Music is magic. It brings emotion and stirs our souls. My Christmas is not complete without music, for it is in music that I find peace and love. When selecting music for the "Magic of Christmas," I wanted traditional carols that tell the story of the birth of Christ. I imagine the night long ago in Bethlehem as a beautiful starry night, quiet and serene, with a hush of anticipation. In the dark of the primitive stable, the quiet was interrupted with the cry of a baby. As the night progressed, the small cry of the infant was overshadowed by the flutter of the angel wings and heralding trumpets announcing His birth.
The music presented in the "Magic of Christmas" is the story of that wondrous night set to music. Starting with a quiet overture and contemplative question "What Child is This?" and ending with the glorious carol of praise "Joy to the World," this collection is a celebration of the birth of Christ.
My wish for you is that your holidays be a glorious celebration with family and friends. May your days be filled with peace and love as we celebrate through music the Magic of Christmas!
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I would love to have this CD full of music that turns our hearts towards Christ. So much of society is taken over with the things of self and getting more and more for yourself. Jesus being born, is really THE best thing that ever happened to us! He is the reason for all our joy!
Merry Christmas! Thanks for this opportunity to hear a beautiful reminder of what Christmas is all about!
I would love to win this because: I love real traditional Christmas music. Secular Christmas music is OK, but each year the radio stations play less and less of the Christian Christmas music. Nothing wrong with Jingle Bells, but I don't understand why songs that tell the real meaning of Christmas are now being almost totally excluded from radio stations and even Christmas concerts, and when they are in the line up, it is usually instrumentalist only, which is usually beautiful music, but the meaning is in the words. Makes me sad. I almost jumped for joy the other day while shopping at Home Depot and heard the Hallelujah Chorus wafting throughout the whole store. Yes, that's what it's all about!
Joy to the world- the rain has come to Southern California. The garden is full of the sound of birdsong- but in the evenings- we need not new music- but the traditional songs to be heard in a new way. No news on TV equals the Good News and Great Tidings of Christ's birth.
This would be a wonderful addition to my collection of Christmas music. I feel the same way that you do, I love to listen to Christmas music that helps me to rembember the true meaning for the Season…Jesus Christ.
I would like to win the CD to share with my family during Christmas Eve,.Thanks for this chance to win. Merry Christmas to you!
Nothing like beautiful music to get us in the mood for the holiday, this sounds like a classic! Would love to win, hope your holidays are off to a wonderful start…..
Thank you for the opportunity to win your Christmas CD. I enjoy Christmas music and would love to have your CD in my collection! May your Christmas be blessed with love, peace and joy. Merry Christmas!
Beautiful Christmas music enhances what is already a wonderful time of year, a time to celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus. What a wonderful collelction of music this must be and we would love to be able to enjoy hearing it with family.
I would SOOO love to win this! I recently moved back to Mich from AZ and all of my Christmas stuff, including my music, is still in storage in AZ. Really missing it right now! The radio stations are all playing secular Christmas music and I long for the beloved hymns about the birth of our Saviour!
This is my absolute favorite Christmas CD. I play is continuously at my desk during Christmas. I work in a cancer center and my patients love it. So proud to tell them about the lady behind the cd. I can see you sitting there playing Phyliss. Love you and of course, love to listen to you play.
Thank you. That makes me happy. Music is a language we all can understand and love. It is my passion. I am so glad you enjoy this. Love you.
I am not savy enough to download music so I only have a few CD's to listen to in my car and would love a new Christmas one!
Thank You for using your talents so beautifully. The arrangement of each song is enduring.
I love to listen to Christmas music! This sounds like a great collection.
Would love to hear it! Would love to win it!
Merry Christmas Phyllis! I would love to have your Christmas CD …..You are blessed with so many talents, but music is the first talent I knew you had! I love to listen to a good piano player and I know I would enjoy the songs you chose for this collection during the holidays…..Blessings to you and your family this Christmas!!
Thank you for offering the Study Bible for Women and now inspiring Christmas music to go with it. God Bless you and Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, Phyllis! I would love to add The Magic of Christmas CD to my collection of holiday music. It sounds delightful! Thank you!
Two thousand and Fourteen years ago, Jesus Christ was born! The Magic of Christmas would be a wonderful way to celebrate our Saviour's Birthday!
I'm like you…"my Christmas is not complete without music, for it is in music that I find peace and love." I can't tell you how much I appreciate what you have to say on your blog. Thank you for the beauty you display in spirit and in life.
Christmas music is a way to worship The King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Music is an expression of the heart, comes from the heart and soul of a person. I find great joy in music and especially Christmas music as we worship the King!
You write with such passion, beauty and truth and those words truly touched my heart. Christ is the reason and your many talents are a gift from him. I would love to listen to your CD as I reflect on my many blessings.
Nothing puts me in the Christmas spirit more than Christmas music…and I could really listen to carols all year long….my favourite…"Oh Holy Night". Thank you for inspiring all of us Phyllis at Christmas and beyond.
talents with us. Look forward to reading all you do.
What could be nicer than curling up with a cup of tea, reading my "V" winter magazine and listening to your wonderful Christmas music.
Music is universal and this time of year those beloved carols and hymns are sung in many languages but all channeled to the same Divine Source. Thank you for the special opportunity. Wishing you and yours the most blessed season!
You always have the perfect giveaway for any occasion. I would thoroughly enjoy The Magic of Christmas cd. Thank you for the opportinity to enter.
I would love to win your CD as Christmas music just makes me feel good!
I love Christmas music, and I listen to it all year long, to the surprise of people I know.
Music is therapeutic for me. And, what better therapy at this time of year than Christmas music. I would so love to win this cd. Thank you for the opportunity!
I would love to win your Christmas CD. That is the same kind of Christmas music I like also. I bought your CD An Evening In May and love it! I also bought one for a friend for Christmas. How does one woman get so many talents? Blessed much by God, that's how. Thanks for all you create and share with us. Merry Christmas!
Thank you for providing this new CD as a gift for someone. I love music also and find Christmas music brings a special joy to decorating activities and family gatherings. It touches the heart, inspires hope, and is a wonderful expression of the wonder of Christ's birth. This is not to diminish the fun of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (especially for the kids)! But, I find the traditional carols bring warmth and comfort. It's hard to imagine Christmas without the joy of music!
I love Christmas music so much. Celebrating the birth of Christ through music brings so much peace and joy to many. I loved hearing you play at the Southern Lady conventions which I truly miss!
I love Christmas music, and have been known to play it throughout the year.
My favorite Christmas Carol is "The Holly and the Ivy". It brings back beloved memories of my mother. I love the old traditional carols, they are the heart and soul of Christmas. The beautiful music and words recreate the birth of Christ. I love to listen to the carols as I sip a cup of tea and look at the beautiful live Christmas tree my husband and I lovingly decorate with our family heirloom ornaments. It truly is Peace on Earth. May your Christmas be blessed with love, peace and joy.
I enjoy Christmas music during the holiday rush–so soothing and wonderful! It would be a treat to win your CD.
I love Christmas music also and listen while I bake, decorate the tree and I have the Dickens Village that takes me about 2 to 3 days to put up so I listen to a lot of Christmas music and would love to have your CD also.
I would love to win this CD and share the splendor and magic of Christmas with my daughter.
I have another one of your CDs. It's absolutely beautiful! Would love to have this one, too!
Oh, yes, Phyllis, that is what Christmas is all about, "God With Us." Thank you for offering this CD – it will bring joy to all who hear it I'm sure.
I would LOVE to win your Christmas CD. Christmas is my favorite time of year, and its music is a most integral part of it. Thank you for the opportunity. Merry Christmas!
Christmas music is my favorite. I'm always looking for something new – a new style or type of music. Yours sounds great. Thanks.
I've had your CD since it first came out (in 2008, I believe) and listen to every year since at Christmastime. It is absolutely beautiful!!! You are gifted in so many ways. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
I have enjoyed listening to you play the piano for many, many years. It is always a treat to hear you play so beautifully. Would love to have the CD so that I can enjoy hearing your music and enjoying your God given talent.
Thank you for the opportunity to win this…I love to listen to Christmas music from December 1st until Christmas Day (and beyond!!) and would love to have this to add to my collection! Merry Christmas!
I would love to win this cd. Thank you for the offer.


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Schumann Kreisleriana
€ 14.3
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Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana for piano is a cycle of eight contrasting pieces composed in 1838. The work belongs to one of Schumann's most creative periods. It was influenced by the writings of author E. T. A. Hoffmann and was inspired by Schumann's love for his wife, Clara. The current edition has been thoroughly researched, with comparisons made between all early sources. The 1850 second edition has been used as the primary source, which includes revisions made by Schumann and reflects his final intentions. Discrepancies with the first edition (1838), third edition (1858), and various Clara Schumann editions have been discussed in critical notes. Prefatory matter discusses the genesis of Kreisleriana, the relationship between Hoffmann's writings and Schumann's journalism and compositions, and the early champions and performers of this masterwork. Also included are discussions of the form of each piece and helpful performance suggestions. Editorial pedaling and fingering suggestions have been provided to facilitate learning and performance.Charles Timbrell is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he teaches piano, piano literature, and piano pedagogy. He also maintains an active career as a performer, author, lecturer, and adjudicator.
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Couples Share a Love for Medicine – and Each Other
Josh and Katie Butler with their twins, Isabella and Liam
In honor of Valentine's Day, we asked clinician couples how they met, what they like to do together and the challenges of being married to a fellow clinician.
Katie Butler, PA-C, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians Family Medicine Twin Rose, and Josh Butler, PA-C, LG Health Physicians Hospitalists
We met in undergrad at the University of Pittsburgh way back in 2003. We got married in 2009. We have two incredible kids: twins Isabella and Liam, soon turning 6.
Prior to having our children, we enjoyed traveling overseas and are lucky enough to be able to do so again in May. With two young kids at home and difficult work schedules, finding time for each other can be a challenge.
A huge perk of being married to another clinician is the ability to have a evening together at development or vendor events.
Drs. Denise Cope and Dan Schlegel and their family take their traditional surrey cart ride on the boardwalk at Ocean City, New Jersey.
Denise N. Cope, M.D., LG Health Physicians Family Medicine Abbeyville, and Dan Schlegel, M.D., Program Director, Family Medicine Residency, Penn State Health
We met in 2004, at a welcome picnic for the LGH Family Medicine Residency Program. Denise was a nervous new intern, and Dan was an older, wiser second year. Despite often having opposite call schedules and the general craziness of residency, we managed to go out on a few dates. Romance at work was never the plan for either of us, but sometimes life surprises you! We were engaged two years later and got married March 10, 2007.
Being married to a fellow physician certainly has its challenges, but it also has some significant benefits. Neither of us takes it personally when the other is running late at the end of the day. We understand better than most that medicine is unpredictable. It's easier to talk about work when you don't have to explain everything. We have three kids, ages 10, 7 and 3. Like any family with two working parents, we are busy. We keep a detailed combined calendar, plan ahead as much as possible and get help when we need it.
As a family, we enjoy snuggling on the couch to watch a movie, going to the community pool in the summer, and getting together with other families. Our yearly trip to Ocean City, New Jersey, is always a highlight. We try to get away just the two of us now and then. We managed to combine a medical conference with some relaxation at Nemacolin resort this fall, without the kids! It's a crazy, funny, chaotic, amazing life!
Drs. Ashley LaFata and Mike Walker climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Ashley N. LaFata, M.D., CHOP Pediatric Hospitalists at Lancaster General Hospital, and Michael J. Walker, M.D., LG Health Physicians Family Medicine Willow Street
We met at Jefferson Medical College. We shared a few mutual friends and were introduced at our first intramural volleyball game of the fall season. It wasn't until the annual Jefferson Halloween Party, toward the end of our volleyball season, that we realized how much we liked each other. We exchanged numbers and have been inseparable since. We won the intramural volleyball championship three days later and went on our first date to Lolita the following night. We had so much to talk about that we were asked to switch tables so the restaurant could accommodate more people, and then we were kindly asked to leave at closing time.
After two years of dating, Mike proposed to Ashley on a surprise cruise that he planned for Christmas and her birthday. We had a long 2½-year engagement because we were living apart for a year. We have been married for 3½ years.
Initially our biggest challenge was living halfway across the country from one another during our first year of engagement. Ashley started her Pediatric residency at Northwestern in Chicago, while Mike finished his final year of medical school in Philadelphia. We considered ourselves lucky if we could see each other once a month. Thankfully Mike was able to match in Chicago at Northwestern as well, so were able to live together during the remainder of our training. However there were months when our schedules were so opposite that we saw each other less often than when we lived in different cities.
Overall, though, there are many more benefits of being married to another physician. We understand the stresses and demands of each other's jobs, as well as the rewards. We are able to share meaningful experiences and ask each other clinical questions. Sometimes we even share patients!
We love traveling. Our current goal is to travel outside of the country in addition to visiting a National Park each year. We also enjoy outdoor activities – hiking, biking (leisurely), skiing, kayaking, playing volleyball, etc. One of our most memorable experiences was hiking Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. It's good we like being active, because we also love to eat. We love trying new local restaurants, as well as restaurants in Philadelphia and everywhere we travel. We also love spending time with family and friends, going to the beach and relaxing by playing cards or watching shows (Our current obsession is "The Blacklist.").
Jesse Main, Psy.D., and Dr. Catherine Main with their children, Sophia, Eleanor and Henry
Catherine L. Main, M.D., LG Health Physicians Family Medicine Strasburg, and Jesse M. Main, Psy.D., Postdoctoral Resident, LG Health Physicians Neuropsychology
We met 15 years ago, while working at El Serrano Restaurant here in Lancaster. We quickly learned that we had similar goals, interests and passions, and started dating soon thereafter. We have now been married almost 10 years and have three wonderful children, Sophia (6), Henry (3) and Eleanor (10 months). Our lives are beautifully chaotic at times, and we wouldn't have it any other way!
From undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs to the rigors of our respective residencies, we have been through many trying seasons thus far. The greatest challenge through all of it has always been establishing a healthy work/life balance. Given the demands of our careers, managing this balance continues today. To address this challenge, we try to remain intentional in nurturing our marriage and our relationships with our children. The balancing act is delicate and difficult at times, but the payoff has been well worth it.
Navigating parenthood with intention affords us the opportunity to explore new fun places with our children. We also like to sneak away on dates whenever possible, take in the wonderful Lancaster restaurant scene or engage in good conversation with great friends. Exercise has always been a priority for us, so we like to stay active and engage in these activities together when possible. Looking forward, we have always enjoyed traveling and will certainly do more of this as our kiddos get older and can tolerate more travel time.


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Tonkon Torp LLP is an American law firm based in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1974, the limited liability partnership has 78 attorneys. As of 2010, it was the third largest law firm in Portland when it had 86 attorneys.

History

Originally known as Tonkon, Torp & Galen, the firm started in 1974 with attorneys who had worked for Davies, Biggs, Strayer, Stoel and Boley (today Stoel Rives). One of the founding partners was Heisman Trophy winner and Portland native Terry Baker. In 1974, three more partners left Davies Biggs to join the new firm, including Frederick H. Torp. In 1981, the firm changed its name to Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marmaduke & Booth, which was shortened to Tonkon Torp LLP in 1997. The firm remodeled their office space in 2010 to adopt more communal spaces. Tonkon started a practice group to assist clients with the registration as benefit corporations in 2014. The firm was sued in 2016, along with other financial services and legal firms, over what led to bankruptcy of Aequitas Capital Management.

Details
Tonkon Torp is housed in the Pioneer Tower in Downtown Portland. Industries the firm services include healthcare, retail, energy, professional services, construction, and telecommunications, among others. The firm's clients include public companies, private enterprises, and individuals in the Northwest region.

References

External links
Tonkon Torp LLP – U.S. News & World Report

1971 establishments in Oregon
Law firms based in Portland, Oregon
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Hornets lacked Cup final sting
Nick Feinberg | May 21, 2019
Well people, there it is, the end of another domestic season.
And back to the inevitability of it all, being that Manchester City are the best club in England, followed by Liverpool, then the next four usual suspects.
I was looking forward to the FA Cup final, but felt completely let down by Watford.
Over the past nine months, on their day, they've been one of the best attacking sides in the league. You would have thought that the promise of Wembley glory would have made Saturday one of those days?
Conversely, they were cruelly picked apart and barring the early one-on-one they created, should feel embarrassed to have let their fans down like that.
What happened to Troy Deeney and his famed warrior status?
I tell you what happened, he was discarded like a flaccid winky at an orgy, with a gallant City rogering his side from every angle imaginable.
It was painful and an unfortunate end to the Hornets' season, which, as mentioned, deserved high praise.
So it's back to the transfer market, while we count down to the European finals.
BEST OF THE BEST: City completed the domestic treble. Photo: FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA
I'm not gonna even begin to speculate at or mention what the hell is going to happen because as you'll have seen, every other decent player in the world has been linked to Manchester United.
Meanwhile, despite a transfer ban, journalists are still writing about players linked with a move to Chelsea? It's all a load of bollox, designed to sell newspapers and encourage 'click bait'.
Anyway, back to Europe and the Europa final.
It's only important for one thing really can Arsenal win it and gain entry to the Champions League, which of course has huge financial and transfer implications for next season.
I don't really care too much about it, of course we don't wanna lose to the Gooners, but it's basically the League Cup of Europe.
It's not one that fans sing about down the line, you know, like "20 times, 20 times Man Utd" in relation to the league, or "We're the only team in London with a European Cup" sung by Chelsea following victory in Munich.
It's 'nice to have, don't matter if we don't' kind of thing, but the real bonus is keeping Unai Emery and his team of whingers out of next season's Champions League.
Off the field and what an absolute farce the travel and ticket situation is for the Baku final.
The stadium holds 60 000-plus but an allocation of 7 500 is being given to each club?
And the travel packages being offered by Chelsea?
I mean, don't wanna knock the club, but £980 (around R18 000) per person?
That's just mental. Flights to that part of the world should be a quarter of that.
ON THE MOVE: Gonzalo Higuain, left, and Harry Maguire. Photo: FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA
According to reports, both clubs are set to return some of their allocation, which is both a protest and testament to the lack of importance the trophy holds.
I was speaking to a thug mate of mine who still runs with Tottenham's firm. He was looking forward to the possibility of it kicking off in airports across Europe as three London clubs' fans make their way to and from the finals.
Well sorry dude, that ain't really happening now, although I'll be surprised to see the Madrid final run without some incident.
On the flip side, the Champions League final is massive!
Tickets are selling at 3 000 or 4 000 euros (R40 000-plus) a piece.
I can't wait for it - two great attacking sides, two huge English rivals, two of the best coaches in the world.
As I've said recently, "can't see Liverpool losing it" but we all know anything can happen on the night.
In the meantime, wet your knickers over the fantasy transfer speculation, all I know is I want Ole to stay!


Sergio Garcia learned a rough lesson.
On the par-4 fourth hole at the British Open Friday, Garcia drilled a bad shot while standing in front of bushes. After watching his poor attempt, the golfer took his frustrations out on the shrubbery and hurt himself in the process.
Garcia immediately grabbed his shoulder, made bogey on the hole and looked like he was in pain for the next couple of holes.
The 2017 Masters winner told Golf.com after the round that what he did "wasn't very smart."
"I felt like the muscles in my shoulder went one on top of the other. It was a little sore on the next tee, but I took some ibuprofen and got a little work done on the 8th tee, and fortunately it started to loosen up as the round went on," Garcia said.
The golfer said he was still in some pain following the round, but hopes it gets better over the weekend. When he had his shoulder looked at by a physiotherapist it was determined that he had not suffered a strain.
Garcia is currently tied for 37th through two rounds with a score of +2.
He'll need his shoulder to feel better and to refrain from attacking bushes to climb back up the leaderboard before the tournament ends on Sunday.


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My experiences of my local NHS
by Sue Brock
My first experience with an NHS being privatised bit by bit was when my doctor referred me to a private company for physiotherapy for back pain. The sessions were half an hour a week for six weeks. During the penultimate session the therapist decided to focus on my feet and she decided that I needed a gel insole. I could buy them, she said, direct from the companies web page at a cost of £42. She felt I really needed them. I have to say that I felt like I was in a shoe shop being sold shoe polish having bought shoes! I did not purchase the insoles and instead asked for a referral to have this discrepancy with my feet checked out. She duly referred me to an NHS podiatry service. When I attended that appointment and was examined I was told there was a very slight difference in my leg lengths but nothing that would affect posture. Nothing else was found to be wrong and I was told I didn't need any sort of insole.
So not a good first experience but maybe my son's experience would be better. He injured his knee playing ruby. His doctor referred him to a private hospital to see a specialist. The hospital was local but not as close as our NHS hospital and not as easy for a non driver to get to. We had to beg help off our family. My son saw a specialist about a month later and had a scan done a week after that. Seven weeks later he received an appointment to see the specialist to discuss the results of the scan. The process took three months. Meanwhile my son's friend also had a knee injury. He attended the same hospital but as a private patient a few weeks after my son. He received the scan and treatment with in a few weeks. So even when a referral is made to a private hospital NHS patients are still pushed to the back of the queue. My son needed physio but the hospital was very difficult for us to get to and no bus from our area so we had to ask for a referral back to a more local NHS physiotherapy clinic. There turned out to be one about three miles away.
I have another son. He is disabled and has autism. Up until 2014 the service he received from the NHS community dentist service was first class. They took into account all my son's fears and phobias about the medical profession, ensured an empty waiting room when he had an appointment and never kept us waiting. When he needed a whole mouth x-ray they made the appointment during lunch and ensured the entire clinic was empty (!) to try to guarantee they could get the very important x-rays done. Over a period of five years they supported my son to a point where he could actually have work done in his mouth! A huge relief for me as his teeth are very rotten and pain was virtually constant and causing all types of upset. For me the service provided was a life changer! In 2014 five of the community dentist clinics in the city were closed down. The local clinic where my son had the x-rays done is now gone. X-rays now have to be done in the hospital. I was told that as many people as possible were being transferred to ordinary dentists. My son is still seen by the community dentist but they can no longer accommodate him in the way they used to. Very luckily for me their outstanding treatment of him prior to this has meant that he has been able to cope with the changes. But if we were just starting this process now I have serious doubts that my son would be able to cope with treatment.
Apart from the above the only walk in centre for about 20 miles or more around is threatened with closure. The NHS Eye Hospital in my city is offering fast track cataract consultations and same day treatments for £1400 per eye, therefore pushing NHS patients further to the back of the queue. At another hospital in the city the minor injuries unit is now run by a private company. The community nursing team local to me are snowed under and having to work Sundays to try to see people in a timely fashion. Prior to this my dad had to wait two months to have his ears syringed as he cant get out of the house to the surgery. Local to me a private "rehab" facility charges the NHS over £4000 per week per patient! There are whispers that not a lot of actual rehab is necessary for a lot of the patients. It is more or less a nursing home. Finally something which has really upset me is that land belonging to the NHS is being sold off for development and the cash going straight to the Treasury so the NHS see none of it. We have some local clinics on a piece of land that currently have ample parking and space to expand services as the population increases in the area. The clinics will be left but the land sold off. Parking will be extremely difficult. A local Councillor says that people will be encouraged to get there by bus. Buses are few and far between in this area! The hospice on the site will be in the middle of a housing estate! There will be no room for expansion of NHS services on the site.
I am sure that what I know regarding what is happening to my local NHS is only the tip of the iceberg. If the "rehab" facility is anything to go by then private companies must be draining huge amounts of tax payers money out of the NHS and into their own bank accounts. This will make the NHS less efficient and more unaffordable. But when I am told that this is due to an ageing population I wont believe it! I will believe that it is because money is being sucked out of the NHS by private companies as profit. Money that could be spent on patient care.
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A friend of mine had a suspect cancer on his nose, he was promised an eight week wait on the NHS but advised to go to the local private hospital by his doctor. He saw them in a matter of days, at the consultation, 20 minutes long, he was charged £200, again he was asked if he wanted to wait on the NHS or have it done then and there, he chose to have it done immediately, that took about ten minutes or so, and he was charged £250 by the consultant, the consultant then told him he would receive a further bill from the Hospital which was eventually for a further £250. All for ten minutes work a scalpel and plaster.
I believe that you are right Sue, this is now common place from around the country.
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So why did so many people vote to continue the sell-off?
The answer to that is they believe what they are told. That the private sector is best, and that we can't afford our NHS.
It's all lies of course but people need to wake up and start shouting from the rooftops that the Ne-Liberal agenda is about shrinking the state not providing efficient public services.
As I have shown on many occasions we have an infinite supply of money for our public services, and Gordon Brown proved it when he saved the Banks with £373 Billion, at a time when the whole world Banking system had crashed. When you consider that the deficit is only £90 billion, I have to ask myself why is it that so many fail to understand.


Conny Andersson began his motorsports career on two wheels: he was a stalwart of the Swedish 250cc motocross championship for 12 years before climbing down from his motorcycle and turning his attention to cars. By then, he was in his thirties when he bought a Brabham to take part in the 1970 Swedish F3 championship.
He certainly had the hang of it, though. In his third season Conny was crowned Swedish champion, taking 1972 honours by finishing on 77 points and beating 1971 champion Torsten Palm, who got stuck on 70 points. Conny notched up just the one win but with two second places and one his consistency proved enough to overhaul Palm's two wins. That season, the most interesting competitor of the series wasn't the champion nor his runner-up but 1984 World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist who had taken wins in the 1971 1000 Lakes and RAC rallies. In those days, Blomqvist shared his time between a works Rally Saab and a Formula 3 Brabham. Stig took two third places and impressed onlookers. Much later, Stig took the 1990 Swedish Touring Car Championship in a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth.
But hey, we were dealing with Conny Andersson here, so let's get back on the subject. We had left the main man of our story when he scored his first F3 title triumph, which wasn't to be his last. In fact, Conny was to continue in F3 for most of the decade, competing in both the Swedish and European F3 series. By now a Formula 3 veteran, he took his second Swedish F3 crown in 1974.
After doing particularly well in the 1975 Euro series, finishing second overall, Conny was given his first taste of a Formula 1 car when he tested a Surtees at Goodwood in February 1976. These were his initial impressions: "It was much easier to drive than my F3 car. In an F1 car you can balance the car with the throttle in a much different way than you can in a F3 car." He wasn't what you could call a promising young driver - at the age of 36! - but after much wheeling-and-dealing he was able to secure a drive at Surtees. Driving one of Big John's "rental" TS19s Andersson made his GP debut at Zandvoort a few months after his first test. For a driver whose only previous experience was at F3 level, he showed quite well by safely putting his car onto the grid ahead of Pesenti-Rossi's Tyrrell. Unfortunately his race lasted for just 9 laps when his tired DFV expired. Meanwhile, he once again finished his European F3 season in second place overall.
To BRM's disgrace, the Monaco organizers did not accept the team's entry and they were thrown out of the race. At Zolder both V12 engines eventually broke but Conny was actually only 8/10s from the making the grid, beating both local hero Bernard de Dryver and Hector Rebaque. For his home GP Conny was again plagued by engine trouble - the first engine lost oil pressure and the second engine seized. BRM flew in a third engine overnight and managed to install in time for qualifying, albeit barely. This engine eventually also suffered from oil pressure problems and Conny was unable to get on the grid.
Same story again at France, where Conny had a few wry remarks: "We never had the chance to work on the chassis and try to develop the car. Every time the engine problems intervened. And it is hard for me to tell them to work on the handling when the engine is broke..." With the cars wearing sponsorship from Rotary Watches he could have done with a BRM running like clockwork. Conny saw no immediate improvement and opted to stop his payments and leave the team. Guy Edwards and Teddy Pilette tried in vain for the rest of the season.
At the end of the year both BRM's and Conny Andersson's GP days were history. He wasn't forgotten by F1 statistics anoraks, though. For years, Conny kept a tiny niche in the F1 Guinness Book of Records by being the oldest modern-day Grand Prix debutant at 36 years of age. Only as recently as 1993 Conny lost that honour when 38-year-old Japanese veteran Toshio Suzuki made two starts for Larrousse.
Born on 28 Dec 1939 in Alingsas, Sweden, this was Conny's first Grand Prix (as regular Brett Lunger was racing in America) and would be the only one he would start. His first impressions were that "the steering and the brakes are so good that you don't realise you are going fast - but if you make a mistake you will realise it very quickly!" He qualified 26th (and last) and retired after 9 laps with engine failure. In 1977 he would appear at 4 GPs with BRM but would not qualify for any of them. And that, sadly, was Conny's Grand Prix career.
Conny started racing on both 2 and 4 wheels back in the early 1960s and first came to prominence in the last year of the 1 litre Formula 3 in 1970, since when he remained one of the most highly regarded drivers in the category - he would surely have gone on to regular F2 and F1 drives had not his age been against him. He really made his mark in the first Formula 3 driver's European Cup-series in 1975. Amazingly, this was only announced in the FIA's June bulletin, when 3 of the 6 races had already been run! The opening race at Monaco was full of surprises as an unknown driver, norditalian Renzo Zorzi won the race with his GRD-Lancia. Especially his car's Repetto-tuned Lancia Beta engine started nasty rumours that were not proven right. Nastiest rumours claimed the engine to be a size of 3-litre, when the regulated maximum was 2000 cc! Further investigations were not required as the engine vanished from the top as fast it had get there. Zorzi achieved a bronze medal of the European Cup-series, but he did not gain many victories. Actually the victory should have belonged after superb driving to Conny, who was sentenced to one minute's penalty for false start.
In the second race the main spot was on Conny with his March 752. He was the big star at his home track and the happenings in Monaco were already forgotten. Andersson took to the pole position also in Nrburgring with a time of 8.04.7. In 1967 this time would have given a first row position in Formula 1! Conny was ruling the competition until he had to drop out because of a mechanical problem. However another Swede, Count Freddy Kottylinsky von Kottulin won the race.
Monza was at the end of June and it was also a part of English championships. That's why it gained a huge success among local teams and drivers. The fastest driver in practice was Australian Larry Perkins, who with his brother Terry drove a new Ralt RT1 car that was designed and built by famous countryman of Larry, Ron Tauranac. The top man of the English BP-series and a strong favourite to win, Gunnar Nilsson crashed his new works March 752 so badly in the qualifications, that he couldn't take part to the actual race. Luckily he made out of the accident with a small headache. Gunnar Nilsson's career stayed short as he died in cancer just as he had raised into the top elite of Formula 1. He won only one Grand Prix for Lotus. There was a tough fight during the race, Larry Perkins winning from local heroes, Spreafico and Pesenti-Rossi.
At this point Conny led the F3 championships, but his gap to the holder of the second place was only few points. It was not enough. Larry Perkins last ditch effort paid off and the Australian won the European Cup Championship.
Next year, Conny was undoubtedly the favorite, especially when he made a deal with the Italian representative and importer of March, Paolo Pavanello and his team. Engine came from Toyota and visited the Pedrazzani brothers tuning garage, Novamotor in Novara. Conny's partner was a young Italian, Gianfranco Brancatelli. At that point Conny himself was almost forty years old.
The start of the season seemed very promising as Conny won the opening race at the long and difficult track of Nrburgring, Germany. Local Ralt RT 1 BMW driver Bertram Schäfer took the second place and the third place went to a promising young Italian, Riccardo Patrese with Trivellato's team's Chevron Toyota. From this young Italian newcomer was expected to be seen a good effort, because he had many years experience from Formula Karting-classes. The success of Riccardo was crowned with the championship gold a couple of years earlier.
Conny came back to earth very soon as he was left in Zandvoort without points. At home, in the Swedish race at Mantorp, he only scored two points and Patrese moved on the European Cup-seasons top place. In the following races Conny and Patrese took turns in winning and in the second last race in Knutstorp of Skne Conny got over the disappointment in Mantorp. Victory in front of the home audience was pure gold and the enjoyment was increased by the fact that Patrese never made it to the finishing line. Conny's European championship seemed to be well in hand.
Then in the final race in Vallelunga, Rome, it was Conny's turn to fail completely, failing to score any points. Conny's team mate achieved his second victory here, but even that could not save Conny's day. Patrese drove safely to the second place and it brought to the Italian the needed six European Championship points. When the seven best results out of 10 races were chosen, Conny and Patrese ended up with 52 points, but Patrese was champion because he had to drop two more points than Conny.
The equality of these men was seen from the results. Both won four races. Also the second places were divided equally, but the Italian had one third place more than Conny. Patrese later had a long career in Formula 1, unlike Conny. Success in Formula 2 was also out of the limits. Conny was always left as second best in the international race circuits, although in Sweden he still won many championships.
The race itself was the best of the year, and one of the best of any year. Ronnie Peterson, back at March after Lotus's dreadful 1975 season, qualified on pole in his 761, from Hunt's McLaren M23, Tom Pryce's Shadow DN8 and John Watson's Penske PC4 (fresh from his brilliant maiden GP victory in Austria). By the fifth lap, Ronnie's rush from pole had faded and John was on his tail. Ronnie began weaving luridly from verge to verge on the straight and defending the inside line into corners - so John tried going round the outside! The second time he did that he nearly lost his car on the gravel, and James slipped by into second. Clay Regazzoni, Mario Andretti, Tom, Jody Scheckter, Carlos Pace, Vittorio Brambilla and Patrick Depailler were all crowding up nose to tail behind and overtaking each other like Formula 3 drivers. It was fantastic! James and John finally weaved their way past Ronnie and went off on their own. Once again, John had the quickest car on the track, but James was defending his lead almost as savagely as Ronnie had been. Time after time, John tried the outside line round Tarzan, sliding and skidding through the dust in the middle and twice being literally forced off the road into the sand at the exit. Lunging, chopping, opposite-locking and locking wheels, the two fastest men in F1 that day fought like rabid dogs, and John's Penske set fastest lap. But then its gearbox broke, and James, his McLaren handling worse and worse, had a desparately needed respite. But not for long, for an increasingly intense dice for second place between Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari 312T2 and Mario Andretti's Lotus 77 caught him up and made it an incredible chase for first place.
At the end of 75 laps, the three were covered by scarcely two seconds. But James hung onto the lead all the way and celebrated his 29th birthday with his 5th GP victory of the year , bringing him just 2 points behind Niki Lauda's tally (or so they thought at the time).


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Sale of unserviceable-rejected aircraft-scrap and spare parts – Liability under Sales Tax
administrator September 12, 2017 High Courts, Judgments, Sales Tax No Comments
Sale of unserviceable-rejected aircraft/scrap and spare parts amenable to Sales Tax under the provisions of the Delhi Sales Tax Act, 1975-High Court refers the question for constitution of a larger Bench
ABCAUS Case Law Citation:
ABCAUS 2069 (2017) (09) HC
The Substantial Question of Law framed/urged for determination:
Whether the Petitioner was liable to pay sales tax on scrap, depleted parts and out-dated or unused aircraft under the Delhi Sales Tax Act, 1975 ('DST Act')
Important Case Laws Cited/relied upon by the parties:
Commissioner of Sales Tax vs. DTC, 1996 III AD (Delhi) 462
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Hyderabad v. The Commercial Tax Officer, Hyderabad – III [1971] 27 STC 42
Citi Bank vs. Commissioner of Sales Tax, 2015 SCC Online Del 14023
State of Tamil Nadu vs. Board of Trustee of the Port of Madras, AIR 1999 SC 1647
State of Gujarat vs. Raipur Manufacturing Co. Ltd.,[1967] 19 STC 1 (SC)
Brief Facts of the Case:
The Petitioner (Air India Limited) was engaged in the services of civil aviation including the running of aircraft, ferrying of passengers and goods through air routes in both the domestic and international sectors.
Till 1974, the Petitioner was registered with the Sales Tax Authorities as a dealer only in respect of its catering business and thereafter, only in relation to providing canteen facilities to its staff. The Respondents sought to re-assess the Petitioner's returns on account of sales made by it in respect of unserviceable (rejected) air craft and unserviceable stores and spare parts arising in the course of its main activity, namely – civil aviation.
The Sales Tax Department made Re-assessments in respect of the sales activity of the Petitioner in AY 1994-95 and thereafter in AYs 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98. The assessment proceedings finally resulted in appeals before the Appellate Tribunal, Sales Tax, Delhi ('the Tribunal'), which upheld the assessment for AYs 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98. Thereafter, upon an application made for AYs 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98, the Tribunal by its order dated 7th May, 2015, referred the additional questions of law to the High Court.
The petitioner heavily relied upon the judgment of Delhi High Court ( 'DTC') to submit that the Petitioner's services were similar to that of Delhi Transport Corporation ('DTC') and hence it was not liable to pay sales tax. The Respondent Department on the other hand relied upon several judgments of various High Courts and the Supreme Court, passed in relation to the Railways to argue that the Petitioner was liable to pay sales tax on the sales effected by it.
Observations made by the High Court:
The High Court observed that the various cases cited dealt with different modes of transportation, namely, road, rail and air. The services offered by all these entities included transportation of passengers and goods. In respect of Railways, the consistent view of the Supreme Court as well as the laws of Bombay and Madhya Pradesh is that the Railways is amenable to tax on the sale of spares, scrap etc.
The DTC decision of Delhi High Court took a contrary view in respect of road transport following the decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court while disagreeing with the views of the High Courts of Madras and Madhya Pradesh.
The High Court further observed that the decision in DTC was in the context of road transport. It was related to the context of the DTC being a statutory corporation. However in the instant case the company had ceased to be a statutory corporation. The activity of operating aircrafts to carry passengers and cargo is no doubt a commercial activity but it is not the 'business' for which the petitioner is registered as a dealer under the DST Act.
The High Court observed that the sale of scrap was not merely occasional but a regular and routine activity which will continue so long as the Petitioner continues to provide air transportation services.
Thus according to the High Court, the important question was whether the 'dominant activity' test would be a relevant criteria for determining whether under Section 2 (c) (ii) the sale of scrap constitutes 'business'? The High Court observed that the above question does not appear to have arisen in the context of air transport earlier and it appeard that the decision in DTC will need to be reconsidered.
Thus the High Court framed the following question of law to be decided by a Full Bench of the High Court.
"Whether the sale of unserviceable (rejected) aircraft and unserviceable stores, scrap and spare parts by the Petitioner are amenable to Sales Tax under the provisions of the Delhi Sales Tax Act, 1975?"
The High Court opined that since the answer to the above question might involve a reconsideration of the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court in DTC, these petitions be placed before the Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice for constitution of a larger Bench for that purpose.
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EDMONTON - Cleanup crews have finished mopping up the oily substance that leaked into the North Saskatchewan River, but it could take a week to find out what it was.
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Investigators with Alberta Environment sent in samples for testing, said Natasha McKenzie, spokeswoman for the department.
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"It's still under investigation to see if there have been any impacts on the ecology, but they're not expecting it to have made a large impact at all."
The fire department's dangerous goods team set up booms across the river and were successful at catching the substance first reported Saturday morning. They are still trying to determine how much leaked, McKenzie said.
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import (
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	"gopkg.in/asn1-ber.v1"
)

// TestNilPacket tests that nil packets don't cause a panic.
func TestNilPacket(t *testing.T) {
	// Test for nil packet
	code, _ := getLDAPResultCode(nil)
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Anti-war protests in Ukraine expose bogus 'ceasefire' plan
By Greg Butterfield posted on June 21, 2014
Miners in Donetsk rally against Ukraine military assault on the Donbass region, June 18.
Photo: Donetsk People's Republic press office
June 20 — An anti-war protest by 100 women shut down the Chernivtsi-Zhitomir highway near the town of Mahala in western Ukraine on June 19. The women — mothers of Ukrainian soldiers — demanded that the government in Kiev withdraw their sons from the fratricidal war to suppress the anti-fascist uprising in southeastern Ukraine. (Depo.ua)
A day earlier, hundreds of miles to the east, in the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic, thousands of mineworkers and their families marched to demand an end to the junta's "anti-terrorist operation." Workers from 16 regional mines downed tools to join the protest.
The miners issued an ultimatum to Kiev: Withdraw your troops within 48 hours or we will take up arms and join the people's militias defending Donetsk and Lugansk.
By the time their deadline passed on June 20, Donetsk Prime Minister Alexander Borodai had announced: "Formation of a division of miners, who have decided to defend their homes and families, has begun. Five hundred people are already enrolled in the ranks," Borodai told ITAR-TASS news agency.
The miners' determination was given added weight by simultaneous reports that a 4-year-old boy trapped in the besieged city of Slavyansk had just died after being hit by mortar fire. His mother was also killed, RT.com reported.
According to a report issued June 18 by the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, at least 356 people have been killed in the latest military operation, 257 of them civilians, including 14 children.
Together, the eastern miners and western soldiers' mothers have given a resounding answer to the fraudulent "ceasefire" plan announced June 18 by Ukrainian President Peter Poroshenko, who represents the U.S.-backed alliance of oligarchs, neoliberal politicians and fascists that illegally seized power in Kiev earlier this year.
Poroshenko demands surrender
To great media fanfare, Poroshenko announced that he would declare a unilateral ceasefire "soon" in the war on the southeast. His announcement came after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
But what was the actual content of Poroshenko's "offer"?
"Poroshenko's plan would offer insurgents in the eastern provinces that form the nation's industrial heartland a chance to lay down weapons or leave the country," the Associated Press reported. If this happens, Poroshenko claims, those who haven't committed "grave crimes" will be pardoned.
"I can say that the period of the ceasefire will be rather short," Poroshenko said. "We anticipate that immediately after this, the disarming of the illegal military formations will take place."
By "illegal military formations," Poroshenko means the popular militias of workers, youths and veterans that have defended the Donbass population from Kiev's military campaign — but not neo-Nazi gangs like Right Sector, Maidan Self-Defense and the Social Nationalists that have carried out acts of terror against the regime's opponents, including the massacre of 48 people at the Odessa House of Trade Unions.
In fact, Poroshenko's ceasefire proposal is no different than the threats made by the junta all along.
The people's governments in Donetsk and Lugansk — where the population voted overwhelmingly for independence in a democratic referendum May 11 — made it clear that the only basis for negotiations with Kiev is withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the region.
Denis Pushilin, chair of the Supreme Soviet of the Donetsk People's Republic, called Poroshenko's offer "senseless."
"They cease fire, we lay down weapons, and then they will capture us weaponless," he said. (Dozhd TV, June 18)
It's crucial for the U.S. working class and anti-war movement to understand that the crisis in southeastern Ukraine is not a problem of a small number of intransigent militants, much less a conspiracy of "Russian agents."
In fact, the whole population on the Donbass has said "No!" to being ruled by a right-wing regime that seeks to impose austerity, NATO bases and the rule of neo-Nazi gangs on the whole population. Their determination is shared by millions of people in other parts of the southeast, and the unrest is increasingly spreading westward.
Even if the population of the southeast wanted to surrender their arms, could Poroshenko's ceasefire offer be trusted?
The real muscles behind his regime are fascist gangs like Svoboda and Right Sector, working in tandem with the oligarchy that has grown wealthy off the stolen, privatized infrastructure built up over decades by the Soviet working class.
They in turn are taking cues from the U.S. and NATO as they flex their military and economic prowess against Russia.
The massacre of anti-fascists and trade unionists in Odessa; the bombing of downtown Lugansk; the attack on the Russian Embassy in Kiev; and the targeting of hospitals, schools and civilian housing in the Donbass — all demonstrate that no confidence can be put in the Poroshenko regime.
What's really at stake?
To get a sense of what's really at stake, it is necessary to look past Poroshenko's declarations, made for the benefit of U.S. and European corporate media, and see what the junta's supporters are saying among themselves.
At a cabinet meeting on June 11, for example, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Koval said a "complete filtering" of the Donbass population was needed — a euphemism for concentration camps, according to anti-fascist activists. (Ukraine Channel 5 News)
"It will take a complete filtering of the people," Koval said. "It requires special filtration activities. It's said that among the people, including women, some were not associated with separatism, with those who committed crimes in Ukraine related to terrorist activities. While this may be, we have a lot of information. The base is very powerful. And the corresponding structure, which is designed for this, they will carry out. In addition, there is a problem associated with the fact that people will settle in different regions."
In a June 13 letter to Poroshenko, oligarch Igor Kolomoysky, appointed governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region by the junta, proposed erecting a 2,000-kilometer-long electrified fence with barbed wire, minefields and ditches along the border with Russia, at a reported cost of $135 million. Kolomoysky's assistant told Vesti.ua that business owners were already pledging to help fund the project.
Coming at a time when tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing Kiev's military assault by crossing the border into Russia, the proposal has less to do with keeping Russia out than with keeping people opposed to the junta trapped.
"Here you have three illustrations of modern Ukrainian life," said Victor Shapinov of the leftist Union Borotba (Struggle). "The defense minister promising filtration camps and resettlement for the population of the southeast. Prime Minister [Yatsenyuk] calling his fellow citizens 'subhumans.' The battalion of the Ukraine Ministry of Internal Affairs fighting under a banner adorned with SS symbols.
"Some inexorable historical logic makes the Kiev authorities copy the 'Thousand-Year Reich.' Such copying cannot be accidental — it is a consequence of ideological, political and methodological proximity. No, I do not want to say that in Ukraine there is a Nazi regime and Poroshenko is a modern Hitler. But the movement precisely in this direction is felt ever more clearly." ("Concentration Camps for Donbass," Borotba.org)
Now more than ever, it is imperative to build a global movement in solidarity with the People's Republics and the anti-fascist resistance in Ukraine.
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Not sure if you've noticed, but we live in a fantastic city. Ours is a land of transplants from all corners of the world; they've migrated here because there's just something special about it. Loads of these non-salty-natives are bringing something spectacular to the table--architecture, green living, kick-ass cocktail recipes [we're talking to you, Darby Doyle], a booming foodie scene, the fight for equal rights on the steps of the Capitol. We feature the do-gooders of our metropolis on the pages of our blog and website. We sing praise where praise is due.
This is our invitation. Get. In. There.
Dr. Hamid Adib is one such fantastic transplant. He's a man to be respected and admired, and his philanthropy makes us well up with pride for the human race. He also happens to own the Villa Theatre, a once semi-decrepit movie theatre on Highland Drive turned spec-TAC-ular rug gallery. You've probably driven by the landmark sign, but you probably haven't been inside. This is our invitation. Get. In. There.
The Building: The Villa Theatre was built in the 40s and was once considered one of the top three theaters in the nation [!]. With a capacity for around 1500 people, it ran as a theater until it was abandoned after bankruptcy about ten years ago [the last movie played there? The very first Lord of the Rings film]. Everybody wanted the theater, but--sadly and not so surprisingly--not for its historical or sentimental value. It just happened to come with 3.5 acres of primo parking lot land [think 'big box' bummer]. Major construction companies and corporate carnivores vied for it, obviously, but there were a few brave Salt Lake citizens that stood for the protection of the site. Picketers marched and chanted, and our structural allies at the Utah Heritage Foundation stepped in. And then Dr. Hamid Adib's seven year old son asked his dad one day, "Why don't you buy the theater?" Sure, it was laughed off at first, but then he actually considered it. He tossed his hat into the proverbial ring, and was affectionately deemed "Crazy Rug Guy". A lengthy and expensive restoration process began as soon as Dr. Adib received word that he had, indeed, become the new owner of The Villa. A huge win, no doubt, but the building was an absolute mess. Case in point: there were holes in the ceiling so big, you could see the sky from inside. It took two years to restore, with 50 to 60 workers on site, everyday. Would it have been cheaper to tear down and build a new one? Without question. But that wasn't the point. In Dr. Adib's line of work, history and heritage mean everything. He is an artist, and as an artist, you have to be a little crazy. You've got to take some risks.
Adib is arguably the country's foremost expert on antique rugs.
The Man: Dr. Adib and his brother, Ray, were brought up in a family of traditional rug manufacturers, both trained in the ancient art of rug weaving and repairing. As teens, they decided to take a hiatus from the longstanding family business, and they moved from Iran to Northern California to attend school. Adib studied at U. C. Berkely, and later taught in the mechanical engineering and mining colleges at the University of Utah while getting his doctorate degree [seriously…the guy is brilliant]. As we know it so often goes, Adib fell in love with Salt Lake City immediately. [We asked him specifically what it was...he reminisced that it reminded him of his native Tehran, what with the mountains, skiing, and a salt lake, but without the traffic and pollution]. After college, both brothers returned to the family business full-time. Ray set up shop in Walnut Creek, California and has run the store there successfully for over four decades now. Adib is arguably the country's foremost expert on antique rugs...and Adib's Rug Gallery is a world-renowned company in a converted theatre.
Honestly, folks. This is one of our city's best.
The Rugs: Adib's Rug Gallery is a business. But it is also a gallery and a museum, historical and beautiful. The Villa, having been restored to historical accuracy, now houses the most expansive and gorgeous collection of handwoven rugs you've ever laid eyes on. They have rugs ranging from one to 1,000 square feet, some traditional, some modern, some hundreds of years old. According to Dr. Adib, a hand woven rug is not just a floor covering. In fact, they're currently made in fewer than 10 countries in the world, and many of the families and tribes have been working with the Adibs for generations. Deals are made on a word and a handshake, and these rugs are their greatest source of pride. The creation of a single rug may involve 20 to 30 families. The weavers, dyers, tool makers, and sheep farmers are all experts in their field, the skills having been handed down through generations for thousands of years. Upon completion of a rug, there may be a ceremony in which it is passed from one family to the next. As they see it, each piece carries with it prosperity, happiness, good luck. These rugs mean something.
The Philosophy: In Farsi, Adib means "scholar" or "teacher"--a title we unanimously concur with in this case. Dr. Hamid Adib is an engineer by education, but he has also worked as a research scientist and independant contractor for the Department of Defense. He and a partner--a research scientist for Stanford--have a cancer research company, and Dr. Adib travels the globe helping children with EB [a terrible and painful skin disease]. What's more, this fantastic person is on the board of the Utah Film Center, he saves historic theatres, and he engages curious cityhomeCOLLECTIVE minds for hours on end. Honestly, folks. This is one of our city's best.
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Nebraska Pipeline Debate Dies Down Despite Unresolved Problems with Keystone XL Route
Latest reroute moves pipeline away from land owned by outspoken opponents but does little to avoid shallow water sources.
By Lisa Song
A depth-to-water map of eastern Nebraska, showing the original route (orange), the reroute released in April (yellow), the newest route released Sept. 5 (detours in red) and the Sandhills (in green). Lighter areas have a high water table (depth to water 0 to 50 feet) and are more vulnerable to the impacts of an oil spill. Darker areas have a depth to water of over 50 feet. Credit: Catherine Mann, InsideClimate News (see full map on p. 2 of this story).
Keystone XL: Neb. Landowners Sue Governor, but Case May Not Get Heard
New Keystone XL Route: Out of the Sandhills, but Still in the Aquifer
Misgivings Raised as Nebraska Prepares to Speed Keystone XL Review
The decision to detour the Keystone XL around land owned by its noisiest opponents, plus the distraction of the fall election, has lowered the volume of protests against the proposed pipeline.
In the reroute TransCanada released in early September, 55 miles of the pipeline still run through Holt County, an area that sits above the aquifer and is especially vulnerable to oil spills due to its permeable soils and high water table. Despite a few small adjustments, the route through the county is nearly identical to the route TransCanada, the pipeline operator, proposed in April.
The project's opponents blame the sudden drop in activism on the fact that local environmental groups that organized much of the anti-pipeline publicity are now focused on the November elections. They also say that TransCanada blunted the opposition by moving the pipeline off of land owned by some of the pipeline's most vocal opponents, including Karl Connell, Calvin Dobias, Richard Miles, Joe Moller, Randy Thompson, and Kurt and Laura Meusch.
"When you look at a map, when you know the landowners, [you see] they've avoided the landowners who've gone to the press," said Ben Gotschall, energy director for the advocacy group Bold Nebraska. "They're just figuring out the easiest way to get their pipeline built."
Gotschall said the reroute has disrupted his group's momentum, forcing it to reach out to people whose land was recently added to the route and who aren't necessarily familiar with the project.
Ken Winston, a policy advocate for the Sierra Club and one of the pipeline's most vocal opponents, told InsideClimate News last week that he is so busy working to get state Sen. Ken Haar re-elected that he hasn't even had time to study the new route.
Haar, a Democrat, played a prominent role last year in the successful effort to force TransCanada to move the pipeline out of the sensitive Sandhills region. He's made that a cornerstone of his campaign. But like Winston, Haar hasn't had time to examine the latest reroute.
"It's out of my hands at this point," he said. "Sometimes you have to sit back and let the process happen."
Rancher Vows to Stay Involved
The current lull worries Calvin Dobias, who operates a cattle ranch in Holt County. Although TransCanada has routed the pipeline away from his land, Dobias said he will continue to fight the project. His land is crisscrossed by eight gravel-bed springs fed by the Ogallala aquifer. Because the water table is so high, the springs flow almost year-round. Like other landowners, Dobias fears a leak would contaminate the water source that sustains not only his ranch but also provides water for 78 percent of Nebraskans.
Dobias said both the Sierra Club and Bold Nebraska "have calmed down" in recent weeks. And he thinks TransCanada made a strategic move when it shifted the route away from outspoken pipeline critics.
"I think they did it to take some of the pressure off," Dobias said. "And believe me it did. I can only do what the [new] people on the route want me to do. And they don't want to be as involved as [I was]."
In an email, TransCanada spokesman Shawn Howard said "[r]outing decisions were made based on environmental and a number of considerations, and were based on direction we have received from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality. A new route would eliminate some of the previous landowners while bringing in new ones and we recognize this."
Gotschall sees the lastest reroute as a mark of success for the anti-pipeline movement, even though the opponents in Holt County didn't get most of what they wanted. It tell us that "what we're doing is working," he said, because TransCanada shifted the route rather than continuing to confront the vocal landowners. "We've gotten TransCanada's attention and they've done some things differently as a result of our efforts."
But Gotschall also said the reroute has forced Bold Nebraska to regroup. He's now busy calling each of the 50 to 75 newly affected landowners, a time-consuming process that requires forging new connections and arranging meetings to discuss how the pipeline will impact their lives.
Haar, the state senator, said changes could still be made to the route, because a number of state decisions are still pending. The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is reviewing the latest route and is expected to publish its findings in the next few months. Meanwhile, three landowners are suing the state over its pipeline siting law. A victory for them could result in a more rigorous Keystone XL environmental review.
Three Attempts to Settle on Route
The latest route marks TransCanada's third attempt to get the pipeline approved in Nebraska.
The original route created a backlash when it cut through the Sandhills, a fragile grassland ecosystem that overlies the critically important Ogallala aquifer. Late last year, Nebraska legislators reached an agreement with TransCanada to move the pipeline out of the region.
The company's revised route skirted the edge of the Sandhills, but about 60 miles of the line still passed through Holt County, which has sandy soils and a high water table—the same features that make the Sandhills vulnerable to contamination.
The DEQ noted those problems in its evaluation of the second route, and TransCanada went back to drawing board. But the company's third and latest route appears to have removed less than five miles from Holt County.
Kyle Graham, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist who works with Sandhills ranchers on sustainable land management, said most of the sensitive areas that were on the second route are still on the new route. Although Graham has been following the pipeline controversy, he said he neither supports nor opposes the project.
Holt County lies at the eastern edge of the Sandhills, and Graham said the landscape there is so similar that it's hard to distinguish where the Sandhills begin and end. At least half of the county has a high water table, with a depth to groundwater of less than 20 feet, he said.
"In that part of the world, I don't know that there's anything you can draw a line on and say, 'Here's an area that's ultra sensitive and here's an area that's not,' " he said.
The new route incorporates two small detours in central and southern Nebraska. TransCanada moved the pipeline a few miles in those areas in response to DEQ and landowner concerns about sensitive local groundwater sources.
The third detour, known as the Northern Alternative, involves Holt County. In the report TransCanada issued when it released the latest route, the company said the adjustments in Holt County were prompted by "numerous comments" from landowners and the DEQ about the sensitive terrain. But Jane Kleeb, director of Bold Nebraska, said the reroute is "just another of TransCanada's PR tools."
"They're still going over sandy soil and the Ogallala aquifer," she said.
Kleeb, like other opponents, wants the project moved 100 miles east, next to an existing TransCanada pipeline that runs over less permeable soils and a deeper water table.
The Keystone XL is designed to carry Canadian diluted bitumen, also known as tar sands oil, which is much harder to clean up than conventional oil when it spills into water. The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a study showing that substantial pools of bitumen are still submerged in Michigan's Kalamazoo River more than two years after a ruptured pipeline released more than a million gallons of diluted bitumen into the waterway. The EPA's new findings could extend that cleanup by another year and add tens of millions of dollars to the $809 million that the Canadian pipeline operator, Enbridge Inc., has already spent on the cleanup.
The Keystone XL was originally intended to run from Alberta, Canada to the Texas coast. But the project needs State Department approval before it can cross the U.S.-Canada border, and the Obama administration has said it won't make that decision until after the November presidential election.
To keep the project moving, TransCanada divided it into two parts. While the company waits for federal and state permits for the northern section, which includes Nebraska, construction has begun on the southern half, which doesn't require a State Department permit. Activists in Texas recently blocked access to several properties along that section of the route. More than 20 protesters have been arrested and two New York Times journalists were briefly detained while reporting on the blockade.
Dobias, the Holt County landowner, sympathizes with the people in Texas who are "fighting a fight that's very tough." He said he had planned to travel to Texas in early October to support the protestors, but was unable to go due to the work demands on his ranch.
Dobias worries that newly affected landowners along the Nebraska route see the pipeline as inevitable and won't fight to delay or halt construction. "They just think it's going to go through. Once we get them educated about [the risks]…they don't want it, but they don't know what to do."
Bold Nebraska's Gotschall said he encourages all the landowners—including those who support the pipeline project—to join the Nebraska Easement Action Team, or N.E.A.T., a nonprofit that represents landowners during easement negotiations with TransCanada.
"The landowners looking out for [their] best interests don't have to be against the pipeline," Gotschall said, "but they still have to protect their land, water, and the future of their property."
Brian Jorde, a lawyer for N.E.A.T., said landowners can get better terms on their contracts if they negotiate as a group.
Richard Stelling joined N.E.A.T. because he's concerned about the pipeline's effect on land and property values. The new route will cross four of his family's farms in Antelope County, southeast of Holt County.
"Unless I get a heck of a price, I'm not interested," Stelling said. "We've got the best water in the world here, so if we get it contaminated, what the hell do we have?"
Andy Grier, who co-owns land on the new route, considers himself "pro-energy" but says he is against the pipeline because of its environmental risks. "Regardless of whatever safety protocols are in place, any leak, even of minor significance…is going to be an issue."
Grier lives in Omaha and rents out his land in Holt County for grazing cattle and harvesting hay. He's talked to Gotschall but hasn't joined N.E.A.T. "It just seems a little early right now," he said, adding that he would consider joining when the situation becomes more "intense."
"I can't imagine anything will get really critical" until TransCanada gets all the permits it needs for the northern leg of the project, he said.
The most important permit is the federal approval that TransCanada needs to cross the U.S.-Canada border. Mitt Romney has pledged to grant the permit on his first day in office if he is elected president. It's unclear how the Obama administration would respond if the president is re-elected.
Keystone XL: Will Neb. Landowners' Case Get Heard?
New Neb. Pipeline Route Still in the Water
By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News
Nebraska to Speed Keystone XL Review


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U.K. Drones Map Chernobyl's 'Red Forest'
Researchers at the U.K.'s National Center for Nuclear Robotics used a drone-mapping system they developed to survey radiation in Chernobyl's "Red Forest," one of the most radioactive locations on Earth.
Credit: National Center for Nuclear Robotics/University of Bristol
Researchers at the U.K.'s National Center for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR) have developed a drone-mapping system that allows scientists to investigate hazardous places from a safe distance.
The researchers used the system to survey Chernobyl's "Red Forest," one of the most radioactive locations on Earth.
The system uses fixed-wing aircraft to make a general radiation map by flying at about 40 mph (about 60 kph) just above the treetops in a grid pattern.
Places of interest observed in that initial flyover are followed up by rotary-wing drones that can hover and acquire high-resolution, three-dimensional information.
The survey confirmed the current understanding of the radiation distribution in the forest, but in much greater detail than had previously been possible.
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Elina Oikari's Govadas & Risto-Pekka Blom's Interceptor compete at Curtacinema, Brasil
Elina Oikari's Govadas (2018) and Risto-Pekka Blom's Interceptor (2018) were selected for the international competition of Curtacinema – Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, held from October 24–31.
Elina Oikari's Govadas will be screened in the International Competition 1, on Thursday, October 25, at 17:00; on Friday, October 26, at 19:30; and on Monday, October 29, at 21:00.
Govadas explores the contradiction and harmony between humans and nature through Sámi poetry. The cyclical perception of time among the only indigenous people living in the European Union is presented in the work as unfolding forms and layers based on the archive material from the 1940's and the super 8 mm film footage from 2010's. Govadas creates a kinetic meditation on time, memory, landscape and the ruptures between them.
Elina Oikari is Helsinki-based filmmaker and visual artist. She received M.A. from the Aalto University Documentary Film Studies (2014). Oikari has made short films especially for film concerts in collaboration with musicians, composers and conductors. Oikari emphasizes experimental connections between image and sound in her works whose themes are related to the classics of dramatic literature, experiences of otherness and the generational experience of the people born in the 1980's. Her works have been screened internationally at various film festivals and music events.
Risto-Pekka Blom's Interceptor is included in the International Competition 2, screened on Thursday, October 25, at 19:30; on Friday, October 26, at 17:00; and on Tuesday, October 30, at 21:00.
Interceptor is a short film alluding to a historical event. In 1989, an unknown person halted the column of armored troops at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. On the previous day, a demonstration that originated as a student protest, was violently suppressed by the army. In democracies, the use of brutal force has been replaced by structural violence, where the power is centered around a small economical elite pursuing their own interests. The main purpose of the political system is to maintain these power structures.
Risto-Pekka Blom graduated from technical education but never felt motivated to pursue a career as technician. For a few years he was looking for his purpose in life, until in the age of 27 he started a short course of Audiovisual Media and Expression, after which he graduated from Tampere Polytechnic School of Art and Media in 2005. Since then Blom's video art and experimental short films have been exhibited in festivals and events in over twenty countries. His film Theme Park (2015) has won the Main Prize at Tampere Film Festival and Helsinki Short Film Festival in 2015.
Curtacinema – Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, October 24–31 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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