Ricki Lake was on Larry King Live last night, and while I couldn't find a video, I did find a transcript of the interview. I've included the excerpt where she discusses her documentary.
KING: Tell me about the documentary.
LAKE: The documentary is called "The Business of Being Born." It's basically -- it's more me than anything else. You know, I did I my talk show for 11 years and I think this was something I wanted to do. I wanted to do something that was pro-woman.
KING: What do you mean by the business of being born?
LAKE: Well, it's very much a business. If you look at the money that we spend for birth in this country, you know, there are decisions being made about women and C-section rates and, you know -- for fear of malpractice, for reasons that are other than being in the best interests of the mother and baby.
KING: So we're seeing birth?
But what do we see in the documentary?
LAKE: Well, that's me -- that's me in labor. That's me probably an hour before I gave birth. It's not the prettiest picture of me. But I think there's images of birth in this film -- not only mine, but other women.
LAKE: Yes. We show my birth -- the birth of my second son in my bathtub. It's a very small part of the film. But I think these images of women giving birth on their own terms is so important for women to see. You know, we look at birth and we fear it. And we think that it's something that we need to be saved from or it's an emergency -- a potential emergency.
And, really, it's very natural. And I think in the technology that's been created with women being able to carry children at 50 years of age or premature babies that are able to live earlier gestation, I think it's amazing. Great strides have been made. But I think we've lost natural birth in the process.
And so this message is about women's getting -- women getting empowered and educated when it comes to birth.
LAKE: I had done a lot of research about water. And Michel Odent is in the film. He's a doctor from France. I had studied. I had done all the research. And I felt like that was the safest place for me and for my baby. And I have to say, for me, physically, it was so gentle on my body. And for my baby, which you've seen the film, he was alert. He was clean. There was nothing gross.
KING: Was a doctor there?
KING: Was this your second baby?
LAKE: This is my second baby. I had a midwife with my first, as well.
But what was the big difference in water and not in water?
LAKE: Well, I was in the hospital. The first one was in a hospital setting.
LAKE: Pretty typical. I mean, especially if you look at like what happens today. A lot of births are given -- you're given intervention to move you long because they need that bed filled with other women.
LAKE: You know, they don't want you to labor on your own for as long as it takes.
LAKE: I think the respect that was given to me at home. I mean I remember giving birth. You know, in the movie you see that I pull my baby out. She says reach down and pull out your baby. And I do.
And he's skin to skin. He's completely alert. There was no drugs, no intervention.
I got into my bed. He was in my arms for a couple of hours. And then at a certain point, my midwife asked permission to take the baby and weigh him and check him over.
And I felt like the respect that was given to me to ask permission, as opposed to in a hospital, where you, as a mom, have to ask permission to see your baby, you know?
KING: The documentary is "The Business of Being Born." It's being shown right now.
LAKE: It is. And it's coming out on Netflix next month.
KING: And we'll be right back with more of Ricki Lake and then Ringo Starr. Don't go away.
Was this the interview that was actually aired? Because I don't recall it happening this way. And Larry King is supposed to eb a professional???This part was bad enough (and what I saw aired only included ablout 2 lines of what I thought the interview was supposed to be about- ie the MOVIE!), the rest of it was just insulting. I commend Ricki Lake for the grace with which she handled the whole thing.
this transcript seems like he's stuck on giving birth in the tub. just from reading *i didn't actually see* he seems a bit... i don't know, confused, or unsure of it..asking why???
Thanks for posting this here. I had wanted to watch it but missed it. I don't think Larry King asked interview questions consistent with his reputation as a great interviewer. Why was he so stuck on the tub? But to that question, I believe Ricki could have answered it with more facts about the benefits and comfort of laboring in a tub.
How awkward! I am dissapointed in them both. But this is how I think I would come across if ever interviewed, so I feel for her.
Thank you for posting this. I sadly missed the interview but heard aboutit and this blog through my local ICAN chapter. I agree the questions were weak and Ricki may have missed some opportunities to get more in depth with her responses. It is hard to say without seeing the interview. Is this the entire transcript?
I thought Ricki did a nice job. But I guess I was expecting more from Larry - better questions and more focus on the film and less on Ricki's sexual abuse as a child. He seemed to keep bringing the conversation back to that topic (perhaps because like many people he has deep-seated fears about birth). Ricki talked a little more about birth in the rest of the interview, and there was only one thing I disagreed with. She said something about women needing c-sections for breech births or twins. Anyone who has seen Mindy Goorchenko's DVD knows this isn't always true. But Ricki's enthusiasm for homebirth really came through. I think she is and will continue to do great things for the homebirth movement.
It's too bad it had to be so rushed! I was annoyed also at all the time spent talking about her weight loss, but I suppose it is a subject most of our society is fascinated with. Oh well.


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"Well-thought-out strategy to continue illegal hotel business:" BMC to Bombay High Court
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has told the Bombay High Court that the appeal by Sonu Sood in High Court opposing BMC action against his residential property is a well thought out strategy to continue running his illegal commercial hotel which has been constructed and modified contrary to the sanctioned building plan and in violation of law.
Sood had moved the High Court challenging an order of the City Civil Court at Dindoshi, Mumbai rejecting his plea for interim relief against the BMC from taking any action pursuant to their notice in relation to Sood's residential property.
"The plaint before the City Civil Court and the reliefs sought therein constitute a malafide attempt and an abuse of process in as much as the Appellant seeks to protect an ex-facie illegal commercial hotel which has been constructed and modified by the Appellant contrary to the sanctioned building plan, in violation of the provisions of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act and the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act and which is operating in absence of any license," the affidavit filed by BMC states.
BMC has argued that with Sood's regularisation application is still pending and he cannot, therefore, be allowed to continue to run a commercial hotel business in the absence of any sanctions under the guise of continuation of interim orders and the same must be stopped immediately.
BMC has contended that Sood continued making additions and alterations to the property every time BMC took action against it and that Sood is a 'habitual offender'.
To substantiate their point, BMC has submitted how despite issuing notices and speaking orders directing Sood to stop carrying out the unauthorised work, Sood allegedly continued to carry out the unauthorised alterations.
"Appellants are habitual offenders and want to enjoy the commercial proceeds of their unauthorized work and therefore started reconstructing the demolished portion in order to make it operational as the hotel albeit illegally," the affidavit contends.
It has been submitted that the notice to Sood, which is under challenge, was issued after a joint inspection of the building was carried out by the Lokayukta and the building proposal department.
BMC has also claimed that Sood has not disputed that there is no permission for change of user or license to run the commercial hotel in any of his replies to the notices issued, in plaint before the City Civil Court or even in the present appeal before the High Court.
When his appeal was taken up for hearing on Monday, Justice PK Chavan extended the protection till Wednesday in order to grant time to BMC to respond to the appeal.
The appeal will be heard by the Court today for grant of interim relief.
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Hobbies : Reading Books, Listen to Music and Swimming.
Favorite Diet : Chinese food.
Favorite Drink : Mango Juice.
Plus Points : Positive thinking and Honesty.
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Long An has National Highways No.1A crossing Tan An Town, National Highway No.62 linking to Binh Hiep Border Gate to Cambodia, National Highway No.50 from My Tho (Tien Giang) to Ho Chi Minh City via Can Duoc Townlet. Long An is 47km from Ho Chi Minh City.


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Security experts warn over smartphone SMS bugs
Written by James Middleton
At the Black Hat security conference taking place in Las Vegas this week, researchers claimed that smartphones including Apple's iPhone, Google's Android platform and Microsoft's Windows Mobile were susceptible to SMS-based attacks.
Using a technique known as 'fuzzing', Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner, researchers at Independent Security Evaluators, presented techniques which allow maliciously crafted SMS messages to be injected into iPhone, Android, and Windows Mobile devices.
The company claims that this technique could be used to hijack devices and gain access to applications and information stored on the handset.
The company said it was drawing attention to the flaw, which exists in all platforms, in a bid to get the developers behind the operating systems to fix the bug. Apple, Microsoft and Google have all been informed, but so far only Google is understood to have taken action.
In related news, Apple on Thursday issued a warning to iPhone users in an attempt to put users off jail-breaking, or modifying their devices in order to run unauthorised applications.
Apple said that some users "have not understood the risks of installing software that makes unauthorized modifications to the iPhone OS ("jailbreaking") on their iPhone or iPod touch," and are likely to encounter problems such as: frequent and unexpected crashes; dropped calls; disruption of services such as Visual Voicemail, YouTube, Weather, and Stocks; compromised security; and shortened battery life.
Apple said it "strongly cautions against installing any software that hacks the iPhone OS," and may deny service to devices found to have been hacked in this way.
Tags: iPhone, security, smartphones, SMS
IDC confirms bleak picture for global smartphone market
OTT marketing traffic expected to surge
T-Mobile US hack affects 37 million customers
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Hello! I'm Ali Burgoon Nolan.
I'm a twenty-something girl who just relocated to Austin, Texas from Chicago. I previously worked as a hospitality interior designer (primarily hotels & restaurants--the most fun spaces!) at a firm in the loop. This little piece of the internet is full of content from my photo sessions as well as personal photo work... I'm so glad you've stopped by!
In college I debated between majoring in interior design or photography, but ended up with a diploma for the former. After a year in the work force I realized I missed picking up my camera and started doing portrait work in my free time. Sometimes you can eat your cake and have it, too!
Between photography and all things design-related, I enjoy biking, yoga, planning my next trip, and creating anything and everything with my hands. I'm a people person which is why I'm so drawn to portrait work. There's something about capturing emotion and raw moments that has me totally captivated.


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Why study in UK ?
The UK has a long and proud tradition of education, The UK institutions consistently ranks among the best in the world.
The UK offers international students an academic experience that is very challenging. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland make up the United Kingdom.
The UK still holds the helm of being one of the most outstanding and charming European countries and has been a favourite destination amongst Indian Students for many years.
The UK has a strong Asian community with people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. There are 4.4 lakhs international students from 180+ countries studying in the UK, out of which Indian students are the 2nd largest group.
The UK universities are always ranked amongst the 100 in the QS ranking. The UK offers 1-year Postgraduate Master Degree and 3 years Undergraduate degree.
A degree that you gain from the UK university is definitely recognised World-Wide. You can choose from 150,000 courses.
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Many UK universities provide opportunities for integrated work placements and internships providing you with the chance to gain invaluable experience while you study.
Over 5000 student from India study Undergraduate & Postgraduate courses in London. The Majority of Indian students study postgraduate course.
Business and Computer Science courses are the most popular subjects for Indian students followed by Engineering, Pharmacy, Management, and Biomedical, IT and software degrees.
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UK Scholarships for Indian Students
Many institutions offer scholarships, bursaries and grants for International students who need extra support to pay their tuition fees. The scholarships are offered based on the individual academic profile.
Top Scholarships for Indian Students to Study in the UK – You can apply for any of the following provided they are appropriate for your course & profile.
Chevening Award: It's the UK government's universal global scholarship programme for postgraduate programmes aimed at students with potential as future leaders, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organizations.
Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship plan: Postgraduate scholarships for nationals of Commonwealth countries, funded by the UK government and aimed to support individuals who will subsequently make a contribution to the development of their home country.
Country-Specific Scholarship and funding – There are various scholarships available, and some depend on where you are from.
Great India Scholarship.
Scotland's Saltire Scholarship.
The list of top UK universities
Royal Holloway University of London
Queen Mary University, London
The Robert Gordon University
Roehampton University
Universities Career Support
UK universities provide lots of opportunities for Indian students to get work experience. The universities career and employability services guide you to create an impressive CV and prepare you for the job interview.
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### Academic Year 2021-22 (current)
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### Academic Year 2019-20
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Роан () — округ (графство) у штаті  Теннессі, США. Ідентифікатор округу 47145.

Історія
Округ утворений 1801 року.

Демографія

За даними перепису 2000 року загальне населення округу становило 51910 осіб, зокрема міського населення було 26418, а сільського — 25492. Серед мешканців округу чоловіків було 25150, а жінок — 26760. В окрузі було 21200 домогосподарств, 15242 родин, які мешкали в 23369 будинках. Середній розмір родини становив 2,87.

Віковий розподіл населення поданий у таблиці:

Суміжні округи
 Морган — північ
 Андерсон — північний схід
 Нокс — схід
 Лаудон — південний схід
 Макмінн — південь
 Меґс — південний захід
 Ріа — південний захід
 Камберленд — захід

Див. також
 Список округів штату Теннессі

Примітки

Роан (округ, Теннессі)

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It's been a little over twenty years when I first started using the internet as a part of my daily work/studies. In those years it's been amazing to watch how it has evolved to what it is today. The next twenty years will be just as transformative and possibly even more.
So what does this blog have anything to do with this. Well in those years, the internet has helped usher in changes that go beyond technology. As a technologist, a father, a manager, an entrepreneur, a human, it has been a fascinating journey. And during that journey there have been various little mis/adventures, insights, nagging questions and just plain awesomeness (to me at least). So mid way through my adventures I thought I might as well share some of these as it seems some people, offline, find it interesting and maybe others online will do so too.
Don't hold your breath but do engage your mind. Enjoy the randomness.


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Станция была открыта 24 июня 1933 года в ходе продления IND Eighth Avenue Line в Бруклин, под Ист-Ривер. Имеет одну островную платформу, расположенную на двухпутном участке линии. Два выхода расположены с обоих концов платформ. Южный выход ведёт к Кадман-Плаза, в Бруклин-Хайтс. Северный выход приводит к Адамс-стрит, рядом располагается центральный суд Федерального округа Восточного Нью-Йорка.

Так как станция расположена на большой глубине (20 м), то доступ к ней обеспечивают эскалаторы, а не обычные лестницы. Лифтами не снабжена. Тоннели имеют круглую форму. Станция была открыта уже на действующей линии, открытой на 4 месяца раньше. Открытие было отложено из-за неготовности эскалаторов.

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 nycsubway.org — High Street/Brooklyn Bridge
 Station Reporter — A Lefferts
 Station Reporter — A Rockaway
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 The Subway Nut — High Street — Brooklyn Bridge Pictures
 Adams Street, west of Brooklyn Bridge Approach from Google Maps Street View
 Adams Street, east of Brooklyn Bridge Approach from Google Maps Street View


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Untangling Tales
Sharing Anticipation & Delight
Interviewing Myself about Writing
Posted on July 16, 2008 by Amy Jane
The kids are playing with a friend right now, and I'm writing at her table, but I'm a little psyc'd out about writing on my novel just now.
Because I'm so close to the end? Because this is the more baseless section I'm having to create from scratch?
Whatever the reason, I've told myself I'll be able to do it in my next "real" writing session, in my normal writing-space, with my peach white tea and the kids asleep. Everything seems to work then; my brain's just used to that drill.
For the balance, while I have time to write meaningless ramble, here's a meme that no one would ever ask me to do, but is entertaining for me. And, as I keep pointing out, that's what this blog is for.
The Writer's Meme
What's the last thing you wrote? The beginning of Chapter 15 of The Lindorm and his Lady (that title's sort of a take-off on Beauty and the Beast is that weird?). My beginnings in these later sections have been discouragingly slow, but I remind myself just getting it down is the first step.
What's the first thing you ever wrote that you still have? A piece I "worked on" while in 5th or 6th grade and actually typed up the beginning of in 8th grade. No digital copy, just a print-out of "No Puppies Aloud." Yes, I noticed the mis-spelling before submitting it to my teacher, but I didn't change it because I thought it would be clever to keep it this way– since part of the reason no dogs were allowed was their noise.
Can't remember what my teacher thought.
Favorite genre of writing? Fantasy. Less initial research required. Doesn't stay that way, of course, but it doesn't get in the way of writing the way is does in, say, non-fiction.
Most fun character you ever wrote? I don't know about most fun, but I'm really enjoying Runa, who's a totally cerebral person—very Spock-ish to the point that the "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," line is actually true of her.
Most annoying character you ever wrote? Cecillia in L&L before I matured her a little to make her less ditzy/oblivious.
Best plot you ever wrote? So far my plots come from folk tales, so I can't feel like I created any of them.
Coolest plot twist you ever wrote? Absolutely the one where the captain of the guard risks his life and reputation to rescue his queen and finds out it was his sweetheart he saved.
How often do you get writer's block? Less than I've heard other people talk about it.
Maybe that's because I write less. Or up till now I've had so many things to write about there was always something I could make word-count on.
Now that my focus in narrowing (coming to the end) I am finding harder to write what I'm "supposed" to write about.
How do you fix it? Resign myself to a crappy first-draft, change POV, and/or set an appointment with "the perfect environment" at least once.
Write fan fiction? Nope.
Do you type or write by hand? I prefer word-processing because I am constantly switching things around. I did a lot by hand the week Jay kept the computers put away. Still haven't finished transcribing/integrating what I created then. ( Hmmm, I should go back and see how it was…)
Essentially handwriting is like a rehearsal for telling a story. I do it as if it were real, then keep what I like and mature the rest.
Do you save everything you write? Pretty much. Even the stuff I find doesn't fit my novel I put it a "Cut-bits" document.
Do you ever go back to an old idea long after you abandoned it? Just being the kind of person I am (a floater of sorts) I'm never convinced I have "left something behind." So when I return to it I can't know if I abandoned it in the first place.
What's your favorite thing that you've written? It depends how I feel when I'm working.
What's one genre you have never written, and probably never will? Spy, action/adventure. I write that hoping to eat these words, really, because I have a fabulous idea for a great series, but it's a genre that (seems to) require so much planning that I'm not sure I could pull it off.
How many writing projects are you working on right now? Actively, two: this blog and The Lindorm and his Lady. "Subconsciously" the rest of the L&L story, my Shadow Swan novel, and a couple folktale-based picture books.
What are your five favorite words? Clear Expectations. Assume The Best.
Only the most practical way to keep the peace.
What character that you've written most resembles you? I think it's impossible not to have some of me in every character, so I'll say the three main ladies of L&L spread many of my quirks among them: Runa, Linnea and Princess Cecillia. I won't outline how. Be nice if you read the book.
Do you ever write based on your dreams? Shadow Swan grew almost wholly out of a scene from a dream I had in the summer of '05. I was able to write at once after waking and It's barely changed; still titled chapter 1– though it's in the middle of the manuscript now– and feels very dream-like.
Are you concerned with spelling and grammar as you write? Yes, but if I'm on a roll and my v-button skips (something that's been happening more and more lately) or some other thing goes wrong, I usually don't know because I stare through my hands as I write.
Does music help you write? Yes. I have playlists on YouTube for each of my major characters. If you look/listen,don't read into the videos at all; I just grabbed songs as I discovered them.
How do people react when they find out you write? Some think it's only natural, while other seem to be (silently) begging, Please don't tell me more than I want to know.
Quote something you've written. The first thing to pop into your mind. This I almost included earlier when I mentioned the scene I wrote from a dream.
Sherizalli swallowed hard as she stepped into the dimming courtyard. She could feel someone behind her in the growing darkness, and wished she knew why she had come. There were two tall pillars on the far end of the enclosed space, and she thought she could see something shadowy moving between them. Or was it just beyond them?
She crouched in the gloom, putting a hand out to steady herself, and squinted toward the shape. It was some kind of four legged animal. With hooves. She could just barely hear the infrequent clops on the stone paved floor.
The presence behind her moved slowly, uncertainly. She felt the hem of a long robe skim the hand that supported her, and she sucked in a breath, willing herself not to cry out. The soft fabric brushed by, and Sherizalli felt as though a viper had passed. She saw the outline stepping down shallow stairs she had not yet noticed.
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Kaye Dacus says:
I love the idea of playlists for each individual character! For Stand-In Groom, it was pretty much the same for both Anne and George, because they listened to the same kind of music and had the same singer as their favorite. But now I'm writing two characters who like different kinds of music–she likes Jazz and Blues, he likes Southern Gospel/Barbershop and classic Country. Great idea! I'll have to steal it and work on some playlists for both of them.
LOTS of Backstreet Boys on those playlists, Amy. Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely and Shape of My Heart are great songs though, so I can't complain too much. Their latest cd was surprisingly solid as well, I just don't really care for the majority of their really old stuff.
Your final excerpt is one of the most interesting I've come across jumping from blog to blog on these things. I might just have a thing for mysterious animals though, and I'm guessing the majority of that story isn't actually about that. It's a neat mood regardless.
I must admit that Sherizalli is a really odd character name, but that's coming from a guy who exerts an unbelievable amount of laziness in character naming until I have a particular reason or motivation to name the characters something unique (otherwise, first male is always John, first female is always Rachel and similarly common names follow). Is there some history to that name Sherizalli? It sounds made up or compacted from various words.
Amy Jane says:
Don't know much about current BSB stuff, but only the poor saps have BSB songs.
That was mean. Only the fellows who actually go through what the songs sing about have the songs in their lists. It's a reasonable clue that things will not go well for those with BSB songs…
Sherizalli comes from a mis-hearing of Scheherazade in the Genie's song in Disney's Aladdin. I liked it enough to use it on a new doll when I was 13, so I never forgot it; then it was perfect for my psedo-Arabian princess in this story. (Shadow Swan is based on a Russian epic poem meeting Arabian Nights.)
The mysterious animal is actually a key plot-point, but you're right that it doesn't last long.
Sherizalli can change into a swan. Absolutely the coolest. The rest of this segment (the part I wrote right after the dream) details how.
I have to not think about it too much when I'm at a sticking point on my current work, because I could get sucked over instead of staying focused (and I'm so close!).
miller_schloss says:
I agree about returning to things "abandoned" – I don't think I ever abandon a writing idea entirely. Somewhere in my mind I have every intention of finishing almost everything I've ever started, even if I haven't worked on it in a while.
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2020 (2) TMI 112 - ITAT MUMBAI - Income Tax
Treating the assessee as Trust OR AOP - income liable to be taxed at the maximum marginal rate in view of section 161(1 A) as the captioned income is evidently business income - Computation of income of an assessee by AO under a head of income other than what was claimed - HELD THAT:- As decided in own case [2017 (2) TMI 1122 - ITAT MUMBAI] AO is competent to compute the income of an assessee under a head of income, other than what was claimed by the assessee, of course, after marshalling the facts properly and furnishing proper reasons. Merely by computing the interest accrued as income of the assessee instead of non taxable as claimed,, the inter-se rights of the assessee under any other statutory framework does not get affected. There is no requirement under the Income Tax Act that the AO has to get an order of the court for income determination. The requirement u/s 281 of the Act to get a suit initiated to annul a transfer of property before effecting attachment is totally different and has no connection to this issue. The Income Tax Act is a self-contained Act and the AO is entitled to determine the head of income under which the income of a particular assessee is to be assessed. The decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Southern Technologies Ltd (2010 (1) TMI 5 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA ) squarely applies to the facts of this case. The assessee's appeal on this issue is dismissed. Validity of trust - Holding the trust to be not a valid trust and consequently that section 161(l) of the Act is not applicable - whether all the transactions related to securitization are a facade worked out by the Bank and the assessee trust is not a valid trust? - The procedures and processes involved in the formation of a trust have been followed is not in doubt. RBI Guidelines itself contemplate the securitization process to be carried out by the originator; Yes Bank in this case. Therefore, no adverse inference can be drawn of the point strenuously put forth by the Revenue that the originator has been the guiding force of the securitization process. Most of the infirmities/defects pointed out in the documents by the Revenue is mainly on the point that all the securitization transactions were carried out between 16.05.2008 and 20.05.2008 whereas the loan agreement was signed on 21.05.2008. All the procedures and documents related to the securitization process was carried out on 20.05.2008. The insistence of Revenue that only the standard format agreement has to be reckoned and not the agreement dated 15.05.2008 does not appear to be tenable. Even assuming that the agreement dated 15.05.2008 was only in the nature of a letter of intent, it cannot be disputed that the lender, Yes Bank had full knowledge of the loan and had disbursed the amount. Therefore, it is very likely that Yes Bank had initiated the securitization process, pending signing of the standard format agreement. These are all standard documents that are signed up in such transactions. The reference to the agreement in the documents related to the securitization process needs to be understood in this perspective. Even assuming that minor infirmities exist in the documents, those can at best be characterized as procedural defects and this alone is not enough to disregard the documents totally. It is a settled principle that a legal document has to be viewed in its entirety and mistakes in some of the clauses cannot, by itself, negate the existence of the documents. CIT(A) was wrong in holding that the assessee trust was not a valid trust. All the necessary ingredients for the formation and existence of the trust have been fulfilled and all these documents, processes and money trail cannot be disregarded, only due to the marginal mistakes in the clauses in the documents and also the timing of signing of these documents. Accordingly we hold that the assessee Trust is a valid Trust. Ground of appeal No. 1 decided in favour of the assessee. Holding the trust was not a revocable trust/ contribution by beneficiaries was not a revocable transfer - In view of the discussion above and respectfully following the principles laid down in the above referred decision in the case of India Advantage Fund-VII [2015 (4) TMI 259 - ITAT BANGALORE] and Milestone Army Navy Trust 2015 (12) TMI 1647 - ITAT MUMBAI] we hold that the assessee Trust is a revocable Trust and contribution by beneficiaries is a revocable transfer. Having held thus, it follows that the income shall be taxed in the hands of the beneficiaries, i.e. the Mutual Funds who purchase the PTCs from the assessee trust. In this view of the matter, we allow this ground raised by the assessee Diversion by overriding title - amounts received by the assessee from Yes Bank under the Deed of Assignment - As held by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of CIT vs. Tollygunge Club Ltd. [1977 (3) TMI 1 - SUPREME COURT] every receipt in the hands of the assessee need not be its income and it is only when it bears the character of income at the time when it reaches the hands of the assessee that it becomes exigible to tax. In the case on hand, even at the initial stage, even before the money flows to the assessee, it was always clearly intended to be passed on to and only to the beneficiaries, i.e., the PTC holders in proportion to their interest in the receivables (underlying assets). Thus merely because the moneys flow through the assessee, it cannot be automatically inferred that it is income in the hands of the assessee. The money was always intended to be passed on to the PTC holders and therefore, it can be said that only the PTC holders had a claim on the money, if not an absolute charge. Hence, the principle of diversion of income at the source by overriding title is attracted in this case. In view of the above finding of fact rendered by us, we are of the considered opinion that by the principle of diversion of income by overriding title, the receivables are the income of the PTC holders, in this case the beneficiaries of the assessee trust and therefore, whether the status of the trust is to be characterized as Trust or AOP, the income passes on to the beneficiaries. In this view of the matter, the ground of appeal at III raised by the assessee is allowed. Treating the status of the assessee as "AOP" - Revenue's main contention is that all the players in the securitization process have acted together and in unison and have carried out an adventure in the nature of trade to earn income, which is in the nature of "business", thus all the stake holders have to be assessed together as "AOP" - All the Mutual Funds beneficiaries are shown to have purchased the PTCs separately and not together by a concerted action to earn income jointly. We find that the various averments made by Revenue that there has been some concerted and coordinated action on the part of the beneficiaries in completing the securitization process, has not travelled beyond the stage of suspicion and surmise and therefore in our view Revenue has not discharged the onus of establishing the existence of an AOP in the case on hand. Even otherwise, since we have already held that the assessee trust is a valid trust, the controversy regarding treating the assessee as AOP does not arise. Consequently, this ground raised by the assessee is allowed. Invalidity of assessment and the confirmation by the CIT(A) - Since we have held the assessee to be a valid Trust, there is no question of the assessee being assessed in the capacity of an 'AOP', and therefore there is no requirement for adjudicating this ground No. V as the same has been rendered infructuous and is accordingly dismissed. Enhancement of Income - Loan Agreement states that interest has to be computed on number of day basis using 365 days as a year basis. The above wordings cannot be stretched to mean that the interest has to be charged on day to day basis. Also, the Deed of Assignment under which the assessee is to receive the amount clearly provides that the assessee is entitled to receive the amounts on the 1st of the next month and to be passed on to the PTC holders in the proportion to the amount of their investments on the very next day. In view of the above clear provisions laid out in para 3.5 of the Loan Agreement and Deed of Assignment, we are of the considered view and hold that it is crystal clear that the interest for a particular month accrues on the first day of the next month as laid out in para 3.5 of the Loan Agreement and recital in the Deed of Assignment. Accordingly, ground No. VI of assessee's appeal is allowed. Disallowance of expenses on accrual basis (if enhancement is upheld) - In this ground, the assessee has raised an alternate ground that if the enhancement to the income is allowed, then the corresponding outgo (expenditure) for March, 2009 be allowed. Since we have already held that the enhancement of the assessee's income on the interest income made by the learned CIT(A) is not tenable, the claim for disallowance of expenses on actual basis is now rendered infructuous, as it does not survive for consideration. The ground of appeal No. VII being infructuous is accordingly dismissed.
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Finally, the Bulldogs can breathe again.
Ever since Mississippi State lost to South Alabama in the season opener, State spent a week longing for the chance to make amends. Following Saturday's 27-14 win over South Carolina, MSU personnel couldn't contain their exuberance as they celebrated a victory the team felt it had to have.
The groundwork for Saturday was laid in the previous six days. Players talked of how practice was different leading up to the South Carolina game.
Head coach Dan Mullen led that charge. He, too, disliked what he saw against South Alabama. As the school's head man, he knew it was on him to fix it.
The veterans joined Mullen in rallying the troops. Senior linebacker Richie Brown, who led the Bulldogs with 10 tackles on Saturday to go along with two tackles for loss and a sack, said he took ownership of picking his team up throughout the week.
The renewed focus of the Bulldogs paid dividends against the Gamecocks. By halftime, State already led 24-0. A half of football later and MSU was a victor. Strangely enough, Brown thinks the Bulldogs might owe the South Alabama Jaguars a thank you for the tough lesson they taught the week prior.
State can't afford to let its foot off the gas with a matchup with LSU looming this Saturday, but the Bulldogs can now rest a little easier with a win under their collective belt.
MSU felt coming into the season it had a good football team. Saturday, that was finally reinforced.
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Maliki's political game to have alarming regional repercussions
Arab World Materials 22 January 2012 05:21 (UTC +04:00)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has thrown hard-won political stability in Iraq into disarray by stoking tensions with Sunni politicians, and strained ties between Turkey and Iraq is only a small fallout of an increasingly deepening political stalemate in the country as violence has started to show its ugly face.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has thrown hard-won political stability in Iraq into disarray by stoking tensions with Sunni politicians, and strained ties between Turkey and Iraq is only a small fallout of an increasingly deepening political stalemate in the country as violence has started to show its ugly face, Today's Zaman reported.
The latest potentially devastating overtures of the Shiite leader against Sunni politicians now risk spiraling into a wider struggle in the war-torn country, where sectarian sentiment always runs close to the surface.
Maliki, a Shiite, who has tolerated growing Iranian influence in Baghdad, issued an arrest warrant last month for his Sunni VP Tariq al-Hashemi on terrorism charges and having death squads a day after US forces left the country as promised.
Hashemi fled to Arbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, where Baghdad's security forces can't reach. Iraq is now mired in sectarian conflict with frequent bombings, mainly by Sunni insurgents, that have killed hundreds.
300 people have been killed since US forces left the country on Dec. 18, and Maliki shows no sign of compromise to end the spate of sectarian killings in Iraq. A total of 4,059 civilians were killed in violent incidents in Iraq in 2011, compared to 3,976 in 2010, rights group Iraq Body Count said in its annual study last week.
The toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003 unleashed a sectarian conflict that has left more than 114,000 dead.
The current political conundrum in Iraq also risks scuttling the government formed following months of painstaking efforts of not only Iraqi politicians but also neighboring countries and the US. In a bid to create a consolidated, consociational democracy, dozens of government posts in the Iraqi government are split among Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs. The possible collapse of this complex political landscape crisscrossed by long-standing sectarian and regional rivalries brings Iraq closer to the sectarian tensions that triggered widespread slaughter in 2006-2007. A protracted political stalemate with no end in sight and fears of a schism reaching down to street level are now becoming reality.
Turkey hosted most of Iraq's Sunni politicians in İstanbul in 2010 and urged Shiite politicians to include them in a government that would be inclusive and cross-sectarian. "Turkey's strong support of the Sunnis against Maliki in the 2010 elections is now coming back to haunt it," Joost Hiltermann from the International Crisis Group said.
He said, rather than seeing Maliki as an Iranian proxy, which he isn't, and trying to circumvent and subvert him, Ankara should be supporting the continuation and strengthening of the current, elected national unity government, convincing the Iraqi prime minister to reabsorb the Sunnis he forced out but without at the same time becoming the advocate of those Sunnis and the Kurds. "It is a fine line," he added.
Sectarian strife in Turkey's southern neighbor could have ramifications and alarming implications beyond Iraq's borders in a region where a 10-month uprising in Syria is rapidly taking on a sectarian tone, and Sunni Turkey and Shiite Iran are in a tussle of power over these lands. This was the message Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu sent to Iraqi leaders from Ankara on Thursday in a joint news conference with his Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Salehi. Both foreign ministers loudly said Iran and Turkey complete each other in the region despite the fact these two countries have always had difficulty explaining how they relate to each other. And there is agreement among observers that Turkish-Iraqi tensions are indirectly related to a wider Turkish-Iranian rivalry in Iraq and Syria.
Turkey's troubled start to building healthy bilateral relations with Iraq without US troops calls into question the necessity of US forces in the Arab country. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently said he urged both US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to keep US troops longer in Iraq.
In an interview with al-Hurra TV last Friday, Maliki said Turkey's interference in Iraqi domestic affairs is unacceptable and that Turkey is playing a role in Iraq that could result in civil war -- a development that would also affect Turkey.
Douglas Ollivant, a senior national security studies fellow at the New America Foundation, said very few countries appreciate foreign heads of state commenting on their internal affairs, but that is not to say that Turkey is wrong in its comments, merely that "we should not be surprised that Maliki is not appreciative." He added that the problems are ultimately Iraq's to solve, though Turkey, as a neighbor, is not without interest in getting them solved.
Having spent almost all of his political career under the boots of American soldiers, Maliki accused Turkey of infringing Iraq's sovereignty.
Turkey fired back at Maliki, claiming Turkey is not interfering in Iraq's domestic affairs but only urging Baghdad to refrain from steps that could damage democracy. But the point in case and a subject of discussion is not whether or not Turkey is interfering into Iraq's domestic affairs -- and it is -- the primary cause of concern is Iraq is sliding back from democracy, which would mostly damage Turkey.
Freedom House released a report this week and ranked Iraq in a list of "not free" countries, based on measurements of civil liberties and political rights.
Maliki's outrage against Turkey illustrated a prevailing sense of fear that reigns in Baghdad as the instability following the 2003 US invasion of Iraq turned the country into a regional bear pit, where Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran are jostling for influence.
When Syria imposed sanctions on Turkey's goods and raised taxes on Turkish trucks trading with Gulf nations as retaliation against Ankara for its critical position as a result of a brutal military crackdown, Turkey said it would change its trade routes from Syria to Iraq. The current bilateral trade between Iraq and Turkey now stands at $12 billion and is rapidly growing.
Iraq's veneer of stoicism toward Turkey's warnings showed some new strains this week as unidentified assailants launched three rockets at Turkey's Embassy in Baghdad, hitting its outer wall. Turkey mostly claims it is not supporting only Sunni blocs and favors a broad-based and inclusive government in which all political factions are fairly represented. But instead of bridging deepening political fissures in Baghdad, Turkey and Iraq's Shiite rulers are inching closer to confrontation with an unpredictable trajectory.
The Iraqi government has demonstrated little political strategy in coping with the political crisis so far, instead advancing Maliki's assails against Sunni politicians in various ways, deepening opposition and provoking sectarian violence across the country. In a sign of Maliki's uncompromising stance, his cabinet suspended eight Sunni ministers who refused to attend the cabinet meetings in protest.
"Maliki is playing a game in Iraq that has clear international repercussions, so his accusations [against Turkey] of interference in internal affairs are disingenuous," Marina Ottaway from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said.
She said she doubts Maliki's primary goal is that of furthering Iran's goals in the region, and he is trying to strengthen his position internally, but as a result, he has isolated himself from all neighbors except Iran, and close ties between Iran and Iraq have implications that other countries cannot ignore.
According to Ottaway, the only way to rebalance Iraq's foreign relations is to help the leader of cross-sectarian Iraqiya bloc Iyad Allawi and Maliki reach a new agreement. "So I think other countries are right to get involved," she said, adding that if Maliki is not amenable to a new compromise, violence will escalate, and this time the country may split.
She warned that the Sunni provinces are already seeking to become regions with the same degree of autonomy as the Kurdish region in the north, and the Gulf countries will support them.
"And if Maliki continues to centralize power, the Kurds will not accept it. So I think Iraq is not only going toward more violence, but also toward disintegration," she concluded.


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Reports: Media Doc Pinsky In Bed With Glaxo
by Thom Forbes @tforbes, July 5, 2012
It just happens to be one of life's delightful serendipities, Dr. Drew Pinsky would have us believe. Yes, he got money from Glaxo Wellcome back in the day that he was saying that Wellbutrin "may enhance or at least not suppress sexual arousal" as much as other antidepressants but the observation was based on what he heard with his own two ears and had nothing to do with the 275Gs deposited in his bank account on behalf of what is now GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
"In the late '90s I was hired to participate in a two-year initiative discussing intimacy and depression which was funded by an educational grant by Glaxo Wellcome," according to a Pinsky statement emailed to various media outlets. "Services for the non-branded campaign included town hall meetings, writings and multimedia activities in conjunction with the patient advocacy group the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association (NDMDA). My comments were consistent with my clinical experience."
A nonbranded campaign? What could be more innocuous? It's like much ado about nothing, right?
At the time of the endorsement, Pinsky, was simply a co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Loveline," which he first appeared on as a fourth-year medical student at the University of Southern California in 1984. He presumably was not yet "the most listened-to doctor in America" based on television shows such as "Lifechangers" ("A fight erupts when one twin accuses her sister of drinking a third of her bottle of vodka…in minutes) and "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew."
The relationship between Pinsky and Glaxo, reported on by Jeanne Whalen in the Wall Street Journal this morning and online Tuesday evening, is revealed in an attachment to the complaint U.S. attorneys filed in October 2011 in federal court in the District of Massachusetts. They came to light when the Justice Department announced its $3 billion criminal and civil settlement with GSK "over illegal drug marketing and other matters" earlier this week.
"Pinsky is only one physician mentioned in the U.S. government's complaint," Whalen writes. "It also accuses a number of other doctors of taking large payments from the drug maker and improperly plugging its drugs, including one doctor who received $2 million from Glaxo between 2001 and 2003."
That physician, James Pradko, tells Whalen that the government complaint takes his remarks "very much out of context" and that lectures he gave to other doctors and Glaxo sales reps "weren't meant to sell drugs, ever."
As for Pinsky, he seems to have gone a bit further than merely suggest that Wellbutrin (a.k.a. bupropion) didn't interfere with a woman's libido, if a Gawker report by Louis Peitzman about one radio segment is any indication.
It "began with a call from a woman who claimed to have had 60 orgasms in a row. Dr. Drew seemed to attribute her unbelievable pleasurefest to Wellbutrin, or bupropion," Peitzman writes.
"….What I think she was amazed about was it just suddenly started and that kind of thing most typically happens from medication, frankly," Pinsky is said to have said before explaining that "[bupropion] actually is the one we advocate, one of the things we suggest people do if they're getting a decrease in their libido or decrease in their arousal which typically occurs in the serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication."
Bupropion, unlike some other popular anti-depressants, is not an SSRI.
Some of the information about GlaxoSmithKline's promotion of Wellbutrin as libido-friendly has been previously reported, although it did not have the headline-catching attraction of Pinsky's name attached to it.
[Public relations firm] "Cooney/Waters, at the behest of GSK, promoted the drug off-label for sexual dysfunction and weight loss in patients with depressive symptoms, but not depression itself," InPharm's Ben Adams reported in April. "The Court's papers highlight one particular full-page spread by The Sun newspaper in 2000, which described Wellbutrin as 'The pill doctors say will help you to slim' -- even though it was not licensed for weight loss."
GSK called this particular media outreach "Operation Hustle" and, writes Adams, it "certainly worked for the firm. In 2001, a year after it started the media push, GSK noted that Wellbutrin's 'use for treatment of antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction has increased due to product positioning.' Sales increased 34% from 2000 to 2001, far in excess of the market rate growth for antidepressants."
It has become a de rigueur observation in any story about off-labeling marketing by Big Pharma to quote someone as saying, "it's the cost of doing business." This was no exception.
"So a $3 billion settlement for half a dozen drugs over 10 years can be rationalized as the cost of doing business," Patrick Burns, a spokesman for the whistle-blower advocacy group Taxpayers Against Fraud, told the New York Times' Katie Thomas and Michael S. Schmidt when settlement was announced.
As for GSK, it strongly maintains that was then.
"We continually evolve and improve our business practices to align to the expectations of society and government and to our values of transparency, integrity, respect and focus on the patient…," it responded to coverage of the story by Forbes' Matthew Herper.
Transparency and integrity. Somebody must be working on a pill for that, right?
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