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The Darby Translation (DBY) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 Bless Jehovah, O my soul! Jehovah my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with majesty and splendour; | 1 Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. |
2 Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain; -- | 2 He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent |
3 Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind; | 3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. |
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire. | 4 He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants. |
5 He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever. | 5 He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved. |
6 Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains: | 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. |
7 At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away; -- | 7 But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight; |
8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them; -- | 8 they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them. |
9 Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth. | 9 You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth. |
10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains; | 10 He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains. |
11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. | 11 They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. |
12 The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches. | 12 The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the branches. |
13 He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. | 13 He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work. |
14 He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth, | 14 He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate-- bringing forth food from the earth: |
15 And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making [his] face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart. | 15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart. |
16 The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted, | 16 The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. |
17 Where the birds make their nests; [as for] the stork, the fir trees are her house. | 17 There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the pine trees. |
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers. | 18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the coneys. |
19 He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down. | 19 The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. |
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth: | 20 You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl. |
21 The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from God. | 21 The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. |
22 The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens. | 22 The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens. |
23 Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening. | 23 Then man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening. |
24 How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. | 24 How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. |
25 Yonder is the great and wide sea: therein are moving things innumerable, living creatures small and great. | 25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number-- living things both large and small. |
26 There go the ships; [there] that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein. | 26 There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there. |
27 These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season: | 27 These all look to you to give them their food at the proper time. |
28 That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. | 28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things. |
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust. | 29 When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. |
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth. | 30 When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth. |
31 The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works. | 31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works-- |
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. | 32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke. |
33 I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God while I have my being. | 33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. |
34 My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah. | 34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD. |
35 Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth, and the wicked shall be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Hallelujah! | 35 But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD. |
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Geoff Barton from King Edwards VI School in Bury St Edmunds
By Matt Gaw
Saturday, September 22, 2012
DANISH teachers visiting a Suffolk school laughed off the exam system that will replace GCSEs as "a strange English joke", a headteacher has revealed.
Geoff Barton, of King Edward VI School in Bury St Edmunds, said confused Scandinavian colleagues refused to believe that the UK would adopt the "backward-looking" English baccalaureate (EBacc) system, which will involve all pupils sitting gruelling three-hour written exams.
In Denmark, which is famous for its modern education techniques, a reliance on written exams has been abandoned in favour of oral assessment and in some cases full internet access is allowed in exams.
Mr Barton said the visiting teachers' reaction to Micheal Gove's EBacc pointed to the philosophical gulf between the UK and its European and Scandinavian neighbours.
He said: "The Danish start from a different point of view.
"They think that after 11 years in education, every pupil should achieve as much as possible, whereas we have an exam system that if more people do well, it must be failing."
Mr Barton added: "The Danish believe that every child should pass some kind, to make sure that every child does the basics – it is an enlightened approach."
Although the Danish education system does have a universal exam – half of it written and half of it spoken.
"The oral component is recognition that students learn and express themselves in different ways. This isn't considered dumbing down," said Mr Barton.
He added: "When I described the EBacc concept they thought it was the surreal ramblings of an educational nutter – some strange English humour.
"I think they couldn't believe that it is so backward-looking and that the system is built on a lack of trust of teachers."
In Denmark, the spoken exam is assessed by the pupil's own teachers, along with a visiting teacher.
The written exam is also marked by teachers who apply to become examiners.
The East Anglian Daily Times reported this week how Mr Barton has given his backing to proposals for the Suffolk baccalaureate – a qualification aimed at bridging the gap between school and work.
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I have to agree with the Danish teachers here! I just don't understand where this idea is coming from at all. There are so many people that suffer under too much pressure when it comes to exams, there are plenty of smart people who don't do as well in exams as they'd like. Making GCSE's into this exam based thing doesn't test children on how smart they are, it tests them on how well they do under pressure. My Dad pointed out that it would be a good way to prepare them for university, but not everyone wants to go to university and there are plenty of college courses that don't involve exams at all. This is, in effect, stopping those students get any kind of education as if they fail the new exam they can't get onto college courses, even though they might have excelled in the GCSE system and gone onto something they love. Personally, I do well under pressure, and I'm sure there's plenty of other people who end up with higher grades than they expect, which is great, but no reason to stop people who don't do as well from passing high school. I also can't for the life of me figure out why the government and others in power keep changing things that aren't broken instead of concentration on pulling the country out of the hole we're in. I think they're obsessed with change and want to distract the public from the real problems and messing with children's education to do that is not on.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
I wonder if the Danes have ever heard the English phrase "get your own house in order". In the OECD International League Tables for education, Denmark are one place above the UK. Admittedly the UK are way too low in 25th place (dropping from 17th where we were in 2009) but that hardly makes Denmark the authority on how to do education.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
This story does make me smile. It doesn't matter what form the exam takes or what it's called... what matters is the the kids who leave school at any level are able to function as useful, inclusive and employable members of society. Teachers and headteachers are as guilty as politicians at playing around with a childs education... both sides need to sit down, put their own silly agendas to one side and come up with something which gets the best results for the kids. Once your union agrees to cut the stupid amounts of holiday, extend the school day and stop using schools days to train the better for all!
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So, as suggested we've gone back to the drawing board. As some of you remember, taking the wall down b/w the kitchen and LR made the nearly completed U plan uncomfortable for me. So, DH and I each drew up what we thought could work and this is the hybrid of the two. Our shared goals are; to keep as much wall b/w kitchen and porch open, as the nicest view of the river is out the porch windows, to keep the flow between the rooms open as it's a small house and we didn't want to box it up in the shared spaces. And to find a place for my Grandmothers hutch. DH wanted a place to sit in the kitchen and preferably have it be a space that he could spread out and do work ("like taxes"). I like to look outside when I'm working so nice windows were important to me. I want to maximize storage, esp the base cabinets and pantry space. Also, in the process of working the U plan, someone said something about the peninsula leg being a barrier and whoever said that, thank you. That comment caused me to realize that what was also important to me in the overall layout was flexibility. Occasionally, we have more than a couple extra people over and need to seat 10-12 people. Room to open up a table somewhere would be nice. And once that peninsula was in, the flexibility was gone. One other factor was to maximize seating possibilities on the porch, which is basically to put seating along the kitchen wall. We were going to have a dedicated eating area on the porch, but this new layout puts the main table in the kitchen with the option of having a small one on the porch for eating, using a laptop, staring outside or whatever. So, here is the back to the drawing board layout. It seems to give us both most of what we want, not everything but most of it. I realize that there are imperfect elements such as the stove being on the wall close to where the main entry doorway is and there will be traffic behind me. But, it's just the two of us and a few times a year our little grandchildren and more frequently our grown children. It seems an okay trade for a better layout. The yellow circles are proposed ceiling lighting locations. Would also have undercab lighting and possibly some recessed if need be. All cabs go to the ceiling (9') except the one on the table wall. That would be a shallow wall mount, more decorative cabinet. Okay. 'Nuff said. Thoughts, comments, suggestions welcomed. |
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Couple other points: the open cab over the sink is up at the ceiling, leaving a 4' tall pass-through type opening over the sink. Here is the larger layout with the LR: |
Well, I like it. The only serious drawback is the traffic through the work zone, but at least you don't have to cross the traffic path to get to the sink. Just be careful when those grandbabies are around! :-) |
- Posted by debrak_2008 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 18, 13 at 13:27
I'm having trouble reading the layout. Can you make it bigger? |
- Posted by athomeinva (My Page) on Mon, Feb 18, 13 at 13:36
I like this layout a lot more. Just an idea, which maybe you have had enough of already? But what about having cabinets on either side of the opening at the sink and none above, you could even have cabinets on the the back of the sunroom wall that come up high enough to meet and extend the counter back. Not sure if you have enough room for this idea, in the image below the space on the left is probably a bit wider than yours (and you have to imagine the step down). |
Debrak, if you click on Deedle's image, it will open up in a new window as a larger picture. HTH I'm waiting to see what others say, Deedles. I wish you the best. : ) |
Thanks Laughable, I'm about exhausted with this whole layout thing. I spent the day so far putting DH through the "if this goes here, this has to go here and then we can't do this but this would be better", taping things off on the floor and stacking up boxes to be fridges and whatnot. The TKO dance. After 4 hours he said, "I can see why you've been doing this for so long. There is no good answer and it's exhausting." I'm really tired of thinking about this kitchen, honestly. I do appreciate the wish for luck, though! And, in the big picture we are not only lucky we are blessed so hey, the kitchen will be what it will be and everything will be good, I'm sure. |
I love your DH. And I agree with your conclusion. No suggestions from me this time, but just support. You have to make compromises, and only you can determine which ones make sense for you and DH. I am eager to see photos of the completed kitchen, which will be wonderful, and vicariously enjoy your river view. Sandra |
This post was edited by Bellsmom on Tue, Feb 19, 13 at 11:17
Thank you, Sandra. I really appreciate that and you gave me a smile. I love my DH, too. AND, for good kitchen news, he kept tweaking after I had to leave for work and I think, I think... that we've tweaked the layout posted above into something a little smarter; a better (and safer) traffic flow, a bit more storage (actually quite a bit) and for this small kitchen with its 3 doorways and its role as the main entry point for the house, I'm pretty sure we've got it as close to perfect, meeting the majority of the needs and wishes, as it can be. I'm satisfied with what we've finally come up with. An inch might move here and there but today, the big picture is looking very nice. |
Congratulations to your DH-- As the young heroine in the Adam Bradley Flavia novels shouts in moments of glee and triumph-- YAROOOO!!! Aren't moments of breakthrough and successful tweaking a pleasure!! |
- Posted by lavender_lass (My Page) on Tue, Feb 19, 13 at 20:38
Deedles- This is a wonderful plan! I think you're going to like having the windows by the range and the view from the sink is going to be fantastic :) Athomeinva- Nice picture and great inspiration for Deedle's kitchen! |
Yarooo!! Lavender: thank you! As I said, we did a bit of tweaking so it's a little different than above but still the same feel. I told DH that there is someone called Lavender that will like this return to an open layout. :) We're just finishing up the master bath and then the tear out can begin!!!! |
- Posted by lavender_lass (My Page) on Wed, Feb 20, 13 at 14:26
LOL! I hope you post your new plan. If it's similar to this one, I think you have a winner :) |
Here is the revised layout. We're pretty happy with it. There is always an inch moved here or there but this is it. Finally. This leaves the kitchen open to possibilities like pulling out the table for a larger sit-down dinner. It also give DH and I the 'as open as possible' porch wall and keeps the LR door open, while maximizing storage as much as possible, too. And it makes room for my hutch. Even though I have no prep sink anymore, I have a nice prep area between sink and stove and a defined cleanup area to the right of the sink. And there is a NICE pantry that I'm really happy with. So. People seemed to be underwhelmed by the last couple of layouts as evidence by the crickets chirping. But I like this one, it works for us and I've kept as close as I can to the basic tenets that I've learned from everyone on GW. |
- Posted by debrak_2008 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 20, 13 at 21:12
Deedles, I think your plan looks great. Do you have a spot for a microwave? Ever since the format changes to GW it seems to me many are posting less. Here in New York state most schools are closed this week so many are gone on vacations or just busy. So that may be why you are seeing less responses to your thread. You will know if its right. Trust your gut feeling. |
debrak: It does seem unusually quiet. That's a shame if it's just due to the format change :( We don't use a microwave so no need to find room for that, thank goodness! Our guts are pretty settled on this one. Thanks for weighing in! |
I like the last layout you posted. Good tweaking! I am picturing tall narrow pass-thru windws on each side of your range, like what Shanghaimom has. |
I like the openness of this. Great traffic pattern from entry to living areas. I can't remember the intervening stages, but this one looks like it will do what you need it to do. Query: Do you have a trash pullout somewhere? |
kaysd: thank you! I do like Shanghaimom's kitchen a lot. And she did it all from Japan, as I remember. Amazing. Bellsmom: I will have one under the sink. My drain is in the back right so I should have plenty of room under the left side. |
- Posted by lavender_lass (My Page) on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 14:33
Deedles- That is a wonderful layout! I like it even better with the sink under the window. Without that wall to the living room, there is so much more space and the table will be so handy, between the kitchen and living area. And you found a perfect place for your hutch! :) |
Lav: my DH was not fond of the stove and the split windows for two reasons; one, he said he likes to see me in the window (awwww) when he looks for me and two, if he was laying in the yard clutching his chest or *ahem* anything else, I'd never be able to see him, lol. So, yes, the (bigger) window over the sink there is nice as are the two 36 uppers once I gave up on turning the corner. Darn corners. Am very happy to have found a place for the hutch that makes sense, too! Now I just have to figure out what kind of range hood will work over that open wall :>? |
- Posted by localeater (My Page) on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 14:56
Deedles, I like this new layout(though I liked the old one too until you took down the wall- then I felt naked!). I am glad there is now a place for the hutch. The pantry will be great, maybe part of it can have an open counter that can be set up as a coffee station in the morning and a bar for other times, |
localeater: The bar area is a great idea. I think there is enough room there to make it work at some level. |
- Posted by lavender_lass (My Page) on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 15:22
Here are a few ideas, with windows instead of openings...and one with glass uppers.
- Posted by localeater (My Page) on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 15:47
I am glad you liked the bar idea and I hope it works. I just imagined a party and people gathering around the table and wanting a place to set up a drinks station... See I am loving this new space and I am already at the party in my mind! Just to clarify the stove wall, it is 42" tall. So basically the hood will be an island hood design because it needs to look good from the kitchen and from the porch. Is that right? How tall is the Chambers' backsplash? If it is 39", with just 3" difference it might look skimpy. Can't remember if you have highback, or lowback on the range. I don't think you can have anything skimpy looking behind that beefy range or the proportions will be off. |
The backsplash is 16" above the cook top so 52" from the floor. I was going to build the wall up an inch higher and then cap it with a nice 8" wide ledge out of the counter material (6" wall there). We'd like to leave it open, open, open if we can figure out a range hood. I'm looking at that ceiling mount Cirrus vent by Best. Can't find much real life info other than one comment on here by someone that saw it in a demo kitchen and was surprised at how well it seemed to work. I'd love if there was NO range hood visible, actually. As for the pantry area: since that pantry is going to be about 15" deep, I was wondering if I couldn't have a pull out counter.. kind of like Breezy's cutting board or Angies desk set up. (think I got the right people there). Just for a little deeper area to set out drinks and fixin's. And you are welcome to come on over anytime! |
- Posted by localeater (My Page) on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 19:34
I think the thick ledge sounds perfect. I agree no visible hood would best. You may need to find the nearest showroom with a working Cirrus and make a road trip. If that doesn't work out I might be tempted to do telescopic downdraft in the wall. I know function is not the best, but I'd still be tempted. I think the pull out shelf for more serving space is great. |
I like this. Sink under the window. Will it be centered under the window? I don't know if that is important. The ventilation is tricky though. I assume you've seen the drop-down Miele (?) hood. That would be weird. Then there's the Futuro Futuro ones that look sort of like lamps (but are smallish). Or the one they have that looks like the Cirrus but only displayed in NYC-- http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/IS54SKYLIGHT.html |
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Regulatory requirements for coal mines are different than for other types of mines. Spurred by major environmental impacts from coal mining in the 1960's and 1970's, the U.S. Congress passed the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act in1977. This act completely restructured the way coal mining was regulated nationwide and greatly increased environmental oversight.
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large enough to allow the state to reclaim the site should an operator
fail to do so.
Once the operator reclaims an area, the state can approve reclamation and release the bond in three increments. The first bond increment is released after an area has been properly back-filled and graded to the approximate original pre-mining contour. This generally is required within 180 days of the time mining is finished for that portion of the mine area. The second bond increment is released once an area is replanted. The final bond release occurs five to ten years after replanting, and only once the vegetation in the reclaimed area meets standards established for that mine.
Alaska's coal program is a labor-intensive process for both the mine operator and for the state. The federal government provides one-half of the funding for the program, and the state provides the other half.
Operating Mines
Coal mines have operated in Alaska since 1855. Currently, Alaska's only two
operating mines are the Gold Run Pass Mine and the Poker Flats Mine. Both
are owned and operated by Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. and are within six miles
of each other in the Hoseanna Creek Valley east of Healy. The company has
been mining coal in the Healy area since 1948. Both of the current mines
began before the federal or state regulatory program was passed and for
that reason, not all of the law's standards apply to all area of the mines.
Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. has pledged a collateral bond of approximately
$3 million for the reclamation at these two mines.
Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. is actively reclaiming and revegetating its mined lands. They have a full-time reclamation engineer on staff, as well as a seasonal reclamation work crews. Each year, the company seeds and fertilizes land being reclaimed. In 1997, they planted several thousand birch, willow, alder and spruce seedlings on the two mines.
Permitted but Inactive Mines
There are several other approved coal mine permits in Alaska, although none
are currently being mined. Development and exploratory work have been ongoing
at the Jonesville Mine near Sutton and land disturbed by these activities
will be reclaimed. The Wishbone Hill and Deadfall Syncline mines both have
approved permits, but are not active. All of these permits have extensive
reclamation components, and lands disturbed by exploration activities for
these mines are in an environmentally stable condition.
The Most Recently Permitted Mine - Two Bull Ridge
DMLW recently approved a new mine permit for the Two Bull Ridge Mine. That
mine is owned and operated by Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. and is located across
the valley from the currently operating Poker Flats Mine.
Some of the important reclamation provisions of the permit are:
The company completed an extensive pre-mining soil inventory and will save all soils ahead of mining except those that are unsuitable for reclamation use and those on steep slopes. All of the salvaged soils will be placed back onto reclaimed areas, and the company expects to be able to save enough to place at least one foot of topsoil on all reclaimed areas. Reclamation timing. As the active mining area moves through the 832 acre area of the mine, the company will complete finish grading and replace topsoil within approximately 800 feet of the actively mined area.Post-Mining Land Use
The company intends to reclaim the mining area for wildlife habitat, which was the predominant pre-mining land use (and is a primary use in the state's land use plan for the area).Revegetation
The company's revegetation plan has two parts. First, they will seed the area with native grasses to quickly establish a ground cover that will control erosion. Second, they expect natural regeneration to provide the larger woody plants. To accelerate the natural regeneration process, the company will plant 100 plants per acre using naturally occurring woody plants such as willow, alder, or spruce.Standards for Success
Alaska's coal program regulations require that final bond release not occur until at least 10 years after the mine site is graded and initial vegetation established. The 10 year period is intended to provide time to determine whether revegetation is successful. The Two Bull Ridge Mine permit contains success standards for ground cover, plant density and species diversity.
For More Information Contact
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Black bottom, a new rhythm.
I love pie plates. Whenever I see one, I'm drawn to it. Big ones, small ones, ruffled ones, plain ones. I love them all. I don't even make pie that often, but for whatever reason I just love 'em. I don't have all that many… maybe 6 or 7. But I just adore them. And really, when one has so many cute pie plates, they ought to be making more pies, amirite?
However pies are usually not my bag. I can make them just fine, but the crust is a pain in my ass & I'm always paranoid that the filling won't set. I'm more comfortable with cakes than pies.


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In northwest Baghdad, Iraqi forces stand up, slowly
An Iraqi soldier from the 22nd Brigade stands guard in northwestern Baghdad. Photo by Wes Morgan. |
BAGHDAD, IRAQ: As violence erupted across Shia areas of Baghdad last March, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph McLamb told the company commanders in his battalion that they had just one priority: "Do not let the Iraqi Army fail." Faced with attacks in every area, from the Shula slums to upscale Kadhimiya, McLamb's soldiers could have pushed the less competent Iraqi forces aside and taken on the fighters of the Mahdi Army themselves. In the colonel's view, though, ensuring that the Iraqi Army did not appear weak before the local population was the goal of most pressing importance.
The Iraqi Army had a history of failure in Kadhimiya, the heart of the battalion's zone. In April 2007, Mahdi Army fighters attacked a patrol of American paratroopers near the Kadhimayn mosque. Elements of the Iraqi Army battalion stationed in the area responded, but when the soldiers entered the fight, they did so on the side of the militia.
During the firefight, American paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment killed both Mahdi fighters and Iraqi soldiers. The incident left American troops distrustful not only of Iraqi National Police and local police units, as is more often the case, but of the Iraqi Army units in the area as well.
In March, though, the Iraqi Army did not fail. Although a nearby National Police unit called the "Justice Battalion" all but collapsed, refusing to fight the Mahdi Army, the army unit in Kadhimiya stood its ground. With American help, the Iraqi troops blocked Mahdi fighters from escaping across the Tigris to safety.
The Iraqi unit, the 3rd Battalion of the 22nd Brigade, was the same battalion that had fired on American troops the previous year. As the situation in northwest Baghdad stabilized, Iraqi Army units took on a more difficult and complex task. The 3-22 shifted to an offensive role in the Hurriya and Shula neighborhoods, bases for the Mahdi Army offshoots that the US military calls "Special Groups." Their success there was less clear-cut, but in the view of the American officers here, it was success nonetheless.
The 3-22 Iraqi Army battalion's transformation from a force willing to fight for the Mahdi Army to a force willing to cut off its retreat was slow and difficult, American soldiers in Kadhimiya say. The transformation was due largely to the attention lavished on all three battalions of the 22nd Brigade by both American advisors and American combat troops.
The 1-325 Airborne Infantry was responsible for northwest Baghdad for most of 2007 when the area was at its worst. The 1-325 put much of its resources toward hunting Special Groups leaders in Shula and Hurriya, trying to dismantle the militia network faster than it could kill Americans and Shia Iraqis. The unit had little time and almost no manpower left over for training or "mentoring" the Iraqi battalions in the area. This was a task that was left to a handful of small, under-resourced advisory teams.
The sharp downturn in violence across Baghdad during the fall of 2007 coincided with 1-325's relief by McLamb's unit, the 1st Battalion of the 502nd Infantry Regiment. As a result, McLamb says, his battalion was able to focus its manpower less on raids against special groups leaders, and more on working directly with the line companies of the Iraqi Army and National Police. Captain Jeffrey Mackinnon, the lead advisor to 3-22, says that this has allowed the advisor teams to focus on improving the Iraqi battalions at the staff level, a more realistic task for detachments of their size and makeup.
Throughout the winter of 2008, 1-502's rifle companies paired off with Iraqi battalions and its platoons with Iraqi companies. The US troops patrolled with their counterparts and pushed them to improve their tactics and posture at checkpoints.
The battalion commander of 3-22, known as Colonel Abbas, emphasized the importance of the basic combat training that the advisory teams continued to provide to his troops on a regular basis "It was after these things that I told Colonel McLamb we were ready to fight," said Abbas. Captain Muhammad Qasim, the assistant operations officer of the battalion, agreed.
Equally important, in the view of Mackinnon, was the reorganization of less reliable units. To him, many of 3-22's woes stemmed from its recruiting roots. When first raised, Mackinnon said, the battalion was formed largely from the personal security detachments, or PSDs, of two local leaders, both with ties to the Mahdi Army.
"You had one group who were the Baha al-Araji PSD guys, and another who were the Hussein al Sadr PSD guys, so that they didn't have their loyalties lined up isn't surprising," Mackinnon said. Gradually, these contingents were split up and sent to different units, to be replaced by new recruits from other parts of Baghdad and Iraq.
The spring fighting that has since been nicknamed "March Madness" put Iraqi units throughout Kadhimiya, Shula, and Hurriya to the test. In Kadhimiya, an American infantry platoon from Captain Brad Henry's Delta Company, was ambushed by a large force of Mahdi militiamen.
"It was the exact same plan they used to attack 1-325," said Captain Elijah Ward, of 1-502's headquarters, referring to the April 2007 firefight between Mahdi fighters and U.S. paratroopers. As before, 3-22 arrived on the scene quickly - but this time, instead of joining in with the militia, the Iraqi soldiers held them off. Harassed by American attack helicopters, and with their hopes for an easy, symbolic victory over Iraqi government troops dashed, the Mahdi Army's leaders in Kadhimiya headed north, hoping to escape into the rural areas across the Tigris.
At the bridge they planned to cross, though, the militia leaders were confronted by a detachment of soldiers from 3-22, who held them off until American reinforcements arrived. "It was the first time I've seen an Iraqi unit take serious casualties and still hold their ground," said McLamb, who went with his troops to the bridge. "It was an awesome thing to see. People say the Iraqi soldiers don't want to fight, but I'll tell you, these guys fought hard."
In the days that followed, 3-22's sister battalion, 2-22, also performed well in the clearance of the Shula neighborhood, an area that the Mahdi Army and special groups had used as a base during their March offensive, said a platoon leader in Bravo Company, the American unit that operated in the neighborhood.
While the Iraqi Army units passed the test, the National Police unit responsible for part of Kadhimiya, the Justice Battalion, did not. Drawn mostly from the Kadhimiya area, the battalion dissolved rather than fight the Mahdi Army.
The unit that deployed early in April to replace it, though, called the "Unity Battalion," was more in the mold of the Iraqi Army units. "Before, people's assumption would be that the National Police were complicit," Ward explained. "But when the Unity Battalion came in from Mahmudiya, they kicked ass. They've shown no hesitation in going out and bringing it to JAM (Mahdi Army), and the locals take notice of that."
Both American and Iraqi officers suggest that for the units here, the spring fighting was a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the fighting interrupted the training schedule that Abbas called so important to the 3-22's growth. Faced with continuous operations in Hurriya, Shula, and Kadhimiya, none of the Iraqi Army battalions in the area have yet resumed that schedule.
On the other hand, the battalions' stand against the militia has substantially boosted respect for the Iraqi Army uniform among the local population. In the view of Capt. Muhammad Qasim, a staff officer in the 3-22, this has paid off in tips and intelligence, the key weapons of counterinsurgency.
"Before the fight, no one talked to the Iraqi soldiers," Qasim said. "Now, seventy-five, eighty percent do, and that is very good."
READER COMMENTS: "In northwest Baghdad, Iraqi forces stand up, slowly"
Posted by DJ Elliott at November 3, 2008 11:15 AM ET:
Note about Justice Bn.
Now assigned to 3rd INP Div and training in AAslt vic Balad.
They shifted them out of hard JAM areas and are correcting thier training/other deficiencies...
Posted by anand at November 3, 2008 11:46 AM ET:
Wesley Morgan, nicely done :-)
The IA 22-6, former IA 1-6, was one of the first brigades in the IA to stand up in 2004. It, and its 3 battalions, were the first IA units to achieve C1 status. (Back then they were "National Guards.") It and its battalions were the first to assume battle space.
For years, the 22-6 was one of the best quality brigades in the IA. Then, the capable commanding major general of the 6th IAD Mobder--who in many ways created 6th IAD from scratch--was killed by the resistance. This began a deterioration in 6th IAD that took years to turn around.
The 6th IAD was the first division HQs to stand up, the first to assume control over its component brigades. Together with the 8th IAD, 6th IAD was one of the first two divisions to fall under the control of the IGFC.
Off topic:
Everyone, look at:
It describes some critical battles and ISF performance.
Posted by Matt at November 3, 2008 6:23 PM ET:
And their economy is standing up, too:
Posted by Rosario at November 3, 2008 10:37 PM ET:
This is the first I heard our troops were getting fragged by our iraqi allies, just like in Vietnam. So there was a downside of Patraeus's counter-insurgency strategy. I sure hope our people won't be ordered to implement the same risky strategy in Afganistan, for they might not be so fortunate. Keep up the objective reporting!
Posted by Hamidreza at November 4, 2008 3:24 AM ET:
Thanks for the article.
Posted by anand at November 4, 2008 2:27 PM ET:
Rosario, I disagree completely. The primary mission in both Iraq and Afghanistan is capacity building for our Iraqi and Afghan allies. Our role is to enable them to defeat the enemy with as little direct support from us as possible. (Excluding direct financial transfers in the case of Afghanistan.)
It is against our interests for our combat projection capacity to be tied up medium and long term in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our challenges are many in this world.
Our GIs need to embed with the ISF and ANSF at as granular a level (police station, platoon, company, battalion) as possible, to accelerate their improvement in capabilities and confidence.
Rosario, treacherous ISF frag fellow ISF and Americans. The large majority of ISF are loyal to the chain of command and the Iraqi state, and virulently detest the fraggers.
Posted by David M at November 4, 2008 2:43 PM ET:
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 11/04/2008 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
Posted by Wes Morgan at November 4, 2008 2:49 PM ET:
For what it's worth, I don't think that fragging is the right word, or the right historical precedent, to be talking about here. When I think of fragging, I think of a few demoralized soldiers killing one of their leaders, for example the case that was recently decided about 42nd ID troops in OIF3. If the Mahdi Army attacked an American unit, that would not be fragging, or betrayal from within. When an IA unit attacks an American unit instead of JAM (remember, unit against unit), that's something else entirely. I don't think the vocabulary is right here.
Posted by anand at November 4, 2008 3:58 PM ET:
Wes, did 3-22-6 organize a battalion level attack against the MNF? Did one or more of 3-22-6's combat companies organize a company level attack on the MNF? Was it a platoon level attack? Or were they stragglers who in small groups joined the JAM forces in fighting the MNF?
Posted by Neo at November 5, 2008 3:24 PM ET:
"This is the first I heard our troops were getting fragged by our iraqi allies, just like in Vietnam."�
With all due respect to what I take is a new reader, there is nothing new about this issue. To the contrary, anyone wanting information needs to go back through DJ's monthly Order of Battle reports, many of which have extensive information on what has been done about unit reliability and loyalty. New readers should be aware that this topic has been covered extensively in the past.


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Top Taliban, al Qaeda leaders reported killed in Mohmand airstrikes
Faqir Mohammed, the leader of the Taliban in Bajaur and the deputy leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. |
Unconfirmed reports from Pakistan indicate that a senior al Qaeda military commander and a top Taliban leader have been killed during airstrikes earlier today in the Mohmand tribal agency.
Pakistani military officials claimed that Qari Zia Rahman and Faqir Mohammed were among 30 Taliban and foreign fighters killed during helicopter and airstrikes in the Pindyali region in Mohmand, The Nation reported. A commander named Fateh was also killed, according to Geo News.
Faqir Mohammed is the leader of the Taliban in the Bajaur tribal agency; he is also the second in command of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, the group founded by South Waziristan leader Baitullah Mehsud and thought to be led by Hakeemullah Mehsud. Faqir is a close ally of al Qaeda and of its second in command, Ayman al Zawahiri, who is known to have sheltered in Bajaur in the past.
Qari Zia Rahman is an al Qaeda leader who operates in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal agency as well as in Afghanistan's Nuristan and Kunar provinces, where the Taliban control most of districts. He is allied with Faqir Mohammed, the leader of the Taliban in Bajaur, as well as with Osama bin Laden. Rahman's fighters are from Chechnya, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and various Arab nations. He commands a brigade in al Qaeda's paramilitary Shadow Army, or the Lashkar al Zil, US intelligence officials have told The Long War Journal.
Qari Zia Rahman and a map of northeastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. Map from the Asia Times; click to view. |
Today's strikes took place just one day after Pakistani fighter-bombers and helicopters attacked Taliban forces in the Safi region in Mohmand in retaliation for an attack on a military checkpoint. More than 200 Taliban fighters overran a military checkpoint and killed a Frontier Corps soldier. The military also claimed 30 Taliban fighters were killed in the attacks. The casualties in both strikes cannot be independently confirmed as the military bars reporters from the tribal areas.
Faqir and the Bajaur Taliban are thought to have entered Mohmand after the Pakistani military took over the stronghold of Damadola. The military said it seized more than 150 cave and bunker complexes, and killed 75 Taliban fighters during the assault. Major General Tariq Khan, the leader of the Frontier Corps, claimed the Taliban leadership has been decimated and the movement has been defeated. Khan made an identical claim of Taliban defeat in March 2009, however.
In the past, the Pakistani military has claimed that Faqir and Rahman have been killed in other strikes. In June 2009, Rahman was reported killed during a battle with Pakistani forces in the Charmang region of Bajaur. In August 2008, the military claimed Faqir was killed while transporting weapons near Khar, the main town in Bajaur.
The current reports of Faqir and Rahman's deaths come as six top leaders of the Afghan Taliban's Quetta Shura, or executive leadership council, have been detained in Pakistan. The Pakistani military and government have previously denied that the Quetta Shura existed and said no senior Afghan Taliban leaders were present in Pakistan.
READER COMMENTS: "Top Taliban, al Qaeda leaders reported killed in Mohmand airstrikes"
Posted by ArneFufkin at March 5, 2010 11:09 AM ET:
The hits just keep on keepin' on!
Posted by John E. at March 5, 2010 12:20 PM ET:
In the past, the Pakistani military has claimed that Faqir and Rahman have been killed in other strikes. In June 2009, Rahman was reported killed during a battle with Pakistani forces in the Charmang region of Bajaur. In August 2008, the military claimed Faqir was killed while transporting weapons near Khar, the main town in Bajaur.
Sweet ! Kill them more than once. (sarcasm). Hopefully this is for real.
Posted by Bill Roggio at March 5, 2010 12:27 PM ET:
Perhaps we'd be wise to lace the bullets, bombs, and missiles with wood and silver. Or wooden and silver flachettes. Or maybe some of those cool UV munitions like on Blade. Most days it feels like we're hunting vampires and werewolves....
Posted by HLP at March 5, 2010 12:40 PM ET:
Commander Fatih was also supposedly killed in that strike.
Posted by Rookie at March 5, 2010 12:55 PM ET:
"The Pakistani military and government have previously denied that the Quetta Shura existed and said no senior Afghan Taliban leaders were present in Pakistan"
Bunch of liars... I did not believe them then and definitely not now.
As an inhabitant of Dracula's land (in fact Vlad Tepes was one of the most efficient jihadi slayer ever) I can certify that big wooden stakes are the ticket to keep this cancer away. Ask Hamza-Pasha (to save you a Google search, when the said ambassador of religion of pieces came to ask for 500 kids to be enslaved according to jizya, Tepes put him and his comrades on wooden stakes)... ACLU was not around to comment.
Posted by Dean at March 5, 2010 2:45 PM ET:
Rookie: But in the end the Turks won. They had the numbers, they had the ambition (ideology?) and the Christians were not united
Posted by HLP at March 5, 2010 2:49 PM ET:
Speaking of vampires, I'm not sure if Commander Fatih is the same guy who was supposedly killed in a drone strike last year. LOL
Posted by Bill Roggio at March 5, 2010 3:04 PM ET:
Fateh is a common nom de guerre. Mullah Sangeen Zadra of he Haqqani Network is also known as Commander Fateh.
Oh and we thought we killed him in 2007....
Holy water napalm? Wait, too crusaderesque....
Posted by HLP at March 5, 2010 3:33 PM ET:
Bill, more info on THIS "Fateh."
Another Taliban commander Fateh who belongs to Matta area of Swat is also killed in the attack. His real name is said to be Omar Rehman and he was head of the military wing of TTP and member of its shura (council)
Posted by HLP at March 5, 2010 3:47 PM ET:
Wanted Swat Taliban list reissued with corrections
Head money enhanced to minimum Rs10m
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The government also added a few names to the wanted list.
..the third is Omar Rahman alias Fateh.
Their names were missing in the earlier list. There were no photos of Khalil and Fateh in the advertisement.
Posted by Tyler at March 5, 2010 5:30 PM ET:
Just to echo what pretty much everyone has said. Faqir and Rahman are each high in the running for being the most slippery terrorists on the planet. So I'm not yet holding my breath.
Chainsaw and a boomstick would be just groovy against these primitive screwheads as Ash would say.
Posted by Civy at March 6, 2010 12:38 AM ET:
Assuming we would like to deny those caves to the bad guys permanently, how about bobby trapping them, and then filling them up with structural foam?
Concrete would be better of course, but far too heavy. Polystyrene laced with something like zink oxide should work quite well. Throw in some nylon fibers and it would make them pretty uninviting, triggering explosives, and/or silent alarms if they started digging at them. Also easy to find back as the IR signature of foam is much different than rock.
Posted by Rookie at March 6, 2010 3:44 AM ET:
In the end, the Turks lost. I mean yes, they defeated Vlad and many other rulers, but Romanian states - even if money, people and stuff were paid - were never under Otoman direct rule. 99.99% of population remained Christian. And we defeated Turks in 1877 for good, together with the Russians. UK and France were supporting Turkey (nothing new here).
The West was irresponsible in those times, and if I'm looking at immigration and demographics numbers now, they did not changed a lot.
Posted by Bungo at March 6, 2010 11:47 AM ET:
The report says helicopters and aircrft were used in the attack yet, apparrently, no helicopters (and troops) landed to identify the dead? Were these boys meeting on some sort of mountain top or ravine that choppers could not land in/on? Oh well. I'll take what I can get.
I have a new theory that the ISI is unofficially protecting the Afghan Taliban because of the opium business. Such a deal could put millions of dollars in the pockets of ISI leaders. Always follow the money.
Posted by ArneFufkin at March 6, 2010 1:14 PM ET:
From the "If Rehman Malik Says it's True it likely Isn't" file: http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-malik-confirms-death-of-top-commanders-ss-04
Posted by Marlin at March 6, 2010 4:34 PM ET:
Heh! I couldn't agree with ArneFufkin more!


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Starbow Airlines launches its first international route to Cotonou
Starbow Airlines (Accra) launched its first international route on August 13 from Accra to Cotonou, Benin.
Starbow is commencing Cotonou services with five flights per week but this service is expected to increase to daily flights within weeks. The nonstop flights will take 45 minutes only, thus reducing the travel time dramatically.
Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. BAe 146-300 9G-SBB (msn E3123) is seen at Southend before delivery to Africa.
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Starbow Airlines to add two more BAe 146s
Starbow Airlines (Accra) is planning to add additional BAe 146s.
The new airline issued the following statement:
"Aero Surveys Limited, a West African regional carrier, operating under the commercial name "Starbow" has just finalized the lease of another two BAe 146 jetliners bringing its total fleet size to four jets in less than six months.
Starbow started domestic operations in Ghana on Monday September 26, 2011 with its maiden flight to Kumasi. Starbow's patronage has increased overwhelmingly since it commenced operations and now serves Kumasi with 16 flights a week, Tamale with 7 flights a week and Takoradi with 5 flights a week.
Regionally, Starbow plans to offer direct air services from Accra, Ghana to capital cities of neighbouring countries in the second quarter of 2012 namely, Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, Monrovia in Liberia and Cotonou in Benin.
Starbow is leasing the aircraft from Riva Investments Limited, a lessor based in the British Virgin Islands, which has purchased the aircraft from Falko Regional Aircraft Limited. Delivery of the aircraft is scheduled in May 2012."
Copyright Photo: Keith Burton.
Starbow Airlines commences operations in Ghana
Starbow Airlines (Accra) commenced scheduled passenger flights on September 26 on the Accra-Kumasi route using BAe 146-300s.
The new airline issued the following statement:
Aero Surveys Limited, operating under the commercial name Starbow, announced that its scheduled commercial air services commenced on Monday, September 26, 2011.
Starbow is operating two BAe 146-300s aircraft with 94 seats, including 8 Business Class seats. The BAe 146-300 is a four-engine jet aircraft that will bring an unprecedented level of reliability, speed, and comfort to aviation in Ghana.
The inauguration flight was from Accra to Kumasi. On September 28 2011, Starbow added the Accra-Tamale route and soon after, Accra-Takoradi route as well as a second daily flight to Kumasi.
Starbow has partnered with leading European maintenance providers, Inflite, and has hired highly experienced foreign and local pilots, all of whom are trained to EASA standards. Starbow aims to achieve world class levels of safety and reliability."
Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. BAe 146-300 G-UKSC became 9G-SBA (msn E3125) on delivery. The airline is pictured at Southend before the delivery.
Cities served and prospective destinations in west Africa:
Starbow Airlines is born in Ghana
Starbow Airlines (Accra) is a new airline that is planning to operate two BAe 146-300s on domestic and regional routes in Ghana. The first aircraft has been painted at Southend.
Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Last operated by Eurowings as D-AEWM, this 146-300 has reverted to its original AirUK delivery registration of G-UKSC (msn E3125). Pictured at Southend after painting, the airliner will become 9G-SBA on delivery to the new carrier.


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Hotel Paradis Paris
Seeing and reading all the news from the people who are in Paris right now to visit Maison & Objet made me think about some Paris inspiration. Hotel Paradis Paris is a gorgeous boutique hotel in the heart of Paris.
A beautiful combination of vintage and modern items with a very warm feeling. Through the whole hotel you will find great hand painted wallpaper.
I really love the vibe of this hotel with some great furniture pieces. During my next visit to Paris this will certainly be on my must-see list.
Hotel Paradis Paris | 41, rue des Petites-Ecuries | 75010 Paris, France
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- Bianca Kempenaar said...
This hotel looks amazing! Love to visit sometime.
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The wallpaper is beautiful, I found you through another blog and it has been a great find.
Donna - January 21, 2013 at 10:12 PM
- carole (3:52) said...
a lovely address. i would go for my next visit in Paris which is very soon. Thanks for sharing !
- January 22, 2013 at 8:19 AM
- Julia said...
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hope you like my blog. keep up the good work :)
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Julia - January 22, 2013 at 6:29 PM
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Police said an initial investigation showed that Shook was involved in a verbal and physical altercation with a woman, who suffered some injuries as a result.
Shook was also found to be in violation of court-ordered conditions of release after a preliminary breath test showed he had been drinking, police said.
Shook was arrested and held at the Rutland jail on $5,000 bail.
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The Larynx And Voice:
Basic Anatomy And Physiology
A basic understanding of the anatomy of the larynx and the mechanics of voice production is necessary before a laryngeal disorder can be defined. This page provides a brief overview of these topics. A second page describes the procedures that may be used to visualize laryngeal structure and function.
The larynx is positioned in the anterior neck, slightly below the point where the pharynx divides and gives rise to the separate respiratory and digestive tracts. Because of its location, the larynx plays a critical role in normal breathing, swallowing, and speaking. Damage to the larynx or its tissues can interfere with any or all of these functions.
The framework of the larynx consists mainly of two cartilages, the upper thyroid cartilage (whose anterior prominence is oftentimes felt as the "Adam's apple") and the lower and smaller cricoid cartilage. The epiglottis lies superiorly. This structure protects the larynx during swallowing and prevents aspiration of food.
The vocal folds lie in the center of this framework in an anterior-posterior orientation. When viewed from above, the right and left folds appear as a "V"-shaped structure with the aperture between the "V" forming the entrance to the trachea. At the rear of the larynx on each side, each vocal fold is attached to a small arytenoid cartilage. Many small muscles also attach to the arytenoids. These muscles contract or relax during the various stages of breathing, swallowing and speaking, and their actions are vital to the normal function of the larynx.
Control over these muscles is provided by two branches of the vagus nerve: the recurrent laryngeal nerve and the superior laryngeal nerve. These branches are vulnerable to injury caused by trauma, surgery or other reasons. If this occurs, the vocal folds may experience paralysis. This leads to the hoarseness, aspiration and other symptoms associated with laryngeal nerve injury.
Phonation is a complicated process in which sound is produced for speech. During phonation, the vocal folds are brought together near the center of the larynx by muscles attached to the arytenoids. As air is forced through the vocal folds, they vibrate and produce sound. Contraction or relaxation of the muscles of the arytenoids can alter the qualities of this sound. As the sound produced by the larynx travels through the throat and mouth, it is further modified to produce speech.


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Not an answer, but here are the facts: Pine bark fines is a common potting mix ingredient in Al's region. But not in the NW. So if you locate a source, shipping fees will be sizable. |
I used the soil PEP at Home Depot sold as soil condition in the green & white bags. Also a blue bag called garden prep. Worked for me & less acidic than the pine. |
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/contain/msg031028425011.html?22 Nice post by someone local trying al's mix. She uses reptobark, but she is also doing the gritty mix and not the 5-1-1. Corinne, I checked out the soil PEP, it seemed a little overly broken down to me |
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Recent setbacks in Afghanistan demonstrate the real, immediate need for leadership in that fractured country. Instead of waiting around for those leaders to emerge, allied forces are actually attempting to recruit them, into the new National Military Academy of Afghanistan.
NMAA is modeled on West Point. In addition to training army and air force personnel, it offers four-year degrees in disciplines like management, law and civil engineering. The idea is to rebuild the country, not just command and control it.
One of the architects of NMAA is Lt. Col. Todd Henshaw. Leadership blogger John Baldoni has posted an excellent two-part interview with Henshaw on leadership challenges in Afghanistan. "In Afghanistan, I saw leaders everywhere," Henshaw says, "faced with the difficult task of obtaining resources in the most constrained conditions I have ever seen."
Top-down military leadership is about as traditional an approach to the discipline as exists, but it's not the only approach. In fact, it may be an increasingly unpopular approach. Tom Davenport even suggests we ban the term "command-and-control" from management-speak. He calls it "simplistic shorthand for a stereotyped approach to management."
Followers can lead, too. An excellent post from our Leading Green blog notes that sustainability has created some strange bedfellows, like McDonalds and Greenpeace. That's right, they're partners, in large part due to the leadership role of outsiders, and those who are usually thought of as followers, like investors and customers. The post is written by Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres, a group of environmentalists, investors and other good-guy organizations. Essentially, Ceres organizes followers so that they can take a leadership role.
And the always-provocative Barbara Kellerman writes about the blogger who embarrassed the Supreme Court when he published the fact that a recent high court decision on the death penalty was based on a factual flaw.
Kellerman says she sees more stories like this all the time: "I have become convinced that those who are usually thought of as followers -- that is, those without obvious sources of power, authority, or influence -- are edging out those who are usually thought of as leaders."
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Last night the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup final. An estimated 100,000 people were in the downtown core to take part in festivities -- a number that far surpasses those that flooded the city in 1994. If you weren't a resident of Vancouver that fateful night 17 years ago then you have absolutely no frame of reference regarding the impact it had on the people of the city, most of whom had nothing to do with the riot, and the utter embarrassment that it caused. Broadcast live to the continent on CNN, scenes of morons smashing windows, looting stores, and confronting police were shown repeatedly for days afterwards.
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Imagine, the Quebec government has pledged to invest $175-million (or 45 per cent of the costs) in a new public multi-purpose sports and entertainment facility in Quebec City. The Charest Liberals have decided it would be an important asset for the city where Aboriginals met Samuel Champlain in 1608, and most of the people in Quebec agree.
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Hockey used to have sponsors, which started with Esso back in the day, and broadcasters, which was the CBC. But none of them devoured hockey or claimed to be it. Yet many stories on the new season were about Rogers, not the teams. It's as if Rogers isn't either; it's both, and some mighty new entity.


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Handful of Foods Contribute to High Levels of Fat and Sodium in Kids' Diets
Most kids are eating too much fat and too much sodium, which can set the stage for a lifetime of unhealthy eating, experts say.
According to new findings from the 2008 Nestle Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study, kids are eating like it's Super Bowl Sunday every day, chowing down on hot dogs, bacon, cheese, butter, milk, cakes and cookies, turkey, beef and ready-to-eat cereal. And this handful of foods is primarily responsible for the elevated levels of fat and sodium in kids' diets, researchers said.
The 2008 study included 3,338 children aged infant to age four, and was intended as an evaluation of kids' diets.
The new find shows that excess fat and sodium in children's diets come from only a few foods, and suggests that parents could be doing a better job of setting good examples for kids when it comes to food.
"The first years of a child's life are a critical period of development. Instilling good eating habits during this time can help put a child on the path to a healthy future," said Dr. Kathleen Reidy, head of nutrition science at Nestle Infant Nutrition, and co-author of the study.
"Our findings indicate snacks are a significant portion of young children's diets, and families can play an important role by planning nutritious snacks, especially when on the go," she said.
Reidy found that about one-third of the average child's daily caloric intake comes from fat and added sugar, and kids are eating on average about 1,863 milligrams of sodium a day, much higher than the American Heart Association's recommendation of no more than 1,500 milligrams a day.
(The Institute of Medicine offers stricter guidelines, and suggests no added sodium for babies under the age of 1, 1,000 milligrams of sodium for kids between the ages of 1 and 3, 1,200 milligrams for kids ages 1 to 8 and 1,500 milligrams for kids ages 9 to 18.)
The findings may help to better target ways to help curb the growing cases of obesity, which has almost doubled in the past 30 years, leading to diagnoses of type 2 diabetes that were virtually unheard of before that time.
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Most resorts have one or more restaurants, ranging from more casual beachside bungalows to formal dining rooms with water views, but it's worth venturing farther to try local eateries. Not surprisingly, the daily catch appears on many a menu (often, as seafood curry). Freshly picked fruits and vegetables are equally popular, but so are the more savory rotis. Wherever you end up, be sure to order the island's go-to drink, rum punch, which is served at practically every St. Lucia restaurant. Ready to order? Here's our cheat sheet to the best restaurants on St. Lucia:
- For authentic island fare, head to Anse La Raye, Gros Islet, the Coal Pot (Castries), Ti Bananne Bistro, or Dennery (on the east coast).
- More international cuisine can be found at Anse Chastanet, Bon Appetit, or Jacques Waterside Dining (Castries).
- Other standouts among restaurants in St. Lucia include Apsara at Trou au Diable Restaurant (located right below the Pitons), Dasheene (at Ladera resort), and the Rainforest Hideaway (on Marigot Bay).
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Many Montana newspapers recently carried stories about a state legislator calling on Montana University System officials to be cheerleaders for natural resource development.
The same legislator, chairman of the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, criticized Power Shift, a conference put on last February, and questioned the presidents of the University of Montana and Montana State University for supporting the conference.
Power Shift criticism
As president of UM Climate Action Now, the campus group that helped orchestrate the conference, I would like to set a few things straight, starting with what Power Shift was really about.
Much of the criticism was rooted in the idea that the conference was created solely to castigate natural resource development, namely coal and oil, in our state.
I can say with confidence and pride that our conference touched on many different subjects apart from natural resource development. We had workshops, speeches and training sessions about local food, transportation, environmental justice, impacts of climate on wildlife, construction of green energy products like solar panels and much more.
Power Shift, which is a nationwide event, encourages students to think outside the box to create positive change, and it aims to help develop a new generation of thoughtful, well-rounded leaders.
There were a few informative, important workshops that dealt with moving beyond coal and oil in our state. People with diverse backgrounds talked about the impacts of development and left us with the tools to make our own informed decisions on how to take action.
Montana economics
While we do stand by the belief that climate change is an extremely pressing issue for our generation, we also understand the economic importance of natural resource development to our state. We are not asking for the immediate and dramatic end of development.
We only ask people to recognize that this discussion shouldn't begin and end with a consideration of economic benefits. A meaningful debate has to account for the undeniable and irreversible effects of resource development, and the ultimate costs to people's livelihoods, to landowners and to the land itself.
It is our job as university students to recognize these costs and begin to find solutions. The groups that made presentations on these impacts were simply pointing us in a direction of beginning to make change.
My most important point is the necessity of diverse thought and dialogue on university campuses. We come to public universities to learn many different disciplines and ways of thinking.
We also want to learn how to find solutions to pressing problems facing our community, our country and the world. We pay thousands of dollars a year to attend these schools and in return we expect freedom of thought and intelligent dialogue.
The presidents of UM and MSU came under a lot of fire for supporting Power Shift. We, however, are extremely proud of that our president encourages open-mindedness and dialogue.
Experiences like Power Shift and the wide array of other extracurricular activities offered on our campuses make us into the thoughtful Montanans we want to be. I urge our representatives not to penalize freedom of thought and fair access to information in the Montana University System.