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Family: Woman fatally stabbed while trying to help panhandler died the way she lived
BALTIMORE — Relatives of a Maryland woman who was knifed to death in front of her family while trying to help a panhandler said Monday that she died the way she lived: looking out for others and trying to be kind.
Authorities say Jacquelyn Smith, an electrical engineer from Maryland's Harford County, lowered her car's front passenger side window in Baltimore early Saturday to give money to a young woman who appeared to be holding a swaddled infant and carried a cardboard sign reading: "Please help me feed my baby." Authorities say a man approached the car with the woman for the cash handoff. After a struggle over Smith's wallet, he stabbed Smith and fled on foot with the panhandler.
Smith's grieving 19-year-old son, college sophomore David Hood, described his mother as a strong-willed woman who always taught her children about the importance of generosity and family. He told The Associated Press that she was in the car with her stepdaughter and her husband when she was fatally stabbed in the torso. Her husband, Keith, was behind the wheel at the time.
"I think it was a split second decision of wanting to help somebody else. She really cared for everybody. She loved everyone and was very compassionate," her son said in a phone interview from the family's home in Aberdeen, a suburb some 25 miles northeast of Baltimore.
There have been no arrests in the murder of the Good Samaritan.
Her husband, Keith, told WMAR-TV that she felt moved by the sight of what appeared to be a struggling young mother standing by an intersection on a cold drizzling night. After his wife waved the young woman over, he said a man emerged "out of nowhere" and came walking over to their car alongside the panhandler. With the car's windows down, he said the man asked him if he could thank his wife.
"And within that split second this guy commences to stab my wife," he told WMAR.
The Baltimore Police Department said the male suspect "reached in to grab the female victim's wallet when a struggle ensued." He stabbed her during the struggle, according to a police statement.
A law enforcement team went Monday to the intersection where Smith was slain to hand out flyers and canvass residents. They said the young woman appeared to about 20 and the man was roughly 30.

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Now let's turn to the previous outbreak of both OCD and of neurosis about feminine hygiene, the mid-century.
The prevalence of OCD back then is pretty easy to diagnose from the ubiquitous hygiene films that were screened to schoolchildren. Here you can see stills and summaries of a couple dozen of them, mostly from the '40s and '50s. They didn't fall on deaf ears either: most candid pictures from the mid-century show people who are fairly fastidious about grooming and hygiene.
As for their obsessive thinking and compulsive behavior about feminine hygiene purification rituals, they centered around douching rather than hair removal back then. A concise account can be found in chapters 8 and 9 of Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation. (I know, the things I read to uncover the truth...) The tone is your standard snarky sassypants, and the rest of the book consists of predictable feminist griping about having to live up to male-determined standards bla bla bla. But the chapters that stick more to primary sources like ad campaigns are quite revealing for just how out-there the mid-century zeitgeist was, and how similar to our own.
Unlike the seeming mystery of pubic hair removal, it's a no-brainer to interpret douching as a hygiene and disgust-related practice. Not always -- sometimes they market them about feeling comfortable and fresh, not appealing to the yuck factor. But in the mid-century, the mindset was all about purifying her disgusting, offensive odors.
There were two major purveyors of douching solutions, Zonite (weak bleach) and Lysol -- I mean, why only disinfect your counter-tops with the stuff? To see how widespread they were, do a Google image search for douche ad lysol, and douche ad zonite. These dozens of ads span decades and appeared in perfectly mainstream magazines like Woman's Day and Good Housekeeping. You want to see how surprisingly bizarre the '40s and '50s were? -- take a look for yourself. Below are only a few that illustrate the pattern.
Her husband has locked himself away from her disgusting odor, which because of doubt and inhibition she's neglected to do anything about. Some of the copy:
One most effective way to safeguard her dainty feminine allure is by practicing complete feminine hygiene as provided by vaginal douches with a scientifically correct preparation like "Lysol." So easy a way to banish the misgivings that often keep married lovers apart.Once again we see the crippling self-doubt of the mid-century on full display. Women who are more well-adjusted don't get hysterical about this kind of stuff, and would not be susceptible to these kinds of ads. The fact that these campaigns lasted so long, and so presumably drummed up so much business, tells us that women of the time really were ashamed of their sex and neurotic about feminine hygiene, far beyond taking basic care of themselves. Just like today's hair-removers.
. . . truly cleanses the vaginal canal even in the presence of mucous matter.
. . . the very source of objectionable odors is eliminated.
Also note how disgustingly palpable the word choice is -- "mucous," "matter," "odors," etc. They had little sense of taboo when talking about the effluvia and odors of the female sex organ, no roundabout references here. This taboo-violating word choice is not uncommon to find across the ads.
Young married couple were supposed to enjoy a little roll in the hay during their quiet evening at home, but the disgusted huband just can't bring himself to tell his eager wife that it stinks.
And she must constantly be on guard against an offense greater than body odor or bad breath -- an odor she may not detect herself but is so apparent to other people.Again the appeal to self-doubt and shame, the OCD emphasis on "constantly" being on guard, and the vivid description of "odor-causing waste substances". Here are a couple other funny ones from Lysol and Zonite, but again just wade through the Google image results for yourself. To find ads for other brands, try douche ad 1940s, or douche ad 1950s.
Zonite... actually destroys, dissolves and removes odor-causing waste substances.
So what's the big deal, you might ask? Wasn't it great that ads could so freely shame women for not pleasing their husbands, and that husbands were still allowed to look disgusted if their wives didn't meet the standards?
Well, no, that atmosphere is just like ours today with hair removal. Women feel a crippling shame themselves, other women try to shame them if they don't shave or wax, and hysterical "men" get all grossed out by normal female appearance and texture. Indeed, the guys' inflexibility and appeal to violations of hygiene/disgust norms shows that the guys themselves suffer from OCD and fetishism, almost as though they'd be unable to perform if her vulva didn't look the way they preferred.
A normal woman has nothing to be ashamed of down there, unless she truly does have an infection or something. Clearly the douching phenomenon was hysterically blowing the "problem" out of all proportion. We don't know how men felt, but if they were like those depicted in the ads, then they were psychologically stunted too, in that "ewww, girls are yucky!" stage of childhood.
Crippling shame and juvenile girls-have-cooties disgust are not signs of healthy minds. Rather, we've found yet another case of the broader picture that the mid-century was the "Age of Anxiety". They make the population look more like that of tropical gardening societies (horticulturalists), where there's a pervasive fear and disgust of female sexuality. These are the societies with little to recommend them, they're the most savage. Think of your first impression of the Amazon, New Guinea, or sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, even today African-American women are much more likely than whites to douche, owing to the tropical gardening culture of their ancestors.
The ads are more disgusting than the "problem" they seek to treat -- imagine opening a mainstream magazine and reading the words "mucous matter," "odor-causing waste substances," etc., in the context of feminine hygiene. That's what's gross -- violating the taboo that you talk about that somewhere else.
Aside from warped minds and gross language, the douching phenomenon had real consequences for women's health -- negative. Doctors don't even recommend it anymore because it's now understood how altering the vulvo-vaginal ecosystem so radically can eliminate the good bacteria and allow the nasty ones to take over. See here for the negative outcomes that douching is associated with, and see here for a longitudinal study showing that douching raises the risk of getting bacterial vaginosis (similar symptoms as a yeast infection, including a fishy smell, but more common than it). So, douching causes at least some of those problems, including infection, rather than being a harmless bystander in a web of mere correlations.
We don't even know yet what the parallel harms are that pubic shaving and waxing do, but we don't need to right now. It's clear that they're there, because of such radical alteration of human nature. And no, as some airhead suggested before, it's not the same as shaving the armpits -- there are loads more pathogenic organisms in and around the vagina, which is an opening into the body, unlike the armpit. You're messing with something more serious when you remove pubic hair vs. armpit hair.
At any rate, harm is not the main issue here. It's how well-adjusted, healthy-minded, and socially integrated people are. Normal men and women will not show such an OCD mindset and behavior toward feminine hygiene, as indeed they did not during the '80s, the '70s, and even most of the '60s. The neurotic preoccupation with douching provides another example, then, of how unwholesome the mid-century culture was.
I'm sure it didn't occupy their every waking moment, but then neither does pubic hair removal today. It was so common -- if 30% douche today, when doctors discourage it, it must have been near or over 50% during its heyday. And it was so centered on shame. As with pubic hair, it's just not the kind of thing women should be obsessing over and compulsively trying to "treat," only to remain neurotic.


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Fraud & Bankruptcy
August 17th, 2007 by Questions
What does a creditor do if the bankruptee committed fraud and by doing such was absolutely discharged from their obligations. It happened to me and I could not challenge because the procedings were in Manitoba and I reside in Quebec. The trustee, since deceased, would hear my side of the story and I lost over $2,000.
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You have the right to bring a motion before the Court that has jurisdiction over the bankruptcy requesting that your debt be classified as non-dischargeable. If a significant amount of time has passed since the bankrupt was discharged then your motion may have a difficult time in Court – generally this type of motion is brought during the intital 9 months of a bankruptcy. That is not a legal requirement, but a practical consideration.
Unfortunately, to bring such a motion you will likely require the services of a laywer. If you win your motion the costs may be added to your debt – if you lose then you'll be out the legal fees as well as the money you've already lost.
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"Mommy! I promise I'll take care of the doggie!" Please don't be another parent who falls prey to this one-liner. Yes, puppies are cute, but they are also a heck of a lot of work. And there's a good chance YOU will be the one walking, feeding, washing, and training the dog. If you're looking for a pet that your child will actually be able to take care of herself, leave the dog for later and start with one of these more low-maintenance pets.
1) Goldfish or Betta Fish
Ah, the humble goldfish. Starter pet for kids everywhere. A cheap bowl, some rocks, and 29 cents for a fish and you're done. You might even really splurge and get a fake plant. Besides dropping some food flakes in the bowl every day, you'll have to clean the fishbowl every one to two weeks. Even simpler? Get a betta fish which looks cooler and doesn't require a filter or a bowl as large as a goldfish.
2) Hermit Crabs
The hermit crab often gets overlooked as an official pet, but they can be a super easy way to introduce your child to the idea of responsibility and pet ownership. Despite their name, hermit crabs can be quite active, investigating their surroundings, climbing on rocks, and, of course, changing shells. You'll need a glass or plastic terrarium, a light, some sand, and a few rocks. In addition to special pellet food, hermit crabs enjoy chopped up fruits and vegetables. You'll also want to have two to three larger shells for the crab to move into as he grows.
3) Birds
Cocktails to canaries, finches to parakeets, birds are another low-maintence pet to consider. Buying a bird can have a larger start-up cost for the cage and bird itself, which can vary from $20 up to $100+ for unique varieties, but once you've picked your peeper, you'll only need to change the water, add in food, and replace the newspaper at the bottom of the cage. Most birds don't need daily exercise, but they do enjoy company. And of course, don't forget, birds are a lot noiser than either a goldfish or hermit crab.
4) Mouse, Rat, or Hamster
A small mammal like a mouse, rat, or hamster can be a nice introduction to a furry friend that your child can actually handle and play with. You'll need a cage, water and food containers, a hideaway house or tunnel, chew toys, and bedding material. Rats, mice, and hamsters need to be fed daily, have opportunities for exercise with a wheel, ball, or playtime out of the cage, and have their cages changed weekly. More work than a hermit crab or goldfish to be sure, but still much less than a dog. Do keep in mind that these animals are naturally noctural, which means potentially less play with your child during the day and more squeaky wheel at night.
5) Leopard Geckos
Geckos are a great introduction to reptiles if your child is pining for a lizard or snake. Unlike those, leopard geckos stay small (only seven to ten inches) so you won't need to constantly upgrade his digs. Once you have a terrarium, light, water bowl, and rocks or branches, you're set. Geckos eat live crickets and mealworms, so you or your child need to be comfortable with this, but adult geckos can be fed every other day and even left alone for the weekend. No pet-sitting required.
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Erica Gerloski and Glen Fredlund look at modifications made to windows prone to bird strikes at the School of Architecture & Urban Planning building. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Erica Gerloski remembers reading a book by famed ornithologist John James Audubon when she was in the fifth grade.
"I loved what he wrote and the pictures that he painted," says the UWM junior, a conservation and environmental science major, "and I told people that I wanted to be an ornithologist when I grew up."
These days, she's helping the birds she loves by gathering data on dead ones around UWM's campus. It's research directed by Glen Fredlund, a UWM associate professor of geography, aimed at reducing collisions between birds and buildings. Such strikes kill between 365 million and 988 million birds annually in the United States.
Fredlund's team – which includes students studying conservation, geography and architecture – wants to reduce that toll, especially at UWM. He and undergraduate volunteers started using clipboards and paper maps in 2014 to record bird strike data on campus. Now, students like Gerloski record data through a mobile app that uses geographical information systems software and is instantly uploaded to an online map. They can zero in on places that are particularly hazardous for birds, which helps them devise solutions.
"GIS software has a wide range of applications," Fredlund says, "so for students to gain real-world skills with these tools is really valuable."
They also gain a deeper appreciation for the birds' plight.
"I remember one morning," Gerloski says, "Professor Fredlund and I saw seven birds, including two golden-crowned kinglets, all in one spot under the skywalk between the Union and Bolton Hall, and it was so sad to see those little guys."
The skywalk has highly reflective glass, suspected as a strong contributing factor in bird strikes.
Modifications to windows at a problem spot on the School of Architecture & Urban Planning building have already been made, and they're having a positive effect. Engineering students are creating cost-effective cameras to monitor other problem areas, which will provide more precise data on strikes.
"It's almost impossible to simply look at a building and know where and why these strikes occur," says Fredlund, who partners with architecture faculty members Filip Tejchman and Mike Utzinger to lead the bird-collision study. "It's only through data collection that we can identify those variables, measure which ones are larger problems and determine those that we can cost-effectively mitigate."
All the while, Gerloski gains research experience while tackling an issue close to her heart.
"I really enjoy working on environmental problems while being in the heart of a city," she says, "and this project has definitely opened my eyes to other career possibilities."
By Pam Seiler, University Relations


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2016 Pet Names: Most Popular For Dogs and Cats
I found an article recently on teenvogue.com showing the most popular 2016 pet names. Some of the names are the same for dogs and cats, but there are quite a few differences. The trend to name pets human names rather than the traditional Spot, Bowser or Fluffy continues. Interestingly, you will probably see some of these […]Continue Reading
Tributes To My Friends: Audrey and Tippy
Of all the posts I write in a year, this is always the hardest, writing tributes saying good-bye to friends that have passed away during the year. In 2016, I lost two friends, Audrey the cat and Tippy the dog. These girls had a few things in common. Both were black, both were friends for […]Continue Reading
Could Your Personality Have Something to Do With Your Choice of Pets?
It's time for that amazing feline, Party Marty, to dish on the blog. Yes, I do work and to that end I have been doing my due diligence online trying to find something intelligent to share today, and I hit the jackpot! Did you know there is a difference between dog and cat guardians? According […]Continue Reading
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Signal to noise: A review of Transmissions From Oblivion by Last Great Dreamers
It's been a busy couple of years for Last Great Dreamers. From a nostalgic comeback in 2014 - a reunion after nearly two decades of retirement - they steadily rebuilt their empire with singles, videos, tours and festival appearances, before announcing that they were recording an album, to be funded via their fans through PledgeMusic: a confident move, which appears to have paid off.
The finished record is called Transmissions From Oblivion. It's a title that put in an early bid and fought long and hard to win its crown. But listening to the album, I'm struck by a fitting alternative, and that's simply Last Great Dreamers.
If any of the band's three long-players deserve an eponymous billing, it's this one. At times, I've wondered whether there's a case to be made for it being a concept album of sorts - about growing up, music, the business and the connection between these things. Not all the tracks fit, but there's a strong sense that this is quite a personal record for its songwriters - a cleansing, in some ways.
The idea that these songs are transmissions from oblivion, that the band are breaking through the dead air of their wilderness years, feels poetic and apt, and the record is littered with tie-ins - some obvious, others not so - which add to its depth. (The basis for the sleeve art, by the way, is a close-up section of the vintage Trident mixing desk at Foel Studio in mid Wales, where 10 of the LP's 14 tracks were recorded.)
Fittingly, given the sci-fi leanings of its title, the album begins with a throbbing synthesizer line straight out of a John Carpenter movie. But just six seconds later a guitar crashes in, closely followed by a brief trailer for the first of the record's many infectious choruses and some joyous lead guitar - an instantly recognisable sound and the dynamo powering Last Great Dreamers' beating heart.
As a scene-setter for a new era, Oblivion Kids is perfect, fusing new elements with old ("woah-oh-oh-oh!") to create what sounds like an anthem to self-belief and rebirth. After a reflective verse, frontman Marc Valentine and lead guitarist Slyder trade vocals on the song's bridge ("Something's happening / Don't know what it is"), and the pay-off hits: "Every time I die I know I wanna live. I wanna be with the oblivion kids!"
The theme of salvation is mirrored in the album's closing track, Turn It Up. "45 kept me alive," sings Marc, his voice submerged in a sea of tribal rhythm and untamed guitar. "Decibels saved me from hell." It's a song unlike anything the band have previously attempted, yet it still sounds unerringly like Last Great Dreamers.
They might be in uncharted territory at certain times on this album, but they're not undercover. Even when they go back to the '60s, as they do for Tommy Tears, the album's Phil Spector homage - all reverb-drenched percussion and rapidly strummed acoustic guitar - the sound is anchored by Slyder's lead playing and, of course, those voices. The cross-pollination works beautifully, and the wistful, retro ache of the song's style turns out to be the perfect vehicle for a lyric about the high emotion of touring and friendships born on the road.
On a more boisterous note is You Don't Work, a two-and-a-half minute punk anthem with a Slyder lead vocal (one of three on the album) that, in its own way, is another departure for the band. Sure, there are seeds of the song's style in last year's rollicking single Dope School, but the venom flies even more freely here: "You don't work, and what's worse I'm here with you / You don't smoke, but we choke on everything you do."
Of the album's upbeat numbers, this was the one that struck me on first listen as having instant commercial appeal. With its crashing rhythm guitar and a nosedive into its yob-chant chorus, it's infectious to the point of antibiotics, and thus begging to be quarantined as a single.
There's a punk edge to Love To Hate Me, too. "You're a child of Satan / You're the queen of hating." In the verses, Marc's vocal has a carefree, late '70s vibe - there's a hint of Peter Perrett - though the song turns on a sixpence come the chorus, which echoes the glam-stomp style of the band's 1994 debut, Retrosexual. Again, it smells fresh and feels comfortable - a winning combination for any musician, but an especially pleasing one for a band whose last album was recorded 20 years ago.
The Way We Collide, a track that for many months was available exclusively to 'pledgers', is a short but very sweet power-pop track with a chorus that reminds me a lot of the band's early days, when they were known as Silver Hearts. The subject is the randomness of relationships, but the song's lyric is a wonderland of metaphor woven around a cosmic theme, thus it feels very romantic, especially when it travels through the star gate. "Some day soon we will be stardust in the void / You and I will travel far beyond the noise."
There's a fatalistic sweep to the idea that the collisions which send us off in various directions are unavoidable, that "it just happens", but that doesn't feel like a bad thing here. Life, the song seems to say, is a ride, so strap in tight and enjoy it.
Whether by coincidence or design, the track that follows The Way We Collide, the balladic Elegy For Us, also comments on relationships - or rather one relationship in particular: its songwriters'. "Took your picture from the wall / The empty suitcase in the hall / Didn't really know where you had gone." Their disappearance from each other's lives is touchingly rendered, with, at the song's core, a feeling that fate will continue to guide them.
In terms of its arrangement, Elegy is perhaps the most modern-sounding track on the album, its driving feel underpinned by some grungy guitar, and the rhythm section truly shines - as indeed it does throughout the entire record. High in the mix, and with no sign of anything being squashed due to overloud mastering, both bass and drums sound huge, shining a spotlight on the impressive performances of drummer Denley Slade and the band's newest recruit, bassist Steve Fielding.
It's hard to shake the notion that the band are still trying to make amends for the somewhat thin sound of their debut album, and that's absolutely fine if this is the result. Never has the Dreamers' bottom end been more in your face - and I bet you'll love it, you dirty buggers.
The sense that the band are wanting to make the most of their resurrection is captured in Misunderstood, a cautionary tale about musicians becoming consumed by the music industry, with another lead vocal from Slyder: "Talented boy, you wanted more / Forgot what he first did it for / Enjoy it now; it never lasts."
There's a discordant, Police-like feel for much of the song, though it ends with an explosion of high-pitched singing, crashing percussion and siren-like lead guitar. The album's grower, Misunderstood is the sound of Last Great Dreamers raging against the monster that gobbled them up back in 1997 - a reminder that here be dragons.
Of the tracks on which Slyder sings lead, this just leaves Alone, which I guess you could call a power ballad of sorts - at least that's how it begins. This song dates back to 2000, when the guitarist was indeed alone - in Last Great Dreamers terms, anyway - and the lyrics feature some compelling imagery. "Last night I dreamt you died / Tonight I just can't sleep / They say reverse your dreams, and now I'm counting sheep."
With its classic-rock guitar break, freak-out ending and a part-time riff that brings to mind Since Yesterday by Strawberry Switchblade (remember them?), Alone is an uplifting song about a downbeat subject - something that the band seem to be rather good at.
The band's recent single, Glitterball Apocalypse, treads a similar path. When it comes to lyrical hooks, they don't come much bleaker than: "Do you ever get the feeling it's the end?" Yet, as you well know - I mean, you've heard the thing, right? - no one walks away from this song without a prize. The bittersweet ache of its chorus almost makes you feel guilty for the grin you're wearing while you sing along. Almost.
Six months on from its digital release, Glitterball Apocalypse feels like it's always been part of the band's catalogue. And when it kicks in, seven minutes into the album, it feels like a 'greatest hit' - a very pleasant feeling.
Of course, Dope School, the band's previous single, is here too - opening side two if you're listening on vinyl - along with its B-side, White Light (Black Heart), whose title is now sporting a fetching pair of brackets.
I admit, in the wake of Dope School's frantic, buzzsaw punk, it was reassuring to hear White Light on the flip, as it was closer to the band's patented power-pop style. "They sound so quirky, upbeat and happy," commented a friend back in March. And they did. Marc's smile is audible throughout White Light, but it's at its broadest right at the end. Check out his final line to hear the sound of a man thoroughly enjoying himself.
Dope School flies like the proverbial poop off a scoop, which is probably why it's been closing the band's live sets since its release - though until recently I had no idea what a 'dope school' was. C'mon, be honest, did you?
As Marc explained to me in July, when I visited the band in the studio: "It was just a saying that I liked that reminded me of being rebellious when I was a child. And it was wanting to just get back to that. For me, it's anti-establishment - wanting to get away from the kind of conformity of the way you've been pushed by society."
So there you go - and that's a 'deleted scene' from the published interview, by the way. Thought I'd, y'know, save it for later.
The childhood theme resurfaces a few tracks later with Werewolves, a pacy, hook-laden pop tune with a bold chorus (he says, as if that's any kind of novelty for the band). It's a song that wonders what became of the terrors that bothered you so much as a kid - the bullies and ne'er-do-wells that took objection to you for being different. "Where are the werewolves that chased us into an early grave?"
There seems to be the idea of adulthood taking away the fear, of the full moon being eclipsed, though it's possible to read the song as an ode to anxiety in general. "Running away from my mind…" The song has a hopeful tone but there's a melancholic bent to it too, which ensures that it goes straight to my chest.
When it comes to emotional heft, though, the album's most potent song is undoubtedly Chasing Heroes, Marc and Slyder's tribute to their dear friend and band manager, Ray, who sadly took his own life in the summer of 2003. As a thumping bass gives way to the scrape of a guitar and a classic Dreamers riff, it feels as if the track has been tailor-made to get audiences bouncing. In contrast, the lyrics paint a picture of regret. "Trying to change it all but it never ends / If only for a day, we could just pretend / Wish we could be chasing heroes again."
As an encapsulation of Last Great Dreamers' charms - not only with regard to their sound, but also their vision - Chasing Heroes is pretty hard to beat. As a memorial to Ray, it's breathtaking. And I mean that literally: the musical phrasing and lyrical poignancy of the song's middle-eight and subsequent guitar solo creates a rush of emotion that whips the wind from my lungs.
Halfway through, the song takes a tranquil turn. Birdsong appears, and the guitars start to sound like they're going backwards, as if the band are attempting to rewind to a more innocent time. At the end, as the drums erupt with volcanic vigour and the white-hot guitars liquefy the surrounding landscape, the sense of catharsis is palpable.
In July, Marc told me that the idea with the modern-day Dreamers was "not just going out and playing your hits from 20 years ago, but to make records that are hopefully still relevant to your fans, or perhaps to new people".
Clearly, this is now more than a comeback; it's an attempted stayback. Transmissions From Oblivion sees the band looking to the past to process the present. No longer 'that old glam mob in the funny suits', they've reinvented themselves for the 21st century while retaining everything I ever loved about that old glam mob… except for the funny suits. (I did love the funny suits.)
In short, Last Great Dreamers are back, properly back, from oblivion. And I can't imagine them transmitting on a more resonant frequency.
• Transmissions From Oblivion will be released on 30 September 2016
• Available as a 14-track CD, 12-track vinyl album (limited to 500 copies) and download
• Read my interview with the band about the making of this album
• Visit the band's official site and hook up with them on Facebook and Twitter


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Obama's promises face a rough road ahead
A government mired in debt combined with a recession will make the path to recovery difficult for the president-elect.
President-elect Barack Obama warned in his Chicago victory speech that the "road ahead will be long." His goals, he said, may not be reached "in one year or even one term."
Budget experts say, "Amen."
A deeply troubled economy, they hold, won't allow Mr. Obama to raise taxes in 2009 to start paying for his ambitious plans to improve healthcare, education, infrastructure, and other areas.
"No one will raise taxes in times of an economic downturn," notes Stan Collender, a veteran fiscal analyst with Qorvis Communications in Washington. He doubts that a tax hike will even be talked about much in 2009.
"It's politically difficult to raise taxes at any time," adds Brian Riedl, a budget expert at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington.
The Concord Coalition, a Washington group pushing for responsible budgets, cautions: "Campaign promises will bump up against reality."
Without 60 votes in the Senate to override a filibuster, Obama may not even get Congress to quickly pass his campaign proposal to raise taxes on the rich. His goal of spreading wealth around a bit may have to await until the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of 2010.
Congress will almost certainly approve, either this year or early next year, an expensive stimulus package. With the economy in recession, budget experts figure Congress will ignore the prospect of a $1 trillion federal deficit in the current fiscal year ending next Sept. 30, even though the national debt clock is already ticking away at the $10.6 trillion level.
During the Great Depression, after the 1932 election, Franklin D. Roosevelt refused President Herbert Hoover's offer to be involved in economic policymaking before Inauguration Day, apparently for political reasons. In those days, inauguration wasn't until March 4.
But Mr. Collender expects Obama to be involved in budget affairs, maybe even other economic matters, before being sworn into office Jan. 20. Obama won't want to "appear weak, indecisive, and unwilling to govern," he notes. Second, the turmoil in global financial markets "will virtually demand" the president-elect to be very visible. And, third, Collender argues, the Democratic majorities in Congress will want to know Obama's views on an economic rescue package. After all, many Democrats owe their re-election or election to Obama's popularity.
"[Obama] will and should get involved in fiscal-stimulus negotiations" in Congress this year, says Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition. He also should have "some input" on the $700 billion financial-rescue package being implemented by the Bush Administration. "You can't have two presidents at once," Mr. Bixby notes. But he considers the unprecedented involvement of the government in finance through the "troubled asset relief program" (TARP) as justifying Obama's inclusion in some degree.
Peter Morici, an economist at the University of Maryland's business school in College Park, urges Obama to make a "quick selection" of a Treasury Secretary to work with current secretary Henry Paulson on the banking crisis and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a stimulus package.
Getting the federal budget into better balance is seen as a longer-term goal.
At the moment, Mr. Riedl sees a "base" deficit of $500 billion in fiscal 2009. Add to this $250 billion in immediate outlays under TARP, a $250 billion drop in revenues because of the recession, and a second stimulus package that could cost $250 billion, and you get a deficit of $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion. So finding money to pay for an Obama program won't be easy.
Obama talks of going through the budget line-by-line to eliminate programs that are not working. Budget experts aren't hopeful he will find big money.
Obama promised a 16-month withdrawal of troops from Iraq, a war costing the United States at least $150 billion a year. But Riedl notes that savings will be less than that sum, since some troops returning home will continue to be paid for and housed by Uncle Sam in the US. Also, some may be sent to Afghanistan.
The US currently spends more on defense than every other nation in the world combined, by some measures. And Rep. Barney Frank (D) of Massachusetts, chairman of the powerful Financial Services Committee, has suggested slashing defense spending by a quarter. That would be big money. But Riedl sees it as "unrealistic."
Nonetheless, Eugene Steuerle, vice president of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, says tough economic times have historically been periods when "the most important and best government reforms are passed." So he hopes the current turmoil will lead Obama and Congress to find ways to tackle some of unfunded promises in the area of healthcare and retirement and thereby get control of the budget mess.
Maybe, he says, Obama can get "something done" in his honeymoon period in Washington.


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Zain Mohammed
March 14, 1938 - April 16, 2017
"The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions"
– Thich Nhat Hanh
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dearest dad, Zain Mohammed, aged 79 on Easter Sunday April 16th at Riverview Health Centre. He had been struggling with congestive heart failure and diabetes complications.
Zain will be deeply missed by his children, Tahira, Ron (Heike), and Natalie (Ron), his surviving siblings Zelina and Tyab, his only grandchild Sean, and many nieces and nephews and their children, all of whom he cherished.
The loss of Zain will also be felt by so many friends and fellow spiritual travelers - as to know him was to love him. Zain's infectious laughter, his wondrous joy for all that is alive in the world, and his depth of caring and compassion for others has touched our souls in ways that words cannot adequately express. Most of all, he was a spiritual being who often spoke of the never ending journey to the highest Self. His life role was peacemaker, teacher of meditation, wise listener, and healer to many hearts in need.
Among Zain's greatest pleasures; a meal with others, a dip in the lake, a good game of cards, and authentic conversation with anyone he encountered. Oh – and movies! Dad loved movies and staying up late with snacks.
Zain was born into a humble life on March 14, 1938 in Trinidad. He lived there with his parents and nine siblings until the age of eighteen when he emigrated to Winnipeg to attend University. He married Aline a few years later and began a long career in education as a high school teacher and guidance counselor. He later received his Masters degree and Doctorate in Education and went on to become a marriage and family therapist and supervisor. Zain began his spiritual journey mid life and applied himself with steadfast commitment until his dying day. Our grief may never end, but we will surely smile each time we imagine his head uplifted in joyous laughter.
Cremation has taken place according to his wishes, and a memorial service will be held at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg, 603 Wellington Crescent (at Academy), Sunday April 23, 2017 at 5:30 pm.
From Dad, his favourite salutation
(The Spirit within me salutes
the Spirit within you!)
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Patti Smith's Just Kids is a wonderful memoir, but it was also unexpectedly a great New York City book. In the process of telling the story of her life, Smith also vividly captured a very specific moment in time in a very specific New York City. The unadorned, detailed prose paints vivid pictures of the streets and the subways, the people and the places that resound with the reader whether or not you are from that era. It's the kind of book that can make you homesick for somewhere you never lived.
It's also a chronicle of the faded, the forgotten and the missing places in the city. Unsurprisingly, most of the places mentioned in Just Kids are gone (CBGB's, Max's Kansas City); others exist in some physical form, even if the spiritual facet of the location has been obliterated (Chelsea Hotel, Scribner's Books). And a few, like Electric Lady Studios and St. Mark's Church, are still with us and still fulfill their original mission.
But if you walk around at the end of the day, when the streets are quiet, or early in the morning, before the city's woken up yet, you can close your eyes and try to imagine a New York that had corners you could hide in, apartments you could afford, magic waiting to be discovered, sounds and sights that hadn't been blogged and Instagrammed to the point of exhaustion.
For history's sake — and to celebrate the release of M Train, Patti's latest work of literature — here's our guide to the more notable or important locations of Just Kids.
One of the many grand bookstores that graced Fifth Avenue once upon a time, Brentano's was the first place Patti worked when she arrived in New York. It was at Brentano's where Robert Mapplethorpe would come in and purchase the purple Persian necklace that resulted in their second meeting. Today, the entire building that housed the store is completely gone, replaced by a generic Midtown office tower.
Scribner's, located just across Fifth Avenue, was a palace built for books, the flagship store of the publisher of the same name. It was a wrought iron filigree multi-level wonder world, the kind of place your parents would let you go on a visit to the City if you were good. Patti would come to work here after a disastrous stint at F.A.O. Schwartz, where she worked her way up from the phone desk to sales. Even after she left, her coworkers shared tales of her returning to chat about books; later, they had a photograph of Patti from Rolling Stone pasted on the break room door.
The landmarked building is a Sephora now, but the interior and exterior wrought iron detail still remains, and if you squint between the clouds of perfume, you can see the ghosts of Hemingway and Maxwell Perkins floating above the crowds of tourists.
Like so many who came before and after her, Patti headed downtown to St. Mark's Place not long after arriving in NYC. She easily blended in with the others who came in search of a cheap meal, an inexpensive crash pad, or just a place to feel free and not stand out as "weird." The Electric Circus, the nightclub, was in the center of the block; it would later house the Dom, where the first incarnation of the Velvet Underground would appear. That building is now condos, with a Chipotle on the ground floor.
It was to St. Mark's Place that Patti escaped to following a lecherous dinner date, after miraculously running into Robert Mapplethorpe in Tompkins Square Park. Robert bought her an egg cream at the Gem Spa at the corner of St. Mark's and Second Avenue (amazingly, a thing you can still do!)
Around the corner on Second Avenue between 6th Street and 7th Street was Bill Graham's legendary Fillmore East. Robert would work as an usher there, which was how Patti was able to see the Doors, which had a significant impact on her: "I felt, watching Jim Morrison, that I could do this." Today, the entrance lobby of the Fillmore is an Emigrant Savings Bank; there is now a bronze plaque on the wall outside, commemorating the space.
"When we had finally saved enough money, Robert looked for a place for us to live. He found an apartment in a three-story brick building on a tree-lined street around the corner from the Myrtle el and within walking distance of Pratt," Patti writes in Just Kids. The residential building at 160 Hall Street is still there, around the corner from Pratt. There is even an art supply store in the same location of Jake's Art Supplies, with a diner located right across the street, where the juxtaposition of the two undoubtedly continues to torment a young artist torn between dinner and new colored pencils, just like Jake's and the Greek diner did to Patti and Robert when they lived here as starving artists.
HOTEL CHELSEA / EL QUIJOTE | 222 W. 23rd STREET
FIRST STUDIO, 206 W. 23rd STREET
Patti and Robert escaped to the Chelsea Hotel in 1969, after surviving a murder outside the door of Robert's Lower East Side loft, and then fleeing the fleabag Allerton Hotel on 22nd & 8th, which was the only place they could afford at the time. Patti had heard that artists could trade art for rent at the Chelsea, and was prepared to make her case to manager Stanley Bard that they were artists worth taking a chance on (and that she could get a monetary advance from Scribner's). One of the two impressed Bard enough to let them in, and Smith and Mapplethorpe promptly installed themselves as visible members of the Chelsea community, absorbing as much as they could from anyone who would let them, from Harry Smith to William Burroughs — writers, musicians, artists.
The El Quijote restaurant downstairs was an extension of the hotel's lobby, and would be where Patti would meet and hang out with Janis Joplin and the Jefferson Airplane, among many others.
The gorgeous, distinctive red brick facade laced with wrought iron balconies remains, but that and the plaques mounted alongside the entrance commemorating legendary residents are the only remnants of the Chelsea as an artistic refuge and counter-cultural incubator. The El Quijote is also still there, but exists in name only, ownership having transferred as the Chelsea began its decline into respectability.
Just two doors east of the hotel is 206 W. 23rd Street, the building where Patti and Robert had their first studio (and later, residences) above the bar on the ground floor.
Ground Zero for downtown bohemia, downstairs at Max's Kansas City defined "fabulous." The Warhol crowd shared banquettes with Bowie, Lou, the Dolls and Iggy, along with anyone else amazing who came through town and was fearless or weird enough (or both) to attempt entry. Robert Mapplethorpe spearheaded the mission to hang out there, believing it would provide him with entree into the Warhol universe. His plans were thwarted when their lack of fabulosity relegated them to the sidewalk outside.
Eventually the door person took pity on them and allowed them to enter. Even then, they remained on the fringes, sitting alone at a table off to the side, pitifully sharing the one salad and two Cokes they could afford until one night, tastemaker and downtown cultural impresario Danny Fields invited them to share one of the center tables.
Despite her history with the place, Patti would later play Max's only a few times, including one stint opening for Phil Ochs, and later, a one-week run with Television in 1975. The building still exists; upstairs is residential, and downstairs is one of those ubiquitous NYC delis, catering to the lunchtime hordes. (Tomorrow it'll probably be a bank.)
GOTHAM BOOK MART | 16 E. 46th STREET
Gotham Book Mart was another Midtown wonderland of books, located around the corner from Scribner's. Its entrance was graced by a wonderful wrought iron sign of a fishing boat with the legend, "WISE MEN FISH HERE." Patti would come over on her breaks at Scribner's to read or talk books, and in a year or two, Gotham would publish some of her of poetry: the chapbooks "A Useless Death" and "ha! Ha! houdini," and WITT, a larger, more formal work. The building is some faceless midtown tomb now.
Wollman Rink is an ice skating rink that for many years became a concert venue in the summertime. It was the home of the Schaefer Music Festival, later the Dr. Pepper Music Festival. The festivals were known for their strong lineups and bargain pricing; even in 1980, the last year concerts were held at the rink, floor tickets cost $5 and balcony tickets were $3.
Patti went with Dylan sidekick/confidante Bob Neuwirth (who she met in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel) to see Janis Joplin perform there in 1969, and would later play there with her band in 1978 and 1979. Wollman Rink has the distinction of being one of the last places Patti played in NYC before her 1979 "retirement" on August 11, 1979.
The venue was surrounded by trees, and had a gorgeous view of the Plaza Hotel and Fifth Avenue skyscrapers. Due to the residential noise complaints, the festival relocated to Pier 84 in 1981. It's still a skating rink in the winter, and in the summer becomes an amusement park.
Patti read an article Lenny Kaye wrote about doo-wop music in Jersey in the early Sixties. She thought the article was well-written, and reminded her of home — so she decided to get in touch with him to thank him for the article. He in turn invited her to come hang out with him during one of his shifts at the early location of this Village record mecca, later known as Bleecker Bob's Golden Oldies, at the time located at 149 Bleecker Street.
Patti and Lenny would play records and dance, and hang out and talk music. One day she mentioned that she was going to be doing a poetry reading, and asked if Lenny would like to accompany her; could he make a guitar sound like a car crash? He said yes, and the musical partnership of a lifetime was born, Lenny serving as Majordomo to Patti's Field Marshal through today.
Bleecker Bob's would move a few times after that, and survived longer than most record stores in the Village did. There's a rumor that the last location on W. 3rd Street will be turned into a Starbucks.
ST. MARK'S CHURCH | 131 E. 10th STREET
St. Mark's Church, more correctly St. Mark's Church-In-The-Bowery, seems an unlikely location for an American cultural landmark, but it had mojo before the poets arrived. It is ancient in the way most things in the city are not. Peter Stuyvesant is buried there — the church faced his farm back in the day (when the "day" is 1665) — and the church's website also proudly notes that it is "the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in New York City."
The Poetry Project began there in 1966, and was flourishing by the time Patti arrived under the sponsorship of Warhol acolyte Gerald Malanga for her first solo reading on February 10, 1971, with Lenny Kaye behind her on guitar. (She would also occupy an apartment down the block on E. 10th St. after leaving the Chelsea, along with boyfriend Allen Lanier of the Blue Öyster Cult.)
St. Mark's is still a picturesque corner of the Village, and one of the few places on this list where you can show up for an open mic night, or the New Year's Day poetry marathon, and still feel a connection to the Village's bohemian past.
The Mercer Arts Center was located inside the old Broadway Central Hotel, a warren of small theater spaces created by an entrepreneur named Seymour Kaback who thought Broadway theater prices were too high and wanted to offer an alternative. In 1971, he decided to let rock bands book shows in the spaces in order to make some extra money.
At the time, there were very few small rooms for rock bands to play in New York; Max's Kansas City generally only booked acts that had label support, and CBGB's didn't exist yet. Glam rock was at its peak, so on any given night you could see acts like the Tuff Darts, Eric Emerson & The Magic Tramps, the Harlots of 42nd Street and the New York Dolls (to name a few). Patti Smith would appear as an opening act reading poetry, for everyone from the Dolls to Ruby and the Rednecks.
The building housing the Mercer Arts Center collapsed in 1973, and was eventually replaced by NYU dormitories.
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE'S STUDIOS, 24 BOND STREET | 35 W. 23rd STREET
Not long after Robert Mapplethorpe met Sam Wagstaff, his lover and patron, he acquired a space at 24 Bond Street, which at the time was a cobblestoned, largely desolate street between Lafayette and the Bowery, shared with manufacturing buildings, a fire station, and other artist lofts. Patti visited and worked with Mapplethorpe often here, including the filming of "Still Moving," a project they created for their first (and only) joint exhibition at the Robert Miller Gallery in 1978.
Later, Mapplethorpe would buy the top floor of a building on 23rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue, and transform it into a space that reflected his successes and showcased his art and his taste in collecting. Patti would visit him here after moving to Detroit, coming back once she learned he had been hospitalized with AIDS-related pneumonia.
Bond Street is now prime NoHo real state, and the artists are gone, even if the cobblestones are still there.
Fourth Avenue between Union Square and Cooper Union was once known as "Book Row," due to the large number of bookstores lining the street. Many of them were already gone by the time Patti, Robert and Sam Wagstaff would wander from store to store, looking for first editions to sell, or ancient photographic prints to acquire, but even as late as the Eighties there were still a significant number of shops remaining.
The Strand, where Patti worked part-time after leaving the Chelsea, was originally part of Book Row, before relocating over to Broadway and 12th Street, where it thankfully remains to this day.
It's important to remember that CBGB didn't exist in the grand scheme of anything until 1973, when Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd of Television stumbled in to Hilly's On The Bowery, renamed "CBGB" (which stood for "Country, Blue Grass and Blues") one night and convinced owner Hilly Krystal that he should let them play one night a week for the proceeds from the door. There weren't a lot of places for a fledging rock band with original material to play: the Mercer Arts Center had collapsed, Max's Kansas City generally only featured artists with a record deal, and despite attempts to start scenes at other bars or restaurants around town, nothing quite stuck.
Patti came down one Sunday night in 1974 to watch fellow poet Tom Verlaine's new band play. Television's weekly gig resulted in her asking for one of her own, which took place on Valentine's Day in 1975. That would lead to the 7-week residency the Patti Smith Group shared with Television in the Spring of 1975: two sets a night, early and late, the two bands trading off who played first each set, four nights a week. While the scene had attracted some critical attention before the PSG/TV marathon of shows, it was these seven weeks that put the club and the bands playing there on the map. You had limos lining up on the Bowery, bringing VIPs, celebrities and the major labels, with none other than Lou Reed squiring Arista's Clive Davis into the club one night. At the end of it all, Patti was the first of the CBGB bands to get a major label deal.
CB's would become her spiritual home, and she'd come back over and over again for extended residencies or special occasions or even just because. She would work her way up to the storied Village venue the Bottom Line, headlining multiple dates. But after she fell off the stage in Florida in 1977 and needed to play some post-rehab shows before going out on tour, it was CB's where she chose to play a week of shows, still wearing her neck brace, calling it "Basic Training." And of course, she was the one who closed it down on that very last night in October of 2006.
There is a clothing store there now, but you should probably just walk on the other side of the street if you have to walk down that section of the Bowery.
The House That Jimi Built figures in Patti mythology, not just because she recorded Horses there, the first punk album to be recorded out of the CBGB's class of '75. (She had actually recorded there a year earlier, recording the Robert Mapplethorpe-financed "Hey Joe"/"Piss Factory" 45 RPM single.) But Electric Lady also looms large in her legend because of the place Hendrix held in Patti's heart: She wrote about him for CREEM, and also for the story about meeting Jimi when she was nobody, winnowing her way into an event for the studio's opening because of a shared publicist. But too shy to enter, she sat on the stairs outside, where she ended up running into Hendrix anyway. He stopped and sat with her for a minute, sharing that he also hated crowds and was actually shy, before leaving catch a plane to the Isle of Wight festival.
Patti would later return to Electric Lady in 2015 for a press event commemorating the 40th anniversary of Horses, and Electric Lady just celebrated its 45th anniversary as a recording studio. The studio's original Sixties mod, curved, brown brick exterior has been replaced with a generic glass and steel facade, after neighboring businesses complained that its entrance niche attracted the homeless.
Around the corner from Electric Lady is One Fifth Avenue, the palatial art deco anchor of lower Fifth Avenue, notable as the location of the groundbreaking photograph on the cover of Horses. Sam Wagstaff had an apartment there, and there was one particular white wall in his apartment that caught Robert's eye because the light hit it in a particular way. So it was here the two ran, Patti wearing a man's white button-down shirt, trying to not be late so Robert didn't lose the light. ("He took twelve pictures that day," she notes in Just Kids.)
This 230-person capacity nightclub in the heart of Bleecker Street has gone under both names, but on June 26, 1975, as the Patti Smith Group played the second night of a five-night stand, it was known as the Other End. In the audience that night was none other than Bob Dylan, in town putting together his Rolling Thunder Revue and occasionally showing up at his old Village folk music haunts. The Patti Smith Group was on their best behavior that night with Bobby D in the audience, as Patti played the set to Dylan and the band otherwise turned out what all reviewers regarded as an exemplary performance.
The two would meet after the show, and the moment would be captured for posterity by Danny Fields, among others. The club is still there, and still features live music.
Patti would return to New York with husband Fred in an attempt to finally finish Dream of Life, the first (and only) album they would work on together. There were multiple attempts to work on the record in Detroit, where Patti had moved after marrying the MC5's Fred "Sonic" Smith in 1980. But nothing quite gelled until she came back home in 1986 and reunited with former bandmates Richard Sohl and Jay Dee Daugherty at the venerable industry studio.
Pregnant with daughter Jesse, the record would finally be completed (with Jimmy Iovine at the desk) and released by Patti in 1988. The cover photograph for Dream of Life, taken by Robert Mapplethorpe later in Los Angeles, would be their last collaboration together before he died in 1989.
The building was transformed into condos in 2005.


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All goods and services exchanged in India are categorised as part of the SAC code system or the HSN code system under GST. Goods are categorised using the HSN Code, while services are categorised using the SAC Code. GST rates have been set in five classes called slabs which are predicated on the HSN or SAC codes. These five slabs are: NIL, 5%, 12%, 18%, and 28%.
What is GST and What Are GST Rates
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a value-added tax imposed almost on all commodities and services that can be purchased for domestic consumption and used within the country. It is a unified tax structure that eliminates all prior state and central taxes.
GST is the result of combining all central taxes, such as sales tax, excise duty, surcharges, cesses, state VAT, luxury tax, purchase tax, entertainment tax, and so on into a single tax.
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a single tax, but given the sheer number of basic commodities and services, they are classified into different GST slabs or have different GST tax rates.
The GST rates are fixed under five slabs:
- NIL: No tax is charged on the goods or services used
- 5 %: Under this tax slab, 5% tax is charged on the goods or services used
- 12%: Under this tax slab, 12% tax is charged on the goods or services used
- 18%: Under this tax slab, 18% tax is charged on the goods or services used
- 28%: Under this tax slab, 28% tax is charged on the goods or services used
Note: Precious metals like gold are exempted and placed under the 3% slab.
What is an HSN code?
The HSN code is an abbreviation for the World Customs Organisation's (WCO) Harmonised System of Nomenclature, which went into effect in 1988. The WCO's primary objective in implementing HSN codes was to define all commodities in a structured manner. It removes ambiguity and facilitates international trade and investment between countries. HSN codes are used for trading over 20,000 items between nations around the globe. WCO uses the revised HSN codes for more than 90% of global trade.
The HSN system is used by more than 200 countries and economies for reasons such as:
- Classification that is consistent
- Base for their customs tariffs
- Statistical compilation of international trade
How does the HSN/SAC code work?
It has approximately 5,000 commodity groups, each of which is defined by a six-digit code and is organised in a judicial and sequential. To ensure constant classification, it is backed by well-defined guidelines.
Since 1971, India has been a part of the World Customs Organisation (WCO). It is used to identify goods for Customs and Central Excise using 6-digit HSN codes. Customs and Central Excise eventually added two extra digits to the HSN codes to make them more accurate, resulting in an 8-digit categorisation.
HSN codes are primarily used by distributors, vendors, suppliers, merchants, and traders. They must either use two-digit, four-digit, or eight-digit HSN codes based on the following parameters.
- If the company's annual revenue is less than Rs. 1.5 crores, there is no need to use HSN codes
- If the company's annual revenue is between Rs. 1.5 crores and Rs. 5 crores, they must use two-digit HSN codes for all business transactions
- If the company's annual revenue exceeds Rs. 5 crores, it must use four-digit HSN codes
- Import and export dealings, as well as foreign trades, require the use of 8-digit HSN codes for entrepreneurial ventures
Update for 2021: Notification No. 78/2020 – Central Tax, dated 15.10.2020 has been issued to make HSN code mandatory up to 4 digits in the B2B invoices with effect from 01.04.2021 issued by taxpayers whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year is upto Rs. 5 crores. For the taxpayers whose turnover in the preceding financial year is more than Rs. 5 crores, HSN code is mandatory up to 6 digits in invoices with effect from 01.04.2021.
Services Accounting Code (SAC) in GST
The SAC code is a similar concept to the HSN code. SAC stands for Service Accounting Codes, and it is a one-of-a-kind code used in India underneath the GT regime for the identification, evaluation, and taxation of services. As part of it:
- The starting two digits, i.e., 99 are the same for all services
- The succeeding two digits, i.e., 82), represent the primary nature of the service
- The final two digits, i.e., 13 represent the specific nature of the service
Why is HSN and SAC important under GST?
The goal of HSN codes is to make GST more effective and universally accepted. HSN codes will eliminate any need to submit a detailed product description.
The following is a list of a few of the GST service accounting codes. You can find the current GST Rate for service in Chapter 99 of the SAC Codes & GST Rates for Services.
|SAC Code
|SAC Description
|All Services
|Construction services
|Construction services of single dwelling or multi-dwelling or multi-storied residential buildings
|Construction services of other residential buildings such as old age homes, homeless shelters, hostels etc
|Construction services of industrial buildings such as buildings used for production activities (used for assembly line activities), workshops, storage buildings and other similar industrial buildings
|Construction services of commercial buildings such as office buildings, exhibition & marriage halls, malls, hotels, restaurants, airports, rail or road terminals, parking garages, petrol and service stations, theatres and other similar buildings.
|Construction services of other non-residential buildings such as educational institutions, hospitals, clinics including veterinary clinics, religious establishments, courts, prisons, museums and other similar buildings
|Construction Services of other buildings n.e.c
|Services involving Repair, alterations, additions, replacements, renovation, maintenance or remodelling of the buildings covered above.
|General construction services of highways, streets, roads, railways and airfield runways, bridges and tunnels
|General construction services of harbours, waterways, dams, water mains and lines, irrigation and other waterworks
|General construction services of long-distance underground/overland/submarine pipelines, communication and electric power lines (cables); pumping stations and related works; transformer stations and related works.
|General construction services of local water & sewage pipelines, electricity and communication cables & related works
|General construction services of mines and industrial plants
|General Construction services of Power Plants and its related infrastructure
|General construction services of outdoor sport and recreation facilities
|General construction services of other civil engineering works n.e.c.
|Services involving Repair, alterations, additions, replacements, renovation, maintenance or remodelling of the constructions covered above.
|Demolition services
|Site formation and clearance services including preparation services to make sites ready for subsequent construction work, test drilling & boring & core extraction, digging of trenches.
|Excavating and earthmoving services
|Water well drilling services and septic system installation services
|Other site preparation services n.e.c
|Services involving Repair, alterations, additions, replacements, maintenance of the constructions covered above.
|Installation, assembly and erection services of prefabricated buildings
|Installation, assembly and erection services of other prefabricated structures and constructions
|Installation services of all types of street furniture (e.g., bus shelters, benches, telephone booths, public toilets, etc.)
|Other assembly and erection services n.e.c.
|Services involving Repair, alterations, additions, replacements, maintenance of the constructions covered above.
|Pile driving and foundation services
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One of the great pleasures of putting on Brighton SF right before last year's dConstruct was how it allowed me to mash up two of my favourite worlds: the web and science fiction (although I don't believe they're that far removed from one another). One day I'm interviewing Jeff Noon about his latest book; the next, I'm introducing Tom Armitage on stage at the Brighton Dome.
Those two have since been collaborating on a new project.
You may have seen Jeff's microspores—a collection of tweet-sized texts, each one an individual seed for a sci-fi story. Here's Spore #50:
After the Babel Towers attack, lo-fi operators worked the edges of the language, forging new phrases from the fragments of literature. They filled boxes with word shards in the hope of recreating lost stories.
Tom has taken that as the starting point for creating a machine called the literary operator
It's quite beautiful. It fits inside a suitcase. It has an LED interface. It has a puck that nestles into the palm of your hand. It comes with a collection of books. You take the puck in your hand, pass it over the spine of one of the books, and wait for the LEDs to change. Then you will receive a snippet of reconstructed text, generated Markov-style from the book.
It is an object that is both entirely fictional, and entirely real. Not "design fiction"; just fiction.
You can use/play with the literary operator—and hear from Tom and Jeff—this Thursday evening, September 26th at the Brighton Museum as part of Digital Late. Sarah and Chris are also on the bill so don't miss it: tickets are a fiver if you book ahead of time.


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The Effects of Elevated CO2 and Temperature on Rice Nutrient Levels
Paper Reviewed Wang, J., Li, L., Lam, S.K., Zhang, X., Liu, X. and Pan, G. 2018. Changes in nutrient uptake and utilization by rice under simulated climate change conditions: A 2-year experiment in a paddy field. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 250/251: 202-208. Much remains to be learned about the potential impacts of elevated atmospheric CO2 on plant nutrients. In general, studies to date almost conclusively demonstrate that plants growing in elevated CO2 environments tend to extract a larger amount of nutrients from the soil (such as nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, etc.) and into their tissues on a per plant basis, compared to plants growing at lower atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Consequently, the total nutrient content per plant typically increases with atmospheric CO2 enrichment. Additionally, the amount of plant biomass produced per unit of nutrient uptake, or nutrient use efficiency, also typically rises at higher CO2 levels. Plant nutrient concentration (nutrient amount per unit of plant biomass), on the other hand, has exhibited mixed results, with studies showing increases, decreases or similar concentrations at elevated levels of atmospheric CO2. One of the latest studies to examine such impacts was recently conducted by Wang et al. (2018). Briefly, they grew rice (Oryza sativa, cv. Changyou No. 5) in outdoor chambers at the experimental farm station of the Institute of Resource, Ecosystem and Environment of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China, under two elevated CO2 concentrations (~400 and 500 ppm) and two temperature regimes (ambient and ambient +2°C) for two growing seasons (2013 and 2014). During each year, the researchers measured various parameters pertaining to plant growth and nutrient levels at the jointing, heading and ripening stages. Their objective was to examine the changes in plant nutrient concentration, nutrient content, nutrient use efficiency, aboveground biomass and grain yield in response to warming and elevated CO2. In general, their results revealed that warming alone reduced both aboveground biomass and grain yield, while elevated CO2 alone increased it. In combination (elevated temperature and CO2 treatment), the benefits of an approximate 100 ppm increase in atmospheric CO2 were strong enough to overcome the negative impacts of warming on grain yield, resulting in values that were statistically similar to that observed under control conditions (ambient CO2 and ambient temperature). With respect to plant nutrient measurements, Wang et al. report in the Conclusion section of their paper that changes in plant nutrient concentration, nutrient content and nutrient use efficiency "were not consistent" among the elements they measured (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium), across the CO2 and temperature treatments they employed, or the years in which they were studied. In other words, there was no clear trend or signal to support the notion that any of these plant nutrition measures will significantly change in a world of both rising temperature and atmospheric CO2. This article appeared on the CO2 Science website at http://www.co2science.org/articles/V21/jul/a4.php]]>