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How to Report Labor Violations
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employees and their authorized representatives have the right to file a complaint about serious hazards and request an OSHA official to visit and inspect their workplaces and investigate concerns. Employers must comply with OSHA standards detailed in the act, and they put their businesses at risk of fines and penalties if they do not. The following are the basics of reporting a complaint to OSHA.
OSHA Standards
OSHA has set standards for most major safety concerns, and employers and employee must comply with the rules and regulations detailed in the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The four major categories the Act covers are general industry, construction, maritime, and agriculture. If details about a specific hazard do not exist, employers and employees must adhere to [Section 5(a)(1)] "general duty" clause, which says that employers "shall furnish . . . a place of employment which is free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees".
Three requirements are similar for all industries:
Access to medical exposure records: employees, their representative, and OSHA have the right to relevant medical records.
Personal protective equipment: each of the four major categories requires different equipment, but, regardless of industry, all employees are entitled to wear designated protective equipment to protect him or her from workplace hazards and should be properly trained in equipment's use
Hazard communications: if handling potentially hazardous material, evaluations of the product must be conducted. Material found hazardous must be marked as so and customers of the material must receive a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). Employers must train employees about the dangers presented in materials on the MSDS sheet.
Employers are required to post injury reports from the previous year, even if no injuries occurred.
The Act allows for and even encourages states to formulate individual safety programs that will function under state law but continue to be monitored. Furthermore, OSHA must approved the program. However, most state plans match federal plans.
The following states have OSHA-approved, individual programs for the private and public sector: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York have OSHA-approved state plans that only cover public sector workers.
Serious Hazards
Each employee has the right to report a violation for any of the following serious hazards:
Necessary personal protective equipment must be readily available
Respirator protection
Asbestos and other dangerous substances, exposure prevention
Arc and welding cutting
Cave-in prevention
Machines must have guards
Sharp objects must have built-in safety features to prevent wounds
Employees must understand safety regulations to protect themselves
For more information about specific dangers employee must be protected against, visit OSHA Law and Regulation's page.
Who Can File a Complaint?
OSHA protects nearly all United States employees through federal and sometimes state law, including but not limited to manufacturing, agriculture, law and medicine, charity, construction, longshoring, organized labor, Postal Service, local government, private education, and anyone protected by OSHA's federal or state approved health and safety plans.
Excluded occupations for the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1970 are:
Farms employing immediate family
Jobs where other federal laws mandates workers' safety, including mining, many transportation industries, and nuclear energy and weapon manufacture
Local government and state employees, unless under an OSHA-approved state plan
Employees who experienced a violation may file a health or safety complaint. Though OSHA guarantees their identities can be kept confidential, OSHA protects employees who report a violation. Some employees may still feel uncomfortable reporting a violation; consequently, other relevant parties may file one on an employee's behalf. The following are authorized employee representatives, as defined by OSHA:
Member of the clergy
Spouse or next of kin
Employees, representatives, and anyone else aware of serious health or safety violations in the workplace have three options to file an OSHA complaint.
Submit online via electronic complaint form
Download a PDF complaint form and fax or mail it to your local OSHA Regional or Area Office
Call the violation in to your local OSHA office or 1-800-321-OSHA
Keep in mind: complaints signed and submitted to local OSHA offices are more likely to result in OSHA inspections. Therefore, sending your complaints to OSHA's national headquarters may not be the fastest or most efficient method. Complaints submitted online are routed to the appropriate local office. For more details about the type of information you must provide to file a complaint, see the OSHA complaint page.
When Can You File a Complaint?
Before filing an OSHA complaint, try to resolve your health and safety concern directly with your supervisor or manager, as it is the most effective and quickest way to correct workplace hazards. However, OSHA accepts complaints about hazards at all times. Discrimination complaints against those who filed a complaint, however, must be filed within 30 days of the alleged violation.
Filing a Discrimination Compliant
OSHA forbids employers from retaliating against employees for filing a complaint. OSHA offers protection against the following unpermitted adverse actions:
Blacklisting
Demoting
Denying overtime or promotion
Denying benefits
Failing to hire or rehire
Making threats
Reassignment that affects promotion prospects
Reducing pay or hours
If you have been retaliated or discriminated against for filing an OSHA complaint about unsafe working conditions, you have the right to file a discrimination complaint. Some states allow workers to file a complaint under the OSH Act with both the federal OSHA and state OSHA plans. Similarly, these complaints can be filed online, by fax or mail via downloaded form, by telephone call, or by sending a letter to your local OSHA office.
During an Inspection
Employees retain these rights during an OSHA investigation:
A representative of employees should be allowed to accompany the tour
Employees may speak with the inspector privately
Employees may attend meetings with the inspector before and after inspection
An OSHA inspector will likely speak with several employees regarding safety and health conditions. OSHA encourages employees to mention hazards and any illnesses or injuries caused by them, to discuss past hazard complaints, and to inform the inspector if conditions during inspection are not normal.
After an Inspection
The inspector will meet with the employee and employer to discuss findings and solutions to any found violations. The OSHA area director issues citations and notifications of proposed penalties to employer for any violations. The citation will include actions that must be taken and a date they must be done by. Employer must post a copy of the citation for employees to see, which can list if the offense is serious, willful, or repeat.
Employees have a right to contest the citations to OSHA within 15 days of the posting, usually asking for a shorter allotted time to correct the issue. Employers may also challenge the validation of the citation.
State-Specific Reporting
Not only do federal laws outline labor law violations, but many states have additional labor laws that apply to employees working within state borders. For example, California workers can report labor law violations to the Bureau of Field Enforcement via mail or in person for the city/location where the violation occurred. And if employees in New York experience retaliation after reporting a labor law violation, they are encouraged to contact the NYS Department of Labor, Division of Labor Standards at 1-888-52-LABOR or LSAsk@labor.ny.gov.
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L'INTERFORM news release: new collaborations
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L'INTERFORM announces collaboration with Zott, The Gourmet Dairy and country dairy Holtseer Landkäserei on Italian market
With several generations of experience and over 200 years of combined industry excellence, L'INTERFORM is pleased to announce that it has signed representation agreements with the Mertingen-based multinational Zott and the boutique Northern German dairy Holtseer Landkäserei.
Milan, Italy – Effective immediately, L'INTERFORM SRL is the representative of Zott SE, one of the world's leading gourmet dairies, in the Italian Republic and will directly represent Zott's line of renowned gourmet Bavarian dairy products in all retail and industrial segments in Italy. L'INTERFORM SRL is as of now also Holtseer Landkäserei's Italian representative for its line of commodity cheeses.
L'INTERFORM has been mandated with first securing and reinforcing Zott's existing sales channels in Italy and in parallel rationalizing its Italian distribution and logistics platforms. Building Zott's brand awareness and demonstrating to the Italian market the excellent quality and taste of Zott's products is the long-term goal of this new collaboration between L'INTERFORM and Zott.
L'INTERFORM will immediately begin commercializing Holtseer's commodity cheese products in Italy with an eventual view of introducing its specialty products to the Italian market as well. Further collaborations in extra-EU geographies will be discussed at a later date.
L'INTERFORM's Managing Director, Christian Pichler, expressed enthusiasm with the firm's new business development in a difficult moment for both the dairy industry as well as the broader agri-foods sector:
"Building on our over 50 years of strategic excellence and deep competencies in agri-business, L'INTERFORM is thrilled to be the Italian representative of companies as prestigious as Zott and Holtseer Landkäserei. We at L'INTERFORM value Zott's tradition of producing the highest quality dairy products and respect its commitment to bettering its local and broader community and safeguarding the environment while always delivering for its customers and stakeholders. We also admire Holtseer's passion for the authenticity of its home region of Schleswig-Holstein. As a multigenerational family-based dairy merchant ourselves, L'INTERFORM shares these values. We appreciate the trust that these two companies have placed in our capabilities and we are up for the challenge. I believe that the signing of these agreements marks the beginning of long-term and successful partnerships."
Backgrounder attached
ZOTT, THE GOURMET DAIRY
Founded in 1926, Zott is a third-generation Bavarian family company steeped in tradition. Its facilities have been producing a variety of indulgent and top-quality yoghurt, dessert and cheese specialities for over 90 years. These products are available in more than 75 countries around the world. With a net turnover of 1 billion EUR and 890 million litres of processed milk in 2019 and about 2,966 employees at present, Zott is among the leading dairies in Europe. Zott's passion is for its brands, for milk and indulgence. Innovation, quality, partnerships with milk producers and sustainable production are its key values.
HOLTSEER LANDKÄSEREI
Holtseer's home is the heart of Northern Germany, the region of Schleswig-Holstein where it has a long tradition and its cheeses are still made from original northern German recipes in the mild climate between the North and Baltic Seas. Holtseer Landkäserei purposefully relies on genuine craftsmanship from real people, even in this age of industrialised production and automation with only a few staff members. High-quality raw materials produce excellent cheese validated by the Schleswig-Holstein quality mark.
L'INTERFORM
Founded in 1968 with over 50 years of experience and a team of dedicated and knowledgeable professionals, L'INTERFORM is one of the leading independent merchants and consultancies in the dairy and broader agri-foods sectors in Italy and Europe and has direct relationships with all segments of the dairy value chain. Throughout its history, L'INTERFORM has ideated and introduced many renowned dairy brands and products to the Italian market and continues to represent exclusively selected European dairy businesses. The firm is an active and longstanding member of the Italian and German Dairy Associations, the European Association of Dairy Trade, Eucolait, as well as the only Italian arbitrator of Gemzu, the Dutch Dairy Trade Organisation. In recent years, L'INTERFORM has expanded its geographic scope and now facilitates business between our traditional European partners and new clients in North and Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia. L'INTERFORM is a wholly owned subsidiary of the boutique investment fund, GERBER-RAUTH SpA, and in partnership with its holdings company, leverages its competencies to pursue strategic advisory and investment projects.
European Dairy Industry
According to the European Commission, milk is produced in every single member country and accounts for 13% of the European Union's agricultural output, making it the largest single product sector in terms of value (with around 57 billion EUR in output value). The EU is currently the world's second largest exporter of dairy products, most notably cheeses. Total EU27 milk production is estimated to be around 155 million tonnes per annum. Europe's main dairy producers are Germany, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain, which together account for around 70% of EU milk production. The European Commission further anticipates that Europe will become the world's largest exporter of dairy products by 2030.
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Belvedere Square's Dutch Floral Garden to close permanently
Paula Dobbe-Maher in her Belvedere Square shop, Dutch Floral Garden.
Local floral designer Paula Dobbe-Maher let customers know over the weekend that she will permanently close this week her popular Belvedere Square floral and plant shop, Dutch Floral Garden.
Dobbe-Maher made the announcement in a letter on Facebook on Saturday, December 26, the BBJ reported.
She opened her store in 1999 near Johns Hopkins University and moved to Belvedere Square in the early 2000s.
Dobbe-Maher explained that the death of her husband, Ken Maher, in November 2019 followed by the coronavirus pandemic brought her to the conclusion that it is time to close.
"It has been so much fun explaining to our customers the differences in floral arranging techniques, the creation of unusual arrangements, the introduction of newly developed flower types…," she wrote.
"Finally, the time has come to close this beautiful part of my life."
Dobbe-Maher, who is from the Netherlands, moved to Baltimore in the 1990s when she married. Long before she opened her shop, she trained under European master florists in the Netherlands, Germany and England, and brought to her designs a distinctive European aesthetic.
She told one customer today that she plans to move to Holland, but not before saying goodbye.
"I would like to invite all of my customers to come and give me the opportunity to thank you for all you did for me and my business," she wrote in her Facebook letter.
"We may not be able to hug, but we can smile at each other above our masks. My eyes will tell you that I will miss my flowers a lot, but I will miss you the most."
All merchandise at the store, including display fixtures, is on sale at 40 percent off until the closing on Thursday.
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AL has been dressed to win
Tony La Russa looked over at Jim Leyland's checkered sports coat and shook his head with a smile.
The manager of the National League All-Star team was dressed comfortably in jeans and a collared shirt during Monday's media session and joked that he thought he and Leyland, the American League manager and his longtime friend, had agreed before the trip to leave their jackets at home.
But in a game that determines home-field advantage for the winning league's representative in the World Series, Leyland's wardrobe choice made for a convenient metaphor. It may be an exhibition event, but the American League has not lost since 1996 (nine wins and a tie). And even though there were laughs, the AL has treated the game as at least business casual rather than entirely informal for the past decade.
"My first All-Star Game coaching was here in 1984 and I felt the National League was competing and the American League was exhibiting," La Russa said. "Now it seems to me they're the ones competing. But there's no reason we shouldn't be winning our fair share."
La Russa will turn to San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Peavy to start the game in an effort to reverse the losing streak, while A's right-hander Dan Haren will look to continue the AL's dominance. Haren (10-3, 2.30 ERA) has been sensational this season and Peavy (9-3, 2.19) has been just as good for the Padres; he said he is looking forward to the challenge of facing a stacked AL lineup.
"I'm going to go as long and as hard as I can until Tony shakes my hand," Peavy said.
In perhaps the biggest surprise of either lineup, Giants star Barry Bonds will bat second for the NL in a move La Russa hopes will put pressure on the AL pitchers. Bonds will be sandwiched by two New York Mets as shortstop Jose Reyes will lead off and center fielder Carlos Beltran will bat third. Cincinnati Reds right fielder Ken Griffey Jr. will hit fourth.
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is 6-0-1 in his seven appearances in the Midsummer Classic and said the AL players take pride in their recent string of success.
"Yeah, once we get out there, we definitely want to win," said Jeter, who will bat second. "Everyone wants those bragging rights. We want to continue [the streak]."
San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman was the victim last year, as Michael Young of the Texas Rangers hit a two-out, two-run triple in the top of the ninth to lead the AL to a 3-2 win.
"Last year's game has been getting brought up a little bit more as this one's gotten closer," Hoffman said. "And now I think it's exciting to maybe have an opportunity to do something about it."
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The Weekly Packet will be getting back to regular sailing now that Nesiritide. The Rise and Fall of Scios has passed the final proofing and is on the way to the printer. Please look for the title as above on Amazon, or alternatively search by author: Roger M Mills, MD.
I have also been scrambling to get to a final draft of Clinical Management of Heart Failure, 3rd edition. The co-authors (Jim Young and Javed Butler) and I opted for starting the third edition with a clean slate. As a consequence, I have just made the long drive from our camp in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to spend a day with Jim at the Cleveland Clinic. Which leads to what's really on my mind.
On June 7th, JAMA ran an opinion piece titled "Lifespan Weighted Down by Diet" by David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD from the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. In response to the recent widely publicized observations of decreasing life expectancy among US counties in the Southeast and Midwest, Ludwig raises the hypothesis that technologic advances may no longer be sufficient to compensate for the adverse health effects of obesity.
What does this have to do with driving the 495 (Mapquest) miles from Hulbert Lake to the Cleveland Clinic? Everything! With the exception of the very sparsely populated areas in northern Michigan, the trip is a visual festival of high-caloric density food. The woods and fields of the rural Midwest are blotted out by billboards for McDonald's, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried and scores of local places like Cops and Donuts (Clare, MI). And the drive thru lanes and parking lots for these places are packed. This observation prompted the following chain of thought.
First, I have read, learned, and written a lot about drug costs and their relationship to overall health care costs. Second, JAMA now publishes an expert from Harvard who tells us that the medical cost of obesity passed $190 billion a year a decade ago! Third, new data suggest that dietary composition may have an impact above and beyond caloric balance alone. Fourth, the fast-food industry is not about production and consumption of "high-quality proteins, fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts, and other whole foods," as a basic diet.
Where does this leave me? I cannot avoid the growing suspicion that some large players in the food industry are making profits by making us unhealthy, and driving the overall cost of health care up in the process. This seems at least an order of magnitude more villainous than making profits for discovering and developing new drugs to make us healthier.
One of the core values of writing the Packet was to use data to gain perspective on problems. Over the summer months, I'll look for more data and a clearer perspective on these and other epidemiologic questions.


On Wednesday, December 6 from 6:00-8:00PM River City Church will partner with the Batavia Apartments to help families in need have a Christmas celebration this year. We will host a Christmas Gift Mart, here at River City Church, where families will select Christmas gifts, donated by Toys for Tots, for their families! On Tuesday and Wednesday, during the day (prior to the Gift Mart), we could also use your to help with setup.
On December 3 we will need help picking up the toys from storage and delivering them to River City Church.
On December 5 we will be set-up the Shopping Room, wrapping room, and auditorium for the party.
On the evening of the event December 6 we will need help with child crafts, gift shopper assistants, gift wrappers, food servers, and host.


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The Mandolin Player
It was as much of a surprise as it was a chance meeting with Jairam Mohite this February that set a sultry afternoon in Yeoor to the tunes of an old Mandolin, and even older memories. M Satish and I had ridden to Yeoor hills for a bite of lunch, and a bit of stillness. We got them both, and a slice of melody too.
Earlier in the day, as we took the turn opposite Upwan lake up the hill toward Yeoor in Thane (west), adjoining Mumbai, we passed under an arch welcoming travelers to the hills, favoured for trekking by trekkers looking for short treks. It was February, the time when heat begins to inch across the city, prompting people to seek out cooler climes in the hills. Actually we hadn't planned on going to Yeoor, but poor lunch service at Little Chef, an empty restaurant opposite Eden Woods, a housing society near Ghodbunder Road, left us with no option but to try out another eating place, this time in the Yeoor hills. I find crowded family restaurants overbearing, and relish any opportunity to eat in peace. Satish said he knew of one such eatery in the hills. "I've been there. It's a good one, particularly the ambience," he said. I agreed, at least the ride would be pleasant I thought.
Yeoor hills is the Thane-end of the National Park that stretches across the region to include parts of Borivali, along the terrain on either side of the Ghodbunder road connecting Thane to Borivali through Mira Road and Bhayandar.
The hills lie on the periphery of the wildlife sanctuary, and are populated by bungalows of sundry politicians and Muncipal Corporators along the route passing through the village. Much of this construction has taken place in contravention of law governing Adivasi land. The large-scale encroachment in the Yeoor hills, the exclusion of Yeoor from the wildlife sanctuary despite it being contiguous to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, is seen as an attempt by politicians to protect their encroachments from coming under the purview of Acts governing forest land, and are a direct manifestation of the politics of power. All this was far from our minds as we rode up the hills, reveling in the temporary relief from the heat as we passed vegetation on either side of the narrow tar road curving up.
We took a right turn, onto a narrow road that branched off the main road and parked the bike beside a car, and walked across the open space fronting the restaurant, and crossed a small, wooden, arched bridge over a narrow moat and sat by its side so we could look at the few lotuses that grew in it. The water was still. Mid way through our meal I saw the old man with white hair and a pair of glasses across from where we sat finish with his meal, and smile at the waiter before leaning across the table to pick up a black case holding a musical instrument. He got up and put on his coat. I had first noticed him when we took our seats at the table. Something about him did not quite jell with the setting. He didn't seem to fit in in the ambience of a lazy afternoon. I wondered if it was because of the way he dressed. Nobody wears grey suits anymore where I live and work let alone on a Sunday noon in the hills. Or maybe it had to do with the way he ate, concentrating on his food, rarely looking up, certainly not the sign of a man who's dropped in for a bit of quiet. Seeing him eat marked him out as someone who was here for a definite purpose, and the purpose was not lunching out. On enquiring with a waiter I learnt that he played his Mandolin for visitors. On the other side of the narrow moat, the restaurant has set aside a platform under an arch a little distance off the eating-place, and provided a sound system for performers to entertain clients. Jairam Mohite, 76, has been playing his mandolin at the restaurant for over two years now.
After Satish and I were done with our lunch, he came over to where we sat, and we talked the afternoon away, listened to tunes on his old mandolin of old hindi film songs from years ago when he worked with Laxmikant-Pyarelal, starting off with Parasmani in 1963 for which Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed the music. "I played for most of the Hindi films they set to music," Jairam said. "Parasmani was my first assignment with Laxmikant-Pyarelal."
His forehead set off a narrow, angular face, the kind of ruggedness a cigarette manufacturer might want to use for a cigarette commercial for people who've been smoking for over fifteen years. The glasses he had on reinforced it. It was the face of a man who'd seen hard times and lived to tell the story. It was not the face of a man who drank, and certainly not of one who'd shrink from whatever life threw at him, but it was not a happy face either. I got the impression he'd do what's necessary to be civil to people who visited the place, and no further. The voice was sharp, even if not very fluent, and I might've expected a larger frame for someone with his voice.
"I was well built before," he told me, "until my illness recently. My stomach used to swell. A doctor who used to visit this restaurant and listen to me play my mandolin noticed my absence on subsequent visits and asked the Captain here about my absence, and took my telephone number and called my home. My daughter took the call and told him that I was in the hospital and was serious, and there was no guarantee that I'll survive." Jairam smiled, fiddled with his Mandolin, and continued, "The doctor came to visit me at the hospital, met the doctor in charge, pointed to me and told the doctor 'isko khada karo' (Get him on his feet) and offered to get me any medicines I might need. He is a very nice man, this doctor Indoriya. He treats the elderly, and gets them out of coma."
Mohites are one of the 96 clans constituting the Marathas, marathi-speaking warrior-peasants native to Maharashtra. Under Shivaji's leadership, the Marathas ruled over a substantial empire to the west of India in the 17th and 18th centuries before declining as a major power with the advent of the British in India. "I learned to play the mandolin and the guitar from Ramprasadji, Pyarelal Sharma's father," Jairam Mohite told us. "Ramprasadji used to teach us the saxophone using musical notations we'd learned to read. Pyarelal used to play the violin." Then he smiled at the memory of the Laxmikant-Pyarelal score for Solah baras ki bali umar from Ek Duje ke Liye, intoning it while we looked on. The emotion he tried to bring to the song was evident in the effort he made to recapture its nuances in a voice clearly unsuited for any kind of singing, let alone old Hindi film songs but it sufficed to set the mood as Satish and I leaned forward to listen to him. Then, recollecting his early days as a musician in the film industry when songs were recorded at Famous Studio in Bombay Central, he said "Woh din bahut acche thay (Those days were very good)." He lamented the quality of music compositions produced of late. "Artist kalakar bahut acche milte thay. Aaj ka condition bahut kharab hai industry ka." (Good artists were available then, the condition of the film industry has deteriorated now). He said the Industry (as Bollywood film industry is referred by some) was good before, and that payment was good too. "Our payment depended on the grade of the instrument we played. Mandolin ka grade alagh hai, guitar ka grade alagh hai. This (pointing to his mandolin) was graded B," he said, "Music directors used to prepare a list and assign grades to musical instruments. Then they gave the list to the Music Arrangers and we were paid accordingly." He said that at any given song recording in the studio, musicians numbered anywhere between 200-400, of which violinists formed the majority. I tried to imagine a setting big enough to hold that many, and the control the musicians would have to exercise to remain in sync with the rest, wondering to myself, 'That many in one place?'
I ask him if most Music Arrangers were Goans. He nodded and said, "Haan. Goa ke violin mein bahut thay pehle, bajanewaley. Even now they're there but not so many." (Yes. We had many violin players from Goa in the industry then. Even now they're there but not so many.) Talking of old melodies, his face softened when he mentioned that he was one of the musicians recording for the song Aye mere zohara zabeen from Waqt. The Balraj Sahni-Raaj Kumar-Sunil Dutt-Shashi Kapoor 1965 multi-starrer was Yash Chopra's third film with music scored by Ravi. "The music of those old Hindi films were classy, unke baathee kuch alag thee." Then, he talked of his role in the song recordings. "Music jo hum log bajanewale hai na, woh hamare gaane se matlab kuch nahi. Humlog sirf notation letey, bajatey aur nikal jatey," he said. (We, musicians, didn't have anything to do with the songs, we merely followed the music notations we were given, played accordingly, and left.)
"Music Director dhun bitathey, notation nikalthey, arranger ko detey. Arranger aur Music Director jahan woh recording baantha hai aander wahan par un log rehtey hai. Wahan se pata chalta hai kaun teda jaata hai, kaun wrong jaata hai. Wahan se naam leke un log baumb martey." Then he mimics their call, "arrey baab Jairam wrong jaata hai tumara, jaara sambhal ke bajao bhai." (Music Director sets the tune for the song, prepares notations and hands them over to the Music Arranger. Together they monitor the musicians from the recording room. They can easily spot musicians who go out of sync with the rest, and call out to them by their names. Then he mimics their call, Jairam, you're going wrong, play the music carefully.) Then, he adds, "Everything is in the hands of the Music Arranger, but the Music Director is the main guy."
Jairam Mohite joined the film industry at twenty after his father, Sonu Mohite, taught him to play the mandolin when he was eighteen. "I learned to play it, and have been playing this very mandolin since then," he said looking at it fondly. "It has lasted nearly sixty years," he said. I sensed pride in his voice whenever he talked of his mandolin. "Usko durust bhi nahi kiya hai. It is the same as before. The only thing I've changed are the strings. Baja bajake rough ho jaata hai." (I did not have to carry out any maintenance except for the strings because they wear out after continuous use). "My father was an accomplished musician. He handed over this mandolin to me and said, 'Yeh cheez bahut meethi hai. Dikhne mein kamzor hai par takat hai ismey'," (This thing – mandolin - is very sweet. It looks very fragile but has strength in it.) Jairam's father was gifted the mandolin by a Sardarji (a Sikh) as a gift and was asked to give it to Jairam. "It (mandolin) is not so much in use in Hindi films these days," he said, adding, "In our days the mandolin was an important component of the music. Rehearsals took place at Laxmikantji's house in Vile Parle. Agar wahan (at the rehearsals) mood lagti tho recording karte. (If the rehearsals set up the mood well, we'd immediately record the song at the studios). The guitar and the mandolin were the main instruments at the rehearsals."
He also worked with Shankar-Jaikishen and Madan Mohan, legendary Bollywood Music Directors. "Madan Mohan ghazal ke raja tha," he said. (Madan Mohan was the king of ghazals). "His music was the ghazal type. Woh aisa udtha phudtha kuch nahi. Madan Mohanji Peti (Harmonium, used in the Indian music genres: Bhajan, Ghazal, Qawwali, Folk music, and Hindustani music.) lagakey baaitthey they, dhun nikalneko. I worked with him on three occasions." (Madan Mohan's music was not light and playful. His was the ghazal type. He would sit at the Peti to set the lyrics to tunes). It was evident that he held Madan Mohan in high regard. He said that Madan Mohan's music was difficult to execute and that one had to be a master to do it. "Uski jo chord rhythm hoti, chord bola tho mithasi lagna chahiye, Sa udhar hai, Pa neechey aata, Da udhar hai tho Ga neechey jaata. Upar-neechey, upar-neechey aur control mein," he explained as he nearly broke into a hand-dance tracing the rapid shifts in rhythms from low to high, and sideways that executing Madan Mohan's music demanded. (Madan Mohan's chord rhythm lent a certain melody to the composition, and was difficult to render. The Sa would be over there, and Pa below, then Da over there, and Pa would be down there. Up, then Down, Up again, and then Down.) Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Da, and Ne are the first syllables of the seven swaras or notes in Indian classical music: Shadjamam, Rishabham, Gandharam, Madhyamam, Panchamam, Dhivatham and Nishadham .
Watching him animated, I thought that if I were to imagine it were dark and strings with bulbs attached at one end were tied to his hands, I might just about see a visual representation of Madan Mohan's music as Jairam made rapid movements with his hands to illustrate his narrative. In his own rustic way that somehow jelled with the hills beyond the restaurant, he had drawn us into his life, carrying us back in time even if momentarily.
I can still hear Jairam's voice as I write this. It had a certain rasp to it. Age had turned it to staccato, and I believe it made it stick in my memory as a result. I suspect that he had to make an effort to converse in Hindi though I cannot be sure if he paused as much when he spoke in Marathi, maybe he did because it seemed to me that that was the way he spoke, haltingly, and suddenly fluent as a train of thought or memory took hold of him and lifted his enthusiasm another notch.
Quizman said...
Beautifully writen. Very very nice.
To Quizman: Thank you.
Inspired by this article, we friends from the Alumni (86-87 batch) of Fatima High school went to Exotica to check it out. He is truly amazing... so mellow so soothing. He makes your day... Recommended!
To Anon: Like they say, once you have the pep, it never leaves you, and the melody stays in the heart even if hands begin to fail you.
Hi,...can you please provide the contact details of Mr Jairam Mohite..want to share knowledge on mandolin...at samy_mukh@yahoo.com..
Is any of the original film music spoken about available on CD in the West (or online)?
To Anon: The original film music is available in CDs in India, though I'm not sure if they're stocked in the West. The film music may not be available on CDs individually for some of the films mentioned, but they should be available in collections of songs sung by the singers from those films.
I'm not sure they'll be available online as music files, but it may be possible to buy the CDs online.
Check the songs appearing in the films mentioned, and run a check for CDs against the names of singers who sung those songs in those films, and you should be there.
Abhijeet said...
Too Good Article!!! It has captured the exact mood of the meet.
wouldn't it be nice if we could hear him play?
Lot of thanks !I really appreciate your find.I love Waqt film songs
I M a old hindi music lover. A deep listener Slightly a player.
Can you please give me contact of Mr.Jairam Mohite.
Thanks for the valuable information.
Thanks for your meet with Mr.Jairam Mohite.
I am Bollywood (1950-1972)music lover. I am fond of mandolin.
Can you give me his contact information.
bharat_k60@yahoo.com
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Members of The United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) mix ancient history with modern marvels and live-like-a-local experiences that highlight reasons to travel to China. This vast country offers diverse opportunities to combine a visit with American-born panda, Bao Bao, in Sichuan with any of China's 52 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a ride on the bullet train between Shanghai and Beijing with hikes on the Great Wall and through China's magical landscapes, and much more.
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Guests will hike through rice fields and across China's countryside during Audley Travel's "Hiking in China" itinerary. Hikers also will take part in a guided trek through the impressive Tiger Leaping Gorge before heading to Zhongdian (Shangri La). Travelers will witness the sunrise over Huanshan, visit the high Tibetan Plateau in Zhongdian (Shangri La), and visit the magnificent Great Wall. This 18-day active journey is available from $7,630 per person in September, October and November 2017. http://www.audleytravel.com
Avanti's new "The Great Panda Adventure" takes guests on a 12-day adventure through China with a private tour of Panda Center and UNESCO World Heritage Sites like the Great Wall. Guests can add on the Panda Private Volunteer Experience at the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda. During this added experience, participants will spend five hours feeding, cleaning cages and learning about the 20-40 giant and red pandas living there. The panda add-on is available for $375 per person and open to those 12-65 years of age. The 12-day itinerary is available year-round and starts at $2,589 per person/double occupancy (land-only). http://www.avantidestinations.com
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Oh I do like this ! Especially the next to the last photograph, the palest blue with the fireplace.
I love blue rooms - image 4 with the combination of powder blue and the deconstructed chair is absolutely stunning!


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South Australian Parliament Inquiry
South Australia Parliament Inquiry
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY
The South Australian parliament is considering euthanasia legislation (again) and your voice is needed now more than ever. Despite the South Australian parliament having rejected euthanasia legislation 15 times already, they have established the Joint Committee on End of Life Choices.
We have until 2 August 2019 to answer.
The terms of reference for the inquiry include looking at the practices being used by the medical community to assist chronically ill and terminally ill people with choices about how they manage their end of life, including the role of palliative care.
The Committee will also inquire into and report on the current national legal framework regarding euthanasia and assisted suicide. In particular, they will examine whether the South Australian parliament should enact legislation similar to that of Victoria's euthanasia scheme.
The far-reaching, devastating consequences of legalising assisted suicide on the vulnerable in our communities are unthinkable.
But you can make a difference.
Use the link below to tell the members of the parliamentary inquiry why legalising euthanasia would be a dangerous idea for South Australia.
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Prohibition on doctors killing patients is a longstanding rule. The World Medical Association and Australian Medical Association oppose euthanasia on the basis that it undermines the doctor/patient relationship of trust.
Legislative safeguards have proved insufficient to prevent wrongful deaths.
Governments have a fundamental responsibility to legislate to protect vulnerable citizens. Coercion cannot be outlawed – whether overt or implied, when euthanasia is an option people are made to feel they are a burden (including people with disabilities who already feel a need to justify their existence.)
It is dangerous to legalise euthanasia when palliative care is underfunded.
Overseas jurisdictions that have legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide have seen the categories of people to whom euthanasia is applied expand.
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Cozy townhouse w/ shared pool, tennis & great location close to the beach!
You'll feel right at home when you stay at this Island Inn townhouse on Martha's Vineyard. Featuring access to a shared pool, tennis courts, and an easy walk to the beach, all you have to do is make the memories!
Island Inn occupies a corner of the Farm Neck Golf Club, a short drive south of Oak Bluffs. An easy walk is all that separates you from the beach while the charming shops and eateries in town can be reach by a two-mile drive.
Feeding the family will be a breeze thanks to the modern kitchenette, which is equipped with all the essentials you need. You may grill up steaks or veggies in the communal barbecue area outside, as well. A flatscreen cable TV and free WiFi are great for relaxing, and shared washers/dryers are available for doing laundry. Between the two bedrooms (one of which is a semi-open, lofted space upstairs), there's space for a family or a few close friends to sleep here comfortably. There's also a crib for a small child (please request in advance).
Make your vacation all you deserve - reserve this cozy two-level townhouse today!
Townhouse set-up just 1.2 miles from downtown Oak Bluffs. Has two sizable bedrooms and a nice kitchen/living room layout. Bike shop delivered directly to office which was fantastic!
Great size unit with small kitchen. The beds were a bit uncomfortable and at night there were some loud neighbors (walls are thin). We asked manager to call but they never did. Clean rooms, nice pool and facilities.
The sleeping arrangements were good and comfortable except the sofa bed. The sofa bed was not comfortable with the thin mattress and feeling the springs in the mattress. The two people who slept on the sofa bed did not like it.
Patricia S left a 4 star rating after their recent trip to Oak Bluffs, MA.
I really enjoyed my stay at your facility. The unit was clean and comfortable. However I felt that the sofa bed was designed to sleep only one adult as opposed to two. I would stay there again.
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We stayed in 43G and thought it was really great. Basically, everything was there for you and the convenience of cooking your own meals or going out for dinner, was nice. Convenient to just about everything..., really enjoyed it!
Loved the condo and facility. Pros- Very clean and spacious for my family of 6. Good location, esp for bike riding. Very reasonable price for the area. Well stocked with all the necessities. Lots of grass areas for kids to play. Restaurant on site if you don't want to drive out to eat. Cons- Pool not heated so we couldn't swim in the evening when it cooled off. Cleaning staff could've been more friendly and helpful. Otherwise a fabulous place to stay!
We are sorry to see this guest encountered unfriendly staff. We have followed-up with our team on the matter.
The room was great, the staff was friendly and the pool was awesome! The only drawback was the internet connectivity...it was terrible! Slow or no connection in the room. Other then that, everything was fantastic. We will definitely be back!
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Steelers Sign Run-Stuffing Nose Tackle
Updated Nov 7, 2020 at 10:40pm
Butch Dill/Getty Images	Quarterback Malik Rosier #12 of the Miami Hurricanes tries to break free from the grasp of defensive tackle Demarcus Christmas of the Florida State Seminoles on October 7, 2017.
On Tuesday November 3rd the Pittsburgh Steelers had former Seattle Seahawks draft pick Demarcus Christmas in for a visit. On Saturday Pittsburgh announced that it has added the 2019 sixth-round pick to the team's practice squad.
While this move is likely to be overshadowed by the cuts that were announced by the team today, not to mention the activation of recently-acquired linebacker Avery Williamson, Christmas has the potential to fill a specific role for the Steelers. That is, as a two-down nose tackle who can clog up interior running lanes and make plays in a limited area, much like he did in college at Florida State.
Christmas lasted until the sixth round in 2019 because he is fairly limited from an athletic perspective and his skill set doesn't hold as much value as it once did. These days NFL teams prefer interior defensive lineman who can stop the run but also have strong pass rush skills—or at least strong pass rush potential—much like Steelers 2020 seventh-round pick Carlos Davis.
But Pittsburgh's run defense was exposed by the Baltimore Ravens last week (265 rushing yards allowed), especially after Tyson Alualu went out in the first quarter with a sprained MCL. So it certainly can't hurt to audition Christmas to see how he can help, especially with Chris Wormley still on injured reserve for at least two more games.
It's worth noting, though, that Christmas didn't play—at all—during his rookie season with the Seahawks due to an unspecified back injury. In fact, the Seahawks placed him on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list during the preseason—and never took him off it.
Pittsburgh's DT Situation vs. Dallas
Meanwhile, with Alualu already ruled out for Sunday, backup Isaiah Buggs is likely to get the lion's share of the snaps at nose tackle versus the Cowboys, unless he himself isn't well enough to play. Keep in mind that Buggs missed practice on Thursday with an ankle injury, this after being a limited participant on Wednesday.
After Buggs the Steelers also have first-year defensive tackle Henry Mondeaux (Oregon), who was recently called up from the practice squad to the active roster. Also, the aforementioned Davis could see his first game NFL game action.
The only other defensive lineman who could conceivably play on the interior in the coming weeks is rookie undrafted free agent Calvin Taylor (Kentucky), though he would have to be called up from the practice squad.
Dan McCullers Elevated by the Chicago Bears
One ex-Steelers defensive lineman the team won't be able to call back anytime soon is former Steelers nose tackle Dan McCullers.
McCullers terminated his contract with the Steelers on September 23rd to move over to the Chicago Bears practice squad. But on Saturday he was added to Chicago's active/inactive roster in the wake of injuries to defensive linemen Roy Robertson-Harris and John Jenkins, both of whom got hurt last weekend against the New Orleans Saints. McCullers is expected to see his first game action of 2020 on Sunday when the Bears visit Nashville to play the Tennessee Titans.
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A 2019 draft pick of the Seattle Seahawks, the 302-pounder spent all of his rookie season on the PUP list with an unspecified back injury.


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Europe annexes Caribbean islands
Caymans in the wrong location for ICANN
Kieren McCarthy in San Francisco Fri 6 May 2005 // 10:36 UTC
You often hear it said that the Internet is redrawing the map of the world, but little did any of us know that was a literal truth.
Because - at least according to Internet overseer ICANN - 20,000 square miles of Caribbean water and land has been lifted intact, transported 5000 miles east and deposited in the heart of Europe.
Yes, by the power of IP, the Cayman Islands, usually resting comfortably between the Mexican coast and Cuba, is officially part of Europe, and has been since 2003, despite what the atlases say.
How come? Look no further than the Country-code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO), one of eight constituencies that make up the policy-making element of ICANN, and which maintains country-specific top-level domains.
The ccNSO recently drew fire from the chairman of Centr, an organisation representing a good proportion of the world's domain name registries. In a blunt letter to ICANN, he took issue with the organisation, dismissing its approach as "a misrepresentation of the realities at hand".
Centr accused ICANN of trying to be a quasi-regulator and said the sovereign Internet-using nations of the world would not accept a Californian private company giving them orders. This, in effect, is what the ccNSO was doing, and its bylaws needed to be changed before Centr would consider joining, the letter stated.
Just 15 per cent of the global country-code top-level domain community has signed up to the ccNSO, Centr argued, so if ICANN wants more legitimacy by winning the support of more of the remaining countries, it will have to change the way the ccNSO works.
But does it exist?
Naturally, we decided to look further into the issue. And most surprising of all was the fact that the ccNSO arguably doesn't actually exist as a legitimate body.
According to ICANN's own bylaws, for the ccNSO to hold elections and hence be able to take part in proceedings "there must be a minimum of 30 members with at least four from each of the five ICANN geographic regions". That rule was laid down in June 2003, and the plan then was to get the ccNSO up and running by October 2003.
Unfortunately, the rule proved a bit of a stickler because everyone in Europe refused to join. Persistently. And they still do. Conference calls between those who did join - mostly from Africa and Asia-Pacific - started 3 September 2003 and continued every week for six weeks, consistently dealing with the fact that no one in Europe would join the ccNSO, making it impossible for the organisation to exist under the terms of its own charter.
The Netherlands joined on 3 September 2003. Then the Czech Republic jumped on board on 23 December 2003. But that was it. None of the other 45 domains in Europe would sign up - despite the fact that Europe currently represents over 60 per cent of all country-code Internet domains.
By 8 September 2003, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America all had their minimum of four domains. However, North America only had three, and neither Bermuda (.bm) nor Greenland (.gl), St Pierre and Miquelon (.pm), or the United States Minor Outlying Islands (.um) could be persuaded to become the fourth.
So when Puerto Rico, always previously known as a Caribbean island, joined on 5 December it suddenly found itself a part of North America by dint of the fact it is still owned by the US. A slightly faulty logic but one you can see the reasoning behind it.
However, this brand new rule was then suddenly extended to the Cayman Islands, a UK territory albeit with its own Legislative Assembly and Executive Council. The Islands joined up on 21 January 2004, following in the footsteps of neighbours Mexico and Cuba. But unlike those countries, which were assigned to Latin America, the Cayman Islands became an honorary part of Europe.
Even with such judicious fudging, the 47-member, sorry 48-member ccNSO was still one European short. It wasn't until 27 February 2004, when the 2.5 square-mile lump of rock called Gibraltar signed up to the ccNSO, that it had four European members. A day later, the ccNSO was declared a legitimate organisation, four months late and having twice redrawn the map of the world.
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Elders are recognized for their cultural knowledge and wisdom. Their "credentials" are not determined by a university or other institution; their credibility is built on trust gained from community and other knowledge holders, expertise from lived experience and oral transmission of knowledge, and their practice of generosity.
There are Indigenous knowledge keepers who may not yet be recognized as "Elders" but who nevertheless carry teachings and practices and are recognized for their expertise. This includes youth who are fluent speakers, cultural practitioners, and teachers of song, dance, stories, art, and environmental stewardship. Learning from Elders, these knowledge keepers are continuing the transmission, retention, and sharing of Indigenous knowledge systems.
In recent years, post-secondary institutions have been privileged to work with Elders and other Indigenous knowledge keepers in the classroom. For students, having Elders in their classroom creates a place where living knowledge and presence remind them to receive teachings in a loving, caring way. Elders and other knowledge keepers come with a breadth of wellness and cultural connections that aid in transformational learning. Non-Indigenous teachers can facilitate knowledge, but could not and would not necessarily be accepted to shape relevant cultural teachings and Indigenous self-determination themselves.
Bringing Elders and other knowledge keepers into the classroom requires considerable preparatory work, and you will need to be aware of the procedures for working with Elders in your institution. The following protocols and procedures can guide your work with Elders and other knowledge keepers:
The Guide for Curriculum Developers,[1] another guide in the Indigenization learning series, shares procedures from Royal Roads University's Working with Elders (see Appendix F of that guide).
If you want to interview an Elder for a program or course, you need to accommodate the protection of knowledge systems and practise respectful behaviour. The National Aboriginal Health Organization's Interviewing Elders [PDF][2] provides practical tips.
Below, the College of the Rockies describes its relationship with Elders in the classroom and how the knowledge shared across the institution with students, staff, and teachers is respected.
"From coffee mugs to compensation":
Promising practice from College of the Rockies
College of the Rockies currently employs more than 20 Ktunaxa Nation members on a part-time basis as Ktunaxa Knowledge Holders and Elders. The resident Elders have been paid employees for many years, but we have only recently begun providing financial compensation to other Ktunaxa Elders and experts in cultural knowledge. While the college has always recognized the valuable contributions brought to classrooms and to students by Ktunaxa community members, we wanted to reflect that appreciation through more tangible means. This vision was brought to action in partnership with Ktunaxa Nation Council's Traditional Knowledge and Language Sector through the development of Ktunaxa 100: Introduction to Ktunaxa Peoples.
"These Ktunaxa community representatives provide integral support to our Indigenous Education Services, engaging in consultations with faculty members along with our resident Elders on how to bring Ktunaxa knowledge and worldviews into courses and programs," says College of the Rockies' Indigenous Education Coordinator, Avery Hulbert.
"I feel that Ktunaxa Elder involvement is important because it provides voice for our people and youth can see us in their courses and they want to be here," adds Ktunaxa Elder kȼikaǂi paǂki (Kay Shottanana).
"There are many ways that College of the Rockies and the Ktunaxa Nation work together to support our students," says Darrell Bethune, College of the Rockies Dean, Business and University Studies. "Welcoming members of the Nation into our classrooms to share their knowledge and history is one way that we live our values and build an appreciation of people, land and culture. I'm pleased that we are now able to recognize the value of their contributions in a more concrete way."
During the fall 2017 semester, Ktunaxa community members participated in 16 College of the Rockies programs, including hairstyling, nursing, English, and biology.
Fig 2.2: Front row (Left to right): Roberta Gravelle, Laura Birdstone, Kay Shottanana, Pete Sanchez, Dorothy Alpine. Middle row: Amelia Danyluck, Mary Mahseelah, Elizabeth Ignatius, Avery Hulbert (Coordinator), Christopher Horsethief (Indigenous Scholar), Shaunee Murphy (Assistant). Back row: Marie Nicholas, Darrell Bethune (Dean, Business and University Studies), Leeanna Gravelle (Staff, Traditional Knowledge and Language), Marguerite Cooper, Anne Jimmie, Fudge Alexander, Don Sam (Director, Traditional Knowledge and Language).
Fig 2.2: Elders by College of the Rockies, 2017. Permission granted to use and share openly.
Pulling Together: A Guide for Curriculum Developers: https://opentextbc.ca/indigenizationcurriculumdevelopers/ ↵
UVic Interviewing Elders: http://icwrn.uvic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/InterviewingElders-FINAL.pdf ↵
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