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Anybody else getting tired of Forest Service and BLM burning slash, while other government agencies insist that heating with wood is BAAAAD?greenspun.com : LUSENET : Countryside : One Thread |
Anyone out there share my concern? Anybody from a timber state?At least when we burn wood, we're heating our homes, and even though it pollutes, we're polluting with a renewable resource, rather than a fossil fuel. These government slash burns aren't doing anything but wasting wood. They should be chipping the slash, not polluting our air (not to mention causing wildfires (e.g. Los Alamos)
-- jumpoff joe (email@example.com), May 25, 2000
Well, I'm certainly from a timber state (that one north of you) but we don't have controlled burns much around here on this side of the Cascades, so I can't speak to it. However, I do think it is rather ironic that farmers who burn their wheat stubble in E. Washington are taking a load of **** for it, while these other regions can do these things with the .gov's blessings. And, what about automobiles and industry's contributions to pollution? I think that may cause more than wood stoves? I don't know....please someone, enlighten me!I am pretty ignorant about this issue, but some of what the Forest Circus has done has set (at the very least) my teeth on edge for oh, the last 40 or so years of my life!From what I have been hearing, this fire in NM was absolutely unnecessary.
-- sheepish (firstname.lastname@example.com), May 26, 2000.
They were burning up here on Coyote Creek 10 days ago, also between Wolf Ck. and Glendale too, the smoke filled up the canyon across the creek from me for a couple of days and all the time that fire was roaring in NM. You know how dry it is around here. I agree that they should chip it the same as the slash along the high line is done.How is your rock quarry thing coming?
-- Hendo (OR) (firstname.lastname@example.com), May 26, 2000.
It would be GREAT if they would chip and distribute the slash, rather than burn it, in my opinion. Here, a local group collects slash and then chips it, and you can pick up all you want free, for a food donation that goes to the local food bank. It is quite a distance from us, about 40 miles each way, but we have very little in the way of trees here, so we try to get a few loads every year and put around our trees. I was concerned the first year, in case we picked up a disease from the chipped evergreens, and then might have spread it to our new seedlings, but so far, so good. It surely can't cost any more to do that than to have wild land crews tending the fires, making fire breaks, and then paying for all the damage with the fires get out of control...Jan
-- Jan B (firstname.lastname@example.com), May 26, 2000.
We live up in the Cleveland National Forest, woods a meer 10 acres away. Though I have asthma and have to have someone else do evening chores for me during the undergrowth burn times (simply can't breath outside) I do appreciate it. We have had several newbie's start fires that got away from them, a forest fire is a very scarry thing. With as little fuel as possible on the forest floor, it would give us the best possible chance. We have had programs in the past where selective trees where marked for folks to use for firewood, but folks took advantage and the program is no longer in effect. For now this is probably the best alternative. We also heat 99% of the time with wood, though we have had lazy years where we would buy a couple of cords, most of the time it is gleaned from our property. Vicki
-- Vicki McGaugh (Texas) (firstname.lastname@example.com), May 26, 2000.
We live in Western Colorado and we see BLM burns here. I don't mind the controlled burns, however I do mind having to beg the county for a burn permit to burn ditches etc on our land. We also have been getting stricter on woodstoves (EPA approved only) and yet the controlled burns can inundate the whole area with smoke, so I understand the concerns expressed. They also could change the burn to pile and create habitat for critters although that might look bad to some tourist etc.Steve
-- Steve Elsmore (email@example.com), May 26, 2000.
Someone already mentioned one of the valid reasons for the burning -- to keep down fire danger by getting rid of the excess fuel on the forest floor. Another reason is that some species will not regenerate until after a forest fire -- their cones only open after the intense heat of a fire. (Or, in the case of jack pine -- same species as lodgepole, I think -- after years of soaking in water, i.e. muskegs in Alaska.) I know it is a nuisance, but there are often, though perhaps not always, valid reasons for doing it. Some of you who live on the west coast may know that in the early 1800's there was a forest fire that burned everything from the Columbia River to the California border. It was one of the reasons that when the settlers started coming in, the lands formerly occupied by Indian tribes were largely empty.
-- Kathleen Sanderson (firstname.lastname@example.com), May 26, 2000.
Kathleeen: I grew up in Oregon, livedin the valley are and the gorge for many years. I've not heard of the fire in the l800's but do know that the valley Indians were decimated by disease brought in by sailing ships who traded for the bales of salmon produced by the Columbia River tribes. So much for history. Here in Alaska they can spend millions on containing a forest fire and then turn around and burn 60,000 acres for fire control purposes. The latter scattered the wildlife, displaced grizzlies who in turn hassled the farmers. Anymore comment better be left unsaid........Smoke filled our area for days. Norma Lucas
-- Norma Lucas (firstname.lastname@example.com), May 27, 2000.
Ever wonder why there is a bumper sticker/tee shirt that states "I love my Country, but I fear my Government?" This is but one of many reasons! GL!
-- Brad (firstname.lastname@example.com), May 27, 2000.
With the risk of life and limb, I will enter this foray on prescribed burning. I am a forester for the State of Virginia....NOT to be confused with the U.S. Forest Service or any other federal agency! I have done dozens of prescribed burns over my 20 years and to say the least, you need to be well trained and very careful each and every time that you do one. Realize that the forest conditions and fuel types here in the east are much different than what is found in the western states. The flammability of the vegetation here in the east is not near as volatile. Many of the reasons for doing these burns have already been cited: endangered species habitats, fuel reduction, the establishment and maintenance of prairie grasses and site preparation before reforestation activities. There are many valid reasons for doing controlled burns and I fully support their use. However, they need to be well-planned, well-staffed and done under the most optimum of conditions. If any of these parameters are violated, then tradgedies like Los Alamos will happen. In regards to the nuisance smoke, we burn only on those days where the mixing height and transport wind speeds will mix the smoke in the atmosphere and carry it off in a direction from a populated area. The Va. Dept. of Forestry will not do a burn if we have any indication that a population center, neighborhood or neighbor will be "smoked-in". A comment was also made about spending thousands to control fires in Alaska and then within a few months conducting a multi-thousand acre burn. My thoughts on this are that you do not turn a wildfire into a prescribed burn just because it happens. This is what they tried to do in Yellowstone and you see where that got them! Prescribed burns are done for a reason and with much prior planning. I know the feds have had a bad string of luck (to say the least) but also realize that they have done hundreds of these burns in the past with no serious problems. Fire has always been a part of the environment and always will be, yet I would rather use it under controlled conditions than battle it as a raging wildfire. I am sorry this is so long, but I hope this helps a bit...
-- joe lehnen (firstname.lastname@example.com), May 27, 2000.
My main problem with "controlled burns" that get out of control is that if the government's fire gets out of control, it is an "oopsie"-- if one of us let a fire get out of control like Los Alamos, we would be in the prison forever.
-- Green (firstname.lastname@example.com), May 29, 2000.
Sheepish, where'd you get the name "Forest Circus?" I thought I'd invented that name when I used to work there, some 16-18 years ago! It WAS a circus!Vicki, while it is arguable that these slash burns are necessary to prevent wildfires, it is also arguable that the same results could be achieved in other, less destructive ways, e.g. chipping, "lop and scatter" making "wind rows", "yum yarding" (this involves removing much of the material for use as either chips or firewood, rather than burning it on the site)
Kathleen, I've heard the argument about fire being necessary for some species to sprout. This is true. However, the Feds don't only burn where this is necessary. Indeed, where I live, in southwest Oregon, the trees which need fire to burn are generally the same species which the Forest Service and the BLM have been trying to GET RID OF for many years, by spraying with herbicides, among other things. They are called "weed species" by the powers that be, and include Madrone, Manzanita, and many other brush speciies. They include NONE of the commercial timber species, e.g. Doublas Fir, the true firs, the native pines, or native cedars (these are the only significant timber species here)
As far as a "forest fire that burned everything from the Columbia River to the California border", I'm afraid you've been seriously misled. This simply did not happen. If you doubt me, please note that we have been harvesting "virgin" forests in Oregon which contain trees which age up to SEVERAL hundred years.
You may be thinking of the Tillamook Fire. It was quite large, and is currently under scrutiny for being logged, having reached commercial size, apparently. But there was no fire which burnt the area you refer too, namely the entire western half of the state of Oregon.
Joe, your life and limbs are safe with me! I appreciate your perspective on this.
While I agree that there are many benefits to controlled burns, I personally am certain that there are alternatives, here in the West, at least, which can accomplish the some things, in almost all situations, without so many negative impacts. I have to assume that this is also at least partly true back East, although I admit that I am not competent to make a fair evaluation, being a West Coaster.
Here also, when I used to work for the Forest Circus, we TRIED to "burn only on those days where the mixing height and transport wind speeds will mix the smoke in the atmosphere and carry it off in a direction from a populated area."
Unfortunately, this was very often in conflict with our other goal of avoiding wildfire and avoiding excess damage to the area we were planning to burn. Too hot a fire, as I'm sure you're aware, can devastate the land, rendering it highly prone to serious erosion and eliminating the beneficial duff layer. We have actually vitrified the soil during the "old days" when fires were generally done when it was exceedingly dry.
Currently, the Forest Circus tries to burn when it's fairly damp-- spring and fall--to avoid doing so much damage. Unfortunately, the relatively few "ideal" days for avoiding excess forest damage (and also excess risk of "losing" a controlled burn, which then beomes known as a wildfire) are often unavailable due to pollution potential. For this reason, fires are often started under less than ideal conditions. I suspect there are a lot more "safe" days out in Virginia than there are out here, because you have so much more humidity (in the summer, at least!)
Has anyone in your area ever brought up the benefits of chipping or other non fire alternatives?
Not to be contentious, Joe, but the fact that "fire has always been a part of the environment" does not mean that we have to deliberately encourage it. Fire is still destructive of much which we value in the forest: wildlife (I hate seeing all the little creatures experiencing such a frightening and painful death), healthy soil, clean air, etc.
Timber harvesting has certainly not "always been a part of the environment", but I don't believe that you would suggest eliminating timber harvesting simply for this reason, would you?
I appreciate all your comments. If you feel strongly about this, as I do, I suggest contacting your local politicians, and your local forestry agencies, as I have done, and will continue to do.
-- jumpoff joe (firstname.lastname@example.com), May 29, 2000.
You raised some great points in your response to my elongated e-mail! Too hot a burn can indeed sterilize the soil and destroy the duff layer. Prescribed burning is an exacting science, and yet I also feel a bit of an art. I have learned much over my 20 years as a forester and have found that the best burns do not have to be of the "rip-snorting" variety. It may be diffferent in the west, but in the east, mixing heights and transport wind (high altitude) speeds are not necessarily related to what is happening on the ground. I have seen transport winds of sufficient velocity do their job while the surface winds are also calm enough to do a safe burn. In regards to chipping material, one also has to way the economics and practicality of the idea over these large vast acreages slated for burning. It can take hours to chip the top of a large tree...how long would it take to chip 400 acres of material? You also need to consider the accessability of what you are trying to chip. Fire, under controlled conditions can release nutrients back into the soil that are currently locked-up in dead vegetative material. As far as the critters go, sure, some will perish, but in a controlled fire, do to its (hopefully) controlled intensity, many critters have the chance to get out of the way. They also will return to the site almost immediately after danger has past. We are not encouraging fire just for the sake of doing it, rather we are using it as a tool to hopefully avoid a much larger disaster in the future when wildfire does, (and believe me, given time it will), hit a given area. Again, I am NOT defending what has happened at Los Alamos or any other place where controlled burns were ill-planned. This is just sort of an explanation behind the whole idea of prescribed burning.
-- joe lehnen (email@example.com), June 01, 2000.
JOJ, I dunno, I have always called it that...since back in my old climbing daze, early 70's...that's when I spent the most time in the woods I guess. Good name, huh? I think I heard it from the old climbing crowd!! Maybe you made it up and it migrated up here!
-- sheepish (firstname.lastname@example.com), June 01, 2000.
Sheepish, it is a good name. I'd have called it the Forest "Zoo", except that "zoo" doesn't rime with "service".Joe, thanks again for your input. I appreciate that it is an art to burn the forest correctly, without doing more harm than good. I personally dont' think that there are enough artists to do the job satisfactorily, even if we didn't have the smoke issue.
As far as the time it takes to chip trees, you must have way smaller chippers than we use out west. We have some that will chip logs over 24" in diameter.As a matter of fact, we haul huge quantities of board feet of timber, mostly lower grades, to the paper mills, where they are chipped up. I feel sure it doesn't take them hours to chip just the top of one. More likely minutes for the whole tree, although I have not actually seen the chippers used at the pulp mills. Even our smaller commercial sized chippers eat smaller material, like four inches on down, in a big hurry. But I'm not suggesting chipping large material. I'm in favor of leaving some large woody debris for forest health, and for a home for animals. Some large debris can also be yarded out to a landing or road, enabling people to cut it up for firewood, where burning it will result in a savings of fossil fuel.
I realizer that burning releases some nutrient into the soil, but as I understand it, the nitrogen is gasified, and lost to the atmosphere. In my area, nitrogen is also the nutrient which limits tree growth. Regardless of that, it SEEMS obvious to me that there has to be net loss of nutrient from burning as opposed to letting the material decompose back into the soil. Am I right about this?
As far as wildlife having time to leave during a controlled burn, I am very interested in this. When you burn, have you ever estimated how many animals, and what type, flee the area? Do you see a lot of them running for safety? Or do you think that maybe only the faster, smarter ones can figure out where to go, and that the others try to hide?
I also think that we can prevent the occurence of devastating wildfires just as well, perhaps even better, by chipping instead of burning.
I'm glad you don't burn just to burn, and you seem like a responsible kind of person, and not a pyromaniac, as some of my fellow Forest Circus employees seemed to be!
By the way, I think I mentioned already that there are companies who already are using chippers instead of fires for slash disposal and fire prevention, so I KNOW it can be done. I suspect also that we get a LOT more slash here than back east; last time I went back east I was blown away by how small the trees looked; I hadn't realized how small they were in comparison before I had lived here a while, and gotten used to the size of our trees.
-- jumpoff joe (email@example.com), June 03, 2000.


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Frappuccinos and politics don't mix, especially when dealing with the Irish and their contentious history with England.
With Britain's Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in full swing, Starbucks' Ireland Twitter team thought it was a good idea to send this tweet Tuesday to its nearly 1,300 Irish followers:
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The tweet was quickly met with a flood of angry tweets, including this one from @CiaranNevin that pretty much summed up the sentiment:
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The offending Starbucks tweet, which was posted for about four hours before the company tweeted an apology, was part of the company's photo challenge in the UK and Ireland asking customers to send their "fun and creative photos" as part of a Frappuccino happy hour celebration.
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Was it a PR blunder or an intentional attempt at stirring the customer pot to gain publicity?
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In the end, Frankel said, the tweet could hurt the company's reputation in the Irish market and beyond.
The apology tweet from Starbucks stated:
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While Queen Elizabeth II was warmly welcomed during her four-day State visit to the Republic last year, it would seem from the response that Irish citizens aren't ready to rejoin the Commonwealth just yet.
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Obviously Elmon was feeling bad about how he had disappointed Fraze so far this year.
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A triple by fat boy and a 2 out hit by Elmon? I'm dreaming, right?
Darius Slay will be a star.
Valverdes ginger pubic hair on his chin needs to go.
Darius Slay will be a star.
Holy crap, the team put together a full game. Max was a little erratic, but he gave them six decent innings, the bats woke up a bit, and the bullpen was great. I'm expecting losses in the next two games, but it's nice to know the team can actually play well on occasion.
Not really. I still think they can put together performances like tonight on fairly regular basis, and I'm not quite convinced the White Sox are the offensive juggernaut they've been over the last two weeks. The Tigers are still just 5 games back, so I don't think the season is over by a long shot, but they definitely need to string some wins together soon. I Just don't see it happening with Crosby and Porcello going back-to-back against Sabathia and Kuroda.
Yeah, Max has been really good in his last 3 starts. That home run he gave up to Saltalasuckia, was actually a good pitch. A fast ball down in the zone, and he just happened to tag it. It was almost like Crash told him where the pitch was going to be after Laloosh shook off too many pitches.
But yeah, it was a complete game with the team actually focused and paying attention to fundamentals for a change. Manufactured some runs, stole some bases and did what they needed to do to get on base and score some runs. Now do that again tonight and then we're talking.
Im sure Berry won't be able to keep getting on base at the rate he has for this short stint but when he does its funs to watch because he is able to steal at will. Adds an element to the team they've been lacking for a long while. Wish Jackson could be more effective stealing like Berry.


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A Ninja's Tale: Darkness A Ninja's Tale: Andoro's Dark PastA Ninja's Tale: Darkness5 years ago in Fantasy More Like This
Akumo- Stallion (Horse) -Gaurdian of the Southern Region of Japan.
Andoro- Orphaned Boy
Felina- Main Character.
Son- Felina's Mother
Jinno- Felina's Father and Head of the Mei-Okazi Clan
Kazuya- Jinno's Right Hand
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Narrator: A month later Felina confronted her mother and father. She wanted to know why Andoro was hated so much. As she ran down the hallway to their quarters, she formulated the questions in her mind. She ran into their room and stopped a moment to catch her breath. Her parents were sitting on their bed.
Jinno: Felina? What is wrong honey?
Felina: I...I wanted to ask you something.
Son: It's about that boy?
Felina: His name is Andoro.
Jinno: Dear daughter why are you so interested in this child? What do you see that we don't?
Felina: I see an orphaned boy. I see my friend. Why does everyone hate him? I


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- 1 pound fresh or frozen catfish fillets
- 1 lime
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
- 1/2 teaspoon bottled hot pepper sauce
- 1/2 a small head cabbage, shredded (about 2-1/2 cups)
- 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning
- 1/4 cup cornmeal
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil (more as needed)
- 16 4 inches corn tortillas or eight 8-inch flour tortillas
- Lime Wedges
- Bottled hot pepper sauce (optional)
1. Thaw fish if frozen; set aside. For slaw, squeeze about 3 tablespoons juice from lime. In medium bowl combine juice, mayonnaise, and 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce. Add cabbage; toss to coat. Set aside.
2. Rinse fish; pat dry with paper towels. Cut fish in 1-inch strips. Toss strips with Cajun seasoning. In large bowl combine cornmeal and flour. Add catfish strips. Toss to coat with cornmeal mixture.
3. In large skillet cook catfish strips, half at a time, in hot oil over medium heat about 2 to 3 minutes per side or until golden brown and fish flakes when tested with a fork. Remove from skillet.
4. Wrap tortillas in paper towels. Heat in microwave oven on 100 per cent power (high) for 1 minute (or toast in a dry skillet). If using corn tortillas, stack two for each taco, or use one flour tortilla for each taco. Top with 2 or 3 pieces of fish and some of the slaw. Reserve remaining dressing to serve with tacos. Serve with limes, reserved dressing, and additional hot pepper sauce. Serve immediately. Makes 8 tacos.
- cal. (kcal) 310,
- Fat, total (g) 18,
- chol. (mg) 29,
- sat. fat (g) 3,
- carb. (g) 26,
- fiber (g) 2,
- pro. (g) 12,
- vit. A (IU) 194,
- vit. C (mg) 14,
- sodium (mg) 150,
- calcium (mg) 30,
- iron (mg) 1,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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The Voice UK coach Sir Tom Jones has admitted he's finding the live shows a difficult process.
On Sunday night, we saw Sir Tom send home the first of his five acts, as Sam Buttery was pitted against Matt & Sueleen Fletcher in the bottom two.
But it was the first of many eliminations for Sir Tom, who will have just one artist come the finals in June.
"The most difficult thing for me is to have to tell people that they have to leave, which I've never had to do in my life before," Sir Tom confessed.
He revealed: "It's started with the battles when I had to put people head to head and explain to them 'you can't all win'.
"And that's difficult because I know what it's like, and that's what we have in common the four coaches, we are all performers. We've all been on the stage and we know what it's like to feel when you get a knockback, when you don't go through."
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The word is that Apple's partners are preparing to rev up mass production of the iPhone 5S later this month and that the iPhone 5S will be available by late September-early October. Conservative guesstimates had pinned the release date closer to the end of the year but Misek's new research note predicted the iPhone 5S will launch either late September or early October.
Misek's dates, however, do not come as any shock to Apple watchers who saw last week's Foxconn story in China Business News. According to the story, Foxconn has begun large scale recruitment of factory workers. The recruitment drive is to culminate in a total worker number that could approach the previous peak of 300,000.
The Morning After
Outside Jefferies, too, there's talk that Apple could be planning a press event in September around the iPhone 5S. Nonetheless, while everybody loves a launch, what about the morning after? Remember, say Apple watchers, this isn't rumored as an earth-shaking entrant, more like a spiffy revised device that may make iPhone 5 loyalists not as much giddy as pleased.
Misek noted that the iPhone 5S will be carrying mostly "incremental" feature upgrades. To be sure, the Apple iPhone 5S rumor mill is running on guesses not only on dates but features and specs.
Possible features include a more powerful processor , upgraded camera and fingerprint scanner--possibly. Connecting the dots, Apple watchers are noting how Apple put down $356 million for AuthenTec last year, which just happens to be in the business of fingerprint sensor technology and other security products for mobile devices.
If pundits are correct that the 5S is not to offer anything dramatically new, then it is likely that security would be a solid selling point, with so many iPhone users currently aware of so many security issues surrounding mobile devices. Enhanced security features would not be ignored by businesses that allow employees to bring along or use company iPhones and iPads as part of the work environment.
Finally, NFC?
Another talked-about iPhone 5S tweak, meanwhile, is its narrower logic board than in the iPhone 5, adding room for new components. Another part of the buzz will actually come as a surprise to those who have been wondering when and if Apple was going to climb on board with NFC. Rumor now has it that the upcoming iPhone 5S will carry NFC--if alleged leaked specs from China are to pan out. (continued...)


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Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on the continent, and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands. Hot conditions prevail year-round, along with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall. Somalia has a population of around 10 million inhabitants. About 85% of local residents are ethnic Somalis,[1] who have historically inhabited the northern part of the country. Ethnic minority groups make up the remainder of the nation's population, and are largely concentrated in the southern regions.[2] Somali and Arabic are the official languages of Somalia, both of which belong to the Afro-Asiatic family.[1] Most people in the territory are Muslims, the majority being Sunni.[3] In antiquity, Somalia was an important centre for commerce with the rest of the ancient world, and according to most scholars, it is among the most probable locations of the fabled ancient Land of Punt. During the Middle Ages, several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade, including the Ajuuraan State, the Adal Sultanate, the Warsangali Sultanate and the Geledi Sultanate. In the late nineteenth century, through a succession of treaties with these kingdoms, the British and Italians gained control of parts of the coast, and established British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. In the interior, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan's Dervish State successfully repulsed the British Empire four times and forced it to retreat to the coastal region, but the Dervishes were finally defeated in 1920 by British airpower. Italy acquired full control of the northeastern and southern parts of the territory after successfully waging a Campaign of the Sultanates against the ruling Majeerteen Sultanate and Sultanate of Hobyo.[4] This occupation lasted until 1941, when it was replaced by a British military administration. Northern Somalia would remain a protectorate, while southern Somalia by agreement became a United Nations Trusteeship in 1949. In 1960, the two regions united as planned to form the independent Somali Republic under a civilian government. Mohamed Siad Barre seized power in 1969 and established the Somali Democratic Republic. In 1991, Barre's government collapsed as the Somali Civil War broke out. In the absence of a central government, Somalia's residents reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, consisting of civil law, religious law and customary law. A few autonomous regions, including the Somaliland, Puntland and Galmudug administrations, emerged in the north in the ensuing process of decentralization. The early 2000s saw the creation of fledgling interim federal administrations. The Transitional National Government (TNG) was established in 2000 followed by the formation of its successor the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in 2004, which reestablished national institutions such as the Military of Somalia.[5] In 2006, the TFG, assisted by Ethiopian troops, assumed control of most of the nation's southern conflict zones from the newly formed Islamic Courts Union (ICU). The ICU subsequently splintered into more radical groups such as Al-Shabaab, which battled the TFG and its AMISOM allies for control of the region,[1] with the insurgents losing most of the territory that they had seized by mid-2012. In 2011-2012, a Roadmap political process providing clear benchmarks leading toward the establishment of permanent democratic institutions was launched. Within this administrative framework, a new Provisional Constitution was passed in August 2012,[6] which designates Somalia as a federation.[7] Following the end of the TFG's interim mandate the same month, the Federal Government of Somalia, the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war, was also formed. The nation has concurrently experienced a period of intense reconstruction, particularly in the capital, Mogadishu.[8] Through the years, Somalia has maintained an informal economy, based mainly on livestock, remittance/money transfer companies, and telecommunications.[1]
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My girlfriend has Sleep Paralysis, a very interesting thing to have. All the songs on my next album will relate to paralysis in some way or another. I will also be taking a couple steps back, removing drums from this album. Hope you enjoy.
Rated 5 / 5 stars February 27, 2011
All your music is so...
All your music is so soothing and calm yet moving and makes me think about everything and nothing at once.
One day I'll make a movie with soothing images to all my music and guess who's gonna be the first one to get it. You will. You're who. Boom.
Rated 5 / 5 stars March 10, 2009
oh yeah
the more i listen the more im impressed
Thank you!
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Nice One
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this one maybe inspiring for your concept.
i know, it inspired dredg at el cielo album.
Wow, that is really awesome, thank you! I gotta favorite that. Thanks for the review also!


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Carr, Ravens Agree
Two sources, 105.7 The Fan radio and The Baltimore Sun are reporting that Chris Carr is himself confirming that he is back with the Ravens. Never much in doubt, but it was interesting that the club did issue his # … Continue reading
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Bengals' Brown, O's Angelos Share Common 'Principle'
The NFL is back in business, and for 31 cities in the league, that is a good thing. Then there is Cincinnati, which in a lot of ways could be perceived as the football equivalent to Baltimore's baseball status. Orioles … Continue reading
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MLB Needs Some Type of Review on Video Replay
It is 1:55 am, on Wednesday the 27th of July 2011. I may just have seen the most miserable call I have ever seen in a big league game. The umpire was Jerry Meals, and perhaps after this one, MLB … Continue reading
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Buck Can Still Finish .500
Despite a horrid 11-27 streak, that has left the Orioles at 41-58 for the 2011 season, Buck Showalter still can reach .500 for his first full 162 games at the helm of the Baltimore Orioles. All the Birds have to … Continue reading
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NFL Is Back: Good News, Bad News
It's a short and sweet post…one that almost writes itself: Good News: Length of agreement being 10 years. Bad News: We have to hear about Brett Favre already. Good News: Ravens are back. Bad News: Orioles season still has over … Continue reading
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NFL Knows What's Important
As would be expected, nfl.com was ready for the end of the lockout. With all the power at their disposal and the fact they make the news as well as try to report on it, it should give them the … Continue reading
Orioles Magic? Or Tragic?
The way the Orioles luck has been going (and no, not blaming all 13 1/2 seasons of horror on bad luck), wouldn't it be just about right for Alfredo Simon to twirl a complete game-shut-out, no hitter on his way … Continue reading
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I Am The Uncle of an Emmy Nominated Actor
Congrats to my sports loving nephew, Josh Charles. He has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. His co-star, Alan Cummings has also been nominated in the category. While Archie Panjabi is a nominee in the same category … Continue reading
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Maybe Papi Should Have Had Kevin Gregg Throw to Him
Big Papi, what a big, phony turd. Maybe he should have had Kevin Gregg out there to motivate him. 5 big HR's. He's a one-eyed Jack, and I have seen and know about the other side of his face.
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O's Bad, But Also Snake-bit
O's are down as I type, by a score of 7-6. They led 6-2 after 1 1/2 innings and their starter today, Mitch Atkins could not get through the 2nd with allowing the Sox to clout 3 long-balls and tie … Continue reading
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Tom Rock's post on NFL Football | Latest updates on Sulia
Jerry Reese impressed by rookie QBs in playoffs, but thinks defenses will catch up to them next year.
"Just like all rookies, after the league gets a playbook on these guys it'll be a little bit more difficult for them moving forward," Reese said today on WFAN. "Just like Cam Newton. Nobody could stop him last year and he struggled a little bit because every team got a playbook on him. This is what this guy is, this is what he can do. When teams get a playbook on you, this is the pros. These guys can counter and try to take some things away that you like. But it's good for the league to have these young quarterbacks and it makes the brand even greater to have these young guys in the playoffs."
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Christmas is just around the corner and we all, especially kids love to savor the crispy, freshly-baked homemade sugary cookies. Make these pleasure-loving rolled sugar cookies to enjoy with friends and family.
Preparation Time – 20 minutes
Cooking Time – 8 minutes and ready to eat in 3 hours
Ingredients to make Cookies -
- 1 ½ cup of softened butter
- 5 cups of all-purpose flour
- 2 cups of white sugar
- 4 portion of eggs
- 2 teaspoon of baking power
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence/extract
Directions to Prepare -
- Take a large bowl, preferably a glass bowl, integrate butter and sugar together. Then add the vanilla extract, eggs and mix together with the help of a beater. Add the flour, baking powder and salt in the mixture and beat until it becomes fluffy with air.
- Cover the dough and allow it to chill. Keep it for an hour or overnight as the need arises.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degree Celsius.
- Cut out the dough by rolling it on a floured surface of ¼ to ½ inch thick to avoid sticking. Cut the desired, fancy shapes with the help of cookie cutter and place them on the ungreased cookie sheets, 1 inch apart.
- Bake the cookies in a preheated oven for 6-8 minutes and cool them thereafter.
- After cooling down, coat the cookie with desired icing of mint, chocolate, strawberries, etc.


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A Case for Larger Cigars
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Cigars in the plus-size category seldom find a case that fits quite right. The folks at Noró Leather are sensitive to this problem and offer a holder to cover hefty smokes.
The case, appropriately called the 64 Ring Gauge Cigar Case, can accommodate up to a 64-ring gauge cigar. Produced in a factory in southern Spain that has been working in leather for eight generations, the cases are sutured using caribou and calfskin, with three- and two-finger versions, both of which are available in brown, tan and black. The cases are soft-shelled with exposed white stitching that complements the grain of the leather. The Noró emblem is branded to the front of each case, and custom logo cases are available.
The cases are priced at $85 for the three-finger case and $80 for the two-finger case. Noró also offers cases for more standard-sized ring gauges, at similar price points.
Noró leather products also include belts, wallets and cigar cutters. The company is owned by The Epicure Group, which in addition to Noró counts a cigar distribution service and a retail cigar shop in Las Vegas among its holdings.
For more information, call 702-367-2284 or visit www.noroleather.com.
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At DMU, improving the student experience is the key driver behind our approach to quality assurance and enhancement
De Montfort University (DMU) believes that the assurance and enhancement of quality is best done as close as possible to where the quality really matters – at programme and module level – so that all teaching staff and student representatives have a role in assuring quality. Quality management aligns closely to teaching and learning|.
Much of DMU's quality management activity is managed through key university committees|, and implemented via formal policies, guidance and strategies. The responsibility for quality management extends beyond the university to include DMU's collaborative partnerships|.
Find out what your responsibilities for quality management| are. The university's approach to academic quality management, it shared values, principles and procedures can be found in the introductory guide to quality management at DMU|. Via the Department of Academic Quality (DAQ), the university employs a variety of mechanisms and strategies for assuring the quality of academic provision, promoting good practice leading to enhancement, and ultimately improving the quality of the student experience. You can read more about how quality management is undertaken at DMU within this section. DAQ form part of the Directorate of Student and Academic Services (SAAS).
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March birthday gifts for wives
Many of you (hopefully!) have been with your wives for quite a long time – there is often several years that you know each other before getting married, and then it is for life. Uh oh! This means that you will no doubt have given her quite a few birthday presents, and also used up quite a few of your gift ideas at Christmas times as well. Lucky then that you've decided on jewelry for her March birthday present! Jewelry is always useful, as every different piece has a different perfect context. It is never construed as a way to get her to do more housework (as the 'useful' kitchen appliances often are!), and jewelry simply highlights her perfect face and figure for your viewing pleasure! But what, exactly, should you get?
An easy option (but possibly an option thatyou have taken before if you have been married a long time…) is to get a piece of birthstone jewelry. Aquamarine is the birthstone for March – these beautifully subtle stones are the palest shade of trasparent blue. Their vague hints of color make them suitable for wear with many outfits, so aquamarines are a good choice for everyday jewelry that doesn't get taken out. The aquamarine stud earrings pictured at the beginning of the article are a great example – if your time-strapped wife (and they all are – trust me!) doesn't have a chance to change her earrings every day, these are a minimal fuss piece.
If you have already taken the birthstone route one or more times, and need to think of something a little different, then a good guidline for gift choices can be her starsign, and a little brainpower in its application. If she is born on or before the 20th of March she is a Pisces. The traditional personality for these gentle souls is a dreamy, spiritual, and inspiring one. Given this, you can look for pieces with deep colors like sapphires (still waters run deep!), amethysts, or even black pearls. The Tahitian black pearl pendant pictured is a great choice – the wave motif makes it a match for the pisces astrological symbol, which is parallel waves of water. This is an extra special and gorgeously indulgent present – if your wife will shoot you for taking this much out of the budget, then sapphires are equally lovely but without the price tag. This sapphire and diamond pendant echoes of shells washed up on the beach, encasing gorgeous treasures inside. That water theme recurs here for the Pisces!
If your lovely wife is born after the 20th of March then she is an Aries. 'Ordinary' Arians are firey, stubborn, born leaders – definitely not shrinking violets and very centred in the here and now! You'll be looking for strong colours and bold styling for your Arian other half. Use the search box within the jewelry gifts for wives section to refine your search by gemstone – click on the gemstone tab and look at pieces containing rubies, garnets, turquoise, diamonds and pearls. Many other gemstones are quite delicately colored, and just a little too dainty for your strong and confident Arian! This ruby and diamond pendant is a great choice.
If gemstones just aren't her thing, you could try something like thing beautiful stand-out butterfly pendant. Use the search box to refine your search to products without gemstones – this is under the gemstone tab. Or perhaps something like this chunky, confident 18 carat gold bracelet – it has a reassuring heaviness and a strong design that is sure to appeal to no-nonsense Aries women.
If you need any more hints, have a sneaky peek through her jewlery box – or just go the non-sneaky route of asking us for some advice! Contact us with any questions or for some advice.
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Policies expected to include coverage between now and 2012, according to A.M. Best & Co. By Dan Reynolds
You weren't there, unless you have a strong sense of déjà vu and are a devout believer in reincarnation, but on the evening of Oct. 18, 1356, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake destroyed most of the castles and churches in Basel, Switzerland.
Were that same magnitude quake to strike today, the losses could exceed $60 billion, according to a report put out earlier this year by the Oldwick, N.J.-based A.M. Best Co.
1356 may seem like a long time ago, but an earthquake that occurred as recently as 1992 in Roermond in the Netherlands set off seismic tremors of a different kind. Researchers have since noted that that earthquake, which caused damages in the range of $40 million to $60 million, was the strongest earthquake in Central Europe since 1756.
And there are enough fault lines in Central Europe that reinsurers and other interested parties, including ratings agency A.M. Best, have since gotten much more motivated to see just how vulnerable major population centers in Central Europe would be to a quake and what the losses could amount to.
Just 50 miles to the northwest of Roermond is the German city of Cologne. Cologne is the fourth largest city in Germany, with a population of around 1 million. Cologne, in addition being an epicenter of good beer-making and the arts, sits right on top of the Erft fault, which is capable of producing an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 every 5,000 years or so.
In the beginning of this decade, two researchers with Munich Reinsurance Co. estimated that, if a magnitude 6.0 quake were to strike Cologne, the losses would exceed $14.5 billion. But ratchet that seismic reading up a few points and the projected losses start to jump dramatically. The researchers found that a magnitude 6.4 quake in Cologne would result in $55 billion in losses. And if a quake the size of Los Angeles' 1994Northridge quake, which measured 6.7 on the Richter scale, were to hit Cologne, the losses would exceed $100 billion.
Italy, Turkey and Greece are the European countries where earthquakes in the past few centuries have caused severe damage and remain more engrained in the public consciousness. But look for Central European countries to pay much more attention to earthquake preparedness. Some countries with earthquake exclusions in standard insurance policies could start covering the peril in expectation of new European solvency guidelines due out in 2012.
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The Diploma in Professional Legal Practice ensures your preparedness for entering the legal profession in Scotland.
- Our aim is that the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice delivered by the University of Glasgow comes to be regarded as a trademark of excellence ensuring that our students are not just employable but sought after by employers.
- The programme has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland and meets the accreditation requirements for PEAT 1 (Professional Education and Training 1).
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