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Devil Got My Woman opens with the song's composer, a man rarely filmed in his brief return to blues performing towards the end of his life. By the time of his 1964 rediscovery, Skip James was a dying man. Ravaged by cancer and slowed by decades of relative musical inactivity, James was no longer the stunning artist responsible for the 18 fabled recordings he made in 1931. Yet he bravely managed to reflect a semblance of that artist, rousing himself to perform his esoteric music and baffling folk audiences with a formality little associated with blues singers. 'He was a true genius,' recalls James's manager, Dick Waterman, 'and he knew it. He had a manner toward everyone that was aloof, condescending, and patronizing.' Indeed, James looks somewhat out of place in the company of the other artists here, and while a personal aloofness may be one cause, his musical uniqueness is another. The others stand within a clearly-defined musical continuum: James is simultaneously a part of yet conspicuously apart from it. A convincing case has been made for a 'Bentonia school of Mississippi blues,' and we are told James learned the rudiments of guitar from Henry Stuckey. Echoes of his music are heard in Jack Owens, discovered by David Evans in the year this footage was shot. James's friend, Johnny Temple, recorded a version of 'Devil Got My Woman' in and Robert Johnson later refashioned that song into 'Hellhound On My Trail.' Yet for all that, Skip James remains a solitary figure in the history of the blues, seemingly without heirs or tangible precedent.Also, Can't Find No Heaven: The Mysteries Of Skip James is a must read.
Although less well-known than Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson was a highly influential artist in the Delta Blues movement in the 20's and 30's. In fact, Robert Johnson was particularly taken by and influenced by Tommy's shows. His influence on Robert Johnson and his fame in the Delta were only surpassed by Son House and Charley Patton...From the second link:
Rumors spread throughout the Delta about Tommy, just like Robert Johnson. Fans and friends believed that his unrivaled talent was the result of a deal with the Devil... Some of the rumors of his pact with the Devil spread from his live shows where he was famous for being able to play the guitar behind his head and neck, and could change the tone of his voice from "deep resonant tones to a beautiful falsetto in the same line"...
Abbe Niles, who had occasion to comment on Jimmie Rodgers' 'Blue Yodel' 78s at the time of their initial release, saw nothing unique in the amalgam of yodeling and blues singing that they offered. As much an expert on the blues as anyone was in 1928 - he had written the introduction to W C Handy's 1926 Blues: An Anthology - Niles was impressed by how distinctively black Jimmie's Blue Yodel recordings sounded, yodeling and all.From YouTube, here is Jimmie Rodgers - T for Texas (Blue Yodel #1) and here, from the Internet Archive are two Tommy Johnson--coralized as all such here will be--mp3s:
This came out in Niles' enlightening record-review column, 'Ballads, Songs and Snatches', which appeared in 1928 and early 1929 issues of The Bookman, a mainstream literary journal. Niles advised his readers to flesh out their Paul Whiteman collections with hillbilly, ethnic and all manner of 'Race' 78s, including blues and blues-related songs by the likes of Alberta Hunter, Rabbit Brown, Peg Leg Howell, the 'magnificent' Bessie Smith, Cannon's Jug Stompers and Washington Phillips:
'Listening to race records is nearly the only way for white people to share the Negroes' pleasures without bothering the Negroes'.
To Niles' ear, Jimnrie Rodgers was a 'White man gone black'. In his July 1928 column, Niles recommended Jimmie's first 'engaging, melodious and bloodthirsty 'Blue Yodel' '. In his September 1928 column, under the heading 'White man singing black songs', Niles endorsed Jimmie's Blue Yodel - No. II. He went on to acknowledge that Jimmie's first 'Blue Yodel' had 'started the whole epidemic of yodelling blues that now rages - though Clarence Williams wrote a good one five years ago.'
Complicating the "Tommy Johnson" problem even more is the song that Chris Thomas King performs in the film solo, as his character. It is titled Hard Time Killing Floor Blues and its composer and original performer is neither the real Tommy Johnson nor Robert Johnson but another Delta blues singer and musician who performed as "Skip" James.Also note that The Life of Tommy Johnson linked above is from the course site of U Penn professor Simon Richter for his German 256 The Devil's Pact in Literature, Music & Film
The crossroads ritual is currently best known in popular American culture through the recent acceptance of a spurious legend that the famous 1930s blues singer Robert Johnson claimed that he had learned how to play guitar by selling his soul to the devil at the crossroads, somewhere in Mississippi. In truth, the blues singer who publicly made this claim was Robert's rather less-well-known contemporary and friend Tommy Johnson, not related to Robert. Tommy Johnson is remembered for his classic recording of Maggie Campbell Blues. LeDell Johnson, Tommy Johnson's brother, spoke with the blues scholar David Evans about Tommy's sudden guitar playing skill and Tommy's claims about it. His account of the ritual is typical of others collected throughout the South. Note that LeDell did not say that Tommy Johnson called the crossroads spirit "the devil" and he did not mention selling his soul.The devil is in the details.
If you want to learn how to make songs yourself, you take your guitar and you go to where the road crosses that way, where a crossroads is. Get there, be sure to get there just a little 'fore 12 that night so you know you'll be there. You have your guitar and be playing a piece there by yourself... A big black man will walk up there and take your guitar and he'll tune it. And then he'll play a piece and hand it back to you. That's the way I learned to play anything I want...
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Did you ever determine what sort of musical influence Stuckey had on [Jack] Owens and James? Stephen Calt totally denies any sort of Bentonia tradition...Interview with Dr. David Evans
I don't think he's ever been there. Gayle Wardlow had met Stuckey, but I don't think ever heard him play. Or, if he did, I don't think there's any documentation of how he played - recorded documentation, at any rate, which is very unfortunate. Skip certainly said he was influenced by him. There was a whole Stuckey family - there was a whole bunch of them. Skip in fact was sometimes known as Nehemiah Stuckey. I don't know exactly what his relationship was to the family, but it was pretty close.
I've often speculated that maybe the tensions between James and his father may have been because he was possibly an outside child.
That could be, very very possibly. You mean that his real father was a Stuckey?
It's solely speculation.
It could be. In any rate, I did record Cornelius Bright, who was something of a protégé of Henry Stuckey, as well as of Jack Owens. He played and sang a version of The Devil that he said was the way Henry played it. It's very much like Skip James'.
Same tuning, same finger picking style?
Yeah, right. Henry probably did play more rhythmic music too. Skip plays some of that fast duple rhythmic style.
The frailing style?
Yeah, frailing. Jack has demonstrated some of that as well. I'm sure there was a local tradition there. I've recorded other musicians as well - in fact, Cornelius Bright, although he's younger and certainly was influenced by the older people. But there were many who were into that style and I think there's enough evidence to suggest that it was a tradition. Who knows who originated all those ideas.
So you see no evidence that Skip James invented the techniques and the repertoire.
No, but he certainly developed it to a fine point. I mean, his original recording session is extraordinary.
I think it's one of the greatest collections from a single session ever.
Sure, it's brilliant. But, the use of that tuning, many of the specific ideas, the prominence of falsetto singing and some of the themes or the verses are all found within that tradition, among others. Skip certainly acknowledged that he heard some other musicians - he named some names.
Johnny Temple was one...
Sure, although I think Johnny learned more from Skip than vice versa.
Do you see the influence of the Bentonia tradition outside of the geographic area? For example, one song that I've heard from other parts of Mississippi is Catfish Blues, and the whole tonality of that song is one that I associate with Bentonia.
Well, I wouldn't particularly relate it to that. I know Skip did a version of it, and Jack Owens does, but it is very widespread. It's possible. Of course, Tommy McClennan did one of the earliest versions of it, and he was originally from Yazoo City, but Robert Petway did the first recording. He was an associate of McClennan's, up in the delta. I think a lot of it ultimately stems from the Petway and McClennan recordings. They spread the song around. Tommy Johnson was alleged to have done it, and his brother Mager did a version of it. So, it could well be an older song - it probably is. But, I think those early recordings and then some subsequent ones in the fifties made the song very popular. It's a distinctive melody, and it would be one that would stick in the memory, just because it is so different. It fits with a one- or two- chord approach and use of the repeated short figures [which] are well within a general deep-South approach to the blues. So I wouldn't myself posit an origin in or around Bentonia. The style in the early days I think only had a limited influence, and that mostly in respect to particular songs - probably mainly The Devil and mostly very near Bentonia. Of course, Johnny Temple in Jackson picked up on it. Bo Carter's Old Devil is related to it - he was from right around Bolton - we're talking about 30 miles from Bentonia. There was a guy George Mitchell recorded in Canton, which is not far from there. He did a song he called Hard Times which has a relationship to that. And Joe McCoy did The Devil, but he was from right around there too, around Vicksburg, and was always picking up influences from others, and perhaps even got that from Johnny Temple. And Robert Johnson, of course, but Johnson's original home was down in Hazelhurst and he may have traveled around. He clearly was influenced in some way by Skip James.
Probably just through records, would you say?
Well, the 32-20 seems to be off of James' records, but his Hellhound On My Trail suggests some direct influence, though that could possibly be through Johnny Temple who he also seemed to have been influenced by. Johnson evidently got around some in those years immediately before his recording, and must have understudied any number of people because you see so many influences in his playing. He was obviously quick to pick up on good ideas. There's definitely something of Skip James and perhaps more generally of the Bentonia style, in those two songs, anyway. The 32-20 is really a cover. And the other one, Hellhound On My Trail - I don't know if you could call it a version of The Devil, but it's... I don't know what term you could apply to it. But musically it uses many of the same ideas, and of course even thematically it's related. It seems perhaps to be something of a recomposition, sort of inspired by it. It's like taking those ideas and re-writing it in your own language.
"I think this Skip James project is the most interesting thing I've ever done," he states categorically. "The idea was to record the saddest, most morbid and angry music in the world, using a guitar. There's noise in some pieces and it's going to be long. Music to encourage people to commit suicide."Blood On The Frets
The working title is a reference to Fahey's infamous encounter with this "strangest, most complex and bizarre of all blues artists" when he visited Skip James in Tunica County Hospital, Mississippi in 1964. Whatever his feelings about James's music, Fahey denies the project is a tribute to the bluesman bearing his name.
"No. Fuck him, he wasn't worth it," Fahey growls vehemently. "He was condescending and a real jerk. Henry Vestine, Bill Barth and I visited him in hospital and the first time we met him he said, 'So you guys have heard some of my records, the ones that were made in 1931?' We told him we had and he said, 'Gee, it sure took you a long time to get here, you can't be very bright. Well, it was nice of you fellows to risk your lives, spend all those years and all that money looking for me. I can understand why you did that, because I really am a genius. Well, goodnight now.'
"Before we met I was in awe of him," he says. "It was a shattering experience. I was very young and naive. The main reason I tried to find him was to learn his guitar tuning."
...See, John Fahey and the late Bill Barth were the two who re-discovered Skip in that Tunica, Mississippi hospital. They introduced themselves and paid his bill (about $84) and put him in a car bound for DC. As Skip was telling me, they were running up all kinds of bills and debts at his expense. After a while, Skip was able to get rid of those two %$#@ and make a fresh start. He did okay with Dick Waterman, though he was very careful in signing future contracts...Fred Bolden's posts on Blindman Blues Forum
Shortly into his re-rediscovery, yeah, he had every reason to be pissed off. With his co-resdiscoverers using his money the way they did. Skip explained the whole situation to me on one of my stays at his house. Skip hated John Fahey and I don't blame him! I'm sorry. I have to stop because I'm really losing my temper...
What was Skip like? He was a stoned nut. God bless him. I always got along with him, but Skip liked to preach to his audiences about the vicissitudes of life and it turned many people off. It was the same way at home. When you were a guest at his house, man you had to be able to recite bible verses at his table, or you'd be castigated severely. At times, he could be rude to some of his fans. There was a white teen who wanted to demonstrate one of Skip's riffs that he'd learned. Skip told him, "Man, I done been and gone from places you'll never get to". Clearly, the kid's feelings were hurt. On the other hand, Skip could be quite affable as stated in that article. He treated me like a king when I stayed in his home. He always gave me his bedroom to sleep. He let me take his Gibson over to our other relative's homes. Basically, he could be one way or the other. It depended on his mood. I guess you already know that musically he was strictly an individualist. He, for the most part, did his own stuff.
I was with poor Skip. He had testicular cancer and they did all that they could. Finally, they had to remove the gonads. Just remember that Skip meant well. I understood that when I was a young man.
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The Seventy Sent Out 1 Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. 2 And He was saying to them, ""The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." 3 ""Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves." 4 ""Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way." 5 ""Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'" 6 ""If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you." 7 ""Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house." 8 ""Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you;" 9 "and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'" 10 ""But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say," 11 "'Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near.'" 12 ""I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city." 13 ""Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes." 14 ""But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you." 15 ""And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!" 16 ""The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.""The Happy Results 17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." 18 And He said to them, ""I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning." 19 ""Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you." 20 ""Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."" 21 At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, ""I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. 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Ataway is pleased to announce the launch of our new Spanish and Japanese-language websites! Please visit the Spanish site at ataway.com/es, and the Japanese site at ataway.com/jp.
Ataway se complace en anunciar el lanzamiento de su nuevo sitio web en español! Visite el nuevo sitio en ataway.com/es.
日本語での新しいホームページが完成いたしました。ataway.com/jp からアクセスしてみてください!
Ataway BPM Practice Manager Mariano Benitez gives a lecture at the BPM Forum in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 25, 2012.
Earlier last year, Ataway was thrilled to be represented at the third edition of the BPM Forum, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As an expert concerning BPM, Ataway was invited to have a booth at the event, held near the Plaza de Mayo in the Argentinean capital. Meanwhile, Ataway BPM Practice Manager Mariano Benitez was invited to give a lecture at the conference.
Around 250 people attended the event, the purpose of which was to explain how the discipline helps manage business processes. Benitez's lecture, "Results of the Survey on the Alignment between Process and Technology," presented the results of a recent study on customer satisfaction.


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Yesteryear's stereotype-defiers: Kick-ass vintage public domain photos of women in science.
Rock on, ladies!! Decades of inspiration here.
Yesteryear's stereotype-defiers: Kick-ass vintage public domain photos of women in science.
Rock on, ladies!! Decades of inspiration here.
I do not mind that you are a girl, but the main thing is that you yourself do not mind. There is no reason for it.
Do not pay any mind to those who tell you that "you can't". This includes yourself.
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Excited to find this new Tumblr: Gender and Science. An important subject, and a great blog to celebrate and inspire.
"The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment, which at best is found to be very relative, but in the pursuit, where all the powers of the mind and character are brought into play and are absorbed in the task. One feels oneself in contact with something that is infinite and one finds a joy that is beyond expression in 'sounding the abyss of science' and the secrets of the infinite mind."
- Florence Bascom
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An analysis of the published research done by scientists in New Zealand asked whether the widespread belief that PMS was linked to bad moods had any scientific validity whatsoever:
"…these studies failed to provide clear evidence in support of the existence of a specific premenstrual negative mood syndrome in the general population. This puzzlingly widespread belief needs challenging, as it perpetuates negative concepts linking female reproduction with negative emotionality."
Welp, there ya go. Looks like society just assumed this was going on for the past couple hundred years since they fear the lady parts.
We can do better. We must do better.
These are so great. Check the link below for more info on the artist and to get your hands on some. They'd look good on any wall.
Fantastic minimalist posters celebrating six pioneering women in science.
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"Woman teaching geometry"
Illustration at the beginning of a medieval translation of Euclid's Elements (c. 1310 AD)
Science Chicks From History, awesome idea for a blog!
The share of doctorate degrees awarded to U.S. women continues to grow in all fields. There's lots of work to be done in physical sciences and engineering, but these are great trends. Maybe not steep enough, but hey … academia is made of molasses.
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Science sells itself. It needs no polish or varnish or manufactured appeal to be attractive to women. To imply otherwise is an insult. To science and to women.
Science: It's a Girl Thing! But what the hell does that even mean?
EDIT: Looks like these folks took the original video down due to the backlash. You can view an excerpt and more reactions here at Knight Science Journalism Tracker.
An EU effort to get more young women interested in science produced this promotional video … and I have no idea what message it's supposed to convey.
Want to be a scientist? Everything we do pretty much has a link to makeup, or dancing fabulously! Watch us distract the silly boy scientist!
I'm not the only one who doesn't particularly like it. Personally, I don't think you get women involved in science by creating ridiculously unobtainable images for them to emulate. You let them connect with real women, who they can respect and identify with.
Like this, which is from the same people who did the above, and makes me wonder what they were smoking when they approved that video.
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The overall assessment
There are numerous practical outcomes of the overall exercise. For instance, is the parking lot in an urban neighborhood? Have there been escalating numbers of incidents of vandalism and trespassing that the CEO and workers have all mentioned? Are employees feeling less secure when using the lot? Has local law enforcement recently requested more detailed security video of incidents? If so, place this area in the severe impact on loss and high vulnerability to threats on the matrix.
Thanks to a site security survey and vulnerability/impact/risk matrix, integrators have the data to more accurately assess their customer's operation overall and in detail as well as use the exercise to both justify purchases to the customer and their bosses.
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Lily Rabe at the opening-night reception for The American Plan. From PatrickMcMullan.com
Vanity Fair's November Vanities girl, actress Lily Rabe, has starred in the Broadway classics Steel Magnolias and Heartbreak House, and, last winter, The American Plan. Next year, Rabe plays "this black-haired Jewish Mafia princess," in Andrew Jarecki's movie All Good Things. Recently, VF.com asked the leading lady about her favorite beauty products. After the jump, she shares her picks.
- Favorite day cream: Prescriptives All You Need Fast Acting Moisturizer.
- Eye cream: Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment.
- Foundation: Laura Mercier's Tinted Moisturizer.
- Eyeliner: Tarte. Rabe's favorite shade? Blue Nude.
- Mascara: Blinc's Kiss Me Mascara. Rabe says there's "no smudging with these, ever!"
- Blush: Nars Blush in Orgasm.
- Tarte Cheek Stain in Dollface.
- Lip gloss: Dior's DiorAddictLip Gloss.
- For chapped lips: Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream. Rabe recommends using the Elizabeth Arden cream in the winter!
- Day fragrance: Fresh's Cannabis Rose Eau de Toilette.
- Body Moisturizer: Kiehl's Deluxe Hand and Body Lotion in Coriander.
- Sun care: La Roche Posay's Anthelios Sunscreen.
- Hair product: Morrocanoil Treatment. "I'm obsessed! I cannot get enough of it!"
- Candle: Volupsa. Rabe's favorites in the line? Deep Lilac Muguet and Capri Fig Frangipani.


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Thank you! I just started and I'm still building up content and ironing out some details (and frankly, still promoting) but I'll be asking for contributors in a week or two. I'll follow your blog and let you know when that happens. Glad you like the idea. Cheers.
So, I hate it when I see other bloggers begging for followers. It's frankly annoying.
So here I go, joining their ranks! I'm still building this blog up and toying with it, and I haven't even started to ask people to promote it (a crucial step, I know). But this is only going to work if I have people willing to submit mixes every week. And before that can happen, I need some followers. But If I'm going to do beg for some, I'm going to at least give away something for it.
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If you like the concept of this blog, give it a chance and help me get it growing. If you don't like the concept, don't follow. It's cool, I can take it.
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Hard to pick, so I'm going to choose very different songs.
Japandroids —- The House That Heaven Built
The Dirty Projectors —- Gun Has No Trigger
And one runner up, the gorgeously sad Give Out by Sharon Van Etten.
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Made by Alexander Brief and Johannes Roskamm Tracks of Cairo is a video road trip through the wide ranging music scene of Egypt's capital in 2011, the year the Arab World's uprisings began.
Listen to the sounds, the hopes and the disappointments of different Cairene musicians, with diverse music styles and backgrounds. Watch and listen to Fathy Salama, Mohamed Mounir, Wust el Balad, Dina El Wedidi, The Choir Project, Nass Makan, Maryam, Egyptronica, Mascara, Bikya and even more.
At this year's Cairo International Book Fair, the most sought-after books were those about Arab revolutions. Titles about revolution, in Arabic and in English, have also dominated prime bookstore shelf space. And yet few revolutionary titles have appeared for children.
Little over a year ago, no political analyst I know would have argued that the leaders of Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Yemen would be deposed in the immediate future. This set of leaders, cumulatively, had been in office for more than 100 years. Nor would anyone have projected that there would be uprisings in Bahrain and Syria. Clearly, 2011 was the Year of Revolution in the Arab World.
I believe that Arab revolutions have started, that they are widespread, and that they will succeed. The price of success will vary from one country to the other and will, in almost all cases, be more costly than need be. Nevertheless, these revolutions will redefine the relationship between the governed and governing in the Arab world. That is a momentous achievement in and of itself.
Their husbands have run some of the most brutal regimes of the Arab world. But who are the women who stand by the dictators?


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Don't you get tired of BREATHING over and over again?
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Girl: Do you have a BMW car?
Boy: None but…
Girl: How much is your salary?
Boy: No salary but…
Girl: No but. You have nothing. How can I marry you? Just leave me, please!
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Chris Sabin grew up as a wrestling fan, so it comes as no surprise that he would be a huge follower of the Great Muta. He gushed on Twitter about how awesome it was to work against the Japanese legend at TNA Lockdown 2014.
March 11, 2014
The Great Muta is running his first Wrestle-1 pay per view in a few days, so it looks like several TNA stars are starting to head over to Japan. Through this Twitter post, Austin Aries revealed that he is leaving the country today to work the Outbreak pay per view.
February 27, 2014
Through Twitter, the Great Muta revealed that he was on the radio this week, doing some promotion for Wrestle-1. He posted this rather interesting picture of a topless guy in a lion helmet, even though they're on the radio and not on television.
February 14, 2014
While the entire card is far from being finalized, TNA has revealed two matches that will definitely be taking place at the pay per view. In the first match, Samoa Joe, Low Ki and former WCW star Kaz Hayashi will be battling in a triple threat match for the X Division Championship. Seiya Sanada will be teaming with his new on screen mentor James Storm to take on his real life mentor Great Muta and Tajiri.
September 27, 2014
When Bound For Glory 2014 was announced, there were some concerns because New Japan was doing a show at the same venue on the same day as well. Dixie Carter and Great Muta no longer need to worry about that since NJPW has decided to cancel the event. No word yet on the cause behind the cancellation. There are some speculations that Jeff Jarrett, who was recently in Japan, might have had something to do with it.
August 16, 2014
Wrestle-1 ran a live event this week, and a couple of TNA stars were on hand for the show. Rockstar Spud, Ethan Carter, Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards were all sent to Japan by Dixie Carter to participate. Great Muta even teamed up with Spud and Carter in a match. The belief is that we will be seeing more talent exchange situations between the two companies for the foreseeable future.
July 7, 2014
You can expect to see more of Seiya Sanada on Impact Wrestling over the next few months. The former TNA X Division Champion has decided to sign another contract with Dixie Carter that will ensure that he remains in the United States until at least the end of the year. Sanada also has a deal with the Great Muta, so he will be venturing back overseas for tours with Wrestle-1 as well. The rumored deal has been finalized.
July 7, 2014
Since his company is folding and he is joining the Great Muta in Wrestle-1, there are talks that Tajiri could be making an appearance in TNA very soon, as the two companies have been working closely together nowadays. Tajiri still has some name value due to his stint in WWE, and he has a connection with characters like Rhyno, Bully Ray, Tommy Dreamer and Devon.
July 6, 2014
When Seiya Sanada first joined TNA, the belief was that he was only temporarily here in the United States to boost his credibility with fans in Japan. However, since the relationship has worked out well for all sides, there are talks now of Sanada sticking around for a bit. A joint contract between the former X division champion, Great Muta and Dixie Carter is being discussed that will keep Sanada in the US a bit longer.
July 4, 2014
Over the last several weeks, TNA has been generating quite the buzz, including a big announcement by Dixie Carter and Great Muta about doing Bound For Glory 2014 in Japan. Now, the company is hyping up a huge announcement that will be taking place at the London Film and Comic Con event. No official word yet on what the announcement will be, but some are speculation that TNA could be doing a pay per view in England soon.
June 30, 2014
It's going to be a busy day at the Korakuen Hall on October 12th. Dixie Carter and the Great Muta are not the only people hosting a wrestling pay per view at that venue. New Japan Pro Wrestling will also be doing an internet pay per view there as well. The belief is that one of the shows, most likely Bound For Glory 2014, will be taped in the afternoon.
June 26, 2014
The announcement by Dixie Carter and Great Muta turned out to be much bigger than initially expected. Some thought the two were just going to reveal that more Japanese wrestlers were coming to the states to work TNA shows. However, the two shocked the wrestling world by announcing that Bound For Glory 2014 will be taking place in Japan. Muta is expected to play a big part in setting everything up for TNA over in Tokyo.
June 25, 2014
Earlier this week, Tajiri and the Great Muta had a joint press conference to announce that Wrestling New Classic, which was ran by Tajiri, was folding and that the performers would be joining Wrestle-1, which is owned by Muta. The move enables Wrestle-1 to have a much deeper roster, while making it easier for the former Wrestling New Classic guys to find immediate work.
June 24, 2014
While WWE did not feel that he was good enough for the main roster, Yoshi Tatsu still has a couple of suitors left in the industry. Shortly after his contract release, the Japanese star was contacted by All Japan Pro Wrestling and Wrestle-1, which is owned by the Great Muta, about returning to his home country. Rumors are floating around that Tatsu would prefer to stay in the United States, so he may explore his options here first before making a decision to return home.
June 23, 2014
On Wednesday, a press conference has been scheduled by Dixie Carter and the Great Muta. A huge announcement is expected to be made, but no details have been released just yet. Right now, rumors are pointing to another joint show between TNA and Wrestle-1. Speculations are that Muta will be bringing an influx of Japanese wrestlers over to the states to work the upcoming Bound For Glory 2014 show.
June 23, 2014
Since the company wants to have a great showing in New York City, TNA has announced that the Great Muta will be making his return from Japan next month when the company tapes a couple of episodes of Impact Wrestling from the Manhattan Center. Despite working with WCW for years, this will be the very first time that the Japanese legend has worked a wrestling show in New York City.
May 27, 2014
With more people in the United States now aware that the Great Muta owns a wrestling promotion called Wrestle-1, many have started wondering about the net worth of the Japanese legend. While he has made millions over the years, Muta actually has financial backers to help fund Wrestle-1. GEN Sports Entertainment put down quite a bit of money to help launch the promotion.
May 11, 2014
When the Great Muta and Dixie Carter reached an agreement on talent exchange, the two sides decided that Seiya Sanada would be utilized in TNA for a couple of months. The X Division Champion is still scheduled to leave the promotion and the country before the year ends. He is expected to receive a huge push in Wrestle-1 by winter time.
May 10, 2014
Rumors have been floating around for the last couple of months that Rob Terry was going to be brought back to TNA after gaining experience in OVW and Japan, where he worked with the Great Muta in Wrestle-1. Now, the news is official. Terry will be working underneath a mask as a member of the stable featuring Mike Knox and Rebel.
May 2, 2014
With his contract status in limbo at the moment, Frankie Kazarian is heading over to Japan to work a match for the Great Muta and his new Wrestle-1 promotion. Kazarian will be teaming with Abyss, who is still under contract to TNA, in a tag team match against Muta and Tajiri, the former WWE star. The event will be taking place on May 4th.
April 23, 2014
A picture from Twitter of the Great Muta and Dixie Carter backstage. The two of them formed a business partnership, where talent will be exchanged between TNA and Wrestle-1, one of the newer wrestling promotions in Japan.
March 18, 2014
While he recently made his debut on Impact Wrestling, Seiya Sanada will be heading back to Japan for a bit. The Great Muta needs him to work a show for Wrestle-1 next week, where he will be defending the TNA X Division Championship. His opponent will be determined this weekend by a battle royal that is taking place at the next show.
March 14, 2014
A video interview of Great Muta, Seiya Sanada and Yasufumi Nakanoue discussing their big victory over Chris Sabin, Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels at TNA Lockdown 2014.
March 13, 2014
A message on Twitter from Kevin Nash about the death of his former WCW protege Sean OHaire.
September 10, 2014
A message on Twitter from Lance Storm about the death of Sean OHaire.
September 10, 2014
A status update on Twitter from Scotty Riggs, where the former WCW star states that Sean OHaire has passed away.
September 9, 2014
A status update on Twitter from Diamond Dallas Page, where he provides an update on the condition of Jake Roberts.
August 28, 2014
A status update on Twitter from Kizarny, where the former WWE star provides us with an update on Jake Roberts, who passed out on an airplane and has been unconscious at a Las Vegas hospital since then.
August 28, 2014
A post from Twitter, where JBL mocks Shelton Benjamin by taking a picture of Rico Constantino, who is visiting Monday Night Raw today, and stating that Constantino is the best tag team partner that Charlie Haas has ever had in WWE.
August 18, 2014
A post on Twitter from Tommy Dreamer, where he praises MVP for getting involved in the protests in Ferguson, Missouri.
August 16, 2014
A Twitter post from former WWE star Kevin Nash where he jokes about trying to do a Vulcan mind meld with Brock Lesnar to let him know that he is only back on Monday Night Raw for the beers and not looking for a fight.
August 14, 2014
A status update on Twitter from Zack Ryder, informing fans that WWE is no longer selling any of his merchandise. Rumors have been circulating that the company wants to downplay his popularity, and this revelation lends credibility to those speculations. The fact that Ryder actually pointed it out in public is a sign that he could be really frustrated with his situation in WWE.
July 1, 2014
As many of you already know by now, several WWE stars were on the receiving end of a release today, as the company is trying to cut cost a bit. As that is happening, Mark Henry decided to celebrate his 18th year anniversary with the company by posting a message on Twitter, which did not sit well with Curt Hawkins, who was one of the performers released. Hawkins posted this response to Henry.
June 12, 2014
A status update on Twitter from Mick Foley, where he stated that TNA wished him a happy birthday while WWE has yet do so. While the former world heavyweight champion is more than likely just playing around, there appears to be some truth in jest, as rumors have been floating around that there is backstage heat between Foley and some members of management in WWE.
June 8, 2014
A status update on Twitter from Drew McIntyre, where the WWE star mocked Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns for breaking up while he, Jinder Mahal, Hornswoggle and Heath Slater still remain a team.
June 4, 2014
A picture of Ricardo Rodriguez trying to break into the Adam Rose tour bus.
May 27, 2014
A status update from Twitter from Frankie Kazarian, which involves Chris Sabin and potentially taking a jab at TNA for not paying their performers on time.
May 27, 2014
A couple of years back, fans witnessed a real life shoot incident in the ring between JBL and the Blue Meanie. Some blood was involved. Apparently, the two of them have resolved their issues since then, as JBL took to Twitter to wish the Blue Meanie a happy birthday. The former WWE stars appear to be quite cordial with one another now.
May 20, 2014
A status update on Twitter by Hernandez, where the former TNA star posted a funny picture of a guy in an Aquaman outfit.
May 11, 2014
A status update on Twitter from Chris Sabin, where the former world heavyweight champion revealed that he is now a free agent and is no longer under contract to TNA.
May 9, 2014
A status update on Twitter from Prince Devitt, where the departing international star thanked New Japan Pro Wrestling for the last eight wonderful years of his career.
May 9, 2014
A status update on Twitter from Dixie Carter, where the TNA president takes a jab at Jim Ross.
May 9, 2014
A status update on Twitter, where Seiya Sanada, the current TNA X Division Champion, playfully mocks Robbie E for looking like "Uncle Jesse", who was famously portrayed by John Stamos.
May 7, 2014


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Men's Basketball Hopes to Carry Momentum Into OAC Tournament Game at John Carroll
No. 7 seed Mount Union travels to No. 2 seed John Carroll for a quarterfinal game in the 2011 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Tuesday at 7:30 pm in University Heights.
The game will be broadcast on the radio on WDPN AM 1310 and simulcast online right here along with a LIVE STATS game tracker. John Carroll will also be providing LIVE VIDEO of the game.
The Purple Raiders (10-15, 8-10 OAC) will try to carry the momentum from a solid 74-67 win over Heidelberg Saturday in the regular season finale. Mount Union built a double digit lead early in the second half when Heidelberg rallied to within a point before the Raiders responded with a 13-2 run to put the game away.
Junior forward Jimmy Wood (Wintersville/Indian Creek) scored a season and game-high 23 points and hauled down eight rebounds, while senior forward Dave Pellerite (Olmsted Falls/Olmsted Falls) had 22 points, nine rebounds and three steals for Mount Union.
In his final home game as a Purple Raider, Pellerite moved to third place on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,444 points.
Mount Union averages 70.2 points per game on offense led by Wood, who is fifth in the conference in scoring at 15.4 points per game. Pellerite is second in scoring at 14.4 points per game and third in conference in rebounding at 8.4 points per game.
John Carroll (17-8, 12-6 OAC) lost Saturday at the buzzer to OAC regular season champ Marietta, 82-81. The Blue Streaks are the OAC's highest scoring team at 84.8 points per game and have six players that average double figures in scoring. Forward Maurice Haynes leads the team at 14.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game inside while the guard tandem of Joey Meyer (14.0 ppg) and Corey Shontz (13.0 ppg) handle things outside.
John Carroll swept the season series with a 90-65 win in Cleveland and an 80-78 win in Alliance as The Blue Streaks have won three straight in the overall series. This is the 72nd meeting between the teams with John Carroll holding a 36-35 lead in the series. The last Mount Union win in the series came in a 67-62 victory last year in Alliance last season against the then No. 2 in the nation ranked Blue Streaks.
Projected Mount Union Starters:
4 - Jimmy Wood, F - 15.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg
5 - Dave Pellerite, F - 14.4 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 3.1 apg
1 - Ben Hodkinson, G - 9.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.9 apg
44 - Matt Wier, F - 9.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg
3 - Justen Little, G - 1.0 ppg, 0.8 rpg
Lee Hood (Ohio Northern '82) is 249-248 in his 19th season at Mount Union. Hood was the 1997 OAC Coach of the Year as he led the Raiders to a school-record 25 wins, an OAC title and the school's first NCAA Tournament appearance that season.
Mike Moran (Xavier '73) is 345-198 in his 19th season at John Carroll. Moran's teams have won nine OAC regular season titles, four OAC Tournament titles and made 10 trips to the NCAA Tournament. His 2003-04 team finished third in the nation.
OAC Tournament History:
Mount Union is making its 51st OAC Tournament appearance which ties Capital for the most in conference history. The Purple Raiders are 23-49 in tournament games and won its only tournament title in 1997. The last Mount Union win in the tournament was as the No. 7 seed in the 2005 quarterfinals when they beat No. 2 seed Capital, 95-75 in Columbus.
John Carroll is making its 22nd OAC Tournament appearance and has a 20-19 record with three titles (2009, 2004 and 2003) and a pair of runner-up finishes.
The teams have just three previous meetings in the tournament with the last one coming in the 2004 championship game when then top-seeded John Carroll beat No. 6 seed Mount Union 76-74 in University Heights.
2004: #1 John Carroll 76, #6 Mount Union 74 (Championship game at John Carroll)
1994: #1 John Carroll 100, #8 Mount Union 72 (Quarterfinals at John Carroll)
1990: #8 Mount Union 98, #9 John Carroll 84 (First Round at Mount Union)
2011 OAC Tournament
OAC Quarterfinals: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
Game 1: #8 Wilmington at #1 Marietta • 7:30 pm
Game 2: #7 Mount Union at #2 John Carroll • 7:30 pm
Game 3: #6 Otterbein at #3 Capital • 7:30 pm
Game 4: #5 Heidelberg at #4 Ohio Northern • 8:00 pm
OAC Semifinals: Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 • All Game Times TBA
Game 5: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner at Higher Seed
Game 6: Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner at Higher Seed
OAC Finals: Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 • 7:30 p.m.
Game 7: Lowest Remaining Seed at Highest Remaining Seed
Mount Union Player Notes
Jimmy Wood - Jr., F, Wintersville/Indian Creek
- Leads team in scoring at 15.4 ppg and blocks (9).
- Second on the team in rebounds (4.6) and steals (24)
- Scored in double figures 21 times and last 11 games in a row.
- Over last seven games has averaged 19.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.
- Season-high 23 points vs. Heidelberg (2/19/11).
- Season-high/career-high 9 rebounds in both games against Muskingum.
- Career-high 30 points at Wilmington (1/30/10).
- Dad (Jim) played basketball at Georgia Tech.
Dave Pellerite - Sr., F, Olmsted Falls/Olmsted Falls
- Second on team in scoring at 14.4 ppg.
- Has 1,444 career points which is 3rd place all-time at Mount Union and is 52 points behind 2nd place Scott Gobley (1,496 - 1989-93).
- Leads team and third in OAC in rebounding at 8.4 rpg.
- Leads team and third in OAC in assists with 77.
- Leads team in steals with 26.
- Scored in double figures 22 times and last 14 games in a row.
- Seven double-doubles (points-rebounds) this season.
- Season-high 24 points twice at Baldwin-Wallace (02/16/11).
- Career-high 29 points vs. Pitt-Greensburg (11/18/08).
- Season-high/Career-high 15 rebounds vs. John Carroll (1/26/11).
- Played in 104 games and started 84.
Ben Hodkinson - Sr., G, Tippecanoe/Harrison Central
- Fourth on team in scoring at 9.5 ppg.
- Second on team in steals (24) and second in assists (71) .
- Leads team in 3-pt. shooting at 41.0% (43-of-105)
- Seventh in OAC in 3-pt. shots made with 43.
- Scored in double figures in 11 games.
- Season-high/Career-high 22 points vs. Marietta (1/5/11).
- Played one season (2007-08) at Wheeling Jesuit.
Matt Kiger - So., F., Williamstown, W.Va./Williamstown
- Played in all 25 games and has made five starts.
- Fifth on team in scoring at 6.8 ppg. and forth in rebounding at 3.7 rpg.
- Scored double figures in seven games.
- Season-high 20 points twice (at Otterbein and vs. Waynesburg).
- Career-high 27 points at Thomas More, Ky. (12/27/09).
- Season-high/Career-high 9 rebounds vs. Waynesburg.
Matt Wier - Jr., F., New Castle, Pa./Mohawk
- Played in all 25 games and started 21
- Third on the team in scoring at 9.9 ppg and rebounding at 3.9 rpg.
- Score in double figures in 12 games.
- Season-high 20 points at Capital (12/11/10).
- Career-high 28 points vs. Ohio Northern (12/12/09).
- Season-high/Career-high 9 rebounds twice (at Hiram and vs. Waynesburg).
- Played one season on a baseball scholarship at West Virginia.
T.J. Gillespie - Fr., G., Toledo/Toledo St. John's
- Played in 24 games and started 18.
- Sixth on team in scoring at 6.4 ppg.
- Fourth on the team in assists with 45.
- Season-high/Career-high 20 points vs. Ohio Northern (1/8/11).
- Season-high/Career-high 5 rebounds vs. Piedmont, Ga. (11/28/10).
- Season-high/Career-high 5 assists vs. Otterbein (1/22/11).
Justen Little - So., G., Gallion/Gallion
- Has played in all 2\5 games and started the last five games in a row.
- Third on the team in assists with 46.
- Season-high/Career-high 4 points vs. Ohio Northern (1/8/11) and at Ohio Northern (2/12/11).
- Season-high/Career-high 3 rebounds at Marietta (2/9/11) and vs. Heidelberg (2/19/11).
- Season-high/Career-high 6 assists at Baldwin-Wallace (2/16/11).
Tyler Fausnight - Fr., F., North Canton/Hoover
- Played in 11 games and is out for remainder of season with an injury.
- Averaged 6.3 points per game and shot 65.9% (29-of-44) from field.
- Averaged 3.4 rebounds per game.
- Season-high/Career-high 12 points twice (at Westminster, Pa. and vs. Rust, Miss.).
- Season-high/Career-high 8 rebounds at Hiram (11/15/10).
Del'vonta Cheathem - Fr., G., Mansfield/Madison
- Has played in 15 games and made one start.
- Season-high/Career-high 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists at Westminster, Pa. (11/19/10).
Jimmy Darnley - Fr., F., Canton/GlenOak
- Has come off the bench in 15 games including last 13 in a row.
- Season/Career-high 5 points at Ohio Northern (2/12/11).
- Season/Career-high 4 rebounds against Wilmington (2/5/11).


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After a terrible encounter with Cronus, Theresa has to leave her friends behind and get on with life. But what if her friends were just a dream?
I slowly walked, my legs feeling like lead. I could only move on. The sun was nearly fully up. I remember always watching sunrises with my friends. They were so magical to me; they made the sky light up for a new day. A new day was now, a new day without my friends. I knew I couldn't bring them back. Persephone always told me bringing people back from the dead was a difficult task, and not many people had succeeded. AND she pointed out I was far too young to do it. So there goes that idea.
I guess I never really thought they'd die. If anything, I thought they'd live forever. It seemed that way whenever we fought side by side, never losing a battle. We had definitely lost this battle, and Cronus was still out there, figuring out a way to finish me off before I found him. He couldn't have gotten far; he looked very injured when Atlanta had shot his neck with her laser crossbow.
I stopped dead in my tracks when I stepped on something: Neil's mirror. I slowly bent down and picked it up. One of the panel's was cracked and his photo was ripped up. I looked at myself in the mirror. This is the face of the last survivor of a team of heroes. A face that would never seem real anymore. Hera was relying on me to get back; I had to get back to the gods. I continued along, Neil's mirror in my hand. The sky wasn't the normal blue, but a deep crimson colour that to me, looked like blood. Why the sky was this colour at this time of morning, I will never know. Maybe it was one of the many twists to come.
I stopped, slowly turned around and looked at the six fallen bodies of my friends, all in awkward positions, and covered in blood. I fought the urge to cry. Their end wasn't meant to be now. They had so much to look forward to in life. I had lost my love, my best friend and the great times we always had together. I turned back to the sun and started walking again, the tears freely falling down my cheeks now.
I looked up ahead and saw a light. That was where I had to get, back to the gods, and back to my friends. I started towards it, but every time I reached it, it was out of my grasp. With my hand reached out, I could feel the warmth of the light, but suddenly, the light was getting farter and farther away until it was just a dot on the horizon. Everything went black, and then I heard strange voices:
"She's coming back...she's steady now. She was very lucky," one said. Who were they talking about, me? I heard someone walking around and some murmurs of other people. I slowly opened my eyes and looked around the large hospital room I was in. My immediate thoughts were my friends.
"JAY!" I yelled and sat up. My dad was at my side in a flash.
"THERESA! You're okay, I was so worried," he said kissing my head and hugging me. He let go of me, tears in his eyes.
"Are Jay and Atlanta alright? They aren't dead are they? What about the others?" I asked. My dad looked at me, confused.
"Who's Jay and Atlanta? And these 'others'?" he asked. I stared at him.
"Dad, you know who I'm talking about, my friends from New Olympia? I've lived with them for the past two years?" I said. My dad shook his head.
"Terri, you've never been to New Olympia," he said. I stared at him for a moment.
"W-what?" I said slowly. My dad sat down on the hospital bed and took my hand.
"You were in a car accident with Isabel three months ago, and have been in a coma ever since. Only minutes before you woke up, we nearly lost you. You haven't been to New Olympia in your life," he said. This struck me as odd. Was he saying I had imagined the whole thing? The Gods hadn't summoned me and six others to a school do defeat Cronus, the God of time?
"No, you're lying. Where are my friends?" I demanded. My dad shook his head and stood up.
"Theresa, I'll be at home. If you need to contact me, call the office," he said and opened the door. He looked back at me and smiled. "Just get some rest."
He closed the door behind him. I sunk down into the blankets and stared at the door where he had just left. I couldn't have imagined it; there was no way I could've done two years of obstacles and battles in a three month coma.
I racked my brain to think back at where I had last been with them. Something sharp was poking me in the leg under the blanket. I pulled them off and took out the object that proved it wasn't a dream: Neil's mirror.
This story came to me in a dream...nah, that's kinda creepy. Hope you liked it and more chapters should be on the way. Rate and review
P.S, does anyone know what the characters last names are? I have no idea!


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BSE:512149 | 58888:vin | IND:Computers - Software | ISIN code:INE758A01049 | SECT:Information Technology
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The Directors are pleased to present their 29th Annual Report on the operations of the Company, together with the Audited Annual Accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2013. A gist of the financial performance of the Company for the financial year 2012-13 is provided as under:
Financial Performance and Operational Review:
The financial performance of the Company, for the year ended 31st March, 2013 and corresponding previous year is summarized below:
Particulars For the year ended For the year ended 31st March,2013 31st March,2012
Total Income 1,285,195,598 1,663,217,541
Total Expenditure 1,289,926,339 1,674,756,126
Profit/(Loss) before Tax (4,730,741) (11,538,585)
Provision for Tax (192,987) (160,925)
Profit/(Loss) after Tax (4,537,754) (11,377,660)
Earnings per share : Basic (0.007) (0.018)
Diluted (0.007) (0.018)
The Company is deploying measures to retain its base in the competitive business environment and a challenging economy. It was an equally tough year for the Company as the previous year. Though, the Company did not manage to generate revenue, it has achieved considerable success in reducing the overall expenditure to the tune of Rs. 384,829,787 i.e. about 23% as compared to the preceding financial year.
Your Directors are optimistic that, the current financial year would send growth opportunities to the Company and push its vigor to attain higher echelons of success.
- Dividend:
After taking into consideration the financial Results of the Company for the Financial Year 2012-13, and with an intention to build up the net worth for future expansion and growth plans, your Directors are of the opinion, that no dividend be recommended for the year under review.
- Internal Control Systems and their Adequacy:
The Company has a proper and adequate system of controls in order to ensure that all assets are safeguarded against loss from un-authorized use or disposal. Further all transactions are properly checked, verified, recorded and reported correctly.
Also Regular Internal Audit Checks are carried out to ensure that the responsibilities are executed effectively and that proper and adequate systems are in place.
- Listing:
The securities of the Company are listed at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Limited, Mumbai.
- Shift in Registered Office of the Company:
The Registered office of the Company has been shifted with effect from 3rd September, 2013 from,
Off. No. 209, 2nd Floor, Kapadia Chambers, 599, J.S.S Road, Marine Lines- East. Mumbai- 400 002.
D/604, 6th Floor, Crystal Plaza Premises, Co-operative Society Limited, Opp. Infinity Mall, New Link Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai- 400053
The Shareholders are requested to take a note of the same and send all the communications to the Company on the aforesaid new address.
- Directors:
In accordance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, Mr. Deepak Goyal and Mr. Srikrishna Bhamidipati, Directors of your Company retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, have offered themselves for re-appointment.
The Board wishes to place on record their appreciation for the services rendered by them as the Directors of the Company.
Necessary resolutions with regard to the above are being placed before the Shareholders for their approval.
None of the Directors, except Mr. Deepak Goyal & Mr. Srikrishna Bhamidipati are interested or concerned in the said resolutions.
- Auditor:
M/s. Ramesh Batham& Co., Chartered Accountant, Statutory Auditors of the Company had been appointed to hold office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. However they are also eligible for re- appointment and their willingness for re- appointment have been intimated to the Company well in advance. Further they have also confirmed that they are not disqualified for re- appointment and their appointment, if made would be within the limits as specified in the applicable provisions of the Companies Act.
- Auditor''s Report:
The observations and comments furnished by the Auditor in his report read together with the notes to Accounts are self- explanatory and hence do not call for any further comments .
- Director''s Responsibility Statement:
Pursuant to the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to Directors'' Responsibility Statement, it is hereby confirmed that:
i. In the preparation of the Accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2013, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures:
ii. The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that were reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2013 and of the profit or loss of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2013;
iii. The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities: and
iv. The Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts of the Company on a ''going concern'' basis.
- Cash Flow Statement:
A Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31st March, 2013 forms part of the Annual Audited Accounts of the Company.
Corporate Governance:
Your Company has strived for exemplary governance standards since inception and continues to lay a strong emphasis on transparency, accountability and integrity.
Further the Company also conforms to the norms of Corporate Governance as envisaged in the Companies Act and the Listing Agreement entered with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Limited.
Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, a report on the Corporate Governance and the Auditors Certificate on Corporate Governance are annexed to this report.
- Management Discussion and Analysis Report:
In accordance with the Listing Agreement, the Management Discussion and Analysis Report is presented in the separate section forming part of the Annual Report.
Particulars of Employees:
The relations of the Employees have continued to be harmonious during the year.
Furthermore, no employees of the Company falls into the ambit of drawing a remuneration of more than Rs. 60,00,000 per annum or Rs. 5,00,000 per month for any part of the year.
Hence, no particulars have been furnished as required under the Companies Act, read with the Companies (Particular of Employees) Rules, 1975.
- Public Deposits:
The Company has not accepted any public deposits during the year under review.
- Audit Committee:
Your Company has an Audit Committee duly constituted as per the provisions of Section 292A of the Companies Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement and the said Committee has also complied with all the Legal and Statutory requirements.
- Energy Conservation, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo:
The information required under Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of the Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 with respect to Conservation of Energy and Technology Absorption is not given as the Company does not fall under the category as mentioned above.
- Acknowledgement:
Your Directors take this opportunity to offer their sincere thanks to various departments of the Central and State Governments, Banks, Financial Institutions.
The Directors thank the shareholders for their continued confidence and trust placed by them with the Company. The Board also records its deep appreciation for the committed services of its employees during the year.
By Order of the Board of Directors
For Avance Technologies Limited
Date : 04.09.2013 Director
Place: Mumbai
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