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|Aspects for Monday September 08, 2003
|Moon in Aquarius
|Mercury (20° Virgo) Conjunct Venus (20° Virgo)
|Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous, 92% Visible, Age: 11 days 6 hours 33 minutes, First Quarter: 03/09/2003, 12:35 GMT
|Musical, artistic, literary and creative endeavours are
well starred today. As are all honest efforts to improve
|Aspects for Tuesday September 09, 2003
|Moon enters Pisces at 08.07GMT
|Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous, 97% Visible, Age: 12 days 6 hours 33 minutes, Full: 10/09/2003, 16:37 GMT
|Remember, when you dive deep into the sea, the first thing
you see is the dust stirred up as your feet hit the ocean
floor. Today's confusion will yet turn to clarity.
|Aspects for Wednesday September 10, 2003
|Moon in Pisces
|Sun (17° Virgo) Square (waning) Pluto (17° Sagittarius)
|Venus (23° Virgo) Quintile (waxing) Saturn (11° Cancer)
|Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous, 99% Visible, Age: 13 days 6 hours 33 minutes, Next New: 26/09/2003, 03:10 GMT
|The Full Moon suggests you should lock up the agenda and
keep the keys safe. Someone is determined to steal it
today but they can't do so without your help!
|Aspects for Thursday September 11, 2003
|Moon enters Aries at 16.09GMT
|Sun (17° Virgo) Conjunct Mercury (17° Virgo)
|Mercury (17° Virgo) Square (waning) Pluto (17° Sagittarius)
|Moon Phase: Full, 100% Visible, Age: 14 days 6 hours 33 minutes, Last Quarter: 18/09/2003, 19:03 GMT
|This year's memories become more poignant in the light of
all the current drama on the world stage. There's peace,
hope and forgiveness available now.
|Aspects for Friday September 12, 2003
|Moon in Aries
|Venus (25° Virgo) Sesquiquadrate (waning) Neptune (10° Aquarius)
|Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous, 98% Visible, Age: 15 days 6 hours 33 minutes, Last New: 27/08/2003, 17:27 GMT
|They say that all that glisters is not gold, but then who
wants a load of old metal when they can have glamour and
pizzazz. Know the score today. It is: 'Fantasy 2, Reality
|Aspects for Saturday September 13, 2003
|Moon in Aries
|Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous, 95% Visible, Age: 16 days 6 hours 33 minutes, First Quarter: 03/09/2003, 12:35 GMT
|Today will be better than yesterday, but not as good as
tomorrow. It is best spent in bed. Or, failing that,
looking for someone with whom to spend some future time in
|Aspects for Sunday September 14, 2003
|Moon enters Taurus at 02.50GMT
|Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous, 90% Visible, Age: 17 days 6 hours 33 minutes, Full: 10/09/2003, 16:37 GMT
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A clever canine captured the attention of the internet in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
A viral picture shows Otis carrying a bag of dog food down the street in Sinton after the storm blew through.
But the photo doesn't tell the whole picture.
The latest news from around North Texas.
Turns out Otis, admired for his apparent resourcefulness, is a looter.
His family says the dog bolted during the storm, heading for a lumber yard, one he frequents in his travels around town.
And one which just so happens to have a bag of dog food employees keep on hand, just for Otis.
"But he knew where they kept that bag behind the ice machine, so he went back there and he spotted it and he said, 'well, everybody else is taking provisions, so I'm going to take my provisions.' So he picked it up and brought it over here," said Salvador Segovia, Otis' owner. "And that's where everyone saw him coming down the road with a big bag of dog food."
Otis is safe and sound with his family.

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The paragraphs below comprise the discussion of dental amalgam in Toxicological Profile for Mercury, published by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ATSDR's mission is "to serve the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic substances." Its current position is that dental amalgam poses no known risk but additional research should explore whether any subtle risks have been overlooked. We believe that no such problems will be found.
A potential source of exposure to metallic mercury for the general population is mercury released from dental amalgam fillings. An amalgam is a mixture of metals. The amalgam used in silver-colored dental fillings contains approximately 50% metallic mercury, 35% silver, 9% tin, 6% copper, and trace amounts of zinc. When the amalgam is first mixed, it is a soft paste which is inserted into the tooth surface. It hardens within 30 minutes. Once the amalgam is hard, the mercury is bound within the amalgam, but very small amounts are slowly released from the surface of the filling due to corrosion or chewing or grinding motions. Part of the mercury at the surface of the filling may enter the air as mercury vapor or be dissolved in the saliva. The total amount of mercury released from dental amalgam depends upon the total number of fillings and surface areas of each filling, the chewing and eating habits of the person, and other chemical conditions in the mouth. Estimates of the amount of mercury released from dental amalgams range from 3 to 17 micrograms per day (µg/day). The mercury from dental amalgam may contribute from 0 to more than 75% of your total daily mercury exposure, depending on the number of amalgam fillings you have, the amount of fish consumed, the levels of mercury (mostly as methylmercury) in those fish, and exposure from other less common sources such as mercury spills, religious practices, or herbal remedies that contain mercury. However, it should be kept in mind that exposure to very small amounts of mercury, such as that from dental amalgam fillings, does not necessarily pose a health risk.
Whether the levels of exposure to mercury vapor from dental amalgam are sufficiently high to cause adverse health effects, and exactly what those effects are, continues to be researched and debated by scientists and health officials. U.S. government summaries on the effects of dental amalgam conclude that there is no apparent health hazard to the general population, but that further study is needed to determine the possibility of more subtle behavioral or immune system effects, and to determine the levels of exposure that may lead to adverse effects in sensitive populations. Sensitive populations may include pregnant women, children under the age of 6 (especially up to the age of 3), people with impaired kidney function, and people with hypersensitive immune responses to metals. If you belong to this group, you should discuss your medical condition with your dentist prior to any dental restoration work. Removal of dental amalgams in people who have no indication of adverse effects is not recommended and can put the person at greater risk, if performed improperly. Chelation therapy (used to remove metals from the body tissues) itself presents some health risks, and should be considered only when a licensed occupational or environmental health physician determines it necessary to reduce immediate and significant health risks due to high levels of mercury in the body.
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About Us
Palm Springs Art Museum creates transformative experiences that expand our understanding of ourselves and the world.
Palm Springs Art Museum was founded in 1938 as the Palm Springs Desert Museum at La Plaza in downtown Palm Springs. Natural science exhibits, Cahuilla Indian artifacts, and hiking excursions dominated the institution's programming.
The museum moved several times within the downtown Palm Springs area before building its first permanent structure in 1958, located on the southwest corner of Tahquitz-McCallum Way and Indian Ave. Over the years, fine art gained a greater measure of focus.
Original site in La Plaza, 1938
Palm Springs Desert Museum first Board Members, 1958
Palm Springs Desert Museum exhibition, Tahquitz location, 1960s
The 1960's were a busy time for the museum. Executive Director Frederick Sleight arrived on the scene in 1965 with a vision of making the museum "the prime cultural center of the desert." Alice Sleight founded the docent program that same year. As programming grew, so did attendance.
One of the most impressive exhibitions was a 1964 show of paintings by Hans Burkhardt, a Swiss artist widely credited for bringing Abstract Expressionism from New York to Los Angeles.
By the late 60's it was evident the 10,000 square foot building was quickly becoming too small. In 1974, architect E. Stewart Williams was commissioned to design the current building for the museum. Further growth resulted in the construction of the Doris and Walter N. Marks Administration Building and the 1996 completion of the Steve Chase Wing and the Education Center.
Museum director Frederick Sleight (left) and Walter Marks (right) review the model of the new Palm Springs Desert Museum (finished 1976).
Leonore Annenberg (with shovel) at the groundbreaking for the Museum Way building, early 1974
E. Stewart Williams on the construction site of the Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1974
Aerial view of construction in process at Museum Drive, 1970s
Palm Springs Desert Museum opening crowd, 1976
Major renovations, and even bigger donations of art, transformed the institution, which also sharpened its programming with nationally significant exhibitions. In April 2004, the Board of Trustees decided to shift the museum's focus from a multi-disciplinary museum to a world-class art museum with a vibrant theater program.
In evaluating the current strengths and directions of the museum, it became clear that the art collections were growing and that the art audience was expanding – primarily in the areas of architecture, photography, and contemporary glass.
A study of the area's other institutions also brought a realization that there were other established organizations providing exhibitions in the natural sciences.
One year later, in April 2005, the museum officially changed its name from Palm Springs Desert Museum to Palm Springs Art Museum to reflect its emphasis on the visual and performing arts.
The museum remains committed to serving as an innovative community cultural center, and expanding its exhibitions, programs, and services in the visual and performing arts.
Changing of the name, 2005
Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert, 2017
In 2012, the museum opened a satellite exhibition and education space in Palm Desert. It features an architecturally distinctive building named The Galen that presents ongoing and temporary exhibitions of internationally important art and is surrounded by the Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden that features significant sculpture works surrounded by beautifully landscaped gardens.
Palm Springs Art Museum, Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion, 2017
In 2011, the museum purchased the Santa Fe Federal Savings & Loan building designed by E. Stewart Williams in 1960. Located in downtown Palm Springs, it was reopened as the Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion in 2014.
This hub of the museum's exploration of architecture and design features related exhibitions and educational programs.
The collection also includes Frey House II, the historically significant residence in Palm Springs that architect Albert Frey designed for himself in 1963 and bequeathed to the museum upon his death in 1998.
Palm Springs Art Museum today, 2018,
Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Palm Springs Art Museum has 28 galleries, two sculpture gardens, four classrooms, a resource centers, an artists center, five storage vaults, a 85-seat lecture hall, a 433-seat theater, a 1,000 square-foot store, and a popular local bistro.


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Come, help us celebrate our second Brewhouse One Release, a very special, small batch Imperial Stout Aged in Jamaican Rum Barrels! Party-goers receive priority access to the beer before its public release on Monday the 13th!
We're switching to island time for a bottle release party on Sunday, November 12th. Tickets provide entry to the party, which includes samples of the new beer, classic reggae, ska and rocksteady spun by Boss Hooligan Sound System, Jamaican snacks from Kansas City classic Sankofa Café, and a 4-pack to take home! The Beer Hall bar will be open for additional purchases, including $3 pours of Tropical Pale Ale and $4 pours of the featured beer, and each guest will have the opportunity to purchase an additional case of Jamaican Rum Barrel Imperial Stout to take home. For every 4-pack sold, we will donate $1 to FosterAdoptConnect.
All Sales Final / $35 per ticket / 21+
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Geodetic analysis of reservoir depletion at the Geyser steam field in northern California.
Journal of Geophysical Research
By: R.P. Denlinger, W.F. Isherwood, and R.L. Kovach
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Reservoir depletion at the Geysers from 1974 to 1977 is evident in measured changes in gravity, surface strain, and pore pressure drainage. The drainage area increased about 20%, the maximum gravity decrease was about -120 mu Gal, and the maximum elevation change was about 6 cm during this period. Since the net mass withdrawal is known, it may be combined with the gravity change to estimate a drainage volume. The maximum drainage volume is 25 km3. Because the depth of the caprock and extent of the pore pressure drainage is known, this volume limit implies that no significant mass withdrawal occurs below a depth of 4 km. The ratios of surface elevation changes to horizontal contraction coinciding with the drainage area imply an equant drainage geometry, assuming that fluid production produces negative dilatation. Using the same cylindrical geometry used to model the gravity, negative dilatational strain rates of 4 to 5 X 10-5/yr were found to produce the observed surface displacements. The likelihood of boiling in the system to produce steam combined with apparent large bulk moduli (from seismic velocities) and small pore pressure declines suggest that most of the reservoir contraction is due to cooling. -Authors
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Weightwatchers Core Foods List
The Weight Watchers Core Plan is a different type of food plan from its well-known points-counting plan. On the Core Plan, members are given a list of foods to eat. WW members are allowed to eat as much as they want of these foods and are told to eat until they are satisfied.
In addition, members are allowed 35 points worth of non-Core foods per week. The foods on the Core list have a lower energy density, which means that they are lower in calories and higher in water or fibre than other foods that you may eat. Eating lower-energy-density foods results in being full on fewer calories.
Whole grains are encouraged, including whole wheat pasta, oatmeal, brown rice, quinoa and cornmeal. Moderate amounts are allowed of whole grain breads and other baked goods. Baked potatoes, baked sweet potatoes and couscous dishes are also included in this plan.
Fruits and Vegetables
Unlimited amounts of almost every vegetable and fruit is allowed and even encouraged on the Core Plan. Fruits and vegetables can be fresh, frozen or canned. Canned vegetables should be lower-sodium versions, and canned fruit must be in its own juice, not in syrup. The only exception to this rule would be vegetables cooked with other non-Core ingredients such as regular refried beans or pork and beans.
All lean meats are allowed on this plan in any amount that you choose. You must trim the fat and remove the skin before you eat any of the meats on the list. Proteins other than meat, such as fish, shellfish, dried beans and tofu are allowed in unlimited quantities, as long as they are cooked in a lower-fat way. Bake, broil, boil, grill or roast proteins; don't fry them. Stir-frying is allowed in a small amount of oil.
All dairy can be included, as long as it is the fat-free version. Fat-free yoghurt (no fruit), pudding, smoothies and cheese are free to use in any amounts. Weight Watchers members are encouraged to eat at least two full servings of dairy products every day.
Other allowed items not in the general grocery areas are those such as fat-free dressings, cooking spray, egg substitutes, sugar-free gelatin, sugarless gum and clear soups. All of these items are allowed in any amount. In addition, two servings of a healthy oil are desirable, such as olive oil, flaxseed oil or avocado.
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In the 1990s, Jim Paek harbored an unusual wish for a hockey player who had grown up in suburban Toronto; played in Oshawa, Ontario, and Muskegon, Mich.; and won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
"It was always a dream of mine to be part of the Korean national team," he said.
Last month, Paek, 47, was named the coach of the South Korea men's national team and the director of the country's hockey program. The job comes with enormous responsibility and no great chance of success. South Korea will host the 2018 Winter Olympics, but its men's team is ranked 23rd among the 49 hockey-playing countries and may face a daunting road to qualify for the 12-team Olympic tournament.
"I believe in the process," Paek said by phone from his home in Grand Rapids, Mich. "It'd be great to say, 'Yeah, we'd like to move up into the top 16 in the world first, and hopefully make the Olympics.' But if it's not the Olympics, so be it. What's important is that we're competitive and improve every day."
Paek is starting almost from scratch. There are only 2,100 registered hockey players in South Korea, including just 120 adult males. (The United States has 138,000 adult male players.)
Although South Korea has had impressive success at recent Winter Games — 26 gold medals since 1992, 21 in short-track speedskating — it has never qualified for Olympic hockey.
"The 2018 Olympics is only one part of my job," Paek said. "A big part is to build hockey in Korea from the grass roots up, to look 10, 20 years down the road, where we can develop and grow as a hockey nation. About 1,400 of our players are kids — how do we develop those kids?"
If Paek is to lead Korean hockey on a long, winding journey, he is well prepared for it.
Born in Seoul, he immigrated with his family to Canada when he was 1. He came up through the competitive hockey ranks in suburban Toronto, thrived in the Ontario Hockey League with the Oshawa Generals and was drafted as a defenseman by the Penguins.
"Growing up, I never had any fellow Korean, Japanese, Chinese players," Paek said. "There were different cultures, but Asians? I can't even think of one growing up."
Paek said he did not face a lot of "racial stuff" at the rink, although there was some.
"I tried to beat everybody up, but that just wasn't working out," he said. "As you grow up, you mature. You realize that the more you think about it, the more it'll bother you. So I came to look at it as, 'It hurts more when you degrade my playing, not who I am.' "
In October 1990, Paek, believed to be the first Korean player to appear in the N.H.L., made his league debut, and he won the Cup with the Penguins in 1991 and '92. He played in the N.H.L. through 1994-95 and retired as a player in 2003.
Afterward he became a coach and was an assistant with the Detroit Red Wings' affiliate in Grand Rapids for nine years until taking the South Korea job last month.
Despite Paek's successful career, he joked that he was the black sheep of his family. One sister is a gynecologist, the other is a lawyer for a hospital, and his brother works for a pharmaceutical company.
"My dad was a doctor in Korea," he said. "At that time Korea was still under martial law; it was a tough place to live, I guess. We immigrated to Canada because he had an opportunity to work at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and to give his family a better life."
But Paek's father could not work as a doctor in Canada without going back to school to be relicensed.
"He couldn't afford to do that, so he worked as a biochemist doing research," Paek said. "As the years went on, he started his own hospital supplies company."
That work often took Paek's father to Korea and kept active the family connection between the two countries. Paek and other Canadian players of Korean descent visited South Korea to conduct hockey clinics in 1982 and 1987, and they hosted Korean high school teams that traveled to Toronto to learn the game.
Paek continued to go back and forth teaching hockey until his professional career ended in 2002. Even though he does not speak Korean, his credentials were well established and made him a natural choice to run South Korea's hockey program.
On Friday, Paek will visit South Korea for the first time since getting the job and will start figuring out how he will proceed over the next three and a half years. One of the biggest decisions for Paek, now a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, is whether he, his wife and their two young children will move to Seoul full time.
But the hockey nuts and bolts of the job are hard enough.
"There are so many things to think about and develop," Paek said.
Chief among them is the difficult task the South Korean men face to qualify for the Pyeongchang Olympics. Under current International Ice Hockey Federation rules, there is no automatic qualification for the Olympic hosts. For the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, the top nine teams in the world rankings earned automatic berths, while the remaining three berths went to lower-ranked teams that survived a series of qualifying tournaments.
The host nation has had a men's hockey team at every Winter Olympics, and the I.I.H.F., which has not announced the qualification procedure for 2018, may choose to continue the tradition by granting South Korea a berth.
But even if that happens, the Koreans will want to avoid an embarrassing drubbing on international hockey's biggest stage. At the I.I.H.F.'s second-tier tournament in April, South Korea went 0-5, was outscored by 34-14 and was relegated to world hockey's third tier for 2015.
South Korea has three clubs in the Asian League Ice Hockey, the only significant professional league in the region. Those clubs provide most of the national team's roster.
Paek said his immediate goal was to get South Korea back up to the second tier. He is counting on the country's dozen or so high school teams and five university teams to supply players for the short term. He is also hoping that Richard Park, believed to be the N.H.L.'s second Korean player, might join his coaching staff.
Park, 38, said he was deciding whether to continue his playing career in Europe or North America, take an off-ice position with an N.H.L. organization, or join the South Korea staff. He will accompany Paek to Seoul this week.
"Jim was a huge role model for me growing up," said Park, who was 13 or 14 when he first met Paek and later played alongside him for a season in the old International Hockey League. "We always will share that bond, the fact that we came up in a sport that's not very prominent in our culture, and we both kind of made it, right? I would like to think that we've been a source of inspiration to the Korean people."
However inspiring Paek may be, he must still get results.
"It would be nice to set up something like the junior system in Canada and the United States in Korea, but we'll have to see if we have the resources," he said. "In the meantime, maybe short track is a great option. You see these young kids, their skating ability, the aggressiveness they have. Transfer that to hockey — why not?"
Could that lead to a Korean Miracle on Ice in 2018? Paek laughed.
"It was a great story for the Americans, but then reality sets in," Paek said. "Still, if we get better every day, you never know what'll happen."


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Tomei N2 Oil Block
The SR20 engine's factory oil block tends to fail due to the weak oil filter sensor screw which often breaks. We here at Tomei had found the problem during professional racing over a decade ago, so we designed & produced this upgrade oil block which solved the problem. We had later discontinued this product after the end for the N2 series race but due to popular demand we had to bring it back into production with a new revived design. Now being lighter than before with ports for oil temperature and oil pressure sensors.


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I recently performed at the Jameson Connects Event at this fantastic venue in Ebute-Metta called 'Railway Compound'. It was a phenomenal experience to be able to perform for 600-800 people who were attentive, excited, engaged and pretty much just wanted to have a good time.
I really enjoyed performing every single song. If you're interested (lol)… Here's my Setlist:
- Introduction to Show
- Here I Am
- Jeje (Falz cover)
- Ki Lo Fe?
- Jo Wo
- Shakitibobo (Olamide cover)
- I Deserve
- Old School R'n'b covers song medley
- You Make Me Wanna (Usher)
- You Know What's Up (Donell Jones)
- Real Love (Mary J. Blige)
- Livin' It Up (Ja Rule)
- Can We Talk (Tevin Campbell)
- Sweet Love (Anita Baker)
- Is This Love (Bob Marley)
- For Me
- Stranger
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Friday, January 04, 2008
Have You Checked Out After Capture Magazine Yet?
I was honored to be featured in the latest issue of After Capture magazine this month. The latest issue just hit the mailbox a few days ago. You can read the article entitled, "David Ziser's Special Finishing Touches" right here. It talks a bit about our work-flow and gives a few insights as to how we get things done at our studio. I think you will enjoy it. After Capture has been published for just about a year now so check out their archives right here. It's a great source for a wealth of information.
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The interior alone on the DS E-Tense took, as the now-distinct luxury brand from Citroën claims, 800 hours to design, test, and produce. I believe it. This thing looks amazing.
It has all sorts of weird triangle holes good for staying lightweight and probably collecting lots of dust.
The whole style is bonkers.
DS claims the car has 402 horsepower and 381 lb-ft of torque, good for a sprint from 0-60 of 4.5 seconds. The chassis is carbon fiber, says Citroën, which also claims the car will have a 193-mile range, up to 224 miles if you stick to driving in the city.
Those figures aren't what excite me. Who even knows if this car will be made, or if Citroën just built this thing as a preview of what their future DS designs will look like.
But just take in the rear end of the car. It's complicated, but it's sleek and tapered and almost graceful.
We will see the car live at the Geneva Motor Show next week.
[This article has been updated to reflect that the DS brand is now independent from Citroën as a whole. Kind of like how Imperial was to the rest of Chrysler back in the day. Saying that makes me feel like a nerd.]
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The treatment of thousands of members of the Defence Forces deployed on duties surrounding Pope Francis's visit to Ireland has been condemned as "despicable" by a Galway TD.
Independent Galway West TD Noel Grealish said the 3,000 members of the Defence Forces, including soldiers from Dun Ui Mhaoliosa in Galway, who were deployed to assist An Garda Siochana with security at Phoenix Park, Ireland West Airport, and Knock, had got "a raw deal", pointing out that while gardaí received approximately €30 per hour overtime, soldiers only received a daily €47.59 Security Duty Allowance.
"It's despicable treatment of the men and women of our Defence Forces, and it's another example of how their morale is constantly being undermined, against a background of falling numbers, poor pay and conditions," he said.
Dep Grealish said the situation highlighted the poor levels of pay of members of the Defence Forces, leading him to call on Dep Brendan Smith, chair of the Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade, to convene a special meeting to discuss the current state of the Army, and to invite the Minister for Defence - An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar - and Chief of Staff to attend.
"Numbers in the Army, Navy, and Air Corps are now at an all-time low, with retention a big problem because of the conditions being endured," he said. "Twenty years ago we had almost 12,000 in our Defence Forces, but the current strength stands at just 9,010 personnel. The number has been falling every year. Low pay is the biggest factor affecting recruitment and retention in the Defence Forces — and all the media coverage of how shabbily they have been treated during the Pope's visit is hardly going to help recruitment efforts."


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Things to Note..
Depending on the following scenarios you may have to import your Digital ID into your Windows personal Certificate Trust Store.
- If one of these two scenarios effects you then reference our guide. How To Import A Digital, Email or Code Signing Certificate Into A Windows System.
- Your Digital ID was picked up using Firefox. Firefox has its own trust stores separate from Outlook/Windows and therefore Outlook will never see the certificate on your system.
- You are moving your Digital ID from one System to another.
- Sending and viewing encrypted email messages requires both sender and recipient to share their digital ID, or public key certificate. This means that you and the recipient each must send the other a digitally signed message, which enables you to add the other person's certificate to your Contacts. You can't encrypt email messages without a digital ID. So if this is a first time deal then send a digitally signed document at first, once they respond with their own digitally signed email, then you can start encrypting.
Otherwise or after your Digital ID has been imported into the trust stores of your windows system continue with the below configuration instructions. If you already configured your Outlook with your email certificate skip to the below Step 2: How to digitally sign and encrypt an email in Outlook:
Below is the entire setup Configuration and Signing process.
Step 1: Configuring Your Outlook for Signing/Encrypting with a Digital ID (S/MIME):
- After opening your Outlook click File.
- Click Options.
- In the Outlook Options Window click Trust Center.
- Under Microsoft Outlook Trust Center click Trust Center Settings…
- In the Trust Center setting windows click E-mail Security.
- Under Encrypted e-mail click Settings…
- In the Change Security Settings window, Under Settings Preferences, from the Security Settings Name, enter a name for this security profile.
- Under Certificate and Algorithms click Choose next to Signing Certificates.
- In the Windows Security Window, click the certificate issued to your email address then click Ok.
- Back in the Change Security Settings Window you will notice that the certificate you have selected has been applied, click OK.
- You will be taken back to the E-mail Security setting configuration. Here you can continue to configure your encrypted e-mail settings if you like.
- "Encrypt contents and Attachments for outgoing messages"
This will Automatically Encrypt your email messages provided you and who you are commutating share each others Digital ID.
- "Add digital signatures to outgoing messages"
This will automatically Add the digital signatures you any New emails you create automatically.
- "Send clear text signed message when sending signed messages"
The is selected by default. If you want recipients who don't have S/MIME security to be able to read the message.
- "Request S/MIME receipt for all S/MIME signed messages"
This will allow you to verify that the message was received unaltered by the intended recipients. When you sent a message that uses S/MIME the receipt request will return as a message in your inbox.
- "Encrypt contents and Attachments for outgoing messages"
- Click OK > OK to get out of the Outlook Options.
Congrats, you have configured your outlook for signing.
Step 2: How To digitally Sign and Encrypt An Email In Outlook:
Now/If you have configured your Windows-system/Outlook for signing with your Digital ID (S/MIME) certificate you can now sign and digitally encrypt your email messages.
- In outlook compose an email like you normally would, click New Email.
- Compose an email like you normally would.
- Clicking on options within your new composed message you should see two options under permissions "Encrypt" & "Sign" clicking on these will performed their desired function.
Note: If you configured your outlook to automatically always digitally sign/encrypt in Step 1 – 12 of these instructions you won't need to worry about selecting them before sending.
- When you click Send on the email will see a little icon image stating wither or not the email has been Encrypted/Signed.
Congrats you have successfully configured and signed a email with your email certificate in Outlook.
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SUBJECT: Marine Institute to hold Graduation, Friday, June 15, 2007 at 2 p.m.
DATE: June 13
Note to editors:
The Marine Institute's 2007 graduation ceremonies will take place at the Marine Institute on June 15, 2007, at 2 p.m. The media are invited to attend.
This year's ceremonies will feature such speakers as Tom Rideout, deputy premier, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; Dr. Axel Meisen, president and vice-chancellor, Memorial University; Glenn Blackwood, executive director, Marine Institute; and a student address by Joshua Prim, a diploma of technology graduate in naval architecture.
About 190 diplomas, certificates and advanced diplomas will be awarded during the ceremony.
Certificates, diplomas and advanced diplomas will be presented in the following disciplines: sustainable aquaculture, integrated coastal and ocean management, food safety, water quality, marine diesel mechanic, bridge watch, offshore structural steel/plate fitter, marine engineering, marine environmental, marine engineering systems design, nautical science, food technology and naval architecture. Post-graduate certificates in quality management will also be awarded to the first two graduates of the program. Graduates of the bachelor of technology and bachelor of maritime studies received their degrees at Memorial University's convocation on May 23.
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In a surprising move, Instapaper has announced a new site, Instapaper Daily. The new offering from the "read it later" service offers a unique take on feeding you information. We really like Instapaper, and Instapaper Daily, but can't quite figure out what it's here for yet.
If you're unfamiliar with Instapaper, it's a lot like Pocket, save for a few added features. We like it for its simple interface, and the ability to add folders for organizing topics. When you save a web page to Instapaper, it offers you a clean version for later reading, void of ads or cluttered animations. Links and pictures remain, but none of the ancillary fussiness.
Instapaper Daily offers you the more widely read stories of the day across their site. The Daily site itself is pretty sparse, keeping with the downtempo Instapaper theme, and breaks articles out topically — again, like Instapaper. Across the bottom of the site, there is a running timeline of the activity cobbled together that day. It's here that we have trouble figuring out what Instapaper Daily is.
Is it a TechMeme River for Instapaper articles? A way to stay current on trending topics? We don't know. We like the concept, but we're not sure why it's here. More to the point, why isn't this in the man version, which we like so much? For cleaner reading, or saving things for later, Instapaper is easily a top contender. We like the concept of Daily, but where does it fit in with Instapaper proper?
We're also wondering if there is some sort of RSS aggregate in the works from Instapaper. Instapaper Daily acts a lot like an RSS, even if the topics are all from their service. Currently, those with Feedly Pro can add topics to Instapaper right from the app or desktop. With such a close working relationship to Instapaper, we hope Daily makes its way to the regular offering, both the app and desktop.
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Pleasure craft insurance in Dubai covers loss or damage to your boat caused by an unpreventable accident or unknown incident. It is a good idea to do a little shopping around as coverage is different at each insurance company. There are Companies that may not insure the type of boat you own.
These are questions you should be prepared to answer and the documentation you will need to get pleasure craft insurance.
- There is usually are rules on the maximum speed of your boat that the insurance company will insure. If the boat has a motor over the described limit, they will want additional information to have it approved. This is the time where having your home, auto or liability policy with them, helps in getting an approval. You should definitely go through your broker as they will know how to set up an arrangement with the underwriter. Some insurers may customize a boat package for your rather then lose you to another company.
- The underwriter at the insurance company will need all the pertinent information such as the age, speed, length of the boat, and horsepower of the engine. Some insurers will require a survey if the craft is older than 7 years. If it is a specialty boat, they will want an appraisal. Ask your broker which marine appraiser is accepted by the Company.
- If you are insuring a sail boat, they will definitely want to know the experience of the operator and/or crew. If it is a larger type of boat. The insurance companies usually want 5 years experience.
- Claims/loss experience is another critical factor. They prefer clients with at leased 3 years who have been claims free for three years or more.
- Your pleasure craft insurance covers for the loss of life or personal injury or damage to third party property caused by the use of your boat. The policy also covers liability for any injuries and coverage for an unfortunate death or injury of a passenger.
- You can sometimes offer extras to insure personal possessions which are on board such as life jackets, life rafts.
- It is imperative that nobody without experience, operates your boat at any time. The Company could decline a claim if he/she was driving.
Many Insurance Companies are now asking for drivers licenses to check your driving record before insuring your boat. In most countries you have to write an actual boat test before you can operate any type of craft other than a canoe. There are strict laws on what you must have in the boat before leaving shore. If you don't have them and you are stopped by the marine police, you will be fined. If you are speeding, you will be charged just like you are when you are driving your car. It will show up on your drivers license, which could cause a problem with your auto policy.
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Katori Hall's "Mountaintop"
Stairway to Mitch Albom's kind of heaven
by Sally Mitani
From the June, 2013 issue
Not many ingenue playwrights get profiled in the New Yorker before their plays go up on Broadway. That's so true it sounds insane; few young playwrights get their stuff anywhere near Broadway, period. Katori Hall, a few years ago at age thirty, got that treatment for The Mountaintop, a two-hander she wrote in honor of her mother, who as a teenager in Memphis was forced by her mother to miss Martin Luther King's final "Mountaintop" speech. Feeling the ominous vibrations in the air, she kept her daughter home. As it turned out, of course, the young, black teenager would probably have been safe enough that night, but King was assassinated the next day.
In The Mountaintop, Hall writes her mother into history as a maid who brings King a cup of coffee at the Lorraine Motel after he gave that speech. Camae (her mother's actual name) sashays into room 306, and instead of being awed by the great preacher and civil rights leader, she challenges him to every kind of moral, intellectual, and emotional duel--at one point, standing on the bed and wearing King's jacket and shoes, she even out-preaches him.
The New Yorker profile of the playwright on a visit to her mother in Memphis is worth reading for its unspoken bittersweet message. Hall comes off as kind of a pill, but when she came of age, her fearless, provocative personality flew like a homing pigeon to where it still thrives: big-city, world-class theater. Before her play went up on Broadway (starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett!), she was the darling of London's West End, where she won the 2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play. That same personality, though, didn't serve her mother so well in 1960s Memphis, or the following decades either, where she just couldn't seem to catch a break in anything she did.
So how would Martin Luther King, or really any martyr, modern-day or historical, engage with a random stranger during his
last hours? It's a dirt-simple and astonishingly compelling premise for a play (I can hear creative writing teachers everywhere yelling 'Yes! The only lesson plan I'll ever need!') And that, I'm afraid, is the last good thought I had about Hall's play, which I caught in its current run at the Performance Network.
Beginning on a note that is intended to demythologize King, Hall whacks a few too many supports out from under him. Put her anxious, rabbity King in the ring with Willy Loman, and Loman wins the alpha male trophy. Casting doesn't help here: King is played by fidgety, tenor-voiced Brian Marable, lately, and greatly, of Purple Rose's Superior Donuts. Anyone could wipe the floor with his King, and dazzling Carollette Phillips as Camae does; then the limp battle-of-the-sexes comedy veers off in an entirely unexpected direction: Camae announces that she's actually an angel and telephones God to ask for additional guidance. The Mountaintop has now landed in the middle of the Mitch Albom drama school. Honest to God, I never thought I'd say this, but Albom does it better.
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It will be a couple of months before Apple brings out its tablet computer, the iPad, but other companies are already preparing a new batch of tablets running Windows.
Judging by a model that's already out, the $550 Archos 9, the Windows tablets have a rough road ahead.
Windows just doesn't seem at home when squeezed into this 1.8-pound slab, with a touch-sensitive screen that is 8.9 inches on the diagonal. It's sluggish, and the controls aren't adapted to the size of the screen or the fact that there's no real keyboard or mouse.
On-screen keyboards kept popping up in the wrong places, blocking the fields for text.
It's also a bad idea to couple a touch screen with a slow computer.
Archos 9 is lethargic because it runs Windows 7 on a processor that's even slower than those used in netbooks -- those slow, small laptops.
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Web Mapping Services
The Interactive Maps and Web Mapping Services Web Site provides layers and data from several different sources by following the Government of Canada Standards on GeoSpatial Data.
Service Based Delivery
This site provides layers and data through a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Most services are provided over the internet and allow communication with any device able to interpret the Application Programming Interface (API). SOA allows for real-time interoperability and access to data with many different devices.
More often than not, you will not need to familiarize yourself with how the services communicate with your device or application. Instead, simply familiarize yourself with what each service provides and how you can connect your device or application. See the section on Supported Interfaces for detailed descriptions of the different services provided.
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It should be noted that, although we strive to provide reliable service, we cannot guarantee the services will always be available or up-to-date. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you experience any problems with the web services provided on this website.
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Most GIS applications will allow you to add a WMS layer to your view. Often, when you choose to add a WMS layer, your application will prompt you to provide a URL. In this case, you would provide the URL indicated in a Map's profile page. Check your application's documentation to see if it is possible to use a WMS layer. Note that WMS provides clients with an image, however it cannot be spatially analyzed.
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How to Clean a Merino Wool Blanket
A Merino wool blanket is a very warm, luxurious piece of material. If you happen to spill something on the Merino wool blanket or get it dirty, you will not want to just throw the blanket in the wash as it will possibly tear the wool and the washing powder will make the wool less soft and more abrasive.
You must hand wash the Merino wool blanket in order to keep it in optimal condition.
Fill the tub halfway full with warm water.
Mix in about a teaspoon of Palmolive dish soap or until there is a nice amount of bubbles in the water. You need to use a neutral pH soap like Palmolive so you don't hurt the Merino wool blanket.
Submerge the Merino wool blanket into the water. Let it soak for five minutes. Gently massage the Merino wool blanket in the soapy water.
Remove the Merino wool blanket from the soapy water. Turn on the shower head to warm water. Allow the water to run through every part of the Merino wool blanket until the water you rinse out doesn't have soap bubbles in it. Shut off the water.
Gently squeeze out as much excess water as you can without twisting or wringing the Merino wool blanket. Lay the Merino wool blanket flat on a table. Lay a towel over it and press it against it to soak up more water. Do this with dry towels until it is fairly dry. Lay the Merino wool blanket over a clothes line and allow it to air dry completely.


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Harriett Kerr 9/28/1858- 8/13/1887
Posted By: Karen Bergquist Uhr
Date: 2/9/2009 at 21:53:40
Kerr-Mrs. Harriet, at her father's home in Bonaparte, Iowa, Saturday Aug. 13, 1887. aged 28 years, 10 months and 15 days.
Diseased was the seventh child and fourth daughter of Mr. Anthony and Sarah Bradford and was born in Van Buren county, Iowa. Sep. 28, 1858. She was married to Harvey Kerr Aug. 31, 1881. This union was blessed with one beautiful child Theo Waunita, who is left in good Christian care too young to realize her great loss, finding a home with Mr. and Mrs. Levi Henry of this place.
She bore her sufferings very patiently and answered readily and willingly to her summons hence. Many friends manifested their respect for the dead and symphy (sic) for the bereaved family at the house where prayer was offered and a hymn sung, and in attending the remains to their last resting place in the Thompson cemetry. (sic)
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Vimes paced the front office. It was almost 6 o'clock and the clacks requesting Carrot to return to the Watch House had gone unanswered. He'd already sent out as many officers as he could spare to look for him, but his copper instincts were telling him something was wrong. It was just a feeling he had in the pit of his stomach; a nagging doubt that all their searching was going to be in vain.
"What the bloody hell's happened to him, Fred?" he muttered under his breath.
Colon shuffled his feet. Vimes' constant pacing was beginning to un-nerve him. "I don't expect anything's happened to him, sir," he said. He's probably just been delayed somewhere."
"Then why hasn't he answered the clacks?" Vimes growled. "Or sent one himself for that matter?"
"I'm sure there's a logical explanation for it, sir. Besides, Carrot's a big lad, he can look after himsel—"
"Exactly," Vimes snapped. "Which is precisely why I am worried."
"What if he hasn't answered the clacks because he can't, Fred? Supposing he's injured or something?" Vimes paced a few more steps, and then threw his hands up in the air. "Gods, he could be lying in a damned gutter somewhere!"
"It's possible, sir," said Colon. "But, if he were, sir, wouldn't somebody have found him by now?"
Vimes snorted. "Why doesn't that make me feel any better, Fred?" He rubbed his forehead, and seemed to reach a decision. "Right, get any extra officers we have available out looking for him. And make sure there's someone out there around the clock, do you hear?"
"And check with every doctor in the city. Find out if any of them have been called out in the past six hours, or if anyone's been injured and taken in to see them."
"And the minute they find out anything I want to know, is that clear?"
"Yessir. Er... and if it's late, sir?"
"I don't care what the damned time is, Fred! I want to know, is that understood?"
Colon hurried away to carry out his orders.  He was sweating profusely; glad for once to have something to do. He couldn't help thinking Vimes was worrying himself unnecessarily over Carrot, he couldn't remember the last time he'd seen the commander so wound up.
Vimes leaned his knuckles on the nearest desk and took a deep breath. Damn, he thought. Why do I get the feeling I should have acted before now? Fred's probably right, there probably is a logical explanation, but if anything's happened to that boy, I'll never forgive myself...
He moved across to where Captain Noakes was working, keeping track of the officers out on patrol. "What's the latest from Sergeant Angua, captain?"
"She's still out with Corporal Littlebottom, sir. You sent them to—"
"Yes, yes..." said Vimes wearily. "I know where they are." His head was starting to spin; he could feel a headache coming on. "Have they managed to find anything yet?"
"Not yet, sir," said Noakes patiently. He glanced up at the clock. "But they're due back soon, sir, they may be able to tell you more then."
Vimes nodded. "Right. Fine." He rubbed his temples. "I'll be in my office, let me know the minute they get back, would you?"
"Yes, sir."
Vimes climbed the stairs to his office. It was the last place he wanted to be. He felt so useless stuck in here when he could be out there doing something. But he had little choice; staying put and waiting for more information was the only way he'd be able to keep abreast of things.
He slumped into his chair and closed his eyes. Why? he thought, as the headache began to take hold. There are a million people in this city; any one of them could have gone missing. Why did it have to be Carrot?
Watts descended the stone steps and closed the trapdoor behind him. He glanced at Carrot, and then came over to Sharkey, grinning. "Been a good boy while I've been gone, has he?"
"Yeah, no trouble at all," said Sharkey. He hefted his crossbow; it was still aimed at Carrot, even though there was no real need. "To tell you the truth, it's the other one I'm worried about."
Watts gave him a friendly slap on the back. "You worry too much, my friend. Have a little faith, will you?"
"I just want to make sure we do this right, that's all. It'd only take one mistake to—"
"Yeah, that's right," said Watts, fixing him with a dark stare. "So, we'd better make sure we don't make any, hadn't we?"
Sharkey averted his eyes. He had no desire to return that gaze. If the eyes really were the windows to the soul, then Watts' soul was as black as pitch. He turned his attention instead, to Carrot. "Did you manage to cover our tracks okay?" he asked Watts casually.
"Yeah," said Watts, walking over to where Carrot was sitting. "No one's going to find us in a month of Sundays." He sniffed his hands and absently wiped them on his breeches. "In a couple of hours time that stink will be all over the city. No werewolf's going to be able to track us through that."
"I hope you're right," Sharkey grumbled. "'Cause that stuff cost us a small fortune."
"Which is what we'll have if we pull this off, right?"
"Yeah..." Sharkey conceded.
Carrot was listening to every word. His heart sank. He knew Vimes would be relying on Angua to follow his trail. Without her help it could be weeks, maybe even months, before anyone found him. Oh, they would keep looking of course, but in a city the size of Ankh-Morpork there were a million and one places you could hide someone. Their task was next to hopeless. And Carrot knew it.
Watts knew it too. He could see it in Carrot's face.
"Did you hear that, boy?" he said, kicking Carrot's foot spitefully. "The only way you're getting out of here now is if loverboy pays your ransom." He made sure to step back after kicking Carrot, just in case he retaliated.
Carrot ignored him. The cuffs allowed him only limited movement; he'd be no match for the two men if Watts decided to start something.
When Carrot didn't react, Watts grinned, cockily. "'Course," he said, licking his lips. "I haven't decided yet whether I want to give you back." His eyes were roaming Carrot's body again. "See, I'm in half a mind to keep you for myself..."
"I suggest you worry about that after you get the ransom note written, Watts," said Sharkey. "We are in this for the money after all."
"Yeah," said Watts thoughtfully, his eyes still on Carrot. "There's plenty of time yet, eh?"
It was dark outside when Angua and Cheery returned to the Watch House. The shifts had already changed and the Night Watch was on duty. Vimes was still there too, refusing to go home until they'd both reported back. He hurried down the stairs when he heard them come in.
Angua was just inside the door as Vimes reached the foot of the stairs.
Their eyes met across the room; Vimes held his breath, a questioning look in his eyes.
Angua shook her head slowly.
"Nothing at all?" said Vimes, his shoulders sagging. "Surely there must be—"
"Oh, there are trails, sir," said Angua, taking off her helmet. "But they're weak, and mostly they just go around in circles." She sighed. "You know how much ground Carrot covers in a day, sir. He could be anywhere."
Vimes cursed under his breath.
"And there's something else, too, sir... another smell."
"Another smell?" said Vimes. "What kind of smell?"
"Well, Cheery thinks it's scallas... er, scallit—"
"Scallatine, sir," said Cheery. "It's expensive stuff, sir, and not the sort of thing you'd want to go throwing around in the streets. But it's everywhere, sir. Of course, one of the alchemists could have dropped it by accident, but it could have been used to, er... to... " She trailed off when she realized Vimes was fixing her with a stare capable of welding her helmet to her head.
"To what, corporal?" Vimes prompted.
"To cover up something, sir."
"Like tracks, perhaps?" Vimes growled. It wasn't a question.
"Yes, sir," said Cheery meekly. "Like tracks..."
Vimes looked at Angua.
So did Cheery.
Angua looked concerned, Vimes just looked angry. Cheery realized Vimes was worried too, getting angry was just his way of dealing with it. Carrot was his second in command; she knew how important he was to him. But more than that, of course, they were friends.
Angua shrugged. "Well, whatever the case, sir, there are trails of the damned stuff over half the city. I can't track him through that. I could go back out and keep looking of course, but..."
"No," said Vimes, scrubbing his face with his hands. "I already have half the Watch out looking for him, they have orders to let me know the minute they find anything. I'll need you fresh in the morning; you'd best go home and get some rest. Both of you."
"What about you, sir?" said Angua, noticing how drained he looked; the circles around his eyes were as dark as the shadow on his chin. "There can't be much more you can do here tonight, sir, and one of the captains can contact you if—"
Vimes shook his head. "No, Angua, I'm staying here. I can't rest knowing Carrot's still out there somewhere."
Angua touched his arm. "Sir," she said firmly, "I know how important Carrot is to you, but worrying isn't going to help, and you can't stay here all night. Besides, if anyone should be losing sleep over this, it's me." She held his gaze. "He is my boyfriend, in case you'd forgotten?"
Vimes blinked at her owlishly. "No, no, of course not." He managed to keep his voice even. "You're right, I, uh..." He tore his eyes away from her gaze and rubbed the back of his neck. "I, uh... I just have a few more things to see to here before I turn in."
Angua nodded. "All right. I'll see you at first light, then, sir." She put her helmet back on. "Come on, Cheery."
Cheery stifled a yawn as she followed Angua out the door. "'Night, sir," she said.
"Goodnight," said Vimes, almost to himself.
He watched them leave.
But he didn't leave himself, not for a long while. He climbed the stairs to his office and fell into his chair. He sat there alone, staring blankly at the wall, Angua's words still ringing in his ears.
"...He is my boyfriend, in case you'd forgotten?"
He had, hadn't he? He'd been so wrapped up in his own concerns for Carrot he'd completely forgotten about Angua. Gods, what must she be going through? Well, she was handling it better than he was, that was for sure. She'd never struck him as being overly emotional, so he hadn't expected her to get hysterical. But he hadn't expected her to be quite so... calm about it, either.
"...I know how important Carrot is to you, sir, but worrying isn't going to help."
No, worrying wasn't going to help. But she had no idea how much Carrot meant to him, and there wasn't a person on the Disc who would stop him worrying until he was sure Carrot was safe.
He suddenly wondered if the others had noticed how concerned he was about Carrot. He'd have to be careful; it wouldn't take much for them to start wondering why Carrot suddenly meant so much to him. Gods, this relationship was such a strain at times...
He pinched the bridge of his nose. Just let him be safe, he thought. That's all I ask.
His office suddenly seemed unbearably oppressive.
He got up and grabbed his coat, and without bothering to close the door, he left his office, descended the stairs, and left the Yard without saying another word.
Vimes couldn't remember arriving at the house; he assumed he'd gotten home on automatic.
He crept into the bedroom. Sybil was already asleep; he recognized the steady rhythm of her breathing. He undressed and climbed in beside her, taking care not to wake her.
An hour later, he was still wide-awake, still staring at the ceiling. He lay there, half hoping, half dreading, that any minute now one of his officers would come knocking on his door with news of Carrot.
No one did.
Finally, unable to fight sleep off any longer, he fell into a fitful slumber. He managed to get almost three hours before he woke again, got dressed, and headed back to his office.
It was doubtful, however, that he would have slept that long, had he known about the ransom note that was already on its way to the Watch House...
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Facilities and EquipmentPosted by Dr F Scott Villines
Our office is designed to be a home away from home with a very relaxed atmosphere.
We have toys in the waiting area for children, so never worry about bringing in the young ones. Dr. Pinner has children of his own as well as young patients from infants to teenagers so he is well versed in dealing with kids.
We Offer a Wide Range of Services in Our Office
IN OFFICE X-RAY MACHINE: This helps the doctor to evaluate the true cause of the symptoms. It is also a useful tool to help determine if you have conditions outside the scope of chiropractic.
PRIVATE THERAPY BAYS: A private room for your therapy that allows you to relax and unwind before your adjustment.
INTERSEGMENTAL TRACTION: This is a wonderful tool for chiropractors, its purpose is to stretch all of the soft tissue and joints of the spine. It's hard for you to do better exercise for your spine in 20-30 minutes on your own, than you can get on just a few minutes of intersegmental traction. Patients rave about this therapy.
INTERFERENTIAL THERAPY: This is a type of electronic muscle stimulation that is very effective at releiving pain in addition to reducing muscle spasms and swelling related to soft tissue injuries.
CRYOTHERAPY: This is cold/ice therapy which is very useful at reducing pain and swelling in soft tissues and joints.


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Ivana Trump came roaring back as our modern day Alexis Carrington, here to inform the kids who's boss and THE Mrs. Donald Trump. For those who are unfamiliar with Dynasty and Alexis played by the divine Joan Collins, spend sometime on Youtube during a rainy weekend. It's over the top soapy goodness!
But all jokes aside, my the Trump clan is so classy. It's not enough that Donald has brought his incompetence and blatant corruption to the White House, now his wives are going to duke it out over the china pattern used at the next State Dinner.
How did America get to a place where we pick a President who has been married three times, and the first wife (that would be Ivana) goes on national television to brag about her access to the White House, saying she speaks to the President often, and crowning herself THE first lady. She also said she didn't want to cause any jealousy or "anything like that" for having a "direct line" to the President. I just love it!
It would be great if this were a soap opera. Ivana is basically the classic bitch from every great soap opera. She's Alexis in the aforementioned Dynasty, Cookie in Empire, Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless. Coming back to remind the folks who started it all! I could go on with this list. Ivana's here to let us know she's not thinking about these hoes. Yes, Melania, you would be the hoe in this equation although Donald cheated on Marla with you and cheated on Ivana with Marla. Damn it, I am getting my hoes out of order! I digress.
When I started blogging again, I told myself I would write once a week as I am editing a story and working on another. And as I've already said, writing about efforts to take away people's healthcare and to deport innocent children really was depressing me. So it is a rare that a Trump story brings a smile to my face, but I loved this one.
Because of global warming it's too damn hot in my apartment to sip on a big cup of tea like Wendy Williams would but if were ten degrees cooler, as it should be in October, I'd turn on the kettle!
The current Mrs. Trump apparently did not enjoy the former Mrs. Trump's appearance on Good Morning America yesterday and, so, her office released a statement. It's a little long winded about her loving being a First Lady and other stuff that no one cares about or believes, so I will just quote the good stuff. "There is clearly no substance to this statement from an ex, this is unfortunately only attention-see and self-serving noise. She plans to use her title and her role to help children, not sell books."
The claws are out! Hysterical. Between Senator Corker over the weekend and Melania's office yesterday, and we know it's Melania's office because we learned during the campaign she doesn't write her own speeches (ask Michelle Obama), we all need to take classes in Washington D.C. on how to write shady and icy retorts.
How does Ivanka feel about stepmammy dissing her mother like this I wonder? To be a fly on the wall. Ah, who am I kidding, she probably doesn't care. She knows, as the rest of us do, that she's his favorite wife that her can never officially have.


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THE DARWIN AWARDS: A Chronicle of Enterprising Demises.
Honoring those individuals who improve the human race...
by accidentally removing themselves from it!
2008 Darwin Award Winner:
BALLOON PRIEST (Padre Baloneiro)
April 2008, Atlantic Ocean | A Catholic priest ascended to heaven on a host of helium party balloons, paying homage to Lawn Chair Larry's aerial adventure. Larry, the beloved survivor of a Darwin-worthy fiasco, attached 45 helium weather balloons to his lawnchair, packed a picnic lunch, and cut the tether--but instead of drifting above the Los Angeles landscape as planned, he was rocketed into LAX air traffic lanes by the lift of the weather balloons. Astoundingly, Larry survived the
Adelir Antonio, 51, was not so lucky. His audacious attempt to set a world record for clustered balloon flight was intended to publicize his plan to build a spiritual rest stop for truckers. But, as truckers know, sitting for 19 hours in a lawn chair is not a trivial matter even in the comfort of your own backyard. The priest took numerous safety precautions, including wearing a survival
suit, selecting a buoyant chair, and packing a satellite phone and a GPS. However, the late Adelir Antonio made a fatal mistake.
He did not know how to use the GPS.
The winds changed, as winds do, and he was blown inexorably toward open sea. He could have parachuted to safety while over land, but chose not to. When the voyager was perilously lost at sea, he prudently phoned for help--but rescuers were unable
to determine his location, since he could not use his GPS. He struggled with the unit as the charge on the satellite phone dwindled.
Instead of a GPS, the priest let God be his guide, and God guided him straight to heaven. Bits of balloons began appearing on mountains and beaches. Ultimately the priest's body surfaced, confirming that he, like Elvis, had left the building.
The kicker? It's a Double Darwin. Catholic priests take vows of celibacy. Since they voluntarily remove themselves from the gene pool, the entire group earns a mass Darwin Award. Adelir Antonio wins twice over!
Reader comment: "There but for the grace of Tecumseh..."
See a photo: http://DarwinAwards.com/darwin/darwin2008-16.html
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
--Benjamin Franklin
2008 Darwin Award Runner Up: A ONE TRACK MIND
July 2008, Italy | Gerhard, 68, was queued at a traffic light in his Porsche Cayenne sportscar. Before one reaches the light, there is a railroad crossing, and Gerhard had not let the queue progress forward far enough before he drove onto the tracks. As you might imagine, given Murphy's Law, a train was coming.
The safety bars came down, leaving the Porsche trapped on the rails. According to witnesses, it took the driver awhile to realize he was stuck. Finally he jumped from the car and started to run--straight toward the oncoming train, waving his arms in an attempt to save his sportscar!
The attempt was partly successful. The car received less damage than its owner, who landed 30 meters away. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
The moral of the story? Momentum always wins.
Pithy Comments: http://DarwinAwards.com/darwin/darwin2008-17.html
"Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid." --John Wayne
2008 Darwin Award Runner Up: THOU SHALT NOT STEELConfirmed.
March 2008, Czech Republic | Steel is valuable, especially the especially the high-grade alloy used in steel cable. Scrap metal dealers do not ask questions. They pay in cash. And a good supply of steel cable can be found in elevator shafts.
This particular gold mine was a towering shaft inside an empty granary near Zatec, forty miles northwest of Prague. The cable was tightly fastened, and the far end of it disappeared into the shadowy distance above.
After substantial wear and tear on a hacksaw, our man finally cut through the strong steel cable. At that instant the counterbalance, no longer held in check, started to move silently downward, accelerating until it reached the bottom of
the shaft.
Result: one proud winner of a "terminal velocity" Darwin Award.
"Do not steel or you will get the shaft."
More Puns: http://DarwinAwards.com/darwin/darwin2008-08.html
"Think of it as evolution in action."
2008 Darwin Award Runner Up: ON THE PISTEConfirmed.
February 2008, Italy | David, 46, was sliding down an Italian ski slope one night, riding on padding that he had removed from the safety barriers at the bottom of the run. It did not occur to him that it might be dangerous to sled down the same slope from which he had stolen protective padding.
Sauze d'Oulx is one of five villages that make up the "Milky Way" ski area in northern Italy. Popular with British skiers, the resort is known for its party atmosphere. A ski resort spokesperson said, "The men had all been drinking when they
tore off the padding, and ironically..."
...they careened straight into the bare barriers at the bottom of the piste (groomed slope). David died from head and chest injuries inflicted by the unpadded metal. Two of his friends survived with medical attention. Another Darwin Award candidate is still missing after he wandered away "bloodied and distressed."
"No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society.
If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test
people for drugs. We should test them for stupidity."--P.J.O'Rou
2008 Darwin Award Runner Up: CLOTHESLINED!Confirmed.
January 2008, Florida | Wearing only swim trunks and sneakers, a 37-year-old man raced his motorcycle toward the Manasota Key drawbridge. As the bridge began to open, it was clear that he intended to "shoot the gap." Bridge designers had anticipated such lunacy and invented the crossing guard. The closing gates
swept him off his Suzuki, over the side of the bridge, into the water, and out of the gene pool. By a twist of fate the motorcycle continued up the ramp and made it across to the other side.
2008 Darwin Award Runner-Up: PIERCED!Confirmed.
January 2008, Pennsylvania | A 23-year-old man with various body piercings decided to have some fun at work. He wondered,"What it would feel like to connect the electronic control tester to my chest piercings?" Several coworkers tried to
convince him that it was a bad idea to wire himself up to the electronic device, but he ignored their pleas.
He proceeded to connect two alligator clips to his metal nipple piercings, one on each side, and hit the test button... His coworkers were still trying to revive him with CPR and rescue breathing when police and rescue personnel arrived. They were not successful.
"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions
do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask
questions?" -Scott Adams


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Emmitt Holt, a freshman player on the Indiana University basketball team was issued a citation fork underage drinking after hitting teammate, Devin Davis with his vehicle. According to a statement by police, Holt and some other passengers had just finished dropping Davis off in a parking lot on the campus. The statement indicated that when Holt pulled away, Davis unexpectedly stepped into the roadway in front of the SUV that Holt was driving and was struck, leaving him with a head injury. He was found unconscious on the ground after impacting the side of the vehicle by the windshield. The incident took place by Memorial Stadium at around 12:45 am local time on Saturday morning.
J.D. Campbell, Indiana University Senior Assistant Athletic Director, issued a statement saying that Davis was in serious condition after sustaining his injuries, but a spokeswoman for Bloomington Hospital said that she had no information at all about Davis to report. Sgt. Jeffery Canada of the Bloomington police department was unable to give any information out about Davis when asked if the 19-year-old was tested at the hospital to determine if he was drinking as well at the time of the incident and if that had anything to do with his suddenly moving into the path of the vehicle. He did indicate, however, that the investigation into the incident was still continuing. More information is expected as the details of the accident are uncovered.
Holt was given citations for underage drinking and operating a vehicle while his blood alcohol levels were above the legal limit of 0.02. According to the Indiana University release, Hold had a level of 0.025 when he hit his teammate. Team coach Tom Crean, in that statement, also expressed his support for the family of Davis, saying they were in his thoughts. He said that he was confident that the "Hoosier family" would be able to unite in support of both young men, and that he would support them both in every possible way.
This is not the first incident of underage drinking associated with the Indiana basketball team. Just over a month ago, two players went into a pre-trial diversions program for charges of underage alcohol possession and having fake identifications in an incident in April. There has not been, however, any long-term pattern of problems like this with the Indiana basketball team of the type publicized on some other campuses. It has not been announced what manner of punishment, if any, the young men will receive from the school in addition to the police citations.
While Davis' condition has been reported as serious, no indications have been given that his injury presents any permanent damage. The Indiana University community is hoping that he will recover well enough to play in the opening game of the season on November 14, when they face off against Mississippi Valley State. Once all of the information about the accident is gathered by police, more specifics should become available beyond the statements released by the school.
Commentary By Jim Malone
Charlotte Observer
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Driving Cross Cultural Dialogue - Evonik Donates Beethoven Statue to Singapore
- Latest sculpture carved by German sculptor Markus Lüpertz to be donated to Singapore
- Sculpture set to stay in Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) permanently
- Evonik is eager to drive the cross cultural dialogue between Germany and Singapore
Evonik, one of the world's leading specialty chemicals companies from Germany, has donated a giant bronze statue of Beethoven to Singapore, and received by SUTD today. Carved by German sculptor Markus Lüpertz, the statue marks Evonik's first step in driving the cross cultural dialogue between Germany and Singapore.
As a creative industrial group with worldwide operations, Evonik has been consistently strengthening its dedication to corporate responsibility. Besides integrating corporate responsibility into its business activities, Evonik also contributes to the cultural wealth of the society by supporting a broad range of activities worldwide. "Evonik believes arts and music can enrich our daily life, broaden our horizon and show us new perspectives," Dr. Klaus Engel, Chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries, said during the statue unveiling ceremony at SUTD in Singapore today.
By bringing the art sculpture from Germany and donating it to Singapore as a gift, Evonik would like to further develop German art and cultural awareness in the country. "Singapore is one of our important markets in Asia and I am glad that apart from science and education, we are able to bring in the cultural aspects of Germany to this country," Dr. Engel added.
As one of Germany's most prominent contemporary artists, Markus Lüpertz's talents reach beyond painting, to composing lyrics, building sculptures and designing graphics. Well known for his expressively rendered paintings and sculptures, Lüpertz's art pieces often merge abstraction and representation. This is also reflected in the 2.7 meters high and weighs 1100 kilograms' statue "Beethoven": the armless torso looking longingly into the distance, with a bust of the great German composer – as an interpretation of visualizing Beethoven's oeuvre and his genius triumphing over adversity.
As a gift to Singapore, the "Beethoven" statue is set to stay in SUTD permanently. "SUTD is delighted to accept this gift on Singapore's behalf, not only because we share Evonik's vision to promote sustainable innovations, but also because SUTD aims to develop technically-grounded leaders through a holistic and well-rounded education that encompasses design and the humanities, arts and social sciences," said Professor Thomas Magnanti, President of SUTD. "We look forward to a closer collaboration with Evonik in the near future."
"Envonik's presentation of the Beethoven statute to SUTD is an inspired gift. In SUTD we are always reaching out to understand innovation and creativity and how the process takes place. The lessons of the genius Beethoven for our students as they reflect on his life are many. Beethoven did not let adversity arrest his creativity. He turned his deafness into a source of strength. Silence created the space for ideas and sublime music to emerge," added Professor Chan Heng Chee, Chairman of the National Arts Council and the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD, who was the guest-of-honour for the ceremony.
The day ended with an exclusive artist sharing session in the afternoon at LASALLE College of the Arts, a leading arts tertiary institution in Singapore. By sharing the inspiration behind his work, Lüpertz had a fruitful and engaging discussion with the students. "Evonik has been actively promoting cultural and social values in Germany, I am glad that they are also keen on fostering participation and cross-cultural dialogue," said Markus Lüpertz. "Thanks to Evonik for sponsoring my sculpture and bringing it from Germany to Singapore, I hope my work will be able to strengthen the cultural connections between the two countries."
Company information
Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals, operating in the Nutrition & Care, Resource Efficiency and Performance Materials segments. The company benefits from its innovative prowess and integrated technology platforms. In 2015 more than 33,500 employees generated sales of around €13.5 billion and an operating profit (adjusted EBITDA) of about €2.47 billion.
Evonik in South East Asia, Australia & New Zealand
Headquartered in Singapore, Evonik is present in the SEAANZ region with production sites, sales offices, innovation and technical service centers located in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. With more than 800 employees in the region, the company steadily grows its footprint in SEAANZ by expanding its regional operations in response to the growing demand. Evonik Industries has been establishing customer relationships and importing a broad range of products in the SEAANZ region since the 1920's.
In so far as forecasts or expectations are expressed in this press release or where our statements concern the future, these forecasts, expectations or statements may involve known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results or developments may vary, depending on changes in the operating environment. Neither Evonik Industries AG nor its group companies assume an obligation to update the forecasts, expectations or statements contained in this release.


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Walmart's Sustainability Index: The Greenest Thing Ever to Happen to Retail?
Photo via the Consumerist
I hate to admit it, but it's true--it's getting harder and harder to hate Wal-Mart. Details are surfacing about the gigantic retailer's initiative to create a massive 'sustainability index'--one that would meticulously measure the environmental impact of every single item it stocks. Needless to say, the idea alone raises plenty of questions. But if it's successful, the index could literally change the face of retail forever.Apologies if that language was a tad grandiose, but it's actually pretty accurate.
Take it from Marc Gunther's report in Big Money:
The giant retailer ($406 billion in revenues in 2008) is developing an ambitious, comprehensive, and fiendishly complex plan to measure the sustainability of every product it sells. Wal-Mart has been working quietly on what it calls a "sustainability index" for more than a year, and it will take another year or two for labels to appear on products. But the company's grand plan-"audacious beyond words" is how one insider describes it-has the potential to transform retailing by requiring manufacturers of consumer products to dig deep into their supply chains, measure their environmental impact, and compete on those terms for favorable treatment from the world's most powerful retailer.And this in turn could end up being one of the biggest motivators to make truly 'green' products ever. To enter the index, each product will have to undergo an intense life cycle analysis. This will require help from each of Wal-Mart's 60,000+ suppliers, and some painstaking research. With inspectors and analysts crawling up the supply chain and peeking into every corner of production in order to deliver a comprehensive environmental assessment, we might see some major changes made by some major companies.
But who's going to be doing the crawling and peeking, exactly? Well, researchers from some of the top universities in the US, for starters. Faculty at Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkelely, and others have reportedly been involved in the planning stages of the index. Wal-Mart's next move is to announce a 'sustainability consortium' (which will debut this Thurs. the 16th) that includes the likes of U of Arizona professors, big manufactureres like Proctor and Gamble and General Mills, and potentially all the aforementioned faculty and even other competing retailers like Target and Costco.
The Last Line of Defense from Greenwashing: Wal-Mart?
Details on how the whole operation will work are still murky, but a label on each product that will help consumers ward off greenwashing will be a key component. But the effect of the index could be much further reaching than that. As Gunther points out:
Wal-Mart has an enormous influence over which products get made, and which don't. Last year, the company said it would stop selling baby bottles containing the chemical bisphenol-A, which is approved by U.S. and European regulators. (A story that I wrote about this for Fortune magazine ran under the headline "Wal-Mart: the New FDA"). When, as part of its ambitious sustainability program, Wal-Mart said it would sell only concentrated laundry detergent, which uses less packaging and water, manufacturers fell into line.The program could, essentially, force ungreen products off the market before a label even has a chance to discourage a consumer from buying it--if Wal-Mart continues to be inclined to support products with lower environmental impacts.
Of course, while the idea seems to be pretty inspired thus far, plenty of questions remain unanswered--how will the labeling process work? Who will comprise the consortium, and will it be balanced? Will it grant Wal-Mart too much power to determine which products are sustainable and which aren't? We'll be watching.
More on Wal-Mart and Sustainability:
Wal-Mart Reports its Global Emissions in 2009 Sustainability Report
Wal-Mart's Sustainability Summit: Greenwash It Was Not