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Unusual Foods from Corfu Greece
The island of Corfu
It's no secret that while traveling abroad you may encounter traditions that may seem strange to you. Often times you will encounter cultures that dress different, speak different and eat different than you do. The classic hurdle of many intrepid travelers is overcoming the fear of trying a new food that you may not have ever considered back home. Some relish the opportunity, others dread the moment when they will come face to face with a local 'delicacy' of questionable origins and ingredients.
The island of Corfu, Greece finds itself at the crossroads of several cultures with incredibly diverse traditions. The result is a melting pot of civilization that has produced some mouth watering and some slightly odd cuisine choices. NO matter which side of the fence you land on, there are exquisite options for both sides. Which will you choose?
Corfu has many restaurants to choose from as a result we've chosen a selection of the most popular amongst visitors to the island to aide you in your quest to discover the world's best dishes. The hard part will be choosing just one.
This holiday tradition consists of braided sweet bread enriched with egg. There is also a cookie variation commonly flavored with orange.
Where To Find It: Avli has the immediate effect of casting all who enter far back in time to a distant era. When people gathered from throughout the village to dine together, share stories and have a good time. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, encouraging an extended and comfortable visit. Try some wine, have a conversation and maybe make some new friends.
Note: Tsoureki is seasonal and may not be available year round.
Bourou Bourou
This dish actually originates from the island. It is a vegetable and pasta based soup with plenty of room for adjustment. You can use any vegetables you have on hand and the spice is easily adjustable to taste.
Where To Find It: Corcyra Beach Hotel has one of the ideal restaurants for local dishes in the ideal location for an authentic Mediterranean atmosphere. Enjoy the fine dining experience while surrounded by lush green sub-tropical scented gardens. Gaze out over the bay and seemingly endless shimmering turquoise waters. One meal here promises to be an experience you will never forget. While you're there try a selection from some of the island's best local wines, you won't find them anywhere else in the world.
This traditional dish is both simple and delicious. The squid is dredged in flour, then fried. Often considered an appetizer Kalamarakia is served with lemon in smaller portions.
Where To Find It: Pane e Souvlaki is one of the most popular restaurants in Corfu. It is located in Town Hall Square surrounded by the varied cultural influences that make its menu so enticing. Courtesy is a mainstay here. The service to be experienced is second to none. The landscape is without equal in beauty or majesty. You will enjoy more than one meal here with no doubt should time allow it.


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The book "Metaphysics of Absence" will contain four independent short stories, two of which you can find here ("Buried" and "Colors of Rainbow"), on my deviantart page. And two completely new ones that haven't been posted anywhere before!
This campaign will be running for the next 60 days, and once it ends (successfully, i hope), the book will be sent to the publisher! And as you can tell, I'm really excited about this project! I hope this book will find its readers...
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Recipe by cccindy
"Easy and delicious. Tender pork chops in the best Mexican rice. A perfect weeknight meal."
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cooking spray
2 tablespoons
vegetable oil
boneless pork chops
salt and ground black pepper to taste
3 cups
1 1/2 cups
uncooked long-grain white rice
1 (8 ounce) can
tomato sauce
1/2 cup
picante sauce
1/4 cup
taco seasoning mix
green bell pepper, sliced
1 cup
shredded Cheddar cheese
My family really enjoyed this dish. I doubled the tomatoe sauce and used chunky medium salsa. I also doubled the cheese and added sour cream when served. I will definitely make again.
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WARNING! If you use half a cup of picante sauce, this is very spicy! I loveee spicy food, and it was almost too intense for me. If you're sensitive to spice, consider using a mild picante sauce or salsa instead. That aside, this was a delicious, easy meal. I substituted condensed tomato soup for the tomato sauce because I realized too late we were out. I also didn't brown my chops first because they were really thin and it would've dried them out. Everything else I followed to a T. I sprinkled green onion over the cheese before serving, and added sour cream to make the heat less intense. This was so good, and my boyfriend asked me to add it to the rotation... But to make it less spicy next time due to his acid reflux ;)
Reminds me of different ways my mother would "bake chops" with rice, easy and tasty. I ommited the green bell pepper and exchanged with fresh Pasilla and Jalapenos. I suppose you can heat this dish up to your personal palate. A dalop of sour cream to top! Great Submission, thanks!
Awesome!!! This was incredible, much better then we expected. Our pork chops were thinly sliced and we followed the recipe exactly. It was nice to have pork chops with with a different spin on them. If you like Mexican food, you will really enjoy this recipe.
i followed this recipe exactly, except i halfed all the ingredients as I was only cooking for 2 people. but it was super easy and turned out great! my bf had 2.5 servings, which usually doesnt happen with my cooking;) delicious!!
This came out great, I didn't add bell pepper(didn't have any), only had a 4 pack of chops. Next time I might try with chicken. I liked it, my 3 & 5 year old boys didn't (they do not like anything I try thats new).
Delicious, just started trying online recipes, perfect one to begin with. Neighbors loved the aroma as well
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Easy and Delicious Mexican Pork Chops
Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
** Calories: 499
** Calories from Fat: 165
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Mango GuacamoleMay 1st, 2014UnfeaturedWeekly Recipe:NonWeeklySERVES: 4
2 ripe avocados
1 cup diced mango
1/4 cup diced red onion
1/2 clove garlic, minced
1/2 to 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
Cut the avocados in half, circling the center pit. Twist the halves to separate and then squeeze each half into a medium bowl. Coarsely mash the avocado flesh with a fork. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Serve immediately or chill, covered. Source: Fast and Simple Gluten-Free (Fair Winds Press) by Gretchen F. Brown, RD
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As if we needed another reason to love guacamole: A recent study found that compounds extracted from Hass avocados halted the growth of oral cancer cells by killing some and preventing precancerous cells from developing.By Lisa Turner


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The British Library's trade mark collection has its origins in the collections of the UK Patent Office Library, which was established in the mid nineteenth century.
A trade mark is a means of identifying a product or service and should establish a clear distinction between that product or service and other similar products or services. A trade mark can take many forms: words, logos, shapes, colours, sounds, smells, gestures, packaging formats and even personal names.
In the United Kingdom the trade mark system is administered by the Intellectual Property Office which provides detailed information on how the system works and on the processes involved in applying for trade mark protection in the UK.
Collection overview
Our collection of trade mark documentation consists chiefly of official journals or gazettes issued by national or international intellectual property offices. These publications record details of the marks for which protection has been sought and identify the individuals and/or corporate bodies which have applied for protection. An index by applicant name and by the type of product to which the trade mark will apply may be available.
The collection has its origins in the collections of the UK Patent Office Library, which was established in the mid nineteenth century. The earliest British trade mark documentation we hold is the first issue of the Trade Marks Journal published in 1876, one year after the passage of the first UK trade mark legislation. British trade mark no. 1, the triangular red label which identifies Bass pale ale, is still in force.
Since the late nineteenth century we have collected trade mark documentation from as many countries as possible. We have also collected documentation from those regional and international authorities through which it is possible to obtain trade mark protection. For many countries our holdings date back to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. As a result of our long history of international collecting, we have a trade mark information resource of major international importance.
Until the early 1980s most official journals and gazettes were published in hard copy, they provided a description of the marks for which protection was sought and identified the individuals and organisations applying for protection. In many instances some form of index by subject/industry and by applicant name was also published. Since the 1980s trade mark documentation has moved to publication in CD/DVD format and more recently to publication online. This shift to online publication will have a significant impact on our future collecting activity and on the shape of the collection.
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Mr. Bacon: Good afternoon.
Welcome to the Pentagon.
I have one brief announcement, which is that tomorrow morning Secretary Cohen will host a full honors review and welcoming ceremony for General Hugh Shelton, the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That is here at 9:00 a.m. You're all free to cover that at 9:00.
Q: Can you fill us in on... Are they going to make remarks? Is he going to make remarks?
A: Sure, they'll make remarks as they do at ceremonies like this.
A: Actually, General Shelton is going to ask questions of Secretary Cohen... (Laughter) ...and then Secretary Cohen is going to ask questions of General... No, no, no.
They will make remarks, and you're free to listen to the remarks. They will be graceful and appropriate remarks, and I hope you'll take good notes and report them.
Q: Can you fill us in on the line item vetoes?
A: The White House has not yet announced its line item veto decisions.
Q: They're doing it as we speak.
A: My understanding is it's been delayed. I think I will let the White House make that announcement. My understanding is that at the White House there will be Franklin Raines, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, and he'll be accompanied by John Hamre, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and perhaps Erskin Bowles, the Chief of Staff as well, to comment on that. I think I'll let them make that announcement.
Q: Was the Pentagon consulted on these... You and the SecDef said on the trip that the Pentagon was not consulted on the MilCon...
A: The Pentagon was actively involved in helping to seek information about what was at stake. Let me just explain to you one of the things that Dr. John Hamre, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, did. He sent a list up to the Hill of approximately 40 items that had appeared in the conference report as if by immaculate conception. They had not been in either the House or the Senate bills as they were going through the process, but they appeared suddenly in the conference report. Many of these items were items about which the Department and the White House needed more information -- what was the money for, etc. So he did ask staff directors on the Hill and others to provide him with information about this list of 40-odd items.
In addition, he also asked for more information on several items about which the Pentagon lacked as much factual information as it needed to make recommendations to the White House.
Then the White House asked the Defense Department to... Basically asked the Defense Department after seeking the information from Congress to submit or be able to comment on the White House list with observations about the military effectiveness of certain programs, where they appeared in the five year plan, if they did, the programmatic explanation for certain programs. So we provided advice to the White House.
They have made the decisions, are in the process of making the decisions, which they'll announce later today. But they did it on advice, or information that we provided them from the Hill. So in that respect, Dr. Hamre was more actively involved in seeking information and providing it to the White House.
Q: Can you update us about whether or not the periodic violations of Iraq of the no-fly zones have continued, and what difference the arrival of the aircraft carrier NIMITZ has made?
A: There have not been any no-fly zone violations for the last several days. Actually, since about the time we tightened our procedures in the area by flying further north and taking some of the other steps that I talked about last Thursday.
The period of no-fly zone violations actually began before the NIMITZ got there and has continued since the NIMITZ has been there. I think Admiral Nathman was quoted on CNN as saying that there had not been any no-fly zone violations recently, and he attributed that both to the presence of the NIMITZ, and before that, to the job the Air Force had been doing over the southern no-fly zone.
Q: When you talk about no-fly zone violations, are you referring just to the southern no-fly zone, or does that apply to the northern no-fly zone?
A: No, I'm referring to the southern no-fly zone.
Q: Have there been any...
A: There have been some intermittent violations in the north, but let me just say about both the north and the south, we don't see any signs now that Iraq is trying to take particularly provocative action, or is trying to confront us in any way. To the extent that there have been some limited violations in the north, they've occurred at times when our planes have not been there, and they seem to be designed not to put them into direct conflict with our planes. That is also true in the south. Because of the size of our force and the geography and some other issues, we fly with much greater frequency in the south than we do in the north. So the opportunities for violations are much more limited in the south than they are in the north.
Q: Just for the record, when was the last violation in the south and in the north?
A: I don't think we'll get into specifics, but it's been a number of days in the south.
Q: Last week?
A: It's been a number of days since there's been a violation.
Q: What are the factors that restrict U.S. ability to enforce the no-fly zone in the north?
A: As I mentioned last week, there's a much smaller number of combat aircraft in the north than in the south; they fly a longer distance to get into the area; and the operations they perform in the north have to be deconflicted with Turkish operations in the area as well. So for those three reasons we don't spend nearly as much time in the area in the north as we do in the south.
Q: Are the north fixed wing or helicopter violations?
A: They've been fixed wing recently.
Q: Let me just ask you about a comment that was carried in a wire dispatch today from an Iranian admiral, identified as the Commander of Revolutionary Guards for the Navy who said, "The Iranian Navy has full control over the U.S. aircraft carrier NIMITZ in the Persian Gulf through unique methods."
Any clue what they're talking about there? (Laughter)
A: I'm clueless on that. I think you'll have to go back and interview the Iranian admiral for more information on that.
Let me just say a word about Iran. Iran at this time of year carries out annual naval exercises in the Gulf. Those exercises are currently ongoing. They're called "Victorory 8" this year.
We have seen nothing unusual in these exercises compared to past years. We've seen no new military capabilities that we hadn't observed in the past as a result of these exercises. The exercises were planned long before the NIMITZ went into the Gulf and they have, the best we can tell, proceeded according to plan.
The Iranians observe our ships in the Gulf with some regularity, just as we observe ships around the world with some regularity. That surveillance has not increased in any way outside of their normal patterns. They have a P-3 which they fly around, and they also have some patrol boats.
We have seen no suggestion that they want to confront us in any way; no suggestion that they want to cause any problems with our regular deployments throughout the Gulf. Remember, we have a carrier in the Gulf approximately 270 days out of the year, so the normal state of affairs is for us to have a carrier in the Gulf. They're very used to the carrier coming in and out. They're very used to the carrier patrols; and they're responding accordingly.
Q: Since the NIMITZ arrived and the exercise began, have there been any incidents or encounters, any communication between...
A: There has been nothing unusual in our relationships with Iran since... There's been some rhetoric out of Tehran, but as far as the... Rhetoric is cheap, as you all know from coming to these briefings. There's been a lot of rhetoric out of Tehran, but there's been no unusual action in the Gulf; no unusual deployments; no unusual deviations from their exercise.
Q: They have also said earlier that this may be, there may be too many ships. It may be getting too crowded for safety, and that the Gulf isn't big enough for both... I gather they're really not in the same space as the U.S. ships?
A: I don't know whether that's a comment on their seamanship or not, but we're perfectly able to navigate through the Gulf with our ships, and we don't have an unusually... As I say, we have a carrier battle group in the Gulf 270 days out of the year. We're well used to operating in the Gulf. It is a busy area. It requires vigilance and training and good seamanship and we're up to that.
Q: Could you characterize the violations of the no-fly zone in the north? What appears to be the intent of those violations? Do we have any idea?
A: There has been a resurgence of fighting among Kurdish groups in the north, and some of it may just be an effort to survey what's going on by Iraq. But I think that there does not seem to be any effort on their part to confront us directly. Beyond that, I can't speculate on why they might be doing what they're doing.
Q: Are they, or have they engaged anyone else?
A: Not that I'm aware of.
Q: Are we to take from everything you've said then, that the original concern that led to the detour of the NIMITZ to the Gulf, that that concern is much lower now? And that there may, the NIMITZ may not be needed much longer...
A: Remember I said we have a carrier in the Gulf 270 days out of the year. That's three-quarters of the year. The NIMITZ arrived in the Gulf five days earlier than it was planned to arrive initially. So this is not a major acceleration by the NIMITZ in the Gulf. The NIMITZ was to be there on a normal deployment. It will now carry out that deployment and return when that deployment is over, so it will be there for some time.
The answer is we maintain a significant military force in the Gulf. Two-hundred and seventy days out of the year a carrier, or sometimes slightly more, a carrier is part of that force. Also we have Marine Ready Groups there a significant portion of the year as well. These assets come in and out. Most of the time we have a carrier there. Sometimes when we don't we have an Air Expeditionary Force to cover the carrier -- to make up for the air power that went away with the carrier.
We have Marines going in and out to exercise in the Gulf. We also have Army units going over all the time to exercise with equipment that's prepositioned in Kuwait and elsewhere. So we have a regular series of deployments in and out of the Gulf all the time, and the NIMITZ is just part of that series.
Q: Just quickly tell us, I know the NIMITZ is enforcing the no-fly zone today. Are there other nations also enforcing OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH today?
A: I don't know about today. Typically the British and the French fly with us, but I don't know what happened today. But they're regular participants in the coalition.
Q: Are the British and the French flying further north, these missions further north?
A: I'll have to check on that.
Q: Any attempt to respond to the Iraqi violations in the north by the U.S.? Will there be any retaliation or warning?
A: We've made it clear that we're prepared to enforce the no-fly zone and we are. We've already taken action in the south. Time will tell what happens in the north.
Q: Is the AEF going to be held over for a brief period in Bahrain? You said you were going to hold the B-2s over...
A: The B-2s actually have left.
Q: B-1s?
A: B-1s, sorry. The B-1s left.
Q: When did they leave?
A: They left, I believe, on the 12th. But they're out of the theater now.
Q: How about the AEF?
A: I don't know exactly when the AEF will leave.
Q: They were supposed to be there I think about a month, weren't they?
A: I just don't know. We'll find out.
Q: Can you say where the B-1s went?
A: They're returning home, but the last I heard they were in the Azores.
Q: Hadn't the B-1s been extended for 30 days? Why bring them home just after you extended them 30 days?
A: They're on their way home. That's all I can tell you. The military authorities feel we have adequate deployment -- deployed power in the Gulf.
Q: Was it part of this assessment that the Iraqi planes do not seem to be looking for a confrontation? They're just... There's no need to keep them there if there's...
A: I think the assessment was that we have plenty of military assets in the Gulf right now and it was appropriate to bring them home. I think we've shown over the years, and you've chronicled, all of you have chronicled this, that we have a variety of assets that we move in and out of the Gulf. And we're very comfortable with relying on B-1s for awhile or an AEF for awhile or a carrier for awhile or a Marine Readiness Group for awhile, or our normal naval deployments in the area. We are always exercising with various parts of our force in the area.
Q: You said time will tell in the northern no-fly zone. Is the U.S. doing anything in order to increase the number of flights, the frequency of patrols, or anything up north?
A: All I want to do is reiterate what I've said before. We are serious about enforcing the no-fly zones, and I'll just leave it at that.
Q: Wait a minute. We got chapter and verse on what was being done in the south, flying further north, increasing the number of sorties, putting the NIMITZ in. What's happening in the north?
A: I've said as much as I'm going to say right now.
Any more questions on this issue? Mr. Lambros.
Q: It was reported extensively in Athens by my newspaper that the Department of Defense has planned to deploy 600 U.S. soldiers in the Greek Island of Rhodes over the [Greek] chain south of the Aegean Sea.
I would like to know, number one, the reason and the procedure for such a deployment. And number two, if this deployment is going to take place unilaterally, or in the framework of NATO?
A: I have checked into this and I can find no one who knows anything about such a reported deployment. I'd have to tell you based on what I know now that we are not in the process of deploying Americans to Rhodes or planning to deploy Americans to Rhodes. I can't find exercises where that may be happening, either. I will continue to check, because it's a big place and sometimes these things slip my note, but I'm not aware that we are deploying 600 Americans to Rhodes now.
Q: So far you are not sure...
A: No. So far the answer is no.
Q: Has the Pentagon formally asked for reimbursement under the supposed tobacco deal? And what's the reason for that request?
A: The reason is not a surprise. On September 22nd Judith Miller, who is the General Counsel of the Defense Department, sent a letter to the White House, to the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, expressing the Department's interest in potential recovery of expenditure for health care costs attributable to the use of tobacco. We, like states and other entities in the United States, are trying to see if it's possible to get some reimbursement for the additional costs of caring for smoking-related illnesses.
Q: Do you know how the figure was arrived at?
A: We estimate that the costs of tobacco-related illnesses is about $584 million a year to the Defense Department. I guess they made some calculation over a 25-year period. I think that's what they did, they looked back over 25 years and came up with about $15 billion, as I understand it.
I don't know whether they used time/value/money in this or not, but that's how they came to the figure.
Q: Does the Pentagon, the military, shoulder a certain amount of responsibility, perhaps even culpability, for subsidizing cigarette sales to military personnel for years?
A: As you know, we've changed our policy over time, but the military has been working very hard to reduce the incidents of smoking. As you know, the Pentagon itself is a smoke-free environment. Most military buildings now are smoke-free environments, I guess all. Thirty-two percent of the active duty personnel in the military continue to smoke. That's slightly more than the population as a whole. The number is 31 percent for the population as a whole. It's down significantly from 51 percent of the number of uniformed military who smoked in 1980. We're aiming to get that down to 20 percent by the year 2000. We've made significant progress, and we've done that by distributing health information, by making it more difficult to smoke on active duty, and by reducing the subsidies for cigarettes we're hoping to make more progress.
Q: I wanted to ask you about Latin American arms sales, since the President's in South America. I guess it was about two or three months ago that the Clinton Administration announced that it would allow sales to Latin America on a case-by-case basis. I'm just curious if since that change in policy was announced, has it resulted in any inquiries or any actual sales? Are there any pending arms sales to Latin America?
A: My understanding is there are no firm sales to Latin America under the new policy, that we did allow some manufacturers to provide pricing and other data to Chile on fighters, and that they are considering that information, as I understand it. But right now, I'm not aware that there are any changes or new sales under the policy.
Q: What kind of fighters?
A: I think they asked for information on the F-16 and the F-18. They're also getting information from other countries.
Q: Would it be fair to say at this point that the impact of the policy change has not been great to this point?
A: I think the impact has been great in one respect, which is that we've signaled a willingness to consider sales to specific countries for specific weapons that we hadn't signaled before, as I say, on a case-by-case basis. So far I'm not aware that there have been sales made under this new policy, but certainly Chile is looking at information that it wouldn't have been allowed to consider under the old policy.
Q: Do you know if this at all is one of the topics that President Clinton is discussing on his trip? Or is that something...
A: He's not going to Chile, as I understand it.
Q: But the general topic of arms sales to the region.
A: I suspect that will come up, but that's more appropriately a question for the White House and the National Security Council staff.
Q: Has there been any guidance to companies or Chile whether U.S. manufacturers would actually be allowed to deliver hardware if U.S. products are selected?
A: I assume that all of this is under consideration right now and I can't get into the details of it. For one thing, I don't know the details. But I assume that the fact that the companies were allowed to provide information was an indication that should they be selected they'd be able to go ahead if other standards were met. I think we just have to wait and see what happens here.
Q: What is the level of the Pentagon's concern over Chinese cooperation with Iranian missile programs? And has there been any determination that China has refrained from supplying nuclear components to other countries outside of our safeguards?
A: The Administration as a whole, the U.S. Government, is very concerned about any cooperation with Iran that would advance its nuclear program or make it easier for it to develop other weapons of mass destruction including chemical or biological. We're also concerned about cooperation with Iran that would improve its ability to manufacture longer range missiles.
We've been very clear in our dealings with Russia, with China and other countries on our concerns about this and our belief that we aren't the only people who should be concerned about this. Clearly we believe that any increase in the strength of the Iranian force could ultimately hurt countries in the area such as Russia, as well as countries who are becoming increasingly dependent on Middle Eastern oil such as China. China is importing more and more oil from the Middle East, so they have a real stake in stability in the Middle East.
So we have been discussing this with China and we'll continue to discuss it with them.
Q: Is it still an ongoing concern, or has there been any determination in the building that this is...
A: It is an ongoing concern. That's not to say we haven't had successful talks with them, and it's not to say that we're... I believe we're making some progress with them.
Certainly over the last couple of years China has shown a willingness to join some international arms control and technology export restraint regimes which is a good sign because it gives us more leverage over them, and it shows that they're interested also in stopping proliferation and the spread of high tech weapons. But we have a ways to go and our negotiations with them are continuing.
Q: The victims and families of the victims of the Khobar bombing -- I think they're largely Air Force personnel and their families called the Khobar Victims Group -- made a statement on Friday after a hearing... a fellow from Saudi Arabia that might have provided some information about the bombing. Mr. Joe Asanti, their representative, said "We are asking the government." He didn't say specifically whom, and he said, "Nobody is telling us about this case." And further more he said, and I quote, "Nothing is happening in this case."
Is the DoD reaching out to these victims to try to keep them informed and comforted about the investigation?
A: After every tragedy like this the Department sets up teams of people to work with family members. We have done that in this case. Unfortunately the investigation into who's guilty, who's responsible for the Khobar Towers bombing is still continuing, and that's being conducted by the Justice Department, so it's not something that we can talk very much about. It's up to the Justice Department to do that.
But we are working with families to address their needs as well as we can. This, unfortunately, is not one we've been able to address as much as they'd like.
Q: Can you comment on a published report in Time magazine that says Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Defense Secretary William Cohen are feuding over whether U.S. troops should remain in Bosnia past the deadline of June of next year?
A: The secretary of state and the secretary of defense, the national security advisor, and the President of the United States have all said that the SFOR mission will end in June of 1998, and that the job right now, the challenge facing us and facing NATO is to figure out how best to use the time between now and June of '98 to strengthen the foundation for peace in Bosnia. That's what we're doing.
If you followed the reporting from the NATO Defense Ministers Meeting in Maastricht in the Netherlands a couple of weeks ago, that was the message from that meeting, that we're concentrating on what to do today, tomorrow, next week, and next month, and every month until June of 1998. There is total agreement that that is the right strategy.
Q: (Inaudible) ...feud, just to be clear?
A: I'm not aware that there's any feud, no.
Q: But you keep saying that the Administration, everybody in the Administration agrees that SFOR will end in June. The question is, a horse of a new color, what will the force that replaces it entail? Whether or not it will contain U.S. troops. There have been consistent reports that Madeleine Albright would favor U.S. troops going in there under any guise, a Western European unit or whatever, and the Secretary of Defense does not favor that.
A: This is a decision that the President will make. What the Administration said about this, all the people I've mentioned before -- the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, the national security advisor, and the President -- is that we will have a continuing interest in Bosnia after June of '98, and we will work with the international community, and that no decision has been made yet on what the form of our engagement will be. That's something that will come later. Right now I think there's total agreement within the Administration that the challenge we face today is to make the Dayton process work as well as possible today.
Q: Is there a discussion within the Administration over what would be the proper force after June of 1998? No decision, but discussion?
A: A decision hasn't been made on what the U.S. stance will be after June of '98. I think now isn't the appropriate time to discuss that because no decision's been made.
Q: Doesn't your statement sort of beg the question of whether or not the U.S. has an exit strategy? It seems to me that there isn't one, that this exit strategy hasn't been decided upon yet. Is that a fair question?
A: It's certainly not an original question. (Laughter)
Look, our strategy right now, today, tomorrow, next week, next month, is to strengthen the foundations for peace in Bosnia. I think it's very clear that we have been moving aggressively to do that. We have been trying to subdue the anti-Dayton hostility in the Serb media. We have tried to, and succeeded in helping to break down paramilitary police forces on the Serb side that were impediments to the peace process. We are pressing ahead with elections. We're pressing ahead with the democratization. We're pressing ahead with economic rehabilitation. We're pressing ahead with trying to build up indigenous police forces in the area who can enforce the rule of law there, and we'll continue to do that.
This is not something that can be done immediately. It's taken time and a lot of effort, and we're continuing to press ahead with that.
Q: What do you say to those who look at that list you just laid out and say this is a lot different kind of mission than was laid out initially? Those folks say the economic rehabilitation, if that's not mission creep, what is?
A: Well SFOR isn't doing economic rehabilitation. The broad international community is doing economic rehabilitation. SFOR has assisted with some dual purpose projects such as improving transportation that benefit military forces and may also have a subsidiary civilian benefit as well. If you restore a rail line, improve a road, replace bridges so the military can move, you're also increasing freedom of movement for civilian forces as well. We have done some of that. We have rebuilt some infrastructure -- electric power facilities and things like that -- that help the military, but also have a subsidiary benefit for the civilians.
Q: More to the point, things like intervening in the media, things like...
A: That's basically something that the Office of the High Representative is responsible for now. But that was a force protection issue, because the Serb media was making very hostile comments about Dayton and about SFOR, so it was an appropriate force protection response by SFOR in connection with the OHR.
Q: Can you give us an update on the non-lethal weapons that were requested I guess the beginning of September? Have they all arrived?
A: I think they've all arrived, and we can get you those details. I haven't followed them... Most of them had arrived the last time I spoke to them which was about a month ago. I think one was still on the way, but we'll get you all that information.
Let me answer two questions that were asked earlier. The first is when is the AEF scheduled to redeploy to the U.S. It is scheduled to return home at the end of October, which I gather was its initial return date.
The second question you asked, are the French and the British also flying. Are they flying in the southern no-fly zone? The answer is that they are. The British are flying in the southern no-fly zone beyond the 32nd Parallel up to the 33rd; the French are not, and they have not from the time we expanded the no-fly zone last year.
Q: Is the Pentagon funding a study to determine whether women in combat roles are more prone to infection than men?
A: The Pentagon funds health care studies all the time, and we have funded a number of studies that deal particularly with women. These have dealt with nutritional issues, physical performance issues, various clothing issues, and we are now in the process of funding one that deals with basically urinary and vaginal tract infections. That study is only about 60 percent complete, so it's premature to talk about its results at this stage.
Q: But is the idea here just to gather more information about... As women assume a larger role in the U.S. military in order to improve health care...
A: Absolutely. Just to give you an example. According to the American Medical Association, in an average year, 25 to 35 percent of the women between the ages of 20 and 40 in the nation at large have urinary tract infections. So you can imagine that a similar number of women in the military would have urinary tract infections. So there is a study ongoing to find ways to provide better diagnosis and better treatment, and maybe to change things such as clothing or other procedures that can be changed to reduce the prevalence of such infections.
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Cross Country | Saturday, November 11, 2006
Willamette Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams Claim Championships at NCAA West Regional
CHINO, CALIF. -- The Willamette men's and women's cross country teams both won championships at the NCAA West Regional on Saturday, Nov. 11 at Prado Park in Chino, Calif. As a result, the Willamette teams earned automatic berths into the NCAA Division III National Championships next weekend.
Willamette runner Sarah Zerzan (Jr., San Carlos, CA/Notre Dame HS) won the women's individual title at the Regional meet, as she completed the 6-kilometer course in 21:45.68 to win by 37.30 seconds over Tamma Carleton of Lewis & Clark College in second place. The Bearcats won the women's team title with 63 points (1-13-15-16-18) to finish 14 points in front of Colorado College, which scored a 77 (9-11-14-21-22).
The WU men's team was led by Ian Batch (Jr., Boise, ID/Capital HS), who took eighth place in 25:27.50 over the 8-kilometer course. The individual men's champion was Julian Boggs from Colorado College, who clocked in at 24:32.60 to win by 1.95 seconds over Will Leer of Pomona-Pitzer. Willamette won the team title with 75 points (8-9-13-22-23), as the Bearcats finished 12 points in front of Occidental at 87 (3-6-17-27-34).
"We did what we had to do," Willamette Head Coach Matt McGuirk said. "We came down here, ran against some very good teams and won the team championships. We're really proud of the kids. All of the pressure was on them."
It was the Bearcats' fifth Regional title in a row for the men's team, as Willamette became only the second university to string together five consecutive West Regional men's championships. The WU women's team became the first squad to record four West Regional women's titles in a row.
Willamette and Colorado College automatically qualified their women's teams for the NCAA National Championships on Saturday, Nov. 18 at the Voice of America Park in West Chester, Ohio. Willamette and Occidental automatically qualified their men's teams for the National Championships, which will include the top two finishers in the team standings at each of eight regional sites, plus 16 at large teams.
The at-large berths will go to teams placing third, fourth or fifth at the regional level. Seven runners from each regional race who have not qualified with their respective teams, will complete the field.
In the women's race, Willamette won despite having several team members affected by colds. Zerzan was one of the Bearcats trying to overcome illness.
"She has a cold, too," McGuirk said. "I encouraged her to run as slowly as possible for as long as possible ... They went up a pretty good hill (with about a mile to go) and she just pulled away. Fortunately, she didn't have to run too hard."
Zerzan's winning time at the West Regional was 1:13.02 slower than her school-record time of 20:32.66 at the Northwest Conference Championships on Oct. 28, but the slower pace didn't hold her back. She was in the first group of runners throughout the race, as the lead pack started with about eight runners, then gradually dwindled to the five runners who finished the course in under 23 minutes. Zerzan's sizeable lead was created in the final mile after she started her kick on the hill.
"She is just tough," McGuirk commented. "She does like a difficult course. A hill with one mile to go is to her advantage. When she went (started her kick), she was gone."
While Zerzan led the Bearcats with a first place finish, the other Willamette runners in the women's race helped secure the team title. They virtually ran in their own pack, along with several other runners. WU's second through fifth runners crossed the finish line within an 11.6-second span from Jena Winger (So., Bonney Lake,WA/Sumner HS) in 15th place at 23:35.13 to Elizabeth Hart (Sr., Spokane, WA/Lewis & Clark HS) in 20th place at 23:46.73. In between, Maddie Coffman (So., Boise, ID/Boise HS) finished 17th in 23:39.63 and Ali Maki (So., Shoreview, MN/Mounds View HS) took 18th in 23:42.83. Among scorers, Winger was 13th, while Coffman took 15th, Maki was 16th and Hart was 18th.
"If we run our top people in 20th place or better, with Sarah at #1, it's going to give us a chance to qualify (for the National Championships)," McGuirk said he told the WU women's team before the race. "That whole group (WU's second through fifth runners) stayed within a few seconds of each other the whole way."
Also running solid races for Willamette were Katrina Brett (Jr., Longview, WA/Mark Morris HS), who claimed 22nd place in 23:50.23, and Edith Polanco (So., Salem, OR/McKay HS), who took 29th place in 24:05.68. Brett and Polanco ran with the Willamette pack for most of the race, before Polanco, who has been battling illness longer than the rest of the team, had to back off a bit. She still finished high on the result sheet, which included 112 entrees in the women's race.
In the men's race, Willamette's depth also prevailed. Colorado College took first, fourth and fifth in the individual standings, but placed fourth in the team standings at 98, after its next two runners finished 42nd and 46th. Occidental was led by individuals in third and sixth place, but slipped to second place as a team when its third through fifth runners combined to add 78 points to the score. Willamette's third through fifth runners combined for a score of 58. Regional host Claremont-Mudd-Scripps took third place in the team standings at 92.
Batch's eight place finish for Willamette was followed by Travis Harris (Sr., Bellingham, WA/Sehome HS), who took 10th place in 25:36.0. Lucas Nebert (Jr., Cincinnati, OH/Wyoming HS) finished in 15th place for the Bearcats at 25:53.41, while Tristan Knutson-Lombardo (So., Juneau, AK/Juneau-Douglas HS) was 24th at 26:01.25, just a quarter-second in front of Josh Clough (So., Auburn, WA/Auburn Riverside HS) in 25th at 26:01.50. Among scorers at the meet, Harris was ninth, Nebert was 13th, Knutson-Lombardo took 22nd and Clough placed 23rd.
"A couple of guys didn't have a great day," McGuirk said, "but the other guys filled in and took up the slack. Our guys were out there in the top 20 and we had an edge throughout the whole race."
Harris, who was running in a race for only the third time this season due to injury, was Willamette's second finisher and was in front of the top finisher for 10 other teams.
"He ran a great race," McGuirk said of Harris' efforts.
With several other teams entering two or three very successful runners, Willamette's victory required quality running from the Bearcats who crossed the finish line after Harris. Nebert followed closely behind Harris, while Knutson-Lombardo and Clough maintained times in the top quarter of the results sheet.
"They were far enough up (in front of other runners) to hang on and secure the victory," McGuirk said regarding Knutson-Lombardo and Clough.
Completing Willamette's seven-man team were Kyle Kotaich (Fr., Florence, OR/Suislow HS) and Alex Jimenez (So., Parkdale, OR/Hood River Valley HS). Kotaich finished in 35th place with a time of 26:26.60. Jimenez ran the course in 26:43.95 and took 45th place in the field of 111 runners.
McGuirk said the Bearcats will spend Thursday, Nov. 16 traveling to Ohio for the National Championships before taking a practice run on the course on Friday, Nov. 17, then competing on Saturday. Last year, the Willamette women's team placed 14th and the Bearcat men's team took 16th. Zerzan earned All-America honors by earning 25th place in the individual standings.


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January 2014
The weather - it's been a gorgeous month of blue skies and fog. We spent the first half of the month getting over colds 1 at a time and getting back out into the sunshine has been deeply nourishing. Our tree remains in the back alley along with the remains of last years - oops. There has been much knitting and story time. i am obsessed with making the Barley hat (ravelry). i've been perusing some textile design books and feeling the urge to try out some more dyeing and printing - at this point I'm just trying to use what supplies i have. What sort of craftiness are you folks getting up to these days?
best Christmas gift - Little A's woven basket. xxxxx this.
i call this my little Geninne corner.
a toe chilling beach morning;
solar powered car;
porch fishing;
a very January way of eating;
my spelt soba noodles with watercress above is largely inspired by Harvest below where i have been lunching frequently this month;
preventative measures in our battle against small pests;
We were lucky to see the Nutcracker this Winter and both the music and dance have made a great impression on this little guy. We have daily Tchaikovsky dance sessions;
i'm knitting a blanket to warm up our leather couch - 1 row at a time;
quite possibly the sweetest moment of the month;
Little A's hat/cowl that he has been working on in his hand works class. so so proud of him!!
kids art;
porch picnics;
idye grey and navy on hemp, linen and cotton - so fun, easy and satisfying;
Beautiful beach days with the 2 littlest;
(a knit shot - he's wearing his big brother's hat here);
well if you made it to the end then thank you for being a truly committed blog peruser. I may very well be tapering off to 1 blog post per month that is limited in words and heavy in photos.


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Tarry Market Cooking Class: Holiday Party I, in Port Chester
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:30am
179 N. Main Street, Port Chester, NY 10573
November 28 Holiday Party I
It's that time of year with parties and guests celebrating. What do you do when a friend calls for a pop-in visit or asks you to come to them? Not to worry, Chef Maria will show you some clever ideas for simple appetizers in a snap. A quick look in the pantry and 'fridge will yield four new ideas, along with sharpening our knife skills.


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HAZARD—The old adage "better late than never" may ring truer for one Perry County author who has released her first book this year.
"Ever since I was a little girl I've wanted to be a writer," Deborah Lynn Dunaway, author of the novel "Bound by Blood and Brimstone," said. "Of course, life can get in the way, you never know what's going to come your way, and things happen. I got a late start, but I finally got it done."
Dunaway, a Hazard native, said her book is a coming-of-age thriller set in the mountains in the 1950s. She said she chose this setting because she grew up in the mountains.
"I've always wanted to write a novel that centered around mountain culture. I'm really proud of my mountain culture," she said.
Coming from a background of large families that lived in the mountains for decades, Dunaway said she grew up hearing stories about living in those times.
"My mother, there were 10 siblings in her family growing up and I always heard stories about their growing up," Dunaway said. "A lot of stories that she told me were an inspiration to me. I drew on a lot of that when I wrote."
Many of the stories Dunaway said she remembers dealt with her grandmothers and their Cherokee decent.
"My grandmothers on both sides had vast knowledge of herbal remedies and natural healing, and there have always been rumors of relatives who had 'the sight,'" she said.
Dunaway said it is unreal to her that she has finally come to the point where her book is published and on shelves, but she hopes to further expand her book's reach to stores.
"I just want people to read it. I want people to experience it and I love to hear from people that have read it," she said.
One way Dunaway said she hopes to gain exposure is by entering her book into the 2013 Frankfurt International Book Fair, in Frankfurt, Germany, touted as the largest book and media fair in the world. She said she hopes by putting her book out there like this that one day it could reach top sellers' lists.
"The odds are huge, I know, the odds are huge, but somebody's got to fill that niche as a top selling author, and I do believe in my story, I think it needs to be told and I'm trying to remain optimistic," Dunaway added.
Dunaway said her book is available locally and online, and wants to be sure those in her mountain community are able to pick up a copy in support of local authors.
"I'm a local author, I think it's good to support local artists, and people should know to contact their local book sellers and tell them they want to see this book or that book in their stores," she said.


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Supreme Court Rules Against EPA in Wetlands Case
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26 March 2012 | Last week, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision found the case Sackett v. EPA in favor of Idaho couple Chantell and Michael Sackett, asserting that when it comes to wetlands, "arbitrary and capricious" compliance orders can indeed be challenged in court without having to wait for the Environmental Protection Agency to take enforcement action.
It's a case that turns on somewhat obscure questions about administrative procedure - but it will have ramifications for wetlands protection across the United States. At issue isn't whether the Sackett's property is or is not a wetland, but how the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responds to what it percieves as damage to wetlands.
Michael and Chantell Sackett say they had no intention of making a federal case out of anything when they started building a house on a half-acre lot near Priest Lake, Idaho, in 2007. The EPA, however, says the couple dredged and filled in a patch of wetland without a permit - a clear violation of the Clean Water Act.
The agency sent the couple an "administrative compliance order" in November 2011 requiring them to halt construction and restore the land to its earlier state. The couple contested the EPA's assessment, pointing out that land wasn't wet, but dry - as wetlands often are. The EPA responded by offering them extra time to comply, relaxing its stringent restoration requirements, and offering to work with the couple - although it's not clear how far the EPA was willing to go.
The Sacketts, for their part, didn't wait to find out. They chose instead to sue the agency, arguing that the cost of getting a dredge-and-fill permit was too high for them to risk going through the process only to be turned down.
By going to court, the Sacketts challenged the way the EPA deals with wetlands across the United States. Normally, when a compliance order is handed down, the recipient has two basic options. One is to comply, which can be costly and time-consuming. The other is to wait for the EPA to sue to enforce the order, at which point the recipient can make his or her case to the judge. The danger of this second approach is that the landowner risks being on the hook for substantial penalties - up to $75,000 for every day that they failed to follow the compliance order.
In Sackett v. EPA, the Sacketts argued they should be able to challenge the compliance order itself without waiting for EPA enforcement. The EPA on the other hand contended that the compliance order isn't the right stage to open things up to judicial review, in part because the Sacketts could have worked with the EPA on a solution.
Many environmentalists have been nervously monitoring the case. The Agency issues approximately 3,000 administrative compliance orders every year to individuals and businesses, typically resulting in compliance. If compliance orders can be appealed in a court, the EPA's power to quickly correct a violation is blunted. Environmentalists worried that a precedent would be set to allow individuals and businesses to tie compliance order up in court - leading to delays in compliance and significant court costs for the EPA.
The DecisionIn a unanimous decision, the Court found in favor of the Sacketts on the grounds that the Administrative Procedures Act did apply in this case. The Sacketts are now free to bring a civil suit against the EPA's 2007 order over whether their land is, in fact, a wetland.
In his concurrence, Justice Samuel Alito noted that currently, "if the owners want their day in court to show that their lot does not include covered wetlands, well, as a practical matter, that is just too bad. Until the EPA sues them, they are blocked from access to the courts, and the EPA may wait as long as it wants before deciding to sue. By that time, the potential fines may easily have reached the millions."
Alito also called for clarification of the definition of wetlands under the Clean Water Act, noting that property owners currently are forced to "feel their way" when it comes to compliance.
Still, environmentalists who worried that the case could have large implications for how the EPA handles compliance orders in the future have some reasons for relief at the outcome.
The Court chose to focus whether the Adminstrative Procedures Act applied, not on whether the EPA's order violated the right of due process – a much more narrowly interpreted decision.
And though the Sacketts are now free to bring a civil lawsuit against the EPA, they could very well lose it, depending on whether the land in question is ultimately found to be wetlands. While property owners now have legal cover to seek judicial review on a compliance order, this doesn't mean that compliance or financial penalties can be delayed.
It's also unclear how many property owners in the future will choose to use their 'day in court'; given ongoing uncertainty around the definition of wetlands and the huge financial penalties involved , many may opt for immediate compliance.
Further CoverageRead analysis at the SCOTUSblog . The blog has also posted links to filings from several parties, which we've posted below.
Briefs and DocumentsMerits Briefs for the Petitioners
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Slayde Hawkins, Hannah Kett, Steve Zwick and Genevieve Bennett all contributed to this article. Steve Zwick can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com
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If g is a geodesic on a compact Riemann surface of genus at least 2, write N(g) for its norm, the exponential of its length. Every closed geodesic can be expressed as a power of a prime geodesic. Now, if, with x a positive real number, π(x) denotes the number of prime geodesics of norm at most x, then, as x tends to infinity, π(x) is asymptotic to … x/log(x), just as in the Prime Number Theorem.
This truly wonderful fact is covered in Chapter 9, §4 of the book under review, which the author initiates with the comment that "[a]s Selberg points out … there is a strong analogy between the prime numbers and the elements in a discrete subgroup of SL(2,R), or, in our case, the lengths of the closed geodesics." So, the cat at least begins to peek out of the bag: once discrete subgroups of SL(2,R) are mentioned, every number theorist's antennae start to quiver and even the remarkable theorem phrased above soon takes on something of a predictable quality — these beautiful parallels are quite exact, after all.
But there is nonetheless something very deep at work here and not only §4 but the remainder of Chapter 9 is devoted to disclosing much of this subtle connection: Selberg's trace formula is discussed in §5 and §6 includes a discussion of contemporary developments regarding the error terms in the Prime Number Theorem for compact Riemann surfaces of genus ≥ 2 building on work by Huber; beyond this §7 concerns hyperbolic lattice points. Quite a wealth of "hyperbolic" connections to mainstays of classical analytic number theory are dealt with in the middle of this remarkable book.
Only a number theorist (like me) would cast Peter Buser's Geometry and Spectra of Compact Riemann Surfaces in a supporting role vis à vis number theoretic themes. In point of fact the book is, by the author's own description, devoted to "two subjects [:] … the geometric theory of compact Riemann surfaces of genus greater than one [i.e. ≥ 2] … [and] the Laplace operator and its relationship with compact Riemann surfaces."
The latter topic is of huge importance in modern mathematics, evincing connections to such marvelous themes as the heat equation, Hodge theory, and the Atiyah-Singer index theorem. (A wonderful book in this regard is S. Rosenberg's The Laplacian on a Riemannian Manifold.) Buser's coverage of this material is very impressive indeed, with his Chapter 7 devoted to the ever-so-important spectrum of the Laplacian, and with his book closing with Chapter 14, "Perturbations of the Laplacian in Hilbert space," a particularly dense and rich chapter.
These heavier themes are preceded, in the fist half dozen chapters of the book, by what Buser presents as "an introduction to the geometry of compact Riemann surfaces based on hyperbolic geometry and on cutting and pasting." Buser goes on to say that "[t]his part is in textbook form at about graduate level … [with] prerequisites … kept to a minimum, but I assume that the reader has a background in differential geometry or in complex Riemann surface theory."
The first part of Geometry and Spectra of Compact Riemann Surfaces is a pleasure to read. There is a lot of motivation given, examples proliferate, propositions and theorems come equipped with clear proofs, and excellent drawings (or computer renderings, I guess) abound.
Then, as already discussed above, the second part of the book is focused on the Laplacian: we read on the back-cover of the book that this "second part … is a self-contained introduction to the spectrum of the Laplacian based on the heat equation," and Buser covers a lot of ground indeed. In addition to what he does in Chapter 9, on, so to speak, hyperbolic analytic number theory, he addresses such topics as small eigenvalues and the minimax principles, Wolpert's theorem ("a generic compact Riemann surface is determined up to isometry by its length or eigenvalue spectrum"), and Sunada's theorem ("the covering technique which leads from Grassmann equivalent groups to non-solitary number fields works also in Riemannian geometry and leads to isospectral manifolds").
Finally, I must pick at a nit, which is really quite dissonant in connection with a book that is this well-written: Chapter 14 is listed in the table of contents as "Perturbations of the Laplacian in Hilbert space," while on p. 362, the chapter's first page, we read "Perturbations of the Laplacian in Teichmüller space." As this important chapter's first sentence reads, "An important consequence of the real analytic structure of Teichmüller space is the analyticity of the Laplacian," it looks like the latter choice is the right one. By the way, this chapter contains something useful in and of itself: "All analyticity arguments are reduced to a few elementary properties of holomorphic functions of several complex variables such as the Cauchy integral formula and Weierstrass' convergence theorem" — a minicourse in its own right.
Geometry and Spectra of Compact Riemann Surfaces is a fine piece of scholarship and a pedagogical treat.
Michael Berg is Professor of Mathematics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.
Preface.-Chapter 1: Hyperbolic Structures.-Chapter 2: Trigonometry.- Chapter 3: Y-Pieces and Twist Parameters.- Chapter 4:The Collar Theorem.- Chapter 5: Bers' Constant and the Hairy Torus.- Chapter 6: The Teichmüller Space.- Chapter 7: The Spectrum of the Laplacian.- Chapter 8: Small Eigenvalues.- Chapter 9: Closed Geodesics and Huber's Theorem.- Chapter 10: Wolpert's Theorem.- Chapter 11: Sunada's Theorem.- Chapter 12: Examples of Isospectral Riemann surfaces.- Chapter 13: The Size of Isospectral Families.- Chapter 14: Perturbations of the Laplacian in Hilbert Space.-Appendix: Curves and Isotopies.-Bibliography.-Index.-Glossary.


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HIS CAREER ARC ESSENTIALLY STARTED AT SUSQUEHANNA. "Coming to Susquehanna and Selinsgrove was a very transformative experience for me," says Wallace, a native of Westfield, N.J., who moved with his family to Palm Beach County, Fla., as a teenager. Wanting to succeed on Madison Avenue, he majored in communications while taking business courses and minoring in psychology.
"It sounds trite, but for some reason, as an 18-year-old freshman, I immediately sensed a friction between the community and the college," he says, "and I felt it was important not to be just another college kid perceived by the community to be a problem, but someone who had made a contribution."
Already a summer camp counselor, the sprinter on Susquehanna's swim team volunteered to coach a Selinsgrove youth swim team. He also taught lifeguarding and swimming classes, did peer counseling at Selinsgrove High School and volunteered for a town committee.
"My friends all thought I was nuts," he recalls. "I'd walk down Market Street with them and a good portion of the townspeople would know me and say hello. My friends joked, 'Are you running for something?'"
But Wallace gained a lot. "I remember standing in the shallow end of the pool holding a burly man, helping him to float. I thought, 'This is kind of cool; I'm teaching this guy how to swim.'"
That Susquehanna experience is one reason he champions community service—particularly youth mentoring—for college students. Wallace believes it gives college students much greater social awareness and the satisfaction that comes with giving something back to the local community. It also might influence the college students' own behavior.
"In our Teens Today research, one primary reason young people give for not choosing to use alcohol or other drugs is that they have a younger sibling for whom they are a role model." Research Wallace has reviewed also indicates youths who are mentored perform better in school and have better relationships with their parents.
After he graduated in 1981, Wallace rejected a full scholarship and counseling job as part of a master's program in psychology and counseling at Bucknell University. Instead he worked at a Bloomingdale's in Short Hills, N.J., hoping that Madison Avenue eventually would beckon. But then he successfully applied for a job as a counselor on a locked adolescent psychiatric ward at Fair Oaks Hospital in Summit, near his original hometown. "It was both very rewarding and difficult," he recalls. "But I received very positive feedback from the clinical staff for being able to connect with the kids and have them feel comfortable with me."
Inspired, Wallace entered the two-year Bucknell program the following fall. During his first year, he lived at Susquehanna as an assistant to the director of residence life in charge of the Project House System, in which small groups of students commit to shared community service projects while living together in university-owned housing.
After earning his master's degree, Wallace became a school psychologist for a year each in Palm Beach County and Millis, Mass. Millis is where he first became involved in what was then called Students Against Driving Drunk. It had been formed in 1981 in nearby Wayland, Mass., following the alcohol-related auto fatalities of two student athletes. Intrigued, Wallace spent 18 months during 1986 and 1987 crisscrossing the country speaking to middle school and high school students as a national representative, and then the director of communications and public relations, for SADD. "Even back then, I was talking about the important role that parents can play in guiding their children toward healthy and safe choices," he says. "Respectful parent-child communication is really the theme of my book."
After a nine-year hiatus, Wallace returned to SADD as a board member and in 1997, as its chairman and CEO, oversaw the organization's student-initiated evolution from Students Against Driving Drunk to its broader mission as Students Against Destructive Decisions. The organization now has more than 10,000 chapters, primarily in middle schools and high schools, as well as some colleges, and has an estimated 350,000 active student members.


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Stereo pair of condensers—consistent cardioid polar pattern and special low-mass Mylar diaphragm provides better transient response—great for drum overheads.
The Shure KSM137/SL STEREO includes a matched stereo pair of KSM137/SL instrument microphones, two foam windscreens, A27M stereo microphone adapter, and a carry case.
KSM137/SL Instrument Microphone
The KSM137/SL is an end-address condenser microphone with a single cardioid polar pattern. Designed for studio use, yet rugged enough for live applications, the KSM137/SL can withstand extremely high sound pressure levels (SPL). Its low self-noise and extended frequency response make it ideal for recording instruments.
Versatile, durable, and precise, the KSM137/SL is an outstanding microphone for instruments ranging from percussion to wind, strings to brass, and piano to guitar.
A27M Stereo Microphone Adapter
The included A27M Stereo Microphone Adapter holds two microphones in selectable positions, allowing them to share a stand without losing independent positioning flexibility.


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SOL Survival Medic Survival Kit
The SOL Survival Medic Survival Kit is an essential tool that is sure to help you survive the great outdoors. It weighs only 4.8 oz (136 g.) and is compact, but it has the basic tools you need for surviving the wilderness. For shelter and warmth, it contains Fire Lite Sparker, Tinder-Quik Tinder, SOL Emergency Blanket, and duct tape. For communication and navigation, it has a button compass and a SLIM Rescue Howler Whistle. There are also equipment, such as bandages, gauze, and antiseptic wipes, for treating cuts, scrapes, and other similar injuries and a waterproof Dry-Flex bag to protect your valuables from getting wet. This survival kit is meant to be kept on your person at all times without adding unnecessary bulk. Always be prepared for anything when you go for an outdoor adventure. Order the OL Survival Medic Survival Kit now.


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School Dinners
At Tidemill we strive to provide our children with a healthy, delicious meal each day. Our meal provider, Pabulum, work with us to ensure a choice of dishes each day to include a hot meal (using halal meat), a vegetarian option, and a selection of sandwiches. A menu is available from our Reception desk. Pabulum work with us to provide special menus at Christmas and other key dates.
Paying for School Dinners
For the current cost of a school meal, please speak to the School Office. We ask that you pay for all meals in advance. You can use the online parent pay facility, www.parentpay.com, which requires a user name and password. These are allocated to all parents and there is a guide available from school reception.
Packed Lunches
Whilst we feel that all children benefit from a freshly cooked meal at lunchtime we understand that some parents prefer to send in a packed lunch, especially if their child is a particularly picky eater. If this is the case we ask that you provide a healthy lunch which includes a balanced variety of food groups. Sweets and fizzy drinks are not allowed. We encourage parents not to send in nuts or nut products in children's packed lunches, as we have some children who can suffer severe allergic reactions. This also applies to packed lunches for educational visits. Please note that food brought in from home cannot be heated in school. If we feel that the lunch is not adequate we will invite you in to discuss your options.
Applying for Free School Meals
Free School Meals – savings for you and £900 for each pupil for the school.
In the news recently, there has been much discussion about pupil premium and the new government policies for education. What you need to know is that registration for free school meals is an important part of this. The number of children registered will affect school funding and in the future may affect the support your child may need to stay in the sixth form or go on to university.
From April 2012, an important part of the funding the school gets will be based on the number of our students entitled to free school meals. We are aware that many families entitled to free school meals do not claim them. For some this is because their child does not want to eat a hot meal and prefers to have a packed lunch, and others do not feel they can accept this support or that there may be some sort of stigma about receiving Free School Meals. This is of course everyone's individual choice.
However, since April 2012, the school will only get the additional funding entitlement we and the children are entitled to ('pupil premium') if students who are able to register for free school meals actually get registered, and stay registered. We would urge you to register, whether or not your child wishes to eat a school meal regularly and assure you that the list is entirely confidential. It is really important to the school, in these difficult financial times, that you register for free school meals if you are entitled to them.
To apply for free school meals, parents must have one or more children aged four and over attending a state ; and be receiving child benefit for the child/children and one or more of the following:
Once again, if you think you are eligible, whether you want the free school meal or not, we ask you please to check you are registered as soon as possible.
How to apply
It couldn't be easier to apply all you need to do is call Lewisham Council on 0208 314 6221. They will be able to tell you immediately if you qualify and schools will be notified by the next working day. Their phone lines are open from 10am-4pm or click here to apply.
To see a sample menu or to go to the parentpay.com website, please click the relative link below:


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from 16 Jun 14 to 16 May 14
Meat has become the poster of everything that's wrong with the modern food system. But can it also be good, clean and fair? Slow Food USA tackles a hot topic with its first ever 'Slow Meat' event, to be held in Denver from June 20 – 22. In the first Slow Food event of its kind, Slow Meat will bring together ranchers, butchers, policy experts, producers and of course consumers to investigate the good, the bad and the ugly in the meat production system in America. More than one hundred delegates from across the USA will share their ideas and expertise to identify what can be done regarding five different aspects from field to fork: land and water use, animal husbandry, processing and distribution of meat, marketing and healthy food retail, and consumption and nutrition. "Our current industrial meat grid confines animals, wealth and choices," said Richard McCarthy, Executive Director of Slow Food USA. "In an effort to maximize efficiency and minimize price, we have abandoned common sense and moved away from traditional animal husbandry practices and land management. Slow Meat addresses these issues to create a move toward free-range animals, choices and resources." Keynote speaker Allan Savory, the Zimbabwean biologist, farmer, soldier, exile and environmentalist, will frame meat within the context of climate change. The symposium will also include a guided bison butchery workshop run by local butchers; a tasting event open to the public which will highlight top US producers, cooks and meats, as well as locally crafted beers, wines and spirits; a dinner featuring the bison prepared by internationally renowned chefs; and a Slow Food Youth Network Disco Soup. Representatives from Slow Food convivia will take part in workshops and networking, and come up with an action plan for Slow Food communities across the USA, to put into practice in the coming year. For more information on Slow Meat visit: slowfoodusa.org
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ELIZABETHTON — Christopher Scott Erwin, age 35, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at his home in the Gap Creek community of Elizabethton.
Christopher was born in Washington County, TN, on September 21, 1976. He was a beloved son, grandson, brother and uncle. Christopher was a member of Chestoa Missionary Baptist Church and a son of Nick and Debbie Erwin and the late Marie Tipton Huskins.
In addition to his mother, Christopher is preceded in death by his grandfathers: Reid Erwin and Taft Tipton; and an uncle: Sam Tipton.
In addition to his father and step-mother, he is survived by: Brother: Nick Jr. and Sarah Erwin; Step-father: David Huskins; Grandmothers: Gladys Erwin, Ruby Tipton; Aunts: Linda Vincil, Charlotte and Don Dwyer, Terri and Tom Sams; Uncle: Sonny Tipton; Nephews: Garrott, Nathan, Leighton and Nicky; Special friend: Kathierine Smith.
The Funeral service for Christopher Scott Erwin will be held at 8:00 PM Friday, December 23, 2011, in the chapel of Valley Funeral Home. Rev. Terry Howell will officiate and vocal selections will be provided by Renee Garland.
The family will receive friends from 6:30 PM until service time on Friday.
A committal service will be held on Saturday, December 24, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in the Mausoleum Chapel of Evergreen Cemetery. Those attending the committal service are asked to meet at Evergreen Cemetery by 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Condolences and memories may be shared with the family and viewed at www.valleyfuneralhome.net.
These arrangements are made especially for the family and friends of Christopher Scott Erwin through Valley Funeral Home, 1085 N. Main Ave., Erwin. 423-743-9187


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Same Gang: Obama Rumored to Like Anti-Union, Hotel Scion for Commerce
President Barack Obama has yet to officially name a Commerce Secretary nominee for his second term, but rumor has it that he's already made up his mind: According to The Washington Post, "there's chatter" that Hyatt hotels scion and board member Penny Pritzker is the president's choice.
If the buzz turns out to be true, then Pritzker's ascension to the national stage could further strain Obama's tense relationship with the labor movement. That's because the Hyatt Hotel chain—co-founded by Pritzker's father, Donald N. Pritzker—is currently engaged in a lengthy and acrimonious dispute with the hospitality workers union UNITE HERE (more…)