We're not gonna go down this path of taxing people. Look, if we thought tax increases would have worked, which we don't, then we'd be growing our economy already. Raising taxes on anybody in a weak economy like this number one, it doesn't work. But more importantly it takes the pressure off the real problem which is overspending.
Let's focus on the boldfaced sentence. Ryan asserts that if tax increases worked, we'd be in a recovery already. I'm trying to figure out how many ways in which this is wrong. It's a lot of ways. First, we are in a recovery. It's a slow recovery from a deep financial crisis.
Second, we haven't imposed any tax hikes. The Bush tax cuts are fully in effect. If it were fair to conclude that any policy currently in effect must have failed because the economy is growing too slowly -- and it's not fair -- then that logic would be an indictment of Ryan's tax policy, not President Obama's.
And fourth, we do have an actual experiment with raising tax rates on the highest income. President Clinton did it in 1993. Paul Ryan wasn't in Congress yet, but he was working for his mentor, Jack Kemp, who predicted that raising taxes on the rich would reduce tax revenue, reduce the wealthy's share of the tax burden, and decrease growth. He was proven spectacularly wrong. In 2001, Ryan predicted the Bush tax cuts would increase economic growth and allow the government to pay off the entire national debt, and was again proven spectacularly wrong. Ryan can cling to his supply-side faith, but he certainly shouldn't be arguing on the basis of what recent events have proven.


The Utility Regulator is responsible for regulating Northern Ireland's electricity industry. The principal objective of the Utility Regulator in carrying out its electricity related functions is: to protect the interests of consumers of electricity supplied by authorised suppliers, wherever appropriate by promoting effective competition between persons engaged in, or in commercial activities connected with, the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity. The Utility Regulator works with the industry in carrying out functions, part of which is the licensing of electricity suppliers, generators and transmission and distribution companies. In conjunction with licensing, a number of companies are subject to price control regulation by The Utility Regulator, these include: NIE Networks Ltd, SONI Ltd and SEMO (Single Electricity Market Operator).
Roger Henderson is Network Connections Director at NIE Networks, having previously worked as Operations Director. Roger joined NIE Networks as a graduate engineer in 1991 and has progressed through various management roles in Power Networks, Major Projects and Plant and Technical.
Strengths in research and industry mean that Ireland can be more than just a technology-taker in the growing global solar PV market. A recent report by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) identifies areas where business in Ireland can capitalise on existing strengths and claim a share of the investment in solar PV. This presentation will explore the findings of the report (Ireland's Solar Value Chain Opportunity) and discuss the steps that can be taken to support innovation in the sector.
Brian Denvir is a clean energy specialist with the Low Carbon Technologies team at SEAI. Brian leads SEAI's programme of work on solar PV having previously worked for international energy consultancy E4tech covering innovation in solar PV technology. He also supports SEAI's energy modelling work to inform the development of energy policy and insights in Ireland.
With over 10 YRS of experience in Various elements of the Solar Industry in many different arena's, Barrie is a strong believer in the strength of relationships and technology as the key drivers of the market place.
From this Jinko has a keen belief that becoming a closer part of our clients business will allow us to do 2 things 1 Share knowledge and 2 To add value to our clients where few other manufacturers would or could attempt to.
Susanne von Aichberger has been a market and technology analyst at IHS, formerly Solarbuzz since 2005. She is responsible for primary research and analysis concerning the photovoltaic industry, specializing in markets in Europe. Von Aichberger is responsible for the IHS PV Market Demand Tracker, and contributes to several global IHS reports, including the tracking and analyzing of both downstream projects and market policies. She earned her MSc in Physics from the Technical University of Berlin.
Chris heads up our Energy Team, and advises clients in respect of a wide range of generation technologies, demand side response, storage, transmission and clean technology. His team advised on some of the very first energy storage projects in England (both in front and behind the meter) dealing with construction, real estate, IP and Data and financing issues, as well as negotiating the first energy storage PPAs and aggregation agreements. The team currently assist a range of storage developers and finance providers, and are actively working on EFR and capacity market projects, as well as large scale FFR-ready installations.
Andrew joined TLT in January 2015 and is a planning & environment partner in the firm's Energy & Renewables team.
Andrew has significant experience in the energy and renewables sector on the planning and regulatory aspects of energy projects, and has advised on the development and funding of numerous solar, wind, anaerobic digestion and other waste to energy projects. He advises clients on a variety of issues including grid connection, power purchase agreements, planning and Environmental Impact Assessment and incentive schemes. Andrew also advises on the environmental and planning aspects of commercial and industrial development including enforcement proceedings, appeals and judicial review proceedings relating to planning and environmental matters.
Having qualified in 2003, Andrew worked in the environment team in CMS Cameron McKenna before moving to Belfast in 2006. Andrew retains his dual qualification in Northern Ireland and England & Wales and is independently recognised as an expert in the field of environmental law by Chambers UK, a guide to the legal profession.
Neo Environmental have conducted work on over 1GW of solar projects across Ireland and the UK, for both the planning application stage and for the discharging of environmental conditions. This includes over 300MW in the Republic of Ireland ranging from 5MW to some of the largest developments of 70MW. The initial considerations for the location and assessment of solar farm can be quite complex and requires comprehensive technical and environmental analysis. In terms of the environmental considerations for planning, there are technical constraints that need to be evaluated, and the criteria for this will be discussed. As a company Neo Environmental undertake all environmental aspects and issues around these will be outlined including landscape and visual assessments, ecology, heritage and archaeology, Glint and glare, hydrology and access. Site design is an essential element in getting a consent for a constructible project and this needs careful consideration.
Robin McCormick has 28 years' experience in the power industry in the regulated utility environment. Robin was appointed Director of Operations, Planning & Innovation in July 2015 and is also the General Manager of SONI Ltd. Robin previously held the role of General Manager of the Single Electricity Market Operator (SEMO) and SONI. In his role as Director, he is responsible for the operation and planning of the power system in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Robin is a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and Vice Chairman of the IET Engineering Policy Group – Northern Ireland. He holds an MBA from the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, and an MSc from Napier University, Edinburgh.
Energy supply and generation are now at a crossroads. Several renewables projects relied heavily upon financial assistance from the Government, this has now been withdrawn and the industry is entering a period of unfamiliar ground. The fall in the value of sterling and the uncertainty caused by Brexit may see an increase in cost and reduction of profits. Companies in the Solar Industry are becoming more dependent on financial assistant that ever before and need support from public and the private sector in order to sustain growth.
Anne began her career in the Southern Regional College, coordinating several European Regional development fund projects across a variety of industries. In 2011, Anne managed several funded initiatives in Belfast City Council Development Department before getting involved in Smart ECO Hub, an EU Energy project consisting of 10 Local authorities and over 100 companies operating in the Energy Sector. Anne has coordinated and managed several projects including Titanic Belfast Ambassador Programme, Destination Belfast, Smart ECO Hub, Creative Industries Programme and Inspire EU Project.
In 2015, Anne set up PRR Associates, a consultancy company assisting companies in the Energy and Manufacturing industry with identifying funding sources for collaborative projects and R&D Activities. Anne has evaluated several European Funded projects across Ireland and is a consultant for Intertrade Ireland, Invest NI and Enterprise Ireland. Anne has conducted several research reports on the Datacentre industry, energy, sustainability sector and the construction industry.
With 34 years' experience in the Electricity Supply Industry, Michael has extensive power station experience in oil fired generation and CCGT technologies as well as 21years experience as SONI's Grid Control Engineer.
Mike has held engineering posts in Operations, Mechanical Maintenance and in Technical Services as Efficiency and Test Engineer in N. Ireland's largest power station at Ballylumford (960 MW conventional, 120 MW Gas Turbines). At privatization of the Electricity Supply Industry in 1992, Mike took up the newly created post as Northern Ireland Electricity's Power Station Testing and Monitoring Engineer attached to 'Grid Control' (later renamed SONI, The System Operator for N. Ireland). In this role he was responsible for grid code compliance and testing/monitoring of all generators in the four power stations. Later this role developed as Commercial Engineer. In 1994 Mike moved into the Control Room as Grid Control Engineer and has 21 years' experience in operating and scheduling the Power System.
In 2002 Premier Power (owners of Ballylumford Power Station) and SONI offered Mike the role of CCGT Co-Ordination and Commissioning Engineer for N. Ireland's first CCGT power plant (600 MWs). Mike was responsible for all aspects of grid code compliance testing and commissioning on to the grid. In 2005 Mike was again seconded from shift operations to advise the NI and RoI Regulators, and their consultants, regarding the new Single Electricity Market design. As the Senior Grid Control Engineer, Mike was responsible for controlling and coordinating all operations on the NI grid and for safety of all persons working on the grid. Real-time operation and control of the €2.6B/yr market includes the following key skills: (a) load prediction, (b) plant scheduling, (c) demand balancing, (d) system security, (e) voltage control, (f) control of wind farms and interconnectors, (g) interconnector trading, (h) commercial management of contracts, (i) plant operation and control, (j) safety management.
Having operated the Grid and Single Electricity Market from the top down, Mike has now resigned from SONI to set up Energy Trading Ireland bringing extensive engineering, trading and efficiency experience to clients throughout Ireland and abroad.
Robert Clements works for the Housing Executive for three years and is passionate about improving energy efficiency across Northern Ireland. The Energy Conservation and Environmental Policy Units merged to form the Sustainable Development Unit which will continue to evolve the excellent work by the two units to promote energy efficiency and a low carbon environment within a continually changing landscape.
The Sustainable Development Unit's aim is to ensure the Housing Executive, as the Regional Housing Authority, is best placed to influence and promote practical and cost effective energy efficiency measures to deliver significant improvements to all householders across Northern Ireland and promote a low carbon environment through our stakeholders.
We have a number of objectives which ensure the Housing Executive meets its statutory obligations as the Home Energy Conservation Authority (HECA) for Northern Ireland.
Zosia joined Lightsource in 2016 to head up the growing UK corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) team. With over a decade of senior-level experience in the energy sector, Zosia is adept at developing strategies which meet business needs. Prior to joining Lightsource Zosia was responsible for business development at Utilyx (latterly Mitie Energy) building new partnerships and managing all commercial client relationships. Zosia brings a great depth of knowledge to the Lightsource UK PPA team, having previously led several negotiations on corporate PPAs between clients, project developers and generators.
SOLARWATT is a fast-growing German manufacturer of premium-quality Solar panels and storage systems. Backed by 23 years' experience, the German company is a recognised innovation leader, with its complete dual-glass photovoltaic solar panels (VISION), intelligent energy management systems and the unrivalled MyReserve storage solution, which together produce outstanding operational and financial efficiencies. With its algorithm-based intelligent Battery Management System, MyReserve has set the industry standard in all aspects of safety, performance and efficiency, to ensure long life and safe operation. Manufactured in Germany, MyReserve is twice winner of the Intersolar EES Award.
Pol Spronck, International Sales Manager for SOLARWATT, has been active in the international PV industry since 2008. Managing international markets, he is focused on a number of markets including Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Working with Sales Manager Bobbie Wright, he is responsible for the important Ireland market, where BHC Distributors represents SOLARWATT in Northern Ireland and the Republic.


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The Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) contracts with vendors for the purchase of goods and services. The agency strives to give all businesses, including Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs), an equal opportunity to compete for BAT procurements. The agency casts a wide net in search of talented vendors, seeking qualified suppliers from all segments of the community. The contractor, sub-recipient or subcontractor shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in the performance. The contractor shall carry out applicable requirements of 49 CFR Part 26 in the award and administration of DOT assisted contracts. The following Terms and Clauses are applicable to all contracts, procurements or purchase orders of $3,500.00 or greater. By accepting a contract or purchase order the vendor acknowledges and agrees to comply with the Required Federal Terms and Clauses. Click the link below for Terms and Clauses.
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CHAMPION CITY TRANSIT MANAGEMENT, INC.
BROCKTON AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (BAT)
FLEET TIRE LEASING
Champion City Transit Management, Inc. is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide leased tires for the Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) fixed route and paratransit service fleet consisting of approximately 50 heavy duty transit coaches and 40 demand response vehicles. The contract shall be for a period of three years with two (2) one-year options to extend as mutually agreed upon by the parties.
The performance of this contract is subject to the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and all equal employment opportunity requirements. Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) and Women Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to the request. Proposers will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, disability, veteran's status (including Vietnam-era veterans), or background.
This procurement is being financed in part with funds from the U. S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The resulting contract is subject to certain terms and conditions contained in the grant agreement between BAT and FTA and the BAT Required Federal Terms & Clauses to the extent that they are applicable. Copies of those terms are available on request or at www.ridebat.com under Procurement Opportunities. Disadvantaged business enterprises are encouraged to respond to this solicitation.
Solicitation documents can be obtained from Mr. Joseph Mech, BAT procurement Manager via e-mail to jmech@ridebat.com. A Pre-proposal conference will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, November 22, 2019 at the BAT Maintenance and Operations Facility located at 1442 Main Street, Brockton. Sealed proposals are due no later than 2:00PM on Wednesday, December 11, 2019.
Request for Quotes
Traffic Engineering Review
The Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) is inviting qualified engineering firms to submit quotes for evaluation of Downtown Main Street traffic plans for BAT located at 155 Court St., Brockton. The anticipated scope of work will include:
o review plans and proposals related to City of Brockton downtown Main Street two-way traffic flows,
o evaluate alternate routes proposed by BAT for fixed route operators
o develop opinions related to impacts on current and future BAT fixed route and paratransit bus operations in the affected areas, and
o meet with BAT Administrator and staff (estimated three (3) times).
Quotes must be received by BAT at the BAT Administrative Office, 155 Court St., Brockton, MA 02302 no later than 2:00 pm on November 13, 2019. Preliminary work is expected to be completed within 30 days of receipt of a Notice to Proceed with a final product to be completed within 45 days of the same.
This procurement is funded in part with funds received from the Federal Transit Administration and is subject to applicable terms and conditions which can be found on BAT's website under Bulletin Board, Procurement Opportunities at www.ridebat.com
For an electronic copy of the solicitation package, email Joseph Mech at jmech@ridebat.com
Due No Later Than 2:00 pm on
BROCKTON AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
ON-CALL ACCOUNTING SERVICES
The Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) is seeking to engage a qualified accounting firm to provide general accounting services and financial statement preparation on an "on call" and "as needed" basis for a period of three (3) years with up to (2) additional one year optional years to be mutually agreed upon by the parties. BAT may choose to terminate any contract for convenience and will be under no obligation to pay for any service(s) that have not been provided under any "task order contract or agreed upon procedure". The successful firm will work under the direction of BAT's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or the Administrator.
Proposers are directed to BAT's website, www.ridebat.com , for information related to BAT's financial statements. Information may be found under the "About BAT" tab within the "Open Government" section of the website.
Proposal submittals and required certifications must be received by BAT no later than 2:00 PM. on October 23, 2019. The Request for Proposals package is available at the BAT Administrative Offices, 155 Court St., Brockton, MA 02302, or can be requested by E-mail to: jmech@ridebat.com
This solicitation is being financed in part with funds provided by The U.S. DOT, Federal Transit Administration and is subject to BAT Standard Terms and Clauses copies of which are available on request or at www.ridebat.com under Procurement Opportunities. Disadvantaged business enterprises are encouraged to respond to this solicitation.
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
ON-CALL DESIGN/ENGINEERING SERVICES
The Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide On-Call Design/Engineering Services for the Rehabilitation and Renovation of BAT Facilities in Brockton, Massachusetts.
BAT expects to award a contract for professional services including any of the following: project scoping, preliminary plans, cost estimating, project specifications, bid documents and construction management services. The contract shall be for a period of three (3) years with one (1) one year option to renew at the sole discretion of BAT.
BAT may award a contract for on-call services from the date of execution of a Professional Services Agreement through December 31, 2022
Statements of Qualification submittals and required certifications must be received by BAT no later than 2:00 PM. on November 6, 2019. The Request for Qualifications package, required certifications, Instructions and Terms and Conditions are available at the BAT Administrative Office, 155 Court St., Brockton, MA 02302, or can be requested by E-mail to: jmech@ridebat.com.
PRE-QUALIFICATION TO SUPPLY
DIESEL AND UNLEADED REGULAR GASOLINE
Suppliers of Ultra-low Sulfur No. 2 red-dyed diesel and Unleaded Regular 87 Octane gasoline are invited to submit Pre-Qualification documents to the Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT). BAT is seeking qualified fuel suppliers to be included on the list of suppliers eligible to submit bids to BAT for diesel and unleaded regular gasoline to be delivered to BAT during the period beginning July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021.
Pre-Qualification submittals, required certifications and evidence of insurance must be received by BAT to be considered eligible to bid on BAT's fuel contracts. Fuel suppliers will be considered at any time for pre-qualification throughout the above contract period. The Pre-Qualification Form, required certifications, Instructions and Terms and Conditions are available at the BAT Administrative Office, 155 Court St., Brockton, MA 02302, or can be requested by E-mail to: jmech@ridebat.com
BAT intends to solicit bids for diesel fuel in quantities of 42,000 gallons or more and may solicit quotes for as little as 10,000 gallons. BAT consumes approximately 6,200 gallons of diesel fuel each week. BAT also intends to solicit quotes for unleaded regular gasoline in quantities of 42,000 gallons or more and may solicit quotes for as little as 10,000 gallons. BAT consumes approximately 2,250 gallons of gasoline each week.
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DBE Goal
Notice is hereby given that the Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) has established a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Goal in accordance with U.S. Department of Transportation Regulations at 49 CFR Part 26.BAT's goal for DBE participation for Federal Fiscal Years 2018-2020 shall be 2.3 percent of funds expended in U.S. Department of Transportation assisted contracts.The goal, description of the methodology used to determine the goal, and BAT's DBE Program Plan are available for inspection between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at the BAT office at 155 Court St., Brockton, MA 02302. The goal and Plan will be available for thirty (30) days following the original date of this notice. Comments on the goal and Plan will be accepted for forty-five (45) days from the date of publication of this notice. Comments may be sent to BAT at the above address or the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Volpe Center at 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142.
CLICK HERE TO SEE BAT'S FEDERAL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM PLAN
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MassDOT has established a UCP for all recipients and individuals seeking to do business with transportation agencies as Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs).
CLICK HERE to be redirected to Massachusetts Unified Certification Program (UCP)
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Кавалеры ордена I степени

 , № 25 — Зельдин, Владимир Михайлович — артист федерального государственного казённого учреждения культуры и искусства «Центральный академический театр Российской Армии», город Москва
 , № 44 — Велихов, Евгений Павлович — академик Российской академии наук, президент федерального государственного бюджетного учреждения «Национальный исследовательский центр "Курчатовский институт"», город Москва
 , № 146 — Лавров, Сергей Викторович — Министр иностранных дел Российской Федерации
 , № 330 — Михалков, Никита Сергеевич — кинорежиссёр, председатель Общероссийской общественной организации «Союз кинематографистов Российской Федерации», президент некоммерческой организации «Российский Фонд Культуры», город Москва
 , № 330 — Соломин, Юрий Мефодьевич — художественный руководитель федерального государственного бюджетного учреждения культуры «Государственный академический Малый театр России», город Москва
 , № 459 — Медведев, Дмитрий Анатольевич — Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации
 , № 584 — Хазанов, Геннадий Викторович — художественный руководитель государственного бюджетного учреждения культуры города Москвы «Московский государственный театр Эстрады»

Кавалеры ордена II степени

 , № 115 — Латынина, Лариса Семёновна — член бюро Общероссийской общественной организации «Российский союз спортсменов», член попечительского совета Фонда поддержки олимпийцев России, город Москва
 , № 171 — Савченко, Евгений Степанович — Губернатор Белгородской области
 , № 369 — Ежевский, Александр Александрович — главный научный сотрудник федерального государственного бюджетного научного учреждения «Всероссийский научно-исследовательский технологический институт ремонта и эксплуатации машинно-тракторного парка», город Москва
 , № 431 — Емельянов, Станислав Васильевич — академик Российской академии наук, советник Российской академии наук
 , № 431 — Романенко, Геннадий Алексеевич — академик Российской академии наук, вице-президент Российской академии наук
 , № 505 — Костюк, Валерий Викторович — академик Российской академии наук, вице-президент федерального государственного бюджетного учреждения «Российская академия наук», город Москва
 , № 566 — Конторович, Алексей Эмильевич — академик Российской академии наук, советник Российской академии наук федерального государственного бюджетного учреждения науки Института нефтегазовой геологии и геофизики имени А. А. Трофимука Сибирского отделения Российской академии наук, Новосибирская область

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 , № 369 — Алиева, Фазу Гамзатовна — главный редактор государственного бюджетного учреждения Республики Дагестан «Редакция республиканского журнала "Женщина Дагестана"»
 , № 431 — Котов, Олег Валериевич — инструктор-космонавт-испытатель 1 класса группы инструкторов-космонавтов отряда космонавтов федерального государственного бюджетного учреждения «Научно-исследовательский испытательный центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю. А. Гагарина», Московская область
 , № 431 — Клейн, Николай Владимирович — генеральный директор публичного акционерного общества «Машиностроительный завод имени М. И. Калинина, г. Екатеринбург», Свердловская область
 , № 505 — Юрчихин, Фёдор Николаевич — инструктор-космонавт-испытатель 1 класса группы инструкторов-космонавтов отряда космонавтов федерального государственного бюджетного учреждения «Научно-исследовательский испытательный центр подготовки космонавтов имени Ю. А. Гагарина», Московская область

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 , № 48 — Плигин, Владимир Николаевич — председатель Комитета Государственной Думы по конституционному законодательству и государственному строительству
 , № 115 — Гулевский, Михаил Владимирович — глава города Липецка
 , № 115 — Аксаков, Анатолий Геннадьевич — заместитель председателя Комитета Государственной Думы по финансовому рынку
 , № 171 — Воробьёв, Андрей Юрьевич — Губернатор Московской области
 , № 263 — Егорова, Любовь Ивановна — председатель профильной комиссии по вопросам физической культуры и спорта постоянной комиссии по образованию, культуре и науке Законодательного Собрания Санкт-Петербурга
 , № 263 — Бородавкин, Алексей Николаевич — Постоянный представитель Российской Федерации при Отделении ООН и других международных организациях в Женеве, Швейцарская Конфедерация
 , № 330 — Браверман, Александр Арнольдович — генеральный директор Федерального фонда содействия развитию жилищного строительства, город Москва
 , № 330 — Табаков, Олег Павлович — художественный руководитель — директор Федерального государственного бюджетного учреждения культуры «Московский Художественный академический театр имени А. П. Чехова»
 , № 369 — Богачёв, Иван Андреевич — председатель сельскохозяйственного производственного кооператива «Колхоз "Терновский"», Труновский район Ставропольского края
 , № 369 — Аристов, Сергей Алексеевич — статс-секретарь — заместитель Министра транспорта Российской Федерации
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We don't talk about money. For all the social advancements I've experienced in my brief lifetime, we still don't talk about money. It's our everlasting taboo.
For the independently employed, that taboo is almost more severe. We juggle clients and assignments and projects, but we only speak in ranges.
There is something to be said for being polite, yes. But in this new normal of freelance-as-full-time (which often exhibits as piecing-together-enough-part-time-gigs-to-make-it-work), we need to talk about money.
Ann Bauer's recent essay on Salon, "," finally started the conversation, but the truth was harsh. Some writers, she illustrates through a series of examples, have connections or family ties that allow them to work as a writer even when they don't earn much money.
She explains her own path: that she published her first novel at the age of 39. She was a single mother who spent three months under her parents' roof while she finished her first draft. She fought tooth and nail, and her gratefulness for the marriage she's in now — a partnership, to be sure — is clear. "I do have a huge advantage over the writer who is living paycheck to paycheck, or lonely and isolated, or dealing with a medical condition, or working a full-time job," she admits.
The responses to Bauer's piece have been varied and at times even heated. Brevity's social media editor, , shared that she tailored her online dating preferences hoping to find a mate who could take care of her financially… and it worked.
My last book was sponsored by my husband. My advance was eaten by the daycare needed to write it in the first place. My next book will be sponsored by my husband, the editing jobs I cram into every nook and cranny, the tears of my children, and my ego.
My writing has been sponsored by: no vacations in almost six years, on a single family car, and library books only. No glamor. Reality. My last book was also sponsored by my MIL who came out to help during the writing and again when I toured. Tour 100 percent sponsored by my husband.
All of these conversations bring up something many of us already knew: we're grasping at straws. In the dark. While wearing mittens.
Some of us get help, by chance or by choice. Some find other ways to endure the battle to practice our craft. , who writes for sites like Dame and The Rumpus, offered powerful declaration of independence.
We need stories from men, too. Because surely some men face the same challenges, making choices around independence and how we cobble together our writing careers. This is more than a conversation about gender. It's a conversation about craft.
The stories are starting to appear. But for the most part, they are disheartening at best.
In these essays by women with two, three or four books under their belts, we find having your name on the shelf doesn't necessarily make life as a writer easier or even sustainable. In Facebook groups and discussion boards, we hesitate to share what we made for a piece that (after much hand-wringing, usually) landed at a major publication.
But we are talking about the publications that pay very little. Directories by and have sprung up to help writers estimate what they might be paid by a variety of publications.
We have to remember that people pitch and publish their writing for various reasons; some are dead-set on the career track, while others like to dabble, with the occasional financial reward. If we've learned anything recently, it's that it takes a lot of writing for $25 or $50 per piece to build a career and/or nest egg.
Our own Nicole Dieker is a great example of kicking up the conversation about money. She just brought her freelance income column to The Write Life, where she's publicly tracking her to-the-penny income each and every month. She also shares how many pieces she writes each month. And that's where it gets scary.
Dieker wrote 65 pieces in December (a slow month, she notes). She wrote 102 pieces in November. Sure, some of those pieces were likely short — she's not writing long-form magazine-style — but that's more than three pieces every day of the week. All seven days.
I am convinced that Dieker doesn't sleep. I don't know her personally, but I know she's working hard. So are the rest of the women who have responded to Bauer's initial piece. It's time we all follow their lead and admit that the market for freelance writers is terrifying.
This is our fight as writers, and for most of us, it's not going to be pretty. With that in mind, I invite you to start your own conversation about money. Do it with your writer friends, or do it in a trusted online circle. Maybe even start with your family. Start talking about why you write, and what sacrifices you've had to make to lead this life and this career.
I, for one, am ready to take off these mittens and turn on the light.
What do you think about the sponsorship debate?
Wow. Sixty-five to 102 pieces. That's a lot of writing. Even at $25-$50 dollars per piece, that's still tough to live on as a single income.
With fiction, small press pay is about the same as that. Even pro markets paying $500 or more per story would require 5-6 sales per month to survive. I'd be curious to see if there are any fiction writers out there making a living on selling short stories alone.
It can be difficult to follow the writing dream and make any real money. I moved near family in Arkansas, am single and have a very, very low overhead. So even if I make $1000 in a month I can live decently (rent for a three bedroom house here is around $300/$350 per month). But, not everyone wants to live in AR (though the Ozarks are beautiful and I have the benefit of family close by). I guess we all have to make sacrifices to do what we love. I found that moving (lived in KC for years) and enjoying the benefits of fresh air and low cost of living worked for me.
I don't have sponsors, I'm divorced and live alone. I also have Multiple Sclerosis, a chronic incurable disease of the central nervous system, which makes it difficult to get around like I did just before a few yrs ago because now i'm in a wheelchair more often than not.
I receive a very low monthly SSI check of $721.00, out of which comes my rent, utilities, internet, and cell phone bill necessities that food stamps can't buy. I'm getting ready to start classes online at Southern New Hampshire University to pursue a Bachelor of Science In Professional Writing, so that I can get better paying writing jobs; I'm tired of giving my hard work and creative craft away for pennies. I think we need a Writer's Revolution!
It seems that everyone takes the craft of writing for granted, but if they had no sopply of good writers, than good writers would be in high demand.
I am with you in so many ways. I live with chronic illness as well and because of that I don't see me working a full time job again in the future. Writing allows me to still contribute something both to the world and to my household, even though it may not be much. I have my blog but it makes pennies; it is just now reaching the point where I can get sponsors. I freelance write and edit and that brings in a little, but again not much. I went back to school last year to finish my degree mainly because I just wanted the hope that went with working towards something. Then I discovered a minor in technical writing and added that to my degree. I see so many opportunities in that field and most of them require a degree.
I think the interesting thing to note is how few of us (speaking about myself as well) truly treat our writing as a BUSINESS.
Personally, I have no real interest in finding a "sponsor" to support me. I'd like to think that this is less about my male ego but my personal ethos of making it on my own.
Unfortunately, in my country welfare is extremely limited – unless you have children (I don't) or are a senior citizen (not even close) you literally get no sort of funding whatsoever (and yes, I DO pay income tax, social security, etc). As a result, I have to tread very carefully when it comes to finances!
Very important point, Daryl, regarding treating your writing as a business. So important. In fact, after seven years of writing as my only job I can say that my business skills are as important as my writing abilities. There are lots of great writers out there … but one needs the business abilities to make this a long-term success. Thanks for the reminder!
Great point- it's more than a job. It's a business that needs to be tended to in order for it to grow!
Good comment and advise, Daryl. There are at least two parts for the life of a writer, the creative and the business part. Most of us would like to stay focused on the creative side of our craft, however; we need to have a good head on our shoulders when it comes to getting paid.
However, one author struck me as genius: she said that diversification was the name of the game. Write what you love AND find other writing-related income generators to add into your business. Looking forward to reading more comments–thanks for starting the conversation, Lisa.
It's probably worth thinking of those diverse writing-related gigs in the same way we would look at a job description. Maybe you hate writing social media copy, but if it pays well and clients appreciate your work, then you just gotta keep it on your docket.
I read Ann Bauer's piece in Salon when it first came out and I don't think she necessarily intended it to stir a debate about sponsorship. She wanted to come clean for the sake writers out there who are scratching their heads and wondering why they can't figure out time & money, like it appears that she has. Her example of the wealthy author's response to a query along those lines further illustrates her reasons for sharing the truth.
But, having said that, I'm admittedly puzzled by the debate and some of its more vocal participants. Really, if you can possibly pull it off, why wouldn't you want to be sponsored? Another word for it is patronage, and it's a centuries-long tradition. It's how writers, poets, musicians, and painters have found the time and space to pursue their art for a very, very long time. Without it, I wonder how Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, Mozart, or Beethoven would have fared, to name just a few.
I remember reading about their patronage many years ago in school and being envious. I wanted to write full time and there was no such thing in my world, but I would've jumped all over it had it been an option.
I have since found my way 'through' it, but it has taken me years to get to this point. So, just to be clear, I would never dismiss the artists who have found their way 'through' financial challenges any more than I would dismiss those with 'sponsorship'. How can we help but admire anyone who has risen above the struggle to find their success? They inspire us.
Bottom line: I don't think we should say that one path is more admirable or legitimate than the other.
I appreciate this piece. I grow weary of reading from authors about how they were able to quit their jobs and write full time–even support families–on their writing income. But what they are really doing is making a living from people who want to imitate their model of success; which is to tell people how to run a business and has very little to do with the craft of writing. Of course, I'm happy for individuals that feel they are living their dream. I, however, find this particular post refreshing for the realistic portrayal of the writer's life. Thank you.
I'm glad you enjoyed the post, Harvest! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Diversification is my motto. You name it, I've written it: news, TV, features, web series, essays, short stories, blogs, and I'm working on my novel. But I also figured out what I do well as a writer and I teach workshops in that. I write web copy and brochures. I ghost on umpteen different projects every year.
I don't make as much as my husband, but I also take care of our family — other commitments are part of life. And other types of writing allow me to do the kind of writing I love without having to eat mac 'n cheese five nights a week.
And I agree, too, that there's no one way and no "right" way. There was a stretch where I had a day job that left took care of the money thing and left me with energy and time to write. That was awesome, too. Whatever works for you.
Great points, Laura — there's no "right" way, and diversification is a smart strategy. Thanks for sharing your experience!
I am fortunate to have a supportive partner, who does cover the majority of our household expenses. I do, however, have to cover the rest. For me, finding the balance between writing for pay and writing what I want to is the hardest part. I am not assertive enough to get out there and "pound the pavement" so to speak, so I tend to struggle more.
I do believe in diversification, and in my case I have a fiber arts business (small) in addition to my writing. I also offer promotional services to other authors as a supplemental income (but not always steady), as I know how difficult the marketing part can be. Truth be told, I am much better at promoting the work of others than my own.
Being an independent author, I do not have the name of a big publisher behind me. After all I have learned on my self-publishing journey, I wouldn't have it any other way. Granted the dollars aren't big, but I am doing what I love. I do something each day to increase my platform and let others know about my books, and I am hopeful it all pays off so I can take a vacation in the Bahamas one winter.
Some authors are able to fund their writing time via crowdfunding or other sponsorship, and for those that can, kudos to them. For the rest of us, we do what we have to and make it all work – one way or another.
I love that you brought up diversification, Diane — such an important idea to consider.
Self-promotion can be so intimidating. Did you see this post about strategies that have worked for one shy author?
Thank you. No I did not see it before, but I have read it now. I have started to be more active on Twitter and LinkedIn, so hopefully that will give me a boost. I also use Facebook, but the posts do not go out to everyone that likes my page (unless I pay to promote them).
I am definitely an introvert, so I am very familiar with the stress and anxiety when it comes to talking about my books. Thank you for pointing the article out to me. I will be buying a copy of the book "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking".
Quiet is on my list to read as well… I'm looking forward to digging in!
Wow. This is timely. For the past 10 years, I've been the associate editor and senior writer for a small ethnic publication. It's been the perfect gig for a mom –flexible, part-time, all that. I was making $1000 a month, and a few perks here and there. When time allowed, I would contribute to other publications, or take on an occasional freelance job. The pub recently folded, and I'm looking into what's next. And I'm finding that people want the moon for $10 or $15, and in some cases, they want the sun, but can't pay. Is writing not valued? I keep hearing about companies starving for content, but then I them, and the parameters just don't fit the mom-lifestyle: be on this call at 3:00 pm (my kids get out of school then); write on-demand, when we need you (I can't write for you when kids are home, when I'm driving them to activities, or they are home sick/have a day off, etc.); or spend hours and hours researching and writing about something for $50 (which in some cases, that amounts to $2-5/hour? Might as well go pour coffee at Starbucks). Does that make sense? I guess I had been (and still am) sponsored by my family, because I don't work full time, but certainly my contributions to the household "earn" it (chef, housekeeper, laundry person, homework leader, counselor, arbitrator, creative coach, taxi, schedule manager, etc. etc.) I read things like "I write from 7-noon every day, no exceptions." Well, when you are a mom, that isn't your option. So I will just keep looking, and perhaps the way is to simply create my own opportunity. How do moms do it?
Maria – I started writing online in 2010, and at first was happy to be able to make a few dollars writing. I quickly realized I had to work a lot of hours for a couple dollars per article, and that is just not feasible. I chose to work from home so I could be available for my teenagers and my parents – appointments, days off, help needed on the farm (when Dad called) and so on. I have looked into several content sites, but as you say, they expect a lot of work for nothing. For those of us who do provide quality articles, we have to suffer because the market has become saturated with mediocre writing.
Even now that my kids are out in the workforce, I still like to be available for them. My son lives with his dad (an hour away) but I am the one who goes with him to follow-up appointments and I'm the one he calls when he's not feeling great. My daughter lives with us, and works crazy hours sometimes, so I am the one who keeps her laundry done and food made for when she gets home. That does not include housework, my own part-time job or the animals I have to take care of. What I'm trying to say is, no matter how old our kids get, we are still their mom. Being there for them is important, and anyone who expects a work-at-home parent to be available at the drop of a hat obviously hasn't been in our shoes.
As for other opportunities, have you considered writing books and eBooks? Depending on subject matter, some do very well. Given your experience with writing for a magazine, I am sure you could utilize the content you have written over the years. Self-publishing and targeting your market could be an extra source of income for you. I know a self-published author who makes over $500 per month in royalties alone, so it is attainable. I haven't made that mark yet, but her subject matter is much different than mine.
I do not write-on-demand either, because it just doesn't work for me. I like my eBooks because I can write what I am passionate about and the royalties do trickle in. I also supplement my income by helping other authors, which will hopefully one day be my main source of income.
As for those writing at the same time every day, I think they are blowing smoke because no matter how dedicated a person is, life happens.
Exactly! 1) The whole "sponsored" thing doesn't take into account the full-time job of parenthood, and 2) you've got to do what works for you. It's not about anybody else.
Maria, you are an expert in whatever you've been doing with your former publication. What kind of businesses advertised in it? Can you that kind of business (not necessarily the exact same ones) and talk about what you, from your end, saw as working and not working in terms of messaging? Where do you already have relationships, people who know you can write and write well? Can you talk to them about ways in which you can work together?
There is a certain amount of hustling, but if you are talented at what you do (and of course you are, this is your expertise), then you are offering something of value. It's right for them or it's not right for them; rejections are not personal. And if it is right for them, you are doing them a favor by ing them.
It's not glamorous and two years in I still don't have quite enough clients to make a predictable income, but it's much better money than just relying on blog posts. And, as I said, I'm with Diane on the e-book front; I'm planning to branch out into those this year. We can't rely on one or even two or three streams of income. On the side, I do spend most of my work day writing — you can't beat that.
Thanks for sharing your experience and advice here, Laura! I love comment threads like these.
Heather, I loved that article! I'm not being nearly as systematic about things as C. Hope Clark (although I aspire to be), but I am slowly replacing my lowest-paying clients for higher-paying ones, or negotiating rate hikes if it's a client I'd like to keep.
Two other writers who are generous in the nitty gritty of their businesses are Joanna Penn (TheCreativePenn) and Kristine Kathryn Rusch (KrisWrites). More book-writing (traditional and self-pub) than freelancing, but interesting to see how different people handle writing for a living.
Love this site! Thanks for opening up this conversation, and many others as well.
Thanks for the kind words. I like open talk about making money (duh! FundsFORWriters.com). However, there isn't one path. For instance, anyone wanting to write a book is accepting the fact she will not make money anytime soon. The process is painfully slow, the competition stupidly high. It's a gamble, and a choice.
If one is in this business to make money, they choose the best routes to make it, by identifying strengths and using that expertise to seek their writing work in order to make a buck. Artistic loyalty is for the birds. Whether you love writing the subject matter or not, it's how you get the ball rolling. If I were a new writer, I'd be freelancing like mad, avoiding the cheap markets, and painting myself as a professional…from day one. If you believe it, others believe it.
I preach a 25/50/25 rule. Twenty-five percent of your pitches to sure-fired bets. Fifty percent to challenges that pay more. And 25 percent to the dream markets. Over time (not days or weeks, but more like months and years) you'll find that you slide up if you're religious with the plan. The lower 25 percent eventually becomes filled with markets that you once had in the 50 percent range. And eventually, if you're diligent, one or two of the dream markets creep into your 50 percent range.
If I needed writing to feed my belly, I'd freelance. I'm lucky enough now, after years of platform building and other income that I can write novels. The novels are the least of my income, frankly, but they are my addiction. They might be more if I self-published, but I have no patience for formatting and cover design. I prefer to write.
But no two writers are the same. Some have other incomes. Some have support. Some don't. The goal isn't to be a martyr and brag how rough you have it. Nobody wants to hear it anyway. The goal is to write, and do so with blinders on, not watching who's passing you, or who you're doing better than.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, should decide to become a writer and leave a 9-to-5 without health insurance, without clients, without experience, and expect to make a go of it. We have to rely on some sort of income to get that ball rolling, and $25 checks rarely cut it. You whore yourself out to the highest bidder, in my opinion, until you become strong enough of a platform to call more of the shots.
Whew – didn't expect this long of a reply! If you need the money, or want to make a decent income with writing, it's a business decision first and foremost and art takes a back seat to skill and diligence.
Becoming a freelance writer is like starting any other "business" (I have started 2): it takes time, and you better have something else to finance the dream until it becomes lucrative.
Wonderful article. I've hopped all around your site and I'm loving all the good info! I write romances and YA and currently have about 13 ebooks and paperbacks.
My kids are all out of the house, I am the only one bringing in income, so I have to hustle and diversify. I have two small art endeavors I get nice $ change from, time to time. I also have a transcription business and a seasonal lawn maintenance business. I have a few other streams of income I work at. I actually love all I do.
I live in a pretty economically stressed area of the Catskills in upstate NY, so diversification has always been the key. Working for myself, I get to make my own hours but I also get to write on my own schedule. At this point I don't make much on my writing but I am doing what I love. My goal is to eventually create a nice writing income to add to my other income streams.
Grace–just wanted to say that I like your diversification~and your website! I can see where it would be a goal to make a steadier income from your writing. You are quite far ahead of the pack already, I think.
I love that diversification allows us to use all different parts of our personalities and talents. A win-win for sure (especially if, like me, you are a little ADD when it comes to life!).
J.P. thanks for the response. I agree, diversification rocks. People sometimes think I'm nuts when they ask me what I do and I tell them all of it. 🙂 But I love it all! Thanks for the link will check it out.
Grace, I like your method. I'm working on building the same sort of system with "Reconnection to Nature" being my central theme.
Well, this is all terrible, and I've walked away from all of it. I own and operate a company that helps authors who truly want to improve their work, business owners and CEOs who want a quality book ghostwritten and who are willing to pay for quality, and individuals who understand that a query letter that nets them a $10K advance is worth a few hundred bucks. I've done this for 20 years. It has ups and downs but generally the people who want quality find me.
So my best advice is to only work with individuals who respect what you have to offer, and who respect the amount of time it takes to create the pieces you create. You are the professional. Don't work for less because you might as well write your own books and work for a steady income doing something unskilled for unskilled pay.
Laine, I absolutely agree. Just because you're good at it doesn't mean it's easy. You have to value what you do and walk away from the sales pitch that *they* are doing *you* a favor by publishing your work.
Pish-tosh. Besides, they're usually the worst clients.
There are ways to live and live well as a writer. and talking MONEY is part of it.
WordPress WordAds is how I make most of my money with my blog. If I don't make at least $100 a month, I don't get paid.
There have been months where I didn't get paid.
I recently gave my website a face lift and the focus is now on marketing for "starving artists".
We have to be more open and visible. Telling our stories online is an opportunity to sell our work.
While I do think it's important to know how much money a particular publication will pay you when you write for them, I totally disagree with the idea that writers MUST or OUGHT TO share exactly how they're making their income.
That's a very private matter, and some people just don't want to share that information with the world. It's their right not to. It doesn't make them any more or less of a writer.
Why are we so obsessed with knowing how people make their living? Writers are, frequently, not people who define themselves by what they do for money — precisely because they often have day jobs. And does the whole world need to know what your day job is? I say hell no, not unless you care to share, or if it somehow builds your writing credibility to do so. Otherwise, who cares?
Amen, Laura. Talking dollars and comparing who makes what is not important. What does it matter except to make you feel dominant or depressed? I'll talk how to do better and help others make more, but to broadcast the dollars and cents counted on a tax return? Not important. In a lot of cases, touting what you make only makes you a target to others who'll tell you what you're doing wrong or say you're the exception to the rule.
I'd love to see some more discussions on this topic where authors who have been successful at making money can share some of their ideas on how they did it, even if there's no one right way at doing it. I'd like to hear numbers, and how long it took to reach a comfortable number (which will be different for everyone, but for me at least $2000/mo would do quite nicely).
I am very much a novice freelancer, having had a couple of magazine articles published – for which I was paid quite well – and several letters/photos published and paid for by magazines. But I, too, would like to do more writing and get fairly remunerated for it. My question is: has anyonetried copywriting and, in particular, business to business (B2B) writing? I am told thiss is very lucrative and not too difficult to do and to break into the market. Any info on this, please?
What a great piece and conversation!
I write non-fiction for the web and have recently realized how hard it is to string together a proper living from writing alone. So, I don't!
I have no patrons, supporting husband or family or a trust fund to 'finance' my writing. Sometimes I envy writers with spouses who support them while they write but not often. There are always tradeoffs, no matter what you do or how you handle it.
I've worked regular 'jobs' to finance my writing. I've bartered writing services for rent. I've cobbled together side hustles to support me while I write. Currently, I make a living as a freelance writer. I know how to live cheaply, so it works. And after several years of plugging away at that I've developed more clients, more opportunities and now I'm doing much better. But for the most part, I have no life. I write for money and then I write fiction.
I think it's the same with any creative product, it often takes years to establish any decent flow of revenue but what's the alternative becoming an HR Dept Head at some corporation? Not for me.
Frankly, I'd rather suffer the difficulties of self employment than work for anyone else. It's hard work but so is working for a company that you really don't want to work for and has no connection to who you are.
To me, the solution for fiction writers aside from continuing to write, publish and gain a readership, is to freelance as a writer. It makes sense. Musicians do their top-40 and wedding gigs so they can pursue their music, painters give lessons so they can afford their paints and canvasses, dancers run aerobics classes or dance lessons, actors wait tables, park cars. And so forth.
And maybe we're looking at this through too narrow a prism. If you read about any really successful person, whether an artist, entrepreneur, marketer – any business owner, regardless of the product, we all go through the same thing: years of hard work, scrimping and saving, help from friends and family. It's hard work building anything in this world. Right?
Diversify is certainly the way to go but you also have to decide what your bottom line will be regarding the pay from the publications and websites you write for. I would rather get a day job than get paid $10 for 1000 words like some content mills pay.
The minimum that is worth it for me is 10 cents a word ( I said for me, I'm not forcing my opinion on anyone else) and that is only for something I can write while sitting at my computer and using the phone.
If I have to leave the house and interview someone then I would only do it for a higher rate.
But I believe you have to be pro-active in finding places that pay. I spend a lot of time marketing my essays i.e. looking for new publications and sites that pay a reasonable amount.
I also give writing workshops which I advertise on my website and LinkedIn and have a blog, all of which show a potential editor that I treat my writing as a business and not a hobby and hopefully can be relied on regarding work and deadlines.
Like most businesses, writing is 40% work (i.e.writing) and 60% selling (i.e. finding markets that pay reasonably).
'Taint easy that's for sure and I don't make a 'real' income from writing- I still have another part-time job as well.
But I've worked out for myself that whether or not I earn more from my writing depends on my efforts- the amount of writing I do and the markets I find. Although in my writing I try and avoid clilches like the plague, I gotta admit 'you reap what you sow'.
I've never understood the appeal of writing a huge volume of pieces for $25-50 per piece. I don't need the validation of "being" a writer, if it comes at the cost of writing the things I actually want to write. There are plenty of other jobs and careers to have that pay more than that. Maybe the proverbial novel in the drawer will be a blockbuster bestseller. Maybe it will remain in the drawer. But I'd still rather be working on that than churning out hundreds of blog pieces per month. (Ironically I do make a living from writing, but I write corporate stuff for either a regular wage or decent fees per project.


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AstitvaEk Prem Kahani () was a Hindi-language soap opera that aired on Zee TV channel for more than three years. The story focuses on the concept of a women's identity through the character of Dr. Simran, who embodies patience, consistency, and suppression in a subtle way. She is a gynecologist who enters a complex situation when she marries a man ten years younger than herself. It shows the ensuing struggles in her life.

Synopsis
Dr. Simran Mathur, a renowned gynecologist, is the eldest daughter of senior government officer Saurabh and homemaker Padma. Simran has two younger sisters, Kavita and Rashmi. Simran's parents worry that their eldest daughter is unmarried and in her mid-thirties.

Simran operates on a critically ill patient, Anandi, saving her and her baby. Anandi's brother, Abhimanyu Saxena (Abhi), is smitten by Dr. Simran. Abhi, a photographer, woos Simran, who resists his advances because he is ten years younger than she.

Eventually, Simran falls in love with Abhi, and when Abhi proposes to her, she agrees. Simran's and Abhi's parents are against this match because of the age difference. Abhi and Simran elope and get married with the help of Simran's good friend Dr. Manas. Urmila, Dr. Manas's wife, is jealous of her husband's friendship with Simran.

Saurabh renounces his daughter and resigns from his job. He is depressed and angry because he believes his favorite daughter ruined her life, and he finds solace in the arms of his mistress, Anjali. Kavita, who lives at her parents' home with her husband Rohit, reveals that she has always been jealous of Simran for monopolising their father's attention. Kavita takes this opportunity to get back at Simran by fueling fights with Saurabh.

Abhi's parents invite the couple to live with them, but Simran is mistreated at Abhi's house. Abhi's immaturity causes some friction in their relationship, but the couple is able to work things out. Abhi tastes success at work and employs a new assistant, Kiran. Simran is thrilled to learn that she is pregnant, but Abhi gets nervous about impending parenthood. He starts an extramarital affair with Kiran. Abhi abandons Simran emotionally while she goes through a complicated pregnancy. Simran gives birth to a girl, whom she names Aastha. Abhi wins accolades for his work and rises in his career. He introduces Kiran to his mother, who is impressed. Eventually, Saurabh breaks up with Anjali, and Kavita changes her attitude towards Simran. Soon they learn that Kavita has cancer, and she leaves for Switzerland for her treatment. Abhi marries Kiran after divorcing Simran. Kiran is pregnant with Abhi's child and aborts it on the advice of rich businessman Anil Shourie. Kiran leaves Abhi and goes to live with Shourie. Abhi marries Neha, and she is soon pregnant. Simran helps Neha give birth to a daughter, but shortly after, Neha dies. Simran takes a trip to London with Abhi,where someone kidnaps Aastha. Abhi's family want Simran to look after Neha's daughter. Simran agrees to raise her as her own, naming her Aastha, while Abhi disappears.

18 years later
Abhi is a famous writer using the pen name Anand and lives as a recluse in Goa. A girl named Sia meets him, and after some misunderstandings, it is revealed that she is actually Abhi and Simran's daughter Astha. Sia was raised by the childless and mentally disturbed woman who had kidnapped her. Sia and Abhi reunite, and he takes her to Simran. Simran and Neha's daughter, Aastha, are living as mother and daughter. Aastha grows increasingly jealous as her best friend, Dr. Siddhant, starts to take an interest in Sia. Aastha herself has feelings for Siddhant, who is Manas and Urmila's son. Kiran tries to influence Aastha, who eventually sees through her intentions and reunites with Simran. Sia and Siddhant get engaged. The bus in which Simran and Astha are traveling becomes the target of a bomb blast. Aastha is killed, and Simran loses her eyesight. In the end, Simran gets her eyesight back through surgery. She and Abhi reunite.

Cast

Niki Aneja Walia as Dr. Simran Mathur / Dr. Simran Saxena, Saurabh and Padma's daughter Abhi's first and fourth wife, Siya's original mother, Aastha and Yash's adopted mother
Varun Badola as Abhimanyu Saxena a.k.a. Abhi (Dr. Simran's husband) / Writer Anand, Simran's first and third husband, Saurabh and Padma's son-in-law, Kiran's first husband, Siya, Yash and Aastha's father
Ajit Mehra as Mr. Mehta (Mehta Sab) (Abhimanyu Saxena / Anand and Bhavani's publisher) in Goa
 Komal Kumari as Baby Aastha
Yuvika Chaudhary as Aastha Saxena (Abhi and Neha's daughter - dead, died in bomb blast)
 Upasana Shukla as Siya Saxena / Aastha Saxena / Aastha Siddhant Awasthi (Abhi and Simran's daughter; she changes her name from Siya to Aastha in memory of her late sister Aastha)
 Vineeta Thakur as Neha (Abhi's third wife - dead, died soon after pregnancy and giving birth to Aastha)
Rajendra Chawla as Bhavani Shankar; Abhimanyu Saxena (Anand)'s friend
Alok Nath as Saurabh Mathur (Padma's husband, Simran, Kavita and Rashmi's father, Abhi, Rohit and Pranay's father-in-law)
Harshada Khanvilkar as Shaguna (Simran's housekeeper)
Harsh Chhaya as Dr. Manas Awasthi (Simran's friend, Urmila's husband and Sid's father)
Bhairavi Raichura as Urmila (Manas's wife, Sid's mother)
Neeru Bajwa / Kamya Panjabi as Kiran (Abhi's second wife and Yash's mother)
Abbas Khan / Vishal Singh as Dr. Siddhant Awasthi a.k.a. Sid (Manas and Urmila's son; Aastha (Siya)'s husband; Abhi and Simran's son-in-law)
Sushil Parashar as Mr. Saxena (Abhi's father, Simran's father-in-law)
Kanika Shivpuri as Mrs. Saxena (Abhi's mother, Simran's mother-in-law)
Parmeet Sethi as Dr. Brian
Himani Shivpuri as Radha; Neha's mother, Aastha's (Abhi and Neha's daughter)'s grandmother
Mahesh Thakur as Dr. Abhimanyu Joshi a.k.a. Manu
Sindhu Tolani / Aanchal Saxena / Firdaus Dadi as Rashmi; Simran's sister
Nitesh Pandey as Dr. Pranay (Rashmi's second husband)
Resham Tipnis / Payal Nair as Kavita (Simran's sister) - dead, died soon after pregnancy
Sanjeev Seth as Rohit (Kavita's husband)
Nandita Puri as Padma (Saurabh's wife, Simran, Kavita and Rashmi's mother, Abhi, Rohit and Pranay's mother-in-law) - dead, died in sleep
Sunita as Anandi; Mr and Mrs. Saxena's daughter; Abhi's sister - dead, died soon after pregnancy
Ninad Kamat as Anandi's husband
Iqbal Azad/Imran Khan as Dr. Ashwin (Urmila's lover) - dead
Sonica Handa as Naghma (Manu's wife)
Anjali Mukhi as Gauri Joshi (Manu's sister)
Naveen Bawa as Dr. Abhimanyu Joshi's elder brother
Shalini Arora as Dr. Abhimanyu Joshi's sister-in-law
Manju as Dr. Meena
Monaz Mevawala as Amisha Dalaal
Abha Dhulia as Dr. Sarla Dalaal
Neena Cheema as Sulochana
Pallavi Joshi as Leela
Mrinal Kulkarni as Dr. Sakshi, Yash's girlfriend - dead, died in car accident
Raja Sevak as Dr. Sakshi's husband
Amit Raj as Yash Saxena, Abhi and Kiran's son; Dr. Sakshi's boyfriend; Simran's adoptive son
Malvika Shivpuri / Ananya Banerjee as Poonam
Nagesh Bhonsle as Shankar, Shaguna's husband
Mushtaq Merchant as Nishant
Trishna Vivek as Hospital Receptionist
Tisca Chopra as Rhea
Kiran Randhawa as Kiran's landlady
Kavita Vaid as Nurse Leela
Kunal Kumar as Rahul
Mukesh Tiwari as Rashmi's father-in-law
Seema Shinde as Dr. Simran Mathur / Dr. Simran Saxena's assistant
Naresh Suri as Satya, Amla's husband; Saurabh's brother-in-law
Anju Mahendru as Amla, Satya's wife; Saurabh's sister; Simran, Kavita and Rashmi's aunt
Vivek Gomber as Harsh
Suzanne Bernert as Catherine
Shalaka Ranadive as Archana Sareen - Sia (Aastha's kidnapper) dead, died in hospital after car accident
Seema Bhargava as Archana's mother, Sia's grandmother
Natasha Rana as Dr. Brian's wife
Akshay Anand as Anil Shourey, Kiran's ex-boyfriend
Daya Shankar Pandey as Inspector
Richa Bhattacharya as Patient
Romit Raj as Yash Kapoor (Saxena)

Production
The series had a crossover with Reth.

Awards

2003 3rd Indian Television Academy Awards

Best Actress (Drama) - Niki Aneja Walia as Dr. Simran Mathur

Best Director (Drama) - Ajai Sinha

2005 2nd Apsara Awards

Best Drama Series - Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani

Best Actress - Niki Aneja Walia as Dr. Simran Mathur / Saxena

Best Actor - Varun Badola as Abhimanyu Saxena / Anand

2005 Indian Television Academy Awards

Best Actor (Drama) - Varun Badola as Abhimanyu Saxena / Anand

Best Teleplay - Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani - Gajra Kottary & Purnendu Shekhar

References

External links
Official site on IMDb.com
Full episodes on Rajshri.com

Indian television soap operas
Zee TV original programming
2002 Indian television series debuts
2006 Indian television series endings


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I am a third-year computer science student from India. I am really interested in designing website and UI/UX development. Can you please tell me more about this project? How can I improve the p5.js? Should the design of the website be improved? Or is it that number of new features be added to the website? Which has more emphasis-Improving the website or creating new example generation scripts? Can you please explain this project?
I have sent some pull requests pertaining to the issues on the p5.js-website GitHub repo. Some things weren't clear to me so I asked my questions in the specific issue tab.
In one specific issue which I opened regarding search results, you commented that you are focussing on more important things. What exactly are those important things? I'd love to work on them as part of GSoC 2017. Can I know a few of them?


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Josh Lambo is kicking up to his own standards…
Josh Lambo is kicking up to his own standards – but for Jaguars, not Chargers
Jaguars kicker Josh Lambo (4) celebrates after making a 56-yard field goal against the Cincinnati Bengals as teammates Marcedes Lewis (89) and Matt Overton (43) look on during last weekend in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
By Jack Wang | jwang@scng.com | Daily News
Josh Lambo wasn't worried. The Chargers had signed a rookie kicker to try and take his roster spot, but so what? As far as he was concerned, the position was his to lose.
"I know that if I do my job, and I do it well, it's not going to be a competition," Lambo said this summer. "That's not me being cocky or anything – that's me being confident in what I do.
"I know that if I do what I can do, I'm one of the best."
The Chargers (3-5) weren't convinced. They cut him after training camp in favor of Younghoe Koo – whom they replaced a month later with Nick Novak, the same veteran who Lambo had beaten out two years earlier.
This Sunday (10 a.m., CBS) at EverBank Field, they'll see Lambo again – but on the opposite sideline, dressed in Jaguars' turquoise. On the opposite coast, he's looked like an entirely different kicker.
Lambo has been stellar through two games in Jacksonville, making all five of his field-goal attempts. One of those was a 56-yarder this past Sunday in a win over the Bengals, the longest make of his career.
Winning is fun 😎
— Josh Lambo (@JoshLambo) November 5, 2017
Last year ago in San Diego, he missed all three of his attempts from 50 yards or more. Through his two seasons with the Chargers, he finished at 81.3 percent – below average for a position that, arguably, holds less job security than any other in the league.
He is one of eight NFL kickers who joined their current teams after the start of the regular season, replacing Jason Myers in Jacksonville (5-3) last month. Plenty of others have been even more successful.
There is Jake Elliott, whom the Eagles signed on Sept. 12 to replace an injured Caleb Sturgis. He has missed three field-goal attempts and three extra-point tries, but also set a franchise record with a 61-yard game-winner against the Giants. Thanks to Philadelphia's high-octane offense, he is tied for fourth in the league with 75 points.
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There is Kansas City's Harrison Butker, signed on Sept. 26 to replace an injured Cairo Santos. Among kickers with double-digit field-goal attempts, he is one of four converting at least 95 percent.
And there is Novak, who replaced Koo after the rookie missed three of his first six career field-goal attempts, including a would-be game-winner in Week 2. The 36-year-old Novak has missed two attempts of his own, but he also nailed a 32-yarder to clinch a crucial victory over the Raiders. After that 17-16 victory in Oakland last month, Coach Anthony Lynn said: "He doesn't miss the ones when the game is on the line."
Lambo's run of perfection will end eventually. Every kicker with more than seven field-goal attempts this season has missed at least one. But for now, Jacksonville is happy they made the special-teams switch.
"He stepped up," Jaguars coach Doug Marrone said. "He knows he's got to continue to keep working. That's the one part about this league: Week to week, you've got to continue to show that you deserve to be here."
Joe Barksdale was ready to make his comeback. After missing two straight games due to turf toe, the veteran right tackle looked healthy again after the Chargers' bye week, participating fully in both practices Wednesday and Thursday.
By Friday, he was back in a walking boot. Lynn described the measure as precautionary, but sounded less confident as to whether Barksdale will be ready to play by Sunday.
"I do expect him to be available, but you never know," Lynn said. "Those foot injuries can be tricky."
Barksdale said he aggravated his injury late during Thursday's practice, and suggested that he might have been compensating for the pain that had bugged him since preseason.
Both he and starting middle linebacker Hayes Pullard (neck) will be a game-time decisions against the Jaguars. If Pullard doesn't play, the Chargers could give more reps to Jatavis Brown, whose workload has dipped since suffering a high ankle sprain last month.
Denzel Perryman is set to make his season debut on Sunday, and can play both weak-side and middle linebacker. But because the former second-round pick missed half the season recovering from ankle surgery, the team plans to monitor his snap count in Jacksonville.
Jack Wang | reporter
Jack Wang covers the Chargers, the latest NFL team to relocate to Los Angeles. He previously covered the Rams, and also spent four years on the UCLA beat, a strange period in which the Bruins' football program often outpaced their basketball team. He is a proud graduate of UC Berkeley, where he spent most of his time in The Daily Californian offices in Eshleman Hall — a building that did not become earthquake-safe until after his time on campus.
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Bees 'n' Seeds delivers
The Operation Pollinator Bees 'n' Seeds mix has been specifically designed to offer a prolonged source of late season pollen and nectar for insects, followed by an ample food supply and shelter for birds through the winter.
At the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Allerton Project farm, at Loddington in Leicestershire, Head of Farming, Phil Jarvis, reported the Bees 'n' Seeds mix has proven extremely successful for both purposes - and has fitted in effectively with the farming system.
"For the pollinators and birds the benefits have been clear to see, with masses of activity in the quickly established habitat," he said. "And, having planted the mix in an area seen by the 3000 plus visitors who come to view the work of the Allerton Project, the great splash of autumn colour was extremely welcome."
"The mix has some useful agronomic benefits that have helped to integrate it into the farm," reported Phil Jarvis.
"We were sowing in an area where we knew there was a relatively high weed burden to consider. With the selected mix, we were able to create a stale seedbed to remove flushes of weeds, before sowing the Bees 'n' Seeds mix relatively late, in mid-June, and still be confident of good establishment.
"The seed selection also allowed for the use of a pre-emergence herbicide to suppress some unwanted weeds, including Fat hen and Redshank," advised Phil. There was also the option of being able to use a graminicide on the mixture, should Couch grass or other grass weeds encroach from field margins. However, for other growers, herbicide use may be subject to any provisos of environmental schemes.
Phil highlighted the ease of establishment with the Bees 'n' Seeds mix. He found that the seed rate of 20 kg/ha worked well through the farm's drill, compared to the very low seed rates of some conservation mixes.
Soon after sowing he applied a small amount of N fertiliser to encourage a quick establishment, and in particular to help the brassica components of the mix to grow away from any potential Flea Beetle damage.
"I've been really pleased with how it's developed through the season," he said. "I was able to plant the mix under the fallow land option of the farm's EFA, where it has provided a great habitat for a far wider range of wildlife.
"The testament has been the sheer diversity of insects and then birds that we have seen benefitting from the area," he added.
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Jim Egan, Chair of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment Delivery Group, who is based at The Allerton Project, noted: "Whilst taking the numerous visitors around the farm throughout the latter half of the summer and into the autumn, it was striking just how many pollinators were using the crop.
"Given its location next to a conventional pollen and nectar mix, it was great to see the versatile Bees 'n' Seeds option still delivering long after the other mix had ceased nectar production."
"It's been great to see a range of birds, including green finches and linnets, feeding on the Bees 'n' Seeds habitat in the early winter," said Jim Egan.
The Bees 'n' Seeds mix contains phacelia, mustard, brown mustard, fodder radish, Gold of Pleasure, sunflower, kale rape and buckwheat. Provided by Kings, which work in partnership with the GWCT at The Allerton Project, is available at a reduced cost to growers through the Syngenta Operation Pollinator initiative, and comes with essential agronomic support too.
Kings Manager, Richard Barnes, commented: "The mix has great potential to provide pollen, nectar and seed to pollinators and farmland birds across several months, so it's important to look after the areas to ensure they reach that potential.
"Managed effectively, a hectare of Bees 'n' Seeds creates a one stop habitat feature, that gives a season-long flowering and seed," advised Richard Barnes.
"Planted adjacent to other habitats, in a strip or block, it will boost food resources throughout the year," he added
Syngenta Environment Initiatives Manager, Belinda Bailey, added: "We have 15 years of experience with Operation Pollinator and, working with Kings, we are able to provide bespoke mixtures that will deliver environmentally, but also have the agronomic support for growers to successfully grow these crops."
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RGM INTRODUCING – WE INTERVIEW AMERICAN ARTIST KIMMERLY
Introduce to us yourself and your musical history.
My name is Carson Ruby Kimmerly, but when I perform I simply go by KIMMERLY. I am a songwriter, a musician, a poet, an artist, and a lover of all things relating to artistic expression. I have a very classical background, and I like to think that those influences can still be seen in my music to this day. My first (and still my primary) instrument was the violin. That orchestral training for the violin gave me the basis in music theory I needed to begin composing my own music. I spent years playing in orchestras, chamber groups, and doing solos, and did a lot of really neat things in my community. As an adult, I was even a violin instructor for a while as my main occupation. I have since taught myself the acoustic guitar, piano, and music production. You can hear all of my instruments in almost every song I release!
What made you decide that music is a thing for you?
I've enjoyed music from a young age. My father was hardly a professional, but listening to him come up with little melodies on his acoustic guitar was a big part of my childhood. I grew up always listening to music and surrounding myself with friends who cared about it, too. Picking up the violin and devoting a lot of my life to the orchestra was a huge factor in my continued career in music. While my focus has shifted off the classical to my own contemporary songs, music has always been the light at the end of the tunnel. I am very proud to have just released my debut album as KIMMERLY: 'Of Muses and Music'.
I hear you have a new album; what can you tell us about it?
'Of Muses and Music' is a big project that I have been working on for years. Some of the tracks have been finalized since 2020, but I am so glad I waited until I was truly ready to unveil it to the world. The album is focused around the visual arts, explicitly mentioning some of my favorites (the 'Mona Lisa', 'Water Lilies' by Monet, Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring', and more). I worked very hard to create a variety of auditory and visual works of art to be explored by listeners. The lead single off of the album is 'Waterlily', the song I debuted with as KIMMERLY back in June of this year.
Talk me through the thought process of the new tunes.
All of the tracks were inspired by works of art that are important to me. My muses for this record (in the order of the tracks they inspired) were: The Rosette Windows of Notre Dame, Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Sunflowers series by Van Gogh, Monet's Water Lilies, Starry Night, Manet's Olympia, The Son of Man by Rene Magritte, the screen printed works of Warhol, Vermeer's controversial Girl with a Pearl Earring, amd Edgar Degas' Paris Opera ballerinas. I tried to capture the feelings and history of the works through my own musical lens. Waterlily has been my most popular track so far, seconded by my Pop Art tribute Puppet. In addition to all of the original music I composed for the record, I also put together unique visuals to go with each track. Many of the visuals include samples of the artworks they emulate.
What was the recording process like?
I recorded this album at home, so the recording was very… sporadic. Recording is my least favorite part of the whole production process, so I only do it when I'm really in the mood. When I decided to work on recording a track, I did it all in one day. Vocals, instrumentals, backgrounds, you name it. Once I'm on a roll, it is unwise for me to stop myself.
Would you change anything now that it's finished?
Of course, there are a lot of little things that only I would hear, but going about a big project like this and being a perfectionist isn't a good blend. I constantly have to remind myself that when it comes to music, the message and the art are more important than the tiny crackle in the background of the chorus, or the one word that my voice sounded a little shaky. My music is not at all manufactured, so I try to make peace as much as I can with any little imperfection.
How have your songwriting skills developed over time?
I've been writing 'songs' since I was in grade school, so obviously, there has been a lot of maturing in that area. Besides just lyrically, I gained composing/instrumental skills through my classical music training. I took the self-taught approach to write and producing music, so I developed my skills through trial and error for sure. I'm still improving every day, but I'm grateful to be in a place now where I feel confident about the work that I'm putting out for the world.
The music industry is the hardest industry in the world to progress in. How do you feel you are doing?
For the first time, I think I can actually say that I'm doing well. This is far from the first time I've tried to share my music with the world, and every time I try I learn a lot of new things that help me to keep moving forward. In this chapter of my music career, I have people who actually listen to my music and use it as inspiration. That, to me, is success in itself! I am working hard to increase the reach of my new record, and I am excited to announce some exciting upcoming projects.
What makes you stand out as an artist?
I like to think there are quite a few things that make me stand out from the crowd… the main thing I am proud of is my music's connection to the visual/classical arts. My album 'Of Muses and Music' is a collection of the inspirations I drew from all of my favorite works of art. Another thing being my very independent approach to my music. I write, perform the vocals and instrumentals for, and produce all of my own tracks. That being said, I would love to find a home at a great label someday if it's meant to be 🙂
What are your thoughts on Spotify's monopoly on the music industry?
Well, personally I really like Spotify… so I don't have too much of an issue with it. I feel that the attention garnered by Spotify is no coincidence – they really do make a personal experience for both users and artists. I really enjoy all of the extra things that I can share with fans on Spotify, like artist's picks and Canvas videos to go with each track. Spotify is my first choice for music streaming, too!
Tell us something about you that you think people would be surprised about.
I think my tastes in music would come as a surprise to some of my listeners. While I do listen to a little bit of everything, some of my favorite songs are a lot different than my own works. Rough sounds like Nine Inch Nails and Nirvana are guilty pleasures of mine. Some of my other favorite artists include Fiona Apple, Lindsey Stirling, and famed composer Danny Elfman. Like I said, I listen to a little bit of everything.
Is there anything else you would like to share with the world?
I would just like to say, as cliche as it sounds, that I have poured my heart and soul into creating my latest album and making it something bigger than itself. I hope that my music can reach and inspire people, as well as connecting them to artists that have left a legacy greater than time. Also, there are more exciting things coming from me soon – so stay tuned!
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Carl Maloney
Carl Maloney is the Founder / Owner / Dogsbody of RGM. He has worked in the music industry for over twenty years, Promoter // Band Manager // Podcaster // still blagging it.
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