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The Consciousness of Sleep and the Universal Round
October 11, 2014 § Leave a comment
Dear IT Guy From India,
I feel that cosmically, forces deep from the universe flow through my soul, and that each evening, when I sleep, the darkness I experience is only that from which I come, and to which I will ultimately return.
I don't fear the darkness, because in it, I find a warmth and love that makes me know that it is not my enemy, but rather, a friend. Proof of this, to me at least, is that the darkness of my sleep is split with dream, of which I can take to believe as reality as any waking moment. What is waking consciousness after all, but sensory perceptions of a world that I cannot prove exists other than my mind perceives all things I experience. Is that not the same as dream in sleep?
Coming Awake in Des Moines
Dear Coming Awake in Des Moines,
You've got a lot of choices with an Apache server install, and depending on your distribution or installation choices, Apache may already be installed.
Setting it up on Linux varies from machine to machine, Red Hat, Debian, Caldera, or Mandrake, among others have different ways to fine tune the install, but in the end they all work the same.
When I configure Apache, I like to keep all the binaries and associated files in one directory, typically /usr/local/apache and I'll set up a content directory like /home/httpd/html. Here is where I'll put all the CGI scripts and programs.
What's nice about this setup is that if you end up with multiple "virtual hosts" running, you get an easy handle to manage it all. In a lot of distributions out there Apache is already set to go out of the box. You just start the server and populate it with content. But sometimes you have to play with the config file.
Apache is really a simple operating system to get up and running, unless you have to compile your server, which is beyond the scope here. But if it is installed already, great, you're almost there!
Hope that helps.
On Writers and Writing
October 10, 2014 § Leave a comment
Go carefully into these dark woods
Because when power comes to subjugate people,
They go for the writers first.
They will hunt them down and kill them
Not because they are the mightiest
But because they stand for the truth
Sittin and Thinkin, and Drinkin.
June 18, 2012 § Leave a comment
William Clayton broke into Giliad's apartment today.
He's scopin' the place out just to make sure his keys work. Killing is on his mind, but just how is the question.
June 11, 2012 § Leave a comment
Originally posted on NewsFeed:
Worried about recent bouts of rampant cannibalism? Fearing an onslaught of the undead? Well, fear not: you can now prepare for Zombiegeddon with a new line of specially engineered zombie bullets — while supplies last.
Hornady Manufacturing Company, a Nebraska-based ammunition maker, is promoting its line of Z-Max zombie bullets as "specifically designed to vaporize zombie varmints." Since killing zombies, as everyone knows, requires taking out the brain, the Z-Max line boasts "Ultra-flat trajectories [that] send mangy menaces to the varmint graveyard." These bullets are built, as Hornady's website puts it, to "make dead permanent."
(PHOTOS: Pop Culture Zombies)
But before you rush out to fill your survival bunker with special anti-zombie ammunition, please note that the product's more of a gimmick than anything else. The Observer reportsthat the bullets are mostly a product of company owner Steve Hornady's affection for zombie flicks, plus a dash…
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June 11, 2012 § Leave a comment
Originally posted on Gem State Writers:
Showing emotion can be one of the hardest things for new writers. Most spend hours learning body language and the physical reactions emotions stir.
Fist-clenching. Teeth grinding. Lip-curling. We know them all. We have the list.
The problem is that these standard expressions get old quickly. If your antagonist sneers more than once in a book, he looks like a cartoon villain. My agent calls this "grimacing" and she wants it out of my writing.
Fine. Agreed. But what can we put in its place? Dialogue can't carry all the emotion. Sometimes the strongest feelings are the ones we can't put into words.
There has to be a way to physically show emotion without falling back on these old clichés.
I have always struggled with this, but recently I remembered a scene from my childhood which illustrated exactly what I need to do as a writer.
When I was growing…
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Death and Taxes
April 12, 2012 § Leave a comment
Doug Becker walked into his son's bedroom and took the rolling chair next to Sammy sitting at his desk.
"Got them girls figured out yet Sam?" He asked.
November 11, 2011 § 2 Comments
Rusty and beat up, like a dessert mesa, the building rose. Lonely among the red sands sitting silently centered in a patch of blacktop, hot and stinking of oily asphalt fumes.
"What time he supposed to show up"
"Said Three o'clock"
"Well it's goddam half past three o'clock now, he's fucking late"
"Shut up"
"What d'ya mean shut up, the guy was supposed to be here half an hour ago, you shut up. I'm sick of this stink. Maybe he changed his mind."
"What we going to do if he don't show."
"We'll do it ourselves."
"You're nuts, we ain't never done something like this ourselves."
"Well, there's a first time for everything, you ain't scared of it are you?"
"Fuck no, I ain't scared of shit."
Waves of heat rose from the blacktop, shimmering mirages beyond the car's hood, then, a stretch of baked concrete leading to a door.
"Le'me see the gun."
He reached under the seat, feeling the upholstery brush his hands as he felt along the carpet, finally, feeling the grip, he pulled at it. It got caught in some wiring and spring work.
"Shit, this things gonna go off, blow my balls off in the process. Damn thing's stuck."
"Don't blow your balls off, just get the gun out."
He got it loose and tossed the gun on the seat next to him.
"There ya go, there it is. Now what, we gonna go or we gonna wait. We ain't never done anything like this ourselves before."
"Nothing to it."
"Nothing to it my ass, we ain't never done this ourselves before."
"We just walk in like we own the place, walk down the hall, open the door and shoot the bastard. Simple."
"Simple eh? You been inside? You know the layout? You know where to go?"
"Shut up."
"Fuck you, you shut up. I say if this guy doesn't show in the next minute we get out of here. We stick out like a sore thumb, there ain't no other cars around us, people gonna wonder what the fuck two guys are doing sittin in a car in a goddamn half empty parking lot on such a hot fucking day. This stinks."
Five minutes passed.
"Let's go."
"Yeah, let's go, it's about time."
He opened the car door, stepped into the heat clutching the gun and shoving it into his pants.
"I thought you meant let's get out of here!"
"No, we're going to do this thing. C'mon."
The door handle burned the second his hand touched it. Yanking, quickly, the door fell open and a wash of cool air flooded across his sweated body filling it with sudden chill.

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TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas collected about $22 million less in taxes than anticipated this month, ending the fiscal year Tuesday with less of a cushion for its next budget, for which lawmakers boosted sales and cigarette taxes to keep it balanced.
The state took in a little more than $529 million in taxes in June, the state Department of Revenue reported, a 4.1 percent shortfall from the official prediction of more than $551 million.
For the entire 2015 fiscal year, the department reported tax collections of $5.5 billion — $33 million short of expectations, or about 0.6 percent short. That doesn't include taxes on insurance premiums, which were running about $3 million ahead of expectations through May.
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the GOP-dominated Legislature had expected the state to end its fiscal year with about $73 million in cash reserves. With those reserves and the $384 million in new tax increases, the state would retain about $36 million in reserves at the end of June 2016, keeping the budget narrowly balanced.
Lawmakers expected Brownback to trim the spending they approved for the next fiscal year by $50 million to boost those cash reserves. If state tax collections don't rebound, Brownback will face pressure to cut more deeply.
"This is an example of why we must be sure that tax dollars are being spent as effectively as possible," House Speaker Ray Merrick, a Stilwell Republican, said in a statement, also noting that lawmakers authorized a $3 million multiyear efficiency study of state government.
The state's budget problems arose after legislators slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback's urging in an effort to stimulate the economy. Democrats have called the tax cuts a failed fiscal experiment.
"Until Brownback accepts responsibility and we change course, Kansas will continue to be on unstable financial ground," said House Minority Leader Tom Burroughs, a Kansas City Democrat.
In previous months, Department of Revenue officials noted that personal income tax collections were both growing compared with the previous fiscal year and running ahead of expectations. But personal income tax collections fell about $14 million short of expectations in June, leaving them slightly lower than anticipated for the entire fiscal year, at about $2.3 billion.
Spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda said the department doesn't yet have an explanation.
"Withholding taxes came in lower than expected," she said.
Sales tax collections, at $2.1 billion for the fiscal year, were about $17 million less than anticipated. Koranda said the Department of Revenue attributes the shortfall to a softer national economy.
The department also touted the year-to-year growth in total tax collections of 1.3 percent, or $70 million, for the just-completed fiscal year.
Kansas Department of Revenue: http://www.ksrevenue.org/
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- Virtueller Wasserhandel - Analyse und Bewertung mit Fokus auf Deutschland (2009)
- 140 Liter Wasser werden für die Herstellung einer Tasse Kaffee benötigt, 1.300 Liter Wasser für ein Kilo Gerste und 3.400 Liter Wasser für ein Kilo Reis. Diese Zahlen mögen im ersten Moment unglaubwürdig erscheinen, doch sie entsprechen der Wirklichkeit. Für die Herstellung von nahezu allen Produkten wird Wasser in teils sogar sehr großen Mengen benötigt. In dem Endprodukt jedoch findet sich meist nur ein kleiner Teil des ursprünglich eingesetzten Wassers in seiner physischen Form wieder. Der überwiegende Anteil wurde während des Produktionsprozesses verdunstet oder zur Kühlung eingesetzt und wird daher als "virtuelles Wasser" bezeichnet. Aufgrund des Exports und Imports von Produkten im Zuge des internationalen Handels kommt es somit auch zu Strömen von virtuellem Wasser zwischen den einzelnen Ländern. In dieser Bachelorarbeit wird der virtuelle Wasserhandel mit 23 verschiedenen Feldfrüchten mit dem Fokus auf Deutschland für den Zeitraum von 1998 bis 2002 untersucht. In die Berechnung dieser virtuellen Wasserströme ist ein neuartiges Modell eingegangen, das Global Crop Water Model (GCWM), welches den virtuellen Wassergehalt für unterschiedliche Feldfruchtgruppen global für jede 5-Minuten-Zelle auf Basis detaillierter Daten berechnet. Dank dieses Modells ist es möglich, eine Trennung zwischen dem virtuellen Wasser, welches aus der Nutzung des Niederschlagswassers und dem virtuellen Wasser, welches aus der Bewässerung von Ackerflächen resultiert, vorzunehmen und diese getrennt von einander zu analysieren. Mittels der Verwendung der Handelsstatistik Comtrade der Vereinten Nationen lässt sich aus den Ergebnissen des GCWM der virtuelle Wasserhandel darstellen. Es zeigt sich, dass Deutschland das meiste Wasser in seiner virtuellen Form nach Algerien, Saudi-Arabien, Belgien und in die Niederlande exportiert, wohingegen aus Brasilien, den USA, Frankreich und der Elfenbeinküste die größten virtuellen Wassermengen importiert werden.
- Occurrence and temporal variations of TMDD in the river Rhine, Germany (2009)
- Background, aim, and scope: The chemical substance 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol (TMDD) is a non-ionic surfactant used as an industrial defoaming agent and in various other applications. Its commercial name is Surynol 104® and the related ethoxylates are also available as Surfynol® 420, 440, 465 and 485 which are characterized by different grades of ethoxylation of TMDD at both hydroxyl functional groups. TMDD and its ethoxylates offer several advantages in waterborne industrial applications in coatings, inks, adhesives as well as in paper industries. TMDD and its ethoxylates can be expected to reach the aquatic environment due its widespread use and its physico-chemical properties. TMDD has previously been detected in several rivers of Germany with concentrations up to 2.5 µg/L. In the United States, TMDD was also detected in drinking water. However, detailed studies about its presence and distribution in the aquatic environment have not been carried out so far. The aim of the present study was the analysis of the spatial and temporal concentration variations of TMDD in the river Rhine at the Rheingütestation Worms (443.3 km). Moreover, the transported load in the Rhine was investigated during two entire days and 7 weeks between November 2007 and January 2008. Materials and methods: The sampling was carried out at three different sampling points across the river. Sampling point MWL1 is located in the left part of the river, MWL2 in the middle part, and MWL4 in the right part. One more sampling site (MWL3) was run by the monitoring station until the end of 2006, but was put out of service due to financial constrains. The water at the left side of the river Rhine (MWL1) is influenced by sewage from a big chemical plant in Ludwigshafen and by the sewage water from this city. The water at the right side of the river Rhine (MWL4) is largely composed of the water inflow from river Neckar, discharging into Rhine 14.9 km upstream from the sampling point and of communal and industrial wastewater from the city Mannheim. The water from the middle of the river (MWL2) is largely composed of water from the upper Rhine. Water samples were collected in 1-L bottles by an automatic sampler. The water samples were concentrated by use of solid-phase extraction (SPE) using Bond Elut PPL cartridges and quantified by use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The quantification was carried out with the internal standard method. Based on these results, concentration variations were determined for the day profiles and week profiles. The total number of analyzed samples was 219. Results: The results of this study provide information on the temporal concentration variability of TMDD in river Rhine in a cross section at one particular sampling point (443.3 km). TMDD was detected in all analyzed water samples at high concentrations. The mean concentrations during the 2 days were 314 ng/L in MWL1, 246 ng/L in MWL2, and 286 ng/L in MWL4. The variation of concentrations was low in the day profiles. In the week profiles, a trend of increasing TMDD concentrations was detected particularly in January 2008, when TMDD concentrations reached values up to 1,330 ng/L in MWL1. The mean TMDD concentrations during the week profiles were 540 ng/L in MWL1, 484 ng/L in MWL2, and 576 ng/L in MWL4. The loads of TMDD were also determined and revealed to be comparable in all three sections of the river. The chemical plant located at the left side of the Rhine is not contributing additional TMDD to the river. The load of TMDD has been determined to be 62.8 kg/d on average during the entire period. By extrapolation of data obtained from seven week profiles the annual load was calculated to 23 t/a. Discussion: The permanent high TMDD concentrations during the investigation period indicate an almost constant discharge of TMDD into the river. This observation argues for effluents of municipal wastewater treatment plants as the most likely source of TMDD in the river. Another possible source might be the degradation of ethoxylates of TMDD (Surfynol® series 400), in the WWTPs under formation of TMDD followed by discharge into the river. TMDD has to be considered as a high-production-volume (HPV) chemical based on the high concentrations found in this study. In the United States, TMDD is already in the list of HPV chemicals from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). However, the amount of TMDD production in Europe is unknown so far and also the biodegradation rates of TMDD in WWTPs have not been investigated. Conclusions: TMDD was found in high concentrations during the entire sampling period in the Rhine river at the three sampling points. During the sampling period, TMDD concentrations remained constant in each part of the river. These results show that TMDD is uniformly distributed in the water collected at three sampling points located across the river. 'Waves' of exceptionally high concentrations of TMDD could not be detected during the sampling period. These results indicate that the effluents of WWTPs have to be considered as the most important sources of TMDD in river Rhine. Recommendations and perspectives: Based also on the occurrence of TMDD in different surface waters of Germany with concentrations up to 2,500 ng/L and its presence in drinking water in the USA, more detailed investigations regarding its sources and distribution in the aquatic environment are required. Moreover, the knowledge with respect to its ecotoxicity and its biodegradation pathway is scarce and has to be gained in more detail. Further research is necessary to investigate the rate of elimination of TMDD in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants in order to clarify the degradation rate of TMDD and to determine to which extent effluents of WWTPs contribute to the input of TMDD into surface waters. Supplementary studies are needed to clarify whether the ethoxylates of TMDD (known as Surfynol 400® series) are hydrolyzed in the aquatic environment resulting in formation of TMDD similar to the well known cleavage of nonylphenol ethoxylates into nonylphenols. The stability of TMDD under anaerobic conditions in groundwater is also unknown and should be studied.
- Development of a bioaerosol single particle detector (BIO IN) for the fast ice nucleus chamber FINCH (2009)
- In this work we present the setup and first tests of our new BIO IN detector. This detector is designed to classify atmospheric ice nuclei (IN) for their biological content. Biological material is identified via its auto-fluorescence (intrinsic fluorescence) after irradiation with UV radiation. Ice nuclei are key substances for precipitation development via the Bergeron–Findeisen process. The level of scientific knowledge regarding origin and climatology (temporal and spatial distribution) of IN is very low. Some biological material is known to be active as IN even at relatively high temperatures of up to –2°C (e.g. pseudomonas syringae bacteria). These biological IN could have a strong influence on the formation of clouds and precipitation. We have designed the new BIO IN sensor to analyze the abundance of IN of biological origin. The instrument will be flown on one of the first missions of the new German research aircraft ''HALO'' (High Altitude and LOng Range).
- First remote sensing measurements of ClOOCl along with ClO and ClONO2 in activated and deactivated Arctic vortex conditions using new ClOOCl IR absorption cross sections (2009)
- Active chlorine species play a dominant role in the catalytic destruction of stratospheric ozone in the polar vortices during the late winter and early spring seasons. Recently, the correct understanding of the ClO dimer cycle was challenged by the release of new laboratory absorption cross sections (Pope et al., 2007) yielding significant model underestimates of observed ClO and ozone loss (von Hobe et al., 2007). Under this aspect, Arctic stratospheric limb emission measurements carried out by the balloon version of the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS-B) from Kiruna (Sweden) on 11 January 2001 and 20/21 March 2003 have been reanalyzed with regard to the chlorine reservoir species ClONO2 and the active species, ClO and ClOOCl (Cl2O2). New laboratory measurements of IR absorption cross sections of ClOOCl for various temperatures and pressures allowed for the first time the retrieval of ClOOCl mixing ratios from remote sensing measurements. High values of active chlorine (ClOx) of roughly 2.3 ppbv at 20 km were observed by MIPAS-B in the cold mid-winter Arctic vortex on 11 January 2001. While nighttime ClOOCl shows enhanced values of nearly 1.1 ppbv at 20 km, ClONO2 mixing ratios are less than 0.1 ppbv at this altitude. In contrast, high ClONO2 mixing ratios of nearly 2.4 ppbv at 20 km have been observed in the late winter Arctic vortex on 20 March 2003. No significant ClOx amounts are detectable on this date since most of the active chlorine has already recovered to its main reservoir species ClONO2. The observed values of ClOx and ClONO2 are in line with the established chlorine chemistry. The thermal equilibrium constants between the dimer formation and its dissociation, as derived from the balloon measurements, are on the lower side of reported data and in good agreement with values recommended by von Hobe et al. (2007). Calculations with the ECHAM/MESSy Atmospheric Chemistry model (EMAC) using established kinetics show similar chlorine activation and deactivation, compared to the measurements in January 2001 and March 2003, respectively.
- Chemical composition of ambient aerosol, ice residues and cloud droplet residues in mixed-phase clouds: single particle analysis during the Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment (CLACE 6) (2009)
- wo different single particle mass spectrometers were operated in parallel at the Swiss High Alpine Research Station Jungfraujoch (JFJ, 3580 m a.s.l.) during the Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment (CLACE 6) in February and March 2007. During mixed phase cloud events ice crystals from 5 μm up to 20 μm were separated from large ice aggregates, non-activated, interstitial aerosol particles and supercooled droplets using an Ice-Counterflow Virtual Impactor (Ice-CVI). During one cloud period supercooled droplets were additionally sampled and analyzed by changing the Ice-CVI setup. The small ice particles and droplets were evaporated by injection into dry air inside the Ice-CVI. The resulting ice and droplet residues (IR and DR) were analyzed for size and composition by two single particle mass spectrometers: a custom-built Single Particle Laser-Ablation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (SPLAT) and a commercial Aerosol Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (ATOFMS, TSI Model 3800). During CLACE 6 the SPLAT instrument characterized 355 individual ice residues that produced a mass spectrum for at least one polarity and the ATOFMS measured 152 particles. The mass spectra were binned in classes, based on the combination of dominating substances, such as mineral dust, sulfate, potassium and elemental carbon or organic material. The derived chemical information from the ice residues is compared to the JFJ ambient aerosol that was sampled while the measurement station was out of clouds (several thousand particles analyzed by SPLAT and ATOFMS) and to the composition of the residues of supercooled cloud droplets (SPLAT: 162 cloud droplet residues analyzed, ATOFMS: 1094). The measurements showed that mineral dust particles were strongly enhanced in the ice particle residues. 57% of the SPLAT spectra from ice residues were dominated by signatures from mineral compounds, and 78% of the ATOFMS spectra. Sulfate and nitrate containing particles were strongly depleted in the ice residues. Sulfate was found to dominate the droplet residues (~90% of the particles). The results from the two different single particle mass spectrometers were generally in agreement. Differences in the results originate from several causes, such as the different wavelength of the desorption and ionisation lasers and different size-dependent particle detection efficiencies.
- Tracer measurements in the tropical tropopause layer during the AMMA/SCOUT-O3 aircraft campaign (2009)
- We present airborne in situ measurements made during the AMMA (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis)/SCOUT-O3 campaign between 31 July and 17 August 2006 on board the M55 Geophysica aircraft, based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. CO2 and N2O were measured with the High Altitude Gas Analyzer (HAGAR), CO was measured with the Cryogenically Operated Laser Diode (COLD) instrument, and O3 with the Fast Ozone ANalyzer (FOZAN). We analyze the data obtained during five local flights to study the dominant transport processes controlling the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) above West-Africa: deep convection up to the level of main convective outflow, overshooting of deep convection, horizontal inmixing across the subtropical tropopause, and horizontal transport across the subtropical barrier. Except for the flight of 13 August, distinct minima in CO2 indicate convective outflow of boundary layer air in the TTL. The CO2 profiles show that the level of main convective outflow was mostly located between 350 and 360 K, and for 11 August reached up to 370 K. While the CO2 minima indicate quite significant convective influence, the O3 profiles suggest that the observed convective signatures were mostly not fresh, but of older origin. When compared with the mean O3 profile measured during a previous campaign over Darwin in November 2005, the O3 minimum at the main convective outflow level was less pronounced over Ouagadougou. Furthermore O3 mixing ratios were much higher throughout the whole TTL and, unlike over Darwin, rarely showed low values observed in the regional boundary layer. Signatures of irreversible mixing following overshooting of convective air were scarce in the tracer data. Some small signatures indicative of this process were found in CO2 profiles between 390 and 410 K during the flights of 4 and 8 August, and in CO data at 410 K on 7 August. However, the absence of expected corresponding signatures in other tracer data makes this evidence inconclusive, and overall there is little indication from the observations that overshooting convection has a profound impact on TTL composition during AMMA. We find the amount of photochemically aged air isentropically mixed into the TTL across the subtropical tropopause to be not significant. Using the N2O observations we estimate the fraction of aged extratropical stratospheric air in the TTL to be 0.0±0.1 up to 370 K during the local flights, increasing above this level to 0.2±0.15 at 390 K. The subtropical barrier, as indicated by the slope of the correlation between N2O and O3 between 415 and 490 K, does not appear as a sharp border between the tropics and extratropics, but rather as a gradual transition region between 10 and 25° N latitude where isentropic mixing between these two regions may occur.
- Aerosols in the tropical and subtropical UT/LS: in-situ measurements of submicron particle abundance and volatility (2009)
- Processes occurring in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UT/LS) are of importance for the global climate, for the stratospheric dynamics and air chemistry, and they influence the global distribution of water vapour, trace gases and aerosols. The mechanisms underlying cloud formation and variability in the UT/LS are of scientific concern as these still are not adequately described and quantified by numerical models. Part of the reasons for this is the scarcity of detailed in-situ measurements in particular from the Tropical Transition Layer (TTL) within the UT/LS. In this contribution we provide measurements of particle number densities and the amounts of non-volatile particles in the submicron size range present in the UT/LS over Southern Brazil, West Africa, and Northern Australia. The data were collected in-situ on board of the Russian high altitude research aircraft M-55 "Geophysica" using the specialised COPAS (COndensation PArticle counting System) instrument during the TROCCINOX (Araçatuba, Brazil, February 2005), the SCOUT-O3 (Darwin, Australia, December 2005), and SCOUT-AMMA (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, August 2006) campaigns. The vertical profiles obtained are compared to those from previous measurements from the NASA DC-8 and NASA WB-57F over Costa Rica and other tropical locations between 1999 and 2007. The number density of the submicron particles as function of altitude was found to be remarkably constant (even back to 1987) over the tropical UT/LS altitude band such that a parameterisation suitable for models can be extracted from the measurements. At altitudes corresponding to potential temperatures above 430 K a slight increase of the number densities from 2005/2006 results from the data in comparison to the 1987 to 2007 measurements. The origins of this increase are unknown. By contrast the data from Northern hemispheric mid latitudes do not exhibit such an increase between 1999 and 2006. Vertical profiles of the non-volatile fraction of the submicron particles were also measured by a COPAS channel and are presented here. The resulting profiles of the non-volatile number density fraction show a pronounced maximum of 50% in the tropical TTL over Australia and West Africa. Below and above this fraction is much lower attaining values of 10% and smaller. In the lower stratosphere the fine particles mostly consist of sulphuric acid which is reflected in the low numbers of non-volatile residues measured by COPAS. Without detailed chemical composition measurements the reason for the increase of non-volatile particle fractions cannot yet be given. The long distance transfer flights to Brazil, Australia and West-Africa were executed during a time window of 17 months within a period of relative volcanic quiescence. Thus the data measured during these transfers represent a "snapshot picture" documenting the status of a significant part of the global UT/LS aerosol (with sizes below 1 μm) at low concentration levels 15 years after the last major (i.e., the 1991 Mount Pinatubo) eruption. The corresponding latitudinal distributions of the measured particle number densities are also presented in this paper in order to provide input on the UT/LS background aerosol for modelling purposes.
- Secondary organic aerosol formation from photooxidation of naphthalene and alkylnaphthalenes: implications for oxidation of intermediate volatility organic compounds (IVOCs) (2009)
- Current atmospheric models do not include secondary organic aerosol (SOA) production from gas-phase reactions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Recent studies have shown that primary semivolatile emissions, previously assumed to be inert, undergo oxidation in the gas phase, leading to SOA formation. This opens the possibility that low-volatility gas-phase precursors are a potentially large source of SOA. In this work, SOA formation from gas-phase photooxidation of naphthalene, 1-methylnaphthalene (1-MN), 2-methylnaphthalene (2-MN), and 1,2-dimethylnaphthalene (1,2-DMN) is studied in the Caltech dual 28-m3 chambers. Under high-NOx conditions and aerosol mass loadings between 10 and 40 μg m, the SOA yields (mass of SOA per mass of hydrocarbon reacted) ranged from 0.19 to 0.30 for naphthalene, 0.19 to 0.39 for 1-MN, 0.26 to 0.45 for 2-MN, and constant at 0.31 for 1,2-DMN. Under low-NOx conditions, the SOA yields were measured to be 0.73, 0.68, and 0.58, for naphthalene, 1-MN, and 2-MN, respectively. The SOA was observed to be semivolatile under high-NOx conditions and essentially nonvolatile under low-NOx conditions, owing to the higher fraction of ring-retaining products formed under low-NOx conditions. When applying these measured yields to estimate SOA formation from primary emissions of diesel engines and wood burning, PAHs are estimated to yield 3–5 times more SOA than light aromatic compounds. PAHs can also account for up to 54% of the total SOA from oxidation of diesel emissions, representing a potentially large source of urban SOA.
- Results from the CERN pilot CLOUD experiment (2009)
- During a 4-week run in October–November 2006, a pilot experiment was performed at the CERN Proton Synchrotron in preparation for the CLOUD1 experiment, whose aim is to study the possible influence of cosmic rays on clouds. The purpose of the pilot experiment was firstly to carry out exploratory measurements of the effect of ionising particle radiation on aerosol formation from trace H2SO4 vapour and secondly to provide technical input for the CLOUD design. A total of 44 nucleation bursts were produced and recorded, with formation rates of particles above the 3 nm detection threshold of between 0.1 and 100 cm−3s−1, and growth rates between 2 and 37 nm h−1. The corresponding H2SO4 concentrations were typically around 106 cm−3 or less. The experimentally-measured formation rates and H2SO4 concentrations are comparable to those found in the atmosphere, supporting the idea that sulphuric acid is involved in the nucleation of atmospheric aerosols. However, sulphuric acid alone is not able to explain the observed rapid growth rates, which suggests the presence of additional trace vapours in the aerosol chamber, whose identity is unknown. By analysing the charged fraction, a few of the aerosol bursts appear to have a contribution from ion-induced nucleation and ion-ion recombination to form neutral clusters. Some indications were also found for the accelerator beam timing and intensity to influence the aerosol particle formation rate at the highest experimental SO2 concentrations of 6 ppb, although none was found at lower concentrations. Overall, the exploratory measurements provide suggestive evidence for ion-induced nucleation or ion-ion recombination as sources of aerosol particles. However in order to quantify the conditions under which ion processes become significant, improvements are needed in controlling the experimental variables and in the reproducibility of the experiments. Finally, concerning technical aspects, the most important lessons for the CLOUD design include the stringent requirement of internal cleanliness of the aerosol chamber, as well as maintenance of extremely stable temperatures (variations below 0.1°C).
- Global-scale analysis of river flow alterations due to water withdrawals and reservoirs (2009)
- Global-scale information on natural river flows and anthropogenic river flow alterations is required to identify areas where aqueous ecosystems are expected to be strongly degraded. Such information can support the identification of environmental flow guidelines and a sustainable water management that balances the water demands of humans and ecosystems. This study presents the first global assessment of the anthropogenic alteration of river flow regimes by water withdrawals and dams, focusing in particular on the change of flow variability. Six ecologically relevant flow indicators were quantified using an improved version of the global water model WaterGAP. WaterGAP simulated, with a spatial resolution of 0.5 degree, river discharge as affected by human water withdrawals and dams, as well as naturalized discharge without this type of human interference. Mainly due to irrigation, long-term average river discharge and statistical low flow Q90 (monthly river discharge that is exceeded in 9 out of 10 months) have decreased by more than 10% on one sixth and one quarter of the global land area (excluding Antarctica and Greenland), respectively. Q90 has increased significantly on only 5% of the land area, downstream of reservoirs. Due to both water withdrawals and dams, seasonal flow amplitude has decreased significantly on one sixth of the land area, while interannual variability has increased on one quarter of the land area mainly due to irrigation. It has decreased on only 8% of the land area, in areas with little consumptive water use that are downstream of dams. Areas most affected by anthropogenic river flow alterations are the western and central USA, Mexico, the western coast of South America, the Mediterranean rim, Southern Africa, the semi-arid and arid countries of the Near East and Western Asia, Pakistan and India, Northern China and the Australian Murray-Darling Basin, as well as some Arctic rivers. Due to a large number of uncertainties related e.g. to the estimation of water use and reservoir operation rules, the analysis is expected to provide only first estimates of river flow alterations that should be refined in the future.


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While students staged a mock funeral for their school outside, Kean University's president and trustees held an emergency meeting Monday where they vowed to do "everything in their power" to help the institution keep its accreditation.
The board convened the session a week after its accrediting agency, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, put the Union Township-based university on probation for allegedly failing to meet its standards in issues related to integrity, student learning and other areas. Two days later, President Dawood Farahi and the head of the board of trustees released a joint statement accusing the accrediting agency of violating its own procedures in a "staff-driven agenda" to discredit Kean.
More than 100 students, professors, parents and alumni packed a conference room in Kean Hall for Monday's trustees meeting while dozens of others listened in from the hallway outside. Ada Morell, the head of the trustee board, tried to reassure the worried crowd that Kean was not about to lose its accreditation.
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Love a Fez: Part I
The history of the fez in turkey
Kamal Ataturk, the beneficent[1] dictator of Turkey in the 1920s, had himself a problem. The country of the Turks is placed smack between Europe and the near East, and is plagued by the ideological bifurcation such a location might suggest. Ataturk himself managed to create the Republic of Turkey in 1923 from the waning vestiges of the Ottoman empire, and he wanted this newfound country to follow in Europe's footsteps. He tossed the local Islamic leadership out on its collective ear in 1924, introduced the Western calendar and twenty-four hour clock in 1925 while simultaneously banning polygamy. The Latin alphabet showed up in 1928, Constantinople became Istanbul in 1930, and women were given suffrage in 1934. After a prodigious baby boom, last names were thrust upon the populace in 1935 (until then, you had a bunch of Ahmet-son-of-Mohammeds running about). But these are all trivial changes compared to the calamitous decree on August 30, 1925: Ataturk banned the fez as a piece of headgear.
Turban-ulent Times
The fez had been introduced in 1826 by Mahmud II to replace the turban. Mahmud, then head of the Ottoman Empire that was to be divvied up among various European nations and partially grow into Turkey, was raised by a Creole mother. He had the same sort of longing for Europe as Ataturk did, he'd already flirted with the Colonial-style three-cornered hat. His advisors duly noted that the three-cornered hat was supposed to reflect the Holy Trinity, at which point Mahmud wisely, if regretfully, dismissed the possibility of the hat gracing the closets and heads of his Islamic countrymen.
Soon afterward, though, a shipment arrived from Tunis of venerable fezzes. As Jeremy Seal, author of A Fez of the Heart: Travels round Turkey in Search of a Hat, remarks, "...if these fezzes were not perhaps as Western as he had hoped, they at least would provide him with a clean break from the burdensome turban." It wouldn't do not to wear a hat, yet, when it came time to pray, the hat could not be knocked off when the worshiper bent his head to the ground. Hence, brimlesshats were eminently practical from the standpoint of prayer, if useless in keeping the sun out of one's eyes. In a land beset with tradition, the transition from turban to fez did not go easy. In the mid-1830s, traveler Thomas Allom noted "the inhabitants still refuse to regulate their costume by direction of the Sultan; they refuse to doff the cherished turban... for the recently introduced fez." Western journalists unleashed a litany of disparaging comments. A Reverend Walsh intoned
A miserable substitute for the splendid turban.
Sir Adolphus Slade, similarly lauded the lost headwrap:
The magical effects of a turban are well known. It gives depth to light eyes, expression to dark eyes; it softens harsh features, relieves delicate ones.
And Julia Pardo, writing in 1834, was downright impolite:
I cannot forbear to record my regret as I beheld in every direction the hideous and unmeaning fez. The costly turban, that bound the brow like a diadem, and relieved by the richness of its tints the dark hue of the other garments, has now almost entirely disappeared from the streets.
They got used to it. In 1903, the Turkish writer Halil Halid remarked, "I was seized with the ambition of appearing up to date, and of dressing in the more modern manner; that is to say, European costume in all but the fez." In 1913, the Ottomans, wary of the impending World War, collected lira on the streets of the cities with which to buy two battleships from the British. However, Churchill, leery of Ottoman coziness with Austria and Germany, reneged. Germany, quick to capitalize on this supercilious stiffing, sent two warships of her own, and as they pulled into port at the slighted country, the Ottomans looked through their spyglasses and noticed complete German crews decked out in fezzes. They cheered. The Germans cheered. It was an utterly charming scene. The Ottomans joined the war on the German side soon afterward, thanks to a gentle stroking of the public's nationalistic fervor. In a short century, the fez had gone from being a nuisance to a badge of national identity. In 1919-1922 Smyrna was occupied by the Greeks, and fezwearers unwilling to go bareheaded got in trouble:
[Turks], both men and women, have been mishandled, insulted, or threatened in the streets of the town, the fezzes of the former and the veils of the latter being torn off their heads and trodden on.
Similarly, a British traveler named Marmaduke Pickthall started carrying a clandestine fez after being stoned by some Ottomans: "My only crime," he wrote, "had been to wear an ugly English hat."
Ministry of Foreign A Fez
Just about the time fezzes were really coming into their own, a young, befezzed Ataturk serving his country as an overseas delegate was insulted by a French officer: "Why do you wear that ridiculous thing?" The West had seemed teasingly close to Ataturk, who studied French under Dominican monks and "spent much time in reading revolutionary literature by French authors." As he grew to assemble the Turkish nation, he was unwilling to let a hat stand in his way. He outlawed the fez, and soon after, he wrestled a ruling from an Islamic judge that okayed Western garb:
If a Muslim buys a cow from a Christian, and the cow refuses to give milk unless the Muslim milks her while wearing a Christian hat, then the Muslim may wear such a hat.
Thus, the religious powers-that-be mercifully approved Turkey's Westernization with crystal clarity. To gather support for this Westernization, Ataturk did the unthinkable: he picked the most backward Turkish town imaginable, Kastamonu, and there performed the equivalent of a runway fashion show. For all the above mentioned anecdotes, he had some reason for concern. His biographer noted how quiet he was on the journey to this backwater. As Seal remarks, "Donning a Western hat in Kastamonu wasn't just inappropriate. It was like wearing furs to the zoo or pink to a funeral; it was inexcusable and outrageous."
Be that as it may, Ataturk pulled no punches. Upon witnessing a man toting the traditional badge of honor after having gone on a pilgrimage to the Mecca, he said
I see a man in front of me wearing a fez on his head and a green turban wrapped round the fez... would a civilized man put on this preposterous garb and go out to hold himself up to universal ridicule?
The people of Kastamonu, and, indeed, the rest of Turkey were flabbergasted. Ataturk walked every parade route in town, some of them twice, in tweed suits and bowlers. Fezzes were now illegal, and a whole country had to scramble to find itself something to wear atop its head. Western hats were exported to Turkey in untold numbers. Seal details:
They came by ship and by train, bowlers and homburgs, panamas and flatcaps, but they did not come in sufficient numbers to meet the demand. In Ankara, the hat stores were continually sold out. In Constantinople, even the countless new shops that sprang overnight could not keep pace. Such was the shortage that the prefect of the city... set restrictions on the profit that could be made legally on hats.
Imagine That With a Hat
These new hats arrived with no instructions. Without experience, yet determined to have the proper angle just so, Turks devoured "How to Wear Such-and-such a Hat" articles either on streetcorners, or, if illiterate, harangued the educated into reading them aloud. Always quick to make a buck, the Europeans sent them, well, old hats: ridiculous things from a few seasons ago that had been mildewing in warehouses. Given that they were made in the early 1920s, one can only imagine. A London Times correspondent in Constantinople reported hats made of
Materials more appropriate for a Christmas cracker or a seaside comedian.... Duty before Dignity, as the bosun said; Progress before Dignity, says Turkey.
In 1928, journalist Harry A. Franck wrote
To one coming from still colorful Syria and the lands south of it, the arrival in a defezzed Turkey was almost painful... the crowd was as drab as a bunch of Italian subway muckers... the average gathering of Turkish men suggests a tramp convention.
Seal himself notes that
These travelers did not seem to regard the prohibition of turbans and fezzes as a moral issue and made no suggestion that personal preference rather than the law should dictate one's dress. Rather, the tone of their observations was aesthetic outrage, as if the Turks served merely to bring color and decoration to the landscapes through which these travelers passed. It was hard to imagine that the Turks shared their view.
And so early Turkey struggled with personal identity. As innumerable, shoddy European hats came ashore and men were arrested for not wearing them it became apparent that this affront to Turkish dignity at the hands of the country's greatest savior could to last. Next time: martial law declared on contraband fez-wearers, and a city named Fez that no longer has any.
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"ARDERSIER, (or Ardrosser), a parish in the county of Inverness, Scotland, 10 miles to the N.E. of Inverness. It is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, and contains Fort George and the village of Campbelltown. It was formerly the possession of the Bishop of Ross and the Knights Hospitallers. The living, value £158, is in the presbytery of Nairn, and in the patronage of the Earl of Cawdor, heritor. The parish church was built in 1802. There is also a Free church, and a United Presbyterian chapel at Campbelltown. The soil is well cultivated, except near the coast, and the roads are exceedingly good, great improvements having been made of late years. There is an obelisk, 6 feet high, called the Kebbock Stone, on a heath in this parish, of which there are various accounts. It may mark the grave of a chief, the scene of a victory, or nothing more poetical than the boundary of a county. Fort George stands at the extremity of the peninsula. See Fort GEORGE."
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Billy Joel Will Play New York's Nassau Coliseum's Final Show
Joel will play the coliseum on Aug. 4 for its final show.
Watch Jimmy Fallon Lead a Drunken Singalong of 'Piano Man'
Because why not?
Stream 'The Art of McCartney,' Featuring Covers by Bob Dylan, Billy Joel & More
Fans can get an early listen of the impressive compilation today via a YouTube stream.
Bob Dylan, Billy Joel & KISS Celebrate Paul McCartney on New Covers Album
Paul McCartney is getting the royal treatment from his fellow musicians in a new covers compilation that spans the former Beatle's time with the Fab Four and Wings, along with his solo career.
Watch: Barbra Streisand and Billy Joel Talk 'New York State of Mind' [Premiere]
One of the most enduring songs of Billy Joel's incredible songbook is about to get a very New York update via a duet with Barbra Streisand.
Barbra Streisand 'Partners' with John Mayer, Stevie Wonder, Elvis and More for Duets Album
The legendary singer will also feature Blake Shelton, Lionel Richie and John Legend on her upcoming release.
Billy Joel Makes an Appearance in PBS Baby Boomers Documentary
Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, the 90-minute production will feature a total of 19 notable public figures born between 1946 and 1964.
Billy Joel Wins Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize
Billy Joel's fans have always thought of the pianist, singer-songwriter as an expert storyteller but now that title is official.
George Strait, Billy Joel, Cher Top Midyear List of 2014 Highest-Grossing North American Tours
Six months into 2014, and George Strait is coming out on top.
Watch Billy Joel & Jimmy Fallon's Duet of 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'
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Concord, N.C. (October 13, 2012) – Carl Edwards had a strong car Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway but needed just a bit more fuel to contend for the win. Edwards was as fast as the winner in the closing laps, but the extra stop for fuel put him a lap down. Despite that he still finished the race in seventh place.
Edwards started the 500-mile event in 19th place but drove into the top 10 by lap 120. The Frosted Flakes Ford was pretty good all night with just a few adjustments needed throughout the race to keep up with the changing track conditions.
By halfway Edwards was still 10th, but when a caution came on lap 224, shortly after he had already pitted, he was able to move up to fifth place. During that run he was as high as second before the field cycled through green-flag pit stops. Edwards pitted on lap 272 and crew chief Chad Norris told him that he would have to stop one more time for fuel.
Edwards came to pit road for right-side tires and a splash of fuel on lap 311. There were a few cars that could make it to the end without stopping which put him a lap down, but still in the top 10 since a majority of the field had to pit for fuel. In the closing laps Edwards was running side-by-side with race leader Clint Bowyer, but being a lap down he could not contend for the win. The race ended with Edwards in seventh place.
Bowyer won the race followed by Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch. Mark Martin, Edwards, Kasey Kahne, Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr., rounded out the top 10.
"We get good fuel mileage, but that wasn't our focus tonight," Edwards said. "Our focus was going as fast as we could and I think we showed a little more promise tonight than we have in a long time. It's neat to see Greg (Biffle) leading that many laps. We got up there. We drove our way all the way to second on one run. It's been a long time since we've been this competitive on a mile-and-a-half so I'm very happy with it. Hopefully, we can build on this. Now we go to Kansas, which is another track a lot like this and we'll build on this and hopefully get that first win of the season. That would be huge. I don't know what I'd do if we won at Kansas. I don't party much, but it would be a heck of a party. We'd have some fun."
Edwards and the No. 99 team remain 15th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings. The next race will be Sunday, October 21 at Kansas Speedway. The race will begin at 2:00 p.m. (ET) on ESPN.


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Artificial Sweetener Intolerance And Celiac?
Posted 14 April 2012 - 03:06 PM
Is there a link between artificial sweetener intolerance and Celiac?
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I read that Splenda may have a natural laxative effect.
Why not use sugar, maple syrup, stevia--all natural foods?
"The list of reported side effects from Splenda is long and varied, according to an article by Dr. Betty Martini on Rense.com. Side effects include skin irritation, itching and swelling, bloating, diarrhea, headache, tremors, nausea, abdominal pain, depression, forgetfulness, mood swings and severe anxiety. Writing on the Women to Women website, OB/GYN Marcelle Pick cites an article from the 1991 issue of "New Scientist," which reported on a short-term study by the manufacturer about rats that consumed large amounts of sucralose. The study by toxicologist Judith Bellin found that the sugar substitute caused shrunken thymus glands, enlarged livers and kidney disorders in rodents.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 04:57 AM
Oh, I do now. That hospital thing was about 8-10 years ago. Stevia, honey, Agave & sucanat are my staples if I ever need anything sweet.
Why not use sugar, maple syrup, stevia--all natural foods?
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Not that I've ever heard of. Sounds like an awful reaction though. At least Splenda is easier to avoid than gluten!
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•People were in a hurry to sign real estate contracts in October and snag the $8,000 federal tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors. The trade group said today that pending sales rose 3.7 percent between September and October. "Every region saw year-over-year gains in pending sales. And compared with September, every region […] [Read More]
Skip the Parade ticket and buy the whole darn house
The first listing landed in my email today and I thought I would share. Because really, why just go to the Parade of Homes when you can live there? Jason Glast of the Phyllis Browning Co. is listing one of this year's Parade entries, a $1.22 million starter home (not!) by Stadler Custom Homes. It's […] [Read More]


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Colo. lightning survivor doesn't recall strike
DENVER — Justin Teilhet doesn't remember hearing a boom or feeling a sting, just waking up numb on the treeless tundra high in Rocky Mountain National Park and discovering his good friend was trying to revive his wife.
It was a lightning bolt, he learned later, and it killed his wife and left him with a burn on his shoulder and scrapes on his face when he was knocked to the ground unconscious.
Lightning killed two people last weekend in the popular park, where summer storms can close in quickly with deadly results.
Both lightning strikes last weekend hit exposed areas with little cover near the heavily traveled Trail Ridge Road, which offers 360-degree views of snow-covered mountains, forested canyons and alpine lakes. The park, about 65 miles northwest of Denver, draws about 3 million people a year, and numerous signs warn visitors of lightning danger and rapidly changing weather.
Rebecca Teilhet, 42, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, was killed on Friday while hiking on the Ute Crossing Trail at about 11,400 feet above sea level. Justin Teilhet and six other hikers were injured.
One day later and a few miles away, lightning killed 52-year-old Gregory Cardwell of Scottsbluff, Neb., at Rainbow Curve, a pullout on Trail Ridge Road with sweeping vistas from a vantage point about 10,800 feet above sea level. Three others were hurt by that strike.
Colorado averages three deaths and 15 injuries a year from lightning and often ranks No. 2 in the nation in lightning casualties, behind Florida, said Bob Glancy, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Boulder.
"Part of that is because Colorado is a great place to be outside," he said. The terrain and weather also are factors. The mountain profile and summer weather patterns spawn frequent thunderstorms over the Front Range, which includes Rocky Mountain National Park.
Teilhet; his wife; and his friend, Nick Tertel of Fort Collins, Colo., were in a line of hikers hustling back to the trailhead parking lot on Trail Ridge Road as the weather changed.
"A storm blew in, and it came very fast," Teilhet said from his home in Ohio. "It started raining a little bit. We were hearing claps of thunder everywhere, but there wasn't any lightning."
The next thing he remembers is struggling to lift his body from the ground, with one side numb.
"I was walking, and then I was trying to stand up," he said, with no memory of anything in between.
"When I found Nick trying to revive my wife, I crawled to them and tried to help."
Tertel was injured but gave Rebecca Teilhet CPR and kept her alive until paramedics arrived, Justin Teilhet said.
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They first moved to Munford in 1993 with the Navy and have remained following leaving the service. Memphis Themed Furnishings When bringing up the subject of Memphis themed furniture, 1 might quickly feel of the City of Memphis. This is why you have to put a excellent deal of work and study into obtaining the very greatest trucking firm that will genuinely meet and exceed your wants. Kate Elisabeth Dircksen If a barbecue dinner is wanted the effectively-known Charlie Vergo's Rendezvous' stupendous charcoal smoked ribs, and chopped chicken and pork shoulder sandwiches attracts large crowds. Starts at ten:30am.
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Buyers benefit by owning a home in a luxury resort that they can use for themselves, and take advantage of the higher level amenities. Salem hosts specific Haunted Happenings in October. Speaking of college, in late October Boston hosts the Head of the Charles Regatta, a two-day rowing event in late October that attracts 7,500 rowers from 600 universities and clubs. It has been noted that the luxury fractional or private residence club idea has turn out to be appealing simply because property values in popular resort places has skyrocketed out of reach for all but the wealthiest buyers. Winter Glow Fest Sunday, December four 2pm-5pm Springstep, 98 George P. Most granite fabricators have the capability to restore organic stone. Boston is a fascinating city with a rich and diverse history. Kate Elisabeth Dircksen Hotels also recognize that augmenting customized guest solutions is crucial in order to better cater to discerning and demanding travelers.
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Hot restaurateurs, winemakers, artisan bakers and mixologists take element in demonstrations, competitions and tastings. Some of the luxury hotels in Boston are named as the most exclusive hotels in the planet. Loews for teens, and Basic G for individuals traveling with grandchildren. Very best of all, you can step outside your door and onto coastal trails that go on for miles in the Marin headlands. Kate Elisabeth Dircksen There's no better location to do that than Seattle, the coffee capital of the country. Each and every household concierge, who has undergone a custom coaching system primarily based on material from Parenting Magazine, calls households prior to their arrivals. Most people do not thoughts splurging on a luxury villa, if they know that they can get every little thing else for a bargain. Not only does restoring a polished stone surface look cleaner and newer, but it also helps the stone to resist stains far better and makes the surface more tough.
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Some of the most lush rainforests in the globe are positioned in the Pacific Northwest, and it after contained the largest trees in the world. Just across the street from the market, in front of the Starbucks, a musical group referred to as Slimpickens was warming up the crowds with lively 1930's style music played in a 4-piece configuration: guitar, stand-up bass, violin and washboard. Kate Dircksen Right now the Edgewater has a classic elegance that combines the ideal place in Seattle with an updated interior design and style that evokes the Northwest's rich Native American heritage. Some other cities have horses on parade or cows on parade, here in Seattle, Washington there are pigs, all kinds of pigs, are kinds of pigs... Watching all the hustle-bustle and becoming a component of it is in fact entertaining. We had been pleasantly shocked at the reasonable costs, given the restaurant's prime place and upscale reputation. Caribou Coffee has 322 U.S. These underground structures surely take you back in history in several methods. Kate Dircksen There in fact are numerous fish markets in the exact same building, as properly as restaurants where you can dine on fresh fish just before you even leave the industry.. Wear comfortable shoes, bring your digital camera, a purchasing list if you're so inclined and come knowledge this one particular-of-a-kind Seattle tradition. And, by staying overnight, you can turn a shopping trip into a correct getaway. The fish was also seasoned with Cajun spices, another thing that I don't typically find in my residence state of North Carolina.
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As a city that is bustling with so a lot excitement and activity, be assured that a go to to Seattle is always going to be enjoyable and fascinating! Care for Senior Citizens like Healthful aging fair, Woodland Park Zoo, Museum of Flight, year round performances of musicians at city Hall. The tour lasts about 90 minutes and costs $11 for adults. Kate Dircksen The subsequent biggest group of retail coffee shops not component of the above described best 4 are Coffee Beanery, Port City Java, Dunn Brothers Coffee, and lastly Peet's Coffee. Of course each region of the nation has one or 3 regional retail coffee establishments that hold the loyalty of the region residents. Yes, Seattle is weird but that's in addition to the point. You will also get to hear some of Seattle's exciting history mixed in with the ghost tales.
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The Japanese fans responded by producing him an idol. Seattle Mariners Tickets - Eleven Years And Operating For Fanfest Safeco Field will be complete of festivities, fans, players, managers and coaches and far more, for FanFest. Copyright 2008 Ed Bagley When the Seattle Mariners decided to trade Jamie Moyer to the Philadelphia Phillies in August 2006 for a couple of no-name players, they basically felt his overall performance did not justify his salary. Kate DircksenSignificant League Baseball 2009 Preview: Seattle Mariners Important Player The important player for the Seattle Mariners in 2009 is Ken Griffey Jr. Despite not officially retiring any numbers, the team has not reissued the numbers 11 (Edgar Martinez), 14 (Lou Piniella), 19 (Jay Buhner) or 24 (Ken Griffey, Jr.) to any uniformed staff given that the final player to have worn the number left the group.Uniform number 00 is presumed off-limits, as it has been worn by the Mariner Moose given that 1997 (outfielder Jeffrey Leonard was the final player to don 00 for the M's, in 1990). Owned by Nintendo of America, the Mariners are one of three Significant League Baseball teams beneath corporate ownership; the other two are the Atlanta Braves and the Toronto Blue Jays. The group will also check out the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on its 10-day, 10- game road trip out West. Her father, a Spanish-born was a flamenco dancer. Additional compounding the controversy was the purchase of the record setting baseball by Mark Ecko and the selection of the public to have the ball marked with a permanent asterisk. Pete Rose, playing for the Cincinnati Reds holds the record for most number of hits (4,256) and the most quantity of games played (3,562). Kate Dircksen Philadelphia A's manager Connie Mack has to his credit three,755 career victories. The Chicago Cubs are poised to win the division for the first time in years and the Milwaukee Brewers are practically back from the brink of final spot with a winning season and the Seattle Mariners - despite a late season collapse - managed to end in second place behind the outrageously very good Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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There are now six individuals who get the bulk of their fortune from Facebook, including Zuckerberg's cofounders Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin and Sean Parker. The frenzy among big investors for all things social pushed up private market values of online gaming outfit Zynga and online group-buying site Groupon, creating two more new billionaires, Mark Pincus and Eric Lefkofsky—at least on paper.
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These days it isn't just anxious looking MPs and peers, lobbyists, civil servants, journalists and security officials you'll find wandering near Westminster, says Simon Barrow. Among other unexpected visitors have been Batman, a troupe of clowns, Basil Brush and his foxy friends, a group of zombies and a super-sized duck home
The furore about MP's expenses has temporarily overshadowed all other political issues, says Simon Barrow. But it is perhaps better seen as a symptom of a much wider disconnect between governors and governed.
As the controversy over MPs' expenses continues, with fresh revelations in the press and a row over the Speaker's recent intervention, former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has weighed into the argument accusing parliamentarians of "clawing greed".
Leading British Methodist Ruby Beech's "day job" is a position that dates back to at least the 15th century, reports Kathleen LaCamera. As an assistant sergeant at arms in the UK Parliament, she helps look after the security and administration of the House of Commons.
Protesters from the campaigning group Plane Stupid have today mounted a hight profile protest against the proposed Heathrow third runway by waving banners from the roof the the parliament building, in a major breach of security.
Parliamentary rebellion is not quite what it used to be. Many of us recall the colourful heyday of 'the beast of Bolsover', Dennis Skinner MP, the backbencher who usurped the best seats, scowling leftist disapproval of Thatcherite policies and Labour fudges. His acerbic wit was a refreshing antidote to the bland reassurances of routine political rhetoric.
Christian MPs came out in overwhelming numbers last night to support the war with Iraq, raising