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I Rarely Look for Inspiration in the Middle of a Fiction Project. Here's Why…
As a writer, inspiration is something that I don't often look for. I know it sounds strange as us writerly people are known for digging and delving through the crevices of life to find hidden gems that serve as inspiration. I, on the other hand allow inspiration to come to me in spontaneous form. I let my ideas flow at whatever ungodly time that they pop up and then capture them. Remember the BFG? Rahl Dahl's giant who was also a dream catcher? He used a net to catch good and bad dreams to put into bottles and store in his cupboard. As an author I take a similar approach because forcing myself to conjure up ideas just highlights the fact that writer's block is around the corner. Instead when my ideas and inspirations pop up, I take note and capture them.
Never Let an Idea Go!
It's really important to never let an idea go as a writer. Many of us can attest to scribbling on receipts in the supermarket when our phone battery has died. Better yet, miraculously holding that idea in your head before you reach home looking vacant, mumbling to yourself and dodging conversations with others in the process so as not to drop your genius idea. I have been known to spend the wee hours of the morning writing illegible notes on my phone's notepad when I should be sleeping. Worse still, when the notepad ran out of space, I made notes in the form of text message and sent them so that they would be saved – maybe that's just my dramatic #writerslife, however you get my drift. Writers do crazy s**t to hold or retain ideas in our heads when pens aren't near!
That spontaneous eureka moment of inspiration
One of the upsides to not looking for inspiration is the feeling you get when it appears. That magical eureka moment releases some serious endorphins and that feeling never gets old. A few recent instances stand out in my mind. Take for instance a period of writer's block that came about a few months ago. It was regarding the main character of my upcoming novel and a male love interest. I wanted them to go on a date but the thought of conjuring up a samey restaurant scene- which I knew was needed- left me feeling really uninspired. I deliberated about the scene and even started to dread writing it which made me postpone working on the project altogether. I didn't want to move forward without having written it because it was pivotal but I was also too uninspired to write it. The break I took enabled me to work on other projects in the meanwhile and though this may sound cliché, I allowed myself to trust the process. I didn't know when I would feel inspired to press on with the scene without deeming it a chore but I didn't allow myself to ponder on it.
Inspiration Will Always Come and When it Does, it Feels Great!
When the idea did eventually come, it was instant. I found myself looking out of the windows of a vehicle as it crawled through traffic one day and the road happened to be one lined with restaurants, most prominently South Asian restaurants. A lover of this type of cuisine, rich curry dishes in cartons began to spring to mind. Did I fancy a take-away curry that night? Nope. My main character and her man did though! Out of nothing, a hiccup in the construction of my novel was remedied without me once ever having to suffer the ails of writer's block.
This recently happened again when my main character was returning home to get on with some errands whilst considering major life choices. I wanted to document her journey home from the address that she had previously been staying at but couldn't think of anything other than a monotonous description of her walking through the street, holding her bags and possibly catching a train or bus. Then one day the idea of her bumping into someone significant came to me and I decided to zoom in on the details of their interaction opposed to her journey home, the prospect of which, even bored me to oblivion.
I make it a thing to grasp at ideas that pop into my head IN THE MOMENT during a work in progress. Never take it for granted- being a human being, you might actually forget it and that could be disastrous for progress. So, unleash your inner BFG and capture those ideas and treat them like the magic they are.
This entry was posted in Writing Tips and tagged inspiration, main character, novel, writer's block, Writing, Writing ideas on March 17, 2019 by Writerlygem.
Why I Love Literary Fiction
There are so many reasons to love Literary Fiction, the first being that it does not fit inside the distinct markers of a genre such as Science Fiction or Romance. Literary Fiction does not come complete with the plot conventions of some of our well-loved commercial fiction. Take Romance for instance: boy meets girl, they fall in love, something or someone gets in the way, a struggle ensues and they find themselves in each other's arms again. I mean they don't all go specifically like this but you get the general gist of the plotline. You can pick up any Romance novel and expect to see the same linear narrative plot- nothing wrong with that and millions of avid Romance readers would definitely agree that there is comfort in the predictability of a certain type of storyline. However, with Literary Fiction you get to go down the rabbit hole of gritty realism and what could be better than that? You get to let yourself go without any expectation about where the storyline will go. It reads like a sobering fly on the wall documentary and really offers food for thought in its best moments.
It Acts as a Panoramic Lens
Literary fiction zooms a panoramic lens into the mind of the protagonist and we see how they deal with the challenges that they face. Take Pauline Breedlove in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison for instance. She is the burdened wife of redundant and abusive drunk, Cholly Breedlove. Trapped in a loveless marriage, she takes refuge in the cinema and immerses herself into the romanticised notions of love offered by white Hollywood movies with their glamorous starlets and debonair suitors. The escapist glamour procured from her cinema trips ends abruptly however, when she loses her tooth, an apt symbolism of her youth and beauty. She finally gives up on this notion and focuses her attention on being a superlative domestic servant for a white family, whose home she appropriates as a new source of romanticism. It is the focus on the human condition and mapping out the way in which characters navigate their social landscapes that makes Literary Fiction so compelling as a genre. Getting firmly between the pages of a Literary Fiction novel, you potter about in the character's shoes, begin to hate their nemeses and even taste their supper. You get to assume a warts and all position firmly within the lives of the characters and as a reader, that is a very privileged place to be.
It Can Get Uncomfortable
Of course, as with any other genre, there are downsides to being an avid reader of Literary Fiction. It requires having an unconditional relationship with a story that often has a bumpy ride and this can be uncomfortable. Take for example a scenario in the world of Romance or Chick Lit: Rosie has had a series of unsuccessful relationships and has given up on love. We observe her quest for such through a series of comical mishaps with a chatty best friend in tow and a hypercritical but somehow harmless mother. Rosie however, is lucky because she is the main character of a Romance or Chick Lit novel and so these genre conventions dictate that she finally gets her man in the end.
Now let us envision the sombre world of Marta. She has had a string of unsuccessful relationships owed to the fact that she had an abusive father who often spent all of the family's earnings at the bar or in the betting shop. She suffers from severe bouts of depression and lives life through a gloomy lens. The story is littered with constant descriptions of squalor and poverty. As a reader there is little to find funny about her predicament and to make it worse, just when you think she has found Mr Right it turns out that he has a family on the other side of the world and by the end of the novel has left her to return there. Sigh. This is what I mean about Literary Fiction requiring you to have an unconditional relationship with the story. We may not like the dark twists and turns that it takes. Moreover, these moves are downright unpredictable and I can understand the predictable plotline patterns that genre fiction enthusiasts have come to love and look out for over and over again.
The heaviness of the themes in Literary fiction may be unsettling to some and that's why I as a booklover enjoy mixing my genres depending on my mood. Not everyone wants to be forced to witness the trauma of human hardship and strife, often without a tangible happy ending but one that's often centred on the main character's melancholic reflection on their grim predicament. For me however, it is the flouting of a perfect end resolution that makes Literary Fiction so attractive. It makes it all the more real and thus more interesting.
It Zooms in on the Ugly Underbelly of Life
When I was a child, I would spot someone in public and wonder who they were, where they were going and who was waiting for them to come home. Reading a novel within this genre is like zooming in on a real person and for a curious being like myself, it's an alluring factor. That there are a million Pauline Breedloves in the world makes the novel a more attractive read. It isn't a far-fetched tale that requires me to use my imagination when I'm too tired before bed or acts as a light read that leaves me wanting to know more of the nitty gritty. Literary Fiction gets into the ugly underbelly of a novel and doesn't succumb to the pressure of tying the ends into a neat resolution at the finale. It is this sense of unapologetic realism that makes it so attractive.
This entry was posted in Writing Tips and tagged fiction, genre, literary fiction, plotline, romance on March 8, 2019 by Writerlygem.


The study looked at existing research that had been conducted on the differences between organic and conventional foods, finding that there were some significant variations in the nutritional value between the two.
Shoppers often argue that organic foods are too pricey to purchase for an everyday diet. Well, if they contain more nutrition per serving, then the body would require less servings per meal. Logic indicates that by comparing price based on nutritional value rather than amount, shoppers can spend about the same if not less with organics.
Researchers also found lower levels of the harmful heavy metal cadmium and lower levels of nitrogen, both of which are dangerous to human health. Cadmium, which is also present in cigarette smoke, can cause damage to the liver, kidneys, and other bodily functions and organs. Researchers were unable to explain why there were lower levels of these toxic compounds in organic food, but it's been speculated that the use of glyphosate (Roundup) based pesticides may induce heavy metal uptake in 'conventional' crops as it does in other organisms.
Based on the research, the choice between organic foods and conventionally grown foods is a no-brainer. Organic foods are hands down a more nutritious and health promoting option. So, whether you're deciding to plant a garden or shop for groceries, remember the important benefits of eating organic foods.
Salads too can make you fat!


Looks like iOS users enjoy surfing the web on their devices more compared to other OS's, as a new report shows that Apple iOS is the leading mobile OS for users browsing the web.
With the incredible launch that Apple had with the iPhone 4S it seems to have bolstered them into 60% of the mobile web browsing traffic. An incredible number considering that amount of non-Apple devices out there with mobile web browsing capabilities. As you can see in the image below from Net Applications, all platforms are taking a significant decrease in traffic as iOS and Android continue to rise. That alone seems par for the course as these two are the leading operating systems.
Apple remains dominant when providing mobile devices, offering the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, all of these devices have the ability to browse the web. With that said it is no surprise that they hold a large share of the mobile web browsing market and have continued to do so over the last two years.
What I do find strikingly odd is the size of the gap between iOS and Android. Is mobile browsing not an enjoyable experience on Android? With Android being dominant globally, it seems like there would be a decrease in that 40% difference between the two. Personally I try to refrain from web browsing on any phone size screen regardless I absolutely have to, but with the ever growing popularity and vast number of Android tablets and smartphones, it seems that the numbers should have been better. I don't even own an Android based tablet, so I can't compare the experience with my iPad 2.
I expected more from Android with the release of Honeycomb and companies like Samsung, Asus, and Acer offering competitive pricing on their devices when compared to Apple offering; the iPad. It seems, though, that most of the mobile web browsing is still coming from smartphones, when talking about Android, and not their tablets. Data shows that even Android smartphone users are buying the iPad instead of Android based tablets. I can partially understand as I feel that the Android tablets are feel cluttered; as-if there is just too much going on with the home screens. I felt that I needed to get certified in Android use just to navigate around.


How to hide the dash camera wires inside the car or other vehicles ?
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Today, we are glad to writing a post on how to hide the dash camera wires into the nooks and crannies around the perimeter of the vehicle inner space, now there's a lot of spots that you can hide a wire in, and we're going to jump into some of them to organize your wires easily ,ideally you will have to use some wire clips, usually they're included in your dash camera kits, the wire clip has an adhesive on one side and on the back there is a hook, you can actually buy these wire clips online, they're pretty cheap as well, otherwise you can also use some tapes. I am going to use wire clips in the visible areas but underneath the dashboard, i will use the tapes instead.
Take your cord up into the headliner and start tucking away until you reach the side, now run your wire until you're under the dash, go towards the center dashboard and stash away your excess cables on the side, then plug in, any extra slack wires should be neatly tucked away beside your console, you can easily run the wire upwards into the headliner on the new vehicles, however you have to check if there's a cover you can hide the cable behind on older vehicles, you can tape your wiring to the mirrors, check if it's closed otherwise keep it straight, there's no need to attach it to the window, the headliner can be gently pulled down and the wire pushed in to start stuffing, I recommend going towards the passenger side, as a fallen cable won't interfere driving, but it's really up to you, once you reach the end, i found running the cabling inside the weather sealing or side trim is easier and hides more of the cabling, start by examining your door frame for areas where the cable is securely held and won't share the cable when the door is closed, the alternative is to run it alongside the windshield, you might have to use tape or a wire guide as the trim can be difficult to press int.
Once you reach the end, you will have to bring it back out and drop it alongside your board, again look for any areas you can place your cabling, if nothing exists make sure the cable stays straight either from pulling it underneath your dashboard or by using a wire guide, this ensures it won't be caught inside your door, whatever method you choose the goal is to reach underneath your dashboard, once you look for any sort of hooks or areas you can wedge your cable into, you can go nuts with cable ties or tape here as it won't be seen, if you're lazy you can place your floor mat over the cable, making sure any passengers won't get caught up on the wiring. I've used this method before a couple months with no damage and no problems, once the cable is beside your dashboard, shove all the loose wiring beside your seat and plug the end in, so now you're done, congratulations.
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Onus lies on AO to prove an expense as unreasonable or excessive to disallow same u/s 40A(2)(a)
Labels: Income Tax case laws
Delhi ITAT has held in DCIT vs Spark Hotels (P) Ltd. that the onus lies on the assessing officer to prove that an expenditure is excessive or unreasonable so as to disallow such expenditure u/s 40A(2)(a). Unless the AO brings on record any material to prove that an expenditure is excessive or unreasonable, no disallowance of such expenditure u/s 40A(2)(a) can be made.
In this case the assessee company engaged in the Hotel business, derived income only from interest & dividend during the year and had paid director remuneration @Rs. 3,00,000/- per month to one of its directors. According to AO, the remuneration paid by the assessee to its director was excessive and unreasonable; he thus disallowed the same to the extent of Rs. 2,50,000/- per month without stating any sound reason, material or ground and simply ignoring the qualification and the experience of the director concerned. Moreover, the CIT (A) found the remuneration justified recognizing the qualifications & the professional experience of the concerned director and consequently deleted the addition made by the AO.
On further appeal to the Tribunal it was held that In the instant case, there is nothing to suggest that the AO found the payment of remuneration to director excessive having regard to either (a) fair market value of the services or facilities; or (b) the legitimate needs of the business of the assessee; or (c) the benefits derived by or accruing to the assessee on receipt of such services or facilities. The AO while making the disallowance observed that disallowance was made keeping in view quantum and nature of business of the assessee. But how quantum or nature of business affected payment of salary to its director, has not been elaborated. No businessman can be compelled to maximize his profit. The income-tax authorities must put themselves in the shoes of the assessee and see how a prudent businessman would act. The authorities must not look at the matter from their own view point but that of a prudent businessman. Not a whisper has been made by the AO in respect of any of these three ingredients in his assessment order. There is nothing to suggest that the AO ever brought any material on record on this aspect before concluding that remuneration @ Rs. 3 lacs pm was excessive or unreasonable nor even cited any comparable instances in respect of the fair market value of the services rendered by the director.
The Hon'ble Bench, made clear that the onus to prove the excessiveness or unreasonableness of the payment made, lies on the revenue and also that in the absence of any material and basis with the AO to treat the remuneration as excessive and unreasonable, the decision given by the CIT (A) was upheld.
Full judgement is as under:
IN THE ITAT DELHI BENCH 'G'
Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Circle - 9(1)
Spark Hotels (P.) Ltd.
G.C. GUPTA, VICE-pRESIDENT
AND A.N. PAHUJA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER
IT Appeal NO. 4631 (DELHI) OF 2011
[ASSESSMENT YEAR 2008-09]
A.N. Pahuja, Accountant Member. - This appeal filed on 20.10.2011 by the Revenue against an order dated 29.06.2011 of the CIT(A)-XII, New Delhi, raises the following grounds:-
(1) "The ld. CIT(A) erred in law and on facts of the case in deleting the addition of Rs. 30 lacs on account of Directors remuneration by invoking the provisions of section 40A(2)(b).
(2) The appellant craves to amend, modify, alter, add or forgo any ground of appeal at any time before or during the hearing of this appeal."
2. At the outset, none appeared before us on behalf of the assessee nor submitted any request for adjournment. Considering the nature of issue and findings of the ld. CIT(A), the Bench proceeded to dispose of the appeal after hearing the ld. DR.
3. Facts, in brief, as per relevant orders are that return declaring nil income after adjusting brought forward loss of Rs. 10,74,016/-. under the normal provisions and book profits of Rs. 8,67,496/- in terms of the provisions of section 115JB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) filed on 22.09.2008 by the assessee, running a hotel, was selected for scrutiny with the service of a notice u/s 143(2) of the Act. During the course of assessment proceedings, the Assessing Officer [AO in short] noticed that even though the assessee was engaged in the business of hotel, the assessee derived income only from interest- Rs. 50,06,561/- and dividend- Rs. 96,21,236/- in the year under consideration while the assessee paid salary of Rs. 36 lacs to its director Shri Patanjali Keswani, Director @ Rs. 3 lacs per month. Total expenses claimed against interest income were Rs. 41,37,764/-. In the light of these facts, to a query by the AO, seeking explanation as to reasonableness of salary paid to the director in terms of provisions of the section 40A(2)(a) of the Act, the assessee replied that Shri Patanjali Keswani was a highly qualified individual, having B.Tech. from IIT and MBA from IIM beside having a experience of 15 years in Taj Group Hotels as chief operating Officer and Vice President with A.T. Kearney Inc. as their Director India. The remuneration paid to shri Keshwani was due to business exigencies and substantial profits were earned by the assessee company. Moreover, the assessee raised funds to the tune of Rs. 28.93 crores, deployed in giving loans, making investment in mutual funds and setting up of hotels. Since shri Keshwani was paying tax at maximum rates, it could not be said that payment of remuneration was made to avoid taxes. However, the AO did not accept the submissions of the assessee and disallowed an amount of Rs. 30 lacs, invoking the provisions of sec. 40A(2)(a) of the Act, considering the salary of Rs. 50,000/-pm paid to shri Keshwani, reasonable.
4. On appeal, the assessee reiterated their submissions before the AO while relying upon decisions in Beta Naphthol (P) Ltd. v. Dy. CIT, 50 TTJ (Ind.) 375; Hathiwala Silk Mills v. Income-tax Officer, 19 TTJ (Ahd.) 284; Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd. v. IAC, 39 TTJ (Delhi) 132 and CIT v. Walchand & Co. (P) Ltd., 65 ITR 381 (SC).Inter alia, it was contended that an employer fixing the remuneration, is entitled to consider the extent of business, the nature of duties to be performed, the special aptitude of the employee, future prospects of extension of the business and a host of other related circumstances. It is erroneous to think that increased remuneration can only be justified if there is a corresponding increase in the profits of the employer. Accordingly, it was argued that disallowance made by the AO be deleted. In the light of these submissions, the ld. CIT(A) deleted the addition, holding as under:-
"After considering the submissions given by the appellant as well as observations made by the Assessing Officer I am of the opinion that in order to make disallowance u/s 40A(2)(b) it is necessary that the Assessing Officer should establish that benefits given to the related parties are more than the fair market value. In this case the Director Keshwani himself is a professional as he is B-Tech from IIT and as well as MBA from IIM along with experience in Taj Group of Hotel as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President with A.T. Kearney Inc. as their Director India. The Director himself is a professional who with his professional expertise steered the company and earned profits well while comparing with the last two years. Hence, the addition of 30 lacs is deleted."
5. The Revenue is now in appeal before us against the aforesaid findings of the ld. CIT(A).The ld. DR supported the assessment order while relying upon the decision in CIT v. Eastern Condiments (P.) Ltd., 325 ITR 251 (Ker.).
6. We have heard the learned DR and gone through the facts of the case. As is apparent from the aforesaid facts, the issue before us is as to whether remuneration paid to director of the company is excessive and unreasonable and therefore ,could be disallowed u/s 40A(2)(a) of the Act. The AO disallowed an amount of Rs. 30 lacs out of total salary of Rs. 36 lacs, in terms of provisions of sec. 40A(2)(a) of the Act while the ld. CIT(A) deleted the disallowance. Before proceeding further, we may refer to the provisions of section 40A(2) (a) of the Act, the relevant portion of which read as follows :
"40A(2)(a). Where the assessee incurs any expenditure in respect of which payment has been or is to be made to any person referred to in clause (b) of this sub-section, and the Assessing Officer is of the opinion that such expenditure is excessive or unreasonable having regard to the fair market value of the goods, services or facilities for which the payment is made or the legitimate needs of the business or profession of the assessee or the benefit derived by or accruing, to him therefrom, so much of the expenditure as is so considered by him to be excessive or unreasonable shall not be allowed as a deduction."
6.1 A mere glance at the aforesaid provision reveals that the expenditure mentioned therein is in relation to any person referred to in clause (b) of the subsection and the expenditure has to be considered in relation to the fair market value of the goods, services or facilities for which the payment is made or the legitimate needs of the business or profession of the assessee or the benefit derived by or accruing to the assessee therefrom. Hon'ble Gujrat High Court observed in Coronation Flour Mills v. ACIT, 188 Taxman 257 that in relation to the disallowance under the provisions of section 40A(2)(a) of the Act, a plain reading of the provision reveals that where an assessee incurs any expenditure in respect of which payment is required to be made or has been made to any person referred to in clause (b) of section 40A(2) of the Act and the AO is of the opinion that such expenditure is excessive or unreasonable having regard to (a) fair market value of the goods, services or facilities for which the payment is made; or (b) the legitimate needs of the business of the assessee; or (c) the benefits derived by or accruing to the assessee on receipt of such goods, services or facilities, then the AO shall not allow as a deduction so much of the expenditure as is so considered by the AO to be excessive or unreasonable. Therefore, it becomes apparent that the AO is required to record a finding as to whether the expenditure is excessive or unreasonable in relation to any one of the three requirements prescribed, which are independent and alternative to each other. All the three requirements need not exist simultaneously. In a given case, if any one condition is shown to be satisfied the provision can be invoked and applied, if the facts so warrant. Thus, only so much of the expenses, if paid to a person referred to in clause (b), are allowable which are found to be not excessive and unreasonable and the excessive or unreasonable portion has to be disallowed. It is well settled that the provisions of section. 40A(2)(a) of the Act cannot have any application unless it is first concluded that the expenditure was excessive or unreasonable, as held in the case of Upper India Steel Manufacturing And Engineering Co. Private Limited, 117 ITR 569(SC). In the instant case, there is nothing to suggest that the AO found the payment of remuneration to director excessive having regard to either (a) fair market value of the services or facilities; or (b) the legitimate needs of the business of the assessee; or (c) the benefits derived by or accruing to the assessee on receipt of such services or facilities. The AO while making the disallowance observed that disallowance was made keeping in view quantum and nature of business of the assessee. But how quantum or nature of business affected payment of salary to its director, has not been elaborated. No businessman can be compelled to maximize his profit. The income-tax authorities must put themselves in the shoes of the assessee and see how a prudent businessman would act. The authorities must not look at the matter from their own view point but that of a prudent businessman. Not a whisper has been made by the AO in respect of any of these three ingredients in his assessment order. There is nothing to suggest that the AO ever brought any material on record on this aspect before concluding that remuneration @ Rs. 3 lacs pm was excessive or unreasonable nor even cited any comparable instances in respect of the fair market value of the services rendered by the director.
6.2 Now we may have a look at the decision in Eastern Condiments (P) Ltd. (supra) relied upon by the ld. DR. In the said case, the assessee-company was engaged in the manufacture and export of spices. Export was done by a proprietorship concern of the managing director of the assessee-company. Though normal commission paid by the assessee for marketing its products was at 5 per cent, for the sales effected to the proprietorship concern of the managing director, the assessee paid commission at 10 per cent and claimed the same as deduction on the ground that additional commission was attributable to the packing cost incurred by the managing director. The AO noticed that the managing director had purchased machinery for packing in December, 2000 whereas exports were made by him from April, 2000 onwards. He further noted that goods, while in transit from the assessee to the managing director, straightway went to the export stream. Therefore, he disallowed additional 5 per cent commission paid to the managing director which was confirmed by the Commissioner (Appeals). On second appeal, the Tribunal, however, allowed the claim of the assessee. On further appeal, the Hon'ble High Court found that the Tribunal had not cared to consider any of the findings of the AO and had assumed the claim of the assessee that the additional discount was attributable to the packing cost incurred by the managing director, as true. In order to prove that the managing director was left with packing for export and sale of the commodity locally, it was for the assessee to prove that sales were in bulk quantity and the managing director was engaged in the packing. The finding of the AO was that the managing director had purchased certain machinery only in December, 2000 whereas goods purchased from the assessee were from April, 2000 onwards. It was the further finding of the AO that the goods, while in transit from the assessee to the managing director, straightway went to the export stream which was impossible unless the goods were in packed condition., nor was there any finding by the Tribunal that the managing director had maintained even a single facility for packing. In the light of these observations, the Hon'ble High Court remanded the matter to the AO for giving an opportunity to the assessee as well as to the managing director to prove that packing was done by the managing director to justify additional discount granted and if the assessee failed to do so, disallowance could be made in the assessment. Now how this decision helps the Revenue ,has not been explained by the ld. DR.A mere glance at this decision reveals that facts and circumstances in the said decision are altogether different from the facts and circumstances of the case, especially when the AO nowhere established that the remuneration to director was excessive having regard to either (a) fair market value of the services or facilities; or (b) the legitimate needs of the business of the assessee; or (c) the benefits derived by or accruing to the assessee on receipt of such services or facilities. Thus, reliance on the aforesaid decision is misplaced.
6.3 In view the foregoing, especially when there is no material on record to hold that payment of remuneration @ Rs. 3 lacs pm to the director was excessive or unreasonable, we have no hesitation in upholding the findings of the ld. CIT(A). Therefore, ground no. 1 in the appeal of the Revenue is dismissed.
7. No additional ground having been raised before us in terms of residuary ground no. 2 in the appeal, accordingly, this ground is dismissed.
8. No other plea or argument was made before us.
9. In the result, appeal is dismissed.
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ok...so one of my shops has flat rate shipping. I have already setup my USPS account in the settings, I chose countries as ALL, and entered the flat rates for each option. lower48, Hawaii/Alaska, Canada, and International.
The product page does not show shipping.
And on a related note, if I add 2 items from the shop, the shipping only shows for 1 item.
Shouldn't it show for both?
What if the shop wants to have a +$2 for each additional item?
Hello there @Kelly, I hope you're well today!
Shipping is not shown on the individual products... Instead it is being calculated during checkout.
Shipping is calculated per-order. So if a user orders 2 items from your store, you should pack them together and send them as one package, not 2.
Flat rate shipping is per order, not per product.
You could use the weight rate and for example specify that each product "weighs" 1Kg. Then use Kg as "items in your shipping cost calculations and build your costs like that.
The alternative would be to custom-code a shipping gateway that will automatically take care of calculations on a per-item basis for you. If you are not comfortable doing that yourself using PHP then my advise would be to create a new job in our Jobs Board on https://premium.wpmudev.org/wordpress-development/ so that a skilled developer can do that for you.
so there is no way to display the shipping costs on the product page? Studies show people buy more when they know shipping upfront.
There is no built in way to do this, as often the shipping costs are different depending on the person viewing the site, like in your case. If the user is a guest then it won't know which shipping cost to give them, until they enter their shipping destination at checkout.
You can always build it around your target destination too. If it's the US then you can have the US shipping rates in your sidebar with a link to the full page of shipping rates for each area.
I was hoping there was a way to have fields in the product page so when that is filled out, the shipping rates would be filled out as well.
With multisites, one page with rates on a sidebar won't help, it would need to be on a shop by shop basis. Since the shop chooses countries to ship to and sets rates and their origination zip code in the main Marketpress settings, isn't there a way to display those on the product pages?
The seller then chooses a flat rate for each of those choices, and it displays on the product page.
Thanks for the explanation there!
That isn't possible in the current version of MarketPress out of the box. The easiest workaround would be for the shop owners to create a shipping page and clearly link to it either in the sidebar or on the product page itself. You could also create a template type banner or page for them to just fill in their own prices for.
We have a major MarketPress release coming up, so we'll see what's included in that when it is finished.
If you wanted to get this custom coded in now, then it would be a good post for our Jobs Board.
Let me know if you have any further questions on this Kelly!


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A World Premiere in Covid Times: Club Sells Tickets For Just 30 Minutes of Derby Game
By Emanuel Rosu on November 26, 2021 2 min read
On Sunday, CS Universitatea Craiova face FCSB in a Romanian Liga 1 derby match. Craiova's officials want to make the most of the Romanian Government's decision to open stadiums at 30% capacity following a month of closure caused by Covid-19 restrictions. Tickets for the game were made available online at the cost of just $0.3 hours after the decision to allow fans back in the stands became official.
Universitatea Craiova's supporters encouraged the team through banners over the past month, when they weren't allowed to attend any game because of Covid restrictions. (Image: Facebook/ucvoficial)
Things are not as simple as they look at first glance, though. The government's decision stipulates fans can only attend sporting events until 9 PM. That's just 30 minutes after Craiova vs FCSB kicks off on Sunday, meaning supporters will need to leave their seats before the end of the first half. Universitatea's decision-makers look set to mark a world premiere and do their utmost to open their stadium for just half an hour.
"Our club made tickets available for the game vs FCSB on Sunday. The price is just 1 Leu [the equivalent of $0.3] and guarantees you can stay in the stadium until 9 PM," CS Universitatea said through a statement.
"You will then need to leave the arena, according to the rules currently applied," the release adds. Only those vaccinated and the supporters who can prove they went through Covid in the past six months will be able to attend matches in Romania in the foreseeable future.
Romania was one of the worst-hit countries in the world by the fourth wave of the pandemic. Public access to stadiums was blocked following a surge in the number of infections in October which saw the south-eastern European country reach the highest mortality rate in the entire European Union.
No football after 9 PM
The Romanian League (LPF) will make a final attempt to unblock the situation by asking the Government to allow football fans to leave stadiums at 10 PM.
"If football is so important, why don't the broadcasters just move the games? For us, that's the best solution if the government doesn't budge," Craiova president Sorin Cirtu commented.
His team is one of the best-supported clubs in the Romanian league. Craiova now sit third in the league, on 28 points, six behind FCSB, who are second, and 14 under league leaders CFR Cluj. Craiova stand at +120 to win against FCSB, with a bet on the Bucharest team returning +230, the same as a draw.
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The city of Fremont allowed fireworks to be discharged until midnight July 5.
Due to rainy conditions Wednesday evening, Mayor Scott Getzschman announced on Thursday the fireworks ordinance would be extended.
Other surrounding cities, including Omaha, were not able to discharge fireworks as the city ordinance only allows fireworks until July 4.
Ronald Zaim, a Fremont resident told 3 News Now he was excited he had an extra day to discharge fireworks.
"This year I spent about $300 on fireworks. Usually, I spend twice as much," said Zaim. "When I first saw the extension announcement on Facebook I thought it was a joke, but I did some research and discovered it was true. I'm grateful for that because with the rain, I wasn't able to light them all."
Eric Hardy manages the Ka-Boomers Fireworks stand. He said it was a busy fireworks season in town with adult customers averaging about $80 worth of fireworks per visit.
"Business is slow in the beginning but then like every year, it picks up a lot in the last few days. The last few days we had eight people working the stands and we worked until close," said Hardy.
Hardy said the city has been loud with fireworks since Tuesday, but didn't think the ordinance extension would impact the city too much.
"There were so many Fourth of July parties yesterday so I doubt people will be as extravagant with them today," added Hardy.
Some residents told 3 News Now they weren't thrilled about the extension because they work early Friday morning and didn't want to hear the fireworks until midnight.
Reports of an extension through the weekend in Council Bluffs were speculated about on social media, but Mayor Matt Walsh said Friday that the city was absolutely not extending its allowance.


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Continued: Top 10 Films For the Rest of The Year
And so, after a hefty delay in order to complete 'proper' work, here concludes that most lets-fill-some-space of lists: The Preview List.
5. The Informant
Damon plays an awkwardly gawky (is there any other way to be gawky?) whistle blower working undercover for the F.B.I. A comedy version of The Insider beckons with early trailers looking at a level of hilarity somewhere between slapstick and Ricky Gervais.
Verdict: Potentially the funniest film of the year or a pitfall for Damon back into Stuck On You territory
4. The Box
Donnie Darko Director Kelly returns with Marsden, Diaz and Langela in tow. The Box in question has a button which credits the Marsden/Diaz couplet with $1million but kills someone somewhere in the world. Looks less convoluted than Darko but appearances can be deceptive.
Verdict: Darko fans will flock and return satisfyingly enlightened or muttering sweet nothings and asking for Kelly to make a rom-com as his next.
3. Dorian Gray
A high entry for Dorian Gray but this is one of the most important, yet underrated, books in English Literature. Trailer hints at a tone on the right side of dark and key to making it palatable will be to keep Wilde's wry humour without making it overly camp. Ben Barnes and Colin Firth are good casting choices.
Verdict: A period drama for the ages and making of Barnes or disappointing adaptation that nobody dares attempt again for another 10 years.
2. The Road
Early trailers and plot leaks had me unimpressed by The Road but recent updates have made me take another look. Viggo Mortensen plays a father trying to navigate his son through post-apocalyptic America. Early Oscar buzz suggest it could be a major winner.
Verdict: One of the years best or actually I can no longer see an or for this. It will be one of the years best (he says, confidently).
Which had to be number one. Everyone from Avatar's Director James Cameron to Steven Speilberg is talking it up as amazing. Recent early-release footage, shown only to a select few behind closed doors also seems to have got the critical elite on its side. Almost viral style marketing campaign, keeping the plot under wraps until the last minute has skyrocketed expectation and publicity. The fact that this could be the first serious film in 3D is also exciting and will prove a measure of the genre. There will not be a bigger film than this this year.
Verdict: The most important film of the year which lays the way forward for cinema in the 21st century or the death knell for 3D cinema's comeback.
Film Intel article for Tuesday, August 04, 2009
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A Bright Corner: A Piece of Cake!
It's really been a summer filled with Christmas quilts! This is the third one I've worked on this month (I'll share the others soon), and I have to say it's a little strange to go out and photograph a Christmas quilt when it's 90+ degrees outside and there's plenty of green grass around!
A Piece of Cake - Sweet & Simple Quilts from Layer Cake Squares written by Peta Peace (a.k.a. She Quilts A Lot). The book is filled with great quilt designs, lovely photos, and easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams.
When I fall in love with a new fabric line, often I'll buy a layer cake of it. A charm pack isn't quite enough, and I find layer cakes to be more versatile than a jelly roll. But then the layer cake sits there until I figure out what to make. This book will be a great resource - it has so many great quilts, all layer cake friendly!
The quilt I chose to make is called Surprise. It finishes at 56" x 71" and I used a layer cake of North Woods designed by Kate Spain. The line came out last summer and I've been holding on to this layer cake since then - looking for the perfect pattern. I love the little presents!
I backed this quilt in a soft mint flannel - it will be perfectly cozy come December! For the quilting I used a longarm panto from Urban Elementz called Cake Walk.
You can see more projects from the book by following along on the blog tour. We've already seen three fun quilts from Sedef, Jemima, and Samantha - and there's plenty more to come! You can also check out some other quilts from the book on Instagram with the hashtag #apieceofcakebook.
This is gorgeous! Love that it can be done with just one layer cake. This book is on my wishlist.
Love your quilt!! I want this book, it looks so good!
Very pretty Quilt!This Book looks so neat>like to own it! Thanks for sharing!
I love this sweet quilt! Looks like a great book to own!
Your quilt is fun, festive, and fantabulous! It says a lot for what else might be discovered in this book!


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On Robert Walser
by Leslie Maslow
"I also was among the group beneficially beaten."
-Robert Walser, "Knocking" (Selected Stories)
In the very short story "Knocking", by Robert Walser, a narrator remembers an incident from his youth where a schoolteacher took students over his knee and spanked them for some misdemeanor. Of all the beautiful sentences out there, I choose Walser's for one reason and one reason only: that glorious, oh so subversive adverb.
"Knocking" is well under three hundred words – practically a prose-poem, and yet there are more than a dozen examples of what by some standards is the greatest of literary faux pas, the "lazy" use of adjectives and adverbs. Others include "compliantly, harmlessly, completely, ironically" as well as "pretentious, timid, impertinent, and magnificent."
But so much is said with that single adverb, "beneficially." Beaten, I have been, yes. But I'll assert it was for my own good, so don't accuse me of complaining. I'm backed into a corner. Don't hurt me. I have no options. And yet, who would mistake "beneficially" for anything but ironic? But when it comes time to level the accusation of insubordination (a faceless authority is often implicit in Walser's stories), what evidence would the authorities have? He said it was beneficial, didn't he?
The story is about a narrator who can't stop the neighbors from banging on the walls. He must find a way to endure it in order to maintain his sanity, and this is why he recalls his boyhood thrashing. There are few things more powerless than living next door to a loud person — except, perhaps, being taken over your teacher's knee.
WG Sebald, in his introduction to the novel The Tanners, described Walser's tone as one of "anarchic politeness." And knowing what we do of Walser, (always on the brink of poverty, a lifetime bachelor and wanderer who checked himself into an Swiss asylum for the last 23 years of his life), is it any surprise that, having no other means of resistance, he would find it in the exquisite irony, the insolence of adverbs?
Leslie Maslow's writing has appeared in Open City, Anderbo, The Aviary and Tin House. She lives in Brooklyn and is currently a student in the M.F.A. program at Bennington College.
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Dec. 27, 2022 Updated 7:44 pm. IST
JAMMU, DECEMBER 27: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta Tuesday remarked that the skilling of youth in relevant trades is the key to tide over the problem of unemployment in the UT.
Dr Mehta was speaking in a meeting to discuss the ways and means of skilling and capacity building of youth with the stakeholders.
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The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department (SDD); Commissioner Secretary, RDD; Director IIM, Jammu; Deputy Commissioners; MD, NRLM; Director, SDD; representatives from Banks and other concerned officers.
On the occasion, Dr Mehta impressed upon the officers to map skill gap in districts as per employment potential and expected areas of investment. He asked them to impart skills to every youth as par aptitude and willingness. He called for imparting skills that are relevant in the market and help the person in gainful employment.
The Chief Secretary issued instructions for making a robust mechanism to skill those youth identified during the recently held outreach programmes of 'Back to Village' and 'My Town My Pride'. He stressed on providing right skills to these youth identified from Panchayats and Local Bodies so that they happen to be inspiration for others. He reiterated that investments worth around Rs 60000 crores are coming to UT in next few years under Single Window System and it would open doors for thousands of youth to gain employment.
Dr Mehta further maintained that the LG administration is has evolved a multi-pronged strategy to provide employment to the youth of J&K. He stressed on the need to skill every youngster in the UT so that gainful Self Employment avenues becomes a reality and youth become successful entrepreneurs with guidance and support from government. He also elucidated that it is also the endeavour of government to upskill youth in high value skills so that they are able to seize employment in any part of the globe.
He urged the educated youth to come forward for gaining rightful skills in the best of the skill institutes for earning their livelihood in a respectable manner. He observed that J&K has dozens of skill institutes including those of National repute like IIT, IIM, NIT and more than half a dozen Universities. He told them to utilize this opportunity for making themselves worthy enough to earn jobs of their choice. He made out that for the people with right skill sets, there is no dearth of opportunities and their earnings.
The Principal Secretary, SDD, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon gave a detailed presentation on the strategy formulated by his department for skilling of youth. He threw light on various aspects and avenues where skilling of youth could fetch them better returns. He also set out the investment trends to be witnessed in next 5 years and the scope of employment in different sectors in both the divisions of J&K.
Dr Samoon also gave insights about the trainings to be started by the department to upskill the youth identified in the recently concluded Back to Village-4 programme. He asked the Deputy Commissioners to facilitate these youth to get skilled in different trades in the trainings to be started in the first week of January next year.
It was divulged that hundreds of MoUs have been signed till date for establishing industrial units in the UT. It was given out that more than 3.37 lakh skilled and semi-skilled workers are estimated to be required in J&K in the sectors of Trade, Tourism & Hospitality, Education & Health, Real estate/Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Food processing, Construction and ITes in the future.
It was further revealed that more than 85000 students are targeted by different government departments and skill imparting agencies in the first phase. It includes training of around 11696 students by SDD, 11371 by RDD, 10840 by IT Department, 6834 by Mission Youth, 5544 by Handloom, 5539 by Social Welfare, 4811 by Higher Education, 4284 by Health, 4226 by Tourism, 4073 by KVIB, 3012 by EDI, 2920 by Agriculture, 2177 by Home, 2115 by Transport, 2039 by Handicrafts, 1846 by Tribal Affairs, 1040 by FCS&CA, 869 by SKUAST, and 584 by I&C Departments.
It was said that the SDD will act as the central agency for maintaining MIS, act as link between departments and agencies like NIESEBUD, and SSCs for syllabus, study material, identification of certified trainers, identification of infrastructure, registration of students on the portal, assessment, certification and post certification assistance. Further SDD will allocate a pool of experts within the Department who will assist the government to achieve the vision & mission of imparting quality training to the youth of Jammu and Kashmir.
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What Should the Role of Coastal Rowing be on the World Stage?
Surf's UpWhat Should the Role of Coastal Rowing be on the World Stage?
I've had an interesting discussion on Twitter (yes, social media can still do good things) about the role of coastal rowing in FISA's push for more engagement, as well as the Olympic Movement. The back-and-forth stemmed from this tweet:
RowingRelated@rowingrelated
Confused about coastal rowing being pushed by FISA as a way to adapt for the future. Rowing already faces challenges for 1) accessibility and 2) spectators' experience. Coastal rowing seems to exacerbate both of those issues.
First, there was pushback about accessibility. The idea of open-water rowing shells being more stable and cost effective (as well as not necessarily requiring the shelter of a boathouse, etc.) is certainly compelling—it's easier to get started, both physically and financially. Second, it doesn't require the use of a purpose-built racecourse.
Jeff Nelson@OpenWaterRower2
There are two sides to this discussion. From an accessibility perspective I think we gain a lot from coastal rowing, which can be a new introduction to the sport & can increase accessibility. Like Mtn biking did for cycling. There's more open water than flat water in the world
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But those aren't the only kinds of accessibility, or the only concerns regarding venues.
Coastal rowing requires, well, coasts. If you're already living along a coastline, then that's obviously not an issue, but it's not great if you're living in, say, Ohio. (Yes, you can row open-water shells on any body of water, but being in the surf along the coast of California is quite different from a bumpy day on Scioto River.)
It's one thing if FISA is operating alone, and coastal rowing is just another offering to help cast a wide net, as with the World Indoor Rowing Championships (the most accessible of events, of course). That argument is logical, and there may, in fact, be a good return on investment by building a broader base, despite coastal rowing's generally separate history and legacy to that of flat-water international rowing. Similarly, FISA can simply continue the practice of holding separate events for coastal and flat-water world championships—the venues don't need to be close to one another. But it's an entirely different thing if it's meant to be a part of FISA's plans for the Olympics (as it may be) going forward.
Through the lens of the Olympic Movement and Agenda 2020, trying to add coastal rowing makes no sense, unless FISA is looking to make drastic changes to flat-water racing. Here's why:
As I noted in my earlier piece, 'The Future of Rowing at the Olympics,' the IOC is moving in the direction of athlete quotas. This means that, unless the same athletes would be participating in both (which seems very unlikely), rowing would be asking for more, not fewer athlete places—not going to work.
This would require an additional rowing venue, when rowing is already a nuisance to the IOC in that regard. The suggestion I've made in the aforementioned piece on rowing's future at the Olympics is that it eventually move to 1k racing and align itself with canoe/kayak (which also used to have much longer races). There is the potential that coastal rowing could possibly make use of the same venue as sailing, but the logistics—especially if the same set of athletes were to be competing in both coastal and flat-water rowing—would be a nightmare.
The only way around the above two points would be for FISA to a) significantly reduce the athletes competing in flat-water competition, and make room for coastal athlete places by means of that reduction. This could be an angle worth exploring, if we're interested in trying to move in the 'X Games' direction.
Lastly, from the spectator perspective, rowing is already a difficult prospect. Moving it offshore wouldn't help that the way shortening the racecourse would. However, if it's the 'X Games' approach we're after, then it's all about television anyway, so it's effectively a moot point—you'd be making the sport more television friendly by either a) making the races shorter and margins smaller, or b) including the possibility of crashes and flips as crews try to navigate the surf.
So, while the idea that coastal rowing could play a larger role in the greater rowing community is growing on me, the same arguments, when applied to the Olympic Regatta and rowing's future at the Games, don't add up unless we're looking to break (almost) entirely with tradition.
-Bryan
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Domino's assists staffers to replace destroyed items
Donation of relief items to Domino's team members.
Some of the mattresses that were donated to team members.
Domino's assists staffers
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PHILIPSBURG–Domino's has come to the aid of its own by helping its team members get back some of what was lost in the passing of Hurricane Irma and provide them with relief to help tide them over the difficulties encountered following the storm.
"All team members' needs and losses were assessed and, through the assistance of the Domino's Partner's Foundation, we have been able to replace or repair many of those losses for our 70-plus team members," Domino's St. Maarten's franchise-holder John Caputo said in a press release.
After the passing of Hurricane Irma, the strongest Atlantic Hurricane in history to make landfall in St. Maarten/St. Martin, and the media attention of the devastation it caused were seen around the world, many franchisees came together and established a special fund to help those affected.
"Just this past June, Domino's franchise owners from around the world gathered here in St. Maarten for a very successful rally and meeting. While here, they saw St. Maarten at its very best just a few short months ago. It really hit home to many of them when they saw the devastation caused by Irma and the offers of support and assistance for Domino's team members started to pour in," Caputo said.
"Most of our drivers' cars were inoperable or had damage like broken windshields. We knew in order to get delivery going quickly and to restore their livelihood, these vehicles needed to get back on the road."
Caputo said beds were the number one loss due to Irma due to the water damage in homes. By working with Beds and Beyond, new bed sets were delivered to most team members. Appliances were purchased at Kwik Bargains. Broken windows and doors of those who owned their own homes were also replaced.
"For a few living in rented property and the landlord not able to replace or repair, agreements are being made to do so on behalf of the team members and then deducted from their rent. Since many team members are still without power, several small generators were purchased and those are rotating with those who are still in the dark," Caputo said. Food vouchers for every team member were also purchased from Le Grand Marché to help them stock back their pantries.
"This was especially helpful to the team. Since we were amongst the first to open and also providing aid and free pizzas to relief workers, most team members were not able to be in the lines for food and water aid distribution," Caputo said.
"I have never been more proud to be associated with this great brand Domino's and all the team and so many others that helped us rebound so quickly after Irma. I cannot thank them enough for their tireless efforts and support.
"Hopefully, this special fund will help get life back to normal and replace a lot of what was lost. It was also important to us to use the aid money locally, as it not only helped our own team members get back on their feet, but also the local businesses we purchased it all from."
Domino's said it is also hiring, especially delivery drivers. "It is a great way to supplement your income or, until many places get back going, to replace that income. Flexible hours and an employer and brand that really believe in putting its people first," he noted.
Domino's Partners Foundation was the inspiration of many caring team members and franchise owners who felt strongly about "taking care of their own." Established in 1986, it was created to aid Domino's team members in times of hardship and adversity, the release said.
The Foundation provides immediate financial assistance to franchise and corporate team members around the world. Financial help is provided following on-the-job accidents, fire or natural disasters, medical emergencies or the death of an immediate family member. Its primary funding comes from a companywide payroll-deduction programme. Domino's team members in need have received more than US $6 million in financial assistance since its inception.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/70620-domino-s-assists-staffers-to-replace-destroyed-items
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HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) - At least one person was injured in a morning building explosion in Hanover. The building, near Commonwealth Building Materials, is located in the 11000 block of South Washington Highway or Route 1.
A construction company leases the bay that exploded, CBS 6 reporter Jake Burns tweeted. The injured man works for the company that leases the bay.
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It took crews about 20 minutes to bring the fire under control. Crews are now working to stabilize the building.
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September 12, 2018 Mark Yamarone Interviews
Photo courtesy of Girlie Action.
WRBB's Dominic Yamarone spoke to Zac Carper of FIDLAR to discuss tour life, their upcoming album, and coping with addiction.
FIDLAR is coming to Boston Friday, September 14th.
How's your tour been?
It's been great! I don't know how long it's been, but the turnout's been great. We have very strong walk-up [sales] I guess. Sometimes we look at the ticket sales and we're like "Oh no," if it's going to be an empty show but then it really fills well because kids don't want to pay for the fees. I kind of think it's because nobody has printers anymore.
In the last few years, between your second and third album, what have you guys been working on?
Right now, it's more like challenging ourselves as musicians rather than anything else; collaborating more. This is the first record where we actually, really collaborated, instead of like "here's a song" and just play it. We got really into different instruments, and synthesizers and samplers. We have horns on the record and we have a song that has three different key changes and so we kinda just went a little all over the place with it. Instead of trying to like hone in on a theme.
You put out the music video for 'Are You High?' which really focuses on your live shows and all the energy behind them. How important is that energy to you guys when you're performing?
The only way we make money now as a rock band is live shows. There's no in between for us. Like, it's either a really bad show or really good show. That's how we have to look at it. So we try to get like, 110% every night, which is exhausting. But it's what we signed up for. I remember, our first tour was with the Hives. They told us, "Man, you know, you guys are gonna get our age and you guys are gonna be like, 'Man it's really tiring.'"
Well, I know watching the video definitely made me pumped to come to the show and and see you guys perform live.
That's awesome! It'll be a fun one.
On your second album, to you had a song called 'Overdose,' which was inspired by your own experiences with overdosing. What are your thoughts on the recent overdoses in the media like Mac Miller, Demi Lovato, and even Prince?
It's really, really, really sad. Especially with musicians and actors. People look up to them to be a voice of something, and I think that can really stress people out. Their escape can be something like drugs. So as you're hearing about Mac Miller's [death] it's just oh so, so shitty. I really like his music too. Music is something we start really young, and then you join a band and it becomes popular, and touring doesn't really breed good mental health. So it's just really a shame. It's a sad thing.
There are good things like MusiCares in America that get people into rehab. But then that means you have to take some time off, and right now, [in the music industry], you just gotta keep going. They don't let you take time off. That's what I think about it. It's just really, really sad. Especially Lil Peep was gnarly. He was just so young.
Having gone through your own recovery process, what do you have to say about mental health awareness and treatment?
I think America has a real low standard for therapy. That's what I think [the issue] more so is. You know, I'm no longer sober. I don't shoot snack and I don't do anything like hard drugs anymore, but I just drink now. And it's not so black and white. Some people can't do what I do. Some people, when they get sober, they have to be completely sober. Maybe that's going to be my path again soon. Maybe I'll check back into rehab, or who knows. I don't know, but I do think that America has a lack of understanding with mental health as opposed to other countries. Scandinavia is really ahead of the curve there with the reformation and helping mental health.
On the other side of it, punk music has always been influenced by political messages and the political atmosphere. How has the recent political atmosphere influenced your songwriting?
There's some political points in it, I guess. What's been going on in the world has been crazy. I was a teenager when Bush became president, and all of a sudden you had this influx of good music. People are making fun of that now when Trump's become president; there hasn't been an influx a good music. But I think there has been [good music], I think there has been more punk things coming out right now than there ever has been. With SoundCloud and hip hop and everything like that.
With our record, we have a couple songs that are kind of more hip-hop based and more beat-based and more DIY. Instead of guitars, amps, and anything [like that]. Sometimes, some of the guitar is just straight into the computer, like just DI-Guitar. Instead of making things sound like the Sex Pistols.
On our new record, there's some elements of that, and elements of how fucked we are politically.
Another great band to bridge that hip-hop to punk gap was the Beastie Boys. A couple of years ago, you guys put out a cover of 'Sabotage' as a tribute to them. How important were the Beastie Boys to you all as a band?
That was the first band that we were all into. I think it was, like, that and Cypress Hill. The first time that me and Elvis [Kehn] met he put on a Queens the Stone Age record and that's when I was like, "Oh shit!" Because I used to listen to that same record and then we're both really obsessed with Cypress Hill and the Beastie Boys. Having this kind of relationship or being able to relate to each other on that level. The two sides of it were rock and then [being into] hip-hop was rare itself.
Do you have any advice for the next generation of bands that want to follow in your footsteps?
Do it! Honestly, just do it. It's amazing what you can do with SoundCloud and with the Internet world now. You can cut out all the middlemen. It's insane. And that's basically what the music industry is; just a bunch of middlemen. There's an article that came out that the music industry in 2017 makes $43 billion, and 12% of it went to the artists. Somebody broke down where all the money goes to. It's going to all the tech companies, and it's going into all the record labels. Nowadays with, SoundCloud and Instagram and whatever. You guys could go straight to the artists. That's complete DIY, real DIY.
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Finländska Mästerskapsserien i fotboll 1946/1947 bestod av flera kvalificerande tävlingar innan mästerskapsfinalen.

IFK Vasa                  14  10   0   4   44 -  25   20
IFK Helsingfors               14   9   2   3   37 -  18   20
VPS                        14   8   1   5   36 -  21   17
TPS                                14   8   1   5   34 -  22   17
HPS Helsingfors                14   6   4   4   33 -  28   16
HJK Helsingfors                14   4   3   7   26 -  41   11

Sudet Helsingfors             14   3   3   8   15 -  34    9
Kronohagens IF                14   0   2  12   16 -  52    2

Mästerskapsfinal
IFK Helsingfors 3-2 TuTo Turku

Referenser
Finland - Lista över sluttabeller (RSSSF)

1946 i Finland
1947 i Finland
Fotbollssäsongen 1946/1947
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import com.cezarykluczynski.stapi.client.v1.soap.TradingCardSetHeader;
import com.cezarykluczynski.stapi.model.trading_card_set.entity.TradingCardSet;
import com.cezarykluczynski.stapi.server.configuration.MapstructConfiguration;
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import org.mapstruct.ReportingPolicy;

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Corey Mitchell Hart (né le  à Montréal, Québec) est un auteur-compositeur-interprète, pianiste et producteur canadien.

Biographie
Il grandit en Espagne, au Mexique et aux États-Unis, mais revient à Montréal pendant sa jeunesse. Son premier album First Offense, sorti en 1982, contient le super hit Sunglasses at Night. L'album en question obtient beaucoup de succès au Canada et aux États-Unis, endroits de prédilection pour la carrière de Hart. On notera sur cet album la présence du guitariste Eric Clapton au dobro sur la chanson Jenny Fey, ainsi que de Paul Burgess de 10cc, à la batterie et aux percussions. Corey a écrit plusieurs chansons pour d'autres artistes, notamment pour Céline Dion. Il commence à fréquenter la chanteuse québécoise Julie Masse en 1994, pendant qu'il réalisait l'album Circle Of One de celle-ci.

Corey se retire de la musique en 2000 après avoir épousé Julie Masse. Ils vivent aux Bahamas depuis cette année-là. Ils ont quatre enfants : ses filles India, River, Dante et son fils Rain.

En 2014, Corey Hart revient avec l'album Ten Thousand Horses, version numérique, sur lequel Julie Masse l'accompagne en chantant en français Dix mille chevaux (adaptée par la parolière Martine Pratte). Cet album marque également le retour de Corey Hart sur scène pour un spectacle d'adieu au Centre Bell en juin 2014.

À l'occasion, Corey propose ses chansons à différents interprètes québécois avec sa complice, la parolière Martine Pratte.

En 2019, il sera intronisé au Panthéon de la musique canadienne (Canadian Music Hall of Fame).

Discographie

Albums
 First Offense (1984)
 Boy in the Box (1985)
 Fields of Fire (1986)
 Young Man Running (1988)
 Bang (1990)
 Corey Hart: The Singles (1991)
 Attitude and Virtue (1992)
 Corey Hart (1996)
 Jade (1998)
The thousand horses (Corey Hart) (2014)

Singles
 "Sunglasses At Night" (1984) (#7 US)
 "She Got The Radio" (1984)
 "It Ain't Enough" (1984) (#17 US)
 "Lamp at Midnite" (1985)
 "Never Surrender" (1985) (#3 US)
 "Boy In the Box" (1985) (#26 US)
 "Everything In My Heart" (1985) (#30 US)
 "Eurasian Eyes" (1986) (aussi présent sur la bande sonore du film 9 semaines 1/2 (Nine ½ Weeks)
 "I Am By Your Side" (1986) (#18 US)
 "Can't Help Falling In Love" (1986) (#24 US)
 "Dancin' With My Mirror" (1987)
 "Take My Heart" (1987)
 "Too Good To Be Enough" (1987)
 "In Your Soul" (1988) (#38 US)
 "Spot You In A Coalmine" (1988)
 "A Little Love" (1990) (#37 US)
 "92 Days Of Rain" (1992)
 "Baby When I Call Your Name" (1992)
 "Black Cloud Rain" (1996)
 "Tell Me" (1997)
 "Third Of June" (1997)

Corey Hart et Céline Dion
En 1997, Corey Hart participe au succès international Let's Talk about Love, album anglophone de Céline Dion. Il écrit et produit Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)), ainsi que  Where is the Love. En 2001, il participe à l'album A New Day Has Come en écrivant la chanson Prayer.

Lauréat et nomination

Gala de l'ADISQ

Grammy Awards

Prix Juno

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Site officiel

Allée des célébrités canadiennes
Auteur-compositeur-interprète québécois
Chanteur québécois anglophone
Chanteur des années 1980
Naissance en mai 1962
Naissance à Montréal
Anglo-Québécois
Pianiste québécois


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    private $Hx_client_secret = 'YXA6_VK4SuorJeHIPAxx2SH-UDJZt6Q';

    private $Hx_url = 'https://a1.easemob.com/';

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    private function getHxUrl(){
        $this->Hx_url .= str_replace('#', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $this->Hx_AppKey);
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    private function __clone() {}

    private function getToken(){
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Winner of the 2019 FIGO Photo Competition
15.10.2019 In: News, FIGO news, Maternal Health
A mother and her baby leave a Puskesmas - a government-mandated primary care clinic - in West Java, Indonesia, following a check-up. The woman smiles, as the infant stares out from the safety of a bright sarong wrap.
This quiet moment of active participation in their own health and well-being is the realisation of a fundamental human right. It is also the winning image selected by the judges of FIGO's 2019 Photo Competition.
The photo communicates, in simple terms, the transformative power of access to quality, cost-effective and efficient primary health care for women.
It was taken by Pearl Gan, Photographer in Residency* at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam and their sister unit, Eijkman Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Jakarta.
A Singaporean photographer working to raise awareness of infectious diseases in the Asia Pacific region, Pearl told FIGO the story behind the image:
"I was about to leave the local health centre when I saw the mother and child just leaving, after a health check. The woman's husband works as a rubbish collector for the neighbourhood, and his job has a high risk of contracting tuberculosis. Regular check-ups for the family are important."
The WHO's vision for primary health care in the 21st century is to ensure the highest possible level of health and well-being, with equitable distribution through action on three levels:
integrated health services
addressing the broader determinants of health
empowering individuals families and communities to be advocates as self-carers and caregivers.
Women with access to primary care are more able to work and earn money, and to care for their children, ensuring the sustainability of health systems in the long term and that no-one is left behind.
Said Associate Professor Timothy Lim, President of the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Singapore (OGSS), a FIGO National Member Society,
"Primary care is an important step to achieving universal health coverage, and especially for maternal and child health, because it is concerned with health promotion for prevention and treatment. The best basis for achieving WHO's vision for health for all is on a strong primary health care system."
The FIGO Photo Competition launched in 2019 with an invitation for our global community to share perspectives from the frontlines of women's health. As a federation bringing together OBGYNs across 132 countries, we know that women and children are often the most marginalised when it comes to gender rights, human rights, and health equity.
Explained Pearl,
"Like many of those in disadvantaged families in the periphery of Indonesia, Ms Pradina, who gave consent for the photo, has had to struggle through life looking after the health of her family. Financial barriers are usually a major hindrance to accessing quality health services, and women in isolated regions are hampered by long journeys to access facilities. Challenges can also include a shortage of staff and a limited range and quality of healthcare products.
Through my captured images, I hope to create an emotional connection between the viewers and the plight of the subjects. An informed public can help facilitate global efforts to improve health for all."
FIGO shares WHO's ambition to mobilise health professionals to deal effectively with the current and future challenges to health. We commit to joint actions to build stronger and sustainable primary health care towards achieving a vision of universal health coverage that truly works for women and girls.
* The project is funded by Wellcome [106680/Z/14/A]
Moving together towards UHC
27.07.2019 In: News, FIGO news, Health for All
Reaching the last mile leading up to September's United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Universal Health Coverage.
Statement on Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016–2030)
16.05.2019 In: FIGO Statements, Health for All, Maternal Health
FIGO presents our statement on the Director-General's report on the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016–2030) at the 72nd World Health Assembly.
Statement on Primary Healthcare towards UHC
23.01.2019 In: FIGO Statements, Health for All
FIGO presents our statement on Primary Health Care towards Universal Health Coverage at the 144th WHO Executive Board Meeting.