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PhD students who wish to be supervised by Perimeter Institute faculty normally apply through the PSI program. To apply directly to a PhD program, students should submit an application to the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Waterloo.
Students interested in pursuing an MSc degree should apply to Perimeter Institute's PSI program.
Understanding gravity in strong/highly dynamical regimes. In
particular study of systems able to produce strong gravitational
and electromagnetic signals. Tests of alternative theories of gravity
and how to do so with upcoming gravitational wave detectors.
Understanding gravitating systems in higher dimensional scenarios.
Explorations of AdS/CFT in dynamical settings (quantum quenches and gravity/fluid correspondence)
Understanding of bubble collisions in non-linear regimes.
AdS instability and implications on thermalization.
Turbulence, relativistic hydrodynamics and gravity
With the era of gravitational wave astronomy already started I'm also placing
considerable focus on the development of a framework with which to test
General Relativity through possible subtle effects of possible deviations. As well,
increasing efforts on multimessenger astronomy
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of data can be done, as well as challenges to be faced for the next genreation of
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Listen: The darkness has called forth the stars. We the People, we are together. Together we will say: In this country, we are our brothers' and sisters' keepers. Come for any of us, come for all of us. We are not afraid. We are patriots, and we were born to do this.
These are dangerous times. The values that we in this community have held dear for so long- religious freedom, racial justice, education, marriage equality, care for immigrants and refugees, free press – and truth itself – are at stake. If we want to pass a free and just America to the next generation, we will have to fight for it. This is the call of our times. History – and our children – will judge us by how hard and how smart we fight for what matters.
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Every few weeks I will share with you an issue and a simple action we can take together to make our voices heard. Together, we will act. We will ACT with diligence and wisdom and creativity and love and unity.
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The Senate is voting on Trump's' pick for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, and his pick for Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions — on Tuesday, January 31. The votes have already been delayed based on the public's outrage, but the confirmations are likely to go through without more pressure.
Here is background on DeVos and Sessions, and how you can best make your voice heard about whether these two people will run our Department of Education and Department of Justice.
• DeVos has never worked in the public school system or held public office. Her commitment to education seems limited to her advocacy of and financial contributions to religious and charter schools.
• In her confirmation hearing, she stumbled over basic education policy and declined to say that she wouldn't try to privatize public schools.
• She also said she opposes a blanket ban on guns in schools — citing one example of a rural school that might want to protect against "potential grizzlies."
• She displayed a complete lack of knowledge or understanding of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
• DeVos does not support the equal rights of students with disabilities to receive a Free and Appropriate Public Education as outlined in IDEA
• On the issue of sexual assault on campuses, she said it would be "premature" of her to commit to upholding the previous administration's Title IX guidance.
• Her confirmation vote was delayed due to the congressional ethics review revealing that she has 102 major conflicts of interest, including financial stake in for-profit education (including investments in private charter schools and a student loan company). Her family has donated in the realm of $200,000,000 to the Republican Party.
• The Hill reports, "No Republicans have announced opposition to DeVos. She is likely to be confirmed by the Senate, since Republicans hold 52 seats and only 50 votes are needed to win confirmation, with Vice President Pence breaking a tie."
• In 1986, President Reagan's nomination of Sessions to a federal judgeship was rejected over racially charged comments he allegedly made as U.S. attorney in Alabama. He was only the second judicial nominee rejected by the panel in its 50-year history. He has called civil rights groups like the NAACP un-American, and has opposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
• He has a clear record of supporting anti-LGBTQ, anti-environment, and anti-immigrant policies. He opposes voting rights legislation and criminal-justice reform, as well as marriage equality.
• Sessions is one of the Senate's most hardline anti-immigration lawmakers. Sessions supports a ban on Muslim immigrants to America. Sessions is opposed to amnesty for the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the US.
• As Alabama Attorney General, his actions banned Gay-Straight Alliances on Alabama college campuses as they were ruled First Amendment violations.
• He voted against the Matthew Shepard Act, which added to the federal definition of hate crimes to include violent acts based on sexual orientation and gender identity. He has supported a constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality.
• He voted against the Violence Against Women Act in 2013
• Sessions supported a complete ban on abortions after 20 weeks, which violates Roe v. Wade. He also voted against federal protections for reproductive clinics against violence.
• Sessions appeared to suggest, after Trump's infamous "Access Hollywood" video aired, that he wasn't sure grabbing a woman by the genitals would constitute "sexual assault."
• He has consistently voted against legislation that would protect equal pay for women, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
Today: PLEASE call one of the following Republican Senators (key in the confirmation vote) to express your opinion on the appointment. At least 3 of these Senators need to be convinced in order to block the DeVos nomination.
If you live in one of the states represented below, PLEASE call YOUR Senator, If you don't, pick one and call him/her:
Susan Collins (ME) 207.622.8414..&..202.224.2523
Lamar Alexander (TN) 615.736.5129..&..202.224.4944
Lisa Murkowski (AK) 907.586.7277..&..202.224.6665
Johnny Isakson (GA) 770.661.0999..&..202.224.3643
Orrin Hatch (UT) 801.524.4380..&..202.224.5251
Richard Burr (NC) 336.631.5125..&..202.224.3154..&.. 910.251.1058..&..828.350.2437
Michael Enzi (WY) 202.224.3424
Dr. Bill Cassidy (LA) 202.224.5824
Pat Roberts (KS) 202.224.4774
Tim Scott (SC) 202.224.6121
Rand Paul (KY) 202.224.4343
Call your Senators.
(Here are the Senators' phone numbers. If you want to find out who your Senators are, look here.)
What you can say when you call: Tell your Senators what you think about the DeVos and/or Sessions nominations. Below are examples of what you can say if a script is helpful.
Here is the script I used when I called about DeVos:
Hello, my name is__________ and I am a constituent. I'm [AN EDUCATOR / A PARENT / AN ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION]. I'm calling to urge [SENATOR'S NAME] to vote against the Betsy DeVos confirmation as Secretary of Education. There are numerous reasons to oppose her confirmation, but I'm concerned with her complete ignorance around special education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act — which DeVos did not know was a federal law — guarantees rights to both students with disabilities and to their parents. So this isn't just about civil rights; it's also crucial to families. IDEA and the ADA were both signed into law by Republican Presidents. Disability rights are not and cannot become a partisan issue, and [SENATOR'S NAME] will lose my vote if [HE/SHE] votes to confirm Betsy DeVos.
Here's the script my Sister used when she called about DeVos:
I'm ____________ a constituent. I'm <an educator / a parent / an advocate for education> and I want <Senator ____ > to stop the confirmation of Betsy DeVos. DeVos doesn't have an education degree or teaching experience. DeVos' skillset is commandeering public funding for private education. She was a key player in shaping the Michigan charter school system, which is severely lacking in oversight, demanding little accountability for how tax dollars are spent or how well students are educated. I don't want to see the same thing happen nationally, and I expect <Senator ______ > to take a stand for quality education. America's students and teachers deserve better than DeVos.
Here is what we said when calling our Senators about Sessions:
My name is _________ a constituent from [CITY AND STATE].
I am calling to voice my strong opposition to Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general of the United States. Senator Sessions has a clear record of supporting racist, sexist, anti-LGBT, anti-environment, and anti-immigrant policies. He opposes voting rights and criminal-justice reform, as well as marriage equality. I am asking Senator [NAME OF SENATOR] to vote against Senator Sessions' confirmation. Americans deserve an attorney general who will fight for all of us and we deserve better. I will be watching the vote closely.
And here is a suggestion from my friend, writer and mother of a son with autism, Nish Weiseth:
As a mother to an autistic son, I cannot think of a nominee more problematic to the protection of the disability rights of children than Betsy DeVos. Too many kids already don't get the services, interventions, and accommodations they need through public schools, due mostly to inadequate funding. Moving to a voucher system (which DeVos has a long and active history of supporting), where public dollars are taken from districts, would strip them of those already-hard-to-access services. This lack of services affects their development, academic scholarship, not to mention it would fail to provide them with a free & appropriate public education according to their need, a right guaranteed to them under IDEA, a law that DeVos proved in her hearing that she is unwilling to enforce. With Betsy DeVos at the helm of our public education system, I am gravely concerned about the future of my child. We can't let this nomination get confirmed.
This is how democracy works – one call, one letter, one conversation, one meeting,
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2011 Season
Named honorable mention All-Big West Conference ... Voted CSUN's MVP Defensive Player ... Also named Big West All-Academic for a second straight season ... The team's #2 scorer with 62 goals (#2 in the Big West Conference), second-best in the Big West Conference and fifth-best for a single season in school history ... Scored at least one goal in 29 of the team's 37 games ... Scored two or more goals in 18 games including a career-high five goals in the 10-9 victory over Cal State San Bernardino (4/3/11) ... Scored four goals in three games ... Has scored 103 career goals (12 goals in 2009, 29 goals in 2010, 62 goals in 2011), ninth-best in school history ... Tops on the team in field blocks (20), steals (42) and assists (51, #5 for a single season) ... Earlier this year gained Big West Player of the Week for her eleven goals, four assists, two steals, one field block and eleven ejections drawn in wins over UC Davis (14-13, 4/2/11), Pacific (11-9, 4/3/11) and Cal State San Bernardino (10-9, 4/3/11) ... Her 99 career steals and 86 career assists are tenth-best in school history.
2010 Season
During the season was named Big West Player of the Week for her three goals and three steals against Long Beach State (3/27/10) ... Among the team leaders in goals scored with 29 (#19 in the BWC) ... Scored three goals in games against Hartwick (2/6/10), Wagner (3/11/10), and against UCSB (4/24/10) in the semifinals at the Big West Tournament ... Named an Academic All-American by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC)...A Big West All-Academic selection.
2009 Season
Voted CSUN co-Most Improved Player ... Scored 12 goals in 2009 ... Scored a season-high three goals against Sonoma State (3/15/09).
High School
A three-year starter on the water polo team at Ayala High School in Chino Hills, Calif. ... A first team All-CIF and all-league selection during her senior season in 2008 ... Scored 69 goals, collected 37 assists and had 31 steals in 2008 ... Also gained all-league and All-CIF status during her previous three seasons ... Team captain during her junior and senior seasons ... Team MVP in 2008 ... Helped lead her team to the CIF finals all four years of high school ... Ayala captured the CIF title during an undefeated season in 2006 ... In four seasons, her team captured the league title with undefeated records ... A standout competitor on the swim team ... helped lead the swim team to the league title in 2007 ... Also participated in the discus and shot put on the track & field team.
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Born February 3, 1990 ... Parents are Denise and Don Pettinger ... Has one brother (Eric) and one sister (Sara) ... Her favorite pro team is the Miami Dolphins ... Her favorite athlete is former Dolphin and Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino ... Her favorite actor is Denzel Washington ... Likes to watch "How I Met Your Mother" ... Her favorite movie is "Remember The Titans" and "Training Day" ... Loves to dine on filet mingon, Costco pizza, and polish dogs, but stays away from fish ... Her favorite rock group is The Fray, and her favorite solo artist is Taylor Swift ... Her greatest sports moments were winning the Junior Olympics summer championship in 2008, and the CIF title in 2006 ... Her best friends from other schools are Danielle Curran, who plays water polo at San Jose State, and Caitlin Dement, who plays water polo at UCLA ... She says the best thing about being an athlete is "being strong" ... the toughest part is losing ... If she were president of the NCAA, she says she would add a playoff system for Division-I football ... Her favorite website is Google.com ... The person in history she would most like to meet is God ... Heidi would most like to be stranded on a desert island with her brother Eric ... She would like to switch places for a day with her brother because "I want to know what it's like to be 6-foot-10" ... She would like to have dinner with Dan Marino and Don Shula (former NFL Hall of Fame coach) ... She says if she had a million dollars, she would save it until she found the perfect thing to buy ... Her advice to young people "study hard, play harder" ... Few people know that Heidi is a certified advanced open water diver ... Years from now, she'll still laugh about the time her dad sat down to fix a chair and ripped his pants ... Her dogs (Mufasa, Sparticus, Piglet) always make her smile ... Her family is her greatest hero ... Liberal Studies major.


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Finding Love: Is it Different for Radical Homemakers?
Writing for The Atlantic last summer, Sandra Tsing Loh explored Radical Homemakers, and honed in on one paragraph in the book's acknowledgments, calling it "one of the most startling paragraphs in modern feminist writing:"
Thanks, most especially, are owed to [my husband,] Bob. He keeps the girls quiet every morning while I work. He brings breakfast to my desk and keeps my coffee cup full so that I don't have to be interrupted. He sits with me for hours, reviewing ideas, challenging concepts, helping me to interpret research. He listens to the radio, tracks news stories and reads magazines, finding bits of information that contribute to my research. He sells books at every lecture, does all my PowerPoints for me, chooses and irons my clothes, packs my suitcase, washes my dishes, does the laundry, edits every one of my books and articles and claims to love my cooking. He cherishes me, makes me laugh, and fills my life with friendship, joy, humor, and unconditional love.
Seeing this, Loh concluded,"That's what the new radical feminism depends on—a guy named Bob (who can presumably also do leatherwork and butcher hogs)!"
I laughed until my sides hurt, then put the article aside.
But the subject kept coming up. What about that guy named Bob? Are there any more like him available? And what about all the Radical Homemakers profiled in the book—how can people like them be found? The subject comes up in private conversations following lectures and workshops; it's broached in private emails requesting that I post a "personals" section on radicalhomemakers.com; it's even in letters asking me to help someone effectively word their online singles information to screen for fellow radical homemakers. One man, wearing his heart on his sleeve, bravely posted a personal ad under the "connect" section at radicalhomemakers.com.
I feel clueless trying to respond to this need. Bob and I met and courted in the last century, for goodness sake ... heck, in the last millennium.
Before that, though, in my college days, I went through a lot of men. I had a couple of steady boyfriends, and then a very long line of men whom I dated without making any commitments.
Perhaps this sounds strange, but my family and community encouraged this. When I was a teenager, my aunt talked to me about dating: making eye contact, engaging in conversation. My mother talked to me about my safety, how to make my expectations clear, how to detect and escape unsafe situations. Ruth, the elderly farm matron up the road, told me to make sure whoever I got involved with knew how to work—not in an office, but real work, like splitting firewood, shoveling snow, tossing hay bales. And then everyone encouraged me to get out there and meet as many men as possible, shaking their heads in frustration if I lingered on any one of them too long. As a result, I amassed a string of "suitors." They wrote me poems, sent flowers and hand-written letters, helped me turn over the garden, and shoveled snow for Ruth. I didn't fall in love with any of them.
My father joked that he'd never have grandchildren. To set him at ease I quipped, "Don't worry. When I'm ready I'll just go order one from L.L.Bean. Then if I don't like him, I can take him back." Little did I know that I would take a trip to Maine a few years later, walk into L.L.Bean, see a guy selling binoculars and talking about birds, and fall madly in love right there in the retail store.
There was no online dating. At first, there wasn't even email. I scored my first date with Bob by sending a letter about birding, through the U.S. Postal Service, to the store. I hoped that someone would find him and give it to him. He picked up the cue and wrote back, asking me out if ever I was in town again. I made sure I was, and the rest is history.
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That was 15 years ago. Looking it all over, it seems so … antiquated. I don't think stories like that happen anymore. It would be easy for me to adopt some high ground on this—to accuse today's single Americans of being lazy about making personal connections without the aid of a computer; to argue that, in a few short years, we've allowed online dating services to kill the art of flirting and courtship in our culture.
But it would be so unfair. I'm no longer playing the field, and I get to live in this little nirvana with my perfect husband (though no, Sandra, he doesn't work leather), blissfully unaware of how the game is played these days. Finding and meeting people, even with the aid of computer dating, seems increasingly technical and frustrating, particularly for the single radical homemakers in our country, who, while they may visit a few topical websites on areas that interest them, tend to sign off promptly and live most of their days in fresh air and sunshine, away from the computer. In general, they don't text. They don't tweet. They talk.
I scoffed at the idea of a radical homemakers dating site when it was first suggested, but I guess I can see the point. Maybe there is already something like this out there—some site that screens for people who want to live in harmony with the earth, who honor family, community and social justice as governing principles in their daily choices. If anyone knows about it, please post it here so that others can find it. Maybe, until something better pops up, more people should post their "personal ad" on the radical homemakers site. I would imagine it would be a relief to have some sort of screening based on radical homemakers' ideals. There could be an understanding that a person isn't going to be judged by their earning potential, clothing labels, how perky their breasts are, what they drive, or whether they have six-pack abs; that there would be nothing strange about meeting for the first time in the café of a local food coop, rather than Starbucks; that a date isn't going to run screaming if they find out you keep worms under your kitchen sink, have vegetables rotting in jars on your counter, or use glad rags or diva cups.
I need to acknowledge that, just because flirting and letters in the mail worked for garnering dates 15 years ago, things are different. Maybe the dating culture I knew has gone the way of the courtship candle. But I don't think that the role of family and community assisting in creating partnerships need be forgotten. And while I never thought I'd say this, I suppose that includes the online community, too.
Happy Valentines' day, everyone. I wish you love and companionship, in whatever way it suits you best.
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An award dinner in honor of Keith A. Sommer will be held July 22 at 7 p.m. at Belmont Hills Country Club in St. Clairsville. A reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $40 per person. Reservations are required by July 15 by calling 740-699-2494.
Jul 8, 2014
By E. J. Schodzinski
The Eastern Ohio Alumni Chapter of Ohio University has chosen Keith A. Sommer as the 2014 Austin C. Furbee Award honoree, in recognition of his dedication and contribution to Ohio University Eastern and the community. An award dinner will be held Tuesday, July 22, at 7 p.m. at Belmont Hills Country Club in St. Clairsville in his honor.
"Keith Sommer is highly deserving of the Austin C. Furbee Award," said Ohio University Eastern Campus Dean Dr. Paul Abraham. "He has been an unwavering advocate for Ohio University Eastern in the community for over four decades. This is particularly appreciated since Keith is not an alumnus of Ohio University."
Sommer's commitment to Ohio University has included longtime service on the Eastern Campus. He is a member of the Regional Coordinating Council, and played a key role in the last fundraising campaign in identifying and helping to secure significant donations. He has also been an adjunct instructor at the campus.
After graduating from Martins Ferry High School in 1959, he was recruited to wrestle at Bowling Green State University. He completed his undergraduate degree there in 1963 and achieved membership in Bowling Green's Athletic Hall of Fame. Sommer promptly enrolled at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, earning a juris doctor in 1966.
He then returned to his hometown, began practicing law and became a staple of the community. In addition to his service to OUE, he is a member of the Belmont County Bar Association and Ohio State Bar Association, the Ohio Supreme Court Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, Belmont County Community Improvement Corporation and Estate Planning Council of the Upper Ohio Valley.
An avid reader, Sommer also serves on the Martins Ferry and Belmont County Library Boards. He is a past president of the Belmont County Bar Association and a past member of the Martins Ferry Lions Club and the St. Clairsville Sunrise Rotary.
Sommer is most appreciative of the recognition. "I was surprised and honored to be chosen for the Austin C. Furbee Award from Ohio University Eastern," he said. "Although I have been involved in many activities at OUE, including Regional Coordinating Council, fund-raising projects and adjunct teaching, I always felt that I received more from OUE than I contributed. I have had a tremendous experience at OUE as a result of my association with former Dean Greenlee, Dr. Abraham, Dr. Bovenizer and their staff, OUE professors, and the many individuals who have volunteered and devoted their time to OUE."
Sommer and his wife, Carol, have been married for 51 years. They are the proud parents of three daughters, Christine, Michele and Julie, and also have three grandchildren, Jackson, Calvin and Carrie.
Austin C. Furbee, for whom the award is named, played a key role in the formation of the Ohio University Eastern Campus. While serving as a Belmont County commissioner, Furbee realized that there were limited opportunities for higher education in the Ohio Valley. As a result, he became instrumental in the commission's acquisition of the former Belmont County Experimental Station farmland, which was to become a regional campus of Ohio University.
Furbee's involvement with Ohio University grew throughout the years. He was a longtime member of OUE's Regional Coordinating Council and also presided as chairman of the council when Shannon Hall, the first building on the St. Clairsville campus, was dedicated in 1967.
As a result of Furbee's efforts, the Eastern Campus has continued to grow and serve the needs of the community. OUE stands as a tribute to his vision, determination and hard work.
The Austin C. Furbee Award was first given in 1981 after Furbee's wife, Gladys, established an endowed fund in memory of her husband. The award is given annually to recognize an individual who has shown dedication, commitment and service to Ohio University and to the community.
"I want to thank the Eastern Ohio Alumni Chapter of Ohio University for honoring me with the Austin C. Furbee Award," Sommer finished. "To be included in the distinguished list of past Austin C. Furbee Award recipients is very humbling."
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The goal of this conference is to encourage new thinking on important unresloved questions in early universe cosmology.
The goal of this conference is to encourage new thinking on important unresloved questions in early universe cosmology.
Anthony Aguirre, University of California, Santa Cruz
Andreas Albrecht, University of California, Davis
Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study
Tom Banks, Rutgers, University of California, Santa Cruz
Itzhak Bars, University of Southern California
Jose Juan Blanco-Pillado, Tufts University
Raphael Bousso, University of California, Berkeley
Latham Boyle, Perimeter Institute
Adam Brown, Princeton University
Sean Carroll, California Institute of Technology
Willy Fischler, University of Texas at Austin
Benjamin Freivogel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jaume Garriga, University of Barcelona
Alan Guth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Harlow, Stanford University
James Hartle, University of California, Santa Barbara
Matt Johnson, Perimeter Institute
Justin Khoury, University of Pennsylvania
Matt Kleban, New York University
Louis Leblond, Perimeter Institute
Jean-Luc Lehners, Albert Einstein Institute
Paul McFadden, University of Amsterdam
Laura Mersini-Houghton, University of North Carolina
Rob Myers, Perimeter Institute
Radford Neal, University of Toronto
Don Page, University of Alberta
Hiranya Peiris, University College London
Sir Roger Penrose, University of Oxford
Michael Salem, Stanford University
Leonardo Senatore, Stanford University
Sarah Shandera, Perimeter Institute
Ben Shlaer, Tufts University
Douglas Stanford, Stanford University
Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University
Leonard Susskind, Stanford University
Gonzalo Torroba, Stanford University
Neil Turok, Perimeter Institute
Vitaly Vachurin, Stanford University
BingKan Xue, Princeton University
Anthony Aguirre, University of California, Santa Cruz
What Happens When Entropy Decreases
Closed systems never evolve to lower entropy states -- except when they do, which is if one waits a time that is exponential in the entropy change. Thus macroscopic decreases in entropy are 'never' observed. Yet in cosmology there are eternal systems in which downward entropy fluctuations of any magnitude eventually happen. What is the nature of such fluctuations? I will argue that these can be understood in a simple and general way that sheds light on our understanding of various interesting cosmological processes such as bubble nucleation, black/white hole formation, eternal stochastic inflation, Boltzmann brain formation, and other processes.
Andreas Albrecht, University of California, Davis
Infinity, Finiteness and Inflationary Cosmology
I analyze the various roles of infinity in current thinking about cosmology. Topics include initial conditions, attractor behavior, inflation and the precision and meaning of quantum measurements. I review the de Sitter equilibrium cosmology as an example of a finite cosmology, and present some new predictions that permit observable tests.
Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study
Tom Banks, Rutgers/University of California, Santa Cruz
Holographic Cosmology Inflation and Entropy
I provide a mathematical model of holographic cosmology whose coarse grained description is that of a homogeneous isotropic, flat universe, which makes a transitions from an FRW to an eternal de Sitter regime. Based on this model, I suggest some heuristic ideas which explain the low initial entropy of the universe and may provide a description of an inflationary era with small fluctuations.
Itzhak Bars, University of Southern California
Antigravity Predicted Between Crunch and Bang in a Cyclic Universe
Einstein's theory of General Relativity and its couplings to matter in 3+1 dimensions can be slightly enlarged with the requirement of a local scale (conformal) symmetry and the corresponding gauge degrees of freedom. This form of the theory is a prediction from 2T-gravity in 4+2 dimensions. It has no dimensionful constants, not even the gravitational constant, and requires all scalar fields to be conformally coupled to gravity and to the rest of matter. The theory can be gauge fixed to the usual gravity theory in the Einstein frame, thus generating the gravitational constant. Other physically equivalent forms of gauge fixing lead to the complete set of exact analytic solutions of the usual Friedmann equations, including radiation, curvature, anisotropy and a special potential for a scalar field coupled minimally to gravity. These analytic cosmological solutions, which are geodesically complete at singularities, reveal many surprising properties that are not noticeable with approximate cosmological solutions. Some aspects of the exact solutions will be reviewed in this lecture. In particular, it is predicted that the universe is cyclic and furthermore is has a period of antigravity between every big crunch and the following big bang.
Jose Juan Blanco-Pillado, Tufts University
Transdimensional Tunneling in the Multiverse
I will introduce a simple 6d model of flux compactification that shows a remarkable rich landscape of vacua with different number of large and compact dimensions. I will then describe the instantons interpolating between these different vacua as well as some the implications of a transdimensional multiverse of this form.
Raphael Bousso, University of California, Berkeley
The Measure Problem: Successes and Challenges
Adam Brown, Princeton University
Populating the Whole Landscape
Sean Carroll, California Institute for Technology
The Arrow of Time in an Eternal Universe
If we imagine that the universe is truly eternal, special challenges arise for attempts to solve cosmological fine-tuning problems, especially the low entropy of the early universe. If the space of states is finite, the universe should spend most of its time near equilibrium. If the space of states is infinite, it becomes difficult to understand why our universe was in a particular low-entropy state.
I will discuss approaches to addressing this problem in a model-independent fashion.
Willy Fischler, University of Texas at Austin
Holographic Cosmology Part 1
We will describe how a quantum mechanical description of a flat FRW with equation of state pressure =energy density, emerges.
Ben Freivogel, MIT
Jaume Garriga, University of Barcelona
Alan Guth, MIT
James Hartle, University of California, Santa Barbara
Eternal Inflation in the Light of Quantum Cosmology
If the universe is a quantum mechanical system it has a quantum state.This state supplies a probabilistic measure for alternative histories of the universe. During eternal inflation these histories typically develop large inhomogeneities that lead to a mosaic structure on superhorizon scales consisting of homogeneous patches separated by inflating regions. As observers we do not see this structure directly. Rather our observations are confined to a small, nearly homogeneous region within our past light cone. This talk will describe how the probabilities for these observations can be calculated from the probabilities supplied by the quantum state without introducing a further ad hoc measure.
Matt Johnson, Perimeter Institute
Bringing Terminal Vacua Back to Life With Classical Transitions
In this talk, I will describe how the collision of Minkowski or crunching bubbles can re-start inflation in a portion of the bubble interior. Consistent with various singularity theorems, such collisions can only seed a lasting inflationary phase with energy density lower than that of the parent vacuum.
Justin Khoury, University of Pennsylvania
Scale Invariance from Spontaneous Breaking of Conformal Symmetry
I will discuss a novel framework of the very early universe which addresses the traditional horizon and flatness problems of big bang cosmology and predicts a scale invariant spectrum of perturbations. Unlike inflation, this scenario requires no exponential superluminal expansion of space-time. Instead, the early universe is described by a conformal field theory minimally coupled to gravity. The conformal fields develop a time-dependent expectation value which breaks the flat space so(4,2) conformal symmetry down to so(4,1), the symmetries of de Sitter, giving perturbations a scale invariant spectrum. The solution is an attractor, at least in the case of a single time-dependent field. Meanwhile, the metric background remains approximately flat but slowly contracts, which makes the universe increasingly flat, homogeneous and isotropic. The essential features of the scenario depend only on the symmetry breaking pattern and not on the details of the underlying lagrangian.
Matt Kleban, New York University
Jean-Luc Lehners, Albert Einstein Institute
Does the Cyclic Universe Avoid the Measure Problem?
In its best understood version, the Steinhardt-Turok cyclic universe contains two crucial ingredients: an unstable field trajectory during the ekpyrotic phase, and the subsequent brane collision corresponding to the crunch/bang transition. These two features act as strong selection principles and determine the broad physical properties of the universe emerging from the bang. As such, they significantly alleviate (and perhaps resolve) the measure problem that is inherent to all cosmological models that produce universes with a range of physical properties.
Paul McFadden, University of Amsterdam
Inflationary Cosmology: A Holographic Perspective
We present a holographic framework for inflationary universes, in particular those that are either asymptotically de Sitter or asymptotically power-law. This framework reveals how cosmological observables, including the primordial power spectrum and non-Gaussianities, are encoded in the correlation functions of a three-dimensional non-gravitational quantum field theory. Introducing a simple yet general class of holographic models, we obtain distinctive observational predictions that are compatible with current observational data and may be either confirmed or excluded by Planck.
Laura Mersini-Houghton, University of North Carolina
Selection of the Initial Conditions from the Landscape Multiverse
I will briefly review the predictions of the theory of the Selection of the Initial Conditions of the Universe from the Landscape Multiverse and focus on recent and upcoming evidence. In this theory, the wavefunction of the universe propagating on the landscape is localized via Anderson localization. Decoherence of the wavefunction is triggered by the backreaction of massive superhorizon fluctuations. Thus the selection of the initial conditions is determined by the quantum dynamics of gravitational (vacuum energy) vs. matter degrees of freedom. Dynamics selects only high energy universes as 'survivors' while low energy universe become 'terminal'.
I will describe how the nonlocal quantum entanglement associated with decoherence provides a second source of perturbations and gives rise to a series of derived predictions. Three of the signatures of the theory predicted in 2006 (the giant void; a suppressed \sigma_8; and, the dark flow) were tested soon afterwards. The fourth prediction will be tested by LHC in a year.
Radford Neal, University of Toronto
Probability and Anthropic Reasoning in Small, Large, and Infinite Universes
I will argue that anthropic reasoning is unnecessary or misleading when the universe/multiverse is small enough that another observer with exactly your memories is unlikely to exist. Instead, one can evaluate theories or make predictions in the standard Bayesian way, based on the conditional probability of something unknown given all that you do know. Things are not so clear when the universe is large enough that all competing theories predict that an observer with your exact memories exists with probability close to one. I will discuss issues that arise in such large or infinite universes, such as "Boltzmann brains", and will argue that pending better understanding of these issues one should be hesitant to draw conclusions different from those that would apply to a small iverse.
Alberto Nicolis, Columbia University
Galilean Genesis
We propose a novel cosmological scenario, in which standard inflation is replaced by an expanding phase with a drastic violation of the Null Energy Condition (NEC): \dot H >> H^2. The model is based on the recently introduced Galileon theories, which allow NEC violating solutions without instabilities. The unperturbed solution describes a Universe that is asymptotically Minkowski in the past, expands with increasing energy density until it exits the regime of validity of the effective field theory and reheats. This solution is a dynamical attractor and the Universe is driven to it, even if it is initially contracting. Adiabatic perturbations turn out to be cosmologically irrelevant. The model, however, suggests a new way to produce a scale invariant spectrum of isocurvature perturbations, which can be later
converted to adiabatic: the Galileon is forced by symmetry to couple to the other fields as a dilaton; the effective metric it yields on the NEC violating solution is that of de Sitter space, so that all light scalars will automatically acquire a nearly scale-invariant spectrum of perturbations.
Don Page, University of Alberta
Entropy in the Universe
A positive cosmological constant allows arbitrarily many different quantum states, but apparently only if there can be big bangs and/or big crunches. Without any big bang or big crunch, the entropy may be limited by the Gibbons-Hawking entropy of pure deSitter, and the matter entropy might even more limited by a value roughly the three-fourths power of the Gibbons-Hawking entropy. A classical analogue of an upper limit on the entropy is the finite canonical measure for nonsingular cosmologies.
Inflation by itself does not explain the arrow of time and seems to require that not only a small region have suitable initial conditions. A special quantum state, such as the Symmetric-Bounce one, with a suitable measure, such as volume averaging and Agnesi weighting, appears possible to explain the arrow of time and other observations, such as high order that would not be expected for Boltzmann brain observations, distant stars that would not be expected if we were fluctuations of empty de Sitter spacetime, and positive cosmological constant that appears not to dominate many other measures.
Hiranya Peiris, University College London
First Observational Tests of Eternal Inflation
The eternal inflation scenario predicts that our observable universe resides inside a single bubble embedded in a vast inflating multiverse. Collisions between bubble universes imprinted in the CMB sky provide a powerful observational test of this idea. I will describe a robust algorithm for non-Gaussian source detection in massive datasets, and present its application to the search for bubble collision signatures in CMB data from WMAP.
Sir Roger Penrose, University of Oxford
Conformal Cyclic Cosmology: Some Striking New Observational Support
Michael Salem, Stanford University
Observable signatures of anisotropic bubble nucleation
Our universe may have formed via bubble nucleation in an eternally-inflating background. Furthermore, the background may have a compact dimension---the modulus of which tunnels out of a metastable minimum during bubble nucleation---which subsequently grows to become one of our three large spatial dimensions. We discuss some potential observational signatures of this scenario.
Leonardo Senatore, Stanford University
On Slow Roll Eternal Inflation
Sarah Shandera, Perimeter Institute
Infrared Challenges for Inflation
I will review some recent work on infrared issues for scalar fields in exact and quasi de Sitter space. Renewed interest in this topic has been driven by the observational potential for a more accurate determination of statistics of the primordial curvature perturbations, especially non-Gaussianity. Interestingly, the resulting questions are not only relevant for mapping inflationary models to observation but also link directly to more fundamental questions about the initial state, eternal inflation, and the long time dynamics of interacting quantum fields in curved space. Infrared questions provide a precisely calculable way to put pressure on inflation as a rigorous and consistent framework, ready to confront future observations.
Ben Shlaer, Tufts University
A critique of Coleman - De Luccia
In many respects, de Sitter space behaves like a system at finite temperature in finite volume. I will extend this to include the lack of first-order phase transitions. This rules out exponential decay in the de Sitter landscape, which changes the global structure in a significant way.
Paul J. Steinhardt, Princeton University
Meeting the Challenges
This talk will be a heuristic discussion of the challenges for the big bang inflationary picture and possible approaches for addressing them.
Leonard Susskind, Stanford University
Gonzalo Torroba, Stanford University
A Simple Harmonic Universe
We explore simple but novel solutions of general relativity which, classically, approximate cosmologies cycling through an infinite set of ``bounces." These solutions require curvature K=+1, and are supported by a negative cosmological term and matter with -1 < w < -1/3. They can be studied within the regime of validity of general relativity. We argue that quantum mechanically, particle production leads eventually to a departure from the regime of validity of semiclassical general relativity, likely yielding a singular crunch.
Vitaly Vanchurin, Stanford University
Physics Beyond the Standard Theory of Inflation and Dark Energy
Inflationary cosmology not only provided a simple solution to various cosmological problems, but also made predictions later confirmed by observations. Despite of its success, a straightforward extrapolation of the theory to higher energy scales led to new problems and seems to require new physics. In this talk I review the new problems, discuss their possible resolutions and speculate on possible predictions of the new physics.
BingKan Xue, Princeton University
Curvature and Anisotropy Near a Nonsingular Bounce
Problematic growths of curvature and anisotropy are found in nonsingular bouncing cosmologies that include both an ekpyrotic phase and a bouncing phase. Classically, initial curvature and anisotropy that are suppressed during the ekpyrotic phase will grow back exponentially during the nonsingular bouncing phase. Besides, curvature perturbations and anisotropy are generated by quantum fluctuations during the ekpyrotic phase. In the bouncing phase, an adiabatic curvature perturbation grows to dominate and gives rise to a blue spectrum that spoils the scale-invariance. Meanwhile, a scalar shear perturbation grows nonlinear and creates an overwhelming anisotropy that disrupts the nonsingular bounce altogether.


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"The death of a wife and mother in Texas revealed a case of stolen identity with a connection to the Northwest. Now a Seattle investigator is trying to figure out who this mystery woman really was."
After her death her husband opened a locked box which Lori had kept hidden. It it he found scribbled notes, birth certificates, death certificates, driver's licenses with his wife's photograph but under different names and in different states.
Eventually Ruff and a Social Security investigator realized they had uncovered a case of a woman who ran from her past and hid under a dead girl's identity. This Tuesday you can join Times reporter Maureen O'Hagan and Joe Velling, Special Agent in Charge of the Seattle investigations office of the SSA, for a live chat and updates about the case at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Saturday marked the 15th year of the American Cancer Society Emmet County Relay for Life. And WOW what a success it was! We would like to start out by saying THANK YOU to the following:
Boys Scout Troop #31 for providing man power and the raising of the flag, Woody's Pizza for the donation of pizza, Pizza Hut for the donation of pizza for our Relay Kick Off, City of Estherville for the use of Library Square, Estherville Public Library for the use of the library, Estherville Park and Recreation Department for the use of picnic tables and bleachers, Emmet County Courthouse for the use of the restrooms, ELC Schools for the use of the track for the mini-relay, Hy-Vee for daffodil storage and pickup, Presbyterian Church for the use of the basement for our meetings, Armstrong Community Center for the "More Birthdays Celebration" Supper, Br. Bruns and Williams for storing our Relay supplies, All the business that helped sponsor the newspaper insert, Belva Henrickson for putting together the style show, Iowa Lakes Community College for the use of the sound system and the tents, Chris McArdle for being our MC for the day, Health Source- Dr. Cory Rezac- for the massages in the education tent.
Whether you are a corporate sponsor, event sponsor, hour of hope sponsor, survivor, relay for life committee member or team captain or you gave a donation you made Emmet County shine like a star.
Becky and I would like to say "THANK YOU" to Dana Kauffman, our American Cancer Society staff partner, on behalf of the entire county for helping us to organize the 2011 American Cancer Society Emmet County Relay for Life. Also a special thank you to the committee and team captains for all of your hard work.
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The 1920's style house in Winnetka, Ill., 30 miles outside of Chicago, was listed at $2.4 million in May; the unnamed buyer paid just $1.585 million for it.
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Customers who receive a flight itinerary email from Jetstar containing PDF attachments have been advised to delete the email straight away.
A Jetstar spokesman confirmed to Computerworld Australia that the itineraries have not been issued by the airline and may contain a virus.
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More than a decade after the last Jurassic Park sequel released, and nearly two decades after the original feature adaptation of Michael Crichton's modern-day dinosaur tale made its way into theaters comes word that Universal has found a set of writers to tackle the next installment to the franchise. And they know a little something about dangerous creatures unleashed.
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Before we get to the news on the writers, let's just get the collective groan about unnecessary sequels out of the way and take the optimistic approach on this for argument's sake. We've known for a while that Universal had its sights set on revisiting Crichton's concept of cloned dinosaurs, and that Steven Spielberg would be involved. Given the choice between recalling Jurassic Park III with a cringe, and approaching the idea of a fourth movie with a positive outlook, I'm going with the latter, mainly because I think I might always like the idea of a movie about dinosaurs being brought into a modern setting and making a mess of wherever they are and trying to make a meal out of whoever might be unfortunate enough to wander into their path.
Deadline has offered an update on Jurassic Park 4 (IV?), stating that Universal is putting Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver to the task of penning the script for the movie, which will be produced (but not directed) by Steven Spielberg, along with Kathleen Kennedy. Jaffa and Silver are credited for the screenplay for Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a film I'll admit, I didn't expect to enjoy nearly as much as I did. The story for the film worked, which made the movie much more than just a display of angry apes tearing up a city.
Jaffa and Silver's involvement may also factor in, in part, to my optimism. Consider again that the last Jurassic Park film came out in 2001, and with Rise of the Planet of the Apes in mind, add in the advancements in and potential use of motion capture in this installment, and who knows? Maybe they'll come up with something truly worthy of association with Crichton's original story.


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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established on March 19, 1933, by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a New Deal program to aid young men from unemployed families during the Great Depression. In President Roosevelt's message to Congress on March 21, 1933, the president stated:
"I have proposed the creation of a civilian conservation corps to be used in simple work, confirming itself to forestry, preservation of soil erosion, flood control, and similar projects…Control of such work can be carried on by the executing machinery of the Department of Labor, Agriculture, War and the Interior,..."
Executive Order 6106 took effect in April 1933, ten days after President Roosevelt's address to Congress. The organization established was technically called "Emergency Conservation Work." The phrase Roosevelt used in his speech to Congress, however, the Civilian Conservation Corps, was more frequently used and is the name by which the organization is referred to today. The CCC received 10 million dollars from the national treasury, and was operated under the direction of Robert Fechner, along with an advisory council.
The program, placed under the overall jurisdiction of the Department of Interior under Secretary Harold L. Ickes, became one of the most popular New Deal programs, operating throughout the United States and its territories. A separate Indian Division aided Native Americans on the reservations and numbered roughly 77,000. More than 2 million men served in the CCC before Congress abolished the program in 1942, when America's recent entry into World War II demanded manpower for the armed forces. Young men were put to work building roads, erosion dams, fighting fires, planting trees and landscaping National Parks. The CCC employed men between the ages of 18 and 25 for 6 month periods. Later Congress changed the age limit to 17 to 28 years old. Initially the organized unions opposed the idea as they feared skilled competition during the hard times of the Great Depression, when many union members were unemployed. The training provided in the CCC camps, however, did not compete with the established unions, although forestry training and educational opportunities were made available. The CCC was run on quasi-military lines. Day would begin at the CCC camps with a bugle call at 6:00am, and work began at 7:45am. The men worked 40 hours a week and had time for sports and classes in the late afternoon. A portion of every man's salary in the CCC was sent home to their families
The organization of the Civilian Conservation Corps reads like the plan for a bureaucratic labyrinth gone awry, but it worked, placing different Federal Departments in charge of different aspects of the program. The Labor Department initially enrolled unemployed young men into the program (eventually the CCC took over this role), and the camps the men lived in while working were operated by the Army, with reserve officers becoming camp directors. The war Department (later renamed the Department of Defense) was responsible for the physical conditioning of the men, transportation, camp construction, administration, and supplies. The Department of Agriculture was responsible for on-the-ground planning and execution of work projects in the national forests in the continental U.S., Puerto Rico, and Alaska, The Department of the Interior had a similar responsibility for the lands under its jurisdiction and for the CCC's Native American enrollees.
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WASHINGTON—The chief operating officer of the Federal Housing Finance Agency faces a felony charge after he allegedly made violent threats concerning the regulator's former director, according to a police report and court records.
Richard Hornsby, the agency's chief operating officer, was charged last Wednesday with one felony count of threatening to kidnap or injure a person, court records show. He was ordered to stay away from the FHFA and from former director Edward DeMarco, who retired from the agency last week, court...


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Fish may come to the dinner table in any number of ways, from baked and broiled, to grilled and roasted. Pan sautéed fish, one of simplest ways to cook small whole fish, is tasty, too - particularly when its delicate flavor is enhanced by the taste of real butter. As long as the fish you cook is as fresh as you can get it, it will be hard to go wrong with any kind of meal fashioned around delicious fish. Mark Bittman's recipe for "Crisp Cod (or Other Fish Steaks) with Orange Sauce," from "How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food," reprinted here about a year ago, is back because so many of you told me that it is one of the best fish dishes you ever made. Laced with fresh orange juice and fresh-grated orange peel, it's hard to argue with the merits of a recipe that can be prepared with so many different species of fish. So, for those of you who may have missed the recipe the first time around, or haven't yet had a chance to try it, here it is again. For folks who enjoy the piquant flavors characteristic of Mexican cuisine, "Los Cabos Red Snapper," named for Mexico's largest and most popular sports fishing destination is offered. Made with RoTel brand Diced Tomatoes with Lime Juice & Cilantro, the spice in the dish can be easily adjusted according to preference, and the cheese topping is optional, but oh, so nice. Should you need some pointers on pan frying fish in butter that doesn't burn, check out the directions for sautéing fresh trout in clarified butter - a useful ingredient to have on hand whether you're frying fish, or scrambling eggs. People are always telling me they should eat more fish. Recipes like these should make goal that easy.
Sue Ade, a Lowcountry resident since 1985, is a gourmet baker and collector of vintage cooking utensils and cookbooks. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 683-0375.
Named for Mexico's largest and most popular sports-fishing destination, Los Cabos Red Snapper is a spicy, flavorful fish dish made with chili powder, cumin and RoTel Diced Tomatoes with Lime Juice & Cilantro. Cod or halibut also works well for this recipe.
For the fish
1½ pounds fresh red snapper, may substitute with cod or halibut
Olive oil
Cut fish into four serving size pieces and place in a large rectangle baking dish that has been brushed lightly with olive oil; set aside.
For the rest
3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for greasing baking dish
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (10-ounce) can RoTel (Mexican Lime & Cilantro) Diced Tomatoes with Lime Juice & Cilantro
¾ teaspoon dried basil
½ teaspoon celery seed
½ teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon cumin
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro, plus more for garnish
Dash Tabaco
2 cups (8-ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese, optional
Rice for serving
In a large skillet or Dutch oven, over medium heat, melt butter with oil. Sauté the onion and garlic until translucent. Add the RoTel tomatoes, basil, celery seed, chili powder, cumin, pepper, cilantro, Tabasco and salt to taste. Simmer for 20 minutes, then pour mixture over fish in baking dish. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. If using cheese, divide cheese over fish, and bake for 5 minutes more, or until cheese melts and begins to brown slightly. Garnish with minced cilantro and serve over rice. Makes 4 servings.
For the fish
4 small cod steaks
About 1 cup all-purpose flour
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
½ teaspoon cayenne, or to taste (optional)
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
For the sauce
1 large shallot or small red onion, thinly sliced*
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
Chopped fresh basil or mint leaves for garnish*
Heat oven to 200 degrees. Heat a large skillet over medium heat for 2 or 3 minutes. Season the flour with the salt, lots of black pepper and the cayenne if you like. When the skillet is hot, add the butter and olive oil. When the butter foam subsides, dredge each steak in the flour, shaking off the excess. Put them in the skillet and turn the heat up to medium-high.
Cook, rotating the steaks so they brown evenly, turning after about four minutes. Cook for another three minutes or so, then check - the fish is done when a thin-bladed knife meets little resistance and little or no translucence appears in the center. Cook it for a minute or two longer if necessary, then transfer to an ovenproof plate and transfer to the oven. Add the shallot to the pan and cook, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan until the shallot begins to crisp, just a minute or so. Add the zest and juice, raise the heat until the mixture bubbles, and cook, stirring occasionally until it reduces and becomes syrupy, about 3 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve each steak with a spoonful of sauce and garnish with fresh basil or mint. Makes 4 servings.
*Kitchen Ade note: I used red onion and mint leaves for this dish. Also, doubling the amount of ingredients used for the sauce is recommended - it's so good, you'll want more.
Although simply sautéed fish requires little else than butter, oil and a pan, three things are critical - the fish must be as fresh as you can get it (see tips below), the pan must be of heavy and of good quality, and the butter used for sautéing the fish, must be clarified to prevent scorching. (Directions for clarifying butter follows.) To sauté fish, start out with fish that has been patted dry. Season it with a little salt and pepper, if you like. Heat equal amounts of butter and oil in a heavy pan to a depth of about 1/4 inch, over medium-high heat. Once the fat is hot, add the fish. (Adjust heat as the fish cooks. You want to keep the pan hot and the heat constant, but not so hot as to burn anything.) Cook the fish until it is golden brown on one side, turning once to finish cooking, about 5 minutes on each side, depending on the thickness of the fish. When cooking fish, do not crowd, cooking only enough fish that comfortably fits in the pan. (You may place cooked fish in a preheated 250-degree oven while you are cooking the rest of the fish.)
Tips for choosing whole fish at the market
• Look at the eyes: The fish should have bright, clear, bulging eyes. Gray, dull eyes that look milky is a good indication that the fish is past its prime.
• Smell it: Fresh fish should smell like fresh water, the ocean, or even a little briny. Do not buy fish that smells fishy, or nasty, or of ammonia.
• Check the skin: The skin and scales should be tight.
• Inspect the gills and tail: The gills should have a rich red color under the collar and the tail should be moist - not shriveled and dry.
To make clarified butter
Clarified butter has a high smoke point, making it ideal for frying fish and other foods where nothing but the delicate taste of butter will do.
Cut ½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter into cubes. Place butter in a heavy saucepan and heat over low heat, until melted. Remove pan from heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Strain milk solids through a fine mesh sieve, or several layers of cheesecloth, into a heat-proof container. Store clarified butter, tightly covered, in the refrigerator, for up to one month.


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The Giro is over and crikey, we are wiped out. I have never been this written off, ever. We are now back at the team base and contemplating big issues like how many gelatis we could put away this evening.
Stage 10 today was on like Donkey Kong. 112km of very fast action and my legs just didn't work. I knew what I needed to do - it was be on the front and cover moves - but I just couldn't get up. Couldn't. The 5% gradients turned into bergs of Baw-Baw like proportions. How do these girls do this? I got dropped with 30km to go, then hitched a lift from a sympathetic policeman on a motorbike (for future reference, the flashing police lights that stick out on the back of the moto do not withstand the force of a desperate cyclist hanging on at 50kph), then stuck with an Italian rider in a similar predicament. Suddenly, we reached a police roadblock and were flagged down. Lots of Italian shouting and gesticulating. The word 'casino' was bandied around. Circus. What the? We were told to wait. I had no idea what was going on, but we were assured by the policeman that the race organisers had stopped the clock, and the bunch would be coming past in 10 minutes. We were to wait for them and then join back into the bunch. What the...?
As it turned out, the bunch had been inadvertently sent down a dead-end street and was made to wait for 10 minutes while the organisers sorted out where they were supposed to be going. They u-bolted, then came back past our way. Casino indeed. I didn't know this - I was busy wondering whether I would be allowed to finish, or whether my Giro had just ended, unglamorously, outside a petrol station somewhere near Monza. But I tacked on all the same, and then promptly got dropped again with 3km to go. But I got to finish.
So I've finished the Giro and in 2 days I fly back to Melbourne. In 3 days I will be back in my corporate suit, sitting in the office and contemplating Risk & Compliance issues for Australian lawyers. In 5 days I will see Andy again. No prizes for guessing which I am looking forward to most.


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Here are links to some excerpts of Thinking Allowed, national public television interviews I have conducted with PA members:
Dean Radin, The Conscious Universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x_Z9KXQ3nE&feature=plcp
Rupert Sheldrake, The Presence of the Past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP-PXCLHp4o&feature=plcp
Rupert Sheldrake, A New Science of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR3taLBqxO8&feature=plcp
Russell Targ, Miracles of Mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHyVbYz16DM&feature=plcp
Charles Tart, Self-Observation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X6OzJNgldI&feature=plcp
Charles Tart, Waking Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK0Fq6_Nf2M&feature=plcp
The Thinking Allowed You Tube channel (www.youtube.com/user/thinkingallowedtv) also contains many other interviews with outstanding scholars on topics related to parapsychology.
The Parapsychological Association is an international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of psi (or 'psychic') experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition. The primary objective of the PA is to achieve a scientific understanding of these experiences.
First established in 1957, the PA has been an affiliated organization of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1969. The PA is a non-profit, non-adjudicating organization that endorses no ideologies or beliefs other than the value of rigorous scientific and scholarly inquiry.


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LOS ANGELES — The Rockies pitching carousel was back in motion today.
Lefty Drew Pomeranz, the centerpiece of last summer's Ubaldo Jimenez trade, is being optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs to work on his mechanics. Lefty Josh Outman, back from a stint rehabbing a strained oblique muscle, takes Pomeranz place on the 25-man roster.
So, this is how the rotation sets up:
Tonight — Jamie Moyer at Dodgers
Saturday — Juan Nicasio at Dodgers
Sunday — Alex White at Dodgers
Monday — Christian Friedrich at San Francisco
Tuesday — Jeremey Guthrie at San Francisco
"I think, really, this is the right thing to do," manager Jim Tracy said. "There are a couple things in relation to his delivery that we need to get cleaned up. I think it's important knowing how special he is, and the potential that he has, that we get him right. We don't want him up in the big leagues right now just trying to get by."
Pomeranz suffered a nasty bruise on his right thigh on Monday night when he got hit by a line drive during a game at San Diego. Tracy, however, said the bruise had nothing to do with the Rockies' decision to send Pomeranz down. Pomeranz, who was 0-2 with a 4.70 ERA in five starts, will pitch for the Sky Sox on Sunday at Memphis.
"It has to do with his mechanics and his capability to repeat his delivery," Tracy said. "It has everything to do with that and nothing to do with the ball that he took off his leg."


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In line with its international growth, Liebherr's venture into the United States began in 1970. Within a couple of years, the company expanded and completed its production facilities in Newport News, VA for its product line of hydraulic excavators. It was later converted into Liebherr's manufacturing facility for mining trucks and remains home to Liebherr Mining Equipment Newport News, Co.
In addition to its production facility, Liebherr markets a wide variety of products and technologies through its companies located across the United States. The companies are Liebherr- Aerospace Saline, Inc., Liebherr Gear Technology, Inc., Liebherr Automation Systems, Co., and Liebherr USA, Co., the umbrella company for eight divisions that are positioned across the United States.


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Death penalty phase begins in Jodi Arias murder trial
PHOENIX (AP) — A woman whose trial riveted viewers with details of sex and violence returns to court Thursday, as the same jury that convicted her of first-degree murder last week in the death of her boyfriend now weighs whether the former waitress should be sentenced to life in prison or death.
Jurors on Wednesday took less than three hours to determine that Jodi Arias should be eligible for the death penalty in the killing of her one-time lover after prosecutors proved the murder was especially cruel and heinous.
Arias, 32, acknowledged killing Travis Alexander on June 4, 2008, at his suburban Phoenix home after a day of sex.
She slashed Alexander's throat, stabbed him in the heart and shot him in the forehead. The victim suffered a total of nearly 30 knife wounds in what prosecutors described as an attack fueled by jealous rage after Alexander wanted to end his affair with Arias and prepared to take a trip to Mexico with another woman.
She initially denied any involvement then later blamed the attack on masked intruders. Two years after her arrest, she settled on self-defense.
On Thursday, the penalty phase of her trial begins during which prosecutors will call Alexander's family and other witnesses in an effort to convince the panel Arias should face the ultimate punishment. Arias' defense lawyers will have her family members testify, and likely others who have known her over the years, in an attempt to gain sympathy from jurors to save her life. It's not yet known if Arias will testify.
Alexander's family members sobbed in the front row as prosecutor Juan Martinez took the jury through the killing one more time earlier in the day. He described how blood gushed from Alexander's chest, hands and neck as the 30-year-old motivational speaker and businessman stood at the sink in his master bathroom and looked into the mirror with Arias behind him, a knife in her hand.
"The last thing he saw before he lapsed into unconsciousness ... was that blade coming to his throat," Martinez said. "And the last thing he felt before he left this earth was pain."
Wednesday's proceedings played out quickly, with only one prosecution witness and none for the defense. The most dramatic moments occurred when Martinez displayed photos of Alexander's corpse and the bloody crime scene for the jury, then paused in silence for two minutes to describe how long he said it took for Alexander to die at Arias' hands.
Arias appeared to fight back tears most of the morning, but didn't seem fazed by the verdict. Afterward she chatted with her attorneys. Arias spent the weekend on suicide watch before being transferred back to an all-female jail where she will remain until sentencing.
Minutes after her first-degree murder conviction last Wednesday, Arias granted an interview to Fox affiliate KSAZ, only adding to the circus-like environment surrounding the trial that has become a cable TV sensation with its graphic tales of sex, lies and violence.
"Longevity runs in my family, and I don't want to spend the rest of my natural life in one place," a tearful Arias said. "I believe death is the ultimate freedom, and I'd rather have my freedom as soon as I can get it."
However, Arias cannot choose the death penalty. It's up to the jury to recommend a sentence.
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I would like to say thank you to the following businesses who sponsored me for the Miss Kentucky National American Miss Pageant in July.
The Morgan Community Center along with Henry/Trimble County animal shelter is taking appointments for the August 22 and September 26 S.N.I.P. clinic.
Appointments must be made in advance. We are limited on how many animals we can accept at each clinic. Call Early.
Some funding is available for Trimble County residents only. Please call 502-255-4879 to set up your appointment.
Rita Davis,
The City of Milton would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the local businesses, vendors, & everyone who donated money & door prizes to our Annual Customer Appreciation Day. Without them this event would not be possible.
We also would like to say a thank you to all of our customers & community for joining us & making it a great success. We look forward to seeing you again next year.
The City of Milton
I am gravely confused and dismayed regarding the beautiful trees that are now missing from our courthouse square. What in the world happened? Where did they go? And more importantly, why? Who in the world authorized such destruction?
On behalf of the Ely family, I would like to send out a very special thank you to the Milton and Bedford Communities.
On the 7th of July, my brother Thomas Wayne Ely passed away at the very young age of 33. Tommy had no insurance and our family could not afford the cost of his final expenses. With the help of the community and several close friends, we were able to raise the $2,300 to help cover the costs.
The Senior Carnival was a great success Friday, July 6. It wouldn't have been possible without the support of local businesses and people.
JCTC Trimble County Adult Education would like to thank the following business and individuals for allowing signs to be placed in the community: Bray's Orchards, Mrs. Ellen Robak, Mrs. Jane Beckner, and Mrs. Lois Adair.
We really appreciate them allowing us to advertise our services.
Staff of JCTC Trimble Co. Adult Education
On June 19, 2012, I was severely injured in an accident. I fell approximately 25 feet from a barn roof when the boards I was standing on gave way. I was lucky in the fact that a friend was there to make the call for help and responded to the accident like a professional. The Trimble County EMS and the Air Methods crew responded quickly and did an outstanding job in getting me to the hospital for proper medical care.
I am writing to request nominations for the Bedford Rotary Club Citizen of the year award.
Each year the Bedford Rotary Club looks for citizens of Trimble County that have "made a difference".
JCTC Trimble County Adult Education held a year end semester party on June 14, 2012.
Thanks to our generous community, many prizes were earned by our students. We would like to thank all of the following individuals and businesses for donations:
Bedford Hardware Plus
Bedford Stop-n-Go
Subway of Bedford
Trimble County Farm Bureau
Little Town-n-Country
Country Collectibles
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