Day two-and-a-half is in the books...for many, there is one more day, for me there is another day-and-a-half. But it will be worth it in the end. An early day, some technical difficulties but nobody knew it, so it was not a tragedy. We will make a few adds/deletes tomorrow, and this part will be done after lunch. And then, the Governmental Affairs part starts and goes through noon on Friday. There was a TREPAC reception this evening, and I am about ready to go to bed. This is an image of the TREPAC Leadership Team, taking one for the team.Quietus -- Noun. 1. final settlement (as of a debt). 2. removal from activity; especially death. 3. something that quiets or represses. A weekend of rain put the quietus on plans to stage an impromptu concert in the park.
Did You Know? In the early 1500s, English speakers adopted the Medieval Latin phrase quietus est (literally "he is quit") as the name for the writ of discharge exempting a baron or knight from payment of a knight's fee to the king. The expression was later shortened to quietus and applied to the termination of any debt. William Shakespeare was the first to use quietus as a metaphor for the termination of life: "For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,...When he himself might his quietus make/With a bare bodkin?" (Hamlet). The third meaning, which is more influenced by quiet than quit, appeared in the 19th century. It often occurs in the phrase put the quietus on (as in "The bad news put the quietus on their celebration").
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