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The joys and benefits of American space travel

You can call this my outer space lamentation.

The space shuttle Discovery soon will make its final voyage. The shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to blast off on Feb. 27, ending the shuttle program that began in 1970 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

I am not alone in feeling this loss. Each time I go to Cape Canaveral or to a nearby beach to witness a liftoff, thousands of other people from around the world are there. Many of them also are lamenting the demise of the shuttle program.

My interest in space started when I read From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, as a child. I really got hooked on space travel on a night in October 1957, when I walked into our front yard and watched a tiny, lighted cylinder cross the sky. It was Russia's Sputnik.

Then, along with millions of other Americans, I listened to President John F. Kennedy's inspiring speech, at Rice University, on America's mission to explore space. "Well, space is there," he said, "and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked."

Over the years, I have witnessed at least 30 liftoffs as a journalist on assignment and on my own as a space junkie. I was at the Cape with my 11th grade classmates on Feb. 20, 1962, when John Glenn blasted off in Friendship 7 to orbit the Earth. We watched from a site reserved for schoolchildren. NASA already had learned how to excite and inspire kids. After that day, I was hooked on spaceships and space flight. And I was at the Cape in October 1998 when at age 77, Glenn flew into space again, this time on Discovery.

Space exploration, especially manned exploration, has been good for the United States. I vividly recall Walter Cronkite's choked voice on July 20, 1969, as he reported mankind's first landing on the moon. The world was captivated. Later, Cronkite would be identified with the greatest intangible contribution of NASA's accomplishments during the 1960s.

"The space program was a major factor in maintaining some balance of what our country was all about," he said. "That period was the most traumatic decade this country had since the Civil War. The Kennedy and King assassinations, the civil rights struggle, the Vietnam War. ... The country was splitting apart. The great thing about the space program in those days was (that) it kept us dreaming about the future, which had a very salutary effect in maintaining national sanity."

On the tangible side, the space program has provided tens of thousands of jobs for highly skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled Americans. Florida, especially the Space Coast, has benefited from the program by enjoying millions of tourist dollars.

And there have been what NASA refers to as "spinoffs" and "technology transfers." According to the agency's annual journal, more than 1,650 NASA technologies have benefited U.S. industry and science and improved quality of life. In fact, NASA's charter requires the agency to share its technologies with the public, mandating that the time and money invested in space must also return to Earth as tangible benefits.

I can't list all of the spinoffs and transfers, but here is how Peter Salgo, a physician, the host of PBS's Second Opinion and a professor at Columbia University, describes his daily contact with some of the spin-offs: "Today, I work in a large metropolitan hospital. I see NASA technology all around me. The digital image processing software, the chemical method that eliminates toxins from used dialysis fluid, intensive care unit monitoring systems, physical therapy equipment — all spinoffs from the great adventure."

Discovery is scheduled to lift off at 12:53 p.m. on Monday. I'm already having a hard time believing that we'll never see this incredible spaceship fly again.

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Gun Trigger Finger

Proper Trigger Squeeze Is Important

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Trigger Finger Placement

When shooting handguns, the proper placement position of your finger on the trigger is on the pad of your finger approximately half way between the tip of your finger and the first joint. But according to the range master, it is not a fast and hard rule. What is more important is that when grasping a handgun you have a space or gap between the base of your trigger finger and the gun. If you have this gap when you fire the gun you will have better accuracy because you are pulling the trigger straight backwards and are not exerting any sideways motion on the gun during the trigger pulling motion.

Visible gap between finger
and Glock 26 pistol
Close-up of finger placement
gap on Glock 26
Correct finger pad placement
on trigger of Glock 26

Proper Trigger Squeeze

It's one of the fundamentals of good shooting and is the ability to pull the trigger straight back without any sideward motion which would move the gun off target or disturb the sight picture. Improper squeeze is one of the main reasons shooters miss their targets. Improper squeeze is usually caused by jerking, flinching or improper positioning of the finger on the trigger.

  1. Your hand must be properly positioned as high up as possible on the grip.

  2. Your trigger finger should have a small gap between it and the side of the handgun to allow for a straight pull back of the trigger.

  3. The front of the trigger should contact the mid-pad of the first joint of your trigger finger.

  4. Squeeze with steady increasing pressure. When you begin to squeeze it you will have a certain amount of slack. You will then hit the break point of the trigger and the gun will discharge. If you have a good squeeze you will not know exactly when the gun fires and you will not tend to flinch or jerk the weapon. The firing of the gun should surprise you each time you pull the trigger.

Tips & Suggestions for Improving Your Trigger Squeeze

  1. Practice by dry firing your gun.

  2. Practice at the range with a low recoil .22 caliber handgun. The low recoil and reduced noise will help cure flinching.

  3. Only move your trigger finger during the squeeze. If your other fingers move you may be applying sideward pressure to the gun which will disturb the sight alignment.

  4. Concentrate on your squeeze with every shot. By paying attention and with repetition your trigger squeeze will improve.

  5. Minimize flinching by wearing better hearing protection. The less noise you hear when it goes bang, the less you will flinch.

  6. Practice with a revolver at the range. Load some chambers some with normal loads and some empty chambers. Spin the cylinder so you don't know when you pull the trigger if you will fire a live round or an empty chamber. If you flinch it will be apparent.

  7. Shoot slower and concentrate on trigger pull.

  8. Some people repeat a word or phrase in their mind as the squeeze the trigger to take their concentration off of the expected flinching.

Note - It is hard to "unlearn" bad trigger pull techniques and overcome flinching. It may take several hundred or thousands of rounds to overcome bad habits. Be patient.

Check Your Finger Position

You can check this for yourself by dry firing at home. With a verified empty gun (of course) practice dry firing by aiming at a small object or spot on the wall that is easily visible. Look for the trigger finger gap, then while aiming, pull the trigger. The front sight of the gun should not move off the targeted object as you hear the click. If it does move off target then you are doing something wrong and need to investigate your technique some more.

Trigger Slack

The amount of travel a trigger moves before discharge.

Break Point of the Trigger

The point of travel of the trigger at which point the firing pin is release and the gun is fired.

Jerking the Trigger

A quick pulling of the trigger which induces slight sideward motion and throws you shot off.

The unwanted motion of your body when you anticipate recoil and the loud bang. Anticipated recoil is difficult to overcome. When you anticipate recoil you tend to push forward (or down) the muzzle of the gun which usually results in low shots on the target. How to stop flinching.

Shopping for a New Hand Gun

Keep your trigger finger gap in mind when purchasing a new hand gun. At the gun store grasp the gun as if you were going to shoot it, then look at the placement of your finger. If you don't see the gap between the gun and your finger as shown in the picture, then the gun or the handle grips is too large for your hand.  Try swapping grips or look for a different (but smaller gun) to fit your hand.

See Gun Trigger Definitions & Terminology.

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Advocate Sanat Mehta, The Saint Among Professionals (Rare Vintage Photos)

VH Patil Sanat Mehta

Eminent Tax Lawyer V. H. Patil has paid rich tribute to the late Sanat P. Mehta. His professional efficiency, integrity, sense of fair play, professional co-operation and brotherhood coupled with his personal qualities of hard work, humility, honesty and punctuality have made him a revered figure and role model for all professionals, Vijay Patil says

Trimurthis” of the legal profession

If today, in the tax professional field in Mumbai if there is more professional efficiency, integrity, more fair play, more professional co-operation and professional brotherhood, as against other professional fields, the entire credit must go to the three great stalwarts of our tax profession, Shri R. J. Kolah, Shri N. A. Palkhivala and Shri S. P. Mehta. Any one of these outstanding and ideal professional leaders was sufficient to put the tax profession on the right track. However, we were very fortunate to have amongst us all these three at one and the same time. They laid down a sound professional tradition to the future generation. During their illustrious career they lived as per the fine traditions set by them. They were so great and outstanding professionals that during their life time they became ideals for us to follow.

{(Click for larger image) L-R: D. M Harish, Y.P Trivedi, Sanat Mehta, S. E. Dastur, V. H. Patil & Sudhir Mehta)}

It is normally believed that to be a real successful man in the temporal world, one has to compromise on certain basic principles, but these three great professionals showed us that one need not compromise on principles to become a successful professional. Their success in the tax field was undoubtedly great. However, this success was achieved by them by following ideal professional path without compromising on any of the basic ethics and principles that govern ideal professional’s life. Professional idealism was ingrained in them.

Though there were certain common features in these three great professional leaders because of their temperament and the nature of their contribution these three great leaders, the “Trimurthis” of our profession, can be called:

Mr. Palkhivala as Lord Brahma. Mr. S. P. Mehta as Lord Vishnu and Mr. R. J. Kolah as Lord Mahesh.

Mr. Palkhivala had great originality and creative spirit in abunance and because of these qualities he made great contribution to the making and development of tax laws and tax administration of this country. One can certainly call him — the Brahma of the tax laws. Shri R. J. Kolah’s intolerance towards anything which was wrong is well known and considering his fighting spirit against any injustice noticed, one could compare him to Lord Shiva. Considering Shri Mehta’s fatherly outlook towards his professional colleagues and his pleasant and peaceful nature, one can certainly call him Lord Vishnu of our profession. We know that “Shantkara” is one of the attributes of Lord Vishnu. While sleeping on the serpent he is still very calm and collective. That was the nature of Shri S. P. Mehta. Therefore he deserves the title of Lord Vishnu of our profession.

Shri S. P. Mehta popularly known as “Sanatbhai” was such a charming personality that any person coming in contact with him would always remember him. The meeting which one had with him would always leave a pleasant experience on that person. He had a charming face which was a real abode of peace and that tinge of smile on his serene face that would always leave a deep impression on the person who came in contact with him.

Gentleman’s spirit

Sanatbhai was gentleness personified. He was gentle to the core. He was gentle in his action, in his speech, in his behaviour and in his arguments. The dominating feature of his arguments as a counsel was a gentle persuasion. He was not dramatic in his arguments — still less there was any showmanship in it. His arguments might not have attracted a common crowd, but as far as the judges were concerned his persuasive reasoning had a great impact on them. He had the skill of a surgeon as he did not believe in the knife of the butcher. I remember him always telling us that persuasiveness is the best form of advocacy and he used to tell us that while arguing we must concentrate on the judges and not on the public who came to listen.

Gentleman to the core in the professional field his life was dominated by a gentleman’s spirit. His advice was that one has to be fair as a counsel, fair to the court, fair to the opponent and fair to the client. He never believed in encashing on the shortcomings and ignorance of his opponent or the court. I have so many times withnessed Sanatbhai pointing out the cases against him when the same were not known either to the other side or to the judges. He always used to say that one has to win on merits and not on the weakness of the other side. This attitude is quite significant because in the tax field it is quite often that the other side is not up to the mark either in case laws or in recent development in the laws, particularly when some non tax legal issues crop in a tax appeal.

{(Click for larger image) Eminent tax lawyers V. H. Patil and S. E. Dastur dance with joy to the loud cheers of Ashok Kotangale, Atul Jasani, Y. P. Trivedi and others}

Helpful nature

As stated above during his life time, Sanatbhai was a fatherly figure to the most of his professional colleagues, particularly to one who was junior to him. He showered his affection on one and all as a senior professional and that shower of love made no distinction on the basis of age, language, caste, creed etc. He was always very helpful in guiding his professional juniors. I have seen many times, while the juniors were arguing, though he was not concerned with a particular case he would give them useful tips and instructions which were required when he just happened to be present in that court. His guiding hand was available to everybody who sought his guidance. Due to his affectionate nature and the love he showered on his professional colleagues he has made a place for himself in the hearts of most of the professional colleagues who came in contact with him. It is a fact that unfortunately we have not made any monument in his memory — possibly that was not needed because he continued to dwell in the hearts of most for the colleagues who were fortunate enough to come in contact with him.

Humility personified

The humility which Shri Sanathbhai possessed was something amazing. He was not at all conscious of his learning or knowledge – still less of his goodness. It is said “Vidya Vinayene Shobhate.” Shri Sanatbhai was a shining example of it. While in conference or while discussing with anybody, particularly with his juniors he was always discussing on equal terms. We, juniors were always free to discuss with him. Without keeping in mind his knowledge or seniority, he would always appreciate the point made by the other person with whom he had a discussion, irrespective of who that person was. I personally had experiences of making Shri Sanatbhai change his views. He always appreciated the logic in other’s arguments and was ready to change his own views. Sanatbhai was always open for learning. He was always a student. He was ready to learn new things and ever ready to reconsider his own views. Because of this attitude it was a great pleasure to discuss any issue with him. I personally had a great pleasure of discussing so many legal and other issues on one to one basis. I have seen that even though the point put forward by the other person in the course of discussion was stupid or unarguable, still he bore him with patience and understanding and would point out so gently and politely the shortcomings of other’s arguments that the other side would have to accept it without any sense of reluctance.

Precise and concise arguments

Shri Sanatbhai in his arguments was very precise, concise, brief and to the point and at the same time very effective. He never believed in going round and round in lengthy arguments. He was always to the point on the issue and would hit the nail on the head. In fact, sometimes Shri Sanathbai was so brief and so direct to the point that sometimes members would find it difficult to follow him. I have taken this point from him in a bad way, particularly no doubt like him I am very brief in my arguments, but not precise and concise as Shri Sanatbhai was. In fact, one of the members had commented that Mr. Patil is sometimes so brief that he finishes the arguments before one could follow the points made by him. That was not the case with Shri Sanatbhai. He was no doubt brief and concise but he was also very effective. He would straightaway come to the point and deal with it so effectively and briefly that within no time the issue would become very clear. Normally, a case which would take a couple of hours and if Mr. Sanatbhai was to argue it would be over within half an hour. But this briefness and conciseness in his arguments, not only did not diminish the effectiveness of his arguments but it enhanced the same. I had hardly seen a counsel who was so brief and yet so effective like Shri Sanatbhai.

{(Click for large image) Dance away the blues: V. H. Patil with Advocates and CAs)}

Role model for juniors

A special note has to be made as regards his attitude to other person in his chamber, whether a junior or the staff working with him. There was absolutely a homely atmosphere in his Chamber, I have never seen Shri Sanatbhai firing any of the juniors or his staff. In fact, as a junior I never got any scolding or firing from him, not that I did not commit any mistakes or did not deserve any firing or scolding, but Shri Sanatbhai never believed in it. In fact, he would always point out the mistake which one had committed in such a cordial and effective way that the other person would realise his mistake and correct it, which possibly he would not have done if there was scolding or firing. Here also, his nature of persuading others was his key word. Therefore, he always gently pointed out a mistake and corrected it. He was so good, so kind and so affectionate to those who were working with him to the point of that being his weakness. I remember one specific instance to illustrate his very affectionate outlook towards his staff and juniors. One of the staff members — rather his chauffeur was very rude to everybody and used to create a lot of problems. Once I was so fed up with that person that I requested Sanatbhai to call him and give him a thorough firing so that he may learn a lesson. I narrated all the misdeeds that he was committing. Shri Sanatbhai quietly listened to me and told me that he would call him and fire him. I was glad that the chauffeur would get a nice firing. I immediately called him and then Shri Sanatbhai told him not to do such things again and that too, gently and that man was allowed to go. I told Shri Sanatbhai “What is this?”

Shri Sanatbhai said “You wanted me to fire him, I fired him.” Then I remarked “If this is the firing, he will not improve at all.” Shri Sanatbhai just smiled and put an end to that episode. This attitude for Sanatbhai to deal affectionately and gently with all the problems of the Chamber had a very sobering effect on me as a senior in my Chamber. Many times I have restrained myself from firing my juniors when they committed a mistake only because in the nick of time I would remember Sanatbhai and I always told myself that if Sanatbhai never fired anybody, I have no right to fire my own juniors. Particularly in the later part of my career, I always remembered this quality of Shri Sanatbhai and I always tried to follow it, of course sometimes without success. As such, if today I am considered as a good boss or a good senior in my chamber the whole credit goes to my noble senior Shri Sanatbhai, not only in my role as a senior or as a head of the Chamber but in all the walks of my professional life, Shri Sanatbhai has been a guiding star. Whenever there is any problem facing me, whether small or big I always put Shri Sanatbhai in my position and always do as Shri Sanatbhai would have done in my position. With that I would get the correct solution to the problem. Without any iota of exaggeration, I can straightaway state that if any professional goodness and gentleness is in me, it is because of my worthy senior Shri Sanatbhai who always stood as a real model for me. Of course, if I have not succeeded fully in this regard, the fault is not of my senior Shri Sanatbhai but of mine. Sanatbhai’s affection for his juniors was so great that he would defend his junior against anybody, even when we juniors were at fault. Of course, afterwards he would make us realise that we were at fault but as far as the outside world was concerned, he would always defend his juniors.

Shri Sanatbhai would give credit to anybody whenever it was due. I remember many times when he used to argue, I would suggest a particular point. After arguing that point he would straightaway say that this point was suggested by his junior. I remember once when we appeared before the Commissioner, the arguments were on two points. The Commissioner told Shri Sanatbhai that he would not accept the first argument, but he would readily accept the second argument. At that time, Shri Sanatbhai smilingly told the Commissioner that he must give the credit to his junior who had brought out this point and in fact persuaded me to put forward this point, though I was not happy with the argument put forward by him, however if it has appealed to you then I think he must be right.

Simple living

Another outstanding feature in Shri Sanatbhai was his simplicity. His simplicity was without any limit. He had a simple living, simple habits and was simple in his dress. In fact, one could straightaway say “Simplicity thy name is Sanatbhai.” I remember one incident. There was an All India Conference where almost one thousand delegates had come from all over India. Shri Sanatbhai was to chair that session. I was one of the paper writers. There were about 10/12 persons on the stage including Shri Sanatbhai and myself. All of us, with the exception of Shri Sanatbhai were in suits and when Shri Sanatbhai walked in he came in a simple white bush shirt and sat in the middle of us as a Chairman. It was a real contrast with the main person in a simple bush shirt and all the others in suits. I do not recollect any occasion where he used to wear a coat even as a chairman. Except in the court he always gave a goodbye to his coat. He always wore Khadi. However, his clothes were always spotless white. I have also heard about an incidence at the first RRC meeting of the Bombay Chartered Accountants Society way back in 1950’s. The RRC was at Matheran. Shri Sanatbhai was to inaugurate it. All the persons who were on the stage were in full suits. Then, I was told, Shri Sanatbhai came in kurta and pajamas to inaugurate the Conference. When later on I had the privilege of inaugurating an RRC Conference of the Bombay Chartered Accountants Society, I followed my worthy senior by going in kurta and pajama to inaugurate the Conference.

Sense of humor, even in Court

Shri Sanatbhai had a great sense of humour. On a dry subject like taxation when the discussion is becoming dry and heavy he would add the necessary humour to make the situation light and clear. I remember one incident when Shri Sanatbhai was arguing in the High Court. The issue was whether a minor could be a partner. In that case, a minor was not admitted to the benefit of partnership, but he was directly made a partner. The person who was admitted as a partner was a sixteen year old. The department had contended that as the minor was not admitted to the benefit of partnership but was admitted as a partner, the firm was not validly constituted. When the discussion was going on Shri Sanatbhai added “My Lord, in this case as the person admitted was not a minor, but a major the question of a minor being admitted as a partner does not arise. The Hon’ble Court pointed out that the boy was sixteen years old. Then Mr. Sanatbhai replied “So, what, My Lords, see the name of the boy.” It was something like Bikamchand Jain. The Hon’ble Court said “Bikamchand Jain.” Shri Sanatbhai replied “Read it properly My Lords, it is Bikamchand Jain.” The Court said “So, what?” Shri Sanatbhai humorously replied “My Lord, Bikamchand Jain is a Marwadi and in the Marwadi community the boy attains majority at the age of 15 and not 18. Therefore he is a major and can be admitted as a partner.” The whole Court burst into laughter.

Another incident which I vividly remember in a case where Shri Sanatbhai was attending before the Tribunal. In that case, the assessee was a Maharaja who had won some prize in hunting. The issue was whether the prize won was taxable as income? The issue to be decided was whether hunting was an occupation of the Maharaja or whether the Maharaja was going for hunting occasionally and, as such, whether the prize won by the Maharaja was not taxable. The Hon’ble Tribunal asked Mr. Sanatbhai whether his client’s occupation was hunting or he was hunting on holidays. Shri Sanatbhai replied “Sir, my client is a Maharaja for whom life itself is a holiday.” I can multiply such incidents where a very light sense of humour of Shri Sanathbai was reflected again and again.

Sharp memory

Another personal incident that I remember is, unlike me Shri Sanatbhai was always tidy and careful and he would rarely forget things. Untidiness and foregetfulness were always with me and because of my forgetfulness, Shri Sanatbhai always used to call me “Mr. Professor.” Once, both of us had gone to the department for appearing before the Appellate Authority. When the matter was over and we got out, Shri Sanatbhai forgot to pick up his brief and left it on the table. I quietly picked it up, thinking that I had a point to make. Afterwards I told Shri Sanatbhai that he had forgotten the brief and that I had brought it, Shri Sanatbhai quietly replied “In the company of a Professor like you, what else can I do, but to forget things.” So the whole thing recoiled on me.

Encouragement to juniors

As I have narrated above, the concern and care shown by Shri Sanatbhai towards his juniors was something very remarkable. When I left his Chamber to start my own practice he was very much worried whether I could really cope up with the independent practice and succeed. Therefore, he said “Vijay, you can have your own practice, but in the evenings come to the office for a couple of hours so that by your leaving, the Chamber may not suffer. Though he covered it by saying that the Chamber may suffer, the real idea was to see that I had sufficient work to begin with my independent practice. Even after I was in full-fledged practice he would always make enquiries as to how I was doing or whether any help was required etc. He had always desired that we juniors must come up fast. When I was still a raw junior at that time Shri Sanatbhai remarked that one of the junior counsels was very much heard in the public by way of writing articles, giving lectures etc. As I had concentrated on learning, I had not bothered about writing articles or giving lectures. Once Shri Sanatbhai remarked “Vijay what is this, I am hearing so much about the other persons, but I am not hearing anything about my juniors”. That really touched me. I decided that whatever maybe my view of thinking, I should make my senior happy. So I switched my gear and began to give lectures and write articles left and right. After one year I asked Shri Sanatbhai as to whether he was hearing my name as a speaker or as writer of articles. Shri Sanatbhai humorously replied “Earlier I was not hearing your name but now I am hearing your name too many times, more than necessary”. When he replied, though on his face there was humour, I could find a sense of contentment that his junior was doing well. Such affectionate and fatherly care was always there in him. Therefore, I began to work harder so that I would succeed in the profession, if not for my own sake, but to give happiness to Shri Sanatbhai. Therefore, I was very happy that I was achieving satisfactory progress in the profession that would make Shri Sanatbhai happy. It is not only the professional practice but in professional conduct also I am guided by Shri Sanatbhai’s wishes and attitude. I would always see that as an Advocate or afterwards, my actions should not fall outside the professional etiquette circle which was drawn by my worthy senior. He is my idol, my inspiration and my model. During my career while introducing me as a speaker or as a chairman unnecessary compliments are showered on me but one compliment given by my senior colleague while introducing me will always be cherished by me. While introducing me he said “Mr. Patil’s humility, honesty, fair play, learning etc. are so great that he is a real chela of his senior who is known for all these qualities.” Of course, though I was quite aware that this compliment was most undeserving one, still it thrilled me to my bones that I was introduced as an ideal chela of my worthy guru.

End of an era

I am supposed to write about the contribution of Shri Sanatbhai to our profession. Well, the contributions is so great and so multifarious that I cannot compile it in a para or two, but I will narrate an incident which will clearly illustrate the real contribution made by Shri Sanatbhai towards the profession. When Shri Sanatbhai passed away, one of the Commissioners of the Income-tax Department, remarked “Mr. Patil with the passing away of Shri Sanathbai, the era of tax profession dominated by gentlemen like Sanatbhai has come to an end.” Mind you, this remark was made when Mr. Palkhivala and Mr. Kolah were still alive. Of course, I was stupid enough to burst out by saying “No Sir, as long as I am there it will not come to an end” without realising the responsibility that it carried to follow the legacy of Shri Sanatbhai. This incident illustrated the contribution made by Shri Sanatbhai to the profession.

It is people like Shri Sanatbhai who made our profession really noble which is otherwise money minded and self centered.

Serenity & Equilibrium

Shri Sanatbhai retained his serenity and equilibrium under all circumstances. Once, I remember, Shri Sanatbhai was called to address a meeting at Andheri. It was raining heavily. As usual I was accompanying him. Somehow we managed to reach the venue in time. But the audience was hardly about 25. I was fuming that we were made to come all the way in the rain and here there was no audience. But that did not bother Shri Sanatbhai at all. He went on to deliver his talk as if there was an audience of 25,000 people. When I had a similar experience where there was hardly audience worth mentioning, to start with I was really upset. But immediately I was reminded of the above incident, and came back to normal state and delivered that talk as if there was a large crowd, thanks to my worthy senior. Another such incident I remember. We were to attend a case at Charni Road. The client had no car. Our car was also not available on that day. So we went by a taxi. While returning we did not get a taxi. A BEST bus came. Shri Sanatbhai said “Come on Vijay let us go by bus.” Before I could say yes, he boarded the bus. Of course I followed willingly. However, there was no vacant seat to sit. We travelled standing. Sanatbhai really enjoyed the standing bus ride. Another incident, once we had gone to Pune to attend a matter before the Tribunal. Our client had booked a single bedroom. The matter was soon over. We returned to our hotel. After lunch we returned to our room. There was only one bed. Shri Sanatbhai asked me “Vijay do you want to sleep? When I answered in the negative, he asked “Vijay, may I go to sleep!” Well imagine a senior asking his junior, whether he wants to sleep and after a negative answer, asking his permission to go to sleep! Another touching incident I vividly remember. A client from Nashik had accompanied Shri Sanatbhai to Delhi. The client was a young man of 25 years. After the matter was over, they returned to the hotel. Shri Sanatbhai was to remain in Delhi for another day. So the client was to return back alone. Sanatbhai enquired with him as to whether he can go back alone and whether he could go to the station alone. Even when the client told him that he knows Delhi well, Sanatbhai came down with the client, hired a taxi for him, and told the taxiwalla to take the client to the station. While narrating the incident to me, with tears in his eyes, the client remarked “Patilsab, you are known for your humility. But compared with your senior you are nowhere.” His comment I wholeheartedly accepted.

Attitude towards clients

Shri Sanatbhai’s attitude towards his clients was also exemplary. I remember him telling me “Vijay always remember that you are a trustee of your client and as you know a trustee as a matter of right cannot claim any remuneration for the services he is rendering, and even though it is without remuneration he has to give his best while serving as a trustee. Keeping this in mind while you are dealing with your client, whether to accept a particular person as a client or not is your discretion but once you accept a client you have to do your best without expecting any remuneration. The fact that a person has not paid you should not affect your performance or your duty as a lawyer trustee of your client. Shri Sanatbhai was known for his talking less. So also he never used to go on lecturing but sometimes some golden advices were falling from his slips. Of course, because of his attitude I know that Shri Sanatbhai had a lot of outstanding dues. As his junior I have also a lot of professional outstanding, but following Shri Sanatbhai’s attitude I never harass the clients or the Chartered Accountants in respect of recovery of my dues. In fact that was also the advice given by my father, who was also a lawyer.

I also remember one incident which made Mr. Sanatbhai very happy. There was a case of a client who was not well to do. I was handling the case and the matter was before the CBDT. I had studied all the papers and I was asking Mr. Sanatbhai to go and appear before the Board in Delhi. The client was insisting that I must also accompany Shri Sanatbhai to Delhi and appear along with him. I know that the financial position of the client was not in good shape. Therefore, I told them that it was not necessary that both of us should go to Delhi. It was sufficient if Shri Sanatbhai went to Delhi. Not being satisfied with my reply they requested Shri Sanatbhai to persuade me to accompany him to Delhi. Shri Sanatbhai was too glad to take me along with him to Delhi. Then he asked me to accompany him to Delhi. I explained to Shri Sanatbhai that as the financial position of the client was very bad it would be an additional burden on them. I still remember the appreciation on the face of Shri Sanatbhai. He was very happy and said “Vijay, keep this attitude in mind that your clients convenience must be one of the factors that you must always take into account.” Shri Sanatbhai always used to say “One looks at the amounts which were unrecovered, why do you not see the positive side — how much is recovered and if what is recovered is more than sufficient then why bother about the amounts which have not yet been recovered.

Juniors expected to be well prepared at all times

Shri Sanatbhai always insisted that the junior must be on his toes. He must prepare the case as if he himself is arguing and not just help the senior. At the beginning of my career, I was not knowing that Shri Sanatbhai used to test his juniors. When the matter was about to be heard, at that time, he would tell his junior to argue the matter. I had to undergo a similar test in the High Court matter. It was a writ petition for admission when the judges came to the court and they were about to sit in the chairs. Shri Sanatbhai told me “Vijay you argue this matter.” Stupidly or otherwise I never lacked in self confidence. I accepted the challenge and argued and the matter was decided in our favour. The joy of Shri Sanatbhai was unbound. He said “Vijay you are the first person to accept the challenge successfully. All others said “No Sir, I am not ready to argue.” I give this same advice and quote the above incident to my juniors but unfortunately not with much success.

Honesty & integrity

The honesty and integrity of Shri Sanatbhai in all walks of life, particularly in payment of taxes was something extraordinary. Today when tax rates are 30-35% it is not something great to be an honest taxpayer, but when we were asked to pay a tax of 97.75% and along with wealth tax liability many times the rate would be going, more than hundred per cent — income-tax and wealth tax together, it would be an extraordinary thing to comply with such tax laws. I never saw Shri Sanatbhai complaining against such high rates of taxes. In fact, he was so particular about tax payment that if a particular expenditure was for the purpose of profession was debatable he would just not claim such expenditure while computing his income.

One incident that I clearly remember, Shri Sanatbhai had impressed his annuity deposit with the characteristic of HUF. The issue was whether the provisions of S. 64(2) would be applicable. The Hon’ble Tribunal held that the provisions would not be applicable because the partition of Shri Sanatbhai (HUF) who was the only co-parcener in the HUF was not possible. Therefore, to determine his share or his children’s share for the purpose of S. 64(2) was not possible. Unfortunately the Department was not satisfied with the decision and took the matter to the High Court. Then Sanatbhai voluntarily offered that h e would be paying the tax as if provisions of S. 64(2) would be applicable if the Department withdrew the reference.

Shri Sanatbhai was always very particular about his timings. I do not remember he being late any time. If the Tribunal was to start at 11.15 a.m. he would always be present in the Tribunal at 10.45 a.m. Similarly, when there was a matter in the High Court which starts at 11.00 a.m. he would be present in the Court by 10.45 a.m. In the beginning I was finding it difficult to be in the Court or in the Tribunal before Shri Sanatbhai. Though he was time conscious, he was not perturbed by others not coming in time for their appointment with him.

The real integrity and character of a tax counsel is normally measured by its recognition by the department. The integrity of Sanatbhai was so much accepted by the department that many times the department relied on the opinion of Shri Sanatbhai for coming to a particular conclusion. The department was convinced that Sanatbhai would never give a convenient opinion to suit his client. Whatever opinion was given was with a firm conviction. The recognition by the department of the counsel’s integrity for a fair opinion is something rare and Sanatbhai had such a recognition.

ITAT has become a ‘Model Tribunal’ due to the stalwarts

Today, the Income-tax Tribunal has many good traditions. In fact, it is no mean achievement that the Income tax Tribunal is treated as a model Tribunal. It has a proper judicial approach for which it was constituted. The reason for the establishment and continuation of this tradition of the Income-tax Tribunal is mainly because of the great contribution made by persons like Shri Sanatbhai, Shri Palkhivala and Shri Kolah. The sheer personality and character of these persons was so great that it was bound to impress the persons before whom they would appear. Therefore, one has to give credit to the three stalwarts for establishing the ideal tradition not only in the Bar but on the Bench too.

It maybe added that today there is cordial relationship between the Bench and the Bar in the Tribunal which is something rare. This is also because of the noble tradition set by these three stalwarts.

On we, the tax practitioners lies the great burden of carrying on the great legacy which we were fortunate to inherit from these three great leaders of our bar. It is a much cherished legacy which if kept intact and followed, much of the ills of tax administration particularly on the Appellate side could be removed.

Let me add, let the blessings of these three undisputed outstanding leaders of our profession guide us on the right path and lead us to the path of ideal professionalism which they had intended us to achieve.

Reproduced with permission from the “A TRIBUTE TO THE STALWARTS OF THE TAX BAR” published by AIFTP
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4 comments on “Advocate Sanat Mehta, The Saint Among Professionals (Rare Vintage Photos)
  1. Dear Patil Saab,

    It was very nice to see some write up from you after a very long time and as usual it has great substance for the community of tax professionals whether they are CAs or Advocates. It is as good as a saint’s life for a professional to lead. At times it does get on to our nerves but going by the path that our seniors like you have laid before us, we do bear all that. We often ask the question to ourselves ” what would our seniors have done in this situation ?? “Invariably we end up helping out the client who has not paid our fees for last four years even though he would have gone a family holiday himself to Europe.”

    Having worked with you in about a dozen cases at the ITAT and Mumbai High Court, I feel your approach to clients and CAs has been the same and fees was the last thing you ever mentioned during your conferences or meetings.

    Thank you Sir for the wonderful journey through the principles of professionalism. I have personally learnt many things by interacting with you for a short period of time. This is just a brief revisionary paper for that experience.

    Thanks once again .

    CA P P Jayaraman

  2. Madhusudan P JANI says:

    Really very nice memories
    I was fortunate to have many occasions to have interaction both in his office as well as in our office and also in High Court and Tribunal while he was arguing the case , with him as a part of my official duties working with SARABHAIS ( He used to visit AHMEDABAD once in a month for consultations)
    He was really just unique person
    His ethics were of the highest level
    I remember his Golden advice that
    I really feel the pleasure of having the personal meeting having read the details
    M. P. JANI
    B. Com , F. C. A.
    Chartered Accountant
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  3. Ashok Patel says:

    Advocate Sanat Mehta, Truly,
    The Saint Among Professionals
    you can say the Bestman is no more,Through knowledge of taxation,helping hand for juniors,if approached with any queries,every ready for prompt and correct Guidance. His Clients,Friends,and well wishers will always miss him forever.

  4. J.P.SHAH, Senior Advocate says:

    My Dear friend Vijay Patil wrote an excellent article on Late Shri Sanat Mehta, a great gentleman and great lawyer. I also had the honour to be the junior of Sanatbhai. Let me state that my association with him changed my life. He was a man with Mida’s touch. When I joined him I was like the jungle boy, “SABOO” of old Hollywood fame. When I came out of his chamber, I was a more civilized person and a confident lawyer. Sanatbhai was a person to be known to be believed. Vijay has written an article from bottom of his heart. Vijay was the most favourite junior of Sanatbhai and was eminently suited to write this article. My hearty congratulations to Vijay.

    Senior Advocate, High Court of Gujarat

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I wish to install more RAM onto my laptop. All I know is that it is DRAM 224MB and I have 2 slots empty. How do I find out exactly what chip I need and is it easy to install in a laptop like it is for a PC.

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Open source cloud Hero Homepage 574 x 394There is a strong belief that you need to replicate your old IT model in the cloud. However, this isn’t the case. Indeed, the cloud enables you to think bigger. Cloud computing has democratised technologies which used to be the preserve of large enterprises, and made them more accessible for SMEs.

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In order to gain the greatest benefits from the cloud model, IT services need to be at the centre of any cloud computing strategy. With the right approach, organisations will be able to transform simple IT ‘provision’ into an agile service that frees them from legacy in-house IT constraints. For example, when launching a new product, by using a traditional IT procurement model, they’ll first need to decide on the system that they want, obtain quotes, calculate the capital expenses required, buy the equipment, and then wait for delivery and installation. Even using conservative estimates, this whole process can take between three and six months. By comparison, implementing a cloud based solution, which would typically have all of the equipment and functionality that you need ready and available, means that the same project can be up and running in a fraction of the time. As a result, organisations will never need to be hampered by a lack of resource. The operation will be functioning much more quickly and efficiently than before.

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For those who use Terminal a lot in Mac OS X, Vincent Danen recommends the Visor program, which allows you to make the Terminal window appear and disappear as needed with a simple keystroke.

When it comes to using the command-line interface on OS X, the de facto standard program is Apple's Terminal.app, found in /Applications/Utilities/. There are other Terminal programs available; most notable is iTerm, a good alternative to Terminal. Prior to OS X 10.4 and 10.5, anyone who was a "power" command-line program user would opt for iTerm because it had much better features. Recent versions of Terminal have corrected most of those deficiencies.

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With that, I recently came across an application called Visor. What Visor does is use a hack to have the Terminal appear and disappear with a single keystroke (the default is CTRL-'). When activating, the Terminal slides out for use and with the same keystroke is hidden. This is certainly easier than hiding or minimizing the Terminal when it isn't in use. The nice thing with Visor as well is that it is the real Terminal, just with some clever trickery to get it out of the way when you don't need it, and the Terminal is always one keystroke away, saving time with mouse movements and clicking. Visor is free and open source.

To begin, download Visor. Visor is a SIMBL plugin, so SIMBL is required as well (SIMBL is the SIMple Bundle Loader, which enables hacks to work with various programs, such as PithHelmet in Safari). Download the current version SIMBL, which is 0.9.7a for Snow Leopard.

Install SIMBL, then unarchive Visor. You may need to create the ~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins directory first, and then move Visor.bundle (which comes from the zip archive Visor is distributed as) into this directory. You can then start Terminal, and Visor will start.

On the OS X menubar will be a new icon for Visor, which you can use to configure it (this opens Terminal's preferences and focuses on the new Visor pane). You can configure how Visor interacts with Spaces and the various animation effects to make it visible. If you click on Settings, you will see the various themes available for Terminal, including a new theme called Visor.

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Book ~ "Becoming Bryn" (2013) Angela Carling

From Goodreads ~ For months, Jesse has been envious of her twin sister Bryn and even has a crush on Bryn’s gorgeous, popular boyfriend, Quinton.

When Jesse awakens from a coma to learn that everyone thinks she IS Bryn, the option of actually taking over her sister’s life is beyond tempting but there’s a downside. She’d have to give up Ethan, her best friend and the only person she trusts.

Could she actually live as Bryn for the rest of her life? And if her family and friends found out, would they ever forgive her?

Jesse and Bryn are 17-year-old twins ... Jesse is the brainy one and Bryn is the popular one.  Jesse's best friend is Ethan, who always has a different girlfriend.  Bryn has been dating jock Quinton for five months and Jesse wants what Bryn has ... Quinton.

There is an accident and Bryn dies but everyone thinks it's Jesse who died ... and Jesse lets them think that and becomes Bryn.  This gives her access to Quinton but she loses Ethan as a friend since he wasn't Bryn's friend.  Becoming Bryn isn't as easy as Jesse thinks ... Jesse has no fashion sense, Quinton is expecting things from her and she's having hard time fitting in with Bryn's friends and lifestyle.  As she reads Bryn's diaries, she gets to know things about her sister she never knew.

This is the first book I read by this author and I enjoyed it.  I liked the writing style.  It flowed well and most of the chapters were short and snappy, which I like.  The story is written in first person, alternating between Jesse and Bryn's perspectivse.  It is a young adults story but I didn't find the writing or the subject matter immature or too young for me.  Given some of the language and themes, I would recommend it for a more mature young adult, though.

I liked the characters.  I liked Jesse before and after she became Bryn, even with her struggles.  We discover that Bryn isn't as shallow as she appeared.  We all need a friend like Ethan.  Quinton seems like a loving boyfriend but is really a jerk ... be careful what you wish for, right Jesse?

I recommend this book and look forward to reading others by this author.

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Book ~ "First Love" (2013) James Patterson and Emily Raymond

From Goodreads ~ An extraordinary portrait of true love that will move anyone who has a first love story of their own. Axi Moore is a "good girl": She studies hard, stays out of the spotlight, and doesn't tell anyone how all she really wants is to run away from it all. The only person she can tell is her best friend, Robinson - who she also happens to be madly in love with.

When Axi spontaneously invites Robinson to come with her on an impulsive cross-country road trip, she breaks the rules for the first time in her life. But the adventure quickly turns from carefree to out of control after the teens find themselves on the run from the police. And when Robinson suddenly collapses, Axi has to face the truth that this trip might be his last.

 A remarkably moving tale very personal to James Patterson's own past, "First Love" is testament to the power of first love - and how it can change the rest of your life.

Axi is 16 and needs a break from her homelife ... her father is an alcoholic and her mother took off when her younger sister died a few years ago.  She plans on running away and asks her best friend, Robinson, to go with her.  They head off across the U.S. using "borrowed" cars, motorcycles and trucks,  Axi sees Robinson as more than just a best friend and hopes that he loves her as much as she loves him.

I enjoyed the writing style and it went at a good pace. I liked the short snappy chapters. It was written in first person perspective from Axi's point of view.  Because of her young age (Axi and Robinson are in their late teens), Axi went on a lot about her love for Robinson which I think teen readers will relate to but a more mature reader would find a bit much.  It was a bit farfetched in some of the things they were able to do and get away with but I just went with it.

I liked Axi and Robinson ... Robinson had more of a carefree nature and was able to convince Axi to chill out and enjoy life.

I thought it was an okay story and would recommend it for teens and older.

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Chile earthquake: anguish of missing Briton's relatives

Relatives of Brendan Bostock, a British businessman missing since the Chilean earthquake struck, spoke last night of their fears that he may have come to harm.

The 43-year-old father of three, originally from Liverpool, has not contacted relatives in the UK since the disaster, which killed more than 700 people.

Mr Bostock, a forestry manager, had been living in Santiago but was believed to have been in the badly-hit town of Concepcíon looking for work when the quake struck.

His ex-wife, Cathy Bostock, 49, said it was ''highly unusual'' that he had not made contact with family.

Mrs Bostock, from Uxbridge, north west London, said: ''It is worrying – we have made contact with friends of his but have drawn a blank.

''We are still close – our daughter Natalie has been out to see him several times in Chile.''

Mr Bostock's brother Martin added: ''I speak to him every other day – there's no way he would leave it so long to get in contact under normal circumstances.''

Concern is also growing for Tina Cadwallader Lopes, a Briton who was reportedly in Pichilemu with her Portuguese husband and their two children, Isabella, 10, and Joshua, five at the time of the quake.

One family was given cause to celebrate last night, however, as Perran Hall, 32, from Nancledra, Penzance, Cornwall, called his mother to say he was safe.

The surfer had escaped to the hills near the resort of Pichilemu when the quake struck. His mother, Judith, said: ''He is absolutely fine – we could not be more relieved.

''He said it was like watching a tsunami but said the locals were helpful. Absolutely terrifying.''

The Queen had earlier sent a message of condolence to President Bachelet of Chile.

It said: ''I am deeply saddened to hear of the earthquake in Chile, with its tragic loss of life and damage to houses and livelihoods. I offer my condolences and profound sympathy to all those affected.''

Relatives of Andre Lanyon and Laura Hapgood, from Guernsey, and Kirsty Duff and Dave Sandercock from Scotland, had spoken of their relief earlier after their loved ones called to say they had survived the disaster, which killed more than 700 people.

Mr Lanyon's mother, Valerie, 55, said: ''I haven't slept for three days and I certainly won't be getting any tonight. We're so excited and relieved.

''He sounded fine. They had just arrived in Santiago when they called.'' The four were also in Pichilemu when the quake struck.

Speaking at her home in St Sampson, Guernsey, Mrs Lanyon added: ''My husband asked them if they knew they were famous. I think it came as something of a shock.''

Mrs Lanyon said her son, a 29-year-old firefighter, and his girlfriend were woken up by the tremors.

Ms Duff, from Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, and Mr Sandercock, from Edinburgh, both 25, arrived in the country three weeks ago.

Their families released a joint statement saying they were ''happy to announce that they have arrived safely''.

An Oxfam team was hoping to reach Chile's disaster-hit second city Concepcíon tonight.

The Prime Minister's spokesman said the UK Government will donate £250,000 to the Red Cross to help its humanitarian efforts in the aftermath of the Chilean earthquake.

Around 1.5 million Chileans were affected by the tremors, which caused buildings and roads to collapse and left 500,000 homes severely damaged.

The quake, the most powerful to hit the nation in 50 years, sent shock waves out from the epicentre 70 miles from Concepcíon.

About 65,000 British tourists visit Chile each year, according to the country's tourist authority.

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Saturday, March 3, 2007

the circle of media.....

I saw The Little Mermaid after it had been released to video in 1990. A few of my friends rented it for one of our Friday night escapades and I was skeptical. Mostly we just sat around eating Cheetos paws or TMNT Crunch-a-bungas with lipton coconut iced teas in bottles (all of this is now extinct) watching The Naked Gun, every single time, so I was annoyed that the routine had to be messed with, especially for an animated Disney film. I didn't really allow Disney in my life until FINDING NEMO, so I was the sulky, complaining one when we got together to watch this. Of course, I ended up loving it, watching it over and over, and buying the soundtrack (ON TAPE), learning the words to every song and playing them on the piano nonstop. I would listen to the soundtrack when I got ready for school in the morning. WHAT A DORK.
This all came back to me last night as we received it as a netflix selection. My little guy (who is almost 3) sat next to me eating popcorn and was super into the eels (flotsom and jetsom?) and the butchering French chef. I had to stop and consider the fact that Christ, almost 20 years ago, I was watching this with my friends, and now I have kids who are seeing the things that I saw for the first time. My life is going very fast. It's funny how films and songs take on a new meaning when you start explaining what you were doing the first time you experienced them and remembering the little random things in your youth..!
On another related note, I had a different, more unpleasant Little Mermaid experience in the spring of 1998 when Disney released some commemorative VHS version of the film. I was working at the Kenwood Blockbuster Video where they allowed people to preorder the movie. Usually the new release shipments came in on Monday's delivery, but this shipment was huge, and came in the previous weekend. We normally had to prep the boxes, call the people who ordered them, etc., etc., so everything would be ready when they were officially released on Tuesday. One woman called to ask if the films were there. Some dude who was a little dim told her, "Oh yeah, we have them here, they're back in boxes, we just haven't taken them out and prepped them yet." and said for her to come on down. It happened to be POURING rain that day, and this blond haired, sopped woman comes bouncing in with her huge umbrella, ready to pick up her copy earlier than anyone else. The manager, unaware that the other guy had told anyone this had to sit there and try to explain why she couldn't have it and how the dude misinformed her blah, blah, blah. The woman sat there and just yelled her head off, bitching about how she walked up there in the rain, told her daughter she would have it tonight, would have to go home and explain this all to a six-year-old, how she was letting her down, it went on and on. The manager was finally just standing there at a complete loss as to what to say or do next so she just said, "ma'am, I'm really sorry," And the woman just snarled and said, "YOU SHOULD BE." and spun around on her heel and stalked out into the rain again.
The next day she came back in and I gave her $10 in goodwill rental credits and she was my best friend for life.


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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Thrill Me With Your Acumen: The Silence of the Lambs (repost)

What a perfect film! The Silence of the Lambs, 1991.
Directed by Jonathan Demme, based on the novel by Thomas Harris.

"A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims." (IMDB).

This is suspense writing at its finest. Certainly it was directed well, acted well (there would not be a picture without Tony and Jody), scored well, and so on, and all that is great. But honestly, it's scary!--- the build ups are tense, intelligent, and are pretty damned terrifying; in the end, they do not disappoint. The film is filled with anticipation. When it's not showing us Clarice Starling having to fight her way through virtually every encounter by proving she can piss with the big boys, the film is leading us eerily down some hall, laying steps one at a time, and revealing just enough unpleasantness to keep us engrossed and on guard for whatever the monster (Multiple Miggs, Benjamin Raspael's head in a bottle, the carving-up of the lieutenants and subsequent manhunt, Jame Gumm's torturous basement, etc.) might be, and it's a new fright each time!

And what of Hannibal Lector? Because Clarice is made to trust him we somehow begin to trust him, too. But never forget that first image we got of him, standing there, erect, poised, and with an almost amiable grin. . . (shiver). He's smarter than any of us. And all the smelling? Seriously. There is something very intriguing about a bad guy ally; he obviously has little regard for human life to do what he did (and apparently is awfully hip to continue doing), but this connection with Clarice, her *special-ness* in winning it? Awesome.

And at the risk of sounding like a film theorist, this film is also about knowing. Who knows what, who lets who in on what they know, and whether the knowledge is real. Clarice is sent in by Jack Crawford to talk to Lector, who knows things. Jack Crawford also knows things, but he needs what Lector knows, and he knows that Clarice will "stimulate" Lector. Clarice knows things, not about the case, but about death and sacrifice, her way of knowing isn't helpful to Jack Crawford but it piques the interest of Lector. Lector wants to know about Clarice. Jack Crawford depends on getting the Lector's knowledge, but Lector figures it out and feeds him garbage instead. Then, drawing on everything she's picked up, Clarice, the seemingly rookie know-nothing, busts it all open and saves the day.

I saw this in the theater, in March of 1991 with my cousin, Heidi, in Duluth. And I was terrified. I can watch it now without fear, but the moments that get me each time are the camera noises in the funeral parlor, the anticipation of what Lector plans to do to the two cops, and the night goggles at the end, showing the hand reaching out to touch Clarice.

Oscars galore: best actor (Hopkins), actress (Foster), director (Demme), writing/adapted screenplay (Ted Tally), and best picture. Right on.


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Friday, April 17, 2009

As Seen on TV: Ted from "Scrubs" Covers "Hey Ya"

And it's really really cool.

  1. Is there any way to download it? I like it a lot

  2. Hi tour. Best I could find is this link from the Scrubs message boards --

    One of the commenters provides a link to an mp3 only sucky part is it includes all the dialogue from the epi talking over it which isn't so cool. A very close (dialogue-less) alternative is a version by Obadiah Parker. You can watch his cover on YouTube and download it on iTunes. Album is called "Obadiah Parker Live".


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US Open 2013: John Isner vs. Gael Monfils Second Round Match Preview

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US Open 2013: John Isner vs. Gael Monfils Second Round Match Preview
Though, tennis as a sport is full of excitement, mirth and drama, if you compare it with some of the leading team-sports across the world, then it lacks on many fronts. Well, to fill that void, there are some special or born-to-entertain players, who add that requisite spark to the overall feel and spirit of tennis and take it to another level, every time they hit the court. Gael Monfils is one of those players on tour, who might look feeble a lot of times while negotiating a few quick shots, but he would always provide a few moments of absolute entertainment in every match to leave you awestruck with his flexibility and acrobatics. This acrobatic Frenchman will be in action today, as he takes on the top American John Isner in a second-round encounter of the 2013 US Open.

It is a battle between master of the reflexes Gael Monfils and big John Isner, who can run a shiver down the spine of his opponents with his canon serve. Since the release of the draw, we have been looking forward to this match that will have all the fun and fire elements – a tennis fan always craves for. Both contenders are coming off earning straight sets victories in the opening encounters. While, thirteenth-seed Isner made a quick work of F. Volandri on Tuesday, Monfils topped A. Ungur in a one-sided battle and now these two will face off each other in a second-round match-up of the 2013 US Open, this year’s final Grand Slam Tournament.

Perceptibly American tennis is suffering from the worst talent crunch in the recent times and amidst all this John Isner is one contender, who has it to keep the hopes alive. In fact, he and his compatriot Sam Querrey are the best bets for the Americans at this year’s US Open. Yesterday, James Blake bid adieu to tennis after losing out to Ivo Karlovic in five testing sets and for many Americans it came as another downward step towards the dwindling prominence of the American tennis. Currently ranked as World No. 17 in the ATP Rankings, Isner turned professional in 2007 and has claimed 7 career titles so far. It has been a good season so far for the big John with a 33-19 win-loss record and he has also won two titles in 2013, in Atlanta and Houston. Throughout his career, Isner has enjoyed substantial success on the US hard-court swing and he is expected to continue in the same manner – this time too.

Current World No. 39 Gael Monfils has claimed four titles so far in his career. Former World No. 7 Monfils’ playing style and incredible reflexes have also cost him a lot throughout his career. Whenever, he got into a groove or looked in a killing form, his progress was badly halted by recurring injuries. This season, he had to withdraw from a few key tournaments due to various injuries. Monfils has a good 29-17 win-loss record this season and he is looking in a good form of late. The Frenchman retired with an injury during his title match at Winston Salem last week.

Both contenders are evenly placed at 3-3 against each other in head-to-head record. Interestingly, they always met on a hard-court and today, they will face off each other on another hard-court. Last time they met two years ago at Washington Open, where Monfils topped the in-form American in three sets and reached the final. Things have not changed much since then. Obviously, there is a lot to look forward to in this battle for a tennis fan.

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Saturday, November 2, 2013

Another tough night

Wanda said...

I love football pictures.

Our grandson in Greenville, Ill has another game today. They are 8-0 and I hope today is another win. We got to watch a lot of his high school games, but college in Ill...a little hard. We do get a live line on the computer.

Lynette said...

Football can be tough on everyone, but most of all on the players. Right now, my Mississippi State Bulldogs have just been scored on again by South Carolina. Hang in there, Tigers! Dawgs!


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Data Sheet: The X-plore on the Shield Gotcha

The nVidia Shield TV is a powerful Android device. nVidia has positioned it as a games hub, but it can do much more.

For this you’ll need to supplement it with new apps, either downloaded directly via the built in Google Play Store (which offers only a limited selection in the nVidia Shield TV version), or by sideloading from elsewhere.

Kodi is one of the first supplemental apps I’d recommend. It’s available through the built-in Google Store. But content downloaded with Kodi remains stuck in the Shield’s internal storage. Although Kodi includes its own file manager,  it doesn’t yet know how to ask permission to write to attached USB sticks, microSD cards or network storage. This requirement was introduced with the Marshmallow Android update.

To shuttle data out of the Shield’s internal storage I’ve been using an app that does know how to ask these permissions. It’s called X-plore and you can get it directly from the built-in Google Store.

And it all worked just fine… until last week…

Quite suddenly, X-plore began refusing to write to my USB drives.

The app I had been using for months to transfer data out of the nVidia Shield TV onto a variety of different external devices (microSD cards, USB sticks, the Toshiba Canvio Premium portable hard disk drive) was showing me the attached storage. But every attempt to open it was greeted by:

No supported partition was found

Yes. Ouch!

 The problem

It took me days to find out what was going wrong. So forgive me if this Data Sheet nudges its way at some length into all the intricacies of the problem.

Executive summary: It seems that a recent update to X-plore had introduced a new feature. It added a filesystem driver for Android devices that don’t have OTG support.

OTG (On The Go) is the technology that allows your Android system to communicate with external storage (real, actual external storage, that is), typically in the shape of a plugged-in USB drive.
The nVidia Shield TV DOES have OTG support built in. Extensive support that can read and write to multiple different file systems, including the Mac’s HSF+, NTFS and exFAT, which happens to be the standard format the Shield uses when it sets up a USB drive as “external storage”.

The OTG driver supplied with the recent version of X-plore supports only a single format: FAT32.

See the problem? The Shield sets up an OTG USB drive for you by formatting it as exFAT. X-plore finds the drive, but if you try to do anything with it, writing or reading, throws in the towel with the message “Unrecognised partition”.

And this will happen with any other of the formats the Shield natively understand. All except FAT32.

So does this mean that henceforth all your USB drives intended for the Shield will have to be FAT32 formatted (necessarily on a different machine)?

Actually, no. Loading X-plore’s built in OTG driver is happily optional. Without it, X-plore will use the native nVidia drivers and be able to read and write to all the usual formats.

So you might be wondering how I’d fallen into the trap of loading the X-plore driver in the first place. Yes, I wondered the same thing too.

But take a look at this dialogue box that X-plore pops up when it first encounters an OTG drive in the Shield.

You’ll immediately understand why and how I fell for this.

There are two problems here. Firstly, although you may not want to use X-plore as the default app that opens every time you insert a USB drive (so you leave the box unticked), you’re still likely to dismiss the dialogue box by ticking OK.

In my efforts to make the USB drive writeable I tried first not ticking the box. When this failed I ticked the box. Same result both times—failure to write to the drive.

What it took me days to realise is that by clicking on OK I was telling X-plore to go ahead and load its own OTG driver.

It’s Not OK

I accept that this internal OTG driver might be a godsend on other non-OTG devices. But it’s a menace on the nVidia Shield TV. Because of it I very nearly disavowed X-plore, and actually did uninstall it.

I missed it almost immediately. In every other respect the app is a superb complement to the Shield. Unlike my previous favourite, ES File Explorer, X-plore isn’t built around the premise of a touch screen. As a last resort I emailed the developer at Lonely Cat Games.

The somewhat terse reply came quickly:

“X-plore works only with FAT32 formatted drives”

But Michal at Lonely Cat Games also supplied a useful link, and this is where I learnt about X-plore’s own OTG driver. The page describes the driver as being able to handle both FAT32 and exFAT. As exFAT is the format natively used when the Shield sets up a USB drive for external storage, this would indeed make life much simpler. But after extensive experiment I’ve concluded that the X-plore driver doesn’t actually do exFAT, at least not writeably. (If you think I’m wrong about this, do please get back to me with details).

Stick with the Shield

If you want to make sure that you’re going to stick with the Shield’s own OTG arrangement, and never see that ambiguous USB drive pop-up again, there’s a tick-box inside X-plore’s Configuration you’ll need to take care of. Unfortunately, its wording is every bit as ambiguous as the pop-up:

It sounds, doesn’t it, as if you’ll have to tick this box if you want X-plore to access the USB drive. Actually, for Shield users, the reverse is true. LEAVE THIS BOX UNTICKED.

A Few Other Quirks

To tidy up the subject, there are one or two other minor gotchas to watch out for.

When you change the USB stick using the Shield Settings/Storage and reset you may find that X-plore is still showing the earlier drive. If you exit from X-plore and open it again, you may see no USB drive at all.

If this happens, open Settings/Apps/X-plore and Force Stop (if X-plore’s running) and Clear data.

This forces X-plore, next time you open it, to re-examine its environment. It should now find the USB stick. Clearing data won’t affect that all important “Allow USB access configuration” switch, which should remain off, although the app will ask for permission again to access your photos, media and files. Say yes to this (you’ll have to, or X-plore will be useless).

Now you can set up write access to the USB stick. Select it and try to create a new directory on it (I like to call this test directory just “t”, because that’s the default letter offered by the pop-up keyboard). This should bring up the “Write access to external memory card” dialogue box. Follow the instructions and you’re good to go.

When you’ve done that you can test writeability by deleting your test directory. You can now be confident that you can write to this device.

I’ve found the odd occasion when, for some unknown reason, this process won’t work and the “Write access…” dialogue box won’t show up. You’re now what we technically call “stuffed”. Without that dialogue box you’re never going to be able to write to the new storage.

We now enter the realm of magic.

I THINK this should probably work. Enter screen recording (hold down the O touch key on the game controller). Manually record something, anything…

The Android system (not X-plore) will be able to write to the USB stick, and the new recording will appear ON THE USB STICK under Android/media/com.nvidia.nvgamecast/Game Recordings.

Now open X-plore. Find the new recording on the USB stick. Try to delete it. This should now bring up the desired dialogue box. Follow the instructions and you’ll have write access.

All of the foregoing will work with any USB drive, whether it’s 2.0 or 3.0 or later. But as the Shield’s equipped to handle the very much faster 3.0 USB drives it makes sense to use them whenever possible.

Chris Bidmead

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