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Soen Nakagawa Roshi (1907-1984) was the Abbot of Ryutaku-ji in Japan, and close friend of the Ven. Nyogen Senzaki in Los Angeles. Since 1948 he came to the United States quite a few times. The following Teisho was given at Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji in the Catskills mountains of New York, where Eido Shimano Roshi is the Abbot and the only Dharma heir of Soen Nakagawa Roshi who now lives in the States. Eido Roshi compiled the book Soen Roku, The Sayings and Doings of Master Soen. With his permission we are pleased to share Soen Roshis Rinzai Zen.
This is the first teisho of the sesshin. Everything is scheduled, not only human beings. Everything, indeed. Mountain, running river, sound of wind, singing of birds everything. Especially children, who are wonderful Zen teachers, of course.
Everything is our teacher. This! (Bang!) This is the real one point; very easy to understand. Too clear, too easy to get This! (Bang!) Everything is giving a teisho.
Please, dont miss this (Bang!), this most important point, okay? There are many sutras and shastras. Many, many teachings, not only about Buddhism and Christianity. There are many, many books. But when we meet (Bang!) this one point, all sutras and shastras and all philosophical and spiritual words become a mistake. Only one point. (Bang! Bang! Bang!) Only one. This is the true teaching of Bodhidharma, all patriarchs, Buddha Shakyamuni. This! Okay?
Each of you is a wonderful bodhisattva. Im not saying this in praise, or for encouragement. Truly, you are living bodhisattvas. Living Dai Bosa. There is a wonderful Buddha statue at the Metropolitan Museum. There are national-treasure bodhisattvas and many statues. They are wonderful, of course. I pay them gachimi, gachimi. But, you are living bodhisattvas, each of you, living! Not bronze, or wood. Sometime, something bad may happen. If something goes wrong, Oh, I will pray to Buddha. No, no, no! There is no such Buddha. Realize this! (Bang!) and every human becomes wonderful.
So in the Bodhisattvas Vow, Extend tender care even to such beings as birds and beasts. Not only beasts, not only birds. But to insects too, okay? Even one flower, one speck of dust. There is a Zen saying, When I pick up one speck of dust, all nations are united.
Teisho is not always a talk about some great Zen master, or Buddha Shakyamunis sutras, or Rinzais lectures. Rinzai himself says, Dont take my teisho dont hold to my teisho. OPEN YOUR OWN EYES! Everything is a living sutra. Every day you are (Bang!). Each deed is a living sutra. Picking up a cup, drinking water nothing else. As the Bodhisattvas Vow says, In any event, in any place, and in any moment now! none can be other than This! This! THIS! There is no need for Buddhas teaching, or some brilliant exposition. This is best.
So, after Purification, we recited together, Opening This Dharma. This Dharma, incomparably profound and minutely subtle, is hardly met with, even in hundreds of thousands of millions of eons. Hardly met with. During hundreds of thousands of millions of eons, we are always meeting with This! Meet is one This, and one meet, not thousands. Nothing else but This, okay? Nothing else but This. ANSWER!
(Students: Hai!)
(Students: Hai!)
Wonderful! Congratulations. This is true teisho. Only This.
In Dr. Daitsu Suzukis translation, Opening The Dharma. The Dharma, incomparably profound and minutely subtle, is hardly met with, even in hundreds of thousands of millions of eons. Now we can see it, listen to it, accept and hold it. It, it, it. NO! So it takes us over thirty years to correct wonderful Dr. Daitsu Suzukis translation. Not it. But this. Now we can SEE! I can see your face. I cannot see my own face, of course. Now we can see (Bang!). Now. Now we can see This. Listen to This all the birds are chirping; not only you can get This. Indeed, Im not telling a lie. Everything is wonderful! So, we get these miserable, cruel karma relations changed into wonderful dharma relations, with (Bang!). Please, (Bang!) nothing else but This. Im explaining, talking too much. Excuse me.
Now we can see This, listen to This, accept and hold This. May we truly understand . There are many kinds of understanding: I understand you; I understand everything. But true insight, true understanding is with This. Not only understanding. True understanding becomes true realization, and true actualization. This is our training, not just our vow. We should actualize EVERY DAY, okay? Every Day. Every day. Nothing else but This, is our training.
This is the true teaching of Buddha Shakyamuni and all the patriarchs. And this mornings teisho is a true teisho, true Buddha Dharma. There are many Zen centers and many Zen temples, Zen churches. But truly to get This is very difficult. Im congratulating myself. Without your wonderful bodhisattvas response, I cannot talk like this. In my own room, I cannot talk like this. You are talking my talk. You are giving teisho. Thank you very much; thank you.
With this mind, everyday life becomes every day is a good day. You know this saying. Even in fear, we can say, EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY. Even a miserable day. Even a cruel day. We must become every-day-is-sun-shining day. With This! This is the point. This is the wonderful key to open many things. Probably after my teisho, you will forget my This, of course. So, reciting Namu Dai Bosa, Namu Dai Bosa is a very good help. Not only to you, to me too. Im always losing This, forgetting This, and committing mistake after mistake. But mistakes and failures are very good lessons for us. Dont become sorry, Oh, again I committed such a miserable mistake. Okay! With this one experience, we become more, more, more this mind. Every day is a wonderful training place. Training is not always joyful training, but every day becomes more and more joyful, more and more full of gratitude, and more, more, more, endless long wonderful . So, Namu Dai Bosa.
Theres no need for reciting Namu Dai Bosa of course, but Namu Dai Bosa is very effective. As you know, bosa means bodhisattva. Bodhisattvas Vow. Probably you have memorized it already. Okay, you say. I understood the Bodhisattvas Vow. But each time I recite this Vow, or the Heart Sutra, each time, some part of it really touches me.
Bodhi and sattva. Bodhi means so-called enlightenment. But dont think, Oh, I am not yet enlightened. Some day Ill get enlightenment. From today, forget such! From the beginning, we are the Enlightened One. Believe this with definite faith. This is not only the Song of Zazen, From the beginning, all sentient beings are Buddha . You are not merely chanting. It means, from the beginning, you are the Enlightened One! Realize this. Realize this. And have definite faith in this. Not only the Song of Zazen, but also the Heart Sutra is saying so. Bodhi means enlightenment some day, I will get enlightenment, no! Theres no need for more enlightenment; already we are full.
Some Zen master said, When I hear the sound of Buddha, I want to close my ears. Theres no need for the name of Buddha, or Zen, or such-and-such. After we realize This, and have understood This, theres no need to hear more. We chant sutras, we practice zazen together with mindfulness. We should be mindful.
Please recite from the Meal Sutra: Thirdly, what is most essential is the practice of mindfulness, which helps us . All together please, Thirdly
(Students: Thirdly, what is most essential is the practice of mindfulness, which helps us transcend greed, anger, and delusion.)
What is the English word? Neurotic? Neurotic mindfulness is no good. It must be with This. This is the teaching of the Tea Ceremony, and Flower Arranging. Tea master Rikkyu said, The Way of Tea is nothing else but boiling cold water and making tea. Make tea and drink it. Nothing else. To become mindful is wonderful training. It is very good to become mindful. But Rikkyu said, the Way of Tea is nothing else but, with hot water, making tea and drinking it. Nothing else but this. So Rikkyu is giving us a teisho about This. Nothing else!
What is Buddha? What is Buddha? Shit-wiping stick, Ummon said. Shit-wiping the ancient Chinese didnt have paper; paper was very difficult to get. So they always brought a shit-wiping stick. It is as important as your spoon and knife. (Laughter.)
So, Ummon, our great patriarch. When I think of Ummon, Cloud Gate Zen master, my tears are many. What is Buddha? Ummon answered, Shit-wiping stick. So, for us, What is Buddha? One piece of toilet paper. One piece of toilet paper. One drop of tea. One drop of coffee. Nothing else but that. Realize this. Theres no need always to be thinking, Oh, this is wonderful, this is Buddha. No need.
Some of you are nurses wonderful. You are living Kanzeon Bosatsu. I am only a lazy, mountain monk. But please, with this mind, take care of your many patients. Nursing is wonderful training.
I do not like to say Zen, but as I need the name, so I am talking Zen, Zen, Zen . Everyone not only nurses each of you is a wonderful bodhisattva. So, I am bowing, of course to the Buddha, bowing to you all. So with this mind, please, let us bow to each other. Wife and husband please, I am not joking, okay? bow with This Mind. Not only to Buddha, but to each other. To the living bodhisattva that is each of you. So, bow together, looking at me. So, without exception each of you is a living Buddha, Dai Bosatsu. Without exception, okay?
So, each one is best. Not only human beings, each is best. Nothing else. Each one is BEST! This is the teaching of Buddha Shakyamuni.
In the sutra about Buddhas birth, where he takes seven steps in each direction this is not true of course; he cries the same cry we all do when we come out of our mothers sacred womb. What does that saying mean? Under the heaven, on the Earth, tenjo tenga uiga dokusan? The literal translation is, I am the best one. No, this is wrong. Not myself only, but each one is best. Wonderful. This is not a conscious thought. Truly this is so. Tenjo tenga uiga dokusan. Each one is best.
Almost all Zen students begin with the Mumonkans first koan, Mu. The serious student did not visit Joshu to talk to him about a dog, or a Buddha-dog, or whether a dog has Buddha Nature. In front of such a wonderful, great Zen master, Joshu, the sincere, honest student really asked, What is true enlightenment? Please show me and let me see true enlightenment. Enlighten! To this, Joshu only responded, Mu. This one piece of toilet paper. This mu. Nothing else but this. Mu-uu-uu-u! So, in Zen training, Mu is not just the first koan. All is Mu. Mu, mu, mu, mu. Namu dai bosa and mu are the same; nothing else but. But to continue practice with one piece of toilet paper, one piece of toilet paper is probably very difficult. Namu dai bosa, or Mu, is very good!
So, we have been thinking about birth. When your mother was giving birth, she was not speculating, What is birth? She was not thinking, Is it a boy or a girl? She was just making the birth-sound.
But some time, some day, we all leave this wonderful world. Some day. But looking at your faces, I see no Some day Ill leave this wonderful world; I must die. There is a senryu, a short, witty verse: When I look at your face, all faces, show now I will live forever. I thought this was a sarcastic comment. But D.T. Suzuki told me, This is a wonderful senryu it is not sarcastic at all. We live forever! No need for some day I will die. Do you understand? Thats what Dr. Suzuki said to me. But truly (Knock! Knock!) our life is forever!
So, when some day we will say goodbye, let us not cry. Some crying is okay, but dont make others cry. My wonderful teacher, Gempo Roshi, was smiling. Many Zen masters know one week before. They know the day. My last day, I promise Eido Roshi, with smiling, okay? When it is our last breath, it is our last breath. Is that so, doctor? That is our last Mu. When were born, there is our mothers birth-sound. And when we leave, this Mu.
I have many, many matters I want eagerly to talk to you about.
In the translation of the Bodhisattvas Vow there is, even to such beings as beasts and birds. Not only beasts and birds, not only insects each, each, each. This realization teaches us that our daily food and drink, clothes, and protections of life, are the flesh and blood, the merciful incarnation of Buddha . This incarnation is no good. There is bad understanding about this true fact. Someone says, Ah, when I die, everything will vanish away. No, no. Someone thinks, Though my body disappears, my mind, some soul, will be unchanging. Too easy! Bad understanding. Buddha Shakyamuni says, everything is Buddha. Transformation is a better word that incarnation. Every wonderful being is warm flesh and blood. As in the Christian Mass, one piece of bread is Christ. So, after mass, we and the Father become one, by means of the piece of bread. This is (Knock, Knock, Knock) one piece of bread. Exactly the same. The warm flesh and blood, the merciful transformation everything will change. Not only us not only us! The sun is transforming. This is Buddhas important teaching. Buddha, of course, changed. Everything there is nothing else but changing, transforming. So, transformingly. But I might say, transformation-ing, okay? Everything is transformation-ing!
From The Soen Roku: The Sayings and Doings of Master Soen, copyright 1986 by The Zen Studies Society Press. Reprinted with permission of The Zen Studies Society, Eido T. Shimano Roshi, Abbot. 223 East 67th Street, NY, NY 10021 www.zenstudies.org


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Ah, London. For the past few days the world's most stylish people have called that fair city their home as they take in the collections of the most talented designers in Britain. So it makes sense that the front rows at those shows are packed with some of the most talented stars the world has ever known.
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Costa Concordia
Costa Concordia in Majorca, Spain on September 28, 2011
|Costa Concordia
|Costa Crociere
|Costa Crociere
|Port of registry:
|Genoa, Italy
|Western Mediterranean
|19 January 2004
|Fincantieri Sestri Ponente, Italy
|€450 million (£372 million, US$570 million)
|Yard number:
|2 September 2005
|7 July 2006[1]
|29 June 2006
|Maiden voyage:
|14 July 2006
|In service:
|July 2006
|Out of service:
|13 January 2012
|Capisized and sank in 2012 off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany. Salvaged in 2015 and subsequently scrapped.
|Scrapped in Genoa, Italy
|General characteristics [2]
|Class and type:
|Concordia-class cruise ship
|35.50 m (116 ft 6 in)
|8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
|14.18 m (46 ft 6 in)
|Installed power:
|3780 passengers
Costa Concordia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔsta konˈkɔrdja]) was a Concordia-class cruise ship built in 2004 by the Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente yards in Italy and operated from 2005 until 2012 by Costa Crociere (a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation). It was wrecked off the coast of Isola del Giglio in Italy on 13 January 2012. The ship was damaged due to a contact with a submerged rock and capsized hours later and was subsequently declared a total loss and later towed to the port of Genoa where scrapping operations began.[3] The name Concordia was intended to express the wish for "continuing harmony, unity, and peace between European nations."[4]
Costa Concordia was the first of the Concordia-class cruise ships, followed by similar ships Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa, and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Lines. When the 114,137 gross tonnage (GT) Costa Concordia and its sister ships entered service, they were among the largest ships built in Italy until the construction of the 130,000 GT Dream-class cruise ships.
On 13 January 2012 at 21:45, in calm seas and overcast weather, under the command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio, on the western coast of Italy about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Rome.[5][6] This tore open a 50 m (160 ft) gash on the port side of her hull, which soon flooded parts of the engine room resulting in power losses, leading to a loss of propulsion and loss of electrical systems, which crippled the ship. With water flooding in and the ship listing, she drifted back to Giglio Island, where she grounded 500 m (550 yd) north of the village of Giglio Porto, resting on her starboard side in shallow waters, with most of her starboard side underwater.[7][8]
Despite the gradual sinking of the ship, its complete loss of power, and its proximity to shore in calm seas, an order to abandon ship was not issued until over an hour after the initial impact. Although international maritime law requires all passengers to be evacuated within 30 minutes of an order to abandon ship, the evacuation of Costa Concordia took over six hours and not all passengers were evacuated. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 32 died.[9][10]
Concept and construction[edit]
Costa Concordia was ordered in 2004 by Carnival Corporation from Fincantieri and built in the Sestri Ponente yard in Genoa,[11] as yard number 6122.[12] At the vessel's launch at Sestri Ponente on 2 September 2005,[13] the champagne bottle, released by model Eva Herzigová, failed to break when swung against the hull the first time, an inauspicious omen in maritime superstition.[14] The ship was delivered to Costa on 30 June 2006.[15] It cost €450 million (£372 million, US$570 million) to build.[16]
Costa Concordia was 290.20 metres (952 ft 1 in) long, had a beam of 35.50 m (116.5 ft) and drew 8.20 m (26.9 ft) of water. She had a diesel-electric power plant consisting of six 12-cylinder Wärtsilä 12V46C four-stroke medium-speed diesel generating sets with a combined output of 76.6 MW (102,780 hp).[17] These main generators provided power for all shipboard consumers from propulsion motors to hotel functions like lighting and air conditioning. The ship was propelled by two 21-megawatt electric motors coupled to fixed-pitch propellers.[18] Her design service speed was 19.6 knots (36 km/h; 23 mph),[12] but during sea trials, she achieved a speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph).
Costa Concordia had 13 public decks; Deck 1 was the lowest:[19]
Costa Concordia was outfitted with approximately 1,500 cabins; 505 with private balconies and 55, with direct access to the Samsara Spa, that were considered Spa staterooms; 58 suites had private balconies and 12 had direct access to the spa.[clarification needed] Costa Concordia had one of the world's largest exercise facility areas at sea, the Samsara Spa, a two-level, 6,000 m2 (64,600 sq ft) fitness center, with gym, a thalassotherapy pool, sauna, Turkish bath and a solarium. The ship had four swimming pools, two with retractable roofs, five jacuzzis, five spas, and a poolside movie theatre on the main pool deck.[20]
There were five on-board restaurants, with Club Concordia and Samsara taking reservations-only dining. There were thirteen bars, including a cigar and cognac bar and a coffee and chocolate bar.
Entertainment options included a three-level theatre, casino, a futuristic disco, and a children's area equipped with video games. She also had aboard a Grand Prix motor racing simulator and an internet café.[21]
Accidents and incidents[edit]
2008 bow damage[edit]
On 22 November 2008, Costa Concordia suffered damage to her bow when high winds over the Sicilian city of Palermo pushed the ship against its dock. There were no injuries and repairs started soon after.[21][22][23]
2012 grounding and partial sinking[edit]
On 13 January 2012, after departing Civitavecchia, the port for Rome, Italy, on a 7-night cruise, at 21:45 local time (UTC+1), Costa Concordia hit a rock off Isola del Giglio (42°21′55″N 10°55′17″E / 42.36528°N 10.92139°E).[5][6] A 53-metre (174 ft) long gash was made in the port-side hull, along 3 compartments of the engine room (deck 0); power from the engines and ship services ceased. Taking on water, the vessel listed to the port side. 24 minutes later, strong winds pushed the vessel back towards the island. The water in the ship poured into the starboard side of the ship, causing it to reverse list to starboard.
Without power, the ship drifted astern, listing heavily to starboard.[8][24] Costa Concordia drifted back and grounded near shore, then rolled onto her starboard side, lying in an unsteady position on a rocky underwater ledge. Almost half of the ship remained above water, but it was in danger of sinking completely into a trough 70 metres (230 ft) deep.[25]
She was carrying 3,206 passengers and 1,023 crew members,[26][27] all but 32 of whom were rescued; as of 22 March 2012[update], 30 bodies had been found, with two people known to be missing[28][29] and presumed dead.[30] There may have been other people not listed on board.[31] The search for bodies was canceled at the end of January[32] and resumed after the parbuckling manoeuvre in September 2013, after which additional remains were found.[33] On 26 September 2013, remains were found on deck 4, and were reported as being the two passengers reported as missing.[34] The following day, the remains were found not to be from the missing passengers.[35] In October 2013, the body of one of the missing passengers was found and confirmed to be that of Maria Grazia Trecarichi. Scuba divers had discovered her body near the third deck of the salvaged ship.[36]
An investigation focused on shortcomings in the procedures followed by the crew and the actions of the Italian captain, who allegedly left the ship prematurely.[6][37] About 300 passengers were left on board, most of whom were rescued by helicopter or motorboats in the area.[37] The nature of the accident also prompted the media to immediately draw striking comparisons to the sinking of the RMS Titanic a century earlier. This led to rumors that some survivors, who were in one of the restaurants, had stated that they heard "My Heart Will Go On" (theme song of the Oscar-winning 1997 film Titanic) playing on the restaurant's speakers the moment the ship struck the rock.
An initial assessment by salvage expert Smit International estimated that the removal of Costa Concordia and her 2,380 tonnes of fuel[37][38] could take up to 10 months.[39] Smit advised that the ship had been damaged beyond the hope of economical repair and recommended it be written off as a constructive total loss. Smit was soon contracted to initially remove only Concordia's fuel.
During the fuel removal operation, Smit reported that the ship had shifted 60 cm (24 in) in the three weeks since her grounding but that there was no immediate prospect of her breaking up or sinking deeper.[40] Removal of the fuel from the various fuel tanks distributed throughout the ship was completed in March 2012, later than Smit's initial estimates. This cleared the way to arrange for the ultimate salvaging and scrapping of the ship.
It was announced on 21 April 2012 that the American salvaging firm Titan Salvage and Italian underwater construction firm Micoperi would attempt to refloat and remove the wreck, so it can be safely broken up in port, in the largest ship refloating project.[41] It was later announced in May 2012 that they had won the salvage contracts following competitive bidding.[42] The salvage plan included the following operations:[43]
- Secure the hull to the land using steel cables, to stop it falling deeper[44]
- Build a horizontal underwater platform below the ship
- Attach airtight tanks, called sponsons, to the port side of the hull
- Bring the hull to vertical, by winching (or parbuckling) the hull onto the platform
- Attach sponsons to the starboard side of the hull
- Refloat the hull and tanks
- Recovery tow to an Italian port
On 17 September 2013, Costa Concordia was brought to a vertical position through a parbuckling procedure.[45][46] The cost for salvaging the ship increased to $799 million.[47] In addition, the ship had suffered severe hull deformations in two places. Titan Salvage, the company directing the salvage operations, estimated that the next phase of the salvage operation would be completed by early-to-mid-2014. After this "floating" operation, the ship would be towed to a salvage yard on the Italian mainland for scrapping or "breaking".[48]
On 14 July 2014, work commenced to refloat Costa Concordia in preparation for towing.[49] At this point, the costs had risen to 1 billion euros. Including tow cost, 100 million for the ship to be broken up for scrap and the cost of repairing damage to Giglio island, the estimated final cost was expected to be €1.5 billion ($2 billion).[50][51] On 23 July, having been refloated, the ship commenced its final journey under tow and a 14-ship escort at a speed of 2 knots (4 km/h; 2 mph) to be scrapped in Genoa.[52][53] It arrived at port on 27 July, after a 4-day journey. It was moored to a seawall at the port, awaiting dismantling processes.[54][55]
On 11 May 2015, following initial dismantling but still kept afloat by the salvage sponsons, the hull was towed 10 miles (16 km) to the Superbacino dock in Genoa for removal of the upper decks.[56] The last of the sponsons were removed in August 2016 and the hull was taken in to a drydock on 1 September for final dismantling.[57] Scrapping of the ship was completed in July 2017.[58]
Culture and media[edit]
In 2010, Costa Concordia provided the decadent setting for Jean-Luc Godard's film Socialisme.[59]
A documentary broadcast in the United Kingdom, titled Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Costa Concordia, and another first broadcast on 11 April 2012 on Channel 4, titled The Sinking of the Concordia: Caught on Camera, featured footage recorded by the passengers and crew.
A documentary titled Cruise Ship Disaster: Inside the Concordia, was first broadcast on the Discovery Channel, CNN Presents: Cruise to Disaster, first broadcast by CNN on 14 July 2012,[60] and another, titled Inside Costa Concordia: Voices of Disaster, was first broadcast by the National Geographic Channel.[61] The season 39 Nova episode "Why Ships Sink" discusses the sinking of Costa Concordia.[62] A later Nova season 42 episode "Sunken Ship Rescue" featured the salvage effort and race to refloat and remove the badly damaged Costa Concordia from the accident scene before the ship could break apart, risking an environmental catastrophe. [63]
ABC's 20/20 aired a special on the sinking and interviews with the survivors on 15 February 2013, following the engine fire on Carnival Triumph.[64]
The wreckage of Costa Concordia also featured in Paolo Sorrentino's 2013 film The Great Beauty.[65]
"The Ballad of the Costa Concordia," written by Will Toledo, is featured on indie rock band Car Seat Headrest's 2016 album Teens of Denial. It uses the disaster as a metaphor for a personal breakdown.[66]
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External links[edit]
- The Salvage Technique to rescue the Costa Concordia
- My very own "A Night to Remember" by passenger Peter Wieslaw Grajda
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to
- Last registered track and speed—on Google Maps
- Slideshow of capsized ship
- Rome newspaper nautical chart and satellite photo
- Flickr Blog 16 January 2012 : Costa Concordia run aground off the Italian coast
- US NOAA Nautical Chart of Area
- Live 24Hour webcam view of Costa Concordia
- Costa Concordia Ready for Last Journey
- Costa Concordia's Million Dollar Recycling Plan
- The story of the shipwreck and the bailout of the Costa Concordia
- The story of the conspiracy to frame the Master of the Costa Concordia to take responsibility of the whole thing


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After a Friday night just as jam packed with parties as the show was with appointments, show goers slowly trickled back onto the floor of the Long Beach Convention Center for day two of retailer and brand meetings. The morning picked up around 11 a.m. and collections were being shown in busy booths like Nixon, Von Zipper, Sector 9, Huf, Brixton, Primitive, Herschel, and Stance, to name just a few that we checked in with.
By early afternoon, we tracked down the busiest man on the show floor, Agenda President Aaron Levant, who was able to give us the full run down on attendance and the feedback he's been receiving from retailers and brands alike about the show. Preliminary numbers look like January's show is on track to beat previous attendance, and the overall mood within the industry was upbeat, with little attention to a down economy, says Levant. Stay tuned to TransWorld Business for the full video interview and show recap on Monday.


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CHES 2011 was held at Todai-ji Cultural Center, Nara, Japan, from September 28 to October 1, 2011.
The program co-chairs were Bart Preneel and Tsuyoshi Takagi, and the general chair was Akashi Satoh. CHES 2011 received 119 submissions from 26 different countries, and 32 papers were selected for publication in the proceedings.
Two invited talks were given by Tetsuya Tominaga (NTT) and Ernie Brickell (Intel) on the topics "Standardization Works for Security of Electromagnetic Environment" and "Technologies to Improve Platform Security", respectively.
The conference banquet and the rump session were held at Hotel Nikko Nara on Friday evening. The best paper award was also presented during the banquet to Michael Hutter and Erich Wenger for their work "Fast Multi-Precision Multiplication for Public-Key Cryptography on Embedded Microprocessors".
All presentation slides for the technical sessions including the invited talks and the rump session can be found on the workshop website at http://www.iacr.org/workshops/ches/ches2011/program.html and http://www.iacr.org/workshops/ches/ches2011/rump.html, respectively.
The workshop ended successfully on October 1, having attracted 315 participants (60 being students), from 27 countries, mainly from Asia (162), Europe (98) and North America (47). We thank the sponsors for their generous support and contributions to the success of CHES 2011.


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In Ms-Outlook you had one signature for new messages and another signature for replys - does the same facility exist in windows mail?
In Ms-Outlook you had one signature for new messages and another signature for replys - does the same facility exist in windows mail?
Hi Khanol,
Welcome to Vista Forums.
You can, but you have to select the other signature when you want to switch.
I would set one as your default signature. When you want to use the other one, just click on Insert, Signature, and select the other signature to add it while you are composing or replying to the message. If you do not want to set a signature as default, then you can simply select one of them when you want to add it instead.
Hope this helps,
I did try this and got stuck when it told about opening up notepad.exe
I am using Vista Home Premium and windows mail
the search did not produce anything. I then found word pad and tried that but
the final file had some junk in the signature area.
should notepad be in Vista???
Just type notepad into your start search box and press enter
I have done that and the results are no match.
I read that wordpad is same????
Wordpad can be a bit dodgy with this stuff like this, I myself would use notepad2 - flo's freeware - Notepad2
This is what I get when I finally get done using wordpad and saving the sig.'
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A " Man of True Leisure "
You are right. I finally found it and put a link on the desktop. will also try your other suggestion.
Thank you for the help.
Hi, I tried all the steps and they seem to work fine but the signature does not show my
LOGO that I attached as jpg.
Vista/Window mail seem to have a problem with pics.


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Point Park exhibit celebrates steel heritage
Pittsburgh's history may have been forged in steel, but a new exhibit Point Park University displays that history in ink, paint, plaster, bronze and photography.
"Rivers of Steel at Point Park University" features 25 works -- paintings, lithographs, photographs and sculptures -- that each in its own way celebrates Pittsburgh's rich industrial heritage.
The exhibit was organized by Pittsburgh art collector and health care entrepreneur John Tomayko, who is a member of the Point Park University board of trustees. For the exhibit, Tomayko partnered with Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, a nonprofit organization located in Homestead focused on preserving the legacy of Big Steel in our region. Many of the works on display come from the organization's collection.
Tomayko says that, in many ways, the exhibit mirrors the history of the steel industry in Pittsburgh. "The earliest piece in the show is a lithograph by Edwin Rowe titled 'Great Battle of Homestead,' " he says. "It chronicles the Homestead strike of 1892."
The print, which is from the Rivers of Steel collection, contains multiple scenes depicting the arrival of the Pinkerton guards, who approached the Homestead Steel Works via barge to stop unionized workers from striking against Carnegie Steel Co.
Next to it hangs a portrait of Andrew Carnegie, which is framed with Carnegie's autograph. "Eric Shiner, director of the Andy Warhol Museum, took a liking to this when he saw it, because it is the same portrait Warhol used to make his painting of Carnegie," Tomayko says.
Aaron Henry Gorson, a Lithuanian immigrant who lived and painted in Pittsburgh between 1903 and 1921, became famous for his nocturnal views of Pittsburgh's steel mills billowing smoke, ash and fire into the night air.
The exhibit includes two classic works by Gorson. They include "Pittsburgh Mills and Barges at Night," (no date) on loan from the collection of the Duquesne Club, and "Industrial Scene, Pittsburgh" (1928), which is on loan from the University Art Gallery of the University of Pittsburgh. Both were painted from Gorson's favorite vantage point, which was looking from the Hot Metal Bridge toward the Jones & Laughlin Steel Mill on the Monongahela River.
Of course, Gorson wasn't the only artist to paint steel mills throughout the region. Another was John Shryock, a native of Maryland who moved to Pittsburgh in 1946.
Like Gorson, Shryock is represented in this exhibit by two steel mill paintings, one of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Mill from 1974 and another of a coal barge approaching an unidentified mill from 1975. Both come from the collection of Rivers of Steel.
From the best known to the nearly unidentifiable, the exhibit also includes a curious composition dating to 1952 by an artist known only as E. Stonquiet. An untitled work from the Rivers of Steel collection, it offers a worm's eye view of the inside of a steel plant combined with a twisting, twirling cityscape featuring various skyscrapers. A small painting in comparison to most on view, it will likely be a cause for pause in this exhibit, just to take notice of the many details contained within.
Another showstopper is Frank Vittor's "Study For Point Park Fountain," a 3-foot-tall plaster model that Vittor submitted for a design competition in 1951 .
Vittor's design was for a 100-foot statue that depicted Joe Magarac, the allegorical steelworker, standing between two crucibles spouting water into a third crucible at his feet. "This really would have been something to see, had it been chosen," Tomayko says. The model is housed in the Rivers of Steel collection.
Though there are many works of historical importance in this exhibit, at least half of what is on display is by contemporary artists. You wouldn't know it by looking at Ron Donoughe's "Company House." The Lawrenceville artist painted it in the dark and brooding Ashcan style popularized in the beginning decades of the 20th century in this country.
The same can be said of Susan Wagner's small bronze figure "Tribute to the Steelworker," which looks very much like it's of the same early-20th-century era. Wagner is the sculptor who created the Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell and Bill Mazeroski statues that surround PNC Park.
Then, there is Holly Wayne's "When the Smoke Clears," which is an assemblage piece that could easily be described as a steam-punk version of a steel mill. It is a bas-relief picture of a mill comprised of cast-off machine parts and copper tubing. It's a curious inclusion as well, being of no particular reference to anything local. But it holds its own in this gallery full of Pittsburgh steel-themed pieces.
Photographs of local steel mills by Mark Perrott and the late Clyde Hare make up the remainder of the exhibit. Most are from the 1980s, when the steel industry was waning here, but they cap this exhibit nicely. Making for a fitting tribute to the steel industry in Pittsburgh.Additional Information:
'Rivers of Steel at Point Park University'
What: An exhibit of paintings, lithographs, photographs and sculptures celebrating Pittsburgh's rich industrial heritage
When: Through March 15, 2012. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays; 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
Admission: Free
Where: Point Park University's Lawrence Hall, located at the corner of Wood Street and Boulevard of the Allies, Downtown
Details: 412-392-8008


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Super tramp session @ Woodward Tahoe with T-Hall, Sammy C and E-Dollo
On the day before the Grand Opening of Woodward Tahoe, the Bunker was open to athletes for a private session. Tanner Hall, Sammy Carlson and Henrik Harlaut were amongst the many that took advantage of super tramp.
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Wooden Ships and Iron Men
Churchill may not have been the first to use the words in the title above to describe the small boat fishermen of Newfoundland and Labrador, but he did make the phrase famous. Fishing remains a way of life here, and on this two-day tour we'll visit Bonavista and Grand Bank to explore 500 years of our seafaring history.
Day 1 – Where the fishery began
We start at Bonavista at the Ryan Premises National Historic Site (open mid-May to mid-October from 10am to 6pm daily), a multi-building complex that once housed a major fish trading company. Fishing is an international business, and cod fish caught near Bonavista or along the coast of Labrador were cured, packed and shipped to markets in Europe, South America and the Caribbean. The Ryan Premises exhibit covers all of Atlantic Canada, as the nature of the fishery was much the same all along Canada's east coast. The permanent exhibit is housed in the Retail Store and Fish Store and covers the inshore fishery, the seasonal fishery in Labrador, international trade, and the seal hunt.
The Salt Storehouse features an exhibit about the evolution of traditional outport furniture (an outport is any place outside St. John's, the provincial capital). The Proprietor's House is now an art gallery. The third floor of the Fish Store is a theatrical space for dramatic programs, entertainment and interpretive programs. There's also a gift shop on the site.
Not far away in the harbour is a replica of the Matthew, the ship Cabot sailed here from Bristol England in 1497.
Bonavista is still a fishing port, and has some wonderful old buildings dating mainly from the 19th century. East of the town is the Bonavista Lighthouse Provincial Historic Site, which has exhibits on the often solitary life of a lightkeeper. Back in the town, the Mockbeggar Plantation Provincial Historic Site explores the life of a 19th-century outport merchant family.
Half an hour south of Bonavista on the Discovery Trail Route 230 is Port Union, founded in the early 20th century by William Coaker, who spent most of his life trying to improve the working conditions and lives of fishermen. Until Coaker came along, fishermen were almost totally at the mercy of merchants who supplied fishing gear and food, and purchased the cured cod - all at prices set by the merchant. Coaker helped introduce a form of collective bargaining, and set up his own company to compete with the merchants. He entered politics during World War I, but was never able to bring in the reforms he thought were necessary. His house and former offices of the Fishermen's Protective Union are open in summer.
Day 2 – Tsunamis and wooden boats
Today we drive south on the Heritage Run Route 210. At Boat Harbour, the Livyers Lot museum is an example of a typical fisherman's home in the early 20th century.
Our next stop is Burin, where the Heritage Museums have an excellent display on the 1929 tsunami that devastated the town and others nearby at the start of the Depression. There are two buildings, one a heritage home with exhibits on the history and social life of the community, and the other a former bank with the tsunami exhibition and other displays.
The final stop on this tour is the Provincial Seamen's Museum at Grand Bank. Here you'll find an extensive collection of models, paintings and photos of the (mainly) wooden boats used in the fishery. Grand Bank is synonymous with the Grand Banks fishery. The Banks are a series of shallow continental shelves only 100-200 metres under water where ground fish such as cod were extremely plentiful until recent times.
There are dories and western boats and various types of sailboats that fished these waters. A typical arrangement was for a schooner or larger vessel to carry 10 or 15 dories offshore on its deck, deploying them to known good fishing spots with only one or two men aboard. Sometimes the men were left to themselves for a few hours before the larger vessel returned to pick up the fish that had been caught, resupplying the small boat men with fresh bait and other supplies. Sometimes the men were alone for a day or two, and in many, many cases were lost at sea. Many of the boats in the museum's displays carry awful memories for the families left on shore.
The town has several Queen Ann-style homes with a "widow's walk" at the top – a railed lookout from where wives could watch for their fishermen husbands returning – or not returning – from the Banks.
Day 3 – A detour to France
In summer, a passenger boat (no autos) takes visitors from Fortune, near Grand Bank, to a little bit of France only 20 km away. Most visitors go for one or two days. The islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon are an overseas department of France. The islands changed hands a number of times during the colonial era wars waged by the major European powers, and were finally ceded to France at the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763.
St. Pierre and Miquelon is every bit as French as Brittany, where the ancestors of many current residents came from. Miquelon was once two large islands that later became joined as shipwrecks piled up on sandbars between them, resulting in a narrow, connecting isthmus. Miquelon is a good place to view marine wildlife, while St. Pierre is a good place to buy French wine and perfume. Remember though, you have to clear customs on your return to Fortune and if you are American, you'll also have to clear customs on your return to the United States.


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The staff was superb. I've rarely stayed in a hotel where the staff was more attentive and pleasant. The staff always remembered who we were. We never had to tell them our room number. These excellent young people will always be fondly remembered by us.We were thoroughly impressed! Breakfasts were excellent with a lot of variety. The sauna and swimming facilities were very good and rank with the best in Europe. Despite requesting a valley view we were assigned a room on the (mainly pedestrian) street in the center of the Bad Bertritch village. Occasionally noisy traffic early in the morning kept us awake. In retrospect, we should have requested a change in rooms, but were tired from the journey. There is too little light in the rooms for reading. Bedside lamps are inadequate.There is no lighting in the area of the closets and clothes storage--a major oversight.This forces people to stumble around looking for clothing.
The staff was fantastic. Very accomidating and helpful. Made me feel like family. Monday we checked out at 5:30 am and they provided breakfast and sandwiches for us without even asking. Very nice and thoughtful. The hotel and the city were absolutly beutiful. TV selected channels/only in German.
Service was first class and staff so well trained and so helpful, breakfast the best anywhere. The Proprietor was charming and was everywhere ensuring guest satisfaction. A family run hotel that the large groups would do well to visit amd copy nothing to complain about
Good spa, good food My room was very noisy from the street and from the maids
Excellent wellness centre - more types of Sauna than you would believe existed - very good indeed. Evening meal in restaurant gave the slowest service that I have ever experienced, we ordered food at 19:50 which arrived at 21:50 during which time neighbouring tables had 3 courses and had already gone! Hotel was very apologetic and gave full refund for meal with no quibble.
Nice neghbourhood, good fitness, friendly staff, confortable room Maybe it is not on its prime.
The hospitality of the staff. The bath facilities in the leisure area Need a better lift and a gym that has a free training area. Only 2 machine rooms
Parking space and restaurant closed very early. It is good for eldery persons but not for mid aged ones.
as an american traveler, it was nice to see the location is not full with "tourists". very quiet and located "off the beaten path". i enjoyed it.
Nice atmosphere and good attitude only the size of the room we stayed find too small for 5 star hotel and the blankets are too thick or not of good quality - impossible to sleep, maybe you have an alternative decision
Friendly, helpful staff, beautiful setting, peaceful location Hotel brochures in English would be good.
Friendly staff. Perfect location. Nothing we do not like, but the comprehensive brochure explaining all of the facilities/treatments is only available in German. It would be good to have an English version of it.
Web indicated Braodband available free of charge in betrooms, but it was not available
The breakfast was good. The jacuzzi tub in the room was nice. I also enjoyed sitting on the balcony over looking the walk-way (it did not over look the garden as stated). The hotel advertised itself as a spa, not the case. There were maybe 2 choices for free spa services, everything else had to paid for and booked in advance (this was not disclosed on the website). The suite was also advertised to be equipped with a shower, it was not a shower it was the spray nozzle in the jaccuzzi tub.
Friendly staff, good location
The location is absolutely idylic There could be better facilities for the disabled, ie ramps, wider doors, etc
The beer and wine en the staff was very polite
breakfast surroundings image noise at night in de street radio did not function too little shampoo we did not stay in the hotel but in an annex
Spacious and clean rooms and friendly staff. No complaints
The staff were very friendly. The rooms were very comfortable and well presented. Food was excellent.
A very clean and well run hotel with friendly and attentive staff. It has a good outlook over the wooded hills, it's quiet and peaceful.
We enjoyed our stay at this hotel. We were a mother and son and had requested two single rooms. Both rooms were quite spacious and comfortable, with lovely bathrooms. My room had a duel aspect with views over the lake and front of the hotel. The food was very good and breakfast was more than adequate. Although, there wasn't any buffet, we were served the breakfast and it was excellent, and very filling. Nothing really! A word of warning - shower can be very slippery, when wet. Use either the face cloth (flanel) provided or the bath mat to stand on while using the shower. My mother slipped and bruised her arm badly. Though this is not an excuse for not using this hotel as other hotel showers were found to be slippery. Beware! bottled water in some hotels in Germany can be quite expensive with a 0.75 ltr bottle costing €5.20, during our stay at Bertricher Hof.
Exellent cosy hotel for reasonable pris. Every thing was so good that I could think that is a 4* hotel. Comfortable, delicious, friendly.
Very comfotable room, good-humoured and helpful staff. Like other reviews testify: the toilet/shower is not spacious, but there is room enough to move around if you're average-sized. There was one thing, not especially about this hotel, but about restaurants in the region: they almost always serve salads with their meals. It is close to impossible to have a meal with grilled or cooked vegetables. And five days of eating lettuce and carrots did make me long for spinach, broccoli and the like.
The staff was very helpful and friendly and the wine was fabulous.
Small, family run
Friendly staff. Nice room. Clean. Noisy on the square, in hall, next door neighbor, etc if you're a light sleeper.
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Excellent hotel staff, very friendly.
Very friendly and accommodating staff. Excellent quality and value for money evening meal.
Friendly and hlpful staff (family business), English spoken, and saw staff trying to help French visitors too. Excellent breakfast. Lovely little town. The Hotel is on the main square and is opposite a very good Eis Cafe (Icecream Palour/coffee shop) No obvious reception desk, not really a problem though.
Accomodations were more than ok. Staff is very friendly, accurate and helpfull. Exellent location from which to explore the environment by motorbike. Very near to start of i.e. Eiffel motor routes.
It was a nice simple hotel. The name fitted the hotel perfectly. The staff was excellent and very friendly.
Nice place to stay.
very nice place to stay , would happily re vist great area to be in for walking / mountain biking etc
Very cosy, attractive small hotel, nice views from room, excellent conservatory on the front for dining and drinking. Owners very friendly, can speak English.
Very nice clean comfortable room ( single room no. 4 )
Fantastic hotel- we did not expect the hotel to be as lovely as it looked in the picture but it was actually better!!!! The town was delightful, the sound of the river across the road was soothing and our rooms looked directly over it. The sorrounding mountains all made for a perfect stay and we would love to come again soon and will definately tell our friends what a jewel this is!!!!
It was in a beautiful surrounding and the owners of the hotel very kind and a very good service. We had our 4th wedding anniversary there and they took the trouble to order a cake and even gave us a complimentary Mosel wine. We are sure to return there when we go again! It was a perfect stay for us!
It was a charming little hotel. Our room was on the top floor and very pretty. Staff was very nice and the food (especially evening meal) was excellent value for money. Bathroom was a little small. Shower head did not work properly.
Nice place Restaurant is closed at 21.00
This was a really nice small family run hotel right in the centre of town/village? With a warm welcome for us when we arrived quite tired after a days travel from the south of Germany. The rooms were spotless with nice beds.The food was very good and would definately recommend this hotel. The small Spa town was also worth a longer stay . No bad points all good.


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Food and Drug Administration
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Holiday Inn, The Ballroom, 2 Montgomery Village Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD.
Summary Minutes of the
Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee
November 18, 2002
Members Present
Claudia H., Kawas, M.D. Richard D. Penn, M.D. Gerald Van Belle, Ph.D
Jerry S. Wolinsky, M.D. Michael Grundman, M.D., M.P.H
Lee C. Chiu, M.D. Ruth Ramsey, M.D. Craig Beam, M.D.
Walter Wolf, Ph.D. Gregory Sorensen, M.D. Hyun Kwon Kim, Ph.D
Mark Fogel, M.D. James M. Provenzale, M.D.
Charles DeCarli, M.D. Clifford Jack, M.D. Nick Fox, M.D.
H. Cecil Charles, Ph.D. Michael W. Weiner, M.D. P. Murali Doraiswamy, M.D.
William Jagust, M.D. Michael Hughes,Ph.D. Gary W. Small, M.D.
FDA Participants
Russell G. Katz, M.D. Robert Temple, M.D. Ranjit B. Mani, M.D. Patricia Love, M.D.
These summary minutes for the November 18, 2002 meeting of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee were approved on November 29, 2002.
I certify that I attended the November 18, 2002 meeting of Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee, and that these minutes accurately reflect what transpired.
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Thomas H. Perez, M.P.H., R.Ph. Claudia H., Kawas, M.D., Chair
Executive Secretary
The Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee, of the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research met November 18, 2002 at the Holiday Inn, The Ballroom, 2 Montgomery Village Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD.
The Committee discussed the role of brain imaging as an outcome measure in Phase 3 trials of putative therapeutic drugs for Alzheimer's Disease and whether brain imaging modalities can be utilized as surrogate markers; that is, as primary outcomes in definitive clinical trials to measure drug effect in lieu of clinical outcomes. The committees specifically discussed the following issues in reference to each imaging modality:
The Committee had received a briefing document from the FDA.
There were approximately 140 persons in the audience. The meeting was called to order at 8:10 a.m. by the Chair, Claudia H., Kawas, M.D. The Committee members and discussants introduced themselves. Thomas H. Perez, Executive Secretary of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee read the Meeting Statement. A welcome and opening remarks were provided by Patricia Love, M.D., Director, Division of Medical Imaging and Radiopharmaceutical Drug Producst, and Russell G. Katz, M.D., Director, Division of Neuropharmacological Drug Products, provided an FDA overview of Issues for the meeting.
The scheduled presentations began at 8:30 a.m. and proceeded as follows.
Overview of Imaging - Charles De Carli, M.D.
Surrogate Endpoints as Measures of Efficacy:Complexities and Limitations - Michael Hughes, Ph.D.
Volumetric MRI and Related Subjects - Clifford Jack, M.D.
- Nick Fox, M.D.
- H. Cecil Charles, Ph.D.
- Michael Grundman, M.D.
The meeting was reconvened at 11:05 a.m. after a 15 minute break, and proceeded with the following presentations.
MR Spectroscopy and PET - Michael Weiner, M.D.
- Murali Doraiswamy, M.D.
- William Jaqust, M.D.
- Gary Small, M.D.
Validating Surrogate Endpoints - Michael Hughes, Ph.D.
At 12:40 p.m. the Committee had a break for Lunch, and reconvened at 1:45 with the Open Public Hearing, which had two presenters.
- Eric Reiman, M.D., University of Arizona & Good Samaritan Positron Emission Tomography Ctr
- Mary Pendergast, Elan Pharmaceutical Management Corp.
The Committee began its discussion of the issues presented by the FDA at 2 p.m., and meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
The Committee expressed a wide variety of opinions on the issues presented for discussion by the FDA. No official votes were taken at this meeting. Transcripts of the meeting will be placed on the web when they become available, in approximately 2 to 3 weeks atwww.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm
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Washington, D.C.—Nevada Senator Harry Reid issued the following statement after Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced he will step down from his post:
"In my thirty years of service in Congress, I have never worked with a better steward of our nation's precious natural resources than Ken Salazar. Growing up in his family's ranch in Colorado, Ken always understood and respected the importance of protecting our country's natural wealth. He approached his job as a man of the land because that is exactly what he is, with deep roots to the Mountain West.
"I could not have asked for a better partner than Ken for continuing to build a clean-energy economy in Nevada. He knows full well that our economic future depends on energy independence and middle class jobs that cannot be exported. His commitment and dedication in this very important job set a high bar. I wish him the best in the next chapter of his life and thank him for his friendship and his unwavering commitment to serving our nation."


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Andrew Clayton's odds of sharing some traits with his brothers and sisters seem since he grew up with seven siblings three younger and four older.
Yet he might just be on a different path from the rest of the Clayton clan, according to the Murray High senior.
As his high-school days come to an end, Clayton is pretty sure that he'll pursue either an engineering or medical career in the long run. In the short term, he's finishing his prep days where he's seen good success on the Spartans' soccer team and where he picked up wrestling as "kind of a high-school hobby."
The rest of his family has more of an artistic rather than athletic proclivity.
"I don't know, I guess I just missed out on it," Clayton said about the artistic side.
Clayton finished the regular season as a major goal contributor for Murray, scoring nine of the team's 30 scores. He plans to attend Westminster College on an academic scholarship in the fall, when he hopes to join a couple of teammates from his club team on the pitch.
It was his involvement in that team, Murray Max, that pushed Clayton in the direction of Murray High in the first place. Clayton, who was home schooled until the ninth grade, lived on the Taylorsville side of the city boundary between Murray and Taylorsville. Fellow members of the Murray Max were heading off to be Spartans, which helped Clayton make his decision. And it's a choice he hasn't regretted, particularly not at the end of his senior season.
"I think we've played better this year than we've done the last four years," Clayton said.
"Andrew's a great young man," Murray coach Bryan DeMann said. "He's somewhat quiet, but a very intense hard worker. He's just the type of kid who's totally committed, the kind that has to be convinced to sit out if he's injured."


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14th Annual AF Enlisted Heritage 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run
Historic Union Station Train Shed - Downtown Montgomery
Sat 04/13/2013
1 mile, 5K
250 Participants
DOWNTOWN PARKING Montgomery's downtown parking consists of two convenient affordable parking decks along with individual metered street parking within a five mile radius. A third deck is currently under construction on Perry Street. PARKING DECKS Our parking decks are the Municipal Deck located on Monroe Street and the Intermodal Parking Facility located on Molton Street. The Monroe Street Deck consists of 553 spaces with a maximum vehicle height of 6'6." The Intermodal Parking Facility has 395 parking spaces with a maximum vehicle height is 8'6." Both facilities are available for monthly leasing. INDIVIDUAL METERED STREET PARKING SPACES Parking meter rates range from five cents to twenty-five cents which pay from 12 minutes up to 1 hour. All meters are coin operated. Parking meter usage is monitored from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (with the exception of federal holidays).
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The winners of the second season of the MTN Afrinolly Short Film Competition have been announced. The awards presentation ceremony themed 'Lions Rising' will be held in Lagos, Nigeria on 22 February 2014.
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CANNES, FRANCE: Cinemark, the local SA representatives of Cannes Lions and its affiliates, with their passion for both great film and advertising, bring you the latest information from the world's premier advertising festivals.
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ATP will run a deposit scheme for the festival to make it easier for some people to pay. We are offering a limited number of 4 & 6 berth self catered apartments to be paid for with a deposit upfront, and the remaining amount to be paid by the end of January. These apartments will be sold at full price (£180) with a booking fee of £7.50 per person.
For a 4-berth, this works out as: £320 deposit now (£80pp), and then £430 for the 2nd installment in January (£107.50pp).
For a 6-berth, this work out as: £480 deposit now (£80pp), and then £645 for the 2nd installment in January (£107.50pp)
All deposits will be non-refundable, so please only apply if you are sure you can pay the remaining amount when it is due in January!
You can pay by either Google Checkout (similar to Paypal), Cheque or Bank Transfer.
Please email deposit(at)atpfestival.com with DEERHUNTER DEPOSIT in the subject line if you would like to take part. Please include: your name, address, chalet size, and which payment method you would like to use. Chalets will be granted on a first come first served basis and you will need to pay your first deposit within one week of acceptance into the scheme.


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Please also see the Patient Information within the full Prescribing Information.
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