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I am an eight generation South Carolinian and I love tracking my family history. I live in Loris SC but hometown is Conway SC where my daddy still lives.
I did not start my pursuit of my ancestors unfortunately until after my grandparents and my mother had passed away, now I have to rely on making trips to the area that they grew up in and are buried in. The families that I am interested in are Kyzer, Taylor, Gunter,Shumpert, Wright, Rodgers, Thomas and Ellis, all of these are from the Lexingon area and Newberry and Abbeville area.
I also do my husbands family which include, Andersons, Booth, Cartrettes, Fipps or Phipps, Fowlers and Sarvis.
In addition I am looking for my childrens family on their daddys side which would include, Lundy, Graham, Dew, Johnson, Singleton and Sarvis.
I truly enjoy Find a Grave and volunteering to do photos for others.
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Keith Edwards
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Please check your edits. I sent one for a Cooper. Thanks so much. Have a great day.
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Marilyn Long
James Thomas Booth
James Thomas Booth and Clarkey Bessant Hux Booth had 13 children. Find A Grave says there were 11 children and lists 12. Omitted from the list is John Asbury Booth [April 28, 1865 - Feb. 16, 1872]. Probably named for his uncle who died in the Civil War. There were at least 3 John Asbury Booths and at least one Asberry Booth.
James Thomas Booth's mother was Olive Holmes. I am certain of this as I have been doing research for over 55 years, have information collected as early as 100 years ago (collected from people born as early as 1851), and have copies of the family records from the James Thomas Booth Bible. ALSO - on her tombstone at Poplar the name is Olive Holmes Booth (Jan. 16, 1812 - Feb 9, 1889, wife of John J. Booth). I think that perhaps Olive's name was Olive Magbee Holmes. Her mother was Sallie Singleton. Sallie's mother was Olive M ??? whose second husband was Samuel Magbee (Magby).
I have the original of the picture that is posted on Find A Grave. The dark mark at the upper right hand corner is my brother's finger (with shadow). We took the picture out of the frame to photo the original. That was before digital cameras - I have been giving away pictures for about 25 years.
If you posted the obituary - thank you. I had not gotten around to obtaining the OB.
When I get a chance I am working on Volume Two of the Booth Family. Would love any information that you may have - or any assistance you may give.
Marilyn Hardwick Long. 843-559-4113
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Hi Pamela, I have been researching this family for about 20 years. You can email me at email@example.com.
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His daughter is the mother of my great great grandfather
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Hi Pamela my name is Brandon Bland I am in to Ancestry and I was wondering if I could use your Photo of Christopher Dew for my Family tree.
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Hello Pam, I send you an edit to link some of the Spivey's at Pisgah. Please check your edits page. Thanks a bunch!
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OOPS! It's corrected!
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Thanks so much for trying to find little Ruby King's grave.
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Thank you for the edit. I have notated her bio about the discrepancy regarding her burial.
In the future if you have any edits outside of the standard automated edits, I would appreciate those coming through the edit/suggest a correction option as opposed to a public message.
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'Noreaster Noel whipped past New England Saturday, bringing coastal flooding, heavy rains up to four inches, and numerous reports of downed trees and power lines. The top wind gust in the U.S. was 89 mph at Barnstable on Cape Cod. The highest sustained winds were measured on Nantucket Island--56 mph, gusting to 72. The highest wind gusts in Maine were 64 mph measured at Brooklin and Cutler. Acadia National Park had one of the highest rain fall totals, 4.2 inches, and up to three inches of snow was recorded in northwestern Maine. At the storm's peak, 43,000 people lost power in Massachusetts.
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Figure 1. Rainfall estimate for the six hours ending at 4am EST Sunday, 11/04/07. Rainfall amounts up to 3 inches (75 mm) were observed in extreme northeastern Nicaragua. Image credit: Navy Research Lab, Monterey.
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Earlier today, DHS Secretary Napolitano announced that this incident is of national significance and the Department of Interior has announced that they will be sending SWAT teams to the Gulf to inspect all platforms and rigs. And I have ordered the Secretaries of Interior and Homeland Security as well as Administrator Lisa Jackson of the Environmental Protection Agency to visit the site on Friday to ensure that BP and the entire U.S. government is doing everything possible, not just to respond to this incident, but also to determine its cause.
I was immediately puzzled when I first heard this yesterday. Why on Earth would the DOI have SWAT ("S"pecial "W"eapons "A"nd "T"actics) Teams? What exactly would they need them for, and why would they be dispatched to "inspect" oil rigs in the middle of the Gulf? I was not alone in my puzzlement:
In an odd turn, Obama announced he'd be sending SWAT teams out to all oil rigs and platforms in the Gulf to inspect them, as pointed out by RealClearPolitics. We're not sure what a Special Weapons And Tactics team is going to do on an oil rig but we're pretty sure it'll make good fodder for Tom Clancy's next book.
I have to believe that Obama was being colorful in his language instead of literal. I checked the DOI website and could find no announcement about "SWAT teams" or any mention of such teams whatsoever. So, it must be the case that the man whose speeches cause tingles to run down the legs of newscasters, oceans to recede, and Nobel Prizes to fall from the sky simply misspoke.
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A statement by the orgnizing committee of Erbil Demonstration against the crimes against huamnity perpetrated by Al Assad
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Since 15 March, 2011 Syrians have demonstrated peacefully calling for freedom and democracy. However, Al Assad regime has confronted the peaceful demonstrations with disproportionate violence using gunshot, arbitrary arrest, torture, and killing under torture. In addition, the forces of Al Assad have besieged and attacked cities, towns and villages plundering and burning houses. As a result, more than 1700 were killed, thousands were wounded, and more than 14 thousands have been detained. The repression of the regime has forced thousands of civilians to head towards the neighboring countries seeking refuge, mainly in Turkey and Lebanon.
The flagrant violations perpetrated by Al Assad regime might be classified as crimes against humanity. The regime has carried on using violence perpetrating such crimes despite the fact that Syria is member of many international covenants and conventions of human rights including the two covenants of 1966 and the convention of 1984 against torture and ill-treatment in addition to all other covenants and conventions ratified by the United Nations.
We call the United Nations, the international organizations of human rights, and the defenders of democracy and human rights to join their voices to ours in order to call the International Security Council to condemn the crimes against humanity perpetrated by Al Assad regime.
We hope that the international community will act according to its responsibilities in protecting civilians in Syria.
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SUMMARY (27/6/2011): There was a meeting of the Syrian opposition inside Damascus today. With all due respect to some of those who attended, they showed they are out of touch with the mood on the streets where people have been making big sacrifices. Already protesters have rejected this conference's statements. Today's map is dedicated to the victims of the Tadmur Prison Massacre, 27th June 1980.
Syria – Monday 27/06/2011
Hama (27/6/2011): As more than 300 students in Aleppo were being charged for taking part in protests, the students in Hama staged a large protest march. You can see several signs in English: " We want freedom" and "Children of Syria to Russia, China, Brazil, India, Lebanon and South Africa – Please stop killing us" Hama, 27/6/2011
This video was made by Walid Qashami, a member of the Syrian Republican Guards who defected 2 months ago. He fled to Jordan but he has now begun a hunger strike to protest against how the Jordanian authorities are blocking his movements and not allowing him to talk to the media. He is asking for help from the embasies of other countries because he is effectively under house arrest. Walid Qashami, 26/6/2011
Lattakia: Statement 3 from the residents of besieged neighborhoods in Lattakia
Again.. We, the residents of the besieged boroughs in Lattakia, and after false news regarding calls for the army to intervene in our city were broadcasted on Al-Dunia TV, we confirm that these news broadcasted by the Syrian media (the media that lacks even the minimum credibility criteria) are completely false.
Therefore, we would like to re-stress our refusal for any army intervention under any excuses, such as the claims that armed gangs exist in our city or any such false excuses. In addition, we call for an end to all the military aspects inside the cities, by returning the army units back to their barracks and dedicated military sites.
On the other hand, we insist on our rights in carrying out peaceful demonstrations, despite all the pressure that has been exerted on us, on our families and children, by the regime by all the repressive means of terrorising, intimidating and disrupting our lives. We will just not give up now because of the foolish attempts by the Syrian media, supported by the now illegitimate regime, to fabricate news!!
We believe that the peaceful, civilized nature of our revolution is the only way to achieve our goals.
Long life free Syria, may our martyrs rest in peace.
Lattakia Coordination Committee, part of the Local Coordination Committees in Syria https://www.facebook.com/LCCSy
A statment from the residents of Kesweh
We, the people of the city of Kesweh in Damascus, announce our resolve and determination to continue our peaceful revolution against the criminal, corrupt and dictatorial regime. And we stress to the proud Syrian people that we will not betray the blood of our martyrs, who sacrificed their wellbeing for the sake of our freedom and the freedom of our sons and daughters, and that we remain steadfast in covenent we made to them and marching in their path.
In this regard, we like to extend our condolences to the families of the heroic and honorable officers who were shot dead by the treacherous hands of the security forces in the city of Kesweh on a Friday of The Fall Of Legitimacy when they refused to execute orders to fire live bullets at peaceful protesters from the city of Kesweh and ended up dying as martyrs.
When the Syrian media have focused on only one martyred officer from the city of Yabroud it was an attempt to conceal the crime he committed against other fellow officers who refused to complicit in the killing of their countrymen by following orders.
We strongly hold that the Syrian regime is systematically lying. The regime has killed officers and then participated the funeral of one of them in Yabroud; they have accused the people of Kesweh of killing him to cultivate strife among people of the same country.
The truth is that Assad's security forces have stormed the city of Kessweh, arrested a lot of its youth, planted weapons with them and filmed it to make it appear as if it was seized from them, as it is the habit of deceit and journalistic prostitution of such media.
And residents of the city of Kesweh underline that there are no weapons in the city and that our revolution was, is and will remain peaceful. And we call upon our brothers in Yabroud to get out in support of their fellow Syrians, in affirmation of the unity of our own destiny, for the sake of their hero martyr and to reject the lies of the regime and its media tools. We trust that in them.
Qamishli 27.6.2011: Youth groups and Kurdish groups marching at 8pm for regime change
Barzeh 24.6.2011: Continuing brutality by state security http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0zW0yEUcuU&feature=player_embedded
NOW! Lebanon
[local time] 22:13 A protest broke out Monday night at the Mansouri Mosque in Jablet al-Qassam calling for the fall of the regime. (The Syrian Revolution 2011)
22:12 A YouTube video purportedly filmed on Monday night in Qamishli shows protesters holding candles and rallying in the city's streets, calling for the fall of the regime.
22:07 Protests broke out in Rastan and the majority of streets in Hama on Monday night calling for the fall of the regime. (S.N.N.)
21:40 A protest broke out in al-Tal in Damascus district on Monday despite the arrests made by the security forces during the day. (F.N.N.)
21:02 A protest broke out in Qamishli on Monday night calling for the fall of the regime. (F.N.N.)
21:02 A protest broke out in Baba Amrou, calling for the fall of the regime. (S.N.N.)
20:48 A US lawmaker strongly opposed to US military involvement in Afghanistan and the Libyan conflict is on a "fact-finding" visit to Syria and Lebanon, his office said Monday.
19:29 A top US lawmaker pressed President Barack Obama on Monday to recall the US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, saying his presence only served Damascus for "propaganda purposes," AFP reported.
18:31 Security forces are patrolling the city of Darayya and randomly arresting people. (S.N.N.)
17:51 A protest broke out in Jable on Monday calling for the fall of the regime, the number of participants is increasing. (The Syrian Revolution 2011)
17: 14 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad spoke Tuesday of the legitimate demands of his people during a meeting with visiting US congressman Dennis Kucinich, SANA state news agency said.
17:06 Security forces raided the city of Qaseer and arrested many protesters. (S.N.N.)
17:04 Syrian regime, opposition, to talk on July 10, AFP reports.
14:47 A YouTube video posted on Monday shows members of the Syrian diaspora in Venezuela chanting in support of anti-regime protests in Syria. They are also calling President Bashar al-Assad "despicable."
14:03 A YouTube video purportedly filmed on Monday in the Homs neighborhood of Khalidiyeh shows dozens of people marching in protest against the regime.
13:39 A YouTube video purportedly filmed on June 24 in the Damascus neighborhood of Baraza shows dozens of Syrian soldiers beating several unarmed civilians. The soldiers can be also seen bundling one person into the trunk of a car.
13:26 WARNING: Viewer discretion advised An extremely graphic YouTube video purportedly filmed on Sunday in the Houran town of Jeeza shows a mutilated body of a boy allegedly killed under torture. The 15-year-old boy, Tamer Mohamad Alsharee, was arrested on April 29. Torture marks can be seen on his corpse. Syrian security forces allegedly broke Alsharee's arm, neck and shot him. The people filming the video are calling on the international community to "intervene in order to protect Syrian detainees."
13:07 Security forces have been arresting people in the town of Darayya – located near Damascus – since Monday morning. (S.N.N)
12:41 More than 100 dissidents heard calls for a peaceful transition to democracy at a public meeting in Damascus, which they said was unprecedented in five decades of Baath Party rule, AFP reported.
12:00 Turkish officials informed several western powers that Turkey might launch a military operation in northern Syria in an attempt to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's Baath Party, Kuwaiti newspaper As-Seyassah reported.
11:27 The number of Syrians taking refuge at tent cities in Turkey has decreased to 11,122 after several hundred people went back home, Turkish officials said.
9:49 A YouTube video purportedly filmed Sunday night in the Homs neighborhood of Bab ad-Drib shows hundreds of people gathered chanting against the regime.
9:45 A YouTube video purportedly filmed overnight in the Homs neighborhood of Khalidiyeh shows dozens of anti-regime protesters swearing that they will not renounce the anti-regime uprising.
9:43 A YouTube video purportedly filmed Sunday night in Hama shows dozens of people marching and chanting against the Syrian regime.
9:41 A YouTube video purportedly filmed overnight in the Homs neighborhood of Bayyada shows dozens of protesters chanting, "The people want to bring the regime down."
9:30 A YouTube video purportedly filmed on Sunday night the Hama area of Dawar Qitza shows hundreds of anti-regime protesters marching and chanting, "God is the greatest."
9:29 Security forces on Sunday night set crops on fire in Kaswa, which is near Damascus. (S.N.N)
9:29 A YouTube video purportedly filmed overnight in the Edleb district town of Binnish shows dozens of protesters marching and chanting, "[President Bashar] al-Assad has lost legitimacy," and, "Syria wants freedom."
9:27 A YouTube video purportedly filmed Sunday night in Hama's Assi Square shows hundreds of people chanting against the regime.
9:25 A YouTube video purportedly filmed Sunday in the Homs neighborhood of Deir Baala shows dozens of people chanting against the regime.
9:23 A YouTube video purportedly filmed on overnight in Deir az-Zour shows many people gathered as they are calling for bringing down the regime.
9:21 A YouTube video purportedly filmed Sunday night in Aleppo shows several people marching in the street and chanting, "God is the greatest."
9:20 A YouTube video purportedly filmed overnight in the town of Kaswa, which is near Damascus, shows thousands of people marching and chanting against the regime.
9:18 A YouTube video purportedly filmed on Sunday night in Latakia shows dozens of protesters chanting, "The people want to bring down the regime."
9:17 A YouTube video purportedly filmed on overnight in Daraa shows protesters marching in the streets and chanting, "The regime was brought down in Daraa," and "Syria is free."
9:00 Security forces randomly arrested people on Sunday night in Qaseer, a town near Homs. (S.N.N)
8:00 Syrian troops pushed toward the Lebanese border as they pressed a deadly crackdown in central towns ahead of Monday's opposition meeting in Damascus on the country's unrest, activists said.
7:33 President Bashar al-Assad may have gone so far in his crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners that there is no way back, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Sunday.
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GUARDIAN: Syrian army defector says he was told to shoot unarmed protesters
During a month stationed in Deraa, neither Wasid nor any of his fellow conscripts saw a single armed demonstrator
Wasid, a young Syrian conscript, set off for the town of Deraa in late April filled with the zeal of a soldier going to war. "We were going to fight terrorists," he said.
But less than a day after arriving in Deraa, Wasid was making plans to defect.
The Syrian regime has cast the uprising as a conflict between a loyal military and a large and highly mobile group of heavily armed foreign-backed insurgents, roaming the country attempting to ignite sectarian strife.
Over three hours in an Istanbul safe house, the 20-year-old soldier described events in the southern town where the wave of dissent that has swept Syria first broke out. The young defector's account starkly contradicts the official narrative.
"As soon as we got there, the officers told us not to shoot at the men carrying guns. They said they [the gunmen] were with us. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It had all been lies."
In the month they were stationed there, neither Wasid nor any of his colleagues saw any demonstrators with weapons in Deraa or the nearby town of Izraa.
And instead of confronting armed insurgents, the unit was given orders to shoot protesters.
"I could not believe what I was hearing – to leave alone the people carrying guns. It shocked me," he said. "We are soldiers and soldiers do not shoot at civilians."
In the weeks leading up his deployment with the Syrian army's 14 division, commanders had given regular briefings on the "violence" ahead. Wasid was convinced he would soon be in combat.
"When we were at the base in Damascus before we left for Deraa, we were not allowed to watch television at all, except for two hours each day when we could watch Rami Makhlouf's channel," he said [Makhlouf, a tycoon, is president Bashar al-Assad's first cousin].
"All they showed were armed groups roaming the villages. I found out later that these groups were on our [the regime's] side – they were the Shabiyeh."
According to Wasid, the Shabiyeh – ghosts – were the only civilian gunmen in town. Their group has strong links to the military and has developed a reputation over recent bloody months of being willing to do dirty work in troublesome towns and villages.
"The first day we arrived there, 24 April, the Shabiyeh came to the base to speak with our officers. It was clear that the relationship was close."
Wasid showed the Guardian his military ID and application for refugee status, copies of which have been kept.
He does not want his real name or photograph used out of fear that his family may be targeted for reprisals.
After many weeks of military crackdowns, the government is now on a diplomatic and media offensive.
Officials are pushing their version of events to a few correspondents who were last week allowed to enter Syria for the first time since March.
The official account has given particular emphasis to claims that Sunni Islamic groups have either initiated or hijacked the uprising's agenda.
"I never saw an Islamist or anybody that resembled one," said Wasid. "And nor did anyone else with me."
He estimated that about 30% of his unit were disaffected with the military.
But neither dissent nor defection are easy in Syria, where conscripts are paid $9 (£6) each month.
"One guy – I only know his name as Wael, he was from the east – told an officer that what we were doing was wrong. The next day he was killed. They said he had been shot by terrorists."
Nevertheless, by 25 May, Wasid and 20 others had mustered the courage to attempt to escape.
He ditched his military fatigues – and the sniper rifle which he had never used – and ran with the group to the highway, where a van took them to Damascus.
"Once we got there, we agreed we would go separate directions. I stayed in Damascus for three days and then left for Turkey. I don't know where the others went."
He crossed the border in the Kurdish northeast of Syria and made his way by bus to Istanbul, where the UNHCR and rights group Avaaz are providing him with help.
Wasid's testimony will be used in a referral to the international criminal court being prepared by another group, Insan.
Four other defectors from Deraa have made their way to Amman in recent days and are also briefing investigators.
Defections have been regularly reported during the uprising, but on a small scale.
Apart from the apparent mutiny of half a base in the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour (where Syrian officials claim soldiers were massacred by terrorists), none of the defections have been large enough to pose a threat to command and control of the army.
Wasid says his anger is directed not at the government, which he believes betrayed him, but at his army colleagues who stayed behind despite also seeing what he had seen in Deraa.
"There were around 100 people each week killed there. They were civilians.
"If I see my colleagues again, not only will I tell others what they have done, but I will find their families and tell them too. And then I will hurt them."
• The Syrian government announced that it will hold talks on 10 July to set the framework for the national dialogue promised by President Assad. The state news agency said constitutional amendments, including changes to an article which puts the Ba'ath Party at the centre of Syrian politics, would be on the agenda of the meeting. Assad met US congressman Dennis Kucinich and Conservative MP, Brooks Newmark, but details of what was discussed was not available.


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Nicki Minaj Snaps at UK Fans
Nicki Minaj snapped at her UK fans on Twitter yesterday after she received abuse for pulling out of three festivals in the UK and Ireland due to vocal problems…
The American star was due to perform at V Festival and Dublin's Olympia Theatre hit back at those who questioned why didn't make the shows. She tweeted:
"I am so thankful to my true fans who understand WHY I couldn't play #VFestival & WHY I can't play Dublin. Absolutely gutted.
However, if u have anything negative to say to me, please #EatS**tAndDie – I am human. I was in jeopardy of losing my voice entirely and needing surgery on my vocal chord. If u can't understand that, your mother's a WH*RE!"
She continued to say:
"I will NOT let you people make me feel horrible for a f**king HEALTH issue! That's what got me in this mess! I shldve listened 2 the doctor!
Like people are hitting me telling me I shldve mimed. No! Then you woulda made a f**king STORY out of that too! #killyaf**kingself.
My beloved United Kingdom, u know how much I f**king love u! Ireland, I truly appreciate you. Barbz, thnku for the well wishes."
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In today's "awesome" announcement, Facebook has released a Skype-powered video chat service built into the native chat system. Unlike Google+'s "Hangouts", it does not allow for group calls, but bringing video chat to 750 million users is an impressive feat nonetheless.
Facebook has also announced a new group chat feature, which works similarly to the "Facebook Groups" chat system (or, AIM, circa 1999). The feature will allow users to add multiple friends to the chat, and view chat history in the revamped Messages window. The new chat sidebar now shows frequently contacted friends at the top, so it's much faster to find the person you're looking for.
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"Wheel Of Fortune" & "Jeopardy!" Salute Veterans"Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" aren't playing around when it comes to marking Veterans Day. The game shows are using this week's episodes to spotlight those who have served.
The Announcer's Announcer: Don PardoDon Pardo was an announcer's announcer. He was the model that all announcers aspired to be. He passed away this past Monday at age 96. What a life and career he had.
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Woman's Historic "Jeopardy!" Win Streak EndsThe reign of the winningest female contestant in "Jeopardy!" history has come to an end. Julia Collins lost during her 21st appearance on the pre-taped episode that aired Monday.
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One Sunday night, Dicha was watching a show on television when a man in a button-up blue-striped shirt and black pants entered the restaurant where Dicha worked as a cashier.
Coming with his son and daughter, the man, Johannes, told Dicha, "I want a portion of Asian soft-shelled turtle to take away."
"How do you like the meat to be cooked?" Dicha, 26, replied. The restaurant offers soft-shelled turtle in three cooking, soup, fried and satay.
Johannes said he wanted it in a soup.
Around 15 minutes later, a waiter brought a plastic bag of soft-shelled turtle soup. Those who eat turtle meat say it tastes more or less like chicken.
"It really does taste like chicken meat only smoother," Johannes, said, adding that he also enjoys snake meat, especially python. "Because it has a lot of meat," he said.
Asian soft-shelled turtle, or bulus, is one of several unusual meats served at the restaurant, Istana Raja Cobra. Located in a row of shops on Jalan Mangga Besar Raya No. 93C, West Jakarta, the restaurant also serves snake, rabbit, bat, crocodile, monkey and monitor lizard meat. All are cooked in the same three recipes as the soft-shelled turtles.
Istana Raja Cobra and other restaurants that offer similar menus usually do not only sell the meat, but also the oil, blood and bile from those animals.
The prices at the restaurant vary from Rp 18,000 (US$1.90) to over than Rp 2 million. One of the most expensive dishes on the menu is king cobra meat. The price is based on the length of the snake. It can cost more than Rp 800,000 per meter.
The menu is not popular among the public in general. Only certain people come to the restaurant for the unique dishes. Those who come to the restaurant usually order dishes as a type of alternative medicine, those treatments are common in Indonesia.
Those who eat snake for its healing properties are told to not drink coffee or tea afterwards. According to Dicha, coffee or tea could impede the effects of the dish.
"Most of our customers who eat here usually have skin problems such as acne," said Dicha, adding that some people come out of curiosity.
Johannes meanwhile said the meat of those animals warms the body. "They will make a person sweat, which is why I think eating them is good for the skin," said the man who hails from Bangka Island.
The restaurant, which opened in 1965, gets its stock delivered frozen from various suppliers. It also has living animals kept in a room inside the restaurant. Boxes and cages are arranged in the room. Each of them has different kinds of snakes such as king cobras, pythons and green snakes.
Inside the room, a young man looked busy with a large snake. He was holding the head of a cobra with a wooden clamp. Swiftly, he chopped the snake's head off. He then skinned the snake and poured out the blood and bile of the snake into different cups.
Almost all parts of the animal are sold to customers, including its skin. The snake skin is used to make wallets, bags and other accessories sold to visitors.
Not far from the restaurant, a small kiosk also offers a variety of snake meats. Inside the food stall was Ricky, 29, who was busy serving a customer. His customer had ordered a combination of cobra blood, bile and marrow.
Ricky mixed and stirred together the three ingredients in a small white ceramic mug. For this recipe, customers pay Rp 60,000 with 10 sticks of snake satay or abon (shredded meat that has been boiled and fried) for an extra Rp 15,000.
"I inherited this stall from my father-in-law three years ago," Ricky said, adding that has never been bitten by one of his dishes.
According to him, there are scores of food stalls that offer similar menus around Mangga Besar. "Beside that big restaurant at the end of this complex, there are about 20 other stalls," he added.
Aside from reptiles, there are also some restaurants in Jakarta that serve dog meat and pork in their menus.
In the food court at Mal Kelapa Gading 5, a shopping mall in North Jakarta, there is a kiosk that offers various pork dishes, including the animal's internal organs.
According to Bambang, a helper at the booth, sam-sam is the most popular dish on the menu.
Sam-sam is two layers of pork meat and fat. "Customers also often order large intestine," he said, adding that prices at the restaurant vary from Rp 5,000 to Rp 9,500.
A driver who declined to be named said, "I often buy dishes here for my boss." He was busy filling a green bowl with sam-sam, large intestine and a tongue.
Bambang cut the pork and its internal organs and then poured a dark brown broth called sekbah over the meat. The broth had a fragrant aroma, and when it touched the tongue there was a hint of Chinese herbal medicine that gave a fresh sensation after eating it.
Then there is a North Sumatran cuisine kiosk called Lapo on Jalan Gelora, Senayan, right behind the House of Representatives building. It serves roast pork and saksang.
Saksang is a way of cooking dog meat. The meat is sauté with grated coconut and spices. Then, it is boiled with water until dry.
"We usually sell dog meat dishes for Rp 15,000 each," said Firman who runs the family business. He added, "Suppliers provide us with dog carcasses."
"Many of our customers are of Batak or Chinese descent," he said, adding that it was not uncommon for customers to order entire roast pigs. "They usually order it for a Batak wedding."
Firman said that whole pigs must be ordered two or three days beforehand.
Next to Lapo is a Manadonese restaurant called Marsam. It serves dog meat as its signature dish. The restaurant's owner, Majid, said he has been in business since 1992.
The mustached man explained that dog meat dishes are familiar to Manadonese people. "There has to be RW (dog meat) on the menu of the Manadonese. I used to cook it with Manado liquor. Since no one sells that kind of liquor anymore, I just made saksang," he said.
Majid used to kill the dogs himself but now he buys dog carcasses from suppliers. He said the dogs from his supplier are usually "free-range" strays the supplier catches in fields in greater Jakarta. Pet dogs are usually too fat and are not good enough to be eaten."
According to Majid, there were at least three ways to butcher a dog.
He used to kill the dogs by hitting them on the neck with a club, causing the blood to run out.
"Meanwhile Batak and Chinese people usually cover the dogs' heads with a sack and hit them repeatedly with a club," he said calmly, adding that, "there is also another way where people just stab the dogs through the chest."
Majid sells dog dishes for Rp 25,000 and he usually sells about 20 kilograms of dog's meat a day.
"There is a Muslim lady who came and bought a plate of RW," he said. According to Majid, the lady's excuse was that it was for medicinal purposes. "But I think she comes here often." (ril)
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Inviting your family, friends and canine pals, Ranken Jordan will be hosting the 6th Annual Kids' Walk, an event organized by the hospital's Junior Board members. Ranken Jordan's Junior Board is a volunteer fundraising group of kids 16 and under. The board meets quarterly and, with the help of patients, plans fun and diverse events for patients of Ranken Jordan and people of all abilities throughout the community.
The Kids' Walk will be held on September 11, 2010 at Ranken Jordan, located on Dorsett Road in Maryland Heights. Registration starts at 9:30, and the walk will start at 10:20 a.m. In memory of 9/11, Ranken Jordan will honor veterans and current members of our military, police and fire departments before the walk begins. Participants can walk a two-mile path around the perimeter of the Ranken Jordan campus or choose a shorter path.
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Newsies Shakes Off The Bluesies
Newsies the Musical -- coming to Broadway in a matter of moments -- is the well-received show based on the so-so 1992 film about "urchin peddlers" striking (and being striking).
At a press event yesterday, we were told that book writer Harvey Fierstein was brought in to turn the movie into a stage show, complete with two acts, added characters, and a love story.
And then we met the cast -- a chicken hawk's delight -- who were fun and upbeat and obedient enough to plug lots of other Disney projects as they discussed this one.
Star Jeremy Jordan said he grew up watching Newsies on a VHS tape, which wore out from so much viewing.
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We waited for Sophie to come home from the art course she's taking so she'd accompany us. When she got back at around noon, we quickly took off toward the Metro. The day wasn't particularly hot, but it was very humid. You could almost taste the rain in the air. No one was complaining though: a nice spring shower wouldn't hurt anyone after the high temperatures the Madrilenians were suffering.
A quick note on the Prado employees: they could really use a quick course on how to be polite. I got barked at and rolled my eyes at just for asking for my backpack to retrieve my wallet from the (compulsory) baggage check before entering. I had mistakenly given them my entire backpack to check in without getting my stuff first. This apparently is a no-no in the Prado. When I was waiting for the same person to put my backpack back in, another woman came up and barked: "Do you have a problem? What do you need?" Not a very hospitable impression from one of the most important art museums in the world.
We moved on to the Upper Level where all the important art works were. As we climbed the stairs I could sense the buzz of the people and my anticipation grew. I didn't know how I was going to react standing in front of paintings I had studied with so much dedication and passion. But what happened next still baffles me:
Ed and Sophie quickly understood my state and left me with my beauty to admire it in person, alone. She was much richer and fuller in person. The colors seemed to jump out of the canvas, the mauve and lilac transparent cloths covering Hippomenes's and Atlanta's intimate parts in soft movement, the dark melancholic background which appeared to be timeless contrasting with the fierce instant movements of the two characters. This artistic culmination explains Ovid's Metamorphosis myth in which Atlanta, a skilled huntress, challenged her suitors to outrace her and win her hand. The penalty for the loser was death. Hippomenes faced up to the challenge but invoked Venus before the race. Venus listened to his plea and gave him three golden apples. Hippomenes put into practice the goddess's advice and threw the apples one by one during the race. Atalanta, filled with curiosity, stopped to pick them, losing time; her rival took advantage of it, reached the goal first and won the race. Clever, clever.
We glided in a sea of creations by Caravaggio, Claude de Lorraine, Poussin, Tiziano, Carracci, Georges LaTour, El Greco. Ed and Sophie came to me for explanations to which I cheerfully replied, maybe a bit too much. I tend to get carried away when I talk about art, and being in the Prado only magnified that.
After Velazquez, our growling stomachs could bear it no longer so we sped down to the museum's cafeteria. After taking one look at the completely overpriced food for tourists, we decided to take a walk to a nearby supermarket and buy quick sandwiches and beer. We spent €8 on the entire meal for the 3 of us and sat at a park bench for our lunch. After our sugar donuts for desert and after our feet weren't hurting as much, we crossed the street and went back to the Prado to finish it off.
Was it 8pm already? Had 8 hours already passed since we'd gotten there? It certainly did not feel that long; the day went by too quickly. We went for a Starbucks coffee to finish off the day and give our poor feet some rest. And as I sat finishing my Mocca I thought about the art works I had encountered. I thought about my emotional rollercoaster in the
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How do you change your brain? How can you recover from a neurological injury such as a stroke or learn to see or hear in a new way? I've gathered a number of clues from my own experience in gaining stereovision as well as from talking with and reading about others. In the next several posts, I'll describe what I've learned. Here's the first tip:
You would not want your brain to rewire itself in response to every new occurrence or change in the environment. If this were the case, your sense of the world would be in constant flux. Thus, an adult brain is picky. While a very young brain may change in response to any stimulus that is presented with enough repetition, an older brain rewires itself primarily in response to behaviorally important stimuli.
This idea first became clear to scientists when they studied barn owls. These birds are amazing hunters, and they use both their eyes and ears to locate prey. In several experiments, scientists put prisms over both eyes of the owls so that their whole visual field was shifted many degrees to the right or left . With the prisms, the eyes told the birds that the mouse was in one place while the ears reported that the mouse was in another. Young owls automatically shifted their spatial auditory maps to match the prism-altered visual maps. This happened whether or not the owls hunted for their food or were caged and fed. In contrast, older owls who did not have to catch their food did not adjust. Only when forced to hunt did they realign their auditory maps with their visual ones. Connections in the brains of the older owls changed only when it was necessary to catch their prey, clearly a behaviorally important task.
Dr. Edward Taub and his colleagues work with patients who have lost the use of an arm following a stroke. They discovered that the patients who regained the most function in their arm were not the individuals who best performed the exercises in the therapist's office but rather those who regularly practiced using their affected arm in the routine tasks of daily life, such as brushing their teeth, combing their hair, or picking up a coffee cup. The brain rewires itself to complete behaviorally relevant tasks.
Similarly, for me to learn to see in 3D, I had to learn how to aim my two eyes at the same place in space at the same time. If I had tried to learn this only with the use of complicated pieces of equipment such as stereoscopes or computer programs, I may not have generalized these new skills to everyday life. Instead, I practiced aiming my eyes at targets in real space while moving in routine ways. Now, whenever I work out on a Nordic track or treadmill, I also practice my vision therapy exercises, thus giving my eyes, brain, and body a workout all at the same time. If I had learned how to see in stereo only while sitting still, I wouldn't be able to see in 3D for much of the time. Instead, I taught myself how to see in stereo for everyday activities, whether sitting quietly or moving about.
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This change marks the first major overhaul of the college's curriculum since 1928! Yeshiva College faculty wanted to offer our students a 21st-century curriculum to prepare them better for today's needs. We spent years researching curricular innovations at American universities, piloting courses and working collaboratively to develop the YC Core. You can find out the whole story in this article from The Commentator.
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Today's Asian session has seen very light trade since China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Singapore markets are all closed due to Chinese New Year and Japanese Founding Day holidays. The ASX 200 has traded in minor positive territory, boosted by the utilities and the telecommunications sectors. JB-HiFi is the leader of the index with gains of around 15% after the Co. stated January total sales grew 11.7% and that the FY outlook is better than forecasts.
The FX markets have traded thinly amid the lack of market moving news flows and the lack of market participants. However, there has been JPY strength with USD/JPY dipping below 92.40 and we have also seen minor EUR strength with EUR/USD moving marginally higher after spending the opening at the lows.
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An understanding of the molecular mechanisms which confer an aptitude for colonization, invasiveness, and reorientation of the physiology of a host constitutes a challenge of major importance, from academic, medical and agronomic points of view: these studies serve to guide the conception of new strategies for fighting pathogenic organisms.
The genus Flavobacterium includes a large diversity of species, principally isolated from aquatic environments. These species include notably three which are pathogenic for fish: F. psychrophilum, F. columnare and F. branchiophilum. The genome of the JIP 02/86 strain of the bacterium F. psychrophilum which is pathogenic for the salmonides has been already sequenced and analyzed (Duchaud E.)
Whereas F. columnare and F. psychrophilum are sometimes capable of causing branchial lesions in several species of fish, a third species, F. branchiophilum, is mainly responsible for gill disease (Kimura et al., and Wakabayashi H. et al.), a pathology which primarily affects salmonides. Since the first description of this bacterium in Japan, F. branchiophilum has been detected in numerous regions in which salmoniculture is practiced (USA, Hungary, Canada, Korea).
In contrast to F. psychrophilum and F. columnare, F. branchiophilum is considered to be a non-invasive bacterium. The branchial tropism is probably linked to proteolytic and hemagglutinating activities of extracellular products as well as to the adherence capacities of the bacterium, which affects the respiratory capacity of the colonized hosts (Wakabayashi, H., and Iwado, T.).


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Well, I really like to relax all the time so on the weekends of course I prefer relaxation. So usually I just wake up really late and make something nice for lunch and, you know, just drink tea or eat cookies and maybe just call some friends and ask them like to come to my house and I invite them something to eat and just chat, you know, like what did we do on the week and what's going on and stuff. So, yeah, I like, I really like to relax and, you know, have a good time with friends on the weekends.
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Planting trees around animal feeding areas could help break up odor plumes and make for better neighbor relationships, according to an Amarillo forester.
From 1978 to 1992, the number of cattle, dairy and swine operations doubled, and with the boom has been an increase in livestock odors. The odors impact people and their environments in surrounding communities, said Brian Scott with the Texas Forest Service in Amarillo.
Scott said research shows serious social ramifications can be associated with livestock odors: mental and physical health concerns for both humans and animals; decreased real estate values; negative effects on tourism and recreation; and stressed relationships between families, neighbors and entire communities.
Shelterbelts, several rows of systematically planted trees and shrubs, have the potential to be an effective and inexpensive odor control device that will intercept and disrupt odor plumes and aerosols associated with livestock operations, he said.
The trees should be placed around the storage lagoon area and strategically throughout the farm. It depends on the facility and where the waste storage is and where the outlet for ventilations is on the barns, Scott said.
Other questions that need to be asked in designing a system include where the prevailing winds come from, field land application plans, space and confinement of hogs and public perception.
"A lot of times if you can plant a nice looking shelterbelt in front of the facility ... you know the perception is if you can't see it maybe it doesn't smell as bad," Scott said.
"Properly designed and managed shelterbelts reduce odors, livestock weight loss and mortality, thus increasing positive public perception, quality and profit, respectively. It's a win-win situation," Scott said.
He recommends planting multi-row shelterbelts consisting of evergreens, hardwood trees and shrubs for several reasons.
Dense, multi-row shelterbelts lower wind speeds over storage lagoons and waste areas, allowing for slower release of the odor plume, facilitating dilution.
They also reduce downwind odorous lagoon emissions by 26 percent to 92 percent, according to researchers. The trees can reduce downwind transport of odor particulates (dust and aerosols) by 35 percent to 56 percent.
A single row may work for a period, but a multiple row planting, properly planned, can serve for a lifetime, Scott said.
To ensure maximum interception and dispersion of odor, a three- to six-row shelterbelt is recommended consisting of a minimum of two evergreen rows for year-round mitigation, low-growing shrubs and hardwood trees, he said.
Seedlings to establish shelterbelts are produced regionally by the Texas Forest Service West Texas Nursery in Lubbock.
Evergreens are sold in boxes of 30 and the hardwoods in bundles of 100. They are available for order through the West Texas Nursery or local Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Seedlings ordered this fall will be shipped or delivered in the spring.
Scott encourages operators to order soon before preferred stock is sold out.
For more information regarding livestock odor mitigation, contact the Texas Forest Service at 353-8952.
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"I don't treat this like a concert," Michael Buble said tonight to a full house in Value City Arena. "It's more like a first date. I start nice and slow, because I know some of you haven't seen me before." As first dates go, this one was pretty great.
To the strains of Rhapsody in Blue, Buble emerged from behind a curtain and a flame shot out as he sang Fever, working the entire stage from the outset in his biggest production.
Speaking of the stage, it was pretty cool. The outlines of it were lighted, and his band's risers could move forward and back. There was also a row of what could be described as planks. Sometimes Buble slid down them, other times they lifted up behind the band and danced to the music, reflecting video and lights.
But Buble, 38, was the main attraction. His smooth voice, casual yet well-crafted stage presence, his dance moves and sense of humor carried the day. He looked dapper in his tuxedo, and he did no costume changes or removed a stitch of clothing.
Buble's two biggest hits and soon-to-be modern-day classics, Haven't Met You Yet and It's a Beautiful Day, bookended his 90-minute set (not counting encores, which included Cry Me a River), and both felt right. In between, he sang a few originals and mined the Great American Songbook.
He said he loved great singers for their strong personalities, their vulnerability, and their hopeless romanticism. Buble put all of those traits into standards such as Try a Little Tenderness, You Make Me Feel So Young, That's All, Come Dance with Me and I've Got the World on a String and his own Everything.
Buble also covered two Van Morrison songs — Crazy Love and Moondance — and said he hoped one day to work with the rock singer.
Among the cool things about the show was how Buble introduced his band. First, he gave his horn section the ESPN treatment, with the musician's picture, name, hometown, school and "date drafted" projected on a video screen, all part of "Team Buble." The eight men were introduced by Buble in a very risque way.
"Malcolm Gladwell said that you need 10,000 of work to be great," Buble said. "These boys will show you what North American firepower is all about."
There also was an all-female string section that joined in on a couple of ballads, including Close Your Eyes and Home.
After that, Buble moved through the audience to a rear stage to join the amazing a cappella opening act Naturally 7 for rousing renditions of Get Lucky, Who's Loving You, Ain't Too Proud to Beg, To Love Somebody and All You Need is Love, which segued into Burning Love.


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Denmark: not as green as you thought
Denmark, which hosts the UN climate change conference next week, is often seen as one of the most environmentally friendly countries in the world. This reputation is mostly undeserved, but Denmark is doing its best to catch up.
Pay a visit to Jens Lyhne's home in Hurup Thy, in the northwest of Denmark, and you get an idea why this country has such a great reputation when it comes to fighting climate change. Lyhne's living room and kitchen are heated by two wood-stoves. A solar boiler heats the water, and his roof is covered with solar panels. A windmill slowly turns in his yard.
Lyhne, an anaesthetist and the head of the ICU at a large hospital, generates all his own energy, and it's all green. "I'm a bit of nerd when it comes to energy," Lyhne admits over a Danish lunch of herring, pâté, head cheese and beer.
Dirtier than the Dutch
But despite Denmark's reputation as an environmentally conscious country, very few Danes are like Lyhne. In fact, Danes are bigger polluters than the Dutch. In 2006, the average Dane was good for a yearly carbon dioxide equivalent emission of 13 tons, while the average Dutch-person only emitted 12.7 tons, according to figures from the European Environmental Agency in Copenhagen.
So why does Denmark have such a 'green' reputation? Morten Møller of the
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It is true that the windmills have considerably reduced Denmark's greenhouse gas emissions, but increased road traffic has already undone the difference. The number of pigs held in Denmark has also increased, and pig excrement contains methane, which is 20 times more damaging to the environment than carbon dioxide.
It is not what Denmark wants the participants to the 15th UN climate
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"We certainly have our strong points," says Peter Rørmose Jensen of the Danish statistics agency, "but statistics can prove anything you like."
Shipping not counted
Together with three colleagues Jensen took a closer look at Denmark's greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2007. They found that, if you play by the Kyoto rules, Denmark's yearly emissions have indeed remained stable at 70 million tons carbon dioxide equivalent.
But under the Kyoto rules emissions from shipping and air traffic are not counted. And Denmark has a huge shipping industry: it is the largest container transporter in the world. If you count shipping, add an extra 47 million tons to Denmark's yearly emissions.
On the other hand, Denmark has almost no heavy industry: one big cement plant and one oil refinery, that's it. By comparison, the Rotterdam port area alone is full of chemical plants, oil refineries and coal-fired power plants. So it is true that Denmark emits few greenhouse gases in absolute terms, says Jensen. The Netherlands emits three times more. But the Dutch population is also more than three times bigger than Denmark's. Measured per capita, and including the shipping industry, the Danish picture starts to look a lot less rosy.
Denmark has more marks against it. If it is true that Denmark's emissions have remained stable for decades, the country is a long way removed from meeting its commitments under the Kyoto agreement. Denmark is supposed to reduce emissions from 70 to 55 million tons in the 2008-2012 period, a 20 percent reduction compared to the reference year 1990.
It is already clear that it will never meet this target: in 2008 it emitted 64 million tons. That's why Denmark, like the Netherlands, has invested heavily in green technology projects in developing countries and in Eastern Europe. These so-called carbon credits count towards a country's own targets under the Kyoto treaty. Denmark has invested 160 million euros so far, but that only gets it 3.2 million tons worth of credits, leaving it still far removed from its Kyoto target.
Catching heat
There is one field in which Denmark does lead, says Preben Maegaard, director of the Nordic Folkecenter, a research institute for sustainable energy in Hurup Thy, and that's electricity. Not so much because of all those windmills, but because of Denmark's dedication to 'cogeneration' or 'combined heat and power' (CHP). Most countries only use power plants to generate electricity; the heat generated in the process simply disappears into thin air.
Denmark uses the heat to heat water, which is then delivered directly to - at present - 1.5 million homes through pipelines. CHP-equipped power plants are also more efficient and release 30 to 40 percent less carbon dioxide. There are 670 CHP-equipped power plants in Denmark today, and they generate 80 percent of all heat in Denmark, and half of all electricity.
"This is the real power of Denmark," says Maegaard. It is also the reason why Denmark has kept its emissions stable instead of seeing them rise. But, adds Møller, Denmark's choice for CHP was never out of concern for the environment. It was a result of the 1973 oil crisis, when Denmark needed to find an alternative for its 90 percent dependency on imported oil. "The climate didn't enter the picture until much later," says Møller.
The Danish government is aware that a lot more needs to be done to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Ambitious measures have been taken. Starting next year new homes or offices will be allowed to consume only 75 percent of the energy that is the norm today, only half in 2015, and only a quarter in 2020. That is much more ambitious than the European Commission's new energy rules, which are still in the making, but will probably demand only a 20 to 30 percent reduction by 2020.
The question is if the Danish public is ready for such a big change. "I think many people are still on the fence," says Møller. "They think: how does this concern me? Maybe the sea level will rise, but that's only a problem for countries like Bangladesh." Human behaviour patterns, he says, are very hard to change.
The Danish government seems to think so too, given the extent of the preparations it is making for an increase in storms, wetter winters and autumns, drier summers, and a rising sea level. In some places along the coast homes are already being built on stilts. There is a plan to modernise dykes and raise them where necessary.
In Hurup Thy, Jens Lyhne shows off his barn, where he stacks the wood for his stoves, and his Volkswagen Lupo, one the most economic cars in the world. If people are willing, he says, there is no telling how far we can go. "But as long as people can fly to the Bahamas on a whim they will."
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