-Samsic rider is also wary of the two time trial stages, as he has often lost time against the clock.
On Sunday (November 1), the Tour de France organisers unveiled the route for next year's race, which will depart from Brittany and will feature ascents of Ventoux, the Col de la Colombiere and a return to Tignes after the 2019 landslides.
Quintana said: "This 108th edition of the Tour de France reintroduces individual time trials, with two stages of this type scheduled, this implies that we will have to carry out very good preparation for the time trial in order to be able to tackle these two as well as possible.
"These will be very important stages for the general classification in the same way as the mountain stages, and in particular that of Ventoux, a pass that I obviously like, which will undoubtedly play a major role during this Tour de France, from same as the stages arriving at the top in the Alps and the Pyrenees."
Quintana, a three-time podium finisher in the Tour, has struggled with injury this year and ended his season early due to knee problems.
>>> Tour de France 2021 route revealed: Double-ascent of Mont Ventoux, two time trials, and Andorra visit for 108th edition
The 30-year-old added: "I am currently diligently pursuing my post-operative rehabilitation of my two knees. I work diligently in the company of physiotherapists, with a view to the 2021 season.
"My goal remains the general classification, to try to get a podium even though I know that the competition is more and more fierce, it is a new opportunity for me to achieve this performance, and 2021 will be a better season physically for me to try to reach that goal."
'I would like at some point to maybe learn to take time out and enjoy the colour of life': Dave Brailsford reflects on the personal cost of success
Following cancer scare and heart surgery, the Ineos director of sport has reflected on the sacrifices he's made to win
Sam Bennett aims to be 'master of chaos' in sprints as he returns to Bora-Hansgrohe
Irishman to target Milan-San Remo and then Tour de France as he looks to move on from troubled 2021
Nairo Quintana's team Arkéa-Samsic miss out on Giro d'Italia
Nairo Quintana's team will have to redraw their 2021 schedule after being left out of this year's Giro d'Italia.
Nairo Quintana's team boss says he trusts the Colombian as doping investigation continues
Nairo Quintana's team boss says he trusts the Colombian, as the doping investigating launched at the Tour de France continues.
By Alex Ballinger • Published 26 November 20
Nairo Quintana responds to Tour de France doping investigation
Nairo Quintana has responded after French authorities launched a doping investigation into him and Arkéa-Samsic at the Tour de France.
By Alex Ballinger • Published 23 September 20
Nairo Quintana's hotel room was searched by police during final week of Tour de France, according to reports
Nairo Quintana's hotel room was searched by police during the final week of the Tour de France, according to French media.
Tour de France 2020: Nairo Quintana falls out of top-10 on stage 17 after being dropped on first climb
Nairo Quintana looks to be out of the top-10 at the Tour de France 2020, after being dropped on the first climb of stage 17.
Tour de France 2020: Video shows Nairo Quintana and Romain Bardet caught in crash as Bauke Mollema abandons
Dutchman Mollema was just outside the top-10 at the start of the day but has been forced to give up the race
Nairo Quintana 'not happy with fifth place' as he strives for yellow at 2020 Tour de France
The Tour de France is the only Grand Tour missing from the Colombian's palmarès
By Jonny Long • Published 7 September 20
Watch Nairo Quintana's rapid recovery after crash in awful weather during Tour de France 2020 stage one
The first stage of the 2020 Tour de France has been a hectic day of racing as countless crashes hindered the peloton in awful weather.


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Confirmed: America attacks Syrian Arab Army and its allies–a crime and blunder
US rejects Putin's offer of transcript of Trump-Lavrov meeting
The United States Air Force has struck a contingent of the Syrian Arab Army and allied fighters near At Tanf in southern Syria. The US has a military outpost in At Tanf which is close to both the Iraqi and Jordanian border.
This is the second time that the US has bombed elements of the Syrian Arab Army since Donald Trump became President.
According to Syria, the casualties of the attack are as follows:
A convoy of five T-62 tanks were hit by the U.S. Coalition
Two tanks were destroyed
A Shilka was damaged
Six military personnel were killed and another three were wounded
Convoy consisted of soldiers from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), National Defence Forces (NDF), Hezbollah, and Imam Al-'Ali Battalions
Previously under the Obama administration, the US Air Force killed 62 Syrian Arab Army soldiers near Deir ez-Zor airport in a horrific war crime.
Making this event even more scandalous than the war crime which it all ready objectively is, is the fact that the attack occurred inside one of the 'de-escalation zones' (aka safe zones) established in Syria according to the Astana Memorandum. Russia, Turkey and Iran are guarantors of the agreement which has the backing of the United Nations, Syrian government and the apparent tacit approval of the United States.
According to a US official,
"The strike did happen. It was against a pro-regime force operating in the vicinity of At Tanf. This regime force was operating within a well-established de-confliction (de-escalation) zone.
The commander on the ground perceived this force to be a threat to coalition forces".
According to Fox News, a further military official said that the attack does not represent an escalation nor a change in US policy. This indicates that America is in damage control mode rather than attack mode. This fact should not be misunderstood simply because America's style of damage control is equally arrogant to its overtly aggressive statements.
According to a statement from the US coalition,
"This action was taken after apparent Russian attempts to dissuade Syrian pro-regime movement south towards At Tanf were unsuccessful, a coalition aircraft show of force, and the firing of warning shot".
This is indicative of the fact that Russia does not exceed its mandate in the conflict which is merely to aid Syria in fighting terrorism. Russia has no mandate to mediate between let alone controls parties in Syria. Russia can and will advise but will not impose.
Many will be quick to say that this incident means the de-escalation zones are a failure. The United States has indeed violated both the letter and spirit of the Astana Memorandum. However, the United States was not a signatory to the agreement and therefore is not technically bound by it. Furthermore, the de-escalation zones should have always been seen as a political move to attempt to isolate Turkey and the United States from having a leading hand in shaping the peace process. In this sense, the Astana Memorandum creating these zones has all ready been partly successful.
The UN Security Council did ratify the Astana Memorandum, therefore Russia has the absolute right and indeed duty to question America's attack and force America to justify their criminal action. However, Russia is clearly not going to risk shooting down American jets for violating the sanctity of the de-escalation zones. Anyone who ever thought otherwise was never being realistic.
While not directly bound by the letter of the Astana Memorandum, America is bound by international law and under international law the very presence of US military forces in any part of Syria is totally illegal. This is why today's event is a war crime.
If it hasn't all ready been suggested, it almost certainly will be suggested that Donald Trump ordered the strike in an attempt to distract the media from the scandals surrounding the firing of FBI director James Comey as well as the separate issue of the leaks from Donald Trump's private meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
In reality, this appears to be a decision which was made by commanders on the ground. It was clearly an incorrect decision. However, it had none of the political fanfare which surrounded the Trump ordered missile attack on Syria from the 6th of April this year. Instead, the attack was relatively low key in terms of both symbolism and public premeditation.
Also, while many in Washington spoke openly of regime change surrounding the April 6 attack, today's statements seem to be playing down the significance of the attack. This gives the impression that the American side is telling the truth when saying that it does not reflect a change in policy.
Furthermore, the mainstream media are not even giving the story much publicity. As of 21.14 Moscow time on the 18th of May, 2017, the story doesn't even feature in the top stories on CNN's website.
Even if Trump ordered the strike in order to change the headlines from Russiagate, it hasn't worked.
Most importantly, this does not necessarily demonstrate that the US is thoroughly disinterested in easing tensions with Russia over Syria. What it does mean is that US commanders acting unilaterally with the authority Donald Trump has given them, will continue to commit crimes and blunders.
This incident was both.
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Q: How to solve this IndexError: list index out of range im with this IndexError: list index out of range error and dont know how to solve it, i have to create and sort a random list 5,10,100,1000,10000. if i run this code once i don`t get this error
 import random
def bucketSort(array):
    bucket = []

    # Create empty buckets
    for i in range(len(array)):
        bucket.append([])

    # Insert elements into their respective buckets
    for j in array:
        index_b = j #int(10 * j)
        bucket[index_b].append(j)

    # Sort the elements of each bucket
    for i in range(len(array)):
        bucket[i] = sorted(bucket[i])

    # Get the sorted elements
    k = 0
    for i in range(len(array)):
        for j in range(len(bucket[i])):
            array[k] = bucket[i][j]
            k += 1
    return array
for i in range(10):
    nElementos = 10
    array = [0] * nElementos
    for i in range(nElementos):
        array[i] = random.randint(0,nElementos)
    print(array)
    print("Sorted Array in descending order is")
    print(bucketSort(array))

line 14, in bucketSort
bucket[index_b].append(j) IndexError: list index out of range

A: If an item inside array is greater or equal to len(array) you will get an index error, since (in line 14) you are trying to insert that element into bucket, which has the same length of array.
The problem is this:
random.randint(0,nElementos)

This generates ints ranging from 0 to nElementos, inclusive. If a random number that is generated is the same as nElementos, the code will break, because it will basically try to do this:
bucket[len(array)]

Assuming the rest of the code is correct, just change the random generation to this and it should work
random.randint(0, nElementos - 1)

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Eritrean Neguse: A Progressive Son of Refugees Crashes US Congress
admin / December 3, 2018 / News
INSIDER OR OUTSIDER? A PROGRESSIVE SON OF REFUGEES CRASHES CONGRESS
www.ozy.com | Dec 3, 2018
Congressman-elect Joe Neguse certainly doesn't sound like a contrarian, smiling boyishly and sipping on a cup of water at a popular Tex-Mex spot on Capitol Hill. "Perhaps it's the American West ethos. Rugged individualism recognizing that we are stronger when we have to lean on each other a little bit," says the 34-year-old Coloradan and new father of a weeks-old daughter.
Even as Neguse completes that bromide about playing nicely with others, the millennial has backed some fairly radical legislation. Not only single-payer Medicare for all and a higher minimum wage, but also the Green New Deal, a stimulus package that would include guaranteed, federally funded environmental jobs for all willing and able Americans. Neguse joined only a dozen new House Democrats who have backed the controversial resolution, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Two days before this interview, Capitol Hill police handcuffed rowdy #GreenNewDeal protesters occupying the office of (likely) incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Neguse confounds the traditional insider vs. outsider dichotomy. Sure, he got his start as a grassroots activist, pushing for a ballot referendum to increase education funding while still in college, and founded New Era Colorado, a youth mobilization effort that registered more than 150,000 young voters and helped pass progressive legislation. But he has also been a card-carrying member of the statewide political establishment, serving as a regent for the University of Colorado system and on the cabinet of Gov. John Hickenlooper as director of the state's regulatory agency. In fact, his first job was literally chauffeuring those interests from stop to stop, as a driver for then–Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff. His car was a clunker, but Neguse wanted to impress, so he filled it with air fresheners. "I was sort of assaulted by this aroma," Romanoff chuckles now.
That eager mentality isn't likely to change now that Neguse has moved to the marbled halls of the Capitol, after becoming the first African-American elected to Congress from Colorado. "He's deeply committed to improving the lives of people who don't have all the breaks stacked in their favor," Romanoff says. The son of Eritrean refugees who fled to California during the civil war with Ethiopia in the 1980s before moving to Colorado when Joe and his sister were in elementary school, Neguse says his election in a 90 percent White Boulder-based district was revelatory. "It became clear to me that, irrespective of one's race or religion, perhaps what you look like or if your parents have accents, like mine do, that fundamentally we care about the same things." The district has augured bigger things: Jared Polis, its current representative, recently won his race for governor, while Mark Udall, who previously held the post, went on to become a U.S. senator.
PARTICULARLY AT A TIME IN OUR COUNTRY WHERE THINGS ARE SO PRECARIOUS … MAYBE THERE IS A RISK OF THAT ABIDING SENSE OF OPTIMISM NOT SHINING THROUGH THE MORASS OF DAILY CONTROVERSIES. JOE NEGUSE
For now, Neguse is finding his footing in the new House Democratic majority as both insider and rabble-rouser. He is part of both the Congressional Progressive Caucus — a left-wing group that could prove frustrating to Democratic leaders, as the arch-conservative Freedom Caucus has been to Republicans — and the House Democrats' leadership team, as one of just two freshman representatives. "I'm very excited about his leadership," says Veronica Escobar, a fellow freshman congresswoman from Texas and Progressive Caucus member. "It's an incredible freshman class, as the country has seen. Really diverse, impressive résumés, a long record of public service, and Joe is one of them."
"There is no margin in making enemies," Neguse says, a lesson he learned from both Hickenlooper and Romanoff. Still, he also doesn't see seeking allies and the limelight as mutually exclusive strategies: to that end, he chose a national platform — CBS's Face the Nation— to announce his backing of Pelosi for speaker.
He applies the sentiment to working with President Donald Trump too. On the one hand, he believes it's important to aggressively investigate Trump, and he would love a high-profile slot on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to help with the investigating. However, Neguse also says bipartisan wins are possible with the president, particularly on pharmaceutical costs and infrastructure. "We can walk and chew gum at the same time," he says. "Policy is iterative. Every step is important."
His humility ends when it comes to board games. "I'm an incredible Monopoly player — I strike as many deals as I can," he says. When his father wasn't forcing him to write essays about Rocky Mountain News articles growing up, he found time to play pick-up basketball, usually as a point guard dishing out assists. His music tastes also seem crafted for bipartisan appeal: a fan of Bob Marley and Tupac Shakur, of Journey and John Denver.
"I am an eternal optimist," Neguse says, but he worries whether that will communicate. "Particularly at a time in our country where things are so precarious … maybe there is a risk of that abiding sense of optimism not shining through the morass of daily controversies."
During the campaign, Neguse toured a Colorado children's hospital where terminally ill kids painted inspiring quotes and posted them on the wall. He remembers one line, author unknown: "Fear is contagious. So is hope." On Election Night, a substantial majority of voters put their hopes in House Democrats. "Now," Neguse says, "we've got to make sure we deliver."
Source: https://www.ozy.com/politics-and-power/insider-or-outsider-a-progressive-son-of-refugees-crashes-congress/91009
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Government's land relocation project strips forests
Times News 6 days ago
HARD DONE BY—Kazembe Hussein (right) said when the going got tough, they turned to charcoal production
By Charles Mpaka:
Some 10 years after government completed the implementation of the Kudzigulira Malo project, beneficiaries are now paying the price for one of the programme's impacts on the environment: deforestation.
Between 2004 and 2011, the Ministry of Lands implemented in two phases the Community-Based Rural Land Development Project (CRLDP), popularly known as Kudzigulira Malo.
The World Bank financed the project to the tune of $37 million.
Under the project, government moved 15,142 families from Thyolo and Mulanje districts and resettled them on estates it purchased in Mangochi, Machinga, Balaka and Ntcheu.
According to government records, 90 percent of those families settled in Machinga and Mangochi districts.
Between 2011 and 2015, this reporter visited six sites – three in Mangochi and three in Machinga – where the people settled.
That time, natural forests within and in the surrounding areas were almost intact.
In October and November last year, we visited the same sites and found that the once-thriving forests have been stripped to just shrubs.
In a number of sites, we found gullies gorging through the land that has its fertility degraded – features communities attributed to soil erosion, which they said has become extensive in recent years as the land grows barer.
Some of the streams and water springs which we found flourishing previously have dried up or become seasonal.
For example, in Bweya Trust in Traditional Authority Chikweo in Machinga, the once always-moist and fertile land is now usually a parched property.
Beneficiaries said the land has now become less productive for crop production, rendering them food insecure.
Sowani Saidi, chairperson of the trusts in the region, said the misery resulting from the degradation of the land is compounding the long-running challenge of lack of access to social and economic services in the trusts.
"People were just dumped in these sites. Many of the trusts still do not have schools, health centres, potable water sources and other services.
"Then we have this growing problem of food shortage because this land cannot give us enough anymore, unless you invest a lot in fertiliser which many here cannot afford, and the population is growing," he said.
We have established that the Kudzigulira Malo programme proved to be a double-edged sword: While it afforded the landless people an opportunity to own land, it also created conditions for the degradation of forests in the trusts in which the people settled and the surrounding areas.
Struggling to meet some of their needs from their farms alone, some of the beneficiaries turned to the forests for charcoal production for income, beneficiary Kazembe Hussein of Mgwirizano Trust in Mangochi, said.
"We had limited options. But now the trees are gone and we are also down," he said.
In addition, a World Bank's 'Implementation Completion and Result Report' dated March 30, 2012 said there were disputes between the beneficiary groups and estate owners whereby some estate owners came back to claim part of the land or some trees on the land they had already sold to the government.
A different kind of conflict contributed to the tearing down of the forests, we learnt: Original communities invaded the forests in the settled areas. They challenged that they could not lose both the land and the trees to strangers. That resulted in stiff competition for trees.
We examined project evaluation documents from the Ministry of Lands, World Bank and an audit by Price Water House Coopers a year after the project started in 2004.
The documents are sketchy on an intervention specific on forestry management within the lifecycle of the project.
District Forestry Officer for Machinga, Harry Chalira, added that the project came at the time deforestation was becoming rampant in Malawi while central government was emasculating district forestry offices through underfunding, which has effectively handicapped the offices from enforcing the law.
For two weeks, even with several reminders and promises to reply, spokesperson for the Ministry of Lands, Enoch Chingoni, kept saying he was consulting officials that led the project. As we went to press yesterday, there was still no response.
Ramzy Kanaan, Chief of Party for the USAID and UKaid co-funded Modern Cooking for Healthy Forests (MCHF) activity, said such project outcomes can be avoided through integrated development planning, agricultural intensification and livelihood diversification and family planning for sustainable use of resources.
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Al.com painted a sympathetic portrait of one of Moore's accusers, Tina Johnson. Her accusation concerned an alleged incident 26 years ago. The allegations by other women are nearly 40 years old.
Breitbart has reviewed the same court documents as Al.com and came away with a. different picture.
For one thing, Moore represented her mother in a very contentious case against Johnson which is not how Al.com described it. They made it appear as if she was signing custody of her son over to her mother without any problem and that was that.
Breitbart said something quite different and called it a nasty custody case for Johnson's then 12-year-old son, Daniel Sitz. Johnson's mother called her daughter an unfit, absent, and unstable mother. She accused her of taking her son from his elementary school against his will – "forcefully". Johnson's mother was ultimately awarded custody in the case.
The Breitbart article provided more detail. On February 25, 2010, she was arrested for the felony charge of criminal possession of a forged instrument and theft by deception according to court documents. She wrote checks in the name of her stepfather who personally filed the charges, according to the criminal records.
The documents are not readily available and we have not examined them.
Johnson will not return calls.
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All of Moore's accusers have problems….with the truth. This BS is a liberal smear campaign designed to steal a seat in the Senate. Elect Roy Moore!


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ServiceFlags.com Seeks National Unity of Residential Military Flag Flying
By Send2Press Newswire on June 18, 2009 in Opinion and Commentary, Press Releases
CARSON CITY, Nev. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ServiceFlags.com announced today its support of a measure introduced in Congress that would allow service flags to be flown by home owners without restriction. To get the word out and to encourage support, ServiceFlags has launched a Web site: ServiceFlagPetition.com that explains how people may write to their representatives to support this new bill.
U.S. Representative, John Boccieri, recently introduced this bill that would ban neighborhood or homeowners' associations from restricting the flying of service flags.
The proposed bill, H.R. 2546, was the result of one of Boccieri's constituents who was asked by her condominium association to remove her service flag which she was displaying in honor of her son who was killed; the association indicated that it was a breach of contract.
Service flags are official Defense Department banners for families who have family members serving in the military during periods of hostility. The blue star on the flag represents a service member in active duty and signifies hope and pride. A gold star represents a service member killed in action, or who died in service, and stands for sacrifice for the cause of liberty.
This bill is similar to the Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 which prohibits a condominium or homeowners' association from preventing residents from displaying the American flag on or around their homes. It extends these same privileges to the service flag.
ServiceFlags.com is urging people to contact their representatives in the bill's support; they have already sent more than 30,000 e-mails to their current customers.
"Since we began making the service flag in 2001, I have heard from many families around the country about problems they've had with their homeowners' association rules," David M. Smith, president of ServiceFlags.com says. "So, the incident that prompted the bill is not an isolated one."
About ServiceFlags
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Comic nerds and Comic-Con
Heidi MacDonald is in Publishers Weekly, talking about how San Diego Comic-Con is "evolving." Unlike other articles that ponder is Comic-Con still about comic books? or the ever-popular headline Hollywood glitters at Comic-Con, her article actually shares some changes you can expect to see in the comics section this year.
For those of you who just set foot on Planet Con for the first time, the show used to look quite different. It really was a comics convention, with aisles of back issues and artists signing their work and comic book nerds frantically pawing through boxes to find their Silver Age dream. Today that aspect is still there - but it's much smaller, as if some nefarious studio head pointed a shrink ray at it and said, "We'll be taking over from here." That's why when you step onto the Exhibit Hall floor, you'll find the biggest crowds swarming through the middle section carnival of movie-themed exclusives and trailers and merchandise, and then over toward the right, more spacious aisles of comic publishers. Where depressingly, you can often see some top artists and writers sitting behind their tables looking bemused as attendees pass them by.
Full disclosure: I didn't witness the glory days that were seriously comic-centric. By my arrival in 2002, Hollywood already had its celluloid claws firmly in the convention center. It wasn't as dominant as today, though. I remember my then-girlfriend being stunned in 2003 that Angelina Jolie was there to promote Tomb Raider. (Now it's more surprising when a major star doesn't show up.) And the attendees weighted more heavily on the comic book nerd end of the scale - they looked different, they bought different things, they went to different panels. I could have an excellent discussion in any bar about Love and Rockets or Action Girl Comics.
That is no longer the case. I don't begrudge you new fans. (Well, sometimes I do, like the Google employees who scoffed at Grant Morrison's panel last year because they were impatient for the Pixar panel to start. SDCC etiquette: if you sit through a panel you don't like to get a good seat in the panel you do, at least be respectful.) However, it is disquieting when smaller pubs pack up and leave SDCC because they just can't afford to come anymore. True, we comic nerds are soaking up their great work at Cons like Emerald City but I fear a day when SDCC is all big publishing houses displaying the same books I can see at Barnes and Noble.
Enough of my melancholic ramblings. Here's what the article said:
DC will roll out its usual bombast and glory, and this year that will include a Wonder Woman temple of worship and a whole lot of promotion for Young Animal, the Gerard Way-headed new imprint. The Suicide Squad cast will show up too. Wait, does that mean DC comics and DC movies will commingle? Yes: "This year's DC booth will showcase the integration of the studio DC Entertainment, its publishing division."
Top Shelf won't be in its normal spot; it was acquired by IDW and will be part of their booth. They promise "amazing things" so don't skip it. And yes, John Lewis will be back at the Con for those of you still inspired by last year's Bloody Sunday reenactment.
Drawn & Quarterly calls exhibiting at San Diego "incredibly taxing" and points out that the marketing benefits aren't what they used to be; that sending 1 author can make more sense than setting up an entire staffed booth.
NBM is gone, saying "It's too hard to stand out" and that their literary graphic novels aren't what attendees are looking for. In contrast, their YA sister company Papercutz will be afoot - and they'll offer both the 1st volume of Jessica Abel's new SF series and a free 96-page anthology. But they've scaled back too, saying "We'll just have our major books there this year."
Just a few tidbits, but enough to convey that yes, the comics aisles have become the shrinking polar ice cap of the Con. Which isn't terribly surprising, given how many people - artists and writers who earn their daily living via comics - tell me that other Cons are far more profitable for them. (And often more emotionally gratifying, as they connect with a higher number of passionate comic readers there.)
One thing I like about CCI: they are committed to comic book culture. I think some people blame them for SDCC's Hollywood invasion when in fact they're just trying to accommodate fan interests and balance their economic survival with their cultural mission. Their focus on comic art galleries, a possible museum and other comic channels shows that San Diego Comic-Con still values comics. But the influence of fan spending and attention still has a direct impact on who shows up each year.
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THURSDAY LOWDOWN: Yes, A Comedian Who Likes Weed
Thursday night the Savage Henry Comedy Club plays host to the Weedies Tour featuring comedian Abdullah Saeed, host of the Viceland series Bong Appétit. Details in your Lowdown listings below.
EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)
Science on Screen: Jurassic Park and How to Clone a Dinosaur
Eureka Theater / 7-10 p.m. / $5
"Samantha del Campo reveals the science behind the gene-editing technology used in Jurassic Park."
442-2970 / info@theeurekatheater.org / Web site
Redwood Curtain Theatre / 8 p.m. / $18 / $10 Thursdays
It is the 1960's and a 17 year-old boy from the Bronx suddenly finds himself in a private school in New Hampshire. He's violent, gifted, alienated, and on fire with a ferocious loneliness. Two faculty members wrestle with the dilemma: Is the kid a star or a disaster?
Thesis Festival 2019
Carlo Theatre (Dell'Arte) / 8-9 p.m. / $5 / $15 Suggested Donation / $10 Suggested Donation
The Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre presents Thesis Festival 2019, featuring four groundbreaking new works of theatre created by this year's graduating MFA class.
668-5663 / info@dellarte.com / Web site
Weedies Tour
Savage Henry Comedy Club / 9-11 p.m. / $15 / 18+
Featuring Abdullah Saeed, host for Bong Appétit and Vice Does America on Viceland, as well as the Webby Award-winning documentary Mad Honey.
845-8864 / editor@savagehenrymagazine.com / Web site
Tropicali North
The Jam / 9:30 p.m. / $10 / 21+
Dancehall, Afrobeat, tropical bass and reggaeton with Cassidy Blaze, D'Vinity, G. Davis and Gabe Pressure
822-4766 / Web site
Shattering Silence: A play by NPA Young Actors Guild
Bayside Community Hall / 10 a.m. / $12 / $10 Seniors and students
Inspired by the students' energy in questioning the silences that contribute to injustice. Performed by the NPA Young Actors Guild, Freshman/Sophomore Cast. Directed by Jean Heard Bazemore.
825-1186 / aking@northcoastprep.org / Web site
Flight Night w/ Gyppo Ale Mill
Six Rivers Brewery / 4-7 p.m. / Free
839-7580 / friends@sixriversbrewery.com / Web site
Free Sketchbook Workshop
See Event Description / 5-6 p.m. / Free / $20 sliding scale donation / $5 sliding scale donation
This free sketchbook workshop focuses on a different technique each month.
442-8413 / conversationsaboutpower@gmail.com / Web site
350 Humboldt
See Event Description / 6-8 p.m. / Free
443-6943 / gailmail@reninet.com /
Om Shala Yoga / 6-7:15 p.m. / $10
362-1001 / info@omshalayoga.com / Web site
Humboldt Brews / 6 p.m.
Humboldt Bay Provisions / 6 p.m.
Each Thursday a local musician comes and serenades the crowd!
Live Music at The Humboldt Cider Co. Tap Room
Humboldt Cider Company Tap Room / 6-9 p.m. / Free / 21+
497-6320 / maricela@humboldtcidercompany.com / Web site
Humboldt Cribbage Club
Moose Lodge / 6:15 p.m. / $8
Muggins! Get your weekly crib on.
Seabury Gould and Evan Morden
Gallagher's Irish Pub and Restaurant / 6:30 p.m.
Irish/Celtic music.
KEET-TV's Live Auction
KEET-TV / 6:30-9 p.m. / $30
445-0811 / sperkins@keet-tv.org / Web site
Open Mic with Mike Anderson
Old Town Coffee And Chocolates (Old Town) / 6:30-8:30 p.m. / Free
Usually some singer/guitarists, a couple spoken word guys and then that one wildcard oddity that makes you go "hmm."
445-8600 / OldTownCoffeeEureka@yahoo.com / Web site
Blondies Food and Drink / 7 p.m.
Perform yer stuff. Make some chums.
Bayside Community Hall / 7 p.m. / $12 / $10 Seniors and students
Intro to Fine Chocolate Tasting
See Event Description / 7-8:30 p.m. / $25
In our Intro to Fine Chocolate Tasting course, you'll study the history and cultivation of cacao, how it's crafted into chocolate, and how fine chocolate is distinguished from industrial chocolate.
798-6010 / info@dtchocolate.com / Web site
Laidback Lounge
Phatsy Kline's Parlor Lounge / 7:30 p.m.
Fraktal Productions and The Historic Eagle House present Laidback Lounge every Thursday featuring local DJs playing jazz, soul, funk, Latin and more.
An Evening with Jacob Miller and Joshua Thomas
Phatsy Kline's Parlor Lounge / 8-10:30 p.m. / 21+
444-3344 / specialevents.eaglehouse@gmail.com / Web site
Husky Burnette
Six Rivers Brewery / 8 p.m. / Free
Husky Burnette plays the Brew with a View the Third Thursday of every month!
Buddy Reed and the Rip-It-Ups
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata / 8-11 p.m. / Free All Ages
Local blues band performing a free show in the tasting room for all ages!
GOAT Karaoke 🎤🐐🎵
The Miniplex at Richards' Goat Tavern / 9 p.m. / Free / 21+
630-5000 / richardsgoat@gmail.com / Web site
Rude Lion Sound
Sidelines / 9:30 p.m. / 21+
Hip hop krunkage for your butt.
Broadway Cinema
A DOG'S JOURNEY: 6:00
AVENGERS: ENDGAME 2D: 11:30, 1:30, 2:40, 3:20, 5:20, 7:10
AVENGERS: ENDGAME 3D: 12:25, 4:15, 8:05
CAPTAIN MARVEL 2D: 11:45, 6:30, 9:05
HUSTLE, THE: 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 8:00
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM: 7:00
LONG SHOT: 12:20, 3:15, 6:15, 9:10
POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU 2D: 11:35, 12:45, 3:30, 4:45, 7:20, 8:35, 9:45
POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU 3D: 2:10
POMS: 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:15
THE INTRUDER: 11:40, 2:00, 4:30, 9:30
TOLKIEN: 12:30, 3:10, 5:55, 8:30
UGLYDOLLS: 11:50, 1:55, 4:10, 6:25, 8:40
Mill Creek Cinema
AVENGERS: ENDGAME 2D: 3:20, 4:40, 7:10, 8:30
AVENGERS: ENDGAME 3D: 2:50
CAPTAIN MARVEL 2D: 8:40
HUSTLE, THE: 4:35, 7:00, 9:20
LONG SHOT: 2:55, 5:50, 9:30
POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU 2D: 3:00, 5:35, 8:10
POMS: 3:35, 5:55, 8:15
UGLYDOLLS: 4:00, 8:25
Minor Theatre
$5 FLASHBACK: BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991): 9:15, 9:45
AMAZING GRACE: 2:15, 4:00, 6:35, 8:20
AVENGERS: ENDGAME: 1:30, 3:30, 5:00, 7:45, 9:00
HIGH LIFE: 5:30
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Demand of duty and interest when delay on part of authorities processing necessary redemption certificate
| Custom Duty - Judiciary
Case Law Details
Case Name : Hetero Labs Limited Vs Assistant Commissioner (Telangana High Court)
Appeal Number : Writ Petition Nos. 25098, 25477 and 25486 of 2018
Date of Judgement/Order : 02/08/2019
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Courts : All High Courts (6279) Telangana High Court (28)
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Hetero Labs Limited Vs Assistant Commissioner (Telangana High Court)
Demand of duty and interest when delay on part of authorities processing necessary redemption certificate: The assessee was exempted from payment of customs duty by Notification No. 96/2009-Cus. subject to condition that evidence of discharge of export obligation was produced within sixty days of expiry of the period allowed for fulfilment of EO. However, the redemption certificates in proof of fulfilment of such export obligations were issued to the assessee belatedly. Allowing the writ petition, the High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh held that the authorities should put in place a proper mechanism to see that certificates are issued promptly.
FULL TEXT OF THE HIGH COURT ORDER /JUDGEMENT
The Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Group-7), office of the Commissioner of Customs (Airport & Air Cargo), Chennai, the first respondent, passed three separate orders on 09.10.2014. Thereby, he held that M/s.Hetero Labs Limited, Hyderabad, had violated Condition (ix) of Customs Notification No.96 of 2009 dated 11.09.2009 and levied upon it duty along with interest thereon, aggregating to Rs.16,00,00,000/-.
2. Aggrieved thereby, M/s.Hetero Labs Limited, Hyderabad, came before this Court. W.P.No.25098 of 2018 was filed by it against Order-in-Original No.701 of 2014 dated 09.10.2014, whereby it suffered duty of 5,00,00,000/- with interest thereon from 09.02.2010. W.P.No.25477 of 2018 was filed by it against Order-in-Original No.702 of 2014 dated 09.10.2014 visiting upon it duty of Rs.5,00,00,000/- with interest from 29.01.2010. Lastly, W.P.No.25486 of 2018 was filed by it against Order-in-Original No.700 of 2014 dated 09.10.2014, where under it suffered duty of Rs.6,00,00,000/- with interest thereon from 05.01.2010.
3. Interim orders were passed in all three writ petitions directing the customs authorities not to take any coercive steps.
4. Heard Sri C.V.Narasimham, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Sri Swaroop Oorilla, learned counsel for the customs authorities.
5. At the outset, Sri Swaroop Oorilla, learned counsel, would contend that this Court has no jurisdiction as the impugned orders were passed at Chennai. We advert to this contention only to reject it. The documents placed on record indicate that export obligations were discharged by the petitioner even at Hyderabad, through the local international airport. Once a part of the cause of action arose within the territories falling within the jurisdiction of this Court, it is for the petitioner to choose which High Court it would approach as territorial jurisdiction vested in more than one Court. The decision in KUSUM INGOTS & ALLOYS LIMITED V/s. UNION OF INDIA1 is therefore of no avail to the learned counsel.
6. We may however note that the orders impugned in these cases were passed in October, 2014 but it was only in May, 2018 that these writ petitions were filed before this Court. Further, the orders in question were appealable under Section 128 of the Customs Act, These two aspects are also stressed upon by Sri Swaroop Oorilla, learned counsel, to support his contention that we should non-suit the petitioner on these technicalities. Refuting this argument, Sri C.V.Narasimham, learned counsel, would point out that it was only in March, 2018, that the customs authorities informed the petitioner about the duty arrears due from it and of the existence of the orders passed on 09.10.2014.
7. We find from the record that the petitioner then informed the first respondent, vide letter dated 16.03.2018, that it had completed its export obligations and that there was no violation as held in the impugned orders. In turn, the first respondent replied to the petitioner, vide letter dated 28.03.2018, stating that the impugned orders had been dispatched to its address at Hetero House, H.No.8-3-166/7/1, Erragadda, Hyderabad, by speed post and there was no record of the same having been returned undelivered. According to the petitioner, it never received any show-cause notices prior to and in connection with the impugned orders or the alleged personal hearing notices said to have been sent by the first respondent.
Further, it claimed that the impugned orders were never served upon it until copies thereof were sent by the first respondent under the letter dated 28.03.2018.
8. The petitioner asserted that its registered office was at Hetero House, H.No.8-3-166/7/1, Erragadda, Hyderabad, till August, 2009 and thereafter, it shifted to its present office at Hetero Corporate, Door No.7-2-A2, Industrial Estate, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad. Form 18 was filed by it with the Registrar of Companies in this regard. The changed address was also mentioned in all correspondence, shipping bills and bills of entry available with the first respondent. The petitioner pointed out that in spite of the same, the first respondent chose to send the notices, communications and the impugned orders to its old address.
9. Sri Swaroop Oorilla, learned counsel, has no explanation to offer for this lapse on the part of the first respondent.
10. Perusal of the material on record bears out that the customs authorities themselves issued bills of entry with the new address of the petitioner. Further, the petitioner also complied with the legal requirement of filing Form 18 with the Registrar of Companies about its changed address. In such circumstances, the failure on the part of the authorities to communicate with the petitioner at the correct address and inability to show evidence of the impugned orders being served upon the petitioner come to its aid. We may note that the petitioner's right of statutory appeal was time bound and stood stultified by the authorities own lapses.
11. Reliance placed by Sri Swaroop Oorilla, learned counsel, on HINDUSTAN APPAREL INDUSTRIES V/s. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (EPCG), CHENNAI2, with regard to the statute being a complete code in so far as the statutory appellate remedy there under is concerned, does not further the case of the authorities as the petitioner was effectively denied the right of appeal owing to their mistake in not communicating with it at the right address.
12. Further, in terms of the Full Bench Judgment of the High Court at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh in ELECTRONICS CORPORTATION OF INDIA LIMITED V/s. UNION OF INDIA3, reiterating and affirming the ratio of the Full Bench decision of the Gujarat High Court in PANOLI INTERMEDIATE (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED V/s. UNION OF INDIA4, a writ petition can be preferred to challenge an order passed by the original adjudicating authority, who acted in flagrant disregard to law or rules or procedure or in violation of the principles of natural justice.
13. We are therefore not inclined to non-suit the petitioner on the grounds of delay and availability of an alternative remedy.
14. The issue pertains to the imports made by the petitioner during the financial year 2010-2011. The Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, permitted a manufacturer of excisable goods to import raw materials, packaging materials and consumables without payment of customs duty by obtaining an advance authorisation from the Director General of Foreign Trade, Government of India, subject to conditions. Notification No.96/2009-Cus. dated 11.09.2009 was issued by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, granting exemption from payment of customs duty on such imported materials. Condition (ix) therein stipulated that such an importer must produce evidence of discharge of its export obligations to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or the Assistant Commissioner of Customs within a period of sixty days of the expiry of the period allowed for fulfilment of such export obligations or within such extended period as may be allowed by the customs authorities.
15. It is an admitted fact that the petitioner obtained Advance Authorizations bearing Nos.0910040870, 0910040652 and 0910040522 in January/February, 2010 from the Assistant Director General of Foreign Trade, Hyderabad Regional Office, for duty-free import of raw materials for use in the manufacture of its finished products for export. The export obligations in this regard were to be fulfilled within three years from the date of issuance of such advance authorizations. It is an admitted fact that the petitioner completed and complied with its export obligations as per the aforestated condition within the stipulated period of three However, the redemption certificates in proof of fulfilment of such export obligations by the petitioner were issued and filed belatedly.
16. As regards the Advance Authorization bearing 0910040870, the redemption certificate was issued on 24.07.2014. In relation to the Advance Authorization bearing No.0910040652, the redemption certificate was issued on 06.05.2013. Lastly, apropos the Advance Authorization bearing No.0910040522, the redemption certificate was issued on 05.03.2015. As Condition (ix) of Notification No.96 of 2009 required submission of these redemption certificates within sixty days from the expiry of the period allowed for fulfilment of the export obligations and as the petitioner could not submit the same within the said period owing to the delay on the part of the issuing authority, the first respondent is now choosing to penalise the petitioner by raising duty demands with interest thereon for failure to comply with Condition (ix), referred to supra.
17. Significantly, it is not the contention of the customs authorities that the delay in issuance of the redemption certificates was attributable to the petitioner. It was therefore for the authorities themselves to put in place necessary machinery to see that such certificates were issued promptly, so that they could be produced within the time stipulated in Condition (ix) of Notification No.96 of 2009 dated 11.09.2009. An importer who duly complied with such export obligations in terms of the exemption granted under the Foreign Trade Policy cannot be penalised for delay on the part of the authorities in processing the necessary documentation.
18. Given the aforestated admitted facts, we find that the first respondent adopted a tediously hidebound approach in dealing with the matter. According to the petitioner, the fact that it had discharged its export obligations would have been well within the knowledge of the customs authorities themselves and all that the first respondent had to do was to cross verify the factum of such compliance even if the petitioner failed to appear before We find merit in this submission.
19. In MOTIRAM TOLARAM V/s. UNION OF INDIA5, the Supreme Court pointed out that when an assessee wants to claim the benefit of an exemption notification, the onus is upon him to prove and show that the conditions imposed by the said exemption notification have been satisfied. We are of the opinion that when this aspect is not even in dispute presently, it is not open to the first respondent to brush aside the reality of the situation and penalize the petitioner.
20. On the above analysis, we find that Order-in-Original Nos.701, 702 and 700 of 2014 dated 09.10.2014 are unsustainable on facts and in law and they are accordingly set aside. The writ petitions are allowed. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed in the light of this final order. No order as to costs.
1 2004 (168) E.L.T. 3 (S.C.)
2 2015 (323) E.L.T. 344 (Mad.)
3 2018 (361) E.L.T. 22 (A.P.)
4 2015 (326) E.L.T. 532 (GUJARAT)
5 1999 (112) E.L.T. 749 (S.C.)
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