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All sides in today's Iraq debate share a common but unspoken assumption: the way to succeed in Iraq is to refight the Vietnam War, but the right way this time. Official strategy mirrors the Nixon administration playbook: win hearts and minds while handing the fighting over to the locals.
The antiwar movement thinks we have already lost Iraqi hearts and minds and should thus get out. Prowar critics argue that we should use late-war Vietnam territorial defense tactics, not early-war Vietnam offensive methods.
But while the debate is Vietnam redux, the war is not. Vietnam was a Maoist "people's war," Iraq is a communal civil war with very different dynamics, and civil wars demand very different strategies than Maoist wars.
U.S. military strategy for Iraq now centers on "Iraqization," the program to equip and train Iraqi security forces to replace American troops. For a Maoist people's war, this would make sense: it would undermine the nationalist component of insurgent resistance, improve intelligence and provide the troops needed for real security.
But in a civil war, Iraqization only throws gasoline on the fire. Sunnis perceive the national security forces as a Shiite-Kurd militia on steroids. They have a point: In an intercommunal conflict, the most effective units are the ones that are communally homogeneous. And if we want an effective Iraqi force anytime soon, it's going to be mostly Shiite and Kurdish.
The bigger and stronger we make national security forces, the more threatened the Sunnis feel, and the harder they are likely to fight back in a struggle that is ultimately about communal self-preservation.
The solution to inter-communal conflicts like this is a constitutional deal wherein each party agrees to ironclad guarantees of shared power that deny any the ability to oppress the others. But a large, powerful, U.S.-armed, U.S.-trained, Shiite-Kurd security force makes any such constitutional deal a fiction.
To resolve an intercommunal civil war, as opposed to countering a people's war, implies at least two major policy changes.
First, we must slow, not accelerate, the growth of Iraqi security forces. Even an Iraqi force with Sunni enlistees is a problem if it precedes, not follows, a constitutional deal. Combat motivation is bound to suffer if mixed Shiite-Sunni units are asked to fight Sunni enemies. And the force we can get in the near term may have few Sunnis despite efforts to recruit them. Either possibility aggravates the real conflict.
Second, we must treat the military future of Iraq as a tool for brokering constitutional compromise, not as a quick ticket home for American troops. That is, we must threaten to throw American military power behind either side in today's civil war as needed to compel the other to compromise.
If the Sunnis refuse to compromise, they must be threatened with full U.S. support for a homogeneous Shiite-Kurd army. If the Sunnis do agree to a compromise, they must be promised U.S. protection from communal rivals until a stable power-sharing deal can ensure their security without us.
Conversely, if the Shiite-Kurd alliance refuses to compromise, they must be threatened with abandonment or even U.S. assistance to their Sunni rivals. If they do compromise, they, too, must be promised sustained American protection until a power-sharing constitution is fully implemented.
Today's policy does the opposite. We have promised to remain until the creation of an effective Iraqi security force that Sunnis see as hostile, and we intend to do this regardless of either side's bargaining behavior.
This undermines both sides' incentives to negotiate. For the Sunnis, the national military is coming whether they compromise or not - indeed, compromise merely trades their arms for a piece of constitutional paper backed by a hostile Shiite-Kurd army.
Shiites and Kurds, conversely, fear the Sunnis, but have been promised U.S. protection until and unless they can defend themselves whether they compromise or not. So why should they?
Yet the picture is not hopeless. Each of Iraq's parties is better served by a power-sharing deal than by an unconstrained, high-intensity version of today's low-intensity civil war. The willingness of the Shiites to compromise on constitutional amendment procedures last December gives grounds for hope that these common interests may yet prevail.
But today's U.S. military policy hinders rather than helps these crucial negotiations. Our prospects in Iraq are surely better if we stop opposing a civil war with a strategy designed for a Maoist people's war.


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"We thought we'd come over here and do some fishing but the problem of course is the land is gone and the river is on top of everything," said Stewart.
Flood waters have pushed the 20-acre lake over its banks, soaking the ground near the playground and the skate park.
"I think this is the first time I've seen rapids, so to speak," said long-time Evansville resident Susan Kruser.
City leaders have closed the park indefinitely.
"We only had about an inch and a half of rain but Dane County had more than us and it's all coming down the creek and through our park so until the water crests and actually starts to recede, it's tough to say how long it will be," said Evansville City Administrator Dan Wietecha.
Wietecha said the park was the hardest hit.
"We had some localized flooding where some storm grates were blocked up with some leaves or branches that had to be cleared out and some concerns about the bridge on Water Street," said Wietecha.
The City of Beloit's Leeson Park and Dog Park will be closed until further notice, according to a release.
The parks have been closed for the general public's safety due to flooding issues, according to the release.
High water also created problems for drivers using US Highway 14 and State Road 59.
Just outside of Evansville, Union Road also had to be closed. People said they'll be keeping an eye on Lake Leota.
"You meet people down here, see all your friends and neighbors. We all come to look, like we've never seen it before," said Kruser.
Stewart said he and his grandson will spend the rest of their day in town and return to the park another day.
"It's not going to go down for a few days so maybe we'll come back next week or something like that."
They're hoping things dry off at Lake Leota Park in time for their big Fourth of July celebration next weekend, which is held in the park.
The Beloit Public Works Department is also providing city residents sand and sandbags, according to another release.
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Who are some well-known pros and others that train their FT dogs to be one-sided? I am curious.
Who are some well-known pros and others that train their FT dogs to be one-sided? I am curious.
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I believe Don Remein a very successful trainer is one sided.
I have been told by at least 6 pro's, that the 2 sided training is done at the request of the dog's owner. They say it takes many years to properly read a dog from one side and that to effectively read a dog from 2 sides takes a long time. This is just for one dog, let alone 15 or 20.
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My observations are that at least 50% are now only one sided
Not positive but I think Rough is only one sided. The left is the only side I've ever seen him run from anyway.
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One positive aspect of working in two communities is that when you are sad about how things are going in one, you can feel better about progresses on the other side ;)
I think there are a few misconceptions that are stopping the Mono debate to be productive:
- It's not Redhat VS Novell. Realistically decisional power in this case is up to big distributors since it's up to them to pick technologies they want to ship. Though the decision is going to affect not affiliated contributors and probably mainly them.
- The concerns part of the community is expressing (again, not only Redhat employers) are real fears to be moving in the wrong direction, not an attempt to spread FUD on the Mono team. Everyone loves Mono as a technology and admires the work the team is doing. Some of us are just worried about the strategical and legal implications of such technology.
- Diverging so strongly on a core part of the desktop strategy has an high cost. From an user point of view I can see that being a blocker for a top-down design of the Desktop. From a not affiliated developer point of view I have no idea on which framework I should base my next project on. Mono is tempting but the fact that an important part of the community would not use and distribute it is a blocker.
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eyes or no eyes?
Thats a question flyfisherman have been asking for a long time,some people favor jungle cock and swear nothing works better.We all have our favorites and preference over one style or another.I think alot has to do with what we think looks good over what the fish likes.You can always try what the man from stripermoon states: let the fish decide,fish 2 or 3 flies at a time they will let you know what they like.How many times have you had a fly that caught fish even after the eyes were ripped off?Fly shape,size,color and action are more important than eye color in my opinion.If a bait fish was injuried and lost an eye and a striper attacked from the side without the eye would he suddenly refuse to take it because it had no eye?
Interesting thread. I'm of the opinion that ones needs to analyze the anatomical features of the bait that one is tying. Eyes seem to be a prominent feature that predators key on, e.g. striped bass, that attack their prey from the front. A common bait on the flats is the sand eel. It has a yellow iris and black pupil. Other bait fish, as Juro mentioned. have white iris and black pupils. If you want to tie a fly to imitate a snapper blue for SBFT, it has a yellow iris and black pupil.
I tie my flies accordingly, but does it Matter? I don't know, but I feel more comfortable attempting to emulate the prey of choice. It doesn't stop there however; then it comes to the presentation, and strip/retrieve, which I believe, is more important.
Well Jim....you like blondes with blue eyes, my preference has always been black hair with blue eyes....that's why I married a brunette with brown eyes She probably wanted someone who wasn't balding.....but..we are talking fish
For sandeels on the flats.....my preference and best success has been olive over white with chartreous eyes....but that might be a confidence thing. On tan over white eel patterns, which I use on sunny days, I use silver/black pupil eyes.
Not sure whether any of that matters, except in the case with shrimp and crab flies....the answer for me there has been prominent/large eyes (black). On those flies, and I've tried a bunch...prominent eyes seem to matter.
I am kinda picky about this topic for flats flies. Dor certain flies I not only want the right color but a particular brand due to reflective, adhesive and diameter range.
For baitfish flies I prefer a silver-based with black pupil, just because that what the baitfish themselves have.
I think colors in the eyes of saltwater flies do play a role in mid-summer mid-day conditions, however as I always preach not nearly as much as the mood of the fish (based on what's going on at the time) and the presentation. Not too many things can be off when sight fishing during the dog days least of which the scenario you are staking out.
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|My own preference, which is only based on experience, is to tie flies with eyes that compliment the overall fly for flats fishing and eyes that contrast with the overall fly colors for more open water and white water situations. I have no trends of success or failure with this scheme, but it just seems to make sense and give me some confidence on the water.
Being new to both fly fishing and tying, my knowledge base is limited.
I have in my reading, come across references to patterns with red throats and heads, where the red might be useful in imitating a fish that is injured or in distress. Perhaps there is a carry over to the eyes.
It would be useful to get a definitive answer as I am currently tying clousers with both red and chartreuse eyes!
That is a very good question. I will be interested to hear peoples responses. I can't say that I have ever noticed a difference and tend to use eyes that compliment the overall coloration of the fly I am tying but have used the red eyes to contrast at times. I think it will be interesting to see if there is a correlation between the color eyes that work and their corresponding visibility under water. Never read anything concrete but I believe some hypothesize that chartreuse flies work as it is one of the colors that is least dissipated under water. I believe red is one of the first to go which might make those red eyes look more like one giant pupil if fished at any depth.
|Haven't noticed any particular preference. A good experiment would be to fish two flies with different colored eyes and see what flies gets the most fish. On bunker patterns I feel it's most important to use big eyes on the fly. Just my .02 FishHawk
Eye Color
I'd like to hear some opinions on how people have done with different color eyes. I'm not talking about having one blue eye and one brown like my butcher - I'm talking flies
I notice many of the dark colored flies used at night have red eyes, why is that?
Do you notice a difference between
I've always been partial to blue eyed blondes but again we're talking flies here.
Has anyone noticed a preference for eye color in Stripers that are keyed onto a bait? How about light conditions? Those red eyes always freaked me out a little. I can see yellow eyes for an eel fly but as far as I've observed most of the other bait fish are pearl eyed.
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Hope you like loud, because it is. Drone? Oh #### ya.
When your putting around 2500RPM or less it coughs a little bit when you take your foot off the gas, and drones pretty good. But put some heft on the gas pedal and it roars like a lion.
I love my exhaust, sometimes I wish it was a little bit better made (less backfireness), but that just comes with the territory, anything that isn't equally loud... just isn't as much fun haha!
Also, hows the backfiring when you let off the throttle because I can faintly hear it now with my current exhaust and would like to really hear it pop, so would this exhaust do the job?
I just have a Cobb Accessport V2 with a IA Performance Map loaded right now (put on by last owner). I have not had my car long, so I am going to try to learn how to use my Accessport to change the tune if I like before I do anything. It rarely After fires and realizing this is a bad thing I don't think it's that bad on my car now. Only time it after fires is when downshifting, and it rarely happens like I have said before.
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The more 10 Year Anniversary stories I read, the more angry I get with Cheney/Bush!
From the David Frum story(Frum coined the phrase Axis Of Evil as GW Bush's speech writer)where Cheney's reasons for invading Iraq had nothing to do with WMD's and everything to do with oil, to Republicans and the NeoCon media calling anyone that opposed the war as unPatriotic. Remember how some media outlets were critical of countries that didn't want to join in on Bush's folly?
Reading Lew Rockwell's blog from 2002 shows just how much Americans were deceived in Cheney and his puppet, GW Bush, rush to war.
Greed that cost 4,500 American servicemen their lives not to mention those that lost limb(s)and our 800Billion plus in treasure!
Yet, I don't think the NeoCons nor many Americans have learned anything or even really care!
By the man the NeoCons love to redicule.


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When I studied some extended program credits, I could see that the hour's selections fell roughly into three parts, each based on an older work of Crabtree's. We saw the original dance, or an excerpt from it, and a new offspring by Crabtree, plus a response by another choreographer. Crabtree's past-and-present views shared the same pieces of concert music. The guest choreographers chose funky contemporary songs and instrumentals.
Crabtree's movement vocabulary comes from modern dance and simple actions like pacing, falling backward, encircling your partner with your arms. After a season of hard-edged, dazzling dancing, his looks soft, comfortable. The dancers may not be doing a lot of tricks, but they move with clarity and deliberation. Neither showy nor introspective, they go about things in a plainspoken way, like the good friends they probably are.
Crabtree has a musical soul. It's the expressive musical gesture and flow that propels his choreography, not the structural neatness with which he organized the program. The pieces were too short for one to detect much structure anyway. Sometimes his musical choice hints at comedy or irony, but he doesn't push it.
In the program opener, Slip (1997), he and Alison Ball are both wearing clingy white slips, Crabtree having undressed and put his on while giving an introductory talk to the audience. He and Ball dance side by side with movement that isn't particularly suggestive, except that they're both carrying flapjack turners. Without emphasis, they incorporate these implements into the movement, as if they were mirrors, pillows, extensions of their hands to scoop each other closer. Romantic piano music by Brahms accompanies this anti-seduction. In Get Up Three, Audra Carabetta, Yenkuei Chuang, and Joelle Garfi, spatula-less, take this movement and the first part of the same Brahms piece (Opus 116 No. 4) into a strolling trio with careful falls.
Nicole Pierce's riff on this, Little Bit, was accompanied by a track from the experimental Icelandic rock band Múm. All I remember is Pierce crawling across the floor, one hump at a time, to a combo that included accordion, tinkly percussion, and a booming drum.
In Crabtree's 1999 duet with Carabetta, Now You See It, which is set to strings-and-guitar music by Gavin Bryars, the dancers moved in close circles, answering one shape with another but never quite settling or fitting together. They were joined by Ball for the sequel, Around My Doubt, where one dancer paced the perimeter of a square and the others danced in the center. Jody Weber mugged as a Counter Girl to an out-of-tune piano and an unidentified girlchild voice singing the Eagles' "Desperado."
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|Great Lakes Steelhead & Salmon Amazing "Inland ocean" fisheries
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maybe a good deal
If anybody wants to get some cheap lines, on COrtland's website, in the clearance items, they have DT F 333's for $18 and the DT spey lines for $35. It's a goiod price to do some experiementing
Here's a DT grain weight calculator. Just enter the front taper length and it'll calculate the grain weight at various intervals.
I've verified it against my DT-10-F Ultra Salmon and for this line the chart is within 1%-2% of the measured grain weight at each length.
About the cold, well you're a better man than I, Gunga Din. I get out in minus Celsius but not in minus Farenheit. Fortunately we don't see too many days like that, but even so, most of the fishable water is either iced over or closed for the season. I'm only getting out to the Credit because the recent thaw and rains blew out the ice. We've had a weird winter.
Hello Peter
I was casting a DT9F while evaluating a Meiser 6/7. I now have this lined with a Rio MS 6/7. Casting felt about the same in the 50-70' range. Of course the MS is easier to cast. The DT9 might be too light for the 7/8 rod.
I will fish under any condition. When the windchills are below 0 F you need to break ice from the guides. Period. The largest oversized guides help. Your reel spool will freeze to the frame. You need to manually rotate it to free it. Period. Eventually your leader may become encased in ice. Sometimes the fly will. This happens when the line is out of the water too long between drifts/swings or that it's really friggin' cold. Then you need to take a break and let everything thaw out. I really like fishing under those conditions. Every fish is that much more enjoyable.
About the tip cages and small guides -- they're certainly a curse when things get icy. It's one reason I've ordered a 7/8 Kispiox as that rod comes with large guides and tiptop. It's also a pretty soft rod that won't grossly overpower sluggish winter fish.
If my DT experiments go OK, I'll be buying three or four cheap standard DT-9s in floating, clear, T-3 and T-6 to use on it, mostly for short to medium ranges and no-stripping during the winter. There's a cheap 10/11 cast LA reel on the UK market with cassette spools so that solves the spool cost problem for this solution. This is still just an idea right now and by next winter, I could completely change my mind -- again, but we'll see how it goes. If the weather holds, I'll be fishing a DT floater on the Credit on Saturday in sub-freezing temps -- should be a good first test.
BTW, heard about the PAM trick -- I wonder if SWMBO would have my head if I swiped the kitchen supply . . . .
Just to add about braided loops. The Cortland loops are quite small so they tend to bulk up and are terrible for going through guides. The ones supplied by Airflo, Fenwick, and Rio seem a lot better in this regard. Like you, I also nail knot the braided loops but I've found that the end knot will occasionally catch on the guides. If I'm having that problem, I whip finish the nail knot, a bit of thinned glue to seal it and problem solved.
I agree that Polyleaders work best with weighted flies with one caveat. This past fall, we did a fair bit of fishing at the same spot on the Grand and both of us were using a combination of Polyleaders, braided sinking leaders, or the sinktips provided with the multi-tip lines. I was using unweighted flies most of the time while Dave used mostly weighted flies. While the water temps remained fairly warm, I tended to do better than Dave but as soon as the temps dropped and/or water levels rose and dirtied up, Dave did better than me. My conclusion -- in warmer, clearer waters, the fish will rise and chase my shallower running fly but in higher/dirtier water or when temps are dropping, Dave's flies got down to where the fish were and mine didn't. Most of the time, we were both using T-3s so presumably, our tips were sinking to the same level.
Peter, i haven't had any trouble with ice on the full lines. i am admittadly a bit of a wimp and don't fish in the true cold very much (too many flies to tie and too many warmer days comming). the tip cages must go for winter fishing, though. you have seen the results and the big saltwater tips are much better. one of my winstons has small tip top and never sees a winter day anymore. i found out from a customer that Pam cooking spray works very well to keep of the ice. as far as we know it won't damage a line either (veggie oil). it comes in small cans that will easily fit in a pocket too. the wc line has a little more gradual taper on the back so i haven't seen it jam, but i bet the sa short head would with that steep rear taper. i would like to try the dt and see if i can get used to not stripping. has anyone tried an overlined long belly instead? i have a 10/11 sa long that i will try on the seven wt and see how it works for short, non stripping casting. cant be too much different than a dt and i could mark it for the right casting weight/distance, hhhmmm. btw nice work on the loops and thanks for posting the pics.
h20- try the t-14 for tips i think it will work for you. or take a 12ft 7 ips rio sinking leader and cut three feet of the front to get to the thicker taper, then they get the fly down quick. it does help if you have at least a lightly weighted fly.
Hey Shaq, Glad you had a good time and were able to get out.
Here are some thoughts in regards to loops and tips. Personally I don't like the welded loops, they hang up more in the guides. I prefer mono or kevlar loops and the way they slide through the guides. A simple and secure way to put them on is to nail knot them with 15 # test mono. I ususally do two seperate nail knots. That is all that is needed if attaching to a floating line. If attaching to a thin sinking line, do the same but coat the knots with Loon knot sence.
The RIO sinking leaders are handy but, there is a draw back. Unlike a level sink tip or a dencity comp. tip the sinking leaders will belly and sink butt first. A weighted fly helps. I prefer a factory one pc. decity comp. above all but, for shorter 5' to 10' handy loop on's I prefer to make my own from S.A. Shooting Tapers (RIO, Cortland may have them also ?) I use a level section to prevent bellying and get the fly down quicker. Of course as you & Peter noted for shorter cast's you can just use a well built tapered mono leader and a couple shot and I do also.
Hope to get out soon...............cabin fever Things should break here in the next 2 weeks or so.
|Thanks I really like that.
|Sorry, forgot to mention that the nail knots are 20lb. Dacron. I overlay the two ends of the running line core with the main fly line core. I tie the first knot not too snuggly then align them, then tighten it. The next two are then added and the tags of the core and knots trimmed.
[Tie three nail knots in a row (don't scrimp, two may fail).
Could you elaborate on the nail knots. Do you use a seperate piece of mono? Or do you use the loop tag ends themselves?
DO you have it on your streamer page?
Here's a few pics on the loops I've been doing lately.
Use acetone to remove the coating from the fly line and the ends of a 3" section of running line.
Tie three nail knots in a row (don't scrimp, two may fail).
Finish with thread and coat with thinned Aquaseal or similar glue.
Have you ever run into the problem of having the WC back taper jam up in an iced over tiptop? A couple of weeks ago, we were out on a cold day just doing some casting and our lines were getting pretty heavily iced up. I put some of my buddy's BMW goop on my lines and guides that didn't prevent icing, but made the ice easy to remove. When retrieving my Delta Long, the backtaper hit the tiptop in a big spray of ice and jammed up pretty good. Thanks to the goop, I was able to pull the backtaper through as it broke off the ice but without the goop and with a fish on, it may not have been fun. All of my rods have caged, ceramic insert tiptops that just makes this problem a whole lot worse.
|a standard wc with that 7 ft 7 ips leader will work very well on the salmon. with a weighted fly it will reach 6 ft easily. for more depth try a 6 ft hunk of t-14 with a 4 ft fluoro leader and slightly weighted fly. the full wc turns them over well and there is nothing to ice up. the sa short seems like it may load up short a little better but i haven't had enough time to really try it out. a clouser line upped two sizes works very well especialy for around 40 ft. any farther and there is too much stripping.
I agree
I've been meaning to try the sinking leaders. They have a 7 foot 7ips sink rate one that might be perfect for the salmon. I also think I don't need to cut that because I have the WC for tips which for that application it works just fine.
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Kiribati Population: 103,2482 VISITORS FROM HERE!
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|The Gilbert Islands became a British protectorate in 1892 and a colony in 1915; they were captured by the Japanese in the Pacific War in 1941. The islands of Makin and Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibious victories over entrenched Japanese garrisons in 1943. The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati.
21 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru; Kiribati is the only country in the world to fall into all four hemispheres (northern, southern, eastern, and western)
|Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the capital Tarawa is about half way between Hawaii and Australia
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 811 sq km
land: 811 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands
Size comparison: four times the size of Washington, DC
|Land Boundaries:
|0 km
|1,143 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
|tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds
|mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs
|Elevation extremes:
| lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation on Banaba 81 m
|Natural resources:
|phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)
|Land use:
| arable land: 2.47%
permanent crops: 39.51%
other: 58.02% (2011)
|Irrigated land:
|Natural hazards:
|typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level
|Current Environment Issues:
|heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: I-Kiribati (singular and plural)
adjective: I-Kiribati
|Ethnic groups:
|Micronesian 98.8%, other 1.2% (2000 census)
|I-Kiribati, English (official)
|Roman Catholic 55%, Protestant 36%, Mormon 3.1%, Baha'i 2.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.9%, other 1.8% (2005 census)
|103,248 (July 2013 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 32.3% (male 16,989/female 16,355)
15-24 years: 21.2% (male 10,985/female 10,950)
25-54 years: 37.2% (male 18,486/female 19,955)
55-64 years: 5.3% (male 2,515/female 3,004)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 1,572/female 2,437) (2013 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 56.2 %
youth dependency ratio: 49.8 %
elderly dependency ratio: 6.5 %
potential support ratio: 15.5 (2013)
|Median age:
| total: 23.2 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 24.1 years (2013 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.21% (2013 est.)
|Birth rate:
|22.18 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Death rate:
|7.24 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-2.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
| urban population: 44% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|TARAWA (capital) 43,000 (2009)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|9 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 36.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 37.74 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 35.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 65.11 years
male: 62.7 years
female: 67.64 years (2013 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|2.63 children born/woman (2013 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|22.3% (2009)
|Health expenditures:
|11.3% of GDP (2010)
|Physicians density:
|0.3 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
|Hospital bed density:
|1.4 beds/1,000 population (2010)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 77% of population
rural: 50% of population
total: 62% of population
urban: 23% of population
rural: 50% of population
total: 38% of population (2000 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 47% of population
rural: 22% of population
total: 33% of population
urban: 53% of population
rural: 78% of population
total: 67% of population (2000 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|46% (2008)
|Education expenditures:
|11.6% of GDP (2002)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2008)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Kiribati
conventional short form: Kiribati
local long form: Republic of Kiribati
local short form: Kiribati note: pronounced keer-ree-bahss
former: Gilbert Islands
|Government type:
| name: Tarawa
geographic coordinates: 0 53 S, 169 32 E
time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
note: on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory was in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (UTC +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction were on the other side of the International Date Line
|Administrative divisions:
|3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - in addition, there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)
|12 July 1979 (from the UK)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 12 July (1979)
|12 July 1979
|Legal system:
|English common law supplemented by customary law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Anote TONG (since 10 July 2003); Vice President Teima ONORIO; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Anote TONG (since 10 July 2003); Vice President Teima ONORIO
cabinet: 12-member cabinet appointed by the president from among the members of the House of Parliament (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: the House of Parliament nominates the presidential candidates from among its members following parliamentary elections and then those candidates compete in a general election; president elected by popular vote for a four-year term (eligible for two more terms); election last held on 13 January 2012 (next to be held in 2015); vice president appointed by the president
election results: Anote TONG 42.2%, Tetaua TAITAI 35%, Rimeta BENIAMINA 22.8%
|Legislative branch:
| unicameral House of Parliament or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (46 seats; 44 members elected by popular vote, 1 ex officio member - the attorney general, 1 nominated by the Rabi Council of Leaders (representing Banaba Island); members serve four-year terms)
elections: legislative elections were held in two rounds - the first round on 21 October 2011 and the second round on 28 October 2011 (next to be held in 2015)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA, other 2 (includes attorney general)
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): High Court (consists of a chief justice and other judges as prescribed by the president) note - the High Court has jurisdiction on constitutional issues judge selection and term of office: chief justice appointed by the president on the advice of the cabinet in consultation with the Public Service Commission (PSC); other judges appointed by the president on the advice of the chief justice along with the PSC
subordinate courts: Court of Appeal; magistrates' courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Boutokaan Te Koaua Party or BTK [Anote TONG] Kamaeuraoan Te I-Kiribati Party or KTK [Tetaua TAITAI] Maurin Kiribati Pati or MKP [Rimeta BENIAMINA] note: there is no tradition of formally organized political parties in Kiribati; they more closely resemble factions or interest groups because they have no party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures
|International organization participation:
|ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
|National symbol(s):
|National anthem:
| name: "Teirake kaini Kiribati" (Stand Up, Kiribati)
lyrics/music: Urium Tamuera IOTEBA
note: adopted 1979
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
|Kiribati does not have an embassy in the US; there is an honorary consulate in Honolulu
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
|the US does not have an embassy in Kiribati; the US ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Kiribati
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A remote country of 33 scattered coral atolls, Kiribati has few natural resources and is one of the least developed Pacific Islands. Commercially viable phosphate deposits were exhausted at the time of independence from the UK in 1979. Copra and fish now represent the bulk of production and exports. The economy has fluctuated widely in recent years. Economic development is constrained by a shortage of skilled workers, weak infrastructure, and remoteness from international markets. Tourism provides more than one-fifth of GDP. Private sector initiatives and a financial sector are in the early stages of development. Foreign financial aid from the EU, UK, US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UN agencies, and Taiwan accounts for 20-25% of GDP. Remittances from seamen on merchant ships abroad account for more than $5 million each year. Kiribati receives around $15 million annually for the government budget from an Australian trust fund.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $636.3 million (2012 est.) $620.8 million (2011 est.) $608.6 million (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $173 million (2012 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|2.5% (2012 est.) 2% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $6,100 (2012 est.) $6,000 (2011 est.) $6,000 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|Agriculture - products:
|copra, taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes, vegetables; fish
|fishing, handicrafts
|Industrial production growth rate:
|Labor force:
|7,870 note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 32%
services: 65.3% (2000)
|Unemployment rate:
|2% (1992 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
| revenues: $55.52 million
expenditures: $107.1 million (2010 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|32.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.2% (2007 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$35.01 million (2010 est.) -$21 million (2007 est.)
|$7.066 million (2010 est.) $17 million (2004 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish
|$80.09 million (2010 est.) $62 million (2004 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$8.37 million (2010 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$10 million (1999 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 0.9658 (2011) 0.9695 (2010) 1.0902 (2010) 1.2822 (2009) 1.2059 (2008)
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|Electricity - production:
|21 million kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 212
|Electricity - consumption:
|19.53 million kWh (2009 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|6,000 kW (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|300 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|260.8 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|43,690 Mt (2010 est.)
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|Telephones in use:
| 8,500 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 201
|Cellular Phones in use:
|13,800 (2011)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: generally good quality national and international service
domestic: wire line service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati (Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF radiotelephone; wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999
international: country code - 686; Kiribati is being linked to the Pacific Ocean Cooperative Telecommunications Network, which should improve telephone service; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2010)
|Broadcast media:
|1 TV broadcast station that provides about 1 hour of local programming Monday-Friday; multi-channel TV packages provide access to Australian and US stations; 1 government-operated radio station broadcasts on AM, FM, and shortwave (2009)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|327 (2012)
|Internet users:
|7,800 (2009)
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| 19 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 137
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 15
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 5 (2013)
| total 670 km
|5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2012)
|Merchant marine:
| total 77
by type: bulk carrier 7, cargo 35, chemical tanker 6, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 12, refrigerated cargo 15
foreign-owned: 43 (China 26, Hong Kong 2, Russia 1, Singapore 9, South Korea 1, Taiwan 2, Vietnam 2) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|Betio (Tarawa Atoll), Canton Island, English Harbor
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|Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
|Military branches:
|no regular military forces (establishment prevented by the constitution); Police Force (2011)
|Manpower available for military service:
|males age 16-49: 25,190 (2010 est.)
|Manpower fit for military service:
| males age 16-49: 18,364
females age 16-49: 20,302 (2010 est.)
|Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
| male: 1,132
female: 1,120 (2010 est.)
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I have started keeping my own blog on sourcefrog.net.
There's nothing wrong with Advogato, but I am getting a little interested in photography and wanted to be able to paste in photos, which is not possible here. (For good reasons, of course -- who wants to see the goatse guy in their diary?) And the absence of trolls is kind of relaxing.
Hackish news is that I am in between projects but still with the same employer, and looking at doing any of several interesting things. I went to try on a new suit today -- shock horror.
distcc is doing remarkably well. Tridge reminded me the other day that he originally said he didn't think it would work, but he was decent enough to not to discourage me completely. So my advice for young hackers is to listen to your elders, but perhaps go ahead and prove them wrong!
Speaking of blogs, I really like the idea of per-project diaries, like those for user-mode-linux or distcc. I think this fills a valuable function, similar to that of Kernel Traffic, by allowing people interested in the project to get a sense of how it's getting on, without needing to read the whole mailing list. It's nice to know what the developers are thinking about and how things are going. It gives you a sense of whether it's active or not.
Actually they kind of remind me of the sport reports at high school, where during assembly the captain of the rugby team (somebody perhaps not a specialist at public speaking) would stand up and use cliche or amusing analogies to describe the weekend's matches.


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GLYSET Tablets contain miglitol, an oral alpha-glucosidase inhibitor for use in the management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Miglitol is a desoxynojirimycin derivative, and is chemically known as 3,4,5-piperidinetriol, 1-(2hydroxyethyl)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-, [2R-(2α,3β,4α, 5β)]-. It is a white to pale-yellow powder with a molecular weight of 207.2. Miglitol is soluble in water and has a pKa of 5.9. Its empirical formula is C8H17NO5 and its chemical structure is as follows:
GLYSET is available as 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg tablets for oral use. The inactive ingredients are starch, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, polyethylene glycol, titanium dioxide, and polysorbate 80.
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Binghamton University students win Wasson leadership awards
Two Binghamton University students have been awarded William N. Wasson Student Leadership and Academic Awards by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA).
Jessica McCarthy, a senior studying management with a concentration in leadership, and Stephen Bendt, a senior studying English literature, will be honored April 17 at the NIRSA National Conference in Alberquerque, New Mexico.
The students were selected from more than 100 national candidates. McCarthy was recognized for her efforts as a lifeguard for BU's Campus Recreational Services, where she has been employed since her sophomore year. Bendt received recognition for three years of service to BU's Campus Recreational Services where he has been employed as a personal trainer, group exercise instructor and student manager.
Named after NIRSA's founder, Dr. William N. Wasson, the awards recognize outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who are active participants, employees or volunteers in collegiate recreational sports departments. Criteria for the awards include self-improvement through leadership, academic success, activities, volunteerism and promoting inclusion.


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Family: Cupressaceae, Cypress view all from this family
Description Multitrunked evergreen tree with a bushy growth form. Bark nonfibrous, exfoliating, thin; 1 cm. (0.4 in.) Foliage rich light green to green. Bark reddish brown with peeling and curling plates. Seed cones dark brown to gray, 20–32 mm. Seeds dark brown.
Dimensions Height: 6-9 m. (20-30 ft.)
Diameter: 0.3-0.5 m. (1-1 1/2 ft.).
Habitat Mountains, Scrub, shrub & brushlands, Canyons & valleys.
Range California.
Discussion Tecate cypress is the most widespread of the rare southern California
cypress species. Tecate cypress is considered rare throughout its range.
Wood is generally durable and stable. Provides cover for mountain lions and golden eagles. Considered prime habitat for San Diego coast horned lizard.


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No anthrax found in envelope received at Woodrow Wilson School
Posted November 13, 2001; 12:18 a.m.
University was notified by local authorities at noon Nov. 13 that tests showed no anthrax contamination in a suspicious letter that was received at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, Nov. 6. At this point, there are no reasons to be concerned about the contents of the letter.
A hazmat team was called in last Tuesday to remove the letter from Robertson Hall in the Woodrow Wilson School, and law enforcement authorities sent it for testing at a state laboratory. Robertson Hall was closed from about 11 a.m. until shortly after 2 p.m., with no one permitted to enter or leave the building. An enclosed office on the first floor was decontaminated and was kept secure until the test results were received.
At a briefing for people who were in the building, public safety officials said the letter had no return address on the envelope. The envelope contained an oily substance, described as having the consistency of paint, that was wrapped in plastic. The unsigned letter, which was mailed from Canada, was placed in a plastic bag and then double-bagged and removed.
No powder was seen, and the officials said there was nothing to suggest that the substance could have been released into the air. The ventilation system was turned off as another standard precaution.
The two staff members who handled the letter were offered antibiotics as a precaution, and the risk to them is considered minimal.
Since there was no evidence of aerosolization of the substance, there is no reason at this time to treat others in the building who were not in the immediate area and did not handle the letter, said Dr. Janet Neglia, director of clinical services at University Health Services. However, as always, people should be aware of the symptoms of anthrax and report a change in health status or skin condition for investigation, she said.
All members of the Princeton community are advised to review guidelines for handling suspicious mail. Anyone who receives a piece of suspicious mail, should not open it and should call the University's Department of Public Safety at 911 or 258-3134.
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Family: Pinaceae, Pine view all from this family
Description Large evergreen coniferous tree. Bark reddish brown scaly. Shoots orange-brown. Needles quadrangular in cross-section, dark green on all four sides with inconspicuous stomatal lines, 12–24 mm long. Cones green or reddish brown, 9–17 cm long, drooping. Cone scale triangular-pointed. Seeds black, 4–5 mm long, with a pale brown 15 mm wing.
Dimensions Height: 24 m. (80 ft)
Diameter: 0.6 m. (2 ft).
Habitat Cities, suburbs & towns.
Range Northwest, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Plains, Southeast, Rocky Mountains, New England, California.
Discussion One of the most economically important coniferous species in Europe, widely planted both in and out of its native range. Used for timber, paper production, and as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens. It is esteemed as a source of wood for use in making of musical instruments. Widely planted for use as a Christmas tree.


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First "Clean Marina" designated in the State of Texas
Get more info on the Clean Texas Marina Program
The Clean Marina is a voluntary program that encourages environmental stewardship through guidance and incentives. Clean Marina Programs (which vary from state to state) offer marina operators and boaters guidance and technical assistance in fulfilling best management practices that can be used to reduce or prevent pollution.
Those marinas that fulfill clean marina requirements receive recognition and often enjoy free publicity through press releases and boater guides.
The Clean Texas Marina Program is managed by a partnership of the Texas Sea Grant Program, Marina Association of Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas General Land Office and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, with Sea Grant serving as a program administrator.
The Corpus Christi Marina voluntarily has taken many measures to reduce pollution. For example, the marina offers free contaminated bilge water pump outs to interested boaters, regardless of whether they are personal boats, commercial fishing boats, or even patrol boats from the Coast Guard or FBI.
The Corpus Christi Marina also provides details and printed information on environmental practices in the marina. Those efforts have shown results. The shrimp catch has come back, and more brown pelicans are being seen.
The marina provides training on how to use the free pump out facilities and even offers demonstrations.
To date, about 50 Texas marinas have been certified under the Clean Texas Marina Program. Another 40 have also pledged to do so, and are making progress in fulfilling program requirements.
Ninety-four percent of marina managers who have received certification as a Clean Texas Marina indicate that they have experienced fewer problems with customers and/or contractors leaving messes for the marina staff to clean. More than 80 percent said they have benefited from free publicity about their marina being in the program and nearly 70 percent said they had attracted new customers.
Clean marinas also have increased revenue. Nearly 50 percent said they had increased their revenues, and nearly 70 percent said that they saved money through better environmental standards or reduced costs.
All across the country, boaters and anglers are joining in the Clean Marina Program. Seventeen states, plus the District of Columbia and the Tennessee Valley Authority, have Clean Marina Programs. Four more are developing Clean Marina Programs. National Parks all across the country are also involved with the initiative.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a direct partner in the Clean Marina Program, though its Clean Vessel Act program. The program is helping to prevent the overboard flushing of hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage by recreational boaters. It provides up to $10 million annually to State agencies for the installation and maintenance of sewage pump-out facilities. The Clean Vessel Act also uses a portion of the funding for educational outreach, so that boaters can learn how to avoid improper sewage disposal.
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i expected more canadian posts...
i expected more canadian posts...
Not much to post about!!
TK421, why are you not at your post? TK421 do you copy?
great traders:
Jonboy, lowly bantha cleaner,
We only just recently started trying to get it together!!! It's been a dark time for the Canadian collector, y'know!! Check the other thread (ingeniously dubbed "the Canadian thread" wooooooo!!!) for news. I just recently started speaking to the other Canuck users here, and it'd help out if we (us Canadians,natch) keep that particular thread alive(not cause I started it, if the fact bugs you, start a new one-as long as we keep at it!!) That's the advantage of being such a small group- we can all post what we've seen in one thread!! Sure, it's quiet now, but just you wait, that thread is gonna come ALIVE!!! tk421, 42(is that really IT?) c'mon over to the Canadian thread, join the likes of Amanamike, Haggis, Greedo, Croaker, Darkross, and many more(Yeah, me too, but don't worry, the others more than make up for THAT)
Don't be afraid to PM people, either. I've met (virtually, of course) a few folks so far just by using that handy feature, or vice versa. (them using it, not it using me)
Come on fellows- this forum could be the tool we need to avoid crippling dissappointments like the ones Hbro has tossed our way so far. Tempt not the blade, all fear..... The Sentinel!!(or the hoser, whatever feels best) Woooooooooooooo!!!
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Insulating fabrics suffer from a compromise matrix. Down is warm but traps heat and useless when wet. Synthetics continue to insulate when wet but still don't breathe, leading to overheating and trapped sweat. For high output activity, overheating is not an option, but outdoor athletes have been stuck dealing with this series of trade-offs.
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At the Ironman World Championships in Kona
We love him. You love him. And now he is taking over our Instagram page. Pro triathlete Matt Lieto will join us in showing you around the Ironman World Championships in Kona from his unique & often hilarious perspective.
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When we decided to design our first digital holiday photo card collection last season, the idea was to offer options that kept to our high craftsmanship standards. Even though digitally printed, we wanted our Enthusiasts to feel confident that they were still sending Crane & Co. A pleasing-to-the-touch card stock and classic design accomplished that task quite nicely, we thought.
This year, we're holding true to those standards while upping our design game, offering five new collections, each inspired by our classic aesthetic yet possessing its own distinct palette.
"As we sat down to design the 2013 Digital Holiday Collection," recalls VP of Creative and Product Development Rachel V. Ivey, "we wanted to capture the many ways to express your personality, knowing that the photograph should really steal the show."
With that said, our hope is that we've created designs that delight as well as compliment every picture worth gracing a photo card.
- Tartan Tidings
Red, green, gold and cranberry, along with a touch of the deep blues and greens of a Black Watch pattern, make this collection a classic holiday.
- Vintage Cheer
Classic holiday imagery is combined with pinks and bright greens inspired by old time confectionary icons to give an added pop of color to traditional reds and greens.
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The primary color is silver with accents of red and green throughout. The silver is reminiscent of the glistening snow and makes a great accent for that great winter photograph.
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Inspired by rich jewel tones, Yule Jewel pulls together a collection of these vibrant gems — emeralds, rubies, sapphires and garnets — to create dazzling holiday designs.
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'We stopped the tour bus approx 50 metres from the restricted area barriers and started to film.
'There was no one around, no guards, no vehicles - nothing.
'We filmed for approximately 30 minutes and tried to call the guards but there was no one there and no sign of them.
'So we all decided to walk past the barriers onto the restricted area past the security huts and basically onto Area 51. Nothing happened....'
He continued: 'We filmed again for another 30 minutes and even messed around doing a silly dance, but still no guards.
'Then one of the other stars of the trip pointed out that on looking through one of the security hut windows, she could see the guards all sitting down eating dinner and watching the basketball game on TV. They did nothing.
'So after a few more minutes and a few more picture taking and filming, one of the crew decided to speak to the guards and knocked on their hut door. All hell broke loose.'
BBC Film Crew Held at Gunpoint After Trying to Sneak into Area 51
I remember hearing that if anyone got too close to that place that they could be shot on sight.
Wouldn't that be a violation of the 5th amendment?
I love how they talk about people that are hardcore alien conspiracy theorists and kinda talk like the alien shite is real, but then link the alien autopsy video at the bottom, which has long since been proven a hoax.
except in cases arising in the land or naval forces
Isn't it a military base?
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
I must have reading comprehension problems.
I must have reading comprehension problems.
It could be argued the other way... what if they were spies trespassing on a military base looking for information that could put the public at danger?
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Live, love & laugh! Just be fun, challenging, smart and reliable. Must enjoy wharped British humor and have a thing for stupid English guys.
Newly single: I'm after friendships first - all great things are built on friendship, trust, humility and no pretences (and quality artisan ice-cream), then fun, laughs, outdoor/adventures, travel, road trips, stupid food experiments, romantic idiocy and some cultural experiences..... Preferably all with spectacular views and a great soundtrack! What a human conveyor-belt this is! Do we get a barcode and everything? Challenging, intellectual, world-wise and philosophical is good. Been around the world twice, born in South East Asia on the Equator, lived in Asia, Europe, Australia and California.... Worked in London, Geneva, New York, Sydney, San Francisco, and LA..... so can't get enough of a global view. I love animals, have a passion for creativity, and for life and meeting unique people in general.... I've been so fortunate to meet some amazing people whether lunching with global statesmen and women, guitarists in major bands, Hollywierd Actors, iconic Silicon Valley business founders, fishermen in the Pacific or farmers in the middle of Asia. Everyone has an equally fascinating story to tell. Lucky to have enjoyed some incredible career highs and lows, I've worked airport bars, in a shoe store during smelly-feet season, also been a Wall Street trader and Portfolio Manager, a VP and Director at two global Investment Banks, and a potato packer on a farm in Somerset UK. I'm basically a frustrated wannabe Marine Biologist, Historian and Archaeologist that loves wild and ancient places, and on occasion wild and extreme people and situations. Oh, and I can really, really, really cook....
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I like Dogs, Exotic Pets
I love Labradors, and have had a pet snake (not any more so don't worry!)
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Anything from the Stones, Doors, Hendrix and the Beatles.... Through Black Keys, Nirvana, Rage, Metallica, Chili's, Prodigy, Ramones, to the Eagles, Johnny Cash, Bluegrass... To Mahler and Mozart.... Anything creative, challenging and original.
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|Administrative / Secretarial, Artistic / Creative / Performance, Executive / Management, Financial / Accounting / Real Estate, Legal, Medical / Dental / Veterinary / Fitness, Political / Govt / Civil Service / Military, Retail / Food services, Sales / Marketing, Self-Employed / Entrepreneur, Student, Education / Teacher / Professor, Technical / Science / Computers / Engineering, Travel / Hospitality / Transportation, Other profession, Nonprofit / Volunteer / Activist, Law enforcement / Security / Military, Fashion / Model / Beauty, Architecture / Interior design
"What have you been doing, Colin, working in a bank?". Knowing this line from an obscure Brit 80's TV comedy movie wins a special prize ((probably the "Wummp, Ouch!" of a drooling English guy falling head-over-heels, in love....(think Brit Spinal Tap
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|Currently Separated
|No preference
|Have kids:
|No preference
|Wants kids:
|White / Caucasian
|No preference
Geneological freak-show: English, Scottish, Irish, French, Armenian, Indian among others. Part Catholic, Protestant and Jewish. Family tree reliably goes back to ~300AD thanks to some well-known irresponsible regal ancestors and the British Empire!
|Spiritual but not religious
|No preference
I take the best parts of all, am not personally into organized religion, live by all being equal under one power. Fully respect those that follow their chosen belief system, as long as it doesn't harm anyone.
|Religious Attitude:
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
I take the best parts of all, am not personally into organized religion, live by all being equal under one power. Fully respect those that follow their chosen belief system, as long as it doesn't harm anyone.
|Bachelors degree
|No preference
University of Southampton, UK. Class of '96.


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