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I was really excited for this film. Betsy Palmer and Pat Hingle back on
a movie screen? The lovely Emmanuelle Chriqui in a lead role? And then
I sat in the theater on 11th street and 2nd avenue in New York City. I
was alone...literally, in the movie theater. The film had opened only
the night before. The movie is poor. Technically poor to boot. I'm
talking about the kind of poor where some shots are even out of focus.
Scenes don't cut together well. Bad sound recording too. Sometimes,
they seem to cut to a reaction shot just so they could poorly dub over
the other actor's line in post production. Were they changing the
script? Was the acting and directing so off the mark it rendered the
film confusing in spots and they tried to clear it up with added lines?
The sound mix (i know I keep harping) is crude and seems unfinished,
poorly mixing songs over montages and transitions. Student films have
this problem. These guys should know better. Speaking of these guys,
there's the lead actor. Who is this guy? Who would offer him this lead
role? I've just learned that this film was his project. That would
explain a lot. A vanity project. I honestly don't think anyone else
would ever cast him. As an actor, he's terrible. He comes across like
he believes he's way more charismatic and charming than he his. It's
embarrassing. And, not to a total ass, he's got one helluva speech
impediment that needs tending to before writing himself another lead
role. Didn't anyone warn him away from casting himself?
Betsy and Pat deserve better. Film-making is hard. Not everyone can do it well. Over-reaching ambition, take heed!
I recently went into a blockbuster looking for a movie to rent. The girl working at the counter would sometimes recommend movies to me if I couldn't decided. She suggested a movie titled WALTZING ANNA. She said it is a small independent film but it seems to be catching interest. So I rented it. I must say I thought that this was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It was a funny emotional film filled with great performances. The 2 leads Emmanuelle Chriqui and Robert Capelli Jr did a wonderful job. Emmanuelle gave a strong performance as a nurse who worked in the nursing home and Robert Capelli Jr. displayed the range and emotion of a solid leading man, giving an unyielding performance. Rounding out the cast was Pat Hingle, who's performance of a broken down man living in the home brought me to tears. It is an inde film so the quality is not as good as a 100 million dollar budget film, but its heart is in the right place and accomplishes to do what movies should do, entertain.
Just saw the film, and it had its ups and downs...It was a very predictable, but extremely cute film. There were some technical problems, but overall the film moved nicely. If you like feel good movies about the elderly, then I would recommend this film. The supporting cast was hands down the best part of the film, all of the older actors really pulled out the audience's emotion...Pat Hingle really did an amazing job portraying the feisty old man in the nursing home who kept trying to escape. The topic of corrupt nursing homes is one that should be touched upon more in contemporary media and film making. Overall, I enjoyed the film for what it was: a low to medium budget independent film with a nice heartwarming story that the film makers seem to have cared greatly about.
While following the tales of local filmmakers, its usually fun to find Jersey films in Jersey theaters. Not this time. I read the "user comments" that have preceded mine and I noticed something odd. The positive reviews all came before the movie opened. Were these privileged viewers part of the "premiere" screening. If so, its likely they were part of the crowd that made this misfire. This film was average at best because of the fantastic, underused supporting cast. The always real Pat Hingle, the subtle Betsy Palmer, the hilarious Grant Shaud, the gorgeous and steady Emmanuelle Chriqui, the rock Marcella Lowery...and the list goes on. You could see the editors trying desperately to hide the blemish - Robert Capelli, Jr. They would obviously cut away from him often, leave him out of focus, dub his lines. Nothing worked. I notice this guy's done 3 movies in which he is the lead! I also notice he is either the producer or director on all of those films. Coincidence? He's either really wealthy, or a really good salesman. Give him credit for continuing to try. I admit I'm jealous. I'd love to have others financing my quest for fame. Hey, don't take our word for it-Check out Village Voice, Daily News, NY Post, Cinematical, etc. Can they all be wrong?
I saw a sneak preview of WALTZING ANNA and I truly feel this was one of
the most enjoyable films I have ever seen. It was a breath of fresh air
compared to what the studios are putting out. I can't remember the last
time I cried in a theater and was so touched by a motion picture. I was
moved by every performance and cared for every character. Robert
Capelli Jr and Emmanuelle Chriqui, who co-star in the film, had
excellent chemistry. The give and take between the two reminded me
Tracey and Hapburn of years past. Pat Hingle, who plays a resident at
the Nursing Home, gives a performance of a lifetime. He should be
nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar.
WALTZING ANNA, a heartwarming tale of a doctor who is sent to an old age home to work on his bedside manner, was a true delight. The first half of the movie was light hearted and touches on subjects that we deal with on the surface. But the second half was the pay off. Midway through you are captivated by the story line and find yourself caring for every character. The subject manner was deep and emotionally driven. The payoff was truly honorable. I found myself walking away from the theater feeling better than I ever felt when exiting the film . I am glad to see filmmakers touching on topics that deal with elderly care. It sounds cliché but you'll laugh, you'll cry, and walk away with a smile on your face. It was a beautiful movie and hope it gets the attention it deserves.
First things: I am one of the last people to comment on this movie, but i also was the one who put up a plot summary and synopsis so that other people can get an idea of the story. All of the previous slams on technical terms are basically true. This is not a finished picture like a Sandler, Ferrell, or Scheider flick. I don't waste my time on those guys. This is a story movie first, and an acting/directing movie second. There are no guns or car chases, and it starts off somewhat slowly. This is a story about a tired old man who loves a woman back to life, and a greedy Harvard doctor who falls from glory and needs to re-order his priorities. It also has some nice piano music in the soundtrack, and as mentioned, a good supporting cast. Yeah, it's a love it/hate it movie. You'll just have to find out for yourself. All I can say is that it keeps showing up enough on my channel guide that someone else somewhere believes in it enough to program it.
I stumbled on this film while flipping through channels and when I saw Betsy Palmer's name I was interested. The interest ended when I began watching it. The script is awful, the lead actor, terrible, and a complete waste of the talents of Betsy Palmer, Pat Hingle, George Morfogen, and the very talented Emmanuelle Chriqui. Robert Capelli Jr. who stars and wrote the script really needs to think about another line of work. His acting skills are terrible and he suffers from a speech impediment that is very jarring. The dialog is forced and the script is very poorly written. They could have at least done some research on what long-term care facilities really are like. I didn't believe the doctors were doctors, or the nurses were nurses. There was not even care to to the set dressing. There is a hallway with crumbling wall over the floor, and no matter how many shots it is used in it is never cleaned up, despite one scene when you can see a housekeeping person cleaning the floor! But the worst thing is that the storyline is so contrived and unbelievable. Please Mr. Robert Capelli Jr. don't write or appear in any more movies!
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
WALTZING ANNA is a breath of fresh air about a subject that goes
largely ignored by not only the the film industry but society in
general: the plight of the elderly who are left to languish in corrupt
nursing homes. While this may not be the finest script ever produced,
it has a strong purpose and wonderful veteran actors to flesh out the
plot and make it both charming and poignant. Beautiful Betsy Palmer and
the marvelous, versatile Pat Hingle as two residents who keep a secret
from the home administrator are absolutely the heart and soul of the
movie. Their performance had me in tears a number of times. The film's
resolution is terrific--truly a "bravo" moment.
I think a lot of reviewers here seemed to miss the credits where Robert Capelli dedicated the film to his grandfather, who inspired this project. One idiot called it a "vanity" film. I call it a labor of love. My grandmother died in a nursing home that employed the horrific practices of sedating the elderly in order to hasten their demise (she died three days after she was admitted). This film was made to memorialize people like her who didn't get the chance to be rescued from the misery and the abuse one finds in most nursing homes.
WALTZING ANNA should wake people up to the fact that a nursing home can be an active, useful, cheerful residence for living, rather than a corrupt, smelly, dreary place where old people are dropped off to die or be killed by money-hungry administrators. Palmer and Hingle subtly but effectively prove to that true love can come at any age, to the elderly as well as to dewy-eyed youngsters. I applaud Capelli for making this film. Again: Bravo!
It seems Mr Capelli is the lead because he is banking the project. He is perhaps the worst actor living today and I have been unable to find anything about him other than he's from Hobokon and becomes an executive producer out of nowhere. Mob money? who knows? The fact is the movie is really bad and for the most part because of him. I rented the "film" due to the fact that Emmanuelle Chriqui was in it. She's one of the most beautiful actresses working today and generally good in everything she's in - with what she has to work with here she's OK. Artie Lange, in his brief appearance, is good and his acting skills appear godlike compared to the clownish Capelli.
I'd like to support indie filmmakers as much as the next film fan, but let's be honest please. The Good: Great supporting cast - Pat Hingle, Betsy Palmer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, George Morfogen, etc. The Bad: Average story, a formula weeper, underdeveloped "romance", Not enough Artie Lange. The Ugly: A Harvard Doctor that can't pronounce "Alzheimer's." Whose fault is this? I can't believe with 2 directors, they could both let that slide. They are as much to blame as the "star". "Convincing" is hardly the word I'd use to describe this performance. It was a nice try, I bet they all cared deeply about this serious subject, but when the lead can't lead, or even follow, he should stay out of the way. 4, out of ten, for effort.
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There are many concerns from the generalized public about specific issues on certain laws, especially ones where an individual can be monitored by surveillance. In order to have the legal right to watch someone's coming and goings like this, and even go so far as to hack into their phone calls and emails, there should be unquestionable proof that they are part of a plot to promote terrorism in this country, or some other very serious illegal activity. The idea should not be that the government can pick and choose as they see fit, because what if they are wrong? That would undoubtedly be going against the constitution and undeniably be an invasion of the individuals rights.
So, the question is, is the law, in a situation like this really fair to the people of the country? Are they going about it the right way or are they just picking and choosing who they deem could possibly be aiding and abetting terrorists?
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales detailed how this program works but at the same time he left many questions unanswered and some people in shock over how they should weigh the situation. It would seem that the steps that are being taken now to carry out this program don't seem to add up. After all, every citizen has unalienable rights, that is what this country was built on, and if there is going to be an invasion of those rights by a simple questioning look, then something is definitely wrong and needs fixed.
Also the question of the legal ramifications, as well as the ethical dilemmas this program invokes has become quite a debate. It is understood that the risk of terrorism is high and great but also the point remains that a governmental body can not simply say, "Oh, they look suspicious." Or, "They had a conversation with someone in the Middle East so we will tap their phone and computer." That idea is simply preposterous and definitely can't be considered legal. Yet, at this point and time it would seem this is how the program actually is working. There is no fairness in this, only an unbalanced and unethical equation. The Attorney General himself has not denied the fact that there might be eavesdropping on purely domestic conversations, not even validated by a warrant. Yet they make no effort to try and make amends for these types of behaviors, knowing full well they are improper and illegal.
At the same time negativity is found in this law, it still can have some positive benefits as well. For one, terrorism can be picked up and located quicker than ever before by simply tapping into a phone or computer. The monitoring goes smoother and with less stress on either party involved. The case often times is the person being surveillanced, never has a clue that they are being watched, which is what this law is meant for. Disguised monitoring without interference, to hopefully curtail terrorism is the main goal and ambiguity of this laws cause. Sometimes it leads to clues on the who and what of it all is, and sometimes it is just petty and the intrusion into the suspected individuals life should not have been carried out at all.
It seems our government is simply getting too big for its britches. What gives them the right to step on ordinary citizens toes just because they think they can? Nevertheless, at the same time this question is asked, a person has to stop and think of the possibilities of what could occur in this country if instances of monitoring certain peoples lives wasn't carried out and duly followed. There have been quite a few leads on terrorism picked up and documented in this program. The plus's can not be denied, and they have to be looked at as benefits, not as negatives all the time.
It is known that terrorists often communicate in code and when it is properly broken down, the intelligence that is gained is more valuable and worthy than tapping into the content of the main conversation or data in the computer itself. This particular program is able to gleam a better interpretation of a suspected terrorists activities and patterns in their life, allowing them to pinpoint what they might be up too and who they might even be affiliated with. This is an area that must be weighed up against the rights of individuals in the country.
Obviously the government isn't going to start picking people randomly from the local grocery store, or could they? One might never know but as has been said, there can be no denying that terrorism has to be quelled somehow. That is why the government is willing to take moral and ethical stances that are on the edge in order to see this through.
In conclusion, though this program might not be liked by all and is up for debate, the fact can't be denied that it offers opportunities to key in on issues that otherwise might go undetectable. The mere pattern of a telephone transaction can help analysts pick up on behaviors of an individual that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. The point is, stopping terrorism is difficult and at some point the question of, "Is this the right thing to do?", has to, at times, be laid to the curb to allow for the best possible outcome of safety for this country and every individual person in it.
Works Cited
Harris, Shane (2006). The NSA's Warrantless Monitoring of Phone-Calls and Emails. National Journal. Washington, Volume38, Issue 11, pg.28

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Periodically on my Twitter feed there is mention of the new series, The Handmaid's Tale. The New York Times has a typical positive review. The author attempts to assert its contemporary relevance, ending with 'the new "Handmaid's Tale" enters the culture as its own kind of Offred-like resistance, pushing back against a reality that somehow got ahead of the show's own imagination.'
This is not the 1980s. Or the early 2000s. The President of the United States is a nominal Christian at best. Maggie Haberman, who covers Trump for The New York States had this to say about his relationship to Mike Pence:
…When Trump and Pence were first getting to know each other, the one thing that Trump had relayed to people, according to several advisers I spoke to at the time, was that he was a little uncomfortable with how frequently Pence prayed. And Pence is fairly devout about his praying. Trump is not a serious churchgoer and in an anomaly for a presidential candidate, very rarely went to church services when he was running….
We live in an age of massive secularization, even on the conservative Right. Ergo, the rise of a post-religious Right predicated on ethnic identity, whether implicitly or explicitly. Though Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress are going to rollback a few of the victories of the cultural Left, there is no likelihood of turning back the clock on the biggest win of the last generation for that camp, gay marriage.
Also, don't watch the series, read the book. Books are usually better. While I'm recommending reading, while Atwood's work gets a lot of attention (it's already been made into a film back in 1990), I want to suggest Pamela Sargent's The Shore of Women for those curious about a different take on broadly similar themes. Flipping the framework of The Handmaid's Tale on its head Sargent depicts a far future gynocracy, as opposed to a near future patriarchy. Additionally, The Shore of Women has echoes of the bizarre 1970s film Zardoz.
I've always felt the Sargent is an underrated writer (also see Ruler of the Sky, a novelization of the life of Genghis Khan). Her output is not high volume, but it is high quality.
But this post is not about The Handmaid's Tale, and the specter of an anti-feminist dystopia. Rather, it will be on the reality of an anti-feminist dystopia which exists in our world, which also happens to be religiously totalitarian and oligarchic. I am talking about the great ally of the United States of America in the Middle East, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In its broadest sketches you know exactly what I'm alluding to. The kingdom run by and for the House of Saud is a bizarre construction, juxtaposing material modernity with an ideological empire of medieval repression and control.
If there is one regime in the world which resembles ISIS in its fidelity to brutal and anti-modern norms, and the application of violence as a method to keep a population in check, it is the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The legend of Saudi Arabia's repression and infantilization of women is so well known that I need not repeat it here. Rather than view a depiction of the Republic of Gilead, I would suggest that one watch a documentary on the lives of Saudi women.
Many are aware that Saudi Arabia is complicit in de facto slavery. But did you know that Saudi Arabia officially outlawed slavery in 1962? An article from 1967, Saudi Arabian Slavery Persists Despite Ban by Faisal in 1962.
Saudi Arabia's racism against Asian workers, especially, non-Muslims, has been extensively documented in the press. It's a problem it shares with its neighbors. But Saudi Arabia is also a racist society toward its own citizens. An article in Foreign Policy mentions this in passing:
…Judges must all espouse the government-approved Salafi version of Islam. Blacks, who make up around 10 percent of the population, are banned from judgeships — as are women and Muslims who observe a different version of the faith — because the monarchy's religious tradition still views blacks as slaves, other Muslims as heretics, and women as half human….
The concept of kufu or equality of status in Muslim marriages is apparently used to prevent marriages of Saudis with African (ergo, slave) ancestry with those of pure tribal ancestry.
Saudi Arabia has a very large Shia population in the eastern provinces near the Persian Gulf. The religious persecution of these Shia is arguably without parallel even in the Middle East, as they live under a constant state of siege and marginalization.
The crimes that the Saudi state commits against its subjects are legion. But Saudi Arabia has been waging a decades long cultural war against the rest of Islamic civilization. The government and the Salafi clerical hierarchy has encouraged active destruction of Islamic holy sites, because they consider these places as possible temptations for idolatry and veneration. Not only is that part of the cultural heritage of Muslims, but it is part of the cultural heritage of the world.
And the kingdom does not just commit crimes against its own. The vast majority of 9/11 hijackers were Saudi. The Saudi intervention in Yemen has turned out to be a humanitarian disaster. Saudis were present in the top leadership of Al-Qaeda, and they are reportedly prominent as part of the foreign fighter contingents in ISIS. They were instrumental in the suppression of the protest movement in Bahrain.
This litany is to reiterate that one of the closest allies of the United States is a very nasty regime. Women are second class citizens. Non-Muslims can not even become citizens. Shia are second class citizens. The state is run by, and for, an oligarchy of Saudi princes. It engages in acts of destruction against the collective heritage of the human race. It bankrolls military assaults on neighboring countries, and its citizens in their private capacities have been the financiers of terror international for a generation.
And yet this is America's great ally. This bond goes back to 1945, when FDR and the king of Saudi Arabia met. During the Cold War the Saudis were a pro-Western regime in the great game of powers, despite the fact that the values which they held to be true and right were the antithesis of everything the West had become and aspired to. The Saudi-American connection remained despite disagreements over Israel and the 1970s oil crisis.
The Saudi state is not a conventional nation-state, it is a family owned corporation. Operationally the king is not an absolute monarch because the oligarchy needs to have buy-in. There are thousands of princes, though power is not equitably distributed. The personal nature of Saudi rule extends to its relationship to the United States: the Saudis have clearly ingratiated themselves with the American power elite through their financial generosity and business opportunities which are possible.
But it is not just the ruling caste, but the courtiers as well who have been captured, How Saudi Arabia captured Washington:
This contributes, they said, to a practice in Washington whereby the bad behavior of other Middle East states — particularly US adversaries such as Iran — receive heavy attention and debate. But bad behavior by Gulf allies — human rights abuses, opposition to democracy movements, foreign policy actions that often undercut US interests — while far from ignored are discussed with less frequency and vigor.
In other words, one explanation for the robustness of the American-Saudi relationship may not simply be geopolitical alignment of interests, but the powerful personal incentives that the American ruling class and intelligensia have been given by the Saudi ruling elite. This is a business opportunity that the American ruling class can't overlook.
My own attitude is that there are cases and instances where the United States must ally with unpalatable regimes. I am not a neoconservative or liberal internationalist. Humanitarian regimes emerge through an organic process; imposition by fiat usually causes more problems than they solve. But the American rhetorical stance against their adversaries as 'dictatorial' or 'illiberal' or 'undemocratic' is shown to be hypocritical by the fastness of close ties to Saudi Arabia. Between "friends" some religious oppression, sexual apartheid, and familial oligarchy are clearly acceptable, they have been for over 70 years. The friendship is strong enough to withstand the reality that Saudi nationals by and large were behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and that Saudi Arabia has been funding radicalism across the world for decades.
When American politicians and public thinkers take high-toned moralistic line they seem ludicrous and absurd to well informed non-American observers. Total consistency is impossible, but when Americans inveigh as the "totalitarian mullahs" in Iran, many non-Americans just shake their heads when they observe that across the Persian Gulf is a regime of a far nastier bent in relation to what it puts its people through. And that regime is our close ally.
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- Three people died in the early hours of Wednesday morning when an ambulance collided with three motorcycles along the Maharlika Highway in the town of Bongabon in Nueva Ecija, a province in the Philippines.
Ramir Miranda, Edgardo Sarmiento and Genaro Gener Martin were declared dead on the scene by police authorities. One of the passengers of the motorcycles that collided suffered injuries and is currently being treated at a nearby hospital along with Roger Abuan--the driver of the ambulance--and one of Abuan's passengers.
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One woman who witnessed the said accident told reporters that the incident occurred around midnight as she was going to bed. The accident left her extremely shaken, resulting to her inability to fall asleep that night.
Meanwhile, Abuan expressed his condolences to the family members left behind by those that were killed in the early morning road accident stating that this was indeed an unfortunate incident that nobody wanted to happen. He goes on further to say that in his ten years of service as an ambulance driver, this was the first time he was ever involved in an accident like this.
All of the three drivers of the motorcycles involved, and their passengers, were found to have been intoxicated and driving without helmets when the accident occurred.
Another ambulance was involved in a road accident at the toll booth in Manila's Skyway which claimed the lives of three people, and injuring four others.
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User ID PIN Implementation of Customs Single Window: Experiences and Lessons Learnt Pakistan Customs Computerized System Web Based One Customs (WeBOC) Syed Tanvir Ahmad Director Automation/ Director Risk Management Unit 1
Evolution of Customs Single Window In Aug 2002, a document "The Vision" was prepared by R&D cell of Pakistan Customs for modernization (single window & paperless) The software Pakistan Customs Computerized System (PaCCS) was designed by customs team launched in March, 2005 - developed by a foreign IT company M/s Agility Micro Clear Agreement terminated with M/s Agility which demanded 100 million dollar for the soft ware and services Pakistan Revenue Automation Ltd (PRAL)- private company owned by Federal Board of Revenue – started development in 2009 of: WeBOC (Web based One Customs), a home grown customs single window paperless system, developed in less than $ one million April 20112 WeBOC rolled out as pilot at one terminal of Karachi port November, 2011 work expansion started - WeBOC – rolled out in two terminal – in total covering 70% of imports/exports of country 2
Pre – SWI Problems (Prior to 2005) Each Goods Declaration 34 signatures & 62 verifications Multiple copies & multiple mandatory documents Documents had to be carried from desk to desk by the declarant For shipping lines 27 documents to 8 government departments including 3 Customs offices Multiple Customs offices depending on whether Imports, temporary imports, baggage, exports etc. Average Customs clearance time minimum 3 days 3
Imports =Appraisement Collectorate Exports = Export Collectorate Temp imports =Export Collectorate Baggage Import = Preventive Coll Gate Clearance =Preventive Coll Allow Loading = Preventive Coll Drug Enf =Preventive Baggage Export = Preventive Coll Cargo Clearance Pre SWI Vessel Clearance Vessel & Cargo Book to KPT Manifest Info to Appraisement Crew and effects info to Prev. Port Clearance from Export Coll Manifest amendments by Appr. Boarding & Rummaging by Prev. 4
Objectives of Customs SWI Increase Customs Efficiency and efficient deployment of resources Minimize Dwell Time (clearance time at port till clearance -- under 24 Hours) Minimize Customs Processing Time (Under 04 Hours) Paperless and single window environment (at customs level and then at national level) Reduced cost of doing business (less demurrages, no non-receipted expenses, less clearing/handling charges, JIT possible, better cash flows) Simplified procedures (No of steps reduced, no duplications) Transparency and Integrity (no surprises for trade, less interaction with the customs and less discretion of customs) Correct Revenue (strict controls, RMS, post release verifications) 5
Cargo information received before vessel arrives On-line manifest filing by shipping lines Communication with terminal operators through EDI messaging Web-Based GD filing, online interaction and on line payment of duty and taxes Risk Management System (maximum processing in Green and Yellow (only online assessment - no examination/inspection) channel All routine custom processes performed online by customs without involvement of trader or agent: Assessment Examination/ inspection conducted round the clock (attaching of photograph) Loading and gate out events computerized Automation of manifest clearance Salient Features of Pakistan Customs SWI 6
SWI comprises of four essential components: ACCESS (Automated Customs Clearance System) TARIP (Tariff & Integrated Policy) ECHO (Enhanced Cargo Handling & Port Optimization) INTRA (Integrated Regulatory Authorities) SWI Components 7
ACCESS covers a number of modules for automated customs processes such as: Carrier declaration Goods declaration e-Payments Inspection and Examination Risk Management System Assessments Clearance and release Status Reporting Law and Adjudications Tariff Management Statutory Regulatory Order Management Valuation Ruling monitoring System Post Clearance Audit User Management Refund and Rebate Quota Management Recovery etc ACCESS (Automated Customs Clearance System) Automated Custom Clearance Tariff & Integrated Policy Enhanced Cargo Handling & Port Optimization Integrated Regulatory Authorities k 8
Log Out TARIP is the complete picture of Pakistan's regulations for import or export of cargo. Following details are linked with each HS code: The Import Tariff rates. This includes all import levies like customs duty, regulatory duty, sales tax, additional sales tax, excise duty, withholding income tax, anti-dumping duty, countervailing duty, various surcharges & cess etc The export drawback rates Details of Import & export restrictions of import policy and imposed by other departments (quarantine, drug, agriculture, livestock, defence, nuclear) Controls of banned items Details of exemptions Details of documentary requirements List of declaration requirements Linkage of all exemptions, concessions, certifications, restrictions Automated Custom Clearance Tariff & Integrated Policy Enhanced Cargo Handling & Port Optimization Integrated Regulatory Authorities k TARIP (Tariff & Integrated Policy) 9
Log Out PaCCS Components ECHO connects the carriers (shipping agents and co- loaders), customs and custodians (port authorities) It provides following advantages: One electronic document for the carriers Real time inventory and monitoring of ports Terminal Operators/Port Authorities linked with EDI No customs staff at the gates (e-gates) No requirement by customs for export manifest Risk screening prior to arrival of the cargo under customs controls Instant duty drawbacks with the sail of vessel Automated Custom Clearance Tariff & Integrated Policy Enhanced Cargo Handling & Port Optimization Integrated Regulatory Authorities k ECHO (Enhanced Cargo Handling & Port Optimization) 10
Connects the regulatory authorities involved in imports/exports: LINKS DEVELOPED: Federal Board of Revenue and its wings All VAT and Direct Tax Commissionerates Central Bank and Scheduled Banks Transport Sector (registered with customs) Plant and Animal quarantine Ministry of Commerce Ministry of Production UNDER DEVELOPMENT: Government Ministries & Department: such as: Agriculture, Oil and Gas, Health, Environment, National Tariff Commission (Anti-dumping, Countervailing, safeguards), IPR, other ministries/departments Automated Custom Clearance Tariff & Integrated Policy Enhanced Cargo Handling & Port Optimization Integrated Regulatory Authorities INTRA (Integrated Regulatory Authorities) 11
SWI Internal Users – FBR Departments 12
Traders Agents Customs Staff Carrier Handlers Banks External s WeBOC Work -Flow Manager WeBOC Role Manager Goods Declaration Carrier Declaration Assessment Management Examination Management Examination Management Duties Calculations Users Management Securities Management Risk Management Adjudication Management Alerts & Messages Dash Board Rebate & Refunds Payments Management Clearance Management Document s Logs, History GD Tracking SRO's & Exemptio n Blocking De- Blocking 13 Existing Customs Single Window Model
Faisalabad Lahore Karachi Multan Rawalpindi Peshawar Gawadar Hyderabad Quetta Sialkot WeBOC Customs SWI to be rolled out in ICDs – Pre – SWI: Each Collectorate a Separate detached entity, with Different Values, Procedures etc. No Central Data, uniformityor sharing of information.
SWI External Users – Ministries to be connected 15
Achievements Introduction of online and paperless custom procedures Predictability to a greater extent achieved Ownership for system development gradually evolved Uniformity enforced through similar system/processes across all Customs Stations. Centralized Data base for Customs valuation Readiness achieved for implementation Container Security Initiative (On line joint examination by US Customs and Pakistan customs) Improved clearance and inspection procedure is generating faster, more certain and resulting in reduced cost of trade transactions. IT literacy increased through Training and Support introduction of good business practices such as 'just in time inventory'. 16
Ownership of the reform by customs (we have initial opposition which slowed down development process – now gradually developing) There should be a dedicated reform team from beginning to end (frequent changes in team was a severe blow initially -with no ownership) Strategic planning (long term and short term planning document developed at much later stage for indigenous system – initially not focused and directionless) Clear cut Objectives and Policy goals (our emphasis keep on changing with new government and top management from automation to trade facilitation then to control corruption and to maximize revenues) Liberate the reform team from red tape (project office set up, purchasing/tendering process, incentives for attracting brains, motivation to perform, hiring of IT consultants from private sector etc) Customs must re-engineer its business processes (not necessarily automate old archaic manual process) Lessons Learnt 17
Lessons learnt Must get all stakeholders on board Policy makers and senior management must support and own reform process (initial automation driven by junior officers and opposed by majority) Administrative impediments (It has not been declared as project as yet - no approval from Planning Commission and Ministry of Finance) Legislative Inertia (difficult to get through legislation and procedural approvals relating to other ministries/departments) Appropriate remuneration and special allowance for reforms project team Lack of Succession Planning (new officers posted – legacy not passed on) Resistance to change (small customs agents and traders opposed fearing they will be out of business after automation – opposition from junior staff for fear of transparency) 18
Lessons learnt Strong political will and support from higher management their commitment for reforms (we had political will and management support initially but faded away with change in political set up and management and again getting support from new management) Lack of Self Reliance – government and customs have no funds to finance expenses of reform project Indigenous solutions much cheaper (Foreign co demanded $ 100million – indigenous solution in less than one million dollar) Customs must think out of the box (Question everything and include diverse stake holders in thinking process – planning as well minute details of processes) Effective Capacity Building (still facing capacity issues for junior staff) Delayed Support and Troubleshooting (problem with foreign company) Requirement of IT staff not properly gauged (customs and business analyst completed many modules but software could not be developed due to lack of shortage of IT personnel) 19
From Customs single window to National single Window Development of Pakistan Automated Commercial Community System (PACCS) a single window for B2B and B2G electronic communication Automation exist in many departments but needs to be connected Way Forward 20
Way Forward WeBOC Implementation across Pakistan Integration with allied government agencies Creating a National Single Window bringing business, logistic providers, service sectors on a platform for seamless integration of trade Integration of NSW into Regional Information-Exchange System
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I took to drinking heavily after Maria died. School didn't matter anymore. I didn't apply to any colleges and I didn't attend graduation. My parents tried to send me to a psychiatrist, but I never showed up for sessions. They also sent me to a hospital/rehab over in Albuquerque, but when I came back, I started drinking again.
A year after Maria's death, I went up to her grave and downed a bottle of vodka. I passed out leaning on her tombstone. I had hit rock bottom. When I woke up, it was raining, and Michael was standing over me. It was the first time I saw him since Maria died.
He had lost a considerable amount of weight, he was pale, and his stone features seemed to be carved in his face. He looked down at me, frowning. And under much drunken and slurred protest, he lifted me into his arms and carried me to his apartment.
The next morning, I woke up; Michael made me breakfast, and helped me check myself into rehab.
Michael came to visit every day for the entire three months that I was there. Good days and bad, Michael was there. He became my friend and confidant. One day, I asked him why he came to visit me.
"Why do you bother to see me Michael, after what I did?"
"Because, Parker, Maria wouldn't want you to go through this alone."
"How did you get over her?"
"I didn't."
"Because, Parker, Maria wouldn't want you to go through this alone."
"How did you get over her?"
"I didn't."
"How did you get over her?"
"I didn't."
"I didn't."
I remember that even then his voice cracked whenever he spoke about Maria. Maria had changed him for the better. Maria made him feel, but she had left him too soon, and he didn't know how to deal all of his emotions. I guess that's where I came in.
After I got out of rehab, Michael and I began to hang out together. He resumed his job as fry cook at the Crashdown and I became a waitress again. We really only had each other. Isabel was married to Jesse and Max had gone off to some college in Washington.
We spent a lot of nights just talking, mainly about Maria.
"You saw how I coped with it. So, how did you cope?"
"I got back into drawing."
"Yeah? What did you draw?"
"Mostly her. I would just close my eyes and draw her."
"I got back into drawing."
"Yeah? What did you draw?"
"Mostly her. I would just close my eyes and draw her."
"Yeah? What did you draw?"
"Mostly her. I would just close my eyes and draw her."
"Mostly her. I would just close my eyes and draw her."
That's how Michael got through his days. Drawing Maria was a way for Michael to keep her with him forever.
A few weeks after the second anniversary of Maria's death, Michael asked me out.
Five years ago, if you told me that I would be dating Michael and not Max, I would've laughed my ass off. Michael probably would have just grunted at you. But it's true. We understand each other and know each other better than anyone else would.
I stay at his apartment most days of the week. And, like I said before, I look at his sketchbooks when he isn't home. Michael filled up five thick sketchbooks. All of those pictures are of Maria.
Maria with short hair, long curly hair, or straight hair. Maria in her Crashdown uniform, or in her regular clothes. Maria laughing, crying, or just staring off into space somewhere. There are just pictures of Maria's face. There are pictures of Maria with her arms raised in the air, as if she were yelling or panicking.
Some are colored in, others are black and white, but all of them are of Maria. Each drawing has a date on the lower right hand corner, starting a week after Maria died until a month before he met me at the cemetery.
Three days ago, I was putting all of the sketchbooks away when I found another one. It wasn't pushed to the back of the closet like the others. It was poking out from under his security guard uniform. Opening it, I thought it was another book of Maria.
To my surprise, all of the drawings in the sketchbook were not of Maria.
Starting five months before Michael asked me out, he started sketching pictures of me, Liz Parker.
The whole book is almost filled up.
The End.


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Winnipeg Police say they have talked to the man they were looking for following a bizarre incident at St. Vital Centre last weekend.
A group of girls were shopping on Sunday, Feb. 19 when they noticed a man following them. At one point he got so close, the girls had to hide in a store just to get away from him.
It appears the man may have poured some sort of substance, possibly a bodily fluid, on one of the girl's back.
Her mother has told 680 CJOB, the substance was sticky and white. She believes it was semen, but police are waiting for lab testing before jumping to conclusions.
On Saturday, police put out a surveillance photo of a person of interest they were hoping to speak to and within less than 24 hours police confirmed they had met that man.
He has been interviewed and is cooperating with investigators.
"At this time, charges will only be considered once the forensic examination of the substance seized has been verified and concluded," a spokesperson said in a statement.
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It's been almost 2 years since Will Horton [ex-Guy Wilson] was strangled and killed by the necktie killer on Days of Our Lives - but could there be a return in the works. Last year, it was reported that the Emmy-award winning, Chandler Massey who brought the charatcer of Will Horton to a great level of popularity, was spotted on the set of 'Days of Our Lives'. However, since then nothing became of his visit - at least not yet anyway. It seems his visit to the set was just a friendly one and nothing business related.
Since the character was killed off in 2015 by the neck tie killer, Ben Weston [ex-Robert Scott Wilson], it has been major talk that it was worst decision yet to kill off such a legacy character. Viewers, soap critics and even daytime stars shared their disagreement with the character being killed off. Most particularly, Alison Sweeney who played the character's mom voiced her opinion on the matter, Sweeney told Soap Opera Digest: "I was angry. I felt betrayed and hurt,
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So now that the show has a new head writer being Ron Carlivati and the show doing everything they can to keep the show around for the unforeseeable future, could we see them making one of their wrongs right? Could we finally see a return of Will Horton whether played by Chandler Massey or Guy Wilson especially now that his husband, Sonny [Freddie Smith] is getting ready to move on with Paul Narita [Freddie Smith]. What do you think 'Days' fans?
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'Days of Our Lives' spoilers tease that fans of Steve [Stephen Nichols] and Kayla [Mary Beth Evans] also referred to as 'Stayla', will see their favorite couple remarry for third time this month. Steve and Kayla who has previously been married and now are parents of two children together; Joey [James Lastovic] and Stephanie [SHelley Hennig] will have a Valentine's Day wedding.
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Scientific study of the Course Steel Patio Complex GA, near Brasstown Bald Hill has continued in 2012, with a few breakthroughs that were wonderful. The historical zone that is enormous contains hundreds of rock retaining walls, cairns stone altars and spoils of rock buildings. An advanced rain storage and circulation system in addition has already been discovered. Thornton Meanwhile, into a unique "topsecret" research, analyzing the "Mayas in the USA" debate, the Annals Station has mixed intensive opportunities in a return to its unique tradition of instructional excellence. On December 21, 2012's night the Channel will debut the new string, " America Uncovered." The primary software was shot at many places in Atlanta. This long-anticipated television occasion is anticipated to flip the job that was archaeology upside-down. Mcdougal basically fell out of his chair, when the number of " Discovered " called on a Saturday day in April to share with him just one laboratory test's outcome. Exactly what a variation per year makes. A widely-read report within the Examiner's Dec 21, 2011 edition introduced a huge complex of rock spoils inside the Georgia Hills. The content specified the new characteristics to Maya rooftop things in the presence of place names in the area Central American, and the long-held tradition that elite had led the Creek Indians.
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Genetics that is Maya is carried by creek Indians, plus talk phrases that are Totonac and many Maya. wars force awakens original wars force Infact, the Indians in Georgia's key branch called themselves the Itsate, that will be the identical word the Itza Mayas called themselves. It is currently realized that 16th-century Spanish colonists believed the location of the Course Stone Historical Zoom while Copal's "Wonderful Town," while California Native Americans called it Yupaha's " good town." A capital village quietly of a mountain, with rock structures plus a huge brow, is described in the stories of both Indians and the Creek. The article evoked excessive conflict inside the job that was archaeology. Particular the web sites were put in place by some Florida archaeologists to ridicule this article. One Atlanta archaeologist composed a comment for the Examiner post, which called it a "couple of garbage." An article about the debate in the Atlanta Log-Metabolism, lined-up four archaeologists, who had no background in architecture, to mention certainly that the Monitor Rock website wasn't Mesoamerican architecture.
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However, none had a reason of what else it might be. The Monitor Stone ruins had been even viewed by only one of the archaeologists and he'd never experienced Mexico. Several retired California transplants surviving in Marriage Region, wherever Course Rock Gap is located, established a political activity committee to oppose the idea that Mexican immigrants came to Georgia 1000 years back. The rule of the class was the agricultural terraces at Monitor Stone Gap will be " wonderful Cherokee warriors" and the Cherokees' burials have constantly lived in northern Georgia. Creeks and the Mayas were equated with "illegal aliens" and " liberals. " The right-wing extremists obviously set stress that is substantial on the office in GA. In the behest of the Creek Indian lady living in northeast Georgia, a Gainesville area law enforcement officer named their workplace without expressing what he did for a living. The representative of the engineering & recreation section Polk, proved that that his workplace had directed employees to cut bushes to dam the walk leading to the ruins down.
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He explained the reason was the damages "were good Cherokee warriors' burials, which the Cherokees did not wish individuals taking photos of their plots." At his own volition, Polk brought the subject of a person called Thornton up. Polk told regulations enforcement official that "Richard Thornton is ridiculous and it is known by everyone. Do not listen to anything he claims. The Times understands he's nuts so nothing he writes wo be printed by them." The section of Polk's record is typically not accurate. Further investigation revealed the Gainesville Situations can be a small-town paper held from the Gannett Business. As a result essays-space.org of catastrophic decrease in readership, the magazine was recently pressured to considerably decrease its physical size. Really, it would not need room to produce posts on themes that are rational. The opinions of political extremists plus some USFS personnel don't seemingly echo those of all of the neighbors. Letters to regional papers suggest that a lot of Northern Georgians were excited to possess such an important historical sector within their midst; don't associate a particular Native-American tribe with contemporary politics; and were shocked when the U.S.
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Forest Service decrease more than 100 bushes in a try to block access to the Track Stone ruins. Professionals, Native Americans and outdoor lovers interact Space-age ole trend that is good and engineering, inherited testing on -the- sleuthing have considerably expanded the Monitor Rock Terrace Complex's knowledge during the year. Soil penetrating radar that shows subsurface functions and stresses steel components has uncovered that the Monitor Rock Historical Sector is much larger-than formerly believed. It was indeed, an area that is sizable. The footprint of the town is not fraternal Central America was found in by the Itza Maya rooftop processes. Computer examination, using GIS application, has uncovered the acropolis at Monitor Steel Distance is geometrically related to Etalwa (Etowah Mounds) – the caretaker town of the Creek Indians, along an azimuth line developed by the Winter Solstice sun. The plaza of the greatest temple pile at Etalwa as well as the acropolis in the Course Rock ruins are both aimed towards the Winter sunset.
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The schedule starts on the Solstice. The Creek Indian calendar has started to the Summer Solstice considering that the AD. Correct interactions were also shown by geospatial research with many Indian towns or sites. They are either on the vector created Equinoxes or by the Solstices, or like Etalwa, on a single latitudinal or longitudinal line. No geospatial partnership was shown by the Track Rock archaeological area in the Colonial Time to Cherokee neighborhoods that were recognized. There were concerning the design of stonewalled agricultural terraces is, "Why a significant unanswered query they created?" Two tiny streams parallel the great archaeological area, nevertheless they don't move across the upper 50% of the town website in dry weather, and would have not supplied water for individual and agricultural desires under any conditions. Satellite infrared images of the Monitor Rock archaeological sector unveiled parts, next-to earth berms.
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The biggest of the possible pool sites, was 800 feet above the bottom stone. On site examination of the silt-stuffed wetlands confirmed that the berms were dams that kept rain runoff from your surrounding serious hills of Arkaqua Hill. The citizens of whatsoever, Yupaha or Wonderful Copal they named their community, were influenced by stored rain to survive. On-site detectives located rock covered channels that directed from your wetlands to stage parts, enclosed by stone walls, where evidently the stored water was allocated to individual balconies. There could be a sizable cistern underneath the plaza of the towns acropolis. Tests generate more debate and queries In New York, Inc. posted a written report on the extensive genetic study of the Cherokee Indian Reservation in March DNA Experts, of 2010. Historians and anthropologists are still in a dilemma within the link between this large scale genetic survey of over 2,000 "card-carrying" Cherokees. It completely negates three decades of publications about the Cherokees, posted by anthropology teachers at the Colleges of Vermont, Georgia.
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The qualified journal post around the DNA study's author explained New York Cherokees as being a Middle-Eastern population with some Local American heritage and significant American. For example, a higher quantity of "T" signals is used to identify ancient Egyptians, primarily Christians, but isn't major among Arabs. The average New York Cherokee experienced "T" signals than a Ancient Egyptian. The common Cherokee girl around the reservation had more Semitic DNA as opposed to normal Ashkenazi (European) Jewish lady within the United States. The NC Cherokees had large quantities of genetics indicators, typical of Turkey, historic Mesopotamia or Lebanon. North Georgia and European North Carolina are proven to have included Spanish-speaking Sephardic Jewish mining cities in the early and 1600s 1700s. The Sephardim were whilst it was under handle Middleeastern Jews, who immigrated to Spain.
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To England because of the Inquisition they fled inside the late 1500s. While England turned temporarily element of Italy, they left to the New World. Perhaps the Highlands was not disappeared from by the Sephardim, but merged with others to form the Cherokees. Users of several Southeastern tribes voluntarily published DNA checks to analysts doing work for the suppliers of America Uncovered. The DNA assessments provided proof of Mesoamerican and Southamerican genes being not past in several Southeastern Native Americans, but in addition generated several shocks. As opposed to the hereditary research on the Reservation, "card-transporting" Cherokees surviving in Cherokee Areas, NC and who could trace their ancestry compared to that spot, had inherited users common of Indians. These two counties are immediately north of Bald Mountain.
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A sizable proportion of the Clay hold genetics that is Maya. lambasciatore di This is unsurprising. The greatest Cherokee city in day Cherokee County that is present was Tamatli. It had been formerly a community of the Tamatli-Creeks of southeast Georgia. The Tamatli are thought to have voiced more Mesoamerican terms than any Creek department. Another huge town in Cherokee County was Itsayi. Within the Cherokee terminology, that means Host To the Itza (Maya.) As expected, South Carolina Creek Indians and several Atlanta bring at the very least a track of Maya DNA. Practically all Southeastern Creek Indians hold much more Local American, White genetics than they do.
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However, of their "Asiatic" DNA, typically about 10-12% was Maya. In lots of Creeks surprise DNA design from South America surfaced. These individuals likewise carried Tupi- Guarani genetics. The Tupi- individuals are linked to the sophisticated civilizations of the Top Of Amazon Basin. All the test subjects of Native American descent in Union County, GA, where Track Rock is located, were of Coosa (Creek) ancestry. None moved DNA designs standard of the Cherokees. houston we have a hiring problem
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Some families called while some termed themselves Creeks themselves Cherokees. The anatomical shock that was biggest originated in Cities County, GA, that is immediately east of the Track Stone Archeological Zone. Households that are numerous there contemplate themselves to be Cherokees. A number of these individuals are customers of the Eastern Group of Indians. None of the Neighborhoods State Cherokees had anatomical pages such as the New York Reservation Cherokees. The Towns County Cherokees did not carry any innate symptoms that proposed shared genealogy with Cherokees residing for the north to the Vermont Reservation, 45 miles. Their ancestry's "Asiatic" element was mainly both Quechua from South America, or possibly a combination of Quechua. Several maintained a trace of Indian ancestry. Americans residing in southwestern Virginia additionally were discovered to transport Quechua genetics.
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Naturally, there's much that anthropologists still don't realize regarding the pre- history of the Southeastern United States. The Track Steel Complex, in addition to other terrace processes that are several recognized in Ga during 2012, is becoming among the greatest archaeological riddles of our time. The website it is not exceedingly gradual and includes at the least half-square distance in spot. Its landscape that is intricate will probably demand many decades of archaeological research. Nevertheless, the solutions for some of its riddles is likely to be you need to be area of the jolt tv people may encounter on the evening of Dec 21, 2012. The Mayas did, indeed, arrived at Ga many times over a period of time of many ages. The proof was constantly there, right before our eyes, but only the experts hired from the Record Route got the time to inquire the best issues and carry out the assessments that are right.
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PS: the reason why that I took the image of the cave entry from 50-feet away and 20 feet down hill was that there was MAJOR Mama Bear inside. This sonis mother didn't raise no fool! Readers desperate to contact Richard Thornton with queries concerning Indigenous American history, urban planning or structure may reach him at.