In appearance, Elfhaven is back to normal after its bloody battle with Widdow's army. Elfhaven formed a new council, Talissa and Varth are wedded, Twila and Shamlin's wounds have healed, Glenis is still comatose, and Frey continues to be a constant irritant to Varth. However, the actions of Treynus are anything but ordinary. He barricaded himself in Tanaya's Temple, still irrefutably shaken by a revelation presented to him by Tanaya--a surmised prediction on Elfhaven's current struggle of an unknown origin supposedly more dangerous than Widdow when she lived. When summoned to the council, Talissa is dismayed to receive only bits and pieces of what Treynus has learned. Her real shock comes when she hears that she, along with a select group of elves, will be sent on a quest to Alvagore, a mountainous region of Kilgarn, to seek out a Crystallite named Avera. Talissa let it be known that the concept of spending days or even weeks looking for an elusive creature, which does not want to be found in the first place, was nightmarish. Treynus's response was to inform her that if this new threat was not eliminated before reaching the peak of its power, she would have a new definition for the word.
Denmark and Switzerland are small and successful countries with exceptionally content populations. However, they have very different political institutions and economic models. They have followed the general tendency in the West toward economic convergence, but both countries have managed to stay on top. They both have a strong liberal tradition, but otherwise their economic strategies are a welfare state model for Denmark and a safe haven model for Switzerland. The Danish welfare state is tax-based, while the expenditures for social welfare are insurance-based in Switzerland. The political institutions are a multiparty unicameral system in Denmark, and a permanent coalition system with many referenda and strong local government in Switzerland. Both approaches have managed to ensure smoothly working political power-sharing and economic systems that allocate resources in a fairly efficient way. To date, they have also managed to adapt the economies to changes in the external environment with a combination of stability and flexibility.
Only limited information existed about the occurrence of boron and chromium in drinking water sources prior to this project. In addition, chromium speciation in drinking water sources was not well understood. In fact, due to analytical method deficiencies, previous field sampling experiences had resulted in total chromium concentrations less than corresponding hexavalent chromium concentrations. This project specifically addressed the following questions: . What are the analytical method challenges and sensitivities for reliable low-level detection of chromium species and boron in drinking water supplies? . What are the national occurrence patterns for chromium species and boron in drinking water sources? . What is the fate of these compounds through drinking water facilities and distribution systems? The project approach included . an investigation of analytical challenges for both chromium and boron analysis, . a review of existing occurrence data sources, . a design and an implementation of the national occurrence survey, . an analysis of the national occurrence results, and . an investigation of the fate of chromium and boron through drinking water facilities and distribution systems.
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