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The debate on what should be the most appropriate level of per diem and sitting allowance for our MPs should lead us to find a better way of remunerating and compensating those holding public and/ elected offices.
For our MPs we need to adopt more realistic rates of daily substance allowance (DSA or per diem) which can allow our MPs to spend their nights in decent and secure accommodation (I don't believe there is any MP who yearns for luxurious accommodation - which lacks in Dodoma, anyway).
We should appreciate that after spending more than 14 hours in sessions and meetings they deserve a decent and cool place to rest and also prepare for business of the following day.
This means we have to define what is a decent and secure accommodation. I have seen some MPs feeling comfortable enough staying at hostels like that owned by VETA, whose rooms cost about Tsh40,000, but of course others were staying at Dodoma Hotel, whose room rates are double or triple that of VETA hostel.
And there are many more guest houses with decent and secure environment, costing anything in between. We could borrow from the practice of many international organisations by objectively establishing what is the minimum requirement for a decent, secure and accessible accommodation.
An annual or biannual survey is conducted to determine the cost of living (room, meals and laundry) in hotels and guests meeting the predetermined minimum standard.
This is done for each town. An average is then taken for different categories of urban centres: cities, municipalities, regional headquarter towns and district towns. As for sitting allowance there is need to come clearly on which type of meeting and what time of the day and day of the week do our legislators deserve sitting allowance.
Again what should be the level of sitting allowance relative to either the per diem or daily salary. The MPs should put a ceiling on the allowable proportion relative to the gross salary.
If I have to declare my interest, I am one of those whose minds have failed to appreciate the reasons given for paying sitting allowance to officials meeting during normal working hours. I only understand if people are paid for working beyond normal working hours and during public holidays and weekends.
In my view, the prevailing debate on allowances for MPs should also be taken in the context of existing social economic conditions. While it is true some of the complaints are due to ignorance of cost of living in towns (it is possible to get a room for less than ten thousand in small towns and trading centres) there is feeling of ill-timing given that the majority of low and middle income earners are suffering from the impact of inflation; and the government was still mobilising funds to pay debts and arrears (e.g. construction companies and teachers).
This debate should also remind us on the need to harmonise and integrate the various allowances paid to employees of ministries, departments and agencies as recommended in the Five Year Development Plan approved by Parliament in June this year.
This recommendation emanated from the observation that the current system of accessing and eligibility to allowance benefited a few and yet it could make a difference in raising the take home package if it was appropriately streamlined and rationalised.
To conclude, I believe there is room for the public and parliamentarians to approach the matter in a more sober manner. On one hand the media could help to educate the public that although Tsh70,000 may appear huge by rural standards (enough to hire a tractor to cultivate more than two hectares or buy one bag of fertilizer and one bag of improved maize seeds) in towns it is not enough to buy a room in a one star hotel.
As citizens we should be asked if wish to condemn our MPs to live pauper life simply because they represent constituents with poor people and jobless youth? The way the media usually portray is as if the MPs get the allowance of Ths 70,000 as net pay after incurring all expenses. To be fair the media should attempt to show how much does it cost for the MP to live in Dar or Dodoma? As I mentioned above the net saving depends on the choice of accommodation.
For a very modest person the most one can save in a day is ten to twenty thousand. On the other hand the Parliamentarians can decide, after soul searching, to adopt a more modest approach in seeking compensation for their cost of living while on duty. This shouldn't be very difficult given the social, political and economic context the country and the world is facing.
Basing their demands on constitutional right to be adequately remunerated and compensated is correct but not good enough in the current context where the society has failed to offer very basic constitutional rights such as decent housing and living wages to our police force and teachers.
They should know that they are not just MPs, they are first and foremost our leaders and commanders in the war to fight our three enemies: poverty, ignorance and diseases. When as a nation we are financially strained people expect our leaders, led by our MPs, to be in the forefront in cost saving and leading a frugal life. This means accepting to lead a simple life for the sake of unifying peoples' efforts in fighting poverty.
They should appreciate the possible ramifications of choosing to ignore the feelings of the masses, however misled or misguided their perceptions may be.
The MPs should also come with an effective communication strategy to educate the masses on cost of implications of ordinary duties expected to be carried by an MP.
I believe there should be a meeting of minds between the two sides: the masses to appreciate that MPs are eligible to better care for them to effectively discharge their duties; and the parliamentary to continuously search their inner souls and balance their demands based on more realistic costing of modest living.
They should remember that the electorate sends them to Parliament to represent them in law making and resource allocation, among others; but for sure not on a money-minting mission! But of course they are not expected to live in urban slums for the sake of solidarity with the poor! Both extremes are undesirable. A balanced approached is what is urgently required. I humbly submit.
Dr H. Bohela Lunogelo is a policy analyst and Executive Director of the Economic and Social Research Foundation. He can be reached on [email protected]


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Writer Janet French could relate to the anecdotes of the allergic employees she interviewed for "On the Job With Allergies" in our new Winter issue. Janet works in a newsroom – a literal hive of activity, where reporters often grab a bite to eat on the run between interviews and media conferences.
She is allergic to tree nuts, sunflower and sesame seeds, and has environmental allergies and mild asthma. Janet finds her colleagues both informed and accommodating about her allergies. But even in an enlightened atmosphere, there are still those moments – those occasions.
She describes the weeks leading up to Christmas in the newsroom of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix: "We get reams of gifts in the newsroom from any company you could possibly imagine that wants to court the press. Tables are covered with chocolate liqueurs, tins of shortbread and red-bowed baskets of jams and jellies." Last Christmas, one freebie was downright terrifying to her – a clear, plastic vat brimming with assorted nuts.
"As my colleagues scooped handfuls and munched, I took circuitous trips around the area. With an anaphylactic allergy to tree nuts, there was no way I was going near that holiday vat of death, or near the people around it," Janet says.
She had only been working at the StarPhoenix for a few months at the time, and did not want to start telling new colleagues what they could and couldn't eat. But by this Christmas season and after writing this story for Allergic Living, Janet planned to speak up more. She was going to make a point of asking fellow reporters to be extremely careful, and to take a wide berth of her desk if they'd been snacking on nuts.
What was interesting to Janet about "On the Job With Allergies" as an assignment was the personal effect it had on her. She found it "oddly vindicating" to speak to other people with food and environmental allergies who were navigating similar risks at work.
"As somebody with allergies, sometimes you feel alone, you feel that you have these unreasonable demands; that colleagues must cater to me." She realized how many others were in the same boat, and that "maybe I'm not crazy to worry about allergies on the job".
That's a behind-the-scenes aspect of this story: the deluge of interest it generated. Janet and I were caught off-guard by the response. It started after Anaphylaxis Canada agreed to e-mail members of its online registry with a request for interview subjects. "As a writer, a constant problem is finding enough people to talk," notes Janet. Not this time. The e-mail request went out one autumn evening, and by bedtime Janet had received 10 responses. In a week, she had 88 serious replies.
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Janet and I would like to thank everyone who responded – including those whose stories we couldn't accommodate. Everyone who answered contributed in this sense: we now understand just how many people are doing the juggling routine: trying to be effective on the job and trying to protect their health.
Allergic Living's first year of publishing is drawing to a close. It's been an exciting year for those of us who started this new magazine in the spring of 2005. I'd like to thank our readers for helping our launch with their encouragement, kind words of support and intelligent suggestions.
On behalf of the staff at Allergic Living, we wish all of you a wonderful (and safe) holiday season, and we send our best wishes for the New Year. We'll see you in 2006!
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At the end of last year, the Open University of Tanzania (OUT) awarded former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi a honorary degree in recognition of his contribution to Tanzania's development. In a nutshell the following are reasons for that honour as outlined in an OUT booklet:
Former President, 87-year-old Ali Hassan Mwinyi managed to keep Zanzibar within the Union through a combination of policy shifts and compromises some of which did not endear him to his hard-core colleagues on both sides of the Union, not least within CCM. Nevertheless, perseverance and determination was the president's source of strength.
He succeeded to improve relations between Zanzibar and the Mainland by allaying fears that Zanzibar's autonomy was being encroached upon through questionable constitutional changes thought to have been engineered by hardliners on the Mainland. It is against this background that shifts in foreign policy and especially, his consent to Zanzibar's application for membership in the Organization of Islamic States must be seen.
Furthermore, he took measures intended to reconcile Zanzibar's economic interests with those of the Mainland. He introduced economic reforms which allowed market forces a larger role to play in revamping the national economy that had been deteriorating since the first half of the 1980. These reforms generally improved the standard of living of the people in Unguja and Pemba.
It was his personal political stance and pragmatism that accounted for his success. He believed in no political dogmas and blueprints. We all recall his fatherly advice on this subject, "Kila zama na kitabu chake". Every epoch has its own blueprint.
On the eve of his nomination as the party's sole candidate to contest the Presidential Election Mwalimu Nyerere introduced him as "A righteous man, impartial and one who has never sought personal fame or used his position to advance his political ambitions".
The results in that election speak loud about him. Having spent years outside the country and, certainly, not counted among the political heavyweights in his own party, he was voted into office winning by a massive 92.2 percent of total votes cast.
President Ali Hassan Mwinyi faced daunting economic problems when he assumed the Presidency of the United Republic. The national currency had been judged to be overvalued by both our creditors and trade partners. The external debt stood at over US$ 3bn. Most basic goods were unavailable in the local market, including not only foodstuff, but also such items as sanitary ware.
President Mwinyi and his team did a painstaking analysis of the situation and came to the conclusion that the root cause of the malaise was poor performance of the agricultural sector, the backbone of the national economy.
The country could neither produce enough for its own subsistence nor for export to earn the much needed foreign exchange. The volume of the main cash crops, coffee tea, cotton, sisal and tobacco was falling annually thus compounding our shortage of foreign exchange.
The alternative was to borrow in order to buy commodities for domestic consumption.
Furthermore, economic and social services infrastructure had fallen into disrepair. Roads and railways, where they existed, had been reduced to pathways and stock-routes. Hospitals and dispensaries had no dugs while schools had no books or equipment. Almost everywhere morale to work was on the decline alongside the creeping phenomenon of corruption and moral degeneration.
People had lost not only confidence in the virtues of hard work, but also a hop in a future. Obviously, such a situation was untenable and needed urgent action. The nation urgently needed a reassurance about the possibility of a better tomorrow if only it succeeded in ordering its priorities.
Under such circumstances, the immediate task was to improve our relations with our development and trading partners, both bilateral and multilateral. Against a mounting external debt which everybody knew was unsustainable, the Mwinyi administration found it more honourable to serve the debt however detestable it was.
This was, indeed, a difficult decision to make given the fact that it did not enjoy much support within the party. And yet there were no better alternatives. The decision to improve our external relations enabled us to improve Tanzania's international image. The government sought to revive the stalled negotiations with the IMR and to reach agreement within the shortest time possible.
The conditions set before the government were harsh and included remodelling its economic policies and to open up the increasing role of market forces in allocation of resources. This was the time when the ideology of "free market economy" reigned supreme and was canonized into what came to be known as the "Washington Consensus".
The agreement which was reached with the IMF in 1986 gave us a respite as development partners followed suit by allowing the inflow of capital and credit. Donors agreed to the government proposal for debt rescheduling while some even decided to write off the debts we owed them.
For example, soon after the conclusion of this Agreement, members of the Paris Club, a group consisting of Tanzania's main donor nations and institutions, agreed to reschedule Tanzania's accumulated matured debts of about US4 900 million they suspended debt payments for 5 years on a 97.5% of the loan principal and interest.
They agreed to provide US$ 800 million annually for three years to help cover Tanzania's foreign exchange requirements. In 1987 the main donors pledged US$ 955 million for 1987 and US$ 978 million for 1988.
As part of the IMF 1986 Agreement, President Mwinyi launched The Three Year Economic Recovery Plan (ERP).
The plan resulted in the Funds approval of a standby Loan facility which was later replaced by what became known as the Structural Adjustment Facility which called for a major restructuring of the economy. All along, President Mwinyi was not unaware of the adverse effects of the IMF proposal.
The Economic Recovery Plan included devaluation of the Tanzanian shilling, raising agricultural producer prices in order to boost exports and restructuring of more than 400 parastatal corporations. This last one did not mean wholesale privatization as it has often been misinterpreted.
In 1988, Mzee Mwinyi described Tanzania's economy as being a "Mixed economy", bringing into full play promotion of the private sector to work in partnership with the public sector in promoting economic growth. Herein lays the genesis of the policy of private-public sector partnership which has culminated into the establishment of the National Economic Forum and the Private Sector Foundation.
Now popularly known as "Mzee Ruksa" for his liberalizing polices, he sought and took measures to arrest the declining standard of living of the working people, just as much as he had increased producer prices for those in agriculture. Furthermore it was at this time that the minimum wage was raised and rent assistance introduced.
Unfortunately, such measures were not popular with the donor community. Instead the IMF continued to press for further devaluation of the Tanzania shilling and reduction in social investment. Despite these challenges, he had, buy the end of his first team, succeeded in curbing the scourge of shortage of consumer goods in our shops.
Although many would heap all credit onto "Mzee Ruksa" for these successes, he remains philosophical about his role. Typical of his humility, he would like to share whatever credit is due with his colleagues.
He is quoted to have said with his characteristic smile that "in our country the party is supreme and the government is an instrument for the implementation of party policies". Be that as it may, Ali Hassan Mwinyi was not only the Executive President of the new United Republic of Tanzania but also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Force and after 1992, the Chairman of the Party.
He has consistently asserted that his policies did not amount to wholesome privatization, neither were they intended to abandon the objectives of the policy of Socialism and Self-Reliance. Whatever measures he took and superintended, they were changed of tactics necessitated by a changed domestic and international socio-political environment.
During the first twenty-five year of our country's independence, Tanzania was heavily committed to supporting liberation movements in Africa. Except for South Africa, this had been achieved by the end of Mwalimu Nyerere's tenure in 1985. However, Tanzania continued to support the newly independent countries of Southern Africa against the forces of destabilization by the Apartheid regime in South Africa until its demise in 1994.
Tanzania, will remembered, had gone to was against Iddi Amin in Uganda between 1978 and 1979. Relations between the two members of the defunct East African Community remained unpredictable for much of the first half of President Mwiny's Presidency.
Relations with Kenya had remained strained since the collapse of the East African Community and only began to improve slowly during his presidency, giving a new hope for the reconstitution of a framework for cooperation amongst the former members of the defunct East African Community
Negotiations for securing enduring peace in both Burundi and Rwanda continued throughout the 2nd term of his tenure. The only unfortunate event in this regard being the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 with consequent influx of Refugees on unprecedented magnitude from both the two republics.
Further South, President Mwinyi signed an agreement with Malawi allowing her greater access to the use of Dar es Salaam harbour. In 1987 he reinforced cordial relations with Mozambique to boost defence capabilities of the Mozambique capacities of the Mozambique army of Joachim Chisano against RENAMO.
She remained a strong chairperson of regional economic cooperation and remained a member of three regional integration schemes of SADC, E.A.C. and COMESA.
To may people the war against corruption began with the appointment of a Commission by President Mkapa in 1996 under the Chairmanship of Joseph Warioba. The Commission was established after it was realized that despite earlier initiatives taken since independence corruption was on the increase and risked the danger of being institutionalized in our society.
The Commission was not the beginning o the crusade against corruption in Tanzania. Neither did its proposals signal and end to the war against the vice.
Mwinyi used both the party, cabinet and senior government appointments, postings and transfers to curb the vice. When he was faced with the rise in the rate of corruption, a fact established through a Party committee, he dismissed seven of his Ministers for abating corruption within their Ministries. No such action has been witnessed since his departure since 1995, although grand corruption is evidently on the increase.
Retired President Ali Hassan Mwinyi is a resourceful scholar in Kiswahili Language and Culture. Mzee Mwinyi has a treasure of Kiswahili Manuscripts on Kiswahili Language and Literature. He is also an acknowledged authority in Kiswahili – Syntax.
His Kiswahili lessons held through BBC were a major contribution to his efforts to popularize the use of Kiswahili at national level and World Wide. We remain indebted to him for his work in the National Kiswahili Council where he served as its Chairperson from 1970 until 1978.
As a Board Member of Tanzania Film Industry in the late sixties, he contributed in laying the foundation of the current Film Industry in Tanzania otherwise known as Bongo Movies. His various speeches in captivating the use standard Kiswahili, is a positive example to be emulated by all who are committed to promote Kiswahili Language and its Culture in East Africa and the World at large.
President Mwinyi remains a man of the people to date. He will be remembered not only for his economic and political reforms but for promoting and deepening democracy. His tolerance to criticism has encouraged the development of a more vibrant press and especially Investigative Journalism.
That Tanzania boasts of having the largest number Kiswahili Newspapers within the East African Region to-day goes to the credit of Mzee Ali Hassan Mwinyi. The same can be said with the proliferation of political parties and Civil Society Organizations.
In conclusion, in his retirement he has continued to render public services as Chancellor of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Chairman of the National Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS, a Trustee of the Tanzania Scouts Association and an active campaigner against drug abuse and drug peddling."


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Pediatric flu deaths are uncommon in Maine, says state CDC Director Dr. Sheila Pinette. Typically the flu can be fatal in the elderly or those with compromised health, but this recent case involved a child in elementary school who was believed to be healthy before contracting the virus.
"The most important thing is that we grieve for the family, and we want to make sure that families recognize that flu is preventable and we can't prevent all complications that go with it," Pinette says. "And sometimes that's what happens, particularly in this case."
Pinette says nearly everyone should get vaccinated against the flu, unless there's an underlying medical reason. That's an expansion from previous CDC recommendations that focused on the young, the elderly, and health care workers.
Pinette says already this season there have been 18 flu outbreaks in Maine. Last year, there were just 10, and Pinette says more Mainers should be vaccinating. "Last year, I think the adult population was in the 40th, 45th percentile - something like that - for adults."
Maine's overall immunization rates have peaked and dipped over the years. In the mid-'90s, the state had one of the highest rates in the nation, largely because it provided vaccines to children at no charge. But funding issues put an end to that program, and the rate plummeted.
But recently, Maine's overall immunization rate crept just above the national average, says Dr. Larry Losey. "Still not near the top, but we're getting there."
Losey is a pediatrician in Brunswick, and a member of the Maine Immunization Coalition. He credits the boost to another state program that provides free vaccines to children, launched last January. But the goal is to immunize all eligible Maine kinds and that's beena challenge, for reasons other than cost.
Cassandra Grantham is program manager for MaineHealth's Childhood Immunization Program. "I think another issue is really clinicians are struggling with making sure that they're offering the best process for parents, really, to get their immunizations," she says. "So, you know, if you bring in a sibling with a child who is going in for the visit, maybe that sibling might be behind, and could that provider check on that sibling's vaccinations?"
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While Ash and Co. continue their journey, they meet Anthony and his Pelipper, which is said to be the world's most powerful Pokémon. The reason is that his Pelipper knows Fire, Grass and Electric type moves instead of only Water and Flying type moves. How is Ash going to defeat Pelipper, and what are Anthony's Bellsprout, Magby, and Magnemite doing in Pelipper's mouth?
The episode begins with the narrator making flashbacks of Ash arriving into Hoenn, having met May and her brother Max, with Brock reuniting with him on his adventures. Also, the flashbacks also reveal Taillow and Treecko, the Pokemon Ash caught, joining him.
At the present, the gang arrives at Rishin Town where they see a sign that in a Gym is the world's most powerful Pokemon, so they go there. Before they arrive, a man rushes outside, saying he lost to the the world's most powerful Pokemon. The gang arrives to a small field where Ash challenges the trainer to a battle. He introduces himself as Anthony, while Ash wants to battle him. The Pokemon with Anthony is Pelipper.
Anthony says that Ash can use any Pokemon he wants, so Ash brings his Treecko out first. Max explaines to May that Pelipper can use only Water and Flying attacks. Pelipper uses Wing, but Treecko dodges the attack. Pelipper uses Vine Whip, much to everyone's shock. Treecko attempts to dodge the attack, but fails. Trrecko is defeated, so Ash sends his Taillow.
Taillow attacks with Peck, though Pelipper uses Flamethrower! Taillow is defeated, so Ash sends his ace, Pikachu to battle. Both trainers order to use Thunder attack, making a huge blast! Both Pelipper and Pikachu are injured and cannot fight. Team Rocketr appear, seeing the battle. They plan to capture Pelipper, but remind themselves that Pelipper is the most powerful Pokemon, to which they need a more powerful one to capture the Pelipper. Jessie reminds them that they are Team Rocket and they need to steal it.
Anthony takes care to Pelipper, but Team Rocket is flying in their baloon and intimidating Anthony. Pelipper flies to strike, though Team Rocket put special outfits to proteect themselves. Pelipper uses Vine Whip - making the Team Rocket use a robot arm to grab the vine, but...
... but catching the vine reveals that a Bellsprout was in Pelipper's mouth! Everything in Pelipper's moth is moving, making him to attack with Water Gun, Flamethrower and Thunder at once. Pelipper is caught, revealing Magby and Magnemite hiding as well in its mouth. James and Meowth condemn him, but Jessie thinks it is genius. Team Rocket order him to give them the Pelipper and do whatever they want with it.
At the Pokemon Center, Max still wants to know how the Pelipper could perform those attacks. Ash's Pokemon are healed and rested. May then takes Ash to another room, where the trainers who fought Pelipper lost and had to give their own Pokemon. Team Rocket persuade others to fight their Pelipper. A trainer comes and brings his Zigzagoon out to fight. Pelipper uses Razor Leaf, Thunder and Flamethrower to defeat Zigzagoon.
The gang is coming to fight, so Mewoth warns Jessie and James. Jessie and James throw more Pokeballs into Pelipper's mouth, even placing Meowth inside. The gang appears, finding the fact that Anthony gave his Pelipper up impossible. Ash brings his Pikachu. Pelipper (with Bellsprout inside) uses Vine Whip, to which Pikachu dodges. Pelipper uses SmokeScreen (with Magby inside) and Razor Leaf (with Bellsprout inside). Then Pelipper (with Magby inside) uses Flamethrower!
Max goes inside, finding Anthony tied. Anthony and Max arrive to the battle. Meowth developes a strategy to defeat Pikachu, so he orders Pelipper to use Water Gun. Accidentaly, it hits everyone, even Team Rocket - unmasking themselves. With Pelipper using Water Gun, it releases every Pokeball inside its mouth. Anthony discovers his secret, but Team Rocket depart with the Pokeballs. They depart onto the ballon, but Pelipper cuts the rope tied to the bag with Pokeballs, with the gang catching the bag.
Team Rocket dress their anti-electricity suits. Pikachu attacks with Thunderbolt, but the attack is deflected. Max developes the same strategy as Meowth did - Pelipper uses Water Gun on the ballon, with Pikachu attacking with Thunder. Team Rocket is sent blasted away. The Pokeballs are safe, Anthony promises to train Pelipper "the right way" and the gang leaves to Rustboro City.
- "Now put your heads together and come up with a plan." - Jessie to James and Meowth
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While heading to Olivine City Ash and co. notice a huge blimp fly by. When they got to the landing strip they saw the captain of the Blue May, a cruise in the sky, says that two Pokémon belonging to two lovely, rich and friendly ladies are ill. Brock is up to the task and saves the day by curing the pokemon of whatever's ailing them. What kind of Pokémon are these? Did they come from an entirely different region?
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Scandinavian and Russian taiga
Scandinavian and Russian taiga forest, southern Finland. @ C.Michael Hogan
Scandinavian and Russian taiga is an ecoregion in northern Eurasia. Seacoast frontage includes portions of the Baltic Sea (Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland) to the south; the White Sea to the north; and a portion of the North Sea along the Norwegian west coast. This ecoregion is classified within the boreal forests/taiga biome.
The sole vertebrate endemic in this ecoregion is the avian species, razorbill (Alca torda). However, there are a number of special status mammals and birds within the Scandinavian and Russian taiga, as well as one reptilian taxon.
Location and general description Scandinavian and Russian taiga. Source: World Wildlife Fund
The Scandinavian and Russian taiga is sandwiched between tundra at the north and temperate mixed forests to the south. This ecoregion encompasses approximately 2,157,000 square kilometres and covers parts of northwestern Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway. It is the most extensive ecoregion of Europe with regard to land areal size.
Growing season in taiga areas is generally considered to be measured as the number of days for which average daily temperature exceeds five degrees Celsius. The longest growing season for the Scandinavian and Russian taiga occurs in the locales with marine influence from the North Sea and Baltic Sea: in coastal areas of Norway, Sweden and Finland the growing season of the closed boreal forest can reach as high as 145 to 180 days per annum. The shortest growing season of the ecoregion is found in continental Russia and at the far northern part of the ecoregion at the ecotone with tundra.
Taiga forest around Lake Vodlozero. Source: NASA Soil nutrient levels are generally poor, but diversity of soil organisms can attain high levels, particularly in the southern reaches of the ecoregion. In these southern elements of the ecoregion, closed canopy boreal forest with some temperate deciduous tree species interspersed among the dominant conifers, including maple, elm and oak. This southern portion of the forest (especially coastal elements) exhibits the longest growing season of the ecoregion, and in some areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and western Russia, this zone is often exploited for agriculture. Some of the elements of the ecoregion are rich in wetlands, as exemplified by the Femundsmarka National Park in Norway, which is replete with marshes and lakes.
Historic engraving of the Russian desman. Source: Gustav Mützel There are a total of 368 native vertebrate species in the Scandinavian and Russian taiga according to WWF tabulation; when all migratory bird species are included, this number is somewhat larger. There is a single endemic species in the ecoregion, a bird, the razorbill (Alca torda).
This ecoregion supports the following native non-endemic threatened mammals: the Endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola); the Near Threatened European otter (Lutra lutra); the Near Threatened garden dormouse (Eliomys quercina); the Near Threatened giant noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus); the Near Threatened pond bat (Myotis dasycneme), the Vulnerable western barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) and the Vulnerable Russian desman (Desmana moschata).
The Scandinavian and Russian taiga has only a single non-endemic special status native reptile: the Lower Risk grass snake (Natrix natrix).
Native non-endemic threatened avian species in the ecoregion are: the Vulnerable aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus palidicola); the Near Threatened black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa); the Near Threatened Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata); the Near Threatened European roller (Coracias garrulus); the Near Threatened great snipe (Gallinago media); the Vulnerable greater spotted eagle (Aquila clanga); the Vulnerable lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus); the Near Threatened pallid harrier (Circus macrourus); the Near Threatened red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) and the Vulnerable yellow-breasted bunding (Emberiza aureola).
Protected areas
Muddhus National Park. Source: Ulrike Wegner The following is a partial list of protected areas lying within the Scandinavian and Russian taiga:
- Björnlandet National Park, Sweden
- Femundsmarka National Park, Norway
- Isojärvi National Park, Finland
- Koli National Park, Finland
- Liesjärvi National Park, Finland
- Muddus National Park, Sweden
- Paanajärvi National Park, Russia
- Pirkanmaa National Park, Finland
- Skuleskogen National Park, Sweden
- Vodlozersky National Park, Russia
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Ugg well today was a mess. Had to wake up at 4:30, had a headache, and was soooo sleepy driving the 2 1/2 hours to the test. At one point stopped a gas station, dozed for 10 minutes then bought some more coffee and some Excederine.
The test was, well, it didn't look too bad at first but it was eating dogs alive. They ran two test dogs, neither did it. One out of the first eight dogs picked up all the birds
Very few had no handles if they did get all the birds. It was a land walkup triple with honor. The line was up in the woods on a hill with a lot of brambly cover everywhere, under pine trees, looking down to a bowl-shaped mowed field with woods behind it. The walkup bird was up in the woods next to you, the two long marks were against the back treeline on the far side of the field. Order was short right bird, left flyer, middle go-bird. Blind up the middle under the arc of the go bird. Slater saw the first short bird, maybe caught a little of the flyer and saw NONE of the go bird. He turned with the gun and everything, visibility just was not good and he didn't catch any of the go bird. I turned and sent him to the flyer instead, he ran out of the woods then made a hard right, turned up and got the short bird in the woods. Lined him back up to the flyer again, and he did exactly the same thing. In retrospect I think he didn't see the flyer either so was just going to the only bird he saw. I stopped him and called him in. We were done.
I'm not sure if the judges expected the dogs to have such trouble. Many other handlers said their dog missed the go bird too but a more experienced dog you can line and send and hope for the best; Slater isn't there yet especially with poor visibility of the holding blinds. Oh well. I was considering going to the South Carolina test in December but I think I'll just wait until our tests start back up in January.
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Trained today at Lazy J -- we set up an ABCD drill and I really liked the marks! Far bird we used live birds. I got bit by a duck today. LOL
Afterwards put two blinds in between the marks.
I have to say that Slater always runs better AFTER going to tests. Not sure what the deal is. A month ago he was no-going on singles off multiple guns and no-going on blinds between holding blinds. Now granted I hit the red panic button and did a lot of training between now and then, but no problems with that whatsoever at either test last week or this weekend and today, faced with singles and blinds off multiple gun stations, he was perfect. No headswinging, hesitation or basically being weird. Locked onto each mark and off like a shot. Now when I say "Dead bird" he jerks forward and almost breaks on blinds. He did super today, one-whistling one blind and lining the other. I AM NOT COMPLAINING -- I just think it's interesting!
Our weather is absolutely perfect these days. 70s & sunny in the day and 40s/50s at night.
I also am trying to focus more on obedience training with Slater so we did recalls and heeling before dinner tonight.
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Had a mostly productive training session today. Scout's been having trouble on tight doubles (i.e. close, both thrown in). So, since its cold and we are training on flat field with short grass it was a good time to be working on it. Did a close mark and a long one. Close mark was the memory bird so the dogs had to run past it for the long go-bird. Scout's been wanting to split the difference on tighter marks like these. So ran them as a singles, then did the double. On the memory she did want to look out on the go-bird so I told her no and gave her a slight pop in the right direction then sent her. She over corrected herself on the send but had no problems finding the bird. I put her up and let everyone else run, brought her out a third time and ran the double and she nailed it. Good teaching opportunity.
We ran a second tight double on the other field this time with gunners level with each other. I did not build it this time and she nailed both marks. However, we threw in a really long blind on the outside and that was pretty botched. I am losing control at distance and had to walk up on her. At one point I thought my ecollar had died as she did not seem responsive and I was getting loopy sits (ugh). Well, when she came back I found out that the ecollar was indeed on. I know distance erodes control but geez I already upped a whole level and didn't see any response. I did make her re-run the blind again at the end and she did show improvement. To her credit most of the dogs had some issues with that blind. I also know that I need to be buckling down and working longer blinds and I haven't. Also, it was mentioned to me that my whistle was very shrill and hard to hear from that distance (from a gunner). So I am in the market for a new one. I was also noting that it didn't seem to matter how hard I blew the pitch was high and didn't have that authoritarian tone. So any suggestions for a good, deeper pitched whistle?
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We got out and trained today too. However, it wasn't 70 & sunny, more like 45 and cloudy. We have been able to get out and train the last three days and except for today it has been in the 50's and sunny so we could get it a bit of water work.
Today we did doubles off of multiple gunners and with a couple of long blinds. Winter did a good job.
Lisa, it is amazing how correction can be ignored at distance!
I use this whistle, SportDOG Mega Roy Gonia Orange & Black Special Whistle. $6.95 (Save $3.00), but it's not that low pitched. I have been told that the exact same whistle will not always have the same sound and people will buy a couple at a time.
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Remember too that dogs have a very different range of hearing than we do. So just because the gunner could not hear the whistle does not mean the dog could not--those so called silent whistles are not silent to dogs!
This is the whistle I have gone to--the Dallesassee--it seems to carry a long distance and is easy to get good sound from it, and it is possible to modify the volume easily.
Tried to get some geese this weekend--they would go everywhere but to the field we were in. Unfortunately farmers had just worked the fields beside us on which we did not have permission. so we got to watch them fly in an land where we could not shoot them!! To add insult to injury I now have a nasty cold after sitting out in my layout blind in the wind and cold for 3 hours!
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We did a really fun drill at Dan's yesterday, what he calls the "fly away bird" drill.
I told him about Tito taking off to follow a bird, and then coming back in. He said that's the "golden retriever 100 yard dash", and while Tito is well trained enough to come back when he doesn't catch the bird, the concern is that, in such heavy, thick cover, they can lose their way.
Anyway, the drill involves a bunch of live pigeons. Some are homing pigeons, some just regular barn pigeons. Dan tosses the bird low along the ground, and sends Tito out after it.
If it's a barn pigeon, when it flies up it gets shot and Tito gets to retrieve it. However, if it's one of the homing pigeons, it just flies away and Tito gets whistled to come back.
Very cool drill. It didn't take him many birds to realize that he needs to come back AT ONCE when he gets whistled to come back.
One bird that got shot we thought Dan had missed, it flew about 200 yards but then dropped straight down behind a small hill and some fairly heavy cover. Of course, Tito disappeared.
Dan just stood there talking to me (about Thanksgiving, etc) and finally after what seemed like forever I said, "Dan, where's my dog??". He said not to worry, Tito was just out looking for the bird. I told him that that was about how long Tito had been gone when I did my freak out while we were hunting, and then Dan laughed and said that that's a typical upland hunt and I do need to relax and trust my dog. He said don't worry, he'll be back.
Sure enough, about 30 seconds later here came Tito over the hill, busting thru the cover, bird in mouth, happy as could be.
So...a lot of the work that needs to be done is me, not him. Dan said that I need to get on the whistle and/or collar if the bird isn't shot. That's true, I waited too long.
If the bird does go down, he says just let Tito find it. He will put up a persistant hunt and then he will come back once he finds the bird.
I am probably making a lot more of this than it was, he was gone less than 60 seconds but since I couldn't see him it was very scary. I'm not used to having him out of my sight for that long.
We finished with 2 live pheasants that Dan dizzied and planted, and then we let Tito flush them and retrieve them after they were shot.
A great day!
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Gibson's Golden Guy, CD, CGC, TDI ( 01-31-1998 - 01-02-2012) a.k.a. "Toby", "HRH"
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I find that the reaction you had to Tito disappearing is not uncommon with people who haven't hunted much. There really is no reason to freak out unless Tito is running a deer. That's a different story. If the dog is out there and he is after a bird, there is no reason to not come back as soon as possible. After all, you have been rewarding him because you have been putting him onto birds in the first place.
I do like that fly away drill.
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thanks gdgli, that's what everyone is telling me, it's what the hunt is all about and I just need to go with it.
The very tall, very heavy cover is what freaked me out. Once he was literally 10 feet from me, I couldn't see him. Heck, I couldn't even see over the cover myself.
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I began hearing married women complain about something last year that quite frankly shocked me. Well, it shocked me until I realized that I am now in my mid-forties, and the complainers were also married to men in their forties. The complaint was about the lack of sex in their marriage. Now, this is a complaint that I have heard many times from young grooms, but my how the tables appear to turn.
So what this means is that a large number of men and women of different ages are not happy with the amount or frequency of sex in their marriage. So I decided to do a Google search using the key words of sex, sexless, marriage and came across an article on WebMD that I would like to share with you in a moment. However, I first want to share something I found on a blog called "Intimacy in Marriage." The author of the blog, Julie Sibert, asked her readers the question, "Please give me five words to describe your sex life?" And here are some of the responses she received from her large female audience:
I want to be honest and say that all of the answers weren't bad, and there were people like "Patti" who should probably write her own blog or put out a YouTube video lesson because she said, "Holy, glorious, orgasmic, bonding, tender. (Married over 30yrs.)" Now there is a woman who has either found herself a young stud or a man who is shoving testosterone pills down his throat like a race horse! My point today is simple and that is we need to bring sex back into the marriage (especially those of us that are 35 plus).
"According to the National Opinion Research Center, the average American couple reports having sex 66 times a year. Newsweek has noted that 15% to 20% of couples have sex less than 10 times a year, which is defined as a "sexless" marriage" (WebMD). Now there may be a few of you who are wondering why sex is so important, and it is because it promotes bonding in a relationship. And quite frankly it says to your spouse, "You are desirable." I love the following quote from Helen Fisher, PhD.:
"Sex is designed to make you feel good for a reason," says Fisher. "With someone you love, I recommend it for many reasons: It's good for your health and good for your relationship. It's good for respiration, muscles, and bladder control. It's a fine antidepressant, and it can renew your energy.
So what do I want you to do with this information? Well as we say in the south, I want you to start bumping uglies! Okay, I'm not sure they say that in the south, but I am more than proud of myself for figuring out how to work that phrase into a blog post. Seriously, I want to give you a challenge on behalf of the many men and women that are suffering out there, and when I use the word "suffering" it is not meant to be a joke. I have met with both men and women who are seriously suffering, depressed, and quite frankly hurt because of the lack of sexual attention they are receiving from their spouse. My challenge is for you to have sex every day for the next 7 days, and just see what happens.
What next? Well get naked and get busy...well first some of you may need to click the little share by "email" button below and send this to your significant other to get them on the "Seven Day Sex Plan." My prayer is that this will help you reconnect and reengergize your relationship.
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Thousands of pages of newly-released documents show that for decades, scoutmasters and others who were accused of molesting children were protected by police, prosecutors, pastors and local Boy Scout leaders. Several of those cases happened here in Eastern Carolina.
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But the nearly 15,000 pages of "perversion" files that were released Thursday reveal that they were allowing sexual predators to go free while victims suffered in silence.
The files are part of a much larger collection that the Boy Scouts of America began keeping soon after the organization was founded in 1910. The files were released by order of the Oregon Supreme Court.
In Eastern Carolina, the files show cases happened in Nashville in 2004, Washington in 2003 and in 1999, Havelock in 1999, Roanoke Rapids in 1997, Ayden in 1993, New Bern in 1993, Swansboro in 1992, and Tarboro in 1989.
Others include details of a 1965 case in Louisiana, in which a mother told sheriff's deputies that a scoutmaster had raped one of her sons and molested two others. Days later, the scoutmaster confessed. But a decision was made not to pursue charges against him.
A Louisiana Scouts executive wrote to the organization's national office, saying that the man wasn't prosecuted "to save the name of Scouting."
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It's a reality check for students. Jim Green from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is separating actual police work from what people see on the popular criminal investigation TV shows. He points out that everything takes a lot longer in the real world and the forensic work is much less dramatic. For the Volunteer State Community College students it's a close-up view of criminal justice.
"You have to be broadminded in law enforcement," Green tells the students. " You have to look at every possibility."
The students are on a tour of TBI headquarters as part of their Intro to Criminal Justice class. It's just one way they get to see the many sides of law enforcement. Kevin Cook, instructor in the Criminal Justice Program at Vol State, says the field has many job opportunities.
"People think of police work or corrections, but it's much more than that," said Cook. "Students need to be better educated than in years past. There's a lot to learn: the legal world, computer skills and written skills. Law enforcement is also using technology more than ever before."
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