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Weeds: Always hard to say goodbye
On Thursday, September 5, at 2 a.m. Eileen Ruff passed away at Sleepy Eye Hospital. Eileen was my mother-in-law, and she was the last grandparent my children had.
Of course, it has been difficult for Pam. There is no easy way to lose a parent. These are the two people who give us life; then they write the early chapters of our story. There is a unique emptiness when they pass from this Earth.
Eileen had health problems for a while. But when she went into the hospital in August, it was with the thought that she would return to her apartment. Things turned worse. On Tuesday I was in the Cities helping daughter Abby move into a house for college. Around noon, Pam called. She was crying. Her mom had gone into a critical state that would likely lead to death.
Later that day, I got back to town, and went straight to the hospital. Pam and her sister were briefly away. When I opened the door to the room, it was a surprise to see Eileen sitting up and smiling at me. We had a few minutes to talk before a nurse came in. Even though I've talked to Eileen thousands of times, that short visit is one I'll remember.
Family was called, and in the next couple days, most of them were able to see her. Her ability to talk slipped away, but there were hand squeezes that spoke wordlessly. There is no script for this. But as I observed it, her final hours were filled with love as best we flawed and imperfect creatures can do.
Many friends have lost parents in recent years. That is the stage of life we are at. Often with elderly parents there is time to say goodbye, but not always. In the final days and hours, things can happen quickly and beyond our control. Most of us would choose to have those last visits with our mom and dad, only we don't get to choose. Looking back I experienced both ways.
My father, Sylvester, was still running tractor at the age of 88. Then in the fall of 1996 he fell and suffered a neck injury. After a stay at North Memorial Hospital, he was never quite the same. He settled into a less active life, but we still talked everyday.
A couple years later, in late November, a cold turned into a flu turned into pneumonia. In a day that is still a massive blur, Dad was taken by ambulance to Abbot Northwestern. By the time I got to Minneapolis, he was on a ventilator, never to be conscious again. By that evening he was dead.
No final words, no chance to tie up loose ends. No chance to say, "I love you," to the man I should have said it to decades before. Gone. Like a door slamming.
I was 42, and it had never really occurred to me that a parent would die someday. I knew it in my head, but didn't know it inside me. All that winter and into the spring work, I remember thinking I should tell Dad this or I should ask him that. Then I would catch myself, stop short, and realize I wasn't going to do any of those.
After his death, my mother, Alyce was back in their home. Soon after Christmas, she started to feel ill for stretches. We in the family assumed that grieving was contributing to that. It got worse, and by March, it became clear that it was more than mourning. Exploratory surgery led to the discovery of pancreatic cancer.
She was dying. Dr. Papierniak told us that it was possible that the cancer had been in her for years, latent. He said it was possible that the stress of her husband's death could have triggered it to grow. So, in a way, she was dying of a "grief."
Alyce was too weak to return to her home. There was an opening at Divine Providence Community Home, and that is where she went for the life she had left. So here I had a parent dying in months instead of hours. And now I knew in my insides that a parent could die. As hurried and blurred as my father's death was, my mother's was a long slow slide.
It may sound odd, but I look fondly back on my mom's final months. Divine Providence was a beautiful place for her to be. Staff was great, but beyond that the sisters would come in and pray with her. My mom had always turned to the rosary, so that was perfect.
I visited most days. Daughter Anna was a senior, and it was touching when she stopped to see her grandma in her prom dress. Abby was 8 and Ezra was 3. Blissfully young, they bounced all over Divine Providence making the rounds from the fish tank to the bird hutch to the patients' rooms. The staff was glad for their youthfulness, and they had the run of the place. It was not lost on me that the generations on both sides of me were sharing these days.
My mom never talked about dying. It wasn't denial. She knew that we knew, and we knew that she knew. There just didn't seem much reason to bring it up. Somewhere I have a notebook that I kept to write down stories she shared. I asked all the questions that I didn't get to ask my dad.
Finally it came down to Alyce's last few days, and her children took turn keeping vigils. On Friday night I was there, two days before her death on May 30. That was the last time she spoke to me. It was then that she uttered my nomination for the greatest last words ever spoken. The nurses had been bringing her juice often as she couldn't eat any more. My mom could be feisty, and about midnight she woke, looked over at me, and said, "Randy, let's get a case of juice and get the hell out of here."
Dylan Thomas wrote the famous poem, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." It was for his dying father, exhorting him to cling to life, to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." Maybe get a case of juice, too.


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Germany's Angle
The Jutland Peninsula–which Germany and Denmark share and which separates the North Sea from the Baltic–includes a region that was once the independent kingdom of Angle. This is where the English language originated and the Danish Vikings headquartered. On top of its colorful past, however, Angle has an enjoyable present. There are abundant opportunities for recreation as well as a selection of five-star spa-resorts. And in June of each year you'll find the world's largest gathering of yachtsmen engaged in one of Europe's largest festivals.
The time will come–after the Jagel military airfield has been modified to handle civil traffic–when you'll be able to land your private jet right in the heart of Angle. For now, your best bet is to fly to Hamburg or Lübeck, each about 80 miles south. Another option is to book a flight to the island of Sylt on the peninsula's North Sea coast, itself the home of five-star resorts that are popular with Germany's elite.
We arrived in Angeln (as the area encompassing the former kingdom is known in German) in late morning. After looking through the replica village of Hedeby, the largest and most important trading city in the Viking era, we visited its on-site museum and a larger museum across the bay in Schleswig. Both are indeed interesting. But even for those of us who relish this sort of thing, curiosity is fairly well sated after a few hours of rune stones, burial relics and bog bodies.
At lunchtime we opted for a place nearby the Hedeby historical site, the Altes Fährhaus (Old Ferry House) in Fahrdorf. Its specialty, naturally, is seafood. The location offers excellent views across the Schlei [an inlet of theBaltic Sea] and both indoor and terrace dining. While the variety of seafood on the menu might not impress someone from the coastal regions of the U.S., especially with regard to shellfish, there's definitely more here than you'll find in inland Germany. Our choice was a mixed-seafood plate, and the freshness and preparation were excellent. Aside from some small shrimp, the Baltic catch includes cod, turbot, flounder and other whitefish.
There are lots of ongoing archeological digs in the area around Hedeby, including those along the Danewirk portage route from Hedeby to Hollingstedt. Desiring to stretch our legs a bit, we walked along that ancient rampart, following steps the Vikings took a dozen centuries ago. Archeology aside, it's an enjoyable hike through bucolic countryside (although a serious hiker might call it more of a stroll). The path leads eventually to the place where the Vikings boarded longboats for trips downriver to the North Sea. Along the way there's a noticeable change in landscape, the gently rolling terrain of Angle giving way to the flat marshy lowlands of North Friesland.
With the kinks of a long air trip well walked out, we opted for a tour of the region by car. The root word of "Angle" and "English" is said to be eng, meaning "narrow" and probably referring to the long Schlei inlet that runs from the city of Schleswig out to the Baltic. Driving east along the shores of the Schlei, we passed through coastal villages in the traditional homeland of the Angles. The Schilf reeds that grow abundantly around the shores of the Schlei are used in making thatched roofs, which are to be seen more in this area than in other parts of Germany, giving the place a storybook ambiance.
As you might expect from an area surrounded by water, sailing on the Schlei and the Baltic is a popular local pastime. Bare-boat and crewed charters are widely available, including larger craft capable of cruising comfortably and dining sumptuously. Some classic tall ships based in the harbor at Eckernfoerde are offered for charter with talented chefs and comfortable accommodations.
One fine example is the Dutch-flagged Pedro Doncker, a 112-foot triple-masted barquentine with a steel hull and superstructure and a wood deck. Owned and operated by Amsterdam-based Reederij Vlaun/V&S Charters, she travels to ports on the German, Danish and Swedish coasts. Nine countries have frontage on the Baltic, making for a fascinating mix of cultural possibilities, if you have time for extended cruising. The yachts sail by some superb Baltic scenery including the white chalk cliffs of the island of Rügen.
Nearby to Angle, the port city of Kiel hosts the annual Kieler Woche, the world's largest sailing event, with 5,000 yachting enthusiasts from 50 countries in 2,000 vessels participating in 40 events. In fact, Kieler Woche is the largest annual festival of any kind in Germany, drawing even more people than Munich's Oktoberfest. There are multiple stages for folk singers and dancers; rock, pop and classical musical performances; plus clowns, acrobats, jugglers and magicians. It all takes place over nine days from a Saturday to a Sunday in mid-June. For 2012, the start date is June 16. If you wish to participate in Kieler Woche sea events on a chartered yacht, you'd be wise to book early.
Angle and the surrounding area are rich in five-star seaside spa-hotels. The traditional northern boundary of Angle is the Flensburg Fjord, and a couple of the better lodging options are there. Flensburg is about an hour's drive northwest of Kiel (although it is closer than that to Hedeby). An hour's drive in the opposite direction from Kiel brings you to Timmendorfer Strand, location of several five-star resorts and a favorite destination of Germany's political, social and industrial elite.
Angle is a place that would hold some historical fascination for any English speaker. Even without that aspect, it's a great place to get away from it all–relaxing in a thatched-roof, storybook cottage or sailing on a classic tall ship in the Baltic. For those who prefer to be in the middle of activity, consider planning your visit for mid-June to coincide with Kieler Woche.
History Lesson
The Angles were a tough bunch of fighters. In the fifth century, this tribe, known as Angeln in German, migrated en masse to Britain along with some of their Saxon neighbors. The Anglo-Saxons, as they came to be called, had been invited by a warlord (probably Vortigern) to help defend the region that eventually came to be named after them: England.
Their mass exodus left a vacuum that Danes eventually filled. Unlike the Angles, the Danish Vikings prized Angle's location primarily for its strategic nautical value. From their market town of Hedeby, largest of all Viking settlements, they had only to sail their longboats eastward out the length of the Schlei inlet to the Baltic or, after a relatively short portage, westward down the river Treene to the North Sea.
During the Viking Age, the Danes conquered and occupied a huge swath of eastern Britain. What made this territory, the Danelaw, unique was that it was governed by and named for a set of laws rather than the decrees of a particular ruler. This is thought to be the origin of the concept of "a nation of laws" and the laws themselves evolved into the basics of British and American law.
Considering the Angles and later the Danes, it is fair to say that the ancient inhabitants of this little patch of land contributed almost as much to our language, laws and culture as the peoples of Athens, Rome and Jerusalem.
Traveler Fast Facts
WHAT IT IS: A small peninsula in northern Germany that was originally the Kingdom of Angle. On the east it has beaches on the Bay of Kiel in the Baltic Sea.
AMBIANCE: Quaint fishing villages with thatch-roofed cottages dot the landscape and there is everywhere a strong awareness of the sea. To own a sailboat is as common as having a second car. Traditional tall ships and other large sailing yachts dominate the bays.
WHERE TO STAY: In Flensburg, the Alter Meierhof Vitalhotel (Uferstrasse 1, 24960 Glücksburg; +49 4631 6199-0; email@example.com) offers rooms and suites in the $900-per-night range and features sailing, golf, fitness facilities and health and beauty treatments. Nearby is the Strandhotel Glücksburg (Kirstenstrasse 6, 24960 Glücksburg; +49 (0) 4631 6141 0; email@example.com). Housed in an elegant example of classic architecture beside a beach, it boasts spa facilities; spacious rooms and suites; and a restaurant that has been a favorite of gourmets for decades. In Timmendorfer Strand, consider Grand Hotel Seeschlösschen Spa and Golf Resort (Strandallee 141, 23669 Timmendorfer Strand; +49 (0)4503/601-334; firstname.lastname@example.com), where you'll find four restaurants and a sea-facing penthouse suite runs around $1,000 a night.
SAILING: Reederij Vlaun/V&S Charters (www.vscharters.com) offers crewed tall ship cruises in the $8,000-to-$14,000-per-week range for full charter with individual accommodations in the $1,500-per-week range. Happy Charter (www.happycharter.com/en) is a portal site for bareboat and crewed yachts with links to partner sites. Rentabo (www.rentabo.com/home.html) provides an intermediary with online booking of bareboat and crewed yachts. Private Charter Ostsee (www.pc-ostsee.de/Bareboat-Yacht-charter-Baltic-Sea) offers bareboat charters only. Note that you'll need a sailing license to contract a bareboat charter. A license from your home country is OK, but an International Certificate of Competence is recommended.
Traveler Report Card
You'll likely want to raise this grade to an A if you stay at one of the five-star resorts on the shore of the Flensburger Foerde or at Timmendorfer Strand. Also interesting are four-star hotels in Eckernfoerde, Maasholm and Kiel, located on the waterfront with access to charter yachts and beaches. If you're willing to forgo a couple of stars in favor of charm and solitude, consider the thatch-roofed inns and vacation houses in some of the more remote locations that look as if they came right out of fairy tales.
That grade is for those who have a palate for seafood; otherwise a solid B applies. Note that Germans aren't big consumers of shellfish, so you shouldn't expect lobster and such, although you'll find local fresh
shrimp on some menus.
If you're interested in yachting, golf, windsurfing, tennis, swimming or Nordic walking, you won't be disappointed here. Yachting can mean anything from sport sailing to luxury cruising. Across on the western side of the Jutland peninsula, the resort island of Sylt offers five-star resort hotels and beaches on the North Sea with swimming and surfing (albeit on waves a Hawaiian might consider mere ripples).
Except for the cities of Flensburg, Schleswig and Eckernfoerde, this is an exceptionally quiet region. And even those cities are quite laid back when you compare them with Hamburg, Berlin or Munich. Around the Baltic shore are numerous sandy beaches. Some will be lightly populated; others, though easily accessible by car, will be virtually empty. Depending on your choice of lodging, it's possible to get away from it all quite successfully in this region.
Sailig with a crewed boatis nice , but sailing yourself is an adveture from the moment of chartering the boat on. There are numerous chartercompanies offering bareboat charter yachts in the baltic sea, both in scandinavia and from german destinations some in Sweden. new ones in Livania www.charterpartner.com
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Subject areas: Phonology, Semantics, Morphology, Syntax, Pragmatics,
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It is uncontroversial that language has both a sound and a meaning
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Michele Van Kleef
Michele just finished recording her second record with Lazy Bones Recordings. This is her debut solo record: After All, featuring Tony Levin (incredible bass player of Peter Gabriel) and Nate Query (incredible bass player of The Decemberists and former Calobo bandmate)! Her music is based in storytelling with memorable melodies and sung with haunting vocals.
Michele got her start in the music industry as singer in the very successful, NW-based Indie band Calobo. They toured the country for over 6 years and shared the stage with Sara McLachlan, the Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco and Jethro Tull. In Portland they played Portland Meadows, The Roseland Theater, La Luna and became regular sell-outs at The Crystal Ballroom. Across the country they played Wetlands in NYC, House of Blues in Chicago, the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, The Showbox and the Moore Theater in Seattle, and the epic music festival, Bumbershoot on the Stadium Stage in Seattle. When all was said and done, Calobo released 5 full-length records, the final being recorded Live at the Crystal Ballroom in our hometown of Portland, OR.
After Calobo, Michele joined Lazy Bones Recordings act Mackabella in Seattle. They released the self-titled album Mackabella and many of these songs were placed in the TV/Film industry. "Willing" has had the most placements: a movie trailer for the Johnny Cash story "Walk the Line", and spoof of the same film, "Walk Hard", among many others. Other Mackabella song placements include VH1, Fox, NBC, T-Mobile, 90210, Lifetime, MTV,South of Nowhere, and Roswell.


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This is one of my favorite fish oils. Even if I do burp after consuming this with a meal, it smells of seaweed, not fish. Both EPA and DHA are derivatives of Omega3 fatty acid. DHA is popularly used to support brain health. EPA, being higher in the metabolic pathway is capable of converting to DHA and/or to the beneficial eicosanoids PG-3 prostaglandins and LT-5 Leukotrienes. Thus this EPA:DHA 2:1 ratio is beneficial for heart, lung, joints, eye, and brain health.
More alert
Posted by QuirkyMissy on Aug 09, 2012
My husband and I have been taking this for 3 months now (but stopped because the recent iHerb purchase has not arrive after 3rd weeks and we are out of it), and there has been noticeable improvement in mind alertness. We run our own businesses, and tend to overwork ourselves out. Ever since we start to take this RxOmega-3 Factors, EPA/DHA, we find ourselves able to focus better despite multi-tasking. Not sure if it helps with other areas, but we are continuing to take this.
great ratios of DHA/EPA and great price
Posted by Reviewer3355100 on Feb 10, 2007
This has the best ratios and highest amounts of DHA/EPA I've seen. When you buy it in the 240 softgel bulk package it's a great price too!
very good
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It keeps my bowel movement regularly.


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Tampa Bay Bucs Report: Thursday, Sept. 19
So far, so good when it comes to guard Carl Nicks and that could mean the Bucs would have their dream lineup for the first time on Sunday. Nicks, who is recovering from MRSA on his foot, practiced for the second straight day on Thursday, lending most to believe he will not only play but will start on Sunday against the New England Patriots. First, however, Nicks has to get through the final two days of practice without any setbacks.… Read More »


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Depending on who you ask, crushing the blacks in your color grade can be a good or bad stylistic choice. In principle, it is used to make images "pop" more, as the dark parts, which usually retain some elements of light and shading, are "crushed" off the spectrum for complete darkness — thus drawing your eye's attention to the parts of the image with more information.
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David Haye v Nikolay Valuev
Venue: Nuremberg Arena Date: Saturday, 7 November 2009 (Fight expected to begin about 2130 GMT) Coverage: Sky Box Office from 2000 GMT, coverage on BBC Sport website
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David Haye
Haye, 29, has 22 wins from 23 professional fights
David Haye will aim to knock out Nikolay Valuev when they meet for the Russian's WBA heavyweight crown on Saturday, says the Briton's trainer.
Valuev has never been floored in 51 fights and the popular view is that Haye, who stands 6ft 3in, should rely on his speed against the 7ft champion.
But Adam Booth believes his charge has the power to cause some damage.
"David always looks to try to knock someone out. This is going to be no different," said Booth.
Lennox Lewis, Britain's last world heavyweight champion, has advised Haye to use his speed against Valuev, as have Ruslan Chagaev, the only man to beat Valuev, and Evander Holyfield, who came close to defeating Valuev last year.
But Booth claims the 36-year-old Valuev is not as slow as many believe, adding that for all Haye's pre-fight bluster, their camp is far from complacent.
"We're not underestimating Valuev," he said. "There's an easy, obvious statement to make about Valuev that he's big so he's slow.
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"Although he's even admitted himself he is still learning to box, he's only got to be a certain percentage of what other fighters have to be because he's got those attributes of his height and his weight to carry him along.
"So we have to look at what he does best, not what he does worst, and then have the answers for that.
"It's an obvious thing to say it is the biggest challenge of [Haye's] career because he [Valuev] is the biggest guy and it's the world heavyweight championship.
"But as a trainer, the Jean-Marc Mormeck [world cruiserweight title] fight was a big challenge because Mormeck's style was wrong for David so he had to adapt and do different things.
"I don't necessarily think Valuev's style is wrong for David. He's always thrived on taller and bigger opponents and ever since he was young he has always sparred with people heavier than himself."


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Region: Africa
On Slopes of Kilimanjaro, Shift
In Climate Hits Coffee Harvest
Rising temperatures and changing precipitation are taking a toll on coffee farms worldwide, including the plantations around Mount Kilimanjaro. If the world hopes to sustain its two billion cup-a-day habit, scientists say, new climate-resilient species of coffee must be developed.
A Drive to Save Saharan Oases
As Climate Change Takes a Toll
From Morocco to Libya, the desert oases of the Sahara's Maghreb region are disappearing as temperatures rise and rainfall decreases. Facing daunting odds, local residents are employing traditional water conservation techniques to try to save these ancient ecosystems.
How Tracking Product Sources
May Help Save World's Forests
Global businesses are increasingly pledging to obtain key commodities only from sources that do not contribute to deforestation. Now, nonprofit groups are deploying data tools that help hold these companies to their promises by tracing the origins of everything from soy to timber to beef.
How Forensics Are Boosting
Battle Against Wildlife Trade
From rapid genetic analysis to spectrography, high-tech tools are being used to track down and prosecute perpetrators of the illegal wildlife trade. The new advances in forensics offer promise in stopping the trafficking in endangered species.
African Wetlands Project: A Win
For the Climate and the People?
In Senegal and other developing countries, multinational companies are investing in programs to restore mangrove forests and other wetlands that sequester carbon. But critics say these initiatives should not focus on global climate goals at the expense of the local people's livelihoods.
The Methane Riddle: What Is
Causing the Rise in Emissions?
The cause of the rapid increase in methane emissions since 2007 has puzzled scientists. But new research finds some surprising culprits in the methane surge and shows that fossil-fuel sources have played a much larger role over time than previously estimated.
High Stakes on the High Seas:
A Call for International Reserves
Marine protected areas in national waters have proven successful in helping depleted fish stocks to recover. Now, there is growing momentum for the creation of extensive reserves on the high seas as a way of reversing decades of rampant overfishing.
Wildlife Farming: Does It Help
Or Hurt Threatened Species?
Wildlife farming is being touted as a way to protect endangered species while providing food and boosting incomes in rural areas. But some conservation scientists argue that such practices fail to benefit beleaguered wildlife.
Vanishing Act: What's Causing Sharp
Decline in Insects and Why It Matters
Insect populations are declining dramatically in many parts of the world, recent studies show. Researchers say various factors, from monoculture farming to habitat loss, are to blame for the plight of insects, which are essential to agriculture and ecosystems.
Floating Solar: A Win-Win for
Drought-Stricken Lakes in U.S.
Floating solar panel arrays are increasingly being deployed in places as diverse as Brazil and Japan. One prime spot for these "floatovoltaic" projects could be the sunbaked U.S. Southwest, where they could produce clean energy and prevent evaporation in major man-made reservoirs.
What Would a Global Warming
Increase of 1.5 Degrees Be Like?
The Paris climate conference set the ambitious goal of finding ways to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, rather than the previous threshold of 2 degrees. But what would be the difference between a 1.5 and 2 degree world? And how realistic is such a target?
Why CO2 'Air Capture' Could Be
Key to Slowing Global Warming
Physicist Klaus Lackner has long advocated deploying devices that extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to combat climate change. Now, as emissions keep soaring, Lackner says in a Yale Environment 360 interview that such "air capture" approaches may be our last best hope.
After Paris, A Move to Rein In
Emissions by Ships and Planes
As the world moves to slash CO2 emissions, the shipping and aviation sectors have managed to remain on the sidelines. But the pressure is now on these two major polluting industries to start controlling their emissions at last.
As Drought Grips South Africa,
A Conflict Over Water and Coal
Facing one of the worst droughts in memory, South Africa's leaders have doubled down on their support of the water-intensive coal industry. But clean energy advocates say the smartest move would be to back the country's burgeoning wind and solar power sectors.
How Rising CO2 Levels May
Contribute to Die-Off of Bees
As they investigate the factors behind the decline of bee populations, scientists are now eyeing a new culprit — soaring levels of carbon dioxide, which alter plant physiology and significantly reduce protein in important sources of pollen.
How Nations Are Chipping
Away at Their Protected Lands
Winning protected status for key natural areas and habitat has long been seen as the gold standard of conservation. But these gains are increasingly being compromised as governments redraw park boundaries to accommodate mining, logging, and other development.
Climate Change Adds Urgency
To Push to Save World's Seeds
In the face of rising temperatures and worsening drought, the world's repositories of agricultural seeds may hold the key to growing food under increasingly harsh conditions. But keeping these gene banks safe and viable is a complicated and expensive challenge.
Can We Reduce CO2 Emissions
And Grow the Global Economy?
Surprising new statistics show that the world economy is expanding while global carbon emissions remain at the same level. Is it possible that the elusive "decoupling" of emissions and economic growth could be happening?
How Satellites and Big Data
Can Help to Save the Oceans
With new marine protected areas and an emerging U.N. treaty, global ocean conservation efforts are on the verge of a major advance. But to enforce these ambitious initiatives, new satellite-based technologies and newly available online data must be harnessed.
For James Hansen, the Science
Demands Activism on Climate
Climate scientist James Hansen has crossed the classic divide between research and activism. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he responds to critics and explains why he believes the reality of climate change requires him to speak out.
How Ocean Noise Pollution
Wreaks Havoc on Marine Life
Marine scientist Christopher Clark has spent his career listening in on what he calls "the song of life" in the world's oceans. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he explains how these marine habitats are under assault from extreme—but preventable—noise pollution.
Is Climate Change Putting
World's Microbiomes at Risk?
Researchers are only beginning to understand the complexities of the microbes in the earth's soil and the role they play in fostering healthy ecosystems. Now, climate change is threatening to disrupt these microbes and the key functions they provide.
As Electric Cars Stall, A Move
To Greener Trucks and Buses
Low gasoline prices and continuing performance issues have slowed the growth of electric car sales. But that has not stymied progress in electrifying larger vehicles, including garbage trucks, city buses, and medium-sized trucks used by freight giants like FedEx.
New Green Challenge: How to
Grow More Food on Less Land
If the world is to have another Green Revolution to feed its soaring population, it must be far more sustainable than the first one. That means finding ways to boost yields with less fertilizer and rethinking the way food is distributed.
The Carbon Counters: Tracking
Emissions in a Post-Paris World
In the wake of the Paris climate agreement, developing countries find themselves in need of analysts capable of monitoring their emissions. It's a complex task, but organizations are stepping in with online courses to train these new green accountants.
Can Data-Driven Agriculture
Help Feed a Hungry World?
Agribusinesses are increasingly using computer databases to enable farmers to grow crops more efficiently and with less environmental impact. Experts hope this data, detailing everything from water use to crop yields, can also help the developing world grow more food.
How 'Natural Geoengineering'
Can Help Slow Global Warming
An overlooked tool in fighting climate change is enhancing biodiversity to maximize the ability of ecosystems to store carbon. Key to that strategy is preserving top predators to control populations of herbivores, whose grazing reduces the amount of CO2 that ecosystems absorb.
The Haunting Legacy of
South Africa's Gold Mines
Thousands of abandoned gold mines are scattered across South Africa, polluting the water with toxics and filling the air with noxious dust. For the millions of people who live around these derelict sites, the health impacts can be severe.
E360 Special Report
African Lights: Solar Microgrids
Bring Power to Kenyan Villages
Small-scale microgrids are increasingly seen as the most promising way to bring electricity to the 1.3 billion people worldwide who currently lack it. In Kenya, an innovative solar company is using microgrids to deliver power to villages deep in the African bush.
An E360 Video Contest Award Winner
How One African Village Learned
The second runner-up in the Yale Environment 360 Video Contest tells the story of the residents of a forest village in central Mozambique who have helped create a tourist destination centered on an elephant population that once wreaked havoc in their community.
To Live with Its Wildlife and Prosper
A Grassroots Effort to Save
Africa's Most Endangered Ape
The Cross River gorilla population in equatorial Africa has been pushed to the brink of extinction. In a Yale Environment 360 interview, a Nigerian scientist working to save the gorillas describes how local villagers are vital to protecting these apes.
On the River Nile, a Move to
Avert a Conflict Over Water
Ethiopia's plans to build Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on the Nile have sparked tensions with Egypt, which depends on the river to irrigate its arid land. But after years of tensions, an international agreement to share the Nile's waters may be in sight.
In Kenya's Mountain Forests,
A New Path to Conservation
Kenya's high-elevation forests are the source for most of the water on which the drought-plagued nation depends. Now, after decades of government-abetted abuse of these regions, a new conservation strategy of working with local communities is showing signs of success.
Giving Local Women a Voice
In Grass-Roots Conservation
As "gender advisor" at Conservation International, Kame Westerman seeks to include local women's perspectives and priorities into the planning of projects in developing countries. This approach, she says, can be critical in determining whether a project succeeds or fails.
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Badru's Story: Early Warnings From
"Badru's Story," which documents the work of researchers in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, is the first-place winner of the Yale Environment 360 Video Contest. Filmmakers Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele trek along with scientist Badru Mugerwa and his team as they monitor the impact of climate change on one of Africa's most diverse forests and its extraordinary wildlife.
Inside an Impenetrable African Forest
Africa's Vultures Threatened
By An Assault on All Fronts
Vultures are being killed on an unprecedented scale across Africa, with the latest slaughter perpetrated by elephant poachers who poison the scavenging birds so they won't give away the location of their activities.
In a Troubled African Park,
A Battle Over Oil Exploration
Congo's Virunga National Park has long been known for its mountain gorillas and for the lawless militias that operate there. But the recent shooting of the park warden and plans to begin oil exploration in the park have sparked concern about the future of this iconic World Heritage Site.
The Future of Coal: An e360 Report
In South Africa, Renewables Vie
With the Political Power of Coal
Although coal has dominated the South African electricity sector for decades, the country's abundant solar and wind resources offer a promising renewable energy alternative. But entrenched political interests connected to the ruling party are fighting to expand coal's role in the national economy.
People or Parks: The Human
Factor in Protecting Wildlife
Recent studies in Asia and Australia found that community-managed areas can sometimes do better than traditional parks at preserving habitat and biodiversity. When it comes to conservation, maybe local people are not the problem, but the solution.
Poaching Pangolins: An Obscure
Creature Faces Uncertain Future
The pangolin does not make headlines the way elephants or rhinos do. But the survival of this uncharismatic, armor-plated animal is being threatened by a gruesome trade in its meat and its scales.
On a Remote Island, Lessons
In How Ecosystems Function
Transformed by British sailors in the 19th century, Ascension Island in the South Atlantic has a unique tropical forest consisting almost entirely of alien species. Scientists say that what has happened there challenges some basic assumptions about ecosystems and evolution.
The War on African Poaching:
Is Militarization Doomed to Fail?
African countries and private game reserves are engaging in an increasingly sophisticated arms race against poachers, yet the slaughter of elephants and rhinos continues. Some experts argue that the battle must be joined on a far wider front that targets demand in Asia and judicial dysfunction in Africa.
Our Overcrowded Planet:
A Failure of Family Planning
New UN projections forecast that world population will hit nearly 11 billion people by 2100, an unsettling prospect that reflects a collective failure to provide women around the world with safe, effective ways to avoid pregnancies they don't intend or want.
The Surprising Role of CO2 in
Changes on the African Savanna
Recent studies show that many of the world's savannas, including famed southern African landscapes, are experiencing significant change as rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere favor the growth of trees over grasslands.
Will Huge New Hydro Projects
Bring Power to Africa's People?
A giant new hydro project on the Congo River is only the latest in a rush of massive dams being built across Africa. Critics contend small-scale renewable energy projects would be a far more effective way of bringing power to the hundreds of millions of Africans still without electricity.
For Africa's Solar Sisters,
Off-Grid Electricity is Power
U.S. businesswoman Katherine Lucey is working with a network of women entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa to sell inexpensive, household solar energy systems. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Lucey explains how solar electricity can transform lives, particularly those of rural women and girls.
Long Outlawed in the West,
Lead Paint Sold in Poor Nations
A new study finds that household lead paint — banned for years in the U.S. and Europe because of its health effects on children — is commonly sold in the African nation of Cameroon. Is lead paint the latest case of Western companies selling unsafe products in developing countries?
The Scientist as Guardian:
A Tool for Protecting the Wild
An expanding body of evidence shows that the presence of field biologists and their assistants is playing an important part in deterring poaching, illegal logging, and other destructive activities in the world's parks and wildlife reserves.
Biodiversity in Logged Forests
Far Higher Than Once Believed
New research shows that scientists have significantly overestimated the damage that logging in tropical forests has done to biodiversity, a finding that could change the way conservationists think about how best to preserve species in areas disturbed by humans.
Photo Essay
To Catch a Rhino: Capturing
Six white rhinos were captured recently at a reserve in South Africa for eventual relocation to neighboring Botswana, which has lost its entire rhino population to poaching. E360 contributor Adam Welz joined the operation and produced a photo essay that documents the harrowing process.
Animals in Order to Save Them
The Perils and Rewards of
Protecting Congo's Gorillas
Virunga National Park, home to one of the last remaining populations of mountain gorillas, has witnessed years of war and civil strife. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, the park's warden describes the lethal threats faced by his rangers and the remarkable survival of the park's gorillas.
The Dirty War Against
Africa's Remaining Rhinos
The killing of rhinoceroses has escalated dramatically, especially in South Africa, which is home to 75 percent of the world's rhino population. The slaughter is being orchestrated by brazen, highly organized gangs that smuggle the rhinos' horns to black markets in China and Southeast Asia.
The Next Pandemic: Why
It Will Come from Wildlife
Experts believe the next deadly human pandemic will almost certainly be a virus that spills over from wildlife to humans. The reasons why have a lot to do with the frenetic pace with which we are destroying wild places and disrupting ecosystems.
Shining a Bright Light on
Africa's Elephant Slaughter
Fueled by a rising demand for ivory, the mass killing of African elephants has reached extraordinary levels. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, New York Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman discusses his in-depth investigation of the deadly ivory trade, which involves the U.S.-backed military forces of several African nations.
Beyond Big Dams: Turning to
Grass Roots Solutions on Water
Mega-dams and massive government-run irrigation projects are not the key to meeting world's water needs, a growing number of experts now say. For developing nations, the answer may lie in small-scale measures such as inexpensive water pumps and other readily available equipment.
In Ghana's Forests, Should
Chainsaw Loggers be Legalized?
The West African nation of Ghana prohibits small operators using chainsaws from logging its forests, but it permits the export of timber cut at large sawmills. Now, some analysts are questioning whether such laws simply benefit powerful business interests without helping local communities or the forest.
The Imperative of Thinking Big
In Global Conservation Efforts
In his 12 years as president of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Steven E. Sanderson oversaw major projects in Gabon, Chile, South Sudan, and elsewhere. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Sanderson explains why conservation groups need to better coordinate work across large, human-influenced landscapes and more effectively marshal science to fight their battles.
The Pollution Fallout From
Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds
The regime of President Robert Mugabe has been accused of profiting from the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, garnering illicit funds that could be used to bolster his oppressive security forces. Now critics are alleging the government is failing to stop mining-waste pollution that is sickening livestock and local villagers.
Global Scarcity: Scramble for
Dwindling Natural Resources
National security expert Michael Klare believes the struggle for the world's resources will be one of the defining political and environmental realities of the 21st century. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he discusses the threat this scramble poses to the natural world and what can be done to sustainably meet the resource challenge.
Africa's Ambitious Experiment
To Preserve Threatened Wildlife
Five nations in southern Africa are joining together to create a huge conservation area that will extend across their borders and expand critical territory for elephants. But can these new protections reverse decades of decline for area wildlife while also benefiting the people who live there?
A Kenyan Woman Stands Up
Against Massive Dam Project
Ikal Angelei is helping lead a campaign to stop construction of a major dam in Ethiopia that threatens the water supply and way of life of tens of thousands of indigenous people. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, she explains what she believes is at stake in the fight against the Gibe III dam.
Hopes Fade for Cleanup
In Nigeria's Oil-Rich Delta
The Ogoniland region of Nigeria has long been badly polluted by decades of oil production that has fouled the delta and contaminated drinking water. A United Nations report has recommended a massive recovery initiative, but so far the Nigerian government has shown few signs it will agree to the cleanup project.
Digital Defenders: Tribal People
Use GPS to Protect Their Lands
From the rainforests of central Africa to the Australian outback, indigenous people armed with GPS devices are surveying their territories and producing maps they can use to protect them from logging and other outside development.
How a Gold Mining Boom is
Killing the Children of Nigeria
It is a pattern seen in various parts of the world — children being sickened from exposure to lead from mining activities. But the scale of the problem in Nigeria's gold-mining region of Zamfara is unprecedented: More than 400 children have died and thousands more have been severely poisoned by exposure to lead dust.
Busting the Forest Myths:
People as Part of the Solution
The long-held contention that rural forest communities are the prime culprits in tropical forest destruction is increasingly being discredited, as evidence mounts that the best way to protect rainforests is to involve local residents in sustainable management.
In Fast-Track Technology, Hope
For a Second Green Revolution
With advances in a technique known as fast-track breeding, researchers are developing crops that can produce more and healthier food and can adapt and thrive as the climate shifts.
Monitoring A Grim Rise
In the Illegal Ivory Trade
For two decades, TRAFFIC's Tom Milliken has tracked the illicit ivory trade that has led to the continued slaughter of Africa's elephants. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Milliken talks about the recent increase in ivory seizures and the criminal gangs that supply Asia's black market for ivory.
Solar Power Off the Grid:
Energy Access for World's Poor
More than a billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. The best way to bring it to them — while reducing greenhouse gas emissions — is to launch a global initiative to provide solar panels and other forms of distributed renewable power to poor villages and neighborhoods.
A Development Expert Relies
On the Resilience of Villagers
Geographer Edward Carr has worked extensively in sub-Saharan Africa, where climate change and other environmental threats present a growing challenge. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Carr talks about why any outside aid to the developing world must build on the inherent capability of the local residents.
Can 'Climate-Smart' Agriculture
Help Both Africa and the Planet?
One idea promoted at the Durban talks was "climate-smart agriculture," which could make crops less vulnerable to heat and drought and turn depleted soils into carbon sinks. The World Bank and African leaders are backing this new approach, but some critics are skeptical that it will benefit small-scale African farmers.
The Crucial Role of Predators:
A New Perspective on Ecology
Scientists have recently begun to understand the vital role played by top predators in ecosystems and the profound impacts that occur when those predators are wiped out. Now, researchers are citing new evidence that shows the importance of lions, wolves, sharks, and other creatures at the top of the food chain.
A Huge Oil Palm Plantation
Puts African Rainforest at Risk
As global agricultural companies turn to Africa, a U.S. firm is planning a massive oil palm plantation in Cameroon that it says will benefit local villagers. But critics argue that the project would destroy some of the key remaining forests in the West African nation and threaten species-rich reserves.
In Arid South African Lands,
Fracking Controversy Emerges
The contentious practice of hydrofracking to extract underground natural gas has now made its way to South Africa's Karoo, a semi-desert known for its stark beauty and indigenous plants. But opposition is growing amid concern that fracking will deplete and pollute the area's scarce water supplies.
Phosphate: A Critical Resource
Misused and Now Running Low
Phosphate has been essential to feeding the world since the Green Revolution, but its excessive use as a fertilizer has led to widespread pollution and eutrophication. Now, many of the world's remaining reserves are starting to be depleted.
Using the Power of the Web
To Protect Africa's Wildlife
Paula Kahumbu runs a conservation organization with a distinctly 21st-century mission: Posting field blogs from conservationists to attract global support for wildlife protection. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Kahumbu talks about her group's triumphs and struggles as it battles to preserve Africa's magnificent animals.
By Barcoding Trees, Liberia
Looks to Save its Rainforests
A decade after a brutal civil war, the West African nation of Liberia has partnered with the European Union on a novel system for protecting its remaining forests — marking every harvestable tree so it can be traced to its final destination. But given Liberia's history of conflict and corruption, will it work?
An African Success: In Namibia,
The People and Wildlife Coexist
Shortly after gaining independence in 1990, Namibia turned ownership of its wildlife back to the people. By using a system of community-based management, this southern African nation has avoided the fate of most others on the continent and registered a sharp increase in its key wildlife populations.
As Larger Animals Decline,
Forests Feel Their Absence
With giant tortoises, elephants, and other fruit-eating animals disappearing from many of the world's tropical woodlands, forests are suffering from the loss of a key function performed by these creatures: the dispersal of tree seeds. But a new experiment shows that introduced species may be able to fulfill this vital ecological role.
Agribusiness Boom Threatens
Key African Wildlife Migration
The Ethiopian region of Gambella is home to Africa's second-largest mammal migration, with more than a million endangered antelope and other animals moving through its grasslands. But the government has now leased vast tracts to foreign agribusinesses who are planning huge farms on land designated a national park.
Climate's Strong Fingerprint
In Global Cholera Outbreaks
For decades, deadly outbreaks of cholera were attributed to the spread of disease through poor sanitation. But recent research demonstrates how closely cholera is tied to environmental and hydrological factors and to weather patterns — all of which may lead to more frequent cholera outbreaks as the world warms.
Africa's Flourishing Niger Delta
Threatened by Libya Water Plan
The inland Niger delta of Mali is a unique wetland ecosystem that supports a million farmers, fishermen, and herders and a rich diversity of wildlife. But now, the country's president and Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi have begun a major agricultural project that will divert much of the river's water and put the delta's future at risk.
e360 Video
When The Water Ends:
As temperatures rise and water supplies dry up, semi-nomadic tribes along the Kenyan-Ethiopian border increasingly are coming into conflict with each other. A Yale Environment 360 video report from East Africa focuses on a phenomenon that climate scientists say will be more and more common in the 21st century: how worsening drought will pit groups — and nations — against one another
Africa's Climate Conflicts
Spurred by Warming World,
Beetles Threaten Coffee Crops
Coffee production has long been vulnerable to drought or excess rains. But recently, a tiny insect that thrives in warmer temperatures — the coffee berry borer — has been spreading steadily, devastating coffee plants in Africa, Latin America, and around the world.
Does Egypt Own The Nile?
A Battle Over Precious Water
A dispute between Egypt and upstream African nations has brought to the fore a long-standing controversy over who has rights to the waters of the Nile. The outcome could have profound consequences for the ecological health of the river and for one of the world's largest tropical wetlands.
Turning to Greener Weapons
In the Battle Against Malaria
Insecticides such as DDT have long been used to combat the scourge of malaria in the developing world. But with the disease parasite becoming increasingly adept at resisting the chemical onslaught, some countries are achieving striking success by eliminating the environmental conditions that give rise to malarial mosquitoes.
Out of the Demographic Trap:
Hope for Feeding the World
In Africa and elsewhere, burgeoning population growth threatens to overwhelm already over-stretched food supply systems. But the next agricultural revolution needs to get local — and must start to see rising populations as potentially part of the solution.
In the Mountains of the Moon,
A Trek to Africa's Last Glaciers
The shrinking ice cap atop Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's most famous glacier. But the continent harbors other pockets of ice, most notably in the Rwenzori Mountains of western Uganda. And as temperatures rise, the Rwenzori's tropical glaciers — located as high as 16,500 feet — are fast disappearing.
Why Africa's National Parks
Are Failing to Save Wildlife
The traditional parks model of closing off areas and keeping people out simply may not work in Africa, where human demands on the land are great. Instead, what's needed is an approach that finds ways to enable people and animals to co-exist.
Madagascar's Political Chaos
Threatens Conservation Gains
Since the government's collapse after a coup last March, Madagascar's rainforests have been plundered for their precious wood and unique wildlife. But now there are a few encouraging signs, as officials promise a crackdown on illegal logging and ecotourists begin to return to the island.
Bringing Hope to Copenhagen
With a Novel Investment Idea
Governments from the developed world will never come up with enough money to help poorer nations adapt to global warming and implement renewable energy technologies. The solution may lie in using a modest allocation of government funds to spur private sector investment in green energy projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
The Spread of New Diseases
and the Climate Connection
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The Growing Specter of
Africa Without Wildlife
Recent studies show that wildlife in some African nations is declining even in national parks, as poaching increases and human settlements hem in habitat. With the continent expected to add more than a billion people by 2050, do these trends portend an Africa devoid of wild animals?
Finding New Species:
The Golden Age of Discovery
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Zimbabwe's Desperate
Miners Ravage the Land
Hard-pressed by economic straits, illegal panners are tearing up Zimbabwe's countryside in search of gold and diamonds. They leave behind a trail of destruction: devastated fields and forests, mud-choked rivers, and mercury-tainted water. Andrew Mambondiyani reports from eastern Zimbabwe.
Has the Population Bomb Been Defused?
Paul Ehrlich still believes that overpopulation imperils the Earth's future. But the good news is we are approaching a demographic turning point: Birth rates have been falling dramatically, and population is expected to peak later this century — after that, for the first time in modern history, the world's population should actually start to decline.
Water Scarcity: The Real Food Crisis
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The Ethics of Climate Change
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Skip to comments.What Happened To The Rare Tribes (Tsunami)
Posted on 12/28/2004 6:34:30 PM PST by blam
What happened to the rare tribes?
NEW DELHI: An enormous anthropological disaster is in the making. The killer tsunami is feared to have wiped out entire tribes already threatened by their precariously small numbers perhaps rendering them extinct and snapping the slender tie with a lost generation.
Officials involved in rescue operations are pessimistic, but still keeping their fingers crossed for the Sentinelese and Nicobarese, the two tribes seen as bearing the brunt of the killer wave.
The bigger fear is for the Sentinelese, anthropologically the most important tribe, living on the flat North Sentinel Island. Putting their population at about 100, officials say no body count is possible as the tribe had remained isolated. The Nicobarese, numbering about 25,000, are also feared to have suffered major losses, if not near -extinction. Clustered in 12 villages along the coast of Car Nicobar, the worst affected, it is feared nearly half of them could have been engulfed by the giant wave.
Then there are the Chowra and Teresa islands, mostly inhabited by the Nicobarese. Chowra has reported 38 deaths from a total population of 1,500. Here, too, the picture is hazy. The Onges, living on the Little Andaman island, are expected to fare a little better. So far, 14 deaths have been reported from the island. Some of these would be Onges. To begin with, they just number a 100.
The Shompens, Great Andamanese and Jarawas are expected to have fared better as they live on comparatively higher grounds. But their small number could be working against them.
This post is compliments of Shermy.
Well, I guess anthropologist have records of these tribes. Now it is time to find the survivors and see if they want to join the rest of the world.
Fascinating. And sad. Thanks for the information.
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Amazing. I've learned more about the countries in Asia this week than my mind can absorb. I've had a rather provincial view of the southern hemisphere til now. A little while ago I was surfing and caught some of Anderson Cooper on CNN- it was a good show. He interviewed the father of a young man who was visiting a tiny obscure island off Thailand...can't even remember the name of it. He hasn't heard from his son, so he's flying over there and taking a boat (God knows how he'll find one) out to the island to search for his son. I'd no idea so many westerners visited that part of the world...
Prayers to the suffering..
I had no idea, either. When I think about a tropical vacation, I think about the Carribbean. I had no idea so many people vacationed in Southeast Asia.
We know the cities in Iraq and Afghanistan from recent events, and now some of the islands in the Indian Ocean. That is how Westerners learn geography, war and disasters.
I do a lot of wargaming and a couple years ago I was a player in a game involving a good 20 people that was played by e-mail simulating the naval war between the French and British around India during the American Revolution; when we had a battle we'd fight it out in person using miniature ships.
We spent a great deal of time capturing and recapturing Galle, Batticaloa in Sri Lanka, Madras India, etc. from each other. Sort of weird seeing those names pop up in the news.
I'd read some articles regarding the tribes of the Andaman Islands a couple years ago. Really fascinating. They seem quite close to the San Bushmen of Southern Africa in appearance.
Tourists, locals or rare tribes....... just plain sad and painful.
next winter, the carribbean and south florida will be loaded with euros on vacation.
very interesting, maybe this will convince them that there is definate advantages to joining the modern world (like Tsunami detection grids).
I agree.
The San Bushmen have Mongoloid Spots. I wonder if the Andaman tribes do?
Could I be put on your "Gods..." ping list? Thank you.
I doubt it; there's no sex trade in small boys there...
What, and ruin the private playground of these Anthropologists? /sarcasm
Most of these tribes have more contact than the naive anthropologist think, and have learned to avoid strangers because they end up being victims one way or another. And some tribes in the Amazon have been playing the antropologists for years.
No one ever seems to question the ethics of these anthropologists for working with governments to keep these "pet" humans for their private study, watching them die of easily preventable diseases, while refusing to offer help for fear of "contaminating" the population.
I'm not gonna weep for the inhabitants of the Nicobar islands - there have been some sad stories about Western tourists going there and not coming back. Some areas have always been sealed off.
Because they are cannibals. Real ones.
The eurotrash's great secret.
I vacationed there too but I always preferred the company of charming friendly easygoing Aussies on Bali to unsmiling German eurotrash package tourists on Phuket. Just my taste, I guess.
It's a big world. I know far more than the average American about world geography/history - as, I suspect, do most Freepers. I still don't know a tenth of it.
They're cannibals. The pot-boiling kind. Good riddance.
Asians in general are very cool people - all of them, in all the glory of their differences, whether sino asians, malay asians or indian asians. I love them all.
They're never supercilious, always interested, wonderfully exotic and couldn't be less like annoying eurotrash.
Once again, we are a very changed world.
German Tourism Companies have been very agressive over the last 20 years in setting up/building destinations in CHEAP, yet beautiful places.
Thanks to Web browsers and the eagerness of FReepers to help, we can view an amazingly detailed topical map of anyplace where something is happening, and not just on earth. Our world already includes Mars and the moon will be coming on line soon. Not to mention Hubble views and maps of the entire visible universe all the way out. We know the geography of Kashmir and the wild back country of Pakistan or anywhere OBL is sighted next better than most know the geography of their next county, except for those who actually live in Kashmir or Pakistan.
This most certainly falls perfectly inline with the prophecy of the end times to have "Earthquakes in DIVERSE places"
Problem is the evidence is that there have been earthquakes in "Divers places" for the entire 4 billion year history of the planet.
I'm a geography buff; these lands have always been my "fantasy" islands: the Andamans and Nicobars, the Maldives, Seychelles, etc. Much of their charm is their unfamiliarity to westerners. Not anymore.
Sadly, I've never been to any of them. It was just nice knowing that exotic, mysterious places like these still existed.
Lay off the cannibals.
The last cannibals were converted to Christianity in the 70's. There's a saying: the whore is closer to God than the theologian.
Back in the old days there was a regular mail service between the King of England and his "interests" in Nederland.
A small sailboat was used since there really wasn't all that much mail involved. The fellows on the Nederland shore at Middelburg, which was then an island, set up a watch every day to catch sight of the mailboat. It was very important that they do this before the folks in the surrounding swamps did so because they would not only kill and rob the crew of the mail boat, they had been known to eat them!
To assist them they had a small 3 power telescope.
Galileo mentioned that he'd gotten the idea from someone in Middelburg.
It is presumed the telescope had been invented there for a very practical purpose. Watching for the mail from the King of England may well have been that reason, and the cannibalism rampant in the fens!
Remember, the Euros are only a few hundred years "ahead" of the primitive fuzzy-wuzzies out on those islands, and sometimes not even that.
"I doubt it; there's no sex trade in small boys there..."
Haven't been in Hati lately, eh?
Be happy this big quake happened at the Western end of Sumatra, and not the Eastern end. That's where Krakatoa is located! One explosion possibly brought about the Dark Ages in 538 AD.
Can't violate The Prime Directive, you know.
Just because that star is going to go nova is no excuse to do any more than watch the non-warp capable autochthons be wiped out, rather than contaminate their "primitive" culture.
That has surprised me as well.
Thank you for the correction. I was only thinking of the south seas.
I don't recall the exact details now, but a few decades ago I read a hilarious article about how anthropologists visited a primitive remote tribe somewhere, and were studying their culture, when the tribe leader asked them if they'd like to hear one of their traditional songs passed down through generations. The anthropologists said, "sure", and turned on their tape recorders as the tribe gathered for the performance. The anthropologists about fell over in surprise when the tribe launched into a four-part harmony version of some old classical music piece from the West. It was something like the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah", if I recall correctly.
Apparently a century or so ago, some traveling missionary had passed through and taught it to them.
There are Amerindian tribes that swear the same thing...but studies of their ancestor's cooking pots put the lie to that. Of course, it is VERY un-PC to point that out.
Very sad. Hadn't thought of rare tribes being wiped out.
Did wonder about the monitor lizards in Sumatra/Borneo.
This winter they are all here on Maui. I can tell by the traffic in front of my house.
Aztec cannibalism was not unknown.
Thank goodness the dinosaurs are gone!!
Has anyone seen any reports from Bangladesh. I'm getting a bit worried as the country cold be devastated for many miles inland by a tsunami.
I was once banned from a school for pointing out Aztec "peculiarities."
60K+ people have died, and they are worried about a handful of stone aged cannibals?
Let's hope that you didn't "point out" those peculiarities in a live demonstration in front of the class. Such events are frowned on!
Unfortunately, no.
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Pseudomonas is genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that form large colonies when plated on assays, bear a motile tail or flagella, and have a slightly curved rod-shaped body. They are found living in almost every microbial ecosystem with a wide distribution due to their metabolism (Palleroni, 2010). Some Pseudomonas species are used in agricultural settings to protect seedling roots from fungus (Chin-A-Woeng et al., 2000), others are the culprits for much of the food spoilage in the the food industry, and a few can act as opportunistic pathogens as in the case of P. aeruginosa. They have an particularly dense cell wall that allows them to survive in unusual environments, are naturally resistant to penicillins, and form super sticky plaques or biofilms on surfaces (Hassett et al., 2002). Suitable habitats include soil, plastics, sterilized hospital structures, subzero temperature environments, and chemical containers such as alcohol bottles. Their cell walls have an additional structure called a porin that allows them to alter their surrounding by pumping out foreign substances like antibiotics, and organic compounds to resist environmental changes.


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When I perform a simle truth test I get the following.
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: SQLite3::SQLException: table stories has no column named authour: INSERT INTO "stories" ("title", "authour", "created_at", "updated_at", "id") VALUES ('MyString', 'MyString', '2011-05-31 17:23:49', '2011-05-31 17:23:49', 980190962)
This is annoying in itself but even more so given that there is an authour table in the stories table.
Can anybody shed any light on this matter?
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