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The day before I started cooking the stew, I poured boiling water over the dried pozole and left it to soak until the next day. From reading the information in Mexico One Plate at a Time, I understood that the longer the pozole could cook the better. Bayless points out that it's often left to simmer overnight before fiestas. I drained the soaked pozole and began cooking it in fresh water about five and a half hours before I planned to serve it, and I would guess that three hours would be the minimum cooking time. The goal is to cook the corn to the point at which it flowers, or the kernels begin to open somewhat resembling popcorn. I added the chiles, garlic, onion, and oregano as suggested in Deborah Madison's recipe. After three and a half hours of cooking, I added a couple teaspoons of salt. An hour later, I added some chicken stock and pushed the pureed ancho chiles through a strainer into the stew. That was left to simmer for one more hour. During that last hour or so, you should taste the stew a few times and consider adjusting the seasoning. I ended up adding almost two tablespoons of salt before the corn and broth were well seasoned. Bayless explains that the corn absorbs a lot of seasoning, and extra salt is usually needed.
Last, but certainly not least, are the toppings. Pozole is presented with any combination of the following: thinly sliced cabbage, thinly sliced radishes, dried Mexican oregano, tostadas, sliced jalapenos, cubed avocado, lime wedges, cilantro leaves, diced onion, crumbled queso fresco, and sliced meat such as the grilled chicken that I served. A warm bowl of tender, cooked corn with a fragrant, deep red broth is topped with whichever of those items you choose. And, it happens to be delicious served with crunchy tortilla chips and the roasted salsa verde from Mexico One Plate at a Time.
Pozole Rojo
combined, adapted, and adjusted from Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone and Mexico One Plate at a Time
3 c dried pozole
½ onion, chopped
3 large garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
3 dried guajillo chiles, washed, stemmed, and seeded
1 teaspoon dried Mexican oregano
6 ancho chiles, washed, stemmed, and seeded
2 quarts chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste
4 c thinly sliced green cabbage
3 limes, cut into wedges
5 radishes, thinly sliced
2 jalapenos, thinly sliced
1 c cilantro leaves
2 c sliced, grilled chicken
1 avocado, peeled and cubed
-in a large, heat-proof bowl, cover dried pozole with boiling water so that water's surface is two inches above top of pozole and let stand until the water is room temperature; place bowl in refrigerator overnight
-drain soaked pozole and place it in a large stock pot; add four and one half quarts fresh water, the chopped onion, smashed garlic, guajillo chiles, and Mexican oregano; bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer; simmer for three and a half hours or longer if time allows; stir occasionally; add two teaspoons salt after about three hours and stir; continue simmering
-meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring two cups water to a boil; add cleaned ancho pieces to boiling water and remove from heat; once anchos have rehydrated and cooled, place them with some of the steeping liquid in a blender and puree until smooth; place a strainer over the stockpot and press ancho puree through it into the simmering stew; add two quarts rich, homemade chicken stock to stew; add a tablespoon of salt and stir to incorporate; taste the stew a few times as it simmers for another hour to hour and a half and add salt to taste (possibly as much as another tablespoon)
-serve bowls of stew with a platter of toppings, some tortilla chips, and a bowl of homemade roasted salsa verde


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Instability Start on the Margins
What is the prudent response when hefty profits beg to be booked and assets purchased with leverage/debt start declining? Sell, sell, sell.
Many analysts have described the core-periphery dynamic: instability tends to manifest first in the periphery and then move inexorably to the core. Social and economic changes work in a similar fashion, originating on the margins of the economy/society and then gaining wider influence/acceptance once roughly 4% of the populace (a 64/4 Pareto Distribution) utilizes the innovation.
Everything from fashion fads to Internet usage follows this model of expansion from the margins to widespread acceptance.
Though we welcome this model of technology and fashion distribution, destabilizing financial crises tend to propagate in a similar way, from the margins/periphery to the core. For example, the "Asian contagion" crisis of 1997 began in Thailand, far from the core of the global economy. Once the crisis infected other Asian economies, it soon disrupted core economies.
In the same era, the losses experienced by one firm, Long-Term Capital Management (LCTM), ignited a financial firestorm that quickly spread to global capital markets.
How do we interpret India's brewing crises in currency devaluation (rupee) and inflation? The conventional view is that these are unique to India and therefore isolated. This was of course the conventional view of the Thai currency crisis of 1997--that it was unique to Thailand, and therefore of little concern to the rest of the global economy.
Financial crises spread not because conditions that triggered the crisis are universal, but because fear and loss of faith are universal emotions. What happens in financial crises is the initial disruption/instability causes participants to ask if risk is truly as low as advertised/assumed in the markets where they're exposed. Prudence demands lowering not just conventionally measured risk but potential risk and perceived risk, both of which may diverge radically from pre-crisis risk measured by various portfolio insurance methodologies.
In other words, potential and/or perceived risk triggers selling, which then raises the premiums on risk management. These indicators of risk then trigger a wider perception that risk is rising, which then unleashes more liquidation of assets. This prudent risk-management selling depresses prices, tripping margin calls, trading stops and thus more selling.
In a financial system that is heavily dependent on leverage, credit, phantom collateral and sky-high asset valuations, selling begets more selling, launching a self-reinforcing feedback dynamic in which selling leads to more selling that then triggers margin calls (i.e. selling assets that were purchased with borrowed money) and technical selling (i.e. selling when critical support levels are broken).
What is the prudent response when hefty profits beg to be booked and assets purchased with leverage/debt start declining? Sell, sell, sell, until the entire profit is booked and all at-risk debt is paid off. Anything less invites risk, loss and even insolvency if declines get away from those who purchased assets with leverage/debt.
Could India's currency/inflation crises spread to other nations? That is an open question, but what could easily spread is prudent doubts about the risks that are as yet unrecognized in other markets. If prudence demands selling first and asking questions later, risk is quickly repriced. That repricing itself triggers doubt, fear and a loss of faith in the supposedly permanent bull markets in bonds, real estate, stocks, 'roo bellies, quatloos, etc.
A financial sell-off doesn't even need a real crisis to spread like wildfire; it simply needs nosebleed asset valuations, excessive leverage/credit and risk priced at "the bull market is guaranteed to last essentially forever" levels. Prudence alone will ignite the conflagration.
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We must thoroughly understand the twin revolutions now fundamentally changing our world: The true cost of higher education and an economy that seems to re-shape itself minute to minute.
Things are falling apart--that is obvious. But why are they falling apart? The reasons are complex and global. Our economy and society have structural problems that cannot be solved by adding debt to debt. We are becoming poorer, not just from financial over-reach, but from fundamental forces that are not easy to identify. We will cover the five core reasons why things are falling apart:
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USES: This medication is used to treat occasional constipation. Some medications and conditions can make constipation more likely. Stool softeners such as docusate are often the first method used for preventing and treating this type of constipation. Docusate is often used when straining to have a bowel movement should be avoided (e.g., after a heart attack or surgery). Docusate is a stool softener. It works by increasing the amount of water the stool absorbs in the gut, making the stool softer and easier to pass.
HOW TO USE: Follow all directions on the product package unless otherwise directed by your doctor. If you are uncertain about any of the information, consult your doctor or pharmacist. Take this medication by mouth, usually at bedtime with a full glass (8 ounces or 240 milliliters) of water or juice, or as directed by your doctor. The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to therapy. Decrease your dose or stop taking this medication if you develop diarrhea. If you are using the liquid form of this medication, measure the dose carefully using a special measuring device/spoon. Do not use a household spoon because you may not get the correct dose. If you are using the drops, measure the medication with the dropper provided, or use a dose-measuring spoon or device to make sure you have the correct dose. Mix the syrup, liquid or drops in 4 to 8 ounces of fruit juice, milk or infant formula to prevent throat irritation and mask a bitter taste. Use this medication only when needed. Do not use this product for more than 1 week unless directed by your doctor. Relief is usually seen in 1 to 3 days. Inform your doctor if your condition persists or worsens.
SIDE EFFECTS: Stomach pain, diarrhea, or cramping may occur. Irritated throat (with liquid or syrup forms) may also occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor or pharmacist promptly. If your doctor has directed you to use this medication, remember that he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects. Tell your doctor right away if this unlikely but serious side effect occurs: rectal bleeding. A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is unlikely, but seek immediate medical attention if it occurs. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction may include: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing. This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist. In the US - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or at www.fda.gov/medwatch. In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
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DRUG INTERACTIONS: Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval. Some products that may interact with this drug include: mineral oil, drugs containing phenolphthalein.
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NOTES: Do not share this medication with others. Constipation can usually be prevented by eating a diet high in fiber, drinking enough fluids and getting regular exercise. Use this medication for temporary relief of constipation only. Do not use this medication for a long period of time to prevent becoming dependent on laxatives.
MISSED DOSE: If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose. Use your next dose at the regular time. Do not double the dose to catch up.
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Let's say that reality is a juicy pie, a pie so rich and great that it holds all this world and all worlds, all of life, the particles and the stars, whatever was or will be ... baked within. It is a pie of countless ingredients, endless spices and flavors, both the sweet and sour, plain and bitter ... sometimes happiness and sometimes tears.
You are born, and you feel like you're a guy eating pie in life's diner ... an 'ordinary Joe' sentient being encountering and experiencing that pie on your own tongue. You feel like, in life, there's the subjective experience of 'you' and 'your mouth' ... and then there's everything not, namely, that pie you are digging into. You are not the pie, you feel, and instead just a guy eating pie.
But, really, you're just pie too, through and through!
Oh, the human mind draws divisions ... separating what's experienced as "you" on this side of the tongue from all that's touched on the other side. But need you slice the pie that way? What's more, stick a slice of "you" under a microscope and, it's quickly apparent, you're made of the very same stuff ... the same atoms and molecules, apples and flour and dough ... as everywhere else in the known pie. Perhaps the mix in you is a touch different from the mix elsewhere ... a few more raisins, a little more carbon, a little less salt or a little less sodium. But you're obviously pie as pie can be ... made out of the same batter, stirred in nature's kitchen, heated billions of years in stellar ovens, spun out of the 'Big Bang Bakeshop' with the rest.
And what's really amazing is that you seem to be pie come alive (as weird as that sounds)! You seem to be pie that's come alive and is ... enjoying pie!
But when I say "enjoying pie", well, that's a bit misleading ... because it doesn't always go down easy, and sometimes barely can be swallowed at all. Oh, it has its lovely and light parts, but also tastes and textures that do not please at all. We try to eat around the ugly and heavy parts ... stick to the things we like ... yet that's not always possible. Some of life just gets forced down the throat.
Ya see, you see and feel that "you" are (to your little eyes which cannot see the 'Big Pie Picture') not the pie or, at best (sometimes you can see this much) you feel like just one piece of the pie ... and your piece is incessantly judging and appraising, running toward or away from, all the other "not you" pieces of pie that your piece encounters ... sorting those other pieces into slices of life you like and slices you don't. What's more, your bit of pie ... the bitefull that is your bit ... has a complex relationship with the other bits and bitefulls which it sometimes finds loving and sometimes hateful, which bitefulls it must daily encounter and mingle with. Sometimes the relationship is harmonious, but other times there is conflict. Frequently you and the others "go together" ... and frequently tastes and flavors clash. You do not like to clash, and are often unhappy about the rest. "If I had written the recipe," you may say to yourself, "I'd have done so quite differently, leaving those other pieces and flavors out!"
But this world, this body, this universe seems such a finely balanced symphony of ingredients that ... but a small change here or there ... there might be no pie at all. Or, perhaps, just flat and lifeless gloppy goo. A touch too much (or too little) gravity as baking powder, a sun and stars too hot like an oven (or too cold or long in the 'ice age' freezer), a cooking time too short for the evolution of life, or (taking an even slightly different turn of events) a history of this cosmos or this planet much other than what was ... and, while there might be something on the table, it certainly would not be the product here which we are now tasting and ... just as vitally for our purposes ... "us" here to be the lucky ones to taste it!
We depend, right now, on the recipe being pretty much just as it has been. There seems, perhaps, some possible reason to the madness of this mix. Were we to travel back in time to change it ... adjusting the timer or temperature on the stove, the history of events, removing the tragedy and keeping only the comedy like adding sugar by the ton ... we do so only at the risk of the whole crust collapsing or the fertile yeast never having risen with life, our lives.
Thus, a much better course is just to see yourself ... not merely as a separate taster of the pie quite apart from what is tasted ... nor even as merely a single, small piece of pie mixing and matching with other pieces for better or worse ... but as wholly and only The Very Pie Pie-ing. One's True Pie.
(we can usually taste only the first perspective about ourself, maybe the second, rarely the third. Zen practice allows all to be tasted at once.)
For you are the Pie ... and not just a slice, but pie from top to bottom, pie pie-ing with every bite. You are the pie in the most intimate and wonderful sense ... pie that is Pie that is savoring pie. Therefore, in the way of Zazen, we rediscover our True Confection.
You are radically, intimately, wholey and truly the Pie right now ... and the Pie is you and always has been ... as much as you are radically, intimately you ... as much as the tongue in your own mouth, the fingers which hold the fork, the eye which sees the golden crust, the brain which tastes that taste, the stomach which digests it all ... were they to become suddenly alive and self-sentient (hey, in a world where pies come alive, anything is possible!) ... would see themselves as singly who they each are, but also would just be wholly and intimately 'you' (an eye that sometimes might go on strike, arguing with you that it is its own man and it doesn't get paid enough). Through and through, Ordinary Joe. When tongue is tasting, when fingertip is feeling, when eye is seeing, when brain is experiencing ... it is just you, dear Joe, tasting, feeling, seeing and experiencing (you are the one eating pie). And, likewise, when you taste and touch and experience pie ... it is just Pie tasting, touching and experiencing pie via its tongues, hands, eyes and brains which ... wonder of wonders ... all got baked in a Pie and temporarily lent to you and me and some other joes to move and wiggle around.
Living Pie that's living pie!
Now ... you and me and all the rest are (when seen from one simultaneously true perspective on who we are) pieces which can sometimes conflict with other pieces. THUS, if there are no pieces ... then there is no conflict ... no pieces of pie to fight over... no unfulfilled hunger and craving reaching for its share ... so immediately enough for everybody! In a moment of Shikantaza, there are not two ... judgments dropped, aversions and attractions gone, hunger sated and cravings fulfilled as 'nothing to attain', divisions of this vs. that, me and you tossed away. There is One Piece, One Peace. The collisions of tastes and ingredients are harmonized. All is of One Taste!
All is One Taste!
(and it is precisely for that reason that we should not stay there, nor seek something as tasteless and unmoving as a frozen pie) ... for One Taste, if truly meaning 'just one monotonous taste', would take all the flavor out of life. Thus, Shikantaza is also the One taste that is all tastes, the 'Taste' that's okay and 'at one' with whatever tastes comes along taste ... (not some One Taste just limited to one bland taste, to the exclusion of other tastes).
What this Buddhist practice allows you to do is ... Have your cake ( or pie) and eat it too! For, rising from the cushion like a luscious steam rising from hot pie fresh out of the oven ... you learn that the One Taste is the Whole Pie, and the Whole Pie is also the 100,000 flavors and ingredients it contains. In other words, you can still know the One Pie, Whole and Unbroken ... and yourself as precisely that Pie from head to toe ... AND the Pie (Pie with a "Big P") as its individual slices and ingedients and myriad flavors ... AND each separate mouthful and changing taste as wholly and holy special and to be treasured on its own ... AS EACH AND ALL, ALL ALONG, ONE AND THE SAME PIE!
There is only One Pie, and that Pie is All and every varied, ever changing mouthful.
You thus know, for the first time, a world of this and that ... and the roundness of the boundless pie dish that holds all. Aversions and attractions as necessary for ordinary life ... and aversions and attractions fully tossed away, all at once. Fears and regret, hopes for how the pie will turn out, dreams that it will win the baking prize at the County Fair as found in ordinary life ... now tasted through simultaneous knowing that the Pie/pie has no compare and rises with no place to get to, nothing to attain ... the Pie ever and always complete and whole from the first. Both perspectives on 'pie-ness' known as one ... like two tastes of a single mouthful of pie.
We have found our Original Pie ... and now are free to eat with gusto (though in moderation and with balance, of course ... in consideration of the waistline and healthy living). We now more readily accept what ever comes with the next forkful ... cherries or lemons, sugar or salt ... for we know that it is just the Total Taste, and nothing should be left out ... or life would be as bland and unnourishing as a diet of plain crackers.
Let the Pie just be the Pie just be the pie
Oh ... and a few last points:
Who is the baker? Is there a baker?
What is the purpose of any baker's baking this pie, assuming any purpose at all?
The Buddha was not too concerned with such questions, teaching rather a formula to allow us to "pie" without suffering. He had little to say (and maybe knew even less) about where the ingredients came from, how they got popped into nature's oven, let alone by whom or why. He was more about eating the pie on one's own fork, in one's own mouth, without worrying too much how it all got there. The Buddha's "you are the peace of pie" did not express much concern for what the pie was, its particular recipe or whether it was produced by nature or nurture ... for "you are the peace of pie" whatever and however the case. These questions, the Buddha seemed to say, do not really matter ...
For if there was a baker ... be the pie well, consume in moderation and share with your fellow diners.
And if there was no baker ... be the pie well, consume in moderation and share with your fellow diners.
But neither did the Buddha rule out a baker (or a bakery), a cookbook, or an agenda to it all. The issue was just not central to the Teachings that he himself was cooking up, to wit, "be the peace of pie" whatever the case. There is nothing to stop Buddhists from considering the question of the "Baker" ... and believing in a "Baker" or choosing not too ... so long as doing so does not interfere with the central message: to wit, "the peace of pie" just as it is, when we stop judging, clinging or pushing it away.
Now, if you ask me, it is perhaps possible that this infinitely convoluted universe, this so finely balanced (even if not always to our taste) world, this 'could not have been much different without our losing the very narrow recipe we needed to be born' mix, could maybe have cooked itself up, or perhaps just happened blindly to pop out of nature's oven all ready to serve ... and just at the time and place for us (you and me and not somebody else) to be here eating it ...
But I don't believe it so ...
... for it turned out too well by my eyes (if not always as I would have written the menu were I its author). It is sweet in the right places to allow sentient life, not sweet in the right narrow places so as not to prevent such life, and in the proportions and places to let our lives (in particular) be ... though surely not always in the places we might like to see. That leaves me to believe that something's cooking, something is afoot in the kitchen and there is a "reason" for the raisins. I feel like I have peaked in the kitchen and seen obvious signs of the pastry chef at work.
But ... and here is the thing ... one way or another, a baker is never clearly seen from the dining room. The cooks (if there are cooks) ... whatever the cause ... seem to stay in the kitchen. The pie comes out, we savor the work ... and the cooks (whoever or whatever is cooking, blind nature or Allah or a guy name "Stanley the Baker") are hidden behind the swinging doors.
Yet, too, the whole mystery is not too mysterious after all ... and satisfying answers can be known, as real as cherry filling on one's own tongue ...
For knowing the baker's name and street address (if the baker has a name and place to go home to when the work is done ... knowing if Stanley exists or not) has little to do with savoring the pie that something or someone seems to have gone to all that trouble to make for us (and a lot of trouble it sure seems was involved ... billions of years worth at least, assuming pies don't just pop out of the oven by themselves!). Whatever the reality of the kitchen and the baking, trying to know the baker's name, shirt size, favorite sports team ... is not ... the way to "know" best the baker as baker. The most effective and immediate way to "know" the baker as baker is to know the baked handiwork ... to indulge in the baker's pie, now placed before us on a plate we call "just this moment". This pie holds the master's genius and heart. The baker is found right here. To run from the table and try to get into the kitchen, thereby to ignore the pie in search of the chef ... is both to ignore the pie and not "find" the chef' or the chef's real gift. It might be described as the greatest insult to the craftsman to seek to run away from his "creation" in search of Truth elsewhere!
If there is a chef and a place of creation ... it is not "over there" or someplace else ... but right in front of you, ready for you to dig in ... and you too
So, Instead, let's just express gratitude for the meal ... imperfect as it may seem at times. Thank you, Stanley! (i might have used a little less salt ... but ya did good).
The Pie is Truth!
Therefore ... even if the kitchen is empty, and there never were a cook ... know the Pie (in moderation)
And if the kitchen holds a secret, and the cook you wish to know ... know the Pie (in moderation) and the secret will explode on your own palate.
(I think that will tell ya more about the chef ... more precious information ... than even knowing his phone number and dog's name)
It is not "pie in the sky when you die" ... but right here, right now.
Whatever its purpose should there be one (and my tongue tells me there is) ... whatever the ultimate recipe (our best scientists, like diligent dietitians, are still trying to figure that out) ... the best course seems to be to do what we seem to be here to do, namely, to DIG IN! GOOD EATING!
What's more (and this is a vital part of the story) ... the baking is not done, and still ongoing with each moment ... with every act, word or thought by each of us, constantly changing the pie and the recipe for the future ... every compassionate act, adding a drop of compassion to the mix ... every hateful word adding a touch of sourness to the whole. In fact, we too are contributing cooks of what this life-world-self Pie will become from now on, and future flavors ... sweet or bitter ... based on our actions stirring the Karmic mix right now. So ... cook your life with care! What this life-world-self pie becomes from this moment out is, more than we usually are aware ... very greatly up to us as we stir things up.
It is a living, breathing constantly changing pie ... ever fresh and new.
Master Dogen said of a painted picture of a rice cake (what passed for pie in those days) ...
The entire universe with all of its events is only a painted picture of a rice cake. People and all beings arise there and Awakened Ones and Ancestors Wake Up and become what they are through it. So, if there is no "painted rice cake" there is no way to "satisfy hunger." Without this painting of "hunger" how can you meet the True Person? ... You should practice this whole world as a "painted rice cake."
Zen is simple as pie.
Gassho, J (writing this made me hungry ... i wonder if we have any pie?)


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The discussions were kept hidden even from America's closest friends, including its negotiating partners and Israel, until two months ago, and that may explain how the nuclear accord appeared to come together so quickly after years of stalemate and fierce hostility between Iran and the West.
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But the secrecy of the talks may also explain some of the tensions between the US and France, which earlier this month balked at a proposed deal, and with Israel, which is furious about the agreement and has angrily denounced the diplomatic outreach to Tehran.
President Barack Obama personally authorized the talks as part of his effort – promised in his first inaugural address – to reach out to a country the State Department designates as the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism.
The talks were held in the Middle Eastern nation of Oman and elsewhere with only a tight circle of people in the know, the AP learned. Since March, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Jake Sullivan, Vice President Joe Biden's top foreign policy adviser, have met at least five times with Iranian officials.
The last four clandestine meetings, held since Iran's reform-minded President Hassan Rohani was inaugurated in August, produced much of the agreement later formally hammered out in negotiations in Geneva among the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, Germany and Iran, said three senior administration officials. All spoke only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss by name the highly sensitive diplomatic effort.
The AP was tipped to the first US-Iranian meeting in March shortly after it occurred, but the White House and State Department disputed elements of the account and the AP could not confirm the meeting. The AP learned of further indications of secret diplomacy in the fall and pressed the White House and other officials further. As the Geneva talks appeared to be reaching their conclusion, senior administration officials confirmed to the AP the details of the extensive outreach.
The Geneva deal provides Iran with about $7 billion in relief from international sanctions in exchange for Iranian curbs on uranium enrichment and other nuclear activity. All parties pledged to work toward a final accord next year that would remove remaining suspicions in the West that Tehran is trying to assemble an atomic weapons arsenal.
Iran insists its nuclear interest is only in peaceful energy production and medical research.
The diplomatic gamble with Iran, if the interim agreement holds up and leads to a final pact preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, could avert years of threats of US or Israeli military intervention. It could also prove a turning point in decades of hostility between Washington and Tehran – and become a crowning foreign policy achievement of Obama's presidency.
But if the deal collapses, or if Iran covertly races ahead with development of a nuclear weapon, Obama will face the consequences of failure, both at home and abroad. His gamble opens him to criticism that he has left Israel vulnerable to a country bent on its destruction and that he has made a deal with a state sponsor of terrorism.
The US and Iran cut off diplomatic ties in 1979 after the Islamic Revolution and the storming of the US Embassy in Tehran, where 52 Americans were held hostage for more than a year. But Obama has expressed willingness since becoming president to meet with the Iranians without conditions.
At the president's direction, the United States began a tentative outreach shortly after his inauguration in January 2009. Obama and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, exchanged letters, but the engagement yielded no results.
That outreach was hampered by Iran's hardline former president, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, whose re-election in a disputed vote in June of that year led to a violent crackdown on opposition protesters. The next month, relations seemed at another low when Iran detained three American hikers who had strayed across the Iranian border from Iraq.
Ironically, efforts to win the release of the hikers turned out to be instrumental in making the clandestine diplomacy possible.
Oman's Sultan Qaboos was a key player, facilitating the eventual release of the hikers – the last two of whom returned to the United States in 2011 – and then offering himself as a mediator for a US-Iran rapprochement. The secret informal discussions between mid-level officials in Washington and Tehran began.
Officials described those early contacts as exploratory discussions focused on the logistics of setting up higher-level talks. The discussions happened through numerous channels, officials said, including face-to-face talks at undisclosed locations. They included exchanges between then US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, now Obama's national security adviser, and Iran's envoy to the world body, the officials said. National Security Council aide Puneet Talwar was also involved, the officials said.
The talks took on added weight eight months ago, when Obama dispatched the deputy secretary of state Burns, the top aide Sullivan and five other officials to meet with their Iranian counterparts in the Omani capital of Muscat. Obama dispatched the group shortly after the six powers opened a new round of nuclear talks with Iran in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in late February.
At the time, those main nuclear negotiations were making little progress, and the Iranians had little interest in holding bilateral talks with the United States on the sidelines of the meeting out of fear that the discussions would become public, the US officials said.
So, with the assistance of Sultan Qaboos, officials in both countries began quietly making plans to meet in Oman. Burns, Sullivan and a small team of US technical experts arrived on a military plane in mid-March for the meeting with the Iranians.
The senior administration officials who spoke to the AP would not say who Burns and Sullivan met with but characterized the Iranian attendees as career diplomats, national security aides and experts on the nuclear issue who were likely to remain key players even after the country's elections in the summer.
The goal on the American side, the US officials said, was simply at that point to see if the US and Iran could successfully arrange bilateral talks – a low bar that underscored the sour state of relations between the two nations.
Beyond nuclear issues, the officials said the US team at the March Oman meeting also raised concerns about Iranian involvement in Syria, Tehran's threats to close the strategically important Strait of Hormuz and the status of Robert Levinson, a missing former FBI agent who the US believes was abducted in Iran, as well as two other Americans detained in the country.
Hoping to keep the channel open, Secretary of State John Kerry then visited Oman in May on a trip ostensibly to push a military deal with the sultanate but secretly focused on maintaining that country's key mediation role, particularly after the Iranian election scheduled for the next month, the officials said.
Rohani's election in June on a platform of easing sanctions crippling Iran's economy and stated willingness to engage with the West gave a new spark to the US effort, the officials said.
Two secret meetings were organized immediately after Rohani took office in August, with the specific goal of advancing the stalled nuclear talks with world powers. Another pair of meetings took place in October.
Burns and Sullivan led the US delegation at each of those sessions, and were joined at the final secret meeting by chief US nuclear negotiator Wendy Sherman.
The Iranian delegation was a mix of officials the Americans had met in March in Oman and others who were new to the talks, administration officials said. All of the Iranians were fluent English speakers.
US officials said the meetings happened in multiple locations, but would not confirm the exact spots, saying they did not want to jeopardize their ability to use the same locations in the future. But at least some of the talks are believed to have taken place in Oman.
The private meetings coincided with a public easing of US-Iranian discord. In early August, Obama sent Rohani a letter congratulating him on his election. The Iranian leader's response was viewed positively by the White House, which quickly laid the groundwork for the additional secret talks. The US officials said they were convinced that the outreach had the blessing of Ayatollah Khameni, but would not elaborate.
As negotiators continued to talk behind the scenes, public speculation swirled over a possible meeting between Obama and Rohani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, which both attended in September in New York. Burns and Sullivan sought to arrange face-to-face talks, but the meeting never happened largely due to Iranian concerns, the officials said. Two days later, though, Obama and Rohani spoke by phone - the first direct contact between a US and Iranian leader in more than 30 years.
It was only after that Obama-Rohani phone call that the US began informing allies of the secret talks with Iran, the US officials said.
Obama handled the most sensitive conversation himself, briefing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Sept. 30 meeting at the White House. He informed Netanyahu only about the two summer meetings, not the March talks, in keeping with the White House's promise only to tell allies about any discussions with Iran that were substantive.
The US officials would not describe Netanyahu's reaction. But the next day, he delivered his General Assembly speech, blasting Rohani as a "wolf in sheep's clothing" and warning the US against mistaking a change in Iran's tone with an actual change in nuclear ambitions. The Israeli leader has subsequently denounced the potential nuclear agreement as the "deal of the century" for Iran.
After telling Netanyahu about the secret talks, the United States then briefed the other members of the six-nation negotiating team, the US officials said.
The last secret gatherings between the US and Iran took place shortly after the General Assembly, according to the officials.
There, the deal finally reached by the parties on Sunday began to take its final shape.
At this month's larger formal nuclear negotiations between world powers and Iran in Geneva, Burns and Sullivan showed up as well, but the State Department went to great lengths to conceal their involvement, leaving their names off of the official delegation list.
They were housed at a different hotel than the rest of the team, used back entrances to come and go from meeting venues and were whisked into negotiating sessions from service elevators or unused corridors only after photographers left.
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When Jerome Kogan's eight-year-old Pug, Grady, begs for her dinner, it's probably not because she's concerned about her health. "Grady starts asking for dinner about 3 o'clock every afternoon," says the 39-year-old resident of New York City. "I try to hold off until 4, though sometimes her incessant whining gets to me, and I feed her earlier. She just really loves to eat."
Kogan is undoubtedly aware that Grady's dinner satisfies her, if only for a few hours. He concedes that she is, after all, a Pug. He is less aware that Grady's vittles are the product of years, if not decades, of research on canine nutrition.
"The pet food industry is 150 years old, and it's come a long way," says Duane Ekedahl, president of the Washington D.C.-based Pet Food Institute. "In the past — say forty years ago — there was no emphasis on nutrition, but that's changed dramatically. Today's dogs are living longer, healthier lives partly because of advances in veterinary care but also because of better nutrition."
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Like the average healthy human, the average healthy dog has to eat right to stay that way. According to Ekedahl, it's easier for dogs to do that now. "Dog foods have evolved into very complex products," he says. He refers to many of the products to address common canine health maintenance issues, such as immune system functioning and joint maintenance. "A variety of today's products meet a variety of health needs. Some tackle a host of issues in one fell swoop."
Simply feeding a dog these days can be a preventative health measure. Today, thanks to nutrition research, you can attempt to stave off the most run-of-the-mill doggie issues. And while you never want to feed a dog a medical diet for conditions it's not been diagnosed with (e.g., kidney problems or weight issues), a diet based on health maintenance ideas may be a beneficial option.
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Step No. 1 in preventative health: shoring up your dog's immune system. "Oxidative stress can have negative impacts on the immune system, so adequate antioxidant defense is important," says Dr. Sally Perea. Dr. Perea is a board-certified veterinary nutritionist in Davis, Calif. "Antioxidants, such as vitamin E and vitamin C, help defend the body from free radical, oxidative damage." Beta carotene, an organic compound in certain foods that enhances your dog's ability to respond to vaccinations, also makes good immune system sense.
Equally important to your pet's quality of life are its joints. Arthritis commonly occurs across many breeds as dog's age, changing the connective tissue's structure and function that covers their bones at their knees and hips. Foods that contain natural sources of the compounds glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate today can help prevent arthritis from developing tomorrow. Studies suggest they decrease the activity of enzymes that can break down cartilage in your dog's joints. Allowing your dog to maintain a steady weight by feeding it quality foods following recommended servings also supports joint and overall bone health.
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You're not the only one who can have bad skin and hair days. For canines, as for humans, skin and hair health reflect overall well-being. To grow and maintain healthy skin and fur, dogs need fatty acids. "Dogs have an essential requirement for linolenic [Omega-6] acid. Recent recommendations by the National Research Council also suggest that alpha-linolenic [Omega-3] acids be included in the diet, especially for reproducing dogs and puppies, because they're important for brain and retinal development," says Dr. Perea. Look for foods that contain flaxseed and fish oil to ensure your dog gets both types of fat.
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Finally, your dog's entire digestive system could use some protection. This starts with its teeth. Kibble fortified with sodium hexametaphosphate, also found in some toothpaste, fights tartar. And to keep things moving along, Fructooligosaccharides (or FOS) come to the rescue. Says Perea, "FOS is a type of nondigestible carbohydrate, and it produces fatty acids that provide energy to the large intestinal mucosal (dog mucous membrane). They promote large intestinal health."
Living in the present, you and your dog can take advantage of what nutritionists and researchers have learned in the past, ensuring your dog's health and happiness in the future. And that, as Ekedahl says, is the bottom line.
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The House passed the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program last night, 265-159. 40 Republicans and four Democrats — who last month voted against healthy kids — now felt the pressure, recognized that the conservative misinformation campaign was a failure, and switched their votes.
Yet enough conservatives voted for bad government and sick kids, preventing the bill from getting two-thirds support of the House, meaning they would be able to sustain an expected Bush veto.
Obstruction of the public will may still reign once again.
However, the issue may well get increased attention after the veto — rare as they've been — is actually cast. And then, the pressure may increase even more.
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And now to big money that's tied up in a company's pension fund. Tens of thousands of white-collar Ford retirees will soon have a big decision to make: Should they stay in the auto company's pension plan, or take their chances with a lump sum payout instead? The offer is believed to be the first of its kind for such a large, ongoing pension fund.
Michigan Radio's Lindsey Smith reports.
LINDSEY SMITH, BYLINE: In Michigan, there are more than 30 clubs for Ford retirees. Charles White runs two of them. He says the voluntary lump sum option Ford is offering is the conversation at retiree club meetings right now.
CHARLES WHITE: Retirees are going to have to make a decision about mortality, about death, their own. That's not something we do every day.
SMITH: Ford is offering White and about 90,000 other white collar retirees a lump-sum payout of their remaining pensions. White is on the fence when it comes to taking the lump sum, because he doesn't have the terms of the offer yet. No one will until August. That's when Ford will randomly draw the first round of candidates for the lump-sum option. Ford's pension liability in the United States is a whopping $49 billion. The employees eligible for this lump-sum offer represent about a third of that liability. Ford doesn't expect to make any money off the lump-sum option, but if the company gets some of that liability off its balance sheet, it might look better to investors.
Sheldon Stone is a partner at Amherst Capital and specializes in corporate turnarounds.
SHELDON STONE: There's less risk involved on the part of the company, which would mean a greater return, or a more likely return, or both, for investors.
SMITH: Ford is eager to prove to investors and all the ratings agencies that it's worthy of moving up from junk rating to investment grade. Doing that would mean lower borrowing costs and major bragging rights for a domestic auto company that mortgaged almost every asset it had to avoid bankruptcy and a federal bailout. Stone says the plan could help Ford reach its goal.
STONE: If the take rate is high, I think it could.
SMITH: Ford says it has no clue how many retirees will take the offer.
Leon LaBrecque is CEO of LJPR, an independent wealth management firm, and he's been working with Ford retirees since 1985. There will be some retirees who think they can invest their pension money better than Ford. But LaBrecque assumes the lump-sum option will likely only benefit one in four retirees.
LEON LABRECQUE: The people who should take it are ones who would probably, you know, die before they'd get their money back out.
SMITH: And that worries him. What if the Ford pension fund is left with a bunch of really healthy retirees, people who are likely to live longer and cost the company more money over time than those who take the lump sum?
Retirees like this foursome, unwinding over tall glasses of ice tea and Coke after 18 holes of golf at the Oak Ridge Clubhouse, about 40 miles north of Detroit. Allan Yee retired from Ford in 2007. He and his wife have been talking about the option.
ALLAN YEE: My first impression was probably not, but if they give me an offer that knocks my socks off, then I'll consider it.
SMITH: A typical white collar Ford worker who retired now at age 64 could bring home around $3,000 a month. But take home money from pensions varies widely. Yee says a million dollar lump-sum offer would knock his socks off. Fellow retiree Robert Matsui nods his head.
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SMITH: Ford is not offering any incentive to take the lump sum. So Matsui and Yee predict few will actually to take it. But if they're wrong, and Ford's successful, it could be a model for other large corporations with growing legacy costs.
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Uh uh…cue to Bob Costas proselytizing for the shutdown of the SeaGals.
Seriously, I remember being at a high school basketball game when a cheerleader at the top of a pyramid fell and landed head-first on the court. You never heard a gym go so quiet so quickly and she was in tears. She came back the next game and has since grown to be a really nice wife and mom, but I've never forgotten that image.
There are people who denigrate cheerleaders, many of whom take risks during routines that their detractors wouldn't have the courage to even attempt. Cheer squads a lot more athletic than some think, but I still hold my breath whenever I see a pyramid forming or a cheerleader being tossed in the air because I've seen what can happen with a bad landing.
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In a fluky game where the visitors ended up playing host to the home team and a steady rain left the ball slippery and hard to control, you might half-expect the dominated team to somehow come out on top.
Unfortunately for the T.C. Williams field hockey team, thats just what happened as Langley, the No. 2 seed from the Liberty District, prevailed 1-0 in Tuesday nights Northern Region opening round clash at T.C.s Minnie Howard Campus.
Despite being out-possessed and out-shot, the Saxons, the higher seed but playing away on T.C.s synthetic turf field after a day of rain left their own unplayable, notched the game winner with 8:07 left to play on just their second shot of the game.
While obviously painful and deflating, the late winner did not surprise T.C. head coach William Heresniak.
Ive seen it happen in too many sports, where fluke things happen and the shot went in, Heresniak said. They had one real shot and that was it. They had another that Meghan [Boyle] cleared out from the circle, so they had two shots on goal and one went in.
Thats regionals for you, he said.
The Titans, entrants into the regional tournament via their 2-0 Patriot District playoff victory over West Potomac, finished with 10 penalty corners and were able to keep the ball on their attacking half of the field for almost the entire second half, but couldnt find the touch or the shooting lane to capitalize on their dominance.
The Saxons, without a penalty corner and relying on intermittent counter attack break-outs, made the most of their best and only chance when Kelsey Rooks drive from the right wing made it into the shooting circle where Emily Knapp turned and fired the decisive goal to the far corner.
They had all the corners, we didnt get a corner, said Langley coach Jennifer Robb. They had a whole lot of shots but my defense came up big and my offense made it happen when we needed to go.
I dont think we had many more than the one shot that went in but Ill take that every day of the week.
T.C.s senior captain Kaitlin Mendez, one of the key directors of the Titans dominating attack, thought her side could still get back the equalizer to prolong their season at least through overtime.
Anythings possible, she said after her final game for the Titans. You can score in 30 seconds or you can score in the 35th minute.
Fighting the clock, the Titans had four penalty corner chances and several threatening free hits in the last eight minutes but could not find the back of the net. Several times, the ball slid off of a Titan stick at just the wrong time.
The ball was really slippery, Mendez said, acknowledging her troubles securing the ball. I know when we were practicing earlier, Anjuli [DeWakar] and I were practicing and it just wasnt going for us.
Heresniak downplayed the effects of the weather and the late venue change.
I knew they were a solid team coming out of the Liberty District but tonight was a huge opportunity and we didnt get it, he said. We played a fair game up until they scored and then we put it into gear when we should have put it into gear at the opening whistle.
Even with the tough playoff loss, the future should remain bright for the Titans (9-10), who return freshman goalkeeper Meghan Boyle and a number of junior outfield players that logged serious playing time this season.
I think theyre going to do great things, Mendez said.
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LeBron James recorded a triple-double, and the Miami Heat won the 2012 NBA title with a 121-106 rout of the Oklahoma City Thunder in Miami on Thursday night. James had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, while Chris Bosh added 24 points and 7 rebounds, as Miami won the best-of-seven NBA Finals in five games.
After leading 59-49 at halftime, Miami seized control of the game with a 36-22 advantage in the third quarter. Oklahoma City pulled within 61-56, but successive three-pointers from Mario Chalmers and Shane Battier gave Miami a 67-56 bulge, which they extended to 95-71 heading into the final quarter. The Thunder never seriously threatened the Heat's lead in the final period.
James, Bosh and Heat superstar Dwayne Wade, who was the MVP of the 2006 NBA Finals that delivered Miami its first NBA title, all left the game for good with 3:01 minutes remaining and the lead secured. James was named the series' most valuable player, as he averaged 28.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 7.4 assists over five games. He and Bosh joined the Heat via free agency in July of 2010 with the promise of pairing with Wade to bring multiple championships to Miami.
Kevin Durant had a game-high 32 points in a losing effort for Oklahoma City, while teammate Russell Westbrook chipped in with 19. After winning the opener of the 2012 NBA Finals in Oklahoma City, the Thunder were swept in the next four games, including three consecutive losses at Miami.


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I'll be honest: it's a very good trailer. Martin Freeman is a perfect Bilbo and hearing the dwarves sing "Over the Misty Mountains Cold" is a pleasure. On the other hand, I still don't like the look of the dwarves, especially Thorin, and, maybe I'm just looking for things to complain about, but the brief scene between Gandalf and Galadriel didn't sit well with me at all.
In short, I expect The Hobbit movies will be much like The Lord of the Rings movies -- feasts for the eyes that are at their best when they hew closely to Tolkien than when they deviate from him. I also expect that most gamers, like most moviegoers, will care not a whit about textual fidelity.


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With our partner 10×10 and their documentary, Girl Rising, we're aiming to ignite a movement to educate girls around the world. Millions of girls, like Jenneh in Sierra Leone, face barriers like child marriage to their education. This is Jenneh's story.
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Jenneh (name changed to protect identity) was betrothed even before she was born. "I was told that a man said to my mother if she gave birth to a baby girl, then I would be betrothed to this man," she says. "My parents agreed. So when I was born and started to get a sense of my own life, I was always told that I belonged to a man and someday he will come for me."
On the day she was born, this man — John — returned and paid Jenneh's mother a dowry, and she gave her word that they would be married.
Jenneh was 11 the first time she met him. Her life at the time was going to school during the days, and in the evenings and on weekends she worked on her family's land. "I love school and like business studies and want to work in medicine," she says.
After her primary school exams, during the holiday, John arrived to take his wife — her — home with him. Her family was too poor to continue paying for her education, so John said he would pay for her school when he took her home to a town about 50 miles away. The wedding would be in four days.
But Jenneh didn't like him. "He was big and as far as I could see he seemed too old for me, much older than me. He seemed about 41 years old. I didn't tell any of my friends. didn't like the relationship so I didn't want to discuss it with my friends."
Some of Jenneh's friends were in similar situations. She would see her friends in their marriages, unhappy but pressured to accept the arrangement because of their family situations, afraid to say no.
Jenneh expected the same for herself. "Marriage will not be good for me because I will be forced to do what he likes and not what I like because he is older than me. I was supposed to be taken away to a town many miles away. I would miss my family. I would miss everything because I like everything here."
Having never met John before, she was afraid of him too. Though he had promised to marry her and pay for her to stay in school, she only had his word and was "frightened to go with him because maybe he can just change his mind and do something very bad to me," she says. "I kept thinking about it and worry about this every day, every minute, in fact."
When she told her parents that she was not interested in the marriage, they told her that they had given their word to John, a bond that represented them, and they would not change their minds. She was marrying him.
"I was not happy, but they tried to force me and tears were running from my eyes, and I was very afraid that there was nobody to protect me anymore," Jenneh remembers. "I was very sad; that is all I can say."
Distraught, Jenneh planned to run away and go live with her aunt. But someone Jenneh knows informed World Vision about her situation, and they came to speak to her parents, unknown to Jenneh at first.
"I was very happy that World Vision knew about the case," Jenneh says. "I know there is hope for me as World Vision looks after children and are against these things. I was worried and I was praying that World Vision would come very quickly to help me."
On the day of the wedding, World Vision came. They quoted the laws against child marriage and "showed the relevance of leaving the children, especially the girl child, at school — because when you educate a girl, you educate the whole nation," Jenneh remembers.
The wedding was called off. But John said that he would never forget about the little girl he had been promised to marry. He said he would return.
"I didn't like it, and I was afraid that he will come shortly," Jenneh says. "[But] I feel protected now, as World Vision knows."
World Vision continues to monitor the situation to ensure it does not happen again.
"In the future, I want to finish my education first; then I will establish a business," Jenneh says. "I advise that all those in the same predicament, when they are being forced to get into marriages that they are not willing to do or they are not 18, to go to World Vision."
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WASHINGTON – The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) today announced the following briefing:
The New Silk Road Strategy: Implications for Economic Development in Central Asia
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As the United States prepares to leave Afghanistan, questions remain about what the impact will be, not only in Afghanistan, but also in its neighboring countries. To assist Afghanistan's economic development, the U.S. Government has accelerated efforts to integrate Afghanistan with the economies of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, and has built a framework for sustainable economic growth in the region modeled after the ancient trade routes of the Silk Road.
There are many questions, however, about the ability of these governments to create the necessary conditions for more trade and exchange, including infrastructure development, efficient customs regimes and reliable transportation networks. The deep political divisions in this region that prevent collaboration on basic necessities such as water and electricity are also hindrances to building greater economic cooperation. To address these and related issues, we have invited a panel of experts to discuss the current situation and the future outlook for economic development along the New Silk Road.
The following panelists are scheduled to participate:
Craig Steffenson, North America Representative, Asian Development Bank
Danica Starks, Senior Desk Officer for Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia, U.S. Department of Commerce
Eric Stewart, Executive Director, U.S.-Turkmen Business Council
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Our focus will be on surprising, entertaining, and intriguing research findings that are easy to apply in daily life. The course will also draw from the websites of Social Psychology Network, the world's largest online community devoted to social psychology. I hope you'll join me for this course, have fun, and learn some useful information that enriches your life.


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By Melissa Quinn
Voters hoping for multiple chances to see Mayor Bill Euille square off with Independent challenger Andrew Macdonald can expel a sigh of relief — the rivals will spar next week.
The long-anticipated showdown, co-sponsored by the Old Dominion Boat Club and the League of Women Voters, happens Tuesday evening with an hour-long debate at George Washington Middle School. Both candidates agreed to the contest — the first of several before Election Day — after the lack of mayoral debates threatened to overshadow the race.
Macdonald has charged Euille of trying to dodge a one-on-one matchup, but the Democratic mayor denies his rival's characterization.
"We were always planning on debating, it was just a matter of coordinating and scheduling," Euille said. "Campaigning is more than just debating, it's about knocking on doors and reaching out to voters."
Dak Hardwick, chair of the Alexandria Democratic Committee, took a similar though more pointed line in August, telling the Times that Macdonald was politicizing what was, essentially, a scheduling conflict.
Macdonald, a former vice mayor, said Euille's campaign finally caved to public pressure. He welcomed the outcry for mayoral debates, turning it into a campaign issue.
"They were [enraged]," Macdonald said of residents. "This is just politics. The community is more irritated now than I am, and I'm glad about that. I think it's great."
The debate, which will conclude with all of the city council candidates squaring off against one another, is the first in a series scheduled for next month. Three other forums — October 10, October 15 and October 24 — will feature mayoral as well as city council candidates. And on the last dates, the two mayoral candidates will have 30 minutes in a head-to-head debate. Macdonald, though, voiced skepticism that the mayor will appear at the shorter debates.
Euille rejected the challenger's speculation, pledging to attend "any and all debates." A public showdown affords him an opportunity to showcase the achievements of his 18-year tenure on city council, he said.
"They'll get to witness my sincere passion and commitment and sincerity to the job," Euille said.
Macdonald, too, sees the debate as a chance to stand out among voters. He launched his campaign for the mayor's seat in city council chambers after leading an impassioned effort against the waterfront redevelopment plan last year.
"I hope it'll make people make up their minds in the best sense of the democratic process, which is exactly what Alexandria has been lacking on a lot of levels," Macdonald said.


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"Chamber music is the only true form of music and the most authentic expression of a personality," insisted Gabriel Fauré. Having taken its eponym's guiding principle to heart, the Fauré Quartet is now widely regarded as one of the leading chamber groups in the world.
Within a short space of time it has conquered the great concert halls of London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Milan, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and elsewhere. "They attract superlatives wherever they go," wrote The Strad following a concert at London's Wigmore Hall, while the Süddeutsche Zeitung praised them for a performance that "brought tremendous pleasure by highlighting interpretative details that had scarcely ever been heard before".
Among the many international festivals at which the Fauré Quartet has appeared are the Rheingau, Schleswig-Holstein, Ludwigsburg, Schwetzingen, Montpellier, Sceaux and Kuhmo Festivals. The ensemble was formed in Karlsruhe in 1995 to mark the sesquicentenary of Fauré's birth and was soon winning national and international awards, including the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb and London's Parkhouse Award. Among their teachers are the Alban Berg Quartet and Misha Katz. The Karlsruhe Musikhochschule has appointed the group its quartet-in-residence, an appointment that had not been made in Karlsruhe for thirty years and that was a new departure for a piano quartet. The present recording of Mozart's two piano quartets is the Fauré Quartet's début release on the Deutsche Grammophon label.


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In Greece, caroling season runs through the Orthodox Christian holiday known as the Epiphany, celebrated on Jan. 6. Traditionally, children go door-to-door, playing the triangle and singing songs of the season. In return, people give them a few euros for presents.
But this Christmas, Greek retailers say sales fell 30 percent from last year. The unemployment rate is at record levels, crime is rising and austerity is dampening everyone's spirits.
On one recent day, three 11-year-old girls are caroling outside a worn-out apartment building in their neighborhood. The song is called "Kalin Esperan Arhontes" — literally, "Good evening, lords" — a joyous greeting for those who open their homes to holiday cheer.
But there's not much cheer in Athens this year. The girls are singing outside because no one in this building will let them in.
"Some people let us in with love, and others just don't answer the door," says Alexandra Borozon, one of the girls.
There's a crisis even in caroling. People can't give much. And we've only gone to shops because people won't let us into their homes.
They say they're not scared, because their fathers are watching over them. Another girl, Stella Tsega, points to two burly men standing just a few steps away. Vangelis Pissias, a 56-year-old architect, is one of the fathers.
"We're scared because crime has gone up here and we have to be careful," Pissias says. "The people inside are scared, too. Some also don't feel like hearing carols. And they definitely don't have the money to spare."
Carolers Get Less
Yolanda Mouzakiti, 9, says she also sees that people are giving less this year. Trailed by her mother, she is caroling to Ourania Godeva, who works in a craft shop in Yolanda's apartment building. Godeva opens the cash register and gives the girl 2 euros ($2.60). In the past, when business was better, she says, she might have given 5 euros ($6.50).
"It's true, people aren't giving as much money this year, but caroling is a tradition," Godeva says. "If shopkeepers run out of money, I've seen them give children other stuff, like an orange soda or chocolates."
Eirini and Panagiotis Kabouri, 9-year-old fraternal twins, like the chocolates, but they really need the money. Their mother, Popi, lost her job as a maid a few months ago.
"There's a crisis even in caroling," Popi Kabouri says. "People can't give much. And we've only gone to shops because people won't let us into their homes."
Eirini and Panagiotis make about 40 euros ($52) from their day of caroling — less than half what they made last year. Before the long bus trip home, they stop for cotton candy near a sad-looking Santa ringing a bell.
It's a cloudy day, and people are somber. And then, near an empty shopping center, they hear something beautiful.
It's a traditional carol from the city of Orestiada in northeastern Greece, sung by six young people from a theater troupe. One of them is playing the gaida — it's like a bagpipe — and people are clapping and dancing.
No one has shopping bags, but everyone is singing. Panagiotis and Eirini run to join the dance, and the crowd grows bigger and bigger.
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Barbecue pulled pork sandwiches just seem to scream summer to me but I always dreaded the thought of having the oven on all day when it was already so hot out. That all changed when I picked up a slow cooker as not only does it not radiate a lot of heat but it also produces perfectly tender pork every time. I had been craving some of that sweet, spicy, moist and tender bbq pulled pork for a few days so I dusted off my slow cooker and started to cook up some pork. This recipe is dead easy where you simply cook the pork in the slow cooker, pull it and mix some bbq sauce into it. You could make it even easier by using your favorite store bought brand of bbq sauce, but making your own is pretty easy and you get to make it just how you want it. This time I threw some chipotle chilies in adobo sauce into the bbq sauce both as the primary source of heat to add some smokiness. It just wouldn't be a bbq pulled pork sandwich without a generous helping of coleslaw thrown in and once again I went with the make your own option. I served the pulled pork sandwiches with a side of crispy sweet potato fries.
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich with Slaw
- Put the pork in the slow cooker, pour 1/2 cup of the bbq sauce over it and cook on low heat for 8 hours.
- Remove the pork from the slow cooker and let cool.
- Meanwhile, skim the fat from the juices, place the juices in a sauce pan and simmer to reduce.
- Mix as much of the juices as you want into the remaining bbq sauce.
- When the pork is cool enough to work with, shred it with a pair of forks.
- Mix the pulled pork bbq sauce.
- Assemble sandwiches and enjoy.
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The people of Reykjavík are used to hunkering down for the winter, when each day brings with it barely a few snatches of sunlight. Come February, they're more than ready to wriggle out of hibernation and welcome the first, if tentative, signs of spring. The local authorities decided this was a good time of year to try to raise people's spirits, and in 2002 they set up the Winter Lights Festival (Feb. 7 to 10). Starting out as Museum Night, when museums waived their fees and stayed open until midnight, the festival has grown to incorporate events that mark both winter and the imminent return of daylight. For a few days, the city comes alive with dazzling light installations, street performances, theater, dance and live music. Shops, cafés, outdoor thermal pools and the aforementioned museums stay open until 12 a.m. and it's all free of charge, with complimentary shuttle-bus services thrown in. Here are another five things about Reykjavík that will help you celebrate the coming end of winter:
The Blue Lagoon (bluelagoon.com) is Iceland's most visited tourist attraction but don't let that put you off—it's popular for good reason. An extraordinary place at any time of day, this 5,000-sq-m spa located on a lava field is magical at dusk, when the steamy, ice blue waters shimmer in the glow of dozens of floodlights. Little wooden bridges and walkways connect smaller pools with a larger pool. Between them, they contain 6 million L of geothermal seawater heated to 37°C to 39°C. If you fancy a tipple, there's a swim-up bar, or you can opt for a massage while floating in the pool and slather yourself in the silica mud that gives the water its blue sheen. The Lava Restaurant has great views over the illuminated waters. Basic entrance to the lagoon costs $44.
(PHOTOS: Iceland: Living with Volcanoes)
Opened in May 2011, the striking Harpa (harpa.is) concert hall is situated in the city's up-and-coming harbor district and was designed in collaboration with the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson (whose works include the 2003 Weather Project in the Turbine Hall at London's Tate Modern and New York City Waterfalls in 2008). He took inspiration from Iceland's geology and fascinating light to create the building's facade. Made up of over 1,000 glass blocks, it is bathed in color at night when one of six LED-light sequences plays over the glass. The seven-story structure (an eighth floor is under construction) houses a bistro, an à la carte restaurant, conference and exhibition spaces and four concert halls, the largest of which seats up to 1,800 people.
Yoko Ono's memorial to John Lennon, the Imagine Peace Tower (imaginepeacetower.com), is situated on the blustery island of Videy (videy.com), a few minutes by ferry from Reykjavík. The tower was first lit by Ono in 2007 on Oct. 9, Lennon's birthday, and shone until Dec. 8, the date he was killed in 1980. It's lit on the same dates every year, as well as winter solstice, New Year's Eve and spring equinox, which in 2013 is on March 20. It will also be lit for Ono's 80th birthday on Feb. 18. The tower—a cylindrical structure of opaque glass inscribed with the words imagine peace in 24 languages—contains 15 searchlights that send a column of light 4,000 m up into the night sky. Ferries (elding.is) to Videy operate from Skarfabakki pier just outside central Reykjavík. Guided tours are available with pickup from your hotel for $39.
(MORE: And the Most Peaceful Country in the World Is …)
You don't need to venture into the middle of nowhere to see one of nature's most spellbinding performances: a 45-minute drive from Reykjavík will do. According to NASA scientists, the aurora borealis—visible during winter—is at its brightest level for 50 years owing to increased solar activity. This being a natural phenomenon, nothing is guaranteed, but you can increase the odds of a sighting by choosing a cold, clear night, away from artificial-light sources. The Northern Lights and Lobster Jeep Tour, run by Iceland Rovers (icelandrovers.is), lasts about five hours and costs $245. It includes a drive on the black-sand beach at Stokkseyri, southeast of Reykjavík. Afterward, there's a lobster dinner at the Fjorubordid (fjorubordid.is) restaurant before you head off to look for the lights on the way back to the city.
Based in the Nordic House cultural center and designed by acclaimed Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (the furnishings are also his designs), Dill (dillrestaurant.is) is a champion of new Nordic cuisine. Chef Gunnar Karl Gislason, who founded Dill in 2009, uses natural Icelandic produce and when the nights get longer can be seen in the restaurant's little garden picking herbs. He also harvests his own sea salt and gets his bread from a waitress's grandmother, who bakes it at home. "There are lots of restaurants in Reykjavík flirting with new Nordic cuisine, but we're focusing all our efforts on it," says Gislason. A five-course tasting menu with wine pairing is $132. Typical dishes are pancake and arctic-char roe, and pureed rutabaga (a kind of turnip) with salted cod and dill.
PHOTOS: Norway's Northern Lights


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As part of this initiative Oreo have provided me with a Lick Race Kit which contains a Flip video Camera, a tripod, three packets of Oreo Double Stuff cookies, two funky tumblers and some great winners badges!
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Uni Students looking for piano tutor work in Asquith ….
We offer you home piano lessons for students of all ages and levels in the convenience of your own home.
If you are looking for an eager, professional & reliable piano tutor to come to your Asquith home – one of us will be available, and will be able to provide you a very reasonable piano teaching rate.
Currently a 4th year university student, I am an eager, professional and reliable piano tutor who loves working with students of all ages. I have been playing piano for 14 years and have 3 years of teaching experience. I love to teach students about contemporary and popular music.
Currently a 2nd year music student at the Conservatorium of Music, and I have been playing piano for 16 years. I love all musical styles ranging from classical to jazz to contemporary hits. I am excited to share my passion for music and composition with my students.
Currently a 3rd year university student, I am a Grade 8 Pianist and have completed all AMEB Theory Exams as well. I enjoy teaching and playing music from all genres & love to watch my students have fun with the piano.
Currently a Music/Sound Production student at JMC Academy, I have been playing piano for almost ten years and am an experienced guitar teacher as well! I am passionate about everything to do with music and am most excited to watch my beginner students grow into professional musicians.
Asquith Piano Lessons – Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to travel anywhere for my piano lessons?
At Piano Lessons In Your Home, our teachers teach you in your own home, ensuring you don't waste time stuck in Asquith traffic to get to your piano classes.
Do your piano teachers come to Asquith? And on which days of the week?
Please touch base for more information as well as for information on Saturday and Sunday piano class.
Do I need to own a piano or keyboard?
We know pianos can be out of people's budgets, that is why a cheaper keyboard is ok for beginners.
Introductory keyboards are an easy and affordable option for households without a piano.
When do you offer Asquith piano lessons?
We typically offer after school lessons, on weekday afternoons to evenings, our Asquith piano teachers are very flexible and will always try to accommodate the time that suits you best.
Weekend lessons are also readily available, please enquire for more information.
How old should my child be to begin piano lessons?
Children as young as 5 can begin learning the piano and basic music theory.
Our Asquith piano tutors are experienced in tutoring young children who are complete beginners, and have all the patience and personality needed to engage your child and give them best start in their piano journey.
What styles of piano music do you teach?
Our Asquith piano tutors are qualified to teach all styles of music, whether you're interested in popular, contemporary, classical, jazz, musical theatre or even Nintendocore (yes, this is an actual genre). However, we encourage our students to explore all genres to show them just how interesting the piano can be.
Why enrol my child in one-on-one lessons? Why not Asquith group piano lessons?
Group piano lessons are a great way for your child to socialise, but that's about where the perks end. Individual piano tutoring ensure that your child won't get left behind, and can learn at their own pace.
In personal experience, piano students learning in one on one lessons progress a lot faster than students learning in group lessons.
Am I too old to start learning to play piano?
NO! There is no set age to begin learning a musical instrument, and the best time to start is right this moment – ie Now!
Learn to play your favourite songs, learn how to read music, learn theory, or just about anything you'd like to know about the piano.
Playing the piano is a fun and great way to exercise your creative abilities so don't just dream about it, start learning.
What are your Asquith piano teachers qualifications?
Only the best Asquith piano teachers work with our students.
Our piano teachers:
- highly experienced in teaching all ages and skill levels
- are experienced in playing the piano themselves
- have undergone a NSW Government certified "Working with children" police check
- are very friendly and patient to make students comfortable with learning at their own pace.
Normally students take piano classes once a week.
But if you just give me a minute of your time, I'll tell you why that's often not the best way to go.
I personally think the best way to response to this question is to look at the best of the best and see how often THEY took courses.
Some of the best pianists in the past likely had lessons on a day-to-day basis. We will frequently find that main writers and pianists came from a musical upbringing and their first coaches were often one of their parents. Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven just to name a few had parents who were musicians and possibly gave them daily lessons.
Piano Rehearsal is NOT Adequate
This is how weekly piano lessons must work. The coach listens to what the student practiced in the previous week. The teacher would then provide recommendations on how to develop or explain new ideas to improve the new pianist both technically and musically. From there, they may add some training tips and recommendations on what and how to rehearse in the following week. The student would then practice for a week according to the teachers recommendations and this would carry on from week to week.
Unfortunately this is very hardly the way trainings happen. This all concludes one very important thing. That the student actually practiced. Sadly more often than not the trainer will come to a lesson only to find that the student did not train. Oh no! What does the trainer do now? Train with the student of course!
That's what takes place if the student just did not train, but unfortunately even if the student DID rehearse this could still be the result. Why? Because practicing is hard.
Why Practicing is Hard
Let's think about what we're requesting young children, perhaps as young as 5, to do. The best way to train is to eradicate all distractions sit down at the piano and sort out on segments of music that the student cannot yet play.
Playing from the start of a presentation is more often than not an unproductive use of time. Playing a minor section gradually and correctly is often a requisite of good rehearse. Then repeating it over and over and over. Then they would want to pin point one more minor segment they are not comfortable with and do it once again.
I'm done simplifying here, but the fact is to aid us understand how challenging that is. How long should train be? I would be pleased with 15 minutes from a young child and thirty minutes from an older child. How many five year olds do you know that could focus effectively for 15 minutes without getting diverted. Or even better, how many adults do you know that could do the same?
And yet teachers expect that kind of rehearse every week from their students. Realistically it is rarely if ever going to happen that way. But an exciting thing occurs when the teacher is sitting there. You have the coach leading the student telling them what they need to practice and how many times to repeat it. The coaches can correct bad habits and improper stance. These are things a young child, or even an grown-up would have a tough time doing in a fixated way.
How Often Should Lessons Be?
For maximum effectiveness lessons should be held as frequent as possible. If a student can afford lessons everyday, they'll advance many multiples sooner than a student taking lessons once a week. It's as easy as that. Most of the lessons will be the teacher just rehearsing with the student. But that rehearse is completely priceless.
No not many of us can have enough money to take a lesson everyday with their teacher. Not only that, but not everyone needs to become the next Mozart. So deciding how often to take lessons indeed varies on your goals. Contemplate about just what you're looking for in lessons. Let's describe some shared ambitions.
Objectives for Piano Lessons
- Play one certain piece
- Play for my wedding
- Be able to play as a diversion
- Study serious as a lifelong pursuit
- Make it a profession
If your objective for piano lessons is just to play one piece, obviously lessons daily really aren't wanted. You may actually be able to even study on your own!
A piano tutor will at all times be ready to lend a hand and craft the music sound the best it can. If fund is a issue though, see if you can discover a tutorial of the piece on YouTube. If you never desire to learn anything new, then it matters a lot less whether you are playing absolutely correctly or not.
But this all changes if you want to, or you desire your child to take this really seriously. It doesn't happen often, however I have a few students that would take an hour lesson three days a week, and then extra hour of music theory for a total of four hours a week of lessons. These students are always the finest.
You become what you put in. If you don't take lessons very honestly, you won't get as much delight out of lessons as if you put your complete emotion into it. As a pianist I can tell you that the pleasure that arises from playing beautiful music is boundless. Don't miss out!
We are currently students at university's around Sydney We live in various parts of Sydney and are looking for more 1 on 1 piano tutoring students in & around Sydney.
Please email us now - and one of the team will be in contact with you soon
Contact Kayla Today
Kayla teaches all three of our children piano lessons weekly and has done so for more than a year. She is great with the kids (ages 7 to 14). She is not only talented and knowledgeable about music, but also has passionate about the art form.
She has been excellent about keeping them interested and excited about music and performance. I highly recommend the teachers from Piano Lessons Australia!


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DURAN, WERNER : The Art of buzzing
Multilayered and processed pieces mostly made from invented resonating instruments consisting of pvc pipes with sax mouthpieces and a membrane made from a plastic shopping bag attached, except in one piece where flower pots and foil are used. Result: evolving, polychromatic drones. For drone aficionados.
Code: x-t2004
Price: £14.50