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Reading, Mass. (February 28, 2013) – Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., (GMCR) (NASDAQ: GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee and coffee makers, today announces the addition of the Keurig® Vue® V500 to its family of Vue® brewing system models. Offering a smaller footprint and even lower price point in the series (SRP of $169.99), the new Vue® V500 combines Keurig® single serve simplicity with the popular customizable features of the Vue® series to deliver Keurig's® best cup to an even broader range of consumers.
First launched in February 2012, the premium Keurig® Vue® system is the only single cup brewing system in the marketplace with technology that allows users to customize the strength, size and temperature of each beverage. Paired with a variety of more than 60 coffee, tea and specialty beverage Vue® packs, including café-style beverages like lattes and cappuccinos, Vue® maintains the simplicity and convenience of the Keurig® K-Cup® single cup brewing system with added adjustable features. In addition, Vue® packs can be recycled wherever polypropylene/#5 plastic is accepted, currently in approximately half of U.S. communities.
Available beginning April 2, 2013, on www.keurig.com and www.greenmountaincoffee.com and at retailers nationwide, the new Vue® V500 offers:
The Vue® V500 brewer marks the third addition to the family of Keurig® Vue® at-home models, joining the Vue® V700 and V600 brewers. In September 2012, GMCR also launched its first Keurig® Vue® commercial model, the V1200 with innovative My Brew™ technology engineered by Keurig® to deliver an optimally prepared beverage to office users who might not be familiar with the Keurig® Vue® single cup brewing system by signaling the brewer to default to expertly selected settings for the chosen beverage based on a RFID (radio frequency identification) technology "recipe" tag.
Named coffee maker "Brand of the Year" in the 2012 Harris Poll EquiTrend® Equity Study, GMCR continues its quest to revolutionize the way beverages are brewed and enjoyed at home and in the workplace. In February 2013, the Keurig® Vue® Brewing System was named a 2013 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison Awards™. The distinguished awards symbolize the persistence and excellence personified by Thomas Alva Edison, inspiring creative minds to remain in the forefront of innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy. According to NPD Group, a leading syndicated data provider, in the fourth quarter of the 2012 calendar year (October-December) the Vue® brewing system was the #1 brewer based on dollar and unit sales for brewers priced above $175.
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Technical Sergeant Ralph J. Townsend was born in Lebanon, NH. He graduated from Lebanon High School and became a student at the University of New Hampshire. Not only was he a four-event skiing star at UNH, but he was also a cadet in the Army ROTC program. His college career was interrupted by service in World War II.
TSgt Townsend was a soldier in the Army's 10th Mountain Division. He was a squad leader in the third platoon of K Company, 8th Regiment. The10th Mountain Division knew him as a dynamic and dedicated soldier, a companion whose qualities of loyalty and courage set examples for other men during long years of training, the difficult Kiska episode, and devastating combat in Italy. In March 1945, K Company led the attack on the steep hill of Cimon della Piella. During the attack, TSgt Townsend was seriously wounded. He received the Purple Heart for artillery wounds suffered in northern Italy, and doctors said he would not be able to ski competitively again.
He overcame his war injuries to compete at the 1948 Winter Olympics games in St. Moritz and to win the national Nordic skiing championship in 1947 and 1949. He demonstrated again the team spirit, strength, and tenacity that inspired so many. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1949 and his Master of Science degree in 1953, both from the University of New Hampshire.
Ralph Townsend began his career at Williams College in 1950 as assistant professor of physical education, head coach of skiing, and assistant coach of football and lacrosse. During his 22 years as a ski coach, his teams regularly placed among the best in the nation. He also directed the Williams Outing Club, often the largest organization on campus, for 25 years. He became a legend at Williams, where he almost single-handedly brought the college into ski prominence as coach and built the Berlin Mountain ski area that the college later named for him. Each year since 1959, Williams has awarded the Ralph J. Townsend Ski Trophy to "the men's varsity skier who best exhibits the qualities of sportsmanship, competition, and team spirit."
As the secretary of the U.S. Olympic Ski Games Committee, Ralph Townsend helped select the U.S. ski teams for the 1960 and 1964 games. He also served as director of the U.S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association in 1951, president of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association from 1958 to 1960, and secretary of the NCAA Ski Rules Committee in 1962.
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EVENTS: New Hanover County Schools celebrates African American History Month
February is African American History Month, and New Hanover County Schools (NHCS) has already begun to celebrate with events that are educational, inspirational and fun. Throughout the district, schools are incorporating African American studies into classroom curricula highlighting the important ways African Americans have impacted our nation's history. To celebrate African American History Month, the following events are planned:
The Alliance of North Carolina Black Elected Officials Elects New Officers
Raleigh, NC—The Alliance of North Carolina Black Elected Officials held elections for its executive committee on December 3, 2013. Swearing-in of the newly elected officers was scheduled 9 a.m. February 1, 2014 at the League of Municipalities Albert Coates Local Government Center 215 N. Dawson Street in downtown Raleigh. The ceremony was performed by Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley.
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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In last week's State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama declared, "…Our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams." The operative word was "should." A recent study by a team of Harvard University and University of California-Berkeley researchers and others confirm that the birth lottery still rules the day. The report states, "Contrary to popular perception, economic mobility has not changed significantly over time; however, it is consistently lower in the U.S. than in most developed countries. It also said two studies found, "Upward income mobility varies substantially within the U.S. Areas with greater mobility tend to have five characteristics: less segregation, less income inequality, better schools, greater social capital, and more stable families."
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While planning to address issues of concern and writing vision statements, the single most important question is what your particular issue or concern will look like at a given point in time. Of course this is important because when you describe what you'd like to see in the future, your action plan necessarily contains action items required to achieve your concern or vision. You're allowed to pick any point in time and ask the question. So it is with our campaign to defeat voter suppression. As the efforts to defeat voter suppression move forward we are constantly evaluating the three components of our mantra; (1). What should the education component of our campaign look like? (2). what should the organizational component of our campaign look like? (3). what should the mobilization component of our campaign look like? However, the more strategic question that we address in this week's editorial is, what will North Carolina look like politically on Tuesday, November 5th, 2014?
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Travelling to the University by train + bicycle is feasible - Plymouth Station is close to the campus, but check on train regulations. Cycling all the way is more ambitious, but Plymouth lies on two National Cycling Routes. NCN27 crosses Devon to Ilfracombe on mainly traffic-free routes and Devon sections of the English south coast route NCN2, are being developed. Cycling along the A38 is not recommended. Plymouth University Centre for Sustainable Futures and Centre for Sustainable Transport both promote green travel and the Bicycle User Group represents staff who cycle to the campus. Cycle parking facilities are available across the university campus and shown on a map on the BUG link above. Detailed information on cycle routes is available, together with useful maps, from the Cycling section of the Plymouth City Council website and from Sustrans. University Cycle Strategy
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The main route to Plymouth from the North is via the M5 motorway and then continuing on the A38 Expressway via Exeter. Leave the A38 at March Mills interchange and take the A374, which is clearly signed for the City Centre. From the West, leave the A38 at Manadon Interchange and take the A386 into the city. It's about a three-and-a-half-hour journey from London to Plymouth. In keeping with the University's environmental commitment, the use of cars by students, other than students with disabilities, is actively discouraged. In line with good environmental practice, the University charges for car parking on campus. Parking on campus is severely restricted, however, if visiting us, please ask your University contact to enquire regarding visitor parking, on your behalf. Alternative parking can be found in the city centre. There are several car parks located within walking distance of the University.
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Brittany Ferries operate car ferry services between Roscoff (France) and Santander (Spain) and Plymouth. Fares can be high, especially in season, but are charged by the vehicle, so for a group sharing a car it can be a good deal (with no further travelling necessary in the UK). Visit www.brittany-ferries.comThere are other ferry services from France to ports further East (Weymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Dover), but there are no direct highway connections with Plymouth, so you need to allow ample travelling time. Operators include P&O (www.poferries.com), AFerry.co.uk (http://www.aferry.co.uk) and DFDS Seaways (www.dfdsseaways.co.uk).
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Well, well, well. Looks like Mike Shanahan is making his move.
According to ESPNChicago.com, a "close friend" of Shanahan's says that the former Broncos coach would be "extremely interested" in the Bears' head-coaching job.
"The job is really attractive to Mike," the friend told Melissa Isaacson of ESPNChicago.com. "It's home. It's a great challenge because that roster needs to be made over, and the one guy there to build the team around is the one guy he has already built a team around and with whom he has a tremendous comfort level, Jay Cutler."
Even though some people may think this is a ploy by Shanahan to jack up the salary he'd get from the Redskins (who are locked on to Shanahan), I honestly think Chicago is a much better location. Plus, it seems Shanahan has the magic sauce that makes (or made) Cutler successful.
But then, this might all come down to power, and Shanahan will basically be able to do whatever he wants in DC, whereas he might not have that in Chicago.
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Roadcheck, the annual inspection blitz done by a joint effort of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and others, will take place June 4-6 this year.
Agency proposes eliminating zero-defect vehicle reports
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hopes to stop requiring that the industry submit and retain driver vehicle inspection reports when zero defects are indicated.
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A one-day inspection spree put the skids on dozens of operations, finding violations focused on hours of service and maintenance.
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Should we save our baby's umbilical cord stump?
My sister thinks I should keep my baby's umbilical cord stump for our scrapbook, but I'm not sure. Saving the stump seems a little gross to me. My sister says that my daughter will want to see it someday. What should I do?
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Hi, i thinks she should keep it because its a memmory she shares. You may not aprove but, being pregnet is probably a special thing to her. If you's are supportive and loving sisters you's both will come to an agreement.posted 01/06/2004 by smileyjaz
I can sum this up for you in one word: GROSS! Save a lock of hair, baby teeth or bronze the baby's first booties. But don't save something gross like the umbilical cord. If you want to be reminded of the connection between the two of you, look at your belly-button. There's your constant reminder!posted 01/06/2004 by Nic902
Yuck! My seven year old has never asked to see hers. My children have their belly buttons, and I told them that is where they were connected to mom before they were born. I think showing them an icky dried up lump might take some of the fun out of this story. I couldn't wait for that thing to fall off my kids, and once it's gone I never want to see it again!posted 01/06/2004 by pixie1026
Heck, I know moms who saved all of their children's baby teeth! In all honesty, I have to say that it seriously grosses me out. A lock of hair from baby's first haircut is one thing, but I don't get all this collection nonsense. Where will it end? Hair, teeth, cord stumps... what's next? A vial of baby's first meconium? A smear of amniotic fluid from when the water broke? The "pancake" of placenta? Fingernails/toenails? I am not at all saying that it's wrong for a parent to save anything that they want to save. That is a choice that every parent has to make for themselves. But I think it's a little on the yucky side. My philosophy? Take a picture, it'll last longer.posted 01/06/2004 by BabyElShami
Based on the fact that you seem disassociated with the idea of keeping it, it's probably a very safe assumption to say that you will not have regrets if you decide not to keep the cord stump. I didn't keep either of my two children's and I won't keep the third. But keep in mind, if you have or are going to have other children, it is probably a good idea to do the same for them, this way there are no questions about why you kept one and not the other, and so on... kids will be kids. Go with your own feelings and enjoy your baby. :)posted 01/06/2004 by jennbaeta
keep the stump?!! ewwww!!!posted 01/06/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
I think that you are the parent and you should decide what goes in your child's book. Your sister can do that for her children.posted 01/06/2004 by zante72
A lot of things may seem gross or unnecessary when it comes to your pregnancy, delivery, or baby in general. I have heard of this being done and at first I thought it was gross too and I guess I still do think it's a bit weird but I've decided to save my baby's stump because it may be something that I regret not doing later in life and even if my child doesn't find it to be of any importance to them it may be something that has a significance to me after the baby is born. Basically, if you save it and decide years down the road that you dont want it you can simply throw it out, but if you throw it now you may regret not having it later.posted 01/06/2004 by viciousharridan
why not just keep the placenta in a tupperware container while you are at it?posted 01/06/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
My mother saved my cord stump when I was born. I can remember looking at it with such admiration that it made me proud that my mom had saved it. I think my mother did it as a memory but it made me feel that my mother cared enough about me that a little (or gross thing as others would say) thing like that was meaningful. I dont know what happend to it. My mother probably tossed it because I havent seen it since I was about 7 years old. Now that I'm pregnant, I plan on saving it for my child. And when he/she grows up I'll let them decide what to do with it.I dont see why someone can say it is gross, other things people do "ARE" gross and most of them do it. I could mention many of them but this is probably not the best place to say things like that.posted 01/06/2004 by martabella
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Throughout the years there have been some incredible Super Bowls . From last second winnng touchdowns to game changing, big plays, there's usually a few memorable moments that make for a great game. So, which Super Bowls rank among the best games to be played over the past 46 years? Clearly there's lots from which to choose, but we narrowed down the cream of the crop to the 5 best Super Bowl games.
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#5 - Super Bowl XIII -Pittsburgh Steelers 35, Dallas Cowboys 31
In this 1978 classic, two of the leagues most dominant teams of the 70s went toe-to-toe in a tight game filled with big plays. Jackie Smith's dropped touchdown pass and Lynn Swann's signature catch, may be remembered as the game's biggest plays, but these two great teams traded punches in an action packed 28-point fourth quarter.


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Any and every payment, in garb of interest in excess of what can be really termed as interest, is not allowable - As the essence of 'interest' is that it is a payment which becomes due because the creditor has not had his money at the due date, it may be regarded as either representing the profit he might have made if he had use of the money, or conversely, the loss he suffered because he had not had that use. The general idea is that he is entitled to compensation for the deprivation. It is only interest in the above sense which is deductible under section 36(1)(iii). If in the garb of interest something more is paid over and above 'interest', that something cannot be allowed as deduction under this section. The assessee is entitled to deduction only of that part of the amount paid by him for money borrowed which can genuinely be regarded as interest. Any and every payment in the garb of interest in excess of what can really be termed as 'interest' cannot be allowed as a deduction under this section - CIT v. Hindustan Conductors (P.) Ltd. [2000] 108 Taxman 258 (Bom.).
Deduction is not dependent on whether resulting profit is taxable or not - It would not be correct to say that if a part of profits of a business was not taxable, no expenditure incurred for the purpose of earning those profits could be allowed as a deduction. Thus, where a bank utilised part of the deposits mobilised by it on investment in tax-free securities interest paid on such deposits was deductible - CIT v. Indian Bank Ltd. [1965] 56 ITR 77 (SC).
Borrower and lender must be two different entities - Words 'borrowed' and 'paid' in section 36(1)(iii) clearly postulate two different entities, one which lends capital and the other which borrows and pays interest. The same entity cannot be its own lender and borrower nor interest can be paid to self. Therefore, interest paid by one unit of assessee to its another unit cannot be allowable because it is paid and received by the same person and not by one person to another. This would be so even where separate accounts were maintained for the two units - Malwa Mills Karamchari Parasper Sahakari Sanstha Ltd. v. CIT [1983] 140 ITR 379 (MP).
Borrowal on revenue account - Section 36(1)(iii) nowhere stipulates that borrowing has to be on revenue account - Dy. CIT v. Core Healthcare Ltd. [2001] 251 ITR 61 (Guj.).
Utilisation in particular branch of business is not a pre-requisite - It is not necessary to show for the purpose of deduction under clause (iii) that the money borrowed was utilised for a particular branch of his business - Birla Gwalior (P.) Ltd. v. CIT [1962] 44 ITR 847 (MP).
Necessity for borrowal need not be shown - It is not the requirement of the provision that the assessee must show that the borrowing of the capital was necessary for the business so that if at the time of borrowing the assessee had sufficient amount of its own, the deduction could not be allowed - CIT v. Bombay Samachar Ltd. [1969] 74 ITR 723 (Bom.)/Amna Bai Hajee Issa v. CIT [1964] 51 ITR 835 (Mad.).
Asset acquired out of borrowal need not have been used during relevant year - Where machinery was purchased out of borrowed amount for purpose of business and it was treated as business assets merely because such machinery had not been actually used in business at time when assessment was made, interest paid on amount borrowed could not be disallowed - CIT v. Associated Fibre & Rubber Industries (P.) Ltd. [1999] 102 Taxman 700 (SC)/CIT v. Insotex (P.) Ltd. [1984] 150 ITR 195 (Kar.)/Calico Dyeing & Printing Works v. CIT [1958] 34 ITR 265 (Bom.)/C.T. Desai v. CIT [1979] 120 ITR 240 (Kar.).
Decision about genuineness of credit taken in earlier year cannot be disturbed - Once the genuineness of credits had been accepted in an earlier year, there would be no question of disallowing the interest claimed in a subsequent year on the ground that the creditors to whom notices were issued did not respond to the notice and hence they should be treated as non-existent. Such a stand is not available to the Assessing Officer - CIT v. P.K. Narayanan [2000] 108 Taxman 424 (Ker.).
Relevance of steps for realisation of outstanding dues - Section 36(1)(iii) does not contemplate a situation where an assessee is required to take positive steps for realizing its outstanding dues in order to be eligible for the claim for the deduction of interest under the aforesaid provision. The claim cannot be disallowed on the ground that the assessee had wilfully and deliberately chosen not to collect its outstanding dues from its sister concern in order to accommodate the sister concern and had, on the other hand, borrowed capital from the market and paid interest thereon for which the deduction was claimed. It is also not correct to argue that, by not charging interest upon the failure of the sister concern to pay the dues, the assessee has forfeited his right to claim any deduction under section 36(1)(iii) - Caldern Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. CIT [2004] 265 ITR 244/136 Taxman 531 (Cal.).
'Capital' - Meaning of
'Capital' means money and not any other asset - The expression 'capital' in the context in which it occurs means money and not any other asset, for interest is payable on capital borrowed and interest becomes payable on a loan of money and not on any other asset acquired under a contract - Bombay Steam Navigation Co. (1953) (P.) Ltd. v. CIT [1965] 56 ITR 52 (SC).
Capital borrowed
Interest on unpaid salaries is not deductible - Conceptually, for the purpose of section 36(1)(iii), 'interest' is relatable only to money borrowed and not to debt incurred. Therefore, salaries due to the directors but not paid to them and utilised for the purpose of business cannot constitute 'capital borrowed', and interest paid thereon is not allowable as a deduction - CIT v. Saraswati Chemicals & Allied Industries (P.) Ltd. [2001] 249 ITR 235 (Delhi).
Interest paid to charity account is deductible - Where the assessee maintained separate charity accounts, and the receipts to that account were treated by the department as capital receipts, interest paid on the balance in that account towards utilisation of the moneys for business purposes is allowable as deduction. Once the department accepted that the moneys lying to the credit of various accounts did not belong to the assessee but belonged to a third party, and if such funds were utilised for purposes of business by paying interest, such interest was a deductible item of expenditure - CIT v. Nanalal Mansukhram [2002] 253 ITR 50 (Guj.).
'For the purpose of business'
Words 'for the purpose of business' are wider in scope than 'for the purpose of earning income' - The expression 'for the purpose of business' is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning income, profits and gains - Madhav Prasad Jatia v. CIT [1979] 118 ITR 200 (SC)/L.M. Thapar v. CIT [1988] 173 ITR 577 (Cal.).
Deduction is limited to interest on that part of capital which is used for the purpose of business - Interest paid on borrowed capital will be allowed as a deduction only if the capital was borrowed and used for the purpose of business and that if it is used for a purpose other than that of business, then interest to the extent to which the capital was so used, will not be allowed - P.R.M.S. Ramanathan Chettiar v. CIT [1969] 72 ITR 534 (Mad.)/M.S.P. Raja v. CIT [1976] 105 ITR 295 (Mad.).
When income earned by utilising the borrowals is diverted for non-business purposes - Interest on borrowals is allowable as deduction only when the borrowals are used for the purpose of business, and continue as such. Where the assessee paid interest on borrowals for use in his business of executing contracts, but later out of the contract receipts advanced interest free loans to relatives, interest relatable to sums so advanced is not deductible - K. Somasundaram & Bros. v. CIT [1999] 238 ITR 939 (Mad.).
Interest on tax paid under VDIS is not deductible - Interest paid by the assessee on tax paid under the Voluntary Disclosure Scheme in instalments is not deductible as interest on borrowed capital - Bharat Commerce & Industries Ltd. v. CIT [1998] 230 ITR 733/98 Taxman 151 (SC).
Utilisation of borrowals
Borrowals can be for incurring capital expenditure - There is no bar in section 36(1)(iii) to allowance of interest paid in respect of capital borrowed which has been utilised for purchase of a capital asset - CIT v. Rajeeva Lochan Kanoria [1994] 208 ITR 616 (Cal.).
Interest on borrowals connected with setting up of business is not deductible - In order to be allowed as expenses, interest should be in respect of business which was carried on by the assessee and the profits of which are computed and assessed, and should be incurred after the business is set up. Accordingly, interest paid on borrowing in connection with the setting up or a new hotel which had not commenced business at the end of the relevant previous year, was not deductible - Ritz Continental Hotels Ltd. v. CIT [1978] 114 ITR 554 (Cal.).
Interest on borrowal for payment of income-tax is not eligible - Interest on money borrowed to pay income-tax is not deductible - Kishinchand Chellaram v. CIT [1978] 114 ITR 654 (Bom.)/Mannalal Ratanlal v. CIT [1965] 58 ITR 84 (Cal.)/M.M. Thapar v. CIT [1978] 114 ITR 331 (Cal.)/Waldies Ltd. v. CIT [1977] 110 ITR 577 (Cal.)/CIT v. Shree Changdeo Sugar Mills Ltd. [1983] 143 ITR 469 (Bom.).
Interest on borrowals for payment of dividend is deductible - Interest paid on moneys borrowed, which are utilised for payment of dividend to the shareholders of a company, is entitled to deduction under section 36(1)(iii) - Kesar Sugar Works Ltd. v. CIT [1997] 140 CTR (Bom.) 431.
Borrowals by firms
Interest paid by firm on borrowals diverted to partners for personal use is not deductible - Where money borrowed by the firm is lent to a partner for personal purposes without interest, the interest paid by the firm on the borrowed money cannot be allowed as a deduction - Marolia & Sons v. CIT [1981] 129 ITR 475 (All.).
Closed business
Concept of 'same business' will not apply - Test of 'same business' which is appropriate for set-off of carried forward losses, is not appropriate for purpose of claiming interest on borrowed capital where business in respect of which borrowing has been made, has been closed - Veecumsees v. CIT [1996] 86 Taxman 243/220 ITR 185 (SC).
Where one out of two lines of business run as composite business is closed, interest on borrowals used in closed business is allowable - Where assessee running jewellery business and also business of exhibition of cinematographic films, obtained loan for construction of cinema theatre and Tribunal's finding was that business carried on by assessee as jewellers and business of running cinema theatre were composite, interest on such loan had to be allowed as a deduction under section 36(1)(iii) even after business of running theatre had been closed - Veecumsees v. CIT [1996] 86 Taxman 243/220 ITR 185 (SC).
Dividend on preference shares - Dividend payable on preference shares cannot treated as interest paid on borrowed capital - Kirloskar Electric Co. Ltd. v. CIT [1997] 228 ITR 674 (Kar.).


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Australian actors and a Hungarian director roll Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' to D.C.
It's one thing to need a translator to adapt a play. It's quite another to need one to help direct it.
That trickier arrangement is how Australia-based Cate Blanchett and her writer-husband Andrew Upton, who jointly run the Sydney Theatre Company, decided to proceed with the star-power production of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" that they've brought to the Kennedy Center for its only American stop. Seeking a world-class director for the revival, which began Thursday and features such accomplished Australian actors as Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Richard Roxburgh and Jacki Weaver, they consulted with British director Declan Donnellan for a recommendation, and he immediately offered up the name of the Hungarian theater artist Tamás Ascher.
"He mentioned the name, and we did our research on Google," Upton says, adding that as it turned out, Blanchett and he had seen Ascher's work and liked it, a production of Chekhov's "Ivanov" that had visited Sydney several years before.
That Ascher spoke virtually not a word of English and would have to communicate his thoughts to a cast of nine Australians with vast stage experience, some with Oscar trophies and others with nominations, with their own histories of Chekhov and roles in movies ranging from "Captain America" to "Moulin Rouge!"? Hey, no problem!
"We both love seeing shows in other languages," Upton says of himself and his wife. He's speaking by telephone from Sydney, where, at the moment, he's minding their three young sons. "I think one of the most important gifts of a director, particularly in naturalism, is finding the psychological truths in a play. And those things are best found nonverbally."
It's Upton's new translation of "Uncle Vanya" — the plaintive, turn-of-the-20th-century portrait of lives passing through a country estate where Vanya (played by Roxburgh) pines in vain for the beautiful Yelena (Blanchett) — that's being used, a version that was tailored to Ascher's specifications. For example, the time of the events has been propelled forward vaguely to the Soviet era of the 1950s. So what patrons in the Eisenhower Theater will experience is a Russian play, adapted by a native English speaker, as filtered through the mind of a Hungarian. Oh — and performed in all-out Aussie accents.
"It's a historic assemblage of actors," Blanchett says, sitting in a Kennedy Center reception room, the Chinese Lounge, with some of her cast mates. The wish of Roxburgh — best known to moviegoers as the preening Duke in Baz Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge!" — to play Vanya was what set Blanchett and Upton on a Chekhovian course. "And when you have such fine actors," she adds, "you think, 'Who can really stretch them?' "
Blanchett is an anomaly among movie stars, an actress so loyal to the stage that she presides over one — well, actually, four — for a premier company in Australia's top theater town. Even more anomalous: This is her second visit with her group to the Eisenhower in two years. In 2009, she starred as Blanche DuBois in Sydney Theatre Company's glowingly received "A Streetcar Named Desire."
She had "a fantastic experience" with "Streetcar" in Washington: "It gave us a whole new lease of life on the text and the theater itself is exquisite, so 'live.' " So the decision to make the capital "Vanya's" one American home was not very difficult.
Still, the engagement, which runs through Aug. 27, is not without its peculiar challenges. "Streetcar" is a beloved American classic with a fine film version floating in memory; while the ache-infused "Uncle Vanya" has many adherents, Chekhov in the middle of a stifling summer could prove to be a tougher sell.
For the cast, though, the stretch began many months ago, in a Sydney rehearsal room: imagine, if you will, enrolling in a course in early-20th-century Russian literature in which all the lectures were conducted in a language you did not know. In that spartan room, they huddled with Ascher and Anna Lengyel, the Hungarian translator and dramaturg who would be the actors' comprehensible conduit to the director's animated instructions.
"He's very expressive. He leaps about," says Weaver, nominated this year for a Supporting Actress Academy Award for the intense crime drama "Animal Kingdom," and who plays the family retainer Marina. Sandy Gore, who portrays the widowed Maria, recalls the consternation in early rehearsals over figuring out whether she should be looking at Ascher or at Lengyel.
Adds Weaver: "It's kind of an exhausting process."
The cast members, dealing with the lingering effects of jet lag, file in to the Chinese Lounge in affable groups of three to talk about the play, and the growing overseas cachet these days of being an Australian actor. (Because of the crush of getting the play ready, Ascher could not make it for the conversations.)
As a result of the movie successes of a gallery of performers, many of them veritable brand names (Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and on and on), the opportunities seem to be multiplying. Several of the "Vanya" actors remark on the changing fortunes for Australian drama school graduates, who now regularly fly out to L.A. with their diplomas. One of the actors recalls an American at a film audition, good-naturedly grumbling he'd have a better chance at a part if he affected an Australian accent.
"I think we're just more confident now," says Andrew Tighe, who plays a worker on the estate. Hayley McElhinney, the production's dewy Sonya, says that watching the reception that some of her older colleagues have gotten in the United States and Europe is inspirational: "That really has had an impact on my work."
At the moment, though, the actors are seeking to reconnect with one another. Their Australian run in "Vanya" ended at the beginning of 2011. They spent several recent days in Sydney together, reestablishing the emotional rhythms that are so crucial to understanding the ingrained lightness and anguish of a Chekhov household.
They all say they learned a lot from Ascher, even though they discovered it was sometimes easier to work out a minor issue on their own rather than to go through the tedium of having questions and answers translated back and forth. The hard part sometimes, says Weaving, who portrays Astrov and is a familiar face from the "Matrix" film franchise, was drawing out discussions of the subtleties of their roles, because "a lot of the characters' impulses aren't in the text."
As for the text itself, Ascher's approach took some of them by surprise: Intriguingly, he disavows any flowery, lyrical treatment of Chekhov's language.
"We kept it as literal as possible," Upton says of the translation. "Tamas pointed out that the sentences in 'Vanya' are really short. And often what the characters say to each other is quite cruel."
To Roxburgh, Ascher's directorial style was "kind of old school; he tells you the end result. But what he's really talking about is the creation of an atmosphere." Through his translator, too, he was willing to be as straightforward as he wanted the script to sound.
"We're kind of mollycoddled by our directors — it's very touchy-feely," Roxburgh says of the Australian way, which draws knowing laughs from Weaver and Weaving. Ascher would have none of that. "He would just say, 'Don't do that. It looks silly.' There was that to come to terms with. No matter who you are, he will tell you exactly what he's feeling."
The Australians are just beginning to find out how this internationally forged "Vanya" comes across to Americans. Funnily enough, their biggest collective worry seems to be how they themselves will sound: They wonder, a bit bleary-eyed, if a Washington crowd will accept a Russian estate where everyone speaks Australian?
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FAIRBANKS, AK-The University of Alaska Fairbanks women's basketball team was recently able to add to their team by way of one of their recruits for next season.Autumn Childers out of Dewey Arizona signed her national letter of intent to join the Nanooks last week.
Childers is a 5'9" guard out of Prescott High School where she was an All-Region first teamer for three seasons. She averaged 12 points per game for her career but averaged 17 points per game in her senior years. She had a 28 point 15 rebound game as a career high. Childers led Prescott to two Final Fours in the Arizona state tournament. Childers brings in a 4.0 GPA and plans to major in civil engineering.
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PHOENIX -- A team of search volunteers have found a body Friday near a popular hiking trail in north Phoenix.
The body has not been identified yet, but in late June a family reported a missing male to police. They believed he might have gone hiking.
Phoenix Police Sgt. Steve Martos said a search team made up of 20 volunteers from fire and police departments went to work just after daybreak.
The victim was found near the popular Trail 100 in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve near 12th and Cholla streets.
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Martos said the police have been in communication with the missing man's family and the family expressed its gratitude for the continued search.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Richmond's troubled juvenile detention center is closing due to concerns about personnel issues and allegations of criminal behavior.
Mayor Dwight C. Jones says he has lost confidence in the facility's management and operations.
Jones says in a news release that the city plans to give up the facility's license Friday. Juveniles held at the detention center are being moved to other facilities in the area. Most of the staff is on administrative leave until further notice.
The state Board of Juvenile Justice put the facility on probation in January because of safety concerns. Earlier this month, the board decided to keep the center on probation until January 2013. It also directed the city to hire a third party to investigate whether training records were forged.
Jones announced the closure Thursday.
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