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Wisconsin, home of Carr Valley
CORBIS
I write you today to ask for a correction
to an article. Your cheese buyer, Sarah George
[Buyer’s Pick, Wine + Cheese Connection,
July 2008], mistakenly credited Vermont for
the successes of Carr Valley Cheese Company.
Carr Valley’s home is in La Valle, Wisconsin
and has been for 100 years. They are an artisan cheese maker and local family business
with many, many awards nationally and globally. I must say that I never write letters but I
am most passionate about the cheese movement in this country. Please make sure they
get the credit they deserve.
for the greater clarity and wider field of the
new digital mammograms.
Joe Hilberman
Los Angeles
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In response to the August Debate,
“Do eco-tourism costs outweigh
the benefits?”
NO. I think ecotourism is good because we
can explore areas not commonly available.
The caution I have is: ensure that the areas are
properly managed to protect the wildlife.
Hope Solarez
Olive Branch, Mississippi
Jeremy Komar
Joliet, Illinois
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YES. Large groups of people will destroy the
[very] environments about which they are
trying to educate people.
Helping hand
I truly benefited from an apprenticeship
program. I worked five years in the field as a
plumber and pipe fitter apprentice, and
attended school at night, thanks to the United
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As for the loyalty part, you better believe it
works. People will stay with a company that
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Medicine and technology
As the husband of a two-time breast
cancer survivor I appreciated Mr. Horowitz’
[July 2008] article about digital mammograms, but feel the focus was misdirected.
While it is true there may be increased expense
and anxiety [from additional tests], our experience confirms the benefits of the new technology in achieving what he refers to as
“hopefully, more cancers discovered at an
early stage.” Indeed, while it is important to
have the benefit of earlier x-rays for comparison, my wife’s recurrence would not have
been detected in the lymph nodes were it not
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