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2/1/2004-E&MDA(Part) Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Dept. of Commerce MARKETING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE SCHEME (REVISED GUIDELINES W.E.F. 01.04.2006) Export promotion continues to be a major thrust area for the Government. In view of the prevailing macro economic situation with emphasis on exports and to facilitate various measures being undertaken to stimulate and diversify the country's export trade, Marketing Development Assistance (MDA) Scheme is under operation through the Department of Commerce to support the under mentioned activities: (i) Assist exporters for export promotion activities abroad (ii) Assist Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) to undertake export promotion activities for their product(s) and commodities (iii) Assist approved organizations/trade bodies in undertaking exclusive nonrecurring innovative activities connected with export promotion efforts for their members (iv) Assist Focus export promotion programmes in specific regions abroad like FOCUS (LAC), Focus (Africa), Focus (CIS) and Focus (ASEAN + 2) programmes. (v) Residual essential activities connected with marketing promotion efforts abroad. 2. Administration of the Scheme (i) The utilization of scheme is administered by the E&MDA Division in the Department of Commerce, Government of India, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi – 110 011. Recognized EPCs on product grouping basis, Commodity Boards and Export Development Authorities are eligible for MDA assistance for development and promotional activities to promote exports of their products and commodities from India. (ii) MDA budget allocation to recognized EPCs and other export promotion organizations for export promotion activities including specific special development and promotional projects are finalized in annual meetings with the respective EPCs, which are chaired, by the Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor (AS&FA), Department of Commerce. Proposals for adhoc grants for exclusive innovative export promotional activities, which are considered helpful to promote exports of Indian products and commodities are examined by the E&MDA Division and decided with the approval of the AS&FA. (iii) Proposals of individual exporters for eligible MDA supported activities like participation in EPC led Trade Delegations/BSMs/Trade Fairs/Exhibitions for reimbursement of MDA assistance will be considered and approved by the Chief Executive Officer of the Export Promotion Councils/FIEO etc. The approved claims shall be then disbursed by the concerned organization out of the funds allocated to them for this purpose. A monthly utilization report in the format at Annexure- IX , duly signed by the Chief executive Officer of the concerned organization shall be sent to the E&MDA Division in Department of Commerce. A copy of the report shall also be sent electronically at firstname.lastname@example.com by the 7th day of every month. The names of beneficiaries giving details viz. Name of the participant, Name of the company represented, fair attended, amount disbursed etc. shall also be hosted on the respective website by the concerned organisation, The MDA Committee in the Dept. of Commerce shall test check 10% of the cases approved by the EPCs etc. through a random selection method, based on the monthly progress reports to be send by the EPCs. 3. Assistance to individual exporters for export promotion activities abroad – Participation in EPC etc. led Trade Delegations/BSMs/Trade Fairs/ Exhibitions: (i) Exporting companies with an f.o.b. value of exports of upto Rs. 15 crore in the preceding year will be eligible for MDA assistance for participation in trade delegations/BSMs/fairs/exhibitions abroad to explore new markets for export of their specific product(s) and commodities from India in the initial phase. This will be subject to the condition that the exporter is having complete 12 months membership with concerned EPC etc. and filing of returns with concerned EPC/organisation regularly. However, this condition would not apply in case of a new EPC for a period of 5 years from the date of its creation. (ii) Assistance would be permissible on travel expenses by air, in economy excursion class fair and/or charges of the built up furnished stall. This would, however, be subject to an upper ceiling mentioned below in the table per tour. S No. Area/Sector No. of visits Maximum Financial ceiling per event (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Focus LAC 1 Rs. 1,80,000 2. FOCUS AFRICA ( including 1 Rs. 1,50,000 WANA Countries) 3. FOCUS CIS 1 Rs. 1,50,000 4. FOCUS ASEAN+2 1 Rs. 1,50,000 5. General Areas 1 Rs. 80,000* TOTAL 5 General Areas The participation of individual companies in the above activities shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) For EPC etc. led Trade Delegations/BSMs only air-fare by Economy Excursion class upto a maximum of Rs. 70,000 (Rs. 1,00,000 in case of Focus LAC) shall be permissible. For participation in Trade Fairs/Exhibitions reimbursement shall be permissible subject to ceilings mentioned in the column 4 in the above table. (2) Maximum number of permissible participations shall be five in a financial year as indicated in above table (No travel grant is permissible for visit to General Areas). However, for priority sectors, having large employment generation potential, viz. Agriculture including food items, Handicrafts, Handlooms, Carpets, Leather & Minor Forest Produce including LAC, 2 (two) participations in General Areas would be admissible with the assistance of Rs. 1,50,000 for each participation. The exporters availing of assistance under this provision would, however, be in addition to these participations, eligible for only any 2 Focus Area participations. (3) Assistance shall be permissible to one regular employee/director/ partner/proprietor of the company. Assistance would not be available to exporter of foreign nationality or holding foreign passport. (4) Intimation application must be received in the concerned EPC etc. with a minimum of 14 days clear advance notice excluding the date of receipt of application in the office of the concerned organization and the date of departure from the country. (5) The company shall not be under investigation/charged/prosecuted/ debarred/black listed under the Foreign Trade Policy of India or any other law relating to export and import business. (6) Member exporters of EPCs etc. would also be eligible for MDA assistance for participation in events organized by ITPO abroad. Their applications / claims would by routed/reimbursed through concerned EPC etc. (7) Maximum MDA assistance shall be inclusive of MDA assistance received from all Govt. bodies/FIEO/EPCs/Commodity Boards/Export Development Authorities/ITPO etc., (8) A Maximum of three participations in a particular trade fair/exhibition would be eligible for MDA assistance and exporting companies after availing assistance three times including past cases for a particular fair/exhibition, have to participate in that fair, if any, on self-financing basis. 4. Assistance to Export promotion Councils: (i) Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) are autonomous in administrative matters and no financial assistance is provided to them from MDA for administrative expenditure (non-code). List of recognized EPCs is given in Annexure-I. The EPCs can, however, be considered for one time assistance for computerization for data collection, analysis, dissemination under MDA. Maintenance and updating of systems shall be the responsibility of the EPCs. (ii) EPCs will be allocated a budget, both for code activities and reimbursement of Individual Exporter's claims, on annual basis. The budget for code activities and the funds for assistance to Individual Exporters will be released in two installments. (iii) The EPCs are required to send their detailed annual action plan and estimated funds required for reimbursement to individual exporters to E&MDA Division three months in advance. The activities approved in the annual meetings with each EPC well before the start of the financial year shall only be financed from MDA funds. EPCs shall have to utilize the MDA funds in a financial year for purposes for which these are sanctioned. 50% of the MDA budget approved for both the Code activities as well as for reimbursement to individual exporters shall be released to the EPCs in the beginning of the financial year. The EPCs shall indicate their further requirement of funds latest by 30th November of the year. Funds for reimbursement to individual exporters shall be released only when 90% of the first installment has been utilized and a utilisation certificate to this effect has been submitted by the concerned organisation. Earmarked grant for the financial year but not claimed within the year or wherein complete information has not been provided to facilitate its release, would lapse and shall not be carried over to the next financial year. (iv) EPCs shall furnish activity-wise detailed accounts for each approved code activity certified by a Chartered Accountant and the utilization certificate for the funds released in a financial year duly signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the concerned organisation by 30th September of the succeeding financial year.. The EPCs shall qualify for release for second installment of funds of the year only after their accounts including activity wise financial accounts for the preceding year have been audited by the Chartered Accountant and accepted by the Department of Commerce. (v) The EPCs shall plan development and export promotion activities in overseas markets for export promotion of particular products, based on the findings of the desktop studies/findings of the strategy papers on potential of exports and data available with institutes like NCTI etc., to penetrate into new potential markets and to consolidate in the already explored export markets. Eligible activities shall be trade delegations to potential markets, organizing participation in the important trade fairs/exhibitions in the focus markets associated with BSMs, focused publicity for the event etc. (vi) While formulating the annual action plan, the EPCs shall identify and plan participation in at least two established trade fairs/exhibitions for their product group. Participation in these fairs shall be done irrespective of the number of exporters participating. One EPC official will be eligible for assistance under the scheme for such participation with the prior approval of the Joint Secretary of the concerned commodity/territorial division. The EPCs shall carry product samples for display in these fairs/exhibitions on behalf of their members. (vii) Role of the EPCs shall also be to diversify the export promotion activities to new emerging potential markets wherein the participation by the Indian companies is yet to be established. (viii)Based on the recommendations of the concerned Commodity Division(s) of the Department of Commerce/Ministry of Textiles, Export Promotion Councils, with the prior approval of the E&MDA Division, may undertake promotional & export development activities abroad and within India with assistance from MDA to stimulate and diversify the exports of Indian products and commodities as follows: FOR ACTIVITIES IN NON-FOCUS AREAS: Percentage S Permissible Items of expenditure of funding No. under MDA under MDA (I) Participation in Fairs/Exhibitions abroad by EPCs etc. Central Stall of Council 60% of (i)+(ii) 1. (i) Rent of Council's area (subject to a (ii) Other organizing ceiling of expenditure Rs.15 lakh per event)* However, if the event is conducted in more than one country during the same tour, additional expenses @ 60% of the rent and organizing expenses not exceeding Rs. 15 lakhs per country shall be allowed. 2. Air fare for official of EPC in 100% economy excursion class(visa charges to be met by the Council) 3. D.A. for official of EPC etc.: 100% As per notified MEA rates for Govt. officials of equivalent status. 4. Hotel stay for official of EPC : On 100% scales applicable to equivalent Govt. officials on duty abroad and subject to furnishing of original bills (with upper ceiling of US$150 per night stay) Entertainment: 5. (i) For EPC sponsored US $ 500 activity led by Chairman. US $ 250 (ii) For EPC sponsored activity led by Vice- Chairman/E.D/ Addl. E.D. (On production of bills) (II) EPC sponsored Buyer Seller Meets/Trade Delegations abroad: (i) Venue Cost 60% of (i)+(ii) (subject to a ceiling of 1. (ii) All other organizing Rs. 15 lakh per event) expenditure However, if the event is conducted in more than one country during the same tour, additional expenses @ 60% of the rent and organizing expenses not exceeding Rs. 15 lakhs per country shall be allowed. As applicable 2. Air fare, DA, Hotel stay, for one in the case of official of EPC participation in fairs/exhibitions As applicable 3. Entertainment in the case of participation in fairs/exhibitions (III) Promotional Activities within India by EPCs etc.: Organizing seminars, workshops 60% subject to 1. etc., on quality upgradation, maximum awareness creation etc., with ceiling of focus on export promotion. Rs.1,00,000/- per event. (i) Venue cost (ii) All other organizing expenditure Organisation of important 60% of (i) + (ii) 2. international fairs/ exhibition in (subject to a India.(support from MDA only ceiling of for three years) Rs.15 lakh per event) (i) Venue cost (ii) All other organizing expenditure Buyer Seller Meets in India 3. (i) Venue Cost 60% of (i) +(ii) (ii) All other organizing (subject to a expenditure ceiling of Rs.15 lakh per event) (IV) PUBLICITY: (i) Publication/publicity with focus 60% of net approved on export expenditure after accounting for the promotion and brought out for revenue generated through the circulation/use of overseas sales, advertisement. buyers/organizations etc.) (ii) Advertisement abroad Not an eligible item. (iii) Publication for circulation to the members and publicity within the country etc. Note: (1) Expenses relating to stay, per diem allowance, local travel etc. of Council's official etc. for activities within India are to be met by the EPCs etc. (2) MDA grant required for exporters accompanying the EPCs etc. led delegation/Trade fair/Exhibition is required to be shown along with Budget of each Activity in the Annual Action Plan. (3) In case where the activities are planned as a part of the "Made in India" Trade Promotion initiative of the Department of Commerce, Government of India, the scale of assistance may be increased upto 90% of the venue cost and organizing expenditure. 5. Focus Area Programmes: At present 4 Focus Area programmes viz. Focus (LAC), Focus (Africa), Focus (CIS) and Focus (ASEAN+2) are under operation in the Department. In addition to activities in non focus areas, special provision has been made under Reverse Trade Visits for visit of prominent delegates and buyers (one person from each organization) from these Focus Area Regions for participation in buyer cum seller meets, exhibitions etc. in India. The foreign delegates/buyers/journalists would be assisted in meeting their return air travel expenses in economy excursion class upto the entry point in India. This would, however, be subject to financing only the well planned participations wherein the potential of the incoming delegate(s)/buyer(s)/journalist(s) have been screened by the concerned EPC and Territorial Division. The following activities are eligible to be undertaken under Focus Area Programmes: FOR ACTIVITIES UNDER THE FOCUS-AREA PROGRAMMES S.N Permissible Items of expenditure under MDA Percentage of o. funding under MDA (i) Participation in International Fairs/exhibitions 1. organised by EPCs etc. As applic able in (ii) Sponsoring BSMs/Trade delegations abroad non-focus area with by EPCs etc. ceiling of Rs. 15 lakh Reverse Trade visits of prominent foreign (i)100% (subject 2. buyer/ delegates/journalists to India for to a ceiling of participation in BSMs/ exhibitions etc.: Rs.1,00,000/- for (i) Return air-fare travel expenses in LAC and economy excursion class upto the entry point Rs.70,000/- for in India and hotel charges etc. other Focus (ii) Venue charges areas) (iii) All other organizing expenditure. (ii)&(iii) As All other expenses relating to stay, per diem applicable in allowance, local travel etc. of delegates non-focus area invited from abroad are to be met by the with ceiling of Rs. EPC or by sharing between the organizers 15 lakh and delegates. Translation facilities in foreign languages and vice 3. versa 60% 4. Product catalogue in CD ROM 60% 6. Participation/organisation of export promotional activities shall be subject to the following conditions: (i) The exporters participating in EPC sponsored trade delegations and fairs/exhibitions/buyer cum seller meets etc. abroad shall receive the MDA assistance on reimbursement basis on scales. (ii) One official of the EPC (subject to an upper ceiling of two visits in one financial year by individual official) can accompany EPC sponsored trade delegation/organized participation in trade fair/exhibition followed by BSM. This would, however, be subject to the condition that a minimum of five exporters participates in such events except in case of established trade fairs where this condition shall not apply for two such fairs in a financial year with the prior approval of the Joint Secretary of the concerned commodity/territorial division . In rare circumstances, the Joint Secretary of the concerned commodity/territorial division can also relax the condition of a maximum of two visits by an individual official in a financial year. However, in case the number of participants for a particular event goes beyond 20 (Twenty), MDA assistance for one additional official of the EPC for every block of 20 participants shall be permitted. (iii) Per diem allowance, hotel charges etc. would not be permissible from MDA funds to exporters/elected office bearers of the EPCs etc. traveling abroad. (iv) MDA assistance shall be limited to 60% of the total approved cost ( upto 90% in case of 'Made in India' shows) and the remaining has to be met by the EPCs from the contributions from participants, members, trade etc. (v) For 'Reverse Trade Visits' the air-fare by economy excursion class for invited delegates would be subject to the upper ceilings of Rs.100,000/-for LAC region and Rs.70,000/- for CIS, Africa and ASEAN+2 regions. 7. Approved organisation(s)/trade bodies (a) Approved organization/trade body means an organization, institution or association engaged in development and promotion of exports and approved by the E&MDA Division in the Department of commerce for this purpose. These Organizations can organize programme/activity for specific purpose of development and promotion of exports of Indian products and commodities with the prior approval of the Government (E&MDA Division in the Department of Commerce) for its members. These are of following two types: (i) Approved organizations who can sponsor MDA proposals of its member exporters:- List of the approved organizations is given in Annexure-II. No MDA grant on annual basis would be given to these organizations for their export promotion activities. However, organizations can sponsor requests of their member exporters for participation in fairs/exhibitions/BSMs/Trade delegations led by these organizations for MDA assistance. (ii) Other approved trade bodies List of organizations approved under this heading is at Annexure-III. These organizations cannot sponsor proposals of their member exporters for MDA assistance. However, with the prior approval of the E&MDA Division of the Department of Commerce, their proposals for organizing non-recurring specific promotional activity for export growth of Indian Products and Commodities abroad can be considered for MDA assistance. Any other organization, institution or association desirous of getting itself registered as an approved organization, may apply to the Department of Commerce (E&MDA Division) with full particulars in the prescribed proforma (Annexure-IV). 8. Pattern of assistance to Grantee/ Approved organizations other than EPCs (i) FIEO MDA assistance to FIEO will be on the lines as applicable to EPCs, with the condition that export promotion activities by them should be for multi-products/sectors or products/services not covered by any other EPCs or to a country where EPC is not in a position to participate. However, the total MDA grant to FIEO would not be more than Rs. 100 lakhs in a financial year . FIEO can, in addition, also sponsor requests of its member exporters for participation in fairs/exhibitions/BSMs/Trade delegations led by FIEO for MDA assistance provided these members are not members of any Export Promotion Council.. (ii) ITPO Allocation for ITPO from MDA would be kept to the minimum and confined to the special fairs to meet deficit as approved by the Exhibition Advisory Committee in the Department of Commerce. Member exporters of EPCs etc. would also be eligible for MDA assistance for participation in events organized by ITPO abroad. Their applications/claims would by routed/reimbursed through concerned EPC etc. (iii)IIFT, IIP, IDI and ICA MDA assistance to IIFT, IIP, IDI and ICA for various activities on an annual basis would not be provided. However, specific development activities directed towards export growth of Indian products and Commodities would be considered by the Govt. (E&MDA Division in the Department of Commerce) for part financing. (iv) To other approved trade bodies On receipt of specific development and export promotion project(s) from the approved trade bodies such as ASSOCHAM, CII, FICCI etc. (other than FIEO, IIFT, IIP,IDI, ICA and ITPO) , E&MDA Division may consider financing one or two special specific non-recurring activities with 60% financial assistance of the net expenditure on approved items from MDA subject to maximum MDA assistance of Rs. 15 lakh for each focus area programme + Rs. 15 lakhs for general areas. As such the total MDA grant to such approved trade bodies would not be more than Rs. 75 lakhs in a financial year to a particular approved trade body. 9. Adhoc Grant-In-Aid Residual essential activities or proposals connected with the export effort, which qualify for the grant-in-aid but not covered by this Code will also be considered on merits for assisting from the Marketing Development Assistance scheme. DOCUMENTATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF ASSISTANCE TO EXPORTERS: (i) Intimation application in Annexure V duly completed and signed shall be submitted by the exporter to the concerned EPC etc. giving clear 14 days advance notice. Intimation and the application must be sent electronically by email also. (ii) Concerned Organization (FIEO, EPC etc.) on receipt of intimation shall immediately issue acknowledge receipt. Thereafter they will examine and issue approval letter to the exporter preferable within 5 working days of the receipt of the intimation, in the prescribed format (Annexure-VI). (iii) Claim along with the declaration duly completed and the Certificate (as per Annexure VIII) duly signed by a Chartered Accountant shall be submitted by the exporter to the concerned Organization (FIEO), EPC etc.) in the prescribed format (Annexure-VII) along with under mentioned papers immediately on return to India after completion of the activity but positively within 45 days of their return to India: • Details of activity undertaken earlier with MDA assistance to the same country/countries. • Legible photocopy of passport highlighting the entries about departure from and arrival into India and also the countries visited. In case, passport does not have arrival/departure dates regarding visits to various countries, some documentary evidence such as Hotel Bills, Boarding pass, lodging pass etc. be submitted. • Original air ticket/jacket used during the journey. If Original air ticket/jacket is lost, a legible photocopy of the same along with a certificate from the concerned airline indicating following may be sent: a) Name of the traveler b) Ticket number c) Flight No. d) Date of departure from India e) Sectors/countries visited f) Class in which traveled g) Economy excursion class fare for sectors/countries visited. Self certified f.o.b. value export figures during the last three financial years, year wise. • Brief report about the activity participated and achievements made. (iv) Claim forms duly filled in and complete in all respects must be submitted to the concerned EPC, FIEO etc., within 90 days of return to India would. However, claims submitted within 30 days from the expiry of the 90 days period may be entertained by or wherein the deficiencies in the claim as intimated by the concerned EPC, FIEO etc., with 10% deduction. The claims which are submitted after 120 days of return to India shall not be entertained under any circumstances. Any deficiencies in the claim as intimated by the concerned EPC, FIEO etc., must be completed within 30 days of the date of directions given in this regard failing which the claim shall stand rejected without any further intimation or reminder in this regard by the concerned EPC, FIEO etc. . ANNEXURE-I LIST OF GRANTEE ORGANISATIONS (EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCILS ) UNDER THE MDA CODE. 1. Apparel EPC, NBCC Tower, 15, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi- 110066.(Phone No.26183351, 26169394 Fax No.011-26188584, 26188300) 2. Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics Export Promotion Council, Jhansi Castle(4th floor), 7-cooperage Road, Mumbai-400039.(Phone No.22021288, 2021330 Fax No.022-2026684) 3. Carpet EPC, 110-A/1, Krishna Nagar, Street No.5,Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029.(Phone No. 26102742, 6101024 Fax No.011-6165299) 4. Cashew EPC, P.B.No.1709, Chittor Road, Ernakulam South, Cochin- 682016 (Phone No. 361459, 369080 Fax No.0484-370973) 5. CAPEXIL, World Trade Centre, 14/1-B, Ezra Street, 2nd Floor, Calcutta- 700001 (Phone No. 2215652, 2357079 Fax No.033-2215657) 6. The Cotton Textiles EPC, Engineering Centre, 5th Floor,9, Mathew Road, Mumbai-400004. (Phone No.3632910-13, 3634206 Fax No.022-3632914, 3640162) 7. Council for Leather Exports, Leather Centre, 3rd and 4th Floor,53, Raja Muthiah Road, Chennai-600003. (Phone No. 5389098, 5382041 Fax No.044-5387083, 5388713) 8. Engineering EPC, World Trade Centre, 3rd Floor,14/1-B, Ezra Street, Calcutta-700001 (Phone No. 2350442-44, 2353796 Fax No.033-2215657) 9. Electronics & Computer Software EPC, PHD House, 3rd Floor, Opp. Asiad Village, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016. (Phone No. 6510632, 6964463 Fax No.011-6853412) 10. EPC for Handicrafts, 6, Community Centre, 2nd floor, Basant Lok,Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-110057 (Phone No.6145355, 6147615 Fax No.011-6143772, 6146144) 11. Export Promotion Council for EOUs & SEZ Units, 705, Bhikaji Cama Bhawan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066 (Phone No. 26166185/26165805/26166953 Fax No. 011-26165538) Contd… 12. Gem & Jewellery EPC, Diamond Plaza, 5th Floor, 91-A,Dr. D.B.Marg, Mumbai-400004. (Phone No. 3821801, 3821806 Fax No.022-3808752, 3804958) 13. Handloom EPC, 18-Cathedral Garden Road, Numgambakkam,Chennai 600034. (Phone No.8278879, 8276043 Fax No.044-8271761) 14. The Indian Silk EPC, 62, Mittal Chambers, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 (Phone No. 2025866, 2027662 Fax No.022-2874606) 15. Overseas Construction Council of India Ltd., H-118, Himalaya House, 11th Floor, 23, K.G. Marg, New Delhi-110001. (Phone No. 3722425, 3350367 Fax No.011-3312936) 16. The Plastic EPC, Crystal Tower, Ground floor, Crystal Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., Gundowli Road No.3, Off Sir M.V. Road, Andheri East, Mumbai- 400069. (Phone No. 8313951-52 Fax No.022-8327860) 17. Powerloom Development & EPC, 16, Ist Floor, Mittal Chambers, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021 (Phone No. 2846518-19 Fax No.022-2846517) 18. Sports Goods EPC, 1-E/6, Swami Ram Tirth Nagar,Jhandewalan Extn., New Delhi-110055. (Phone No. 3525695 Fax No.011-3632147) 19. Shellac Export Promotion Council,World Trade Centre, 14/1.B,Ezra Street, Calcutta-700001. (Phone No. 2354556 Fax No.033-2353134) 20. The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles EPC, Resham Bhavan, 78, Veer Nariman Road, Mumbai-400020 (Phone No. 2048797, 2048690 Fax No.022-2048358) 21. Wool &Woolens EPC, 612/714, Ashoka Estate, 24,Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110001. (Phone No. 3315512, 3315205 Fax No.011-3314626) 22. Wool Industry Export Promotion Organisation, Churchgate Chambers, 7th Floor, 5 New Marine Lines, Mumbai-400020. (Phone No.022-22624372 Fax No. 022-22624675 ANNEXURE-II LIST OF APPROVED ORGANISATIONS WHO CAN SPONSOR PROPOSALS FROM THEIR MEMBERS. 1. Tea Board, 14, BTM Sarani, Brabourne Road, P.B.No.2172, Calcutta-700001. (Phone No.2351411 Fax No. 033-2215715) 2. Coffee Board, 1, Dr. B.R. Ambekder Veedhi, Bangalore-560001, (Phone No.2250250, 2252917 Fax No. 080- 2255557) 3. Spices Board, Sugandha Bhavan, Cochin Bypass,Cochin-682025. (Phone No.333610-616 Fax No. 0484-331429, 334429) 4. Rubber Board, Sub Jail Road, P.B. No.1122, Kottayam-686002. (Phone No.571231, 232) Fax No. 0481-571380) 5. Tobacco Board, P.B.No.322, G.T. Road,Guntur-522004. (Phone No. 358399 Fax No. 0863-354232) 6. Coir Board, M.G.Road, Ernakulam, Cochin-682016. (Phone No.351807, 351788 Fax No. 0484-370034) 7. Central Silk Board CSB Complex, Hosur Road, BTM Layout, Madiwala, Bangalore-560068. (Phone No.6688831, 6680841 Fax No. 080-6681511, 6680387) 8. Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) MPEDA House, Panapilly Avenue,M.G. Road, Cochin-682016. (Phone No.311901, 314468 Fax No.0484-313361) 9. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority(APEDA), 3rd floor, NCUI Building, 3 Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg (Opp. Asiad Village) New Delhi-110016. (Phone No.6513204, 6514572 Fax No.11-6513167) 10. Federation of Indian Export Organisations, PHD House, 3rd floor, Opp. Asian Games Village, Hauz Khas, New Delhi- 110016. (Phone No.6851310,12,14,15 Fax No.6863087, 6967859) ANNEXURE-III LIST OF OTHER APPROVED TRADE BODIES 1. Export Inspection Council, 14/1.B, Ezra Street, 3rd floor, Calcutta-700001, 2. Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi-110001. 3. Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India, Royal Exchange, Calcutta-700001. 4. Confederation of Indian Industries, 23-26, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. 5. India Woollen Mills Federation in India, G-4, Advent Building,Ferozshah Road, Mumbai-400001. 6. Federation of Association of Small Industries of India, Laghudhyog Kuttee, 23-B/2, Rohtak Road, New Delhi-110019. 7. Indian Machine Tool Manufactures Association, 12-Rampart Road, Mumbai. 8. Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association, 5501, Kakad Chambers, 132, Dr. Annie besant Road, Worli, Mumbai – 400018. 9. Jute Manufacturers Development Council, 25-Camac Street, 6th floor, Flat No.6(A), Calcutta-600016. 10. Textile Machinery Manufacturers' Association(India) 53-Mittal Chamber, Nariman Point, Mumbai. 11. The Solvent Extracters' Association of India, Tanna House, Annexe-11(A), Nathalai D. Parikh Marg, Mumbai-400039. 12. The Groundnut Extractions Export Development Association, Tanna House, 11(A), Nathalai D. Parikh Marg, Mumbai-400039. 13. Indian Oil & Produce Exporters' Association, 78-79-Bajaj Bhavan, Backbay Reclamation, Nariman Point ,Mumbai- 400021. ANNEXURE-IV PROFORMA FOR APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION AS AN APPROVEDORGANISATION/TRADE BODY 1. Name of the Organisation. 2. Address 3. Year of Establishment 4. Whether registered under companies/societies Act. 5. Main objectives/activities. 6. Range of production, giving value of production by member concerns, product wise. 7. Internal turnover and exports during the last three years by member concerns. 8. Countries to which exports have been made and value(f.o.b.) for last three years. 9. Previous efforts made in foreign markets indicating nature of efforts and expenditure thereon during the last three years. 10. Nature of effort now proposed indicating :- (a) Countries; (b) Type of effort; and (c) Details of expenditure. 11. List of members of Association, mentioning membership of any Export Promotion Council, if any. 12. The advantages that the applicant expects to secure or obtain from the effort(an indication should be given of the estimated increase in exports over and above the level of existing exports of the members of the Association/Institution). 13. Report of the State Government. 14. A copy of the Articles and Memorandum of the Association. 15. Audited Income & Expenditure statement for the last 3 years. Annexure-V Application Form For Marketing Development Assistance For participation in Trade Fair/Exhibition/BSM/Trade delegation abroad Ref.No.________________ Date:________________ 01. Name of the firm with full address. IEC No.__________________ 02. EH/TH Certificate No. & Date _____________________ Valid upto______________ 03. FOB value of exports during the last Financial year (Rs.in crores) 04. Particulars of fair/exhibition/BSM/ Trade Delegation Name of event: Place: Country: From……………….To…………….. 05. Particulars of visit Date of departure from India Date of arrival in India 06. Details of proposal(s) already Submitted in the same financial year. 07. Details of earlier participations in the same event with MDA assistance. 08. Name and designation of the person going abroad Place: Date: Signature: ANNEXURE-VI SAMPLE APPROVAL LETTER (To be issued by FIEO/EPC/Commodity Board/APEDA/MPEDA) No. Dated: Dear Sir(s), Sub: MDA Assistance Ref: Your application No. Dated: We are glad to inform you that your above mentioned application received on has been registered and the approval is hereby accorded subject to fulfilling relevant conditions mentioned in MDA Code (February, 2004) and also subject to the approval from the MDA Committee of the Department of Commerce, Government of India, New Delhi at the final stage after submission of claim by your company. 2. You can proceed with the planned activity subject to fulfilling the applicable conditions mentioned in the MDA Code (February, 2004). As per the MDA guidelines, you are required to submit claim within three months of return back to India after completion of the activity. However, we advise you to file your claim immediately on your return from the tour with the following documents: • Prescribed claim form duly completed and properly authenticated. • Self-certified copy of Export/Trading House Certificate, if applicable. • Self-certified copy of SSI registration certificate issued by the concerned Director of Industries, if applicable. • Legible photocopy of passport highlighting the entries about departure from and arrival in India and also the countries visited. In case passport does not have arrival/departure dates regarding visits to various countries, some documentary evidence such as Hotel Bills, Boarding pass, Lodging pass etc. • Original air ticket/jacket used during the journey. If Air Ticket/Jacket is lost, a legible photocopy of the same alongwith a certificate from the airline indicating following may be sent: a) Name of Traveller b) Ticket Number c) Flight No. d) Date of Departure from India e) Sectors/Countries Visited f) Class in which travelled g) Fare in economy excursion class for Sectors/ Countries visited. • Self certified FOB value export figures during the last three financial years, year wise. • Self certified copies of receipt, bank advice etc. evidencing payment made towards stall charges, water & electricity(for fair/exhibitions only) • Waiver Certificate from ITPO, EPC etc. if participated in a fair/exhibition wherein national participation was organised by ITPO , EPC etc. (for fair/exhibition only) • Details of past activities for same event. • Brief report on the activity undertaken and achievements. 3. On receipt of your claim, the case will be considered and grant will be reimbursed as per MDA guidelines. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, Annexure-VII Claim Form for Marketing Development Assistance For Participation in Trade fairs/Exhibitions/BSM/Trade Delegation abroad Ref. No._____________ Date: ______________ 01 Name of the firm with full address IEC No._______________ 02 Approval letter No. and date 03 F.O.B. value of exports during the last financial year. Rs. in crores 04 Particulars of event Name: City : Country Duration of fair from _________To________ 05 Date of actual departure from India. (please attach self certified photocopy of passport duly highlighting date of departure). 06 Date of actual arrival from India. (please attach self certified photocopy of passport duly highlighting date of arrival). 07 Name & Designation of person who attended the event. Contd… 08 No. of proposals already submitted in the same financial year. 09 Details of participations made with MDA assistance in the past in the same event. 10 Whether assistance availed from other Govt. Bodies/EPCs/Commodity Boards/APEDA/MPEDA/ITPO etc. for the activity under reference? Yes/No. (If yes, please give full details) 11 Expenditure incurred a) Actual return airfare by economy excursion class b) Actual expenditure incurred on stall, decoration, water & electricity charges. Rs___________ Rs___________ (Please attach original air ticket/jacket used during the journey along with self certified photocopies of receipt, bank advice etc. evidencing payment made) 12 Amount claimed Rs____________ Undertaking and Declaration I/We hereby solemnly undertake/declare that the particulars stated above are true and correct to the best of my/our knowledge and belief. No other application for claiming assistance for this participation and/or travel cost has been made or will be made in future against purchase covered by the application. Any information, if found to be incorrect, wrong or misleading, will render/us liable to rejection of our claim without prejudice to any other action that may be taken against us in this behalf. If as a result of scrutiny any excess payment is found to have been made to me/us, the same may be adjusted against any of the subsequent claims to be made by my/our firm or in the event no claim is preferred, the amount overpaid will be refunded by me/us to the extent of the excess amount paid. Signature : Name in Block Letters : Designation : Name of the Applicant : Firm Company Seal : Place: Date: VERIFICATION NOTE To be filled in by FIEO/EPC/Commodity Board/APEDA/MPEDA) Ref. No. _______________________________ Date___________ 01 Name of the firm with full address IEC No._______________ 02 Particulars of activity Trade Delegation/Fair/Exhibition Participations 03 Date of receipt of application in the office of FIEO/EPC/Commodity Board/APEDA/MPEDA? 04 Particulars of event Date of Departure from India -Date of Arrival in India Date of receipt of claim - 05 A. Whether condition of 14 days advance Clear notice met? B. Whether claim submission conditions met ? Yes/No Yes/No 06 Name and designation of the person visiting abroad. 07 No. of proposals already Submitted in the same financial year. 08 Details of Fairs/exhibitions/BSM/ trade delegation participated made with MDA assistance in the Past in the same event/country. 09 Whether report on the activityUndertaken submitted ? Yes/No 10 Whether assistance availed From other Govt. Bodies/EPCs/ Commodity Boards/ APEDA/ MPEDA/ITPO etc. For the activity under reference? Yes/No. (If yes, please give full details) 11 Expenditure incurred a) On actual return airfare by economy excursion class b) On stall, decoration, water & electricity charges. Rs___________ Rs___________ (Please attach original air ticket/jacket and self certified photocopies of receipt etc. evidencing payment made) 12 Amount recommended on a) Air travel for Trade Delegation b) Air travel and/or stall charges for participation in fairs and exhibitions. Rs___________ Rs___________ Place: Signature Date : Name & Designation (with Office Seal) ANNEXURE VIII CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT CERTIFICATE I/We hereby confirm that I/We have examined the claim papers,, books of account and the prescribed documents in respect of the claim of M/s. and hereby certify that: (i) The participant is regular employee/director/ partner/proprietor of the company (ii) Participation is as per the maximum permissible participations under the MDA Scheme. (iii) Minimum of 14 days clear advance notice had been given to the concerned EPC/Trade Body . (iv) The participant company/firm/concern is not under investigation/charged/prosecuted/ debarred/black listed under Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 , FEMA, Customs Act 1962 (v) The total number of participations in this particular trade fair/exhibition is not exceeding three. (vi) The date of return to India is within 45/90 days of the date of making this application. (vii) The f.o.b. value export figures during the last financial year is less than Rs. 15 Crores. (viii) It has been ensured that the information furnished is true and correct in all respects, no part is false or misleading and no relevant information has been concealed or withheld. Neither I/We nor any of our partners is a partner/Director or an employee of the above named entity or its associated concerns. 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INSURGENT Review: She Needs to Wash That Man Right Out of Her Hair
In July 2014, a question was posed on Twitter as part of the "Movie Talk on Sunday" weekly event. That week's topic was "Women in Film" and the final question was, "To show boys and girls a strong female character they can aspire towards; which films would you use?" This was my answer, as Tweeted:
"A10) As a father of 2 girls, I've never guided them to aspire to be a character in a film. I've guided them to aspire to make films. #MTOS"
I meant it back then. I meant it yesterday. I meant it this morning.
And now, having seen Insurgent, the follow-up to 2014's Divergent, I really mean it – perhaps more than ever before.
Picking up soon after Divergent's end, the film opens with its core four characters – former Dauntless members Tris (Shailene Woodley), Four (Theo James), and Peter (Miles Teller), along with Tris' brother (and Erudite member) Caleb (Ansel Elgort) – living in hiding among the people of Amity on their farm/commune. Not only is the foursome wanted in connection for the events at the end of the first film, they (and all other rogue Dauntless members) have been framed for the mass murder of all members of Abnegation – a genocidal act orchestrated by Erudite's megalomaniacal leader, Jeanine (Kate Winslet). Also being smeared in the Jeanine-controlled media are all Divergents, whom the villainess claims are a threat to life inside the walls of Chicago.
In reality, Jeanine wants all Divergents rounded up and brought to her because an ancient box discovered in the ruins of Abnegation holds the key to the city's future, and only a Divergent can open the box. What Jeanine quickly learns, though, is that not all Divergents are alike, so not just any Divergent can open it, only the right Divergent can open it. While her troops, including returning characters Eric (Jai Courtney) and Max (Mekhi Phifer), hunt Divergents, Four and Tris are left to manage the aftermath of the decisions made by Peter and Caleb, strike an alliance with the newly-organized Factionless (aka The Homeless), and deal with the introduction of someone from Four's past.
There are many problems with Insurgent, including Robert Schwentke's uninspired direction; a script (co-written by three men based on a woman's novel) saddled with overt and tired dialogue, which follows a path that seems specifically designed not to advance a story, but to get to a particular gigantic set-piece near the end of the film); and a leaden performance from Winslet, whose attempt at icy evilness feels more like she's indifferently detached.
Another doozy is the repeated use of fake-outs – those scenes that have heavy, sometimes plot-changing moments, only to learn a minute later that the heavy moment was actually a nightmare Tris was having or a scene from a simulator she's attached to. Like the jump-scare in horror, the fake-out can be an effective device on the audience. To use it too much, though, breeds viewer apathy. If something can be revealed as fake at any moment, why should anyone care what happens?
But the film irreparably damages itself – and quite possibly whatever sequels are left – in how it handles Tris' character. When decisions need to be made, Four makes them, not Tris. When there is a fight (and there are several) and the two are in the fight together, he protects her. (There is even some subtle blocking of the actors that goes on where Four is in the foreground and on-point for action while Little Suzy Franchise is left watching or following.)
It's rampant throughout the film. He leads, she follows. He acts, she reacts. There's even a scene where, faced with being turned over to Erudite by Candor (just trust me), Four insists he and Tris subject themselves to truth serum to prove their own innocence. Tris has what she believes to be good reason to object to this plan and object she does (albeit passively). She's essentially ignored and given the truth serum anyway because it's Four's plan.
If I knew nothing of this franchise and saw this movie first, I would bet the house that Four is the centerpiece of the whole thing. Even his character gets some nice development while her character just does stuff … like cut her own hair. Tris, you've come a long way, baby.
I couldn't help but make a quick mental comparison to the other female-led, young adult, dystopian film series, The Hunger Games. In those films, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is not only the target for the bad guys, she's the inspiration for the good guys. In those films, Katniss is protected when she needs protecting, but she is also told to fight when it is time to fight. In those films, Katniss is the strongest because it's her story.
In this film – hell, in this franchise – Tris, as a Divergent, is the most special of the special ones, the one who holds the key to what happens next. But rather than take control of her own destiny (coif-cutting aside) until the end, where even then she can't just bark an order but instead has to convince Four with, "Just trust me," she is relegated to playing (essentially) a damsel in distress. Granted, she's got a mean right hook when she's given the chance to use it, but that occasional flash of aggressiveness cannot overcome the way her character is so passively drawn.
Thinking back to that day Twitter question, I don't think there is any merit to anyone aspiring to be a character in a film. I do think, however, there are opportunities to learn things from characters in films, and perhaps aspire to adapt certain positive behaviors, jettison bad ones, or make smart choices in specific situations similar to those situations a character has faced. Fiction has always been a fertile ground for this sort of thing. The sole lesson I would teach my daughters after having seen Insurgent? Ignore everything Tris does.
And then I would tell them to pick up a camera and go do the whole thing better.
SPRING Review: Creature Comfort
One of my early assignments for DVD Verdict was to review the Blu-ray for the independent horror film Resolution. The film is impressive, particularly in how it breathes new life into old horror tropes to produce a film-watching experience I wan't expecting. It's co-directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, and when it was over, I made a mental note to keep an eye out for the duo's subsequent projects. I'm glad I made that note; the boys are back and they're better than before with the wildly ambitious Spring.
Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci) has hit a terrible rough spot in his life. His mother has recently passed away and thanks to a wrong place/wrong time bar fight, he loses his job (at the bar) and is wanted by police. With no family tethering him to California, Evan randomly choses Italy as his destination to escape law and life.
It's in Italy that Evan meets Louise (Nadia Hilker), a worldly-wise woman who takes playing hard-to-get to new levels. But Evan, a stranger in a strange land who has nothing to lose, rises to the romantic challenge the exotic beauty presents. As their emotional relationship blossoms, Louise struggles with managing a monstrous secret she has no desire to reveal to Evan, but one that might doom the couple's future.
I never expected to write the words "great tenderness throughout" when making notes during and after my screening of Spring. This is supposed to be a horror film; there is no room for warm, enveloping tenderness in a horror film.
But that's the genius of it: it isn't a horror film – at least, not a conventional horror film.
Most importantly, it's a love story (and a damn good one). There's no clever meet-cute here; there aren't switched bags at customs or some language barrier that finds the boy committing to something he didn't know about. It basic and organic and works very well: boy sees girl, girl makes eye contact, boy keeps walking (and all with great use of slo-mo and Jimmy Lavalle's wonderfully understated score). Fate intervenes, boy sees girl again and this time he talks to her.
(There is a powerful chemistry – like, lighting-in-a-bottle chemistry – between the leads. It's immediate and intense and sustained and it's the backbone of the film.)
As she plays hard-to-get and he plays persistent (never desperate), you watch him take two steps towards her for every one she walks away from him, until he finally catches up to her. It's watching two people fall in love, but not in a way I can recall having seen on film before. Others have compared this to Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise, and I get that, especially with the gorgeous European backdrop, but the Pucci/Hilker chemistry is weapons-grade, something I didn't get from Ethan Hawke/Julie Delpy, even though I thought they were great in that.
Woven throughout this love story is a rumination on life, death, and (im)mortality, as well as an examination of spirituality (that doesn't proselytize).
There is much death in this film, but again, unlike a conventional horror story, it's mostly tragic as opposed to horrific. Other than Evan's mother (and an unfortunate American tourist who, trust me, had it coming), all other deaths serve to drive the conversation; they happen in the past and are used to set a tone, not simply frame a moment. Evan's father years past, and a small child in Italy not that long ago, are two, but a surprisingly key loss is that of the wife of an old man named Angelo (Francesco Carnelutti). Angelo, who gives Evan a place to stay and work, is an old widower who lost his wife too long in the past to remember, but who pines for her to the point of weeping for her at church. Evan is given plenty to ponder with the death that is around him, even in the context of romance and love.
In fact, all of that tragedy builds to how mortality plays in the relationship struggles between Evan and Louise, but to go any further than that would be to spoil it, which is what makes covering the horror aspect of the film a little tricky.
There is definitely a horror element to the film (although some might consider it closer to sci-fi). It is handled marvelously by the co-directors, with enough visual proof to confirm something isn't quite right about Louise (proof that is exposed a little bit more with every glimpse), but also with enough clever filmmaking to not give anything away until late in the film.
In fact, this is the great blessing that proves to be the film's minor curse. For as sensational as the screenplay from co-director Benson is – from its themes to its dialogue and from its romance to its darker side, and especially in how it touches on God but dodges becoming That discussion – it gets lost in the science behind Louise's secret to the point that it takes you out of the magic. I understand the desire to make the story as believable as possible, but a tutorial on genetics, no matter how well written, is still a tutorial on genetics.
Every film should have such a problem, though. Other than that, everything else behind the scenes fires on all cylinders, particularly the great use of sound to replace the hidden visuals, and gorgeous cinematography from co-director Moorhead.
The ending brought me to tears. No kidding.
The genius of Spring is that it's a horror movie that isn't a horror movie. It's a delicate romance and a philosophical drama and yeah, it's got some horror too, and it all combines to create a wonderfully ambitious film that, like Resolution, breathes new life into an old construct.
MAN FROM RENO Review: I Want You to Notice When I'm Not Around
One of the Film Independent Spirit Awards categories I don't get to vote in is the John Cassavetes Award (it's instead given by a panel of judges). To be eligible for the award, a film's production budget must be less than $500,000. Past winners include The Blair Witch Project (1999), The Station Agent (2003), and Middle of Nowhere (2012). Although I don't get to vote in this category, I still try to see every nominated film. This past voting year's nominee slate included Blue Ruin, It Felt Like Love, Land Ho!, and Test. It also included Man From Reno, the only film of the five I was unable to catch before the awards were handed out, but one the film's producers were kind enough to let me screen in advance of its March 27th limited US release.
Aki Akahori (Ayako Fujitani) is a successful Japanese crime novelist whose "Inspector Takabe" series of books has made her a literary celebrity, but she's tired and she's been harboring a secret that has weighed on her for years. Without warning, she abandons her latest press tour and flees to San Francisco to sort out what's going on in her head. While in the City by the Bay, she meets Akira Suzuki (Kazuki Kitamura), a handsome and mysterious fellow countryman who flirts with her – and hard. Not just alone but also lonely, Aki takes advantage of her temporary anonymity and has an affair with the charming stranger. But when he disappears from her hotel room, other strangers – strangers not so handsome and far too mysterious – start asking her questions she can't answer.
During the same period of time, Paul Del Moral (Pepe Serna), the sheriff of San Marco County, an area just south of San Francisco, accidentally strikes a pedestrian with his car on a foggy night. Circumstances surrounding the pedestrian … a Japanese pedestrian … are curious, but before Del Moral and his daughter/deputy Teresa (Elisha Skorman) can question the man, the stranger disappears from the hospital.
Many questions lead to few answers (and beget more questions) until the paths of Aki and Del Moral finally cross and the two can compare notes to figure out where their missing men went. If only it were that easy.
Holy wow. I did not see Man From Reno coming. This thing is sneaky good.
And what makes it so good is how co-writers Joel Clark and Michael Lerman, along with writer/director Dave Boyle, take elements of several styles of crime storytelling, strip those elements of all cliché, and reconstruct them into a mystery that comforts you with its surface familiarity and then seizes you with its deep intensity.
The most obvious trope the film turns on its head is that of professional crime author by day/amateur crime solver by night, but Aki Akahori is no Jessica Fletcher, and that's a good thing. Aki is a troubled soul with a secret that has haunted her to the point of desperate measures, but stripped of all melodrama. Fujitani plays Aki with delicately unsure measure – a woman weary of success yet awkward in anonymity. As for her sleuthing skills, she's better left to writing fiction than solving fact, another refreshing take on the character type.
The "small-town sheriff taking on a case the likes of which he's never seen but one he just might be smart enough to figure out" device is another crime fiction standard Boyle and Co. do fine things with. Del Moral is unburdened by stereotypes that have come before him; he is neither down-home folksy nor backwoods Sherlock, nor is he that world-weary cynic who saw enough of the big city to relocate to a simpler life in the twilight of his career. He's a sheriff doing his job, following leads and putting things together, with enough complexity of character to introduce potential conflict in the investigation. Serna's matter-of-factness with the character is so genuine it's refreshing, like he's hitting a reset button on something we've seen too many quirky versions of.
Reno also borrows elements from film noir (although it isn't neo-noir, which is perfectly fine too), stranger-in-a-strange-land tales, a hint of South Korean crime thrillers, and it even offers everything from a juicy red herring to a friend for Aki who knows her secret AND has some smarts to help her out (but not BAIL her out).
Oh, and the last 30 minutes of film are glorious; the story accelerates in a frenzy of unraveling revelations, yet continues to toss in additional mystery and doubt that it still finds time to address while the clock winds down. As for the end, it is deliciously satisfying.
The real star of the film, though, is Boyle. His filmmaking instincts are sensational. Every scene is so well-blocked and every shot shot so well-considered, plus he isn't afraid of big, sumptuous shots in his intimate thriller, and he treats the viewer like an intelligent adult by occasionally ending a scene a few beats early for the sake of artistic impact, but never at the expense of story. Couple this this with gorgeous lensing from cinematographer Richard Wong, and you have something that is as beautiful to look at as it is satisfying to consume.
I've watched Man From Reno twice now, and when it hits home video (please?), it will find a spot on my (top) shelf next to other modern crime classics, both domestic and foreign, like The Usual Suspects and I Saw the Devil. It is a glossy retro mystery thriller that only hints at cliché and then reminds you, scene after scene, how much better it is than that. The slow-burn of the film's first two acts ignites in the third with a sublime ending worthy of SoKo cinema, and one that Hollywood should take note of.


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Back pain is so common in the United States that at least four out of every five people will have a significant bout of it at some point in their lives.
Why do our backs ache so frequently? Often, the pain is triggered by an injury. For instance, you might find yourself wincing if you overstretch a muscle by lifting something too heavy or doing too much gardening. Back pain can also be brought on by medical problems, including arthritis, osteoporosis, a ruptured disk or an infection. Weight gain can also cause back pain, as can sleeping in the wrong position.
Steps to soothe a sore back
The good news is that most back pain doesn't last long. It often goes away on its own after a few days. Roughly 80 percent of back pain cases clear up nearly completely within six weeks. Until the pain disappears, these tips can help you feel better:
- Use ice. As soon as possible after a back injury, apply a cold pack or a cold compress to the affected part of your back. (You can use a bag of ice or frozen vegetables wrapped in a towel.) Do this several times daily, up to 20 minutes at a time, for two to three days. If you have diabetes, impaired sensation or impaired circulation, talk with your doctor about whether you should use ice.
- Apply heat. Next, use a heating pad to apply warmth to your back for brief periods of time. Don't fall asleep when you're using a heating pad, as you might burn yourself. Warm baths may also ease any lingering pain. If you have diabetes, impaired sensation or impaired circulation, talk with your doctor about whether you should use heat.
- Go easy on bed rest. As painful as it may be to move, limit the time you spend in bed to no longer than one or two days. Resuming your normal activities as soon as possible can actually reduce discomfort, improve your mobility and help you avoid complications, such as weak muscles and blood clots in your legs.
- Sleep smart. At night or whenever you rest, sleep on your side with a pillow between your knees.
- Consider medicine. Ask your doctor about over-the-counter pain relievers.
- Exercise. Back-friendly exercises such as swimming and walking may help speed your recovery. Check with your doctor before you increase your activity. Your doctor or a physical therapist may also suggest specific exercises to strengthen your back and abdominal muscles.
When should I see a doctor?
Be sure to alert your doctor if there is no noticeable reduction in your back pain after 72 hours of self-care.
Be aware that back pain can be a red flag for a potentially serious condition. Be sure to alert your doctor if you have back pain and if you have a history of cancer or significant bone disease, if your pain is worse at night or unrelated to activity or if you are age 50 or over.
See a doctor right away if you experience:
- Numbness or tingling
- Pain that gets worse or does not improve with rest or treatment
- Pain after a fall or an injury
- Pain accompanied by weakness, leg numbness, fever, trouble urinating or weight loss without dieting
Seek immediate emergency medical help if you have back pain and have:
- Had a major fall or injury
- Numbness in the groin or "saddle area" (that part of your pelvis that would be touching a saddle if you were on a horse)
- Pain that is sudden or severe
- Blood in your urine
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Updated on 05/31/2012
- Chou R, Qaseem A, Snow V, et al, for the Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Physicians/American Pain Society Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel. Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2007;147(7):478-491.
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Low back pain fact sheet.
- North American Spine Society Public Education Series. Acute low back pain.


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Spice Road Table in Epcot's Morocco Pavilion is nearly one year old! We're celebrating it's (almost) birthday by enjoying a variety of tapas and sangria, while sharing what's changing and what's remaining the same at this Table Service Restaurant.
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Disney Food Post Round-Up: February 16, 2014
A new dessert trio at Hollywood Brown Derby in Disney's Hollywood Studios is just one of our Disney World news items this week. Other Disney food news includes a new souvenir Tiki Tanyard at Sunshine Tree Terrace in the Magic Kingdom. Check out our Reader Finds and a round up of great news articles!


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US: Ford uses kenaf plant inside Escape doors
Ford is using kenaf, a tropical plant related to cotton and okra plants, to replace oil-based materials in the doors of the new Ford Escape.
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On the 3rd episode of Take No Prisoners Radio, hosts Seb and Camille H discuss the rise of socially conscious mainstream rap, "ratchet rap" and cultural misappropriation. For the second half, Paul Porter, entertainment industry veteran & founder of RapRehab joins the show to reveal the music industry's dirty secrets. Also, check out new music by Open Mike Eagle, De La Soul ft. Chuck D, RA the Rugged Man and Sa-Roc.
Take No Prisoners Radio: Music Industry Veteran Paul Porter Reveals SecretsPosted: February 28, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: advice, African American, aspiring artists, Black, business, Camille H., conspiracy, controversy, De La Soul, Freedom of Speech, Hip Hop, Hot 97, lyrics, MC's, Music Industry, Open Mike Eagle, Paul Porter, Power 106, RA the Rugged Man, racism, Rap, RapRehab, Sa-Roc, SebIsHipHop, Take No Prisoners Radio
Major Label Launches Search for the White TupacPosted: February 28, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: Hip Hop, Music Industry, racism, Rap, Rappers, Tupac, white
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Looking for someone with natural swag, street smarts, and good looks who feels comfortable rapping about street life while appealing to a 12-17 year old white female demographic. Must know street slang and speak with "flavor". Rapping experience a plus but not required. Must be a team player as you will be working closely with a group of songwriters, vocal coaches, and image consultants.
If this sounds like you, please submit the following:
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Deadline is March 15, 2015.
Good luck!
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ATTENTION: This is satire. However, given the state of the music business, give it a few more months and this may become a reality.
The email address listed above is real. I initially wanted to use "email@example.com" as an address but it was already taken. The irony! Of course, if someone actually submits their material, I may just be sharing it in a forthcoming article. Stay tuned. This could get ugly.
This article can also be found at http://raprehab.com/major-label-launches-search-white-tupac/
An Open Letter to Azealia BanksPosted: January 15, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: Azealia Banks, Ebro, Hip Hop, Music, Open letter, Rap, RapRehab, Rosenberg, SebIsHipHop
Hello Azealia,
Your interview with Ebro, your beef with Kendrick, T.I. and Iggy, and your public Twitter war with Lupe piqued my curiosity and compelled me to reach out to you directly. You're everywhere these days. Half of the posts on my Facebook timeline are about you. Music blogs report every little thing you say and everything you tweet, hyping up the drama, but overlooking the deeper points you make. As a Hip Hop culture critic and writer, I'm much more interested in those deeper points that cornball bloggers and dime-a-dozen racists seem to gloss over.
Truth is, I didn't know much about your music except for that "212" joint you dropped a few years ago. It wasn't really my thing. I'm more of a traditionalist so if it's not Boom Bap Hip Hop, heavy on dusty chopped up samples and grimy kicks and snares, it usually doesn't resonate with me. But out of fairness, I decided to check out your latest project before writing this letter and sharing my unsolicited 2 cents. While your album didn't really move me, as someone who grew up with House music, I respect what you're doing and recognize that it's light years ahead of the trash on the radio. But at the end of the day, I'm just not the audience for it.
With that said, after having read countless comments from people calling you crazy, a bitch, a dumb hoe, and other derogatory terms for simply voicing your mind, I want to let you know that I'm proud of you for boldly speaking up about the bullshit plaguing mainstream rap music. Too many popular rappers use their platform to spread mindless gossip rather than sharing thought-provoking ideas. Everything you've been saying about Iggy, cultural misappropriation, and the state of Black culture is worthy of public discourse and likely to motivate your fans to do some research…even if the part about Black people being "Naturally Born Seers, Diviners, Witches and Wizards" may confuse a whole lot of folks.
While your delivery may be "rough around the edges", given a little bit of time and experience, I trust you'll be able to express your views in a much more polished manner. Still, I agree with your stance on Iggy. I agree with your perspective on the watering-down of rap music. I agree with everything you said regarding Black culture around the world being erased. This shit has been going on for a long time. And for many years now, rap artists have been silenced, muted, neutered, and verbally castrated by mainstream media for speaking about social issues and challenging the status quo . It's good to know that things are changing with artists like you leading the way.
Surprisingly, your music doesn't reflect your social awareness…or maybe I'm missing something. However, now that you have the world's attention, it's the perfect time to infuse some of your insight and socially relevant themes into your music. While promoting your new album, it would be dope to release a few free joints on the side, basically speaking on the issues you seem passionate about (i.e. reparations, African traditions, etc). It would be a perfect opportunity to educate your younger listeners, and even adults who may not always understand what you're talking about on Twitter or your various radio interviews.
We're at a point in Hip Hop right now, at least in the mainstream world, where rappers with meaningful content are becoming more accepted. I hate to bring up the same rappers that everyone keeps naming but Kendrick Lamar and J Cole are two artists who are definitely at the forefront of bringing lyricism back to mainstream rap. Of course, I know you're not feeling Kendrick but it's hard to deny the fact that he's impacted popular rap in a big way…even if you feel he's a sellout. Bottom line is, the world is sick and tired of hearing the same garbage that commercial rap has been selling us for the past 15 years. That's why I think it's a perfect time for you to rap about the issues you unapologetically express outside your music. I'm sure you're probably tired of hearing people giving you their opinion about what they think you should do, but please believe me when I tell you that I have your best interest at heart.
Even though some people have ridiculed you for being emotional during your interview with Ebro and Rosenberg, I really felt your spirit, and I was happy to see you being so open and unafraid to be who you are. With all of these frontin' ass rappers out here, talking loud and saying nothing, your vulnerability was a breath of fresh air and proved that you have a bigger heart than most of these industry clowns. In a world where artists, especially rappers, are being constantly dehumanized, it's refreshing to see someone who isn't afraid to be human. Don't let the industry ever take that away from you.
This article is also published at http://raprehab.com/open-letter-azaleia-banks/
Raising Pro-Black Biracial ChildrenPosted: January 6, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: African American, Biracial, biracial children, Black, Children, discrimination, Mixed, Multi-cultural, Parenting, Pro-Black, racism, white, white supremacy
My wife is Black. I'm white. And we're raising our biracial children to be Black and proud of it.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past year…or the past 500 years, America isn't a big fan of Black people. Sure, some Black celebrities seem to have overcome racial discrimination (at least in public), and Barack Obama's presidency still manages to deceive "color blind" unicorn chasers into believing that we live in a post-racial society. But in the real world, white supremacy is alive and well, and Black people are still getting the short end of the nightstick.
Every 28 hours (research shows it might actually be less), a police officer or vigilante reminds the world that Black lives don't matter. Around the nation, countless schools that primarily serve Black students have been forced to close their doors, reminding us that Black children don't matter. From Brooklyn to Los Angeles, predominantly Black neighborhoods are being gentrified to make room for hipsters who need to be closer to their jobs, reminding us that Black people can be brushed aside when they're "in the way". In the meantime, job seekers with names like Keisha or DeShawn have to consider the possibility that their resumes might be thrown away, reminding us that Black identity in its most basic form is enough to trigger fear, discrimination, and hate.
Through mainstream rap music and reality TV, the entertainment industry promotes the worst in racial stereotypes, reminding us that Black lives exist only to entertain. Movies like Exodus erase Black people out of history and replace them with quasi British white people, reminding us that Black people can be conveniently edited out of existence. Black people aren't even allowed to portray fictional characters, whether it be Idris Alba as the next James Bond or John Boyega as a Black Stormtrooper in the new Star Wars, without a trillion racists screaming bloody murder on talk radio and Fox.com's comment section, reminding us that Black people have no right to exist even as figments of someone's imagination.
This is the world in which my biracial children live: a place where Black people are made to feel inferior; a place where mixed kids like mine consider choosing their white side in an attempt to escape the hate they see around them everyday.
But in my household, Black is beautiful. It's powerful. It's celebrated. It goes against the popular narrative. It's a reality my children embrace with pride. It's their legacy, a link to greatness. It's the freedom fighters in Ferguson and across the nation who stand on the shoulders of their predecessors. It's Malcolm and Martin. It's Bobby and Huey. It's Bayard Rustin and Fannie Lou Hamer. It's Yosef Ben-Jochannan, John Henrik Clark, and Frances Cress-Welsing. It's Assata and Angela. It's Charles Drew. It's Marcus Garvey. It's Ida B. Wells and Mary McLeod Bethune. It's Lewis Latimer and Benjamin Banneker. It's Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. It's the millions who fought for Black survival and dignity. It's Queen Nzingha and Shaka Zulu. It's the Ashanti people and the scholars of Timbuktu. It's Auset and Ausar. It's Maat. It's Imhotep. It's unapologetic Black genius from the inception of civilization, science, medicine, music, poetry, and architecture. It's the birth of humankind.
It's Chuck D and Rakim. It's MC Lyte and Lauryn Hill. It's Sade and Bob Marley. It's Curtis Mayfield and Gladys Knight. It's Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway. It's Fela Kuti and Marlena Shaw. It's John Coltrane and Billie Holiday. It's Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, and Langston Hughes. It's Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. It's James Baldwin and James Brown. It's The Last Poets. It's Chuck Berry and Big Mama Thornton. It's Paul Robeson. It's Hip Hop, R&B, Reggae, Rock & Roll, the Blues, Jazz, and Gospel. It's the drums, the syncopation, the movement, the riff, the scat, the breath itself.
It's everything the world around them will otherwise teach them to forget about who they are, where they come from, and how much power they possess.
Are they being denied their white side? Of course not. They have half of their loving family to remind them of it and an elaborate global infrastructure set up to maintain it by any means necessary. Their white heritage will be fine. It's never been jeopardized, compromised, disrespected, disregarded, under-valued, silenced, fetishized (see Iggy), threatened, attacked, or oppressed on a mass scale. The side I'm concerned about is the one that still requires a hashtagged reminder that in 2015, Black Lives Matter. Thankfully, in my household, not a day goes by that my children aren't reminded of this truth.
Ironically, I know that I must now brace myself for all the hate mail and racist comments I'll undoubtedly receive as a result of this article. And that's exactly why my wife and I celebrate our children's Black heritage. The rest of the world certainly won't do it for us.
This article can also be found at http://raprehab.com/raising-pro-black-biracial-children/
Take No Prisoners Radio-Episode 2 – Eric Garner & Mike Brown: The AftermathPosted: December 30, 2014 in Uncategorized
2014 in reviewPosted: December 30, 2014 in Uncategorized
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What Do I Tell My Son About the Value of His Life?Posted: December 4, 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: African American, Black, BlackLivesMatter, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Mike Brown, NYPD, police brutality, racism, Tamir Rice
On my way to pick up my son from school, emotionally paralyzed, my mind in a fog, I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to tell him that, once again, a Black man's life wasn't important enough to charge the officers who savagely killed him, even when the murder was caught on video for the world to see. How will my teenage son respond to this news, only a few days after darren wilson's tragic non-indictment? What kind of psychological effect will society's blatant disregard for Black life have on his self-esteem?
My wife and I have raised our son to be socially-conscious and culturally-aware. We've had "the talk" more times than I can count. But is that enough to stop the world from labeling him a "thug" just because he's Black? He knows how to interact with police to minimize any possible friction, should he ever be randomly stopped. But it's clear that the police doesn't always know how to interact with citizens, no matter how harmless they are. But it's bigger than the cops. My son is painfully aware that the people who make up the grand juries that declined to indict Mike Brown and Eric Garner's killers aren't cops but everyday people like teachers, doctors, bus drivers, grocery store workers, housewives, moms, dads, and other common folk. Is his life worth less in the eyes of those ordinary people he interacts with on a daily basis….the same ordinary people whose decision absolved the killers of Black men?
My son watches the news and hears police chiefs, judges, commentators, legal experts, lawyers, and other pundits tell him to trust the judicial process, even when we know that those who are in charge of this process are often liars who manipulate the truth to fit their agenda. He listens to these so-called experts nonchalantly explain why the cops are justified in their actions while millions around the world protest a broken system. My son's coming of age during the era of Trayvon Martin, Ezell Ford, Aiyana Jones, John Crawford, Tarika Wilson, Rekia Boyd, Jordan Davis, and so many more. He's part of the #blacklifematters generation because that statement is as true today as it was centuries ago. He's seen the system fail repeatedly and knows that this country has a long history of racial injustices it's never honestly dealt with. He's seen the stats and knows that every 28 hours, a Black man is killed by a police officer or vigilante, or that Black men are 21 times more likely to be killed by police than white men. Should he be blamed for having little faith in this brand of justice?
My younger daughter, albeit too young to grasp the severity of what is unfolding, clearly sees that something is wrong. While watching Bob McCullouch announce wilson's non-indictement a few days ago, she stomped her feet and punched the couch. She was hurt. She thought about her older brother. I probably should have sent her out of the room to shield her heart and mind from this madness but she lives in a world where this is a reality that can't be ignored…even in elementary school where her peers discuss the news regularly.
My son's a good kid. He does well in school, has a sharp sense of humor, likes video games, and loves animals. In many ways, he's a typical teen. He also possesses a deep understanding of his ancestral roots, something my wife and I know is absolutely crucial to a child's healthy development and well-being. Sadly, no amount of "good" parenting can prevent self-proclaimed vigilantes, like Zimmerman, or cops who are judged unfit for duty, as is the case with the officer who killed 12 year old Tamir Rice, from their deep-seated racism and trigger-happy inclinations. And as a parent, that scares me to death.
You can also find this article at http://raprehab.com/tell-son-value-life/


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I had my plants come in and I am sure it was user error but it looks like a few of them did not make it. Do the Rhizoms stay alive longer then the plant itself or if the plant is dead so is the Rhizom?
My wife's hobby is killing of my new hop rhizomes- over fertilizing or over watering (I am a road warrior for my job, so I can't do it myself all the time). They have never come back.
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Im guessing you got your plants from the same place. Mine are done too.
The green growth isnt really any indication of the rhizomes health in my opinion. I've had some terrible looking plants that spring back to life once planted. I had a rhizome in a planter that would never sprout so I dug it out and I saw that it had little sprouts that had begun to grow but then rotted, the whole thing looked waterlogged and dead (the pot didnt have very good drainage apparently) so I pretty much had no hope for it but I planted it in a corner of the yard anyways and forgot about it. Low and behold a few weeks later that sucker was showing sprouts. I'd say dont give up on it, just put it somehwhere in your yard and forget about it...
They all came from the same place but I think it was the time shipping and me getting home at 10 from work everyday. I have been keeping a eye on them and watering them and I am at about 50% now and I think they will all but a few make it. These plants are kindof tuff S.O.B's.


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