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Prior to the day of the big move, when movers would take my dozens of boxes and heavier, bulkier furniture to my new place, I was moving my kitchen and bathroom, getting those two rooms set up. My office equipment and supplies, along with my mementos and other Feng Shui materials were stacked, waiting for later placement after the big furniture arrived.
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The Bills ended up losing 31-25 to the Seattle Seahawks on Monday night, the third straight loss for Buffalo. The Bills had a chance at the victory but Tyrod Taylor's fourth-down pass into the end zone in the closing seconds fell incomplete.
Buffalo potentially would have only needed a field goal to tie the game at that point if the end of the first half had been handled differently by Anderson's crew.
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What set off Ryan's anger was Anderson not calling Seattle's Richard Sherman for unnecessary roughness when he crashed into Buffalo kicker Dan Carpenter as he attempted at 53-yard field goal with 3 seconds left in the half. Sherman was instead called for offside and after some confusion and a Buffalo penalty Carpenter missed a 54-yard attempt on the final play of the half.
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''It was wrong,'' Ryan said. ''It's clear what happened, the guy roughed our kicker. Jumps offside, roughs our kicker and then because we had to go out and attend to him, and it wasn't called `roughing the kicker', then we had to spike the ball so that we could come back in and kick. We needed a little time there but, we saw him go down and our trainers ran out. ... From an officiating standpoint, I think you can do a little bit better than that.''
Anderson's explanation was Sherman was called for being unabated to the kicker and that his actions crashing into Carpenter did not rise to the level of unnecessary roughness.
''I didn't feel like the actions and the contact, because we were shutting the play down, warranted a foul,'' Anderson said.
NFL head of officiating Dean Blandino disagreed and tweeted during the game that Sherman should have been penalized for unnecessary roughness and expanded his view of the play in comments to NFL Network.
''The referee in looking at it was coming in to kill the play and didn't think the contact was enough for unnecessary roughness. Obviously when you look at the tape that is not the case,'' Blandino told NFL Network.
Sherman said he did not hear a whistle and was just trying to block the kick.
''I went for the ball. The holder still had it so I didn't hear (any) whistle,'' Sherman said. ''They say play to blow of the whistle so I went and tried to block the kick and I got it. I think I got it and the kicker somehow kept going. I assumed he was going to stop when he saw me going for the ball but he didn't.''
By not calling a personal foul against Sherman, what played out in the ensuing moments also put Buffalo at a disadvantage. Carpenter appeared to be hurt bringing trainers on the field.
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Blandino said the play clock should have been reset.
''It looked like the play clock had run down probably to five or six seconds so we want to reset the play clock there when the officials are actually conversing and delaying the snap,'' Blandino said.
It's not the first time officiating has become the focus of a Monday night game in Seattle. In 2012, the ''Fail Mary'' game between Green Bay and Seattle finished with Golden Tate catching a disputed touchdown on the final play of the game. Last year, Seattle pulled out a win over Detroit when the Lions were about to score and officials missed Seattle's K.J. Wright hitting a fumble out of the end zone for a touchback in the closing seconds. The ball should have gone back to Detroit.
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Monday, April 7, 2008
NEW LINK! Dream 2: A Mixtape by The Cowboys From Sweden (2008)
This is sort of a part two of the "Elusive Dreams" mix tape I posted last February by The Cowboys From Sweden. ...30 more tracks of lush, cinematic sounds hand picked from our dusty vaults for your listening pleasure. This mix has many of the same artists on it as Elusive Dreams, but the mood on this one is perhaps just a bit darker than the last? We hope you enjoy. Thanks to all who listened to the last one!
01 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - You've lost that lovin' feelin'
02 Vashti Bunyan - Rose Hip November
03 Scott Walker - The Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti
04 Trio Junior - Fruscio Di Foglie Verdi
05 Gianni Marchetti - Amore In Controluce
06 Catherine Spaak - Penso A Te
07 Lee Hazlewood - The Night Before
08 Vincent Gallo - Lonely Boy
09 Sven Libaek - Misty Canyon
10 Gordon Lightfoot - Beautiful
11 Cat Stevens - Trouble
12 The Rolling Stones - Play With Fire
13 Ennio Morricone - Doricamente
14 Love - Alone Again Or
15 Frédéric Chopin - Prelude no. 4 in e minor (op.28)
16 Françoise Hardy - Mer
17 Serge Gainsbourg - Melancoly suite
18 Jean-Claude Vannier - Je M'Appelle Geraldine
19 The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
20 David Axelrod - The Smile
21 The Zombies - Smokey Day
22 The Kinks - Young And Innocent Days
23 Vladimir Cosma - Pavane enfantine
24 Emitt Rhodes - You Must Have
25 The Beach Boys - Our Prayer
26 The Beatles - Because
27 Harry Nilsson - One
28 Serge Gainsbourg - Scène de bal 1
29 Bruno Nicolai - Your Vice is a Closed Room and Only I Have the Key (Alternate Pop Version)
30 Serge Gainsbourg - Manon
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I think they are composed by French or Italian musicians.
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So you might be able to help in this case.
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Thank you so much.
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Related: Puntastic Cheshire police raising laughs via social media
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2. Apply wave enhancing mousse to the bottom half of your damp hair, and loosely braid your hair in medium sections.
3. Once your hair is dry, take out the braids and finger comb through your waves to separate them. Take a small section of hair from each side of your head, and secure them into a half updo using bobby pins.
4. Mist all over with anti-humidity hairspray to finish.
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Dianna Agron Straight, Chic, Prom, Blonde Ponytail
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Claire Danes Medium, Straight, Chic, Blonde Hairstyle
Anna Paquin Medium, Layered, Chic, Blonde Hairstyle
Reese Witherspoon Medium, Chic, Layered, Straight, Blonde Hairstyle
Kellie Pickler Medium, Layered, Straight, Blonde Hairstyle
Melissa George Romantic, Chic, Blonde Hairstyle
Faith Hill Straight, Chic, Blonde Hairstyle
Tori Spelling Medium, Blonde, Straight, Chic Bob
Tori Spelling's sleek bob looks so chic on shoulder-length hair. Steal her style:
1. Right when you get out of the shower, part your hair to the side for a chic vibe.
2. Apply smoothing cream to damp hair and blow dry straight using a paddle brush.
3. Use a flat iron to straighten your hair even more, and curve your ends in to make them look more angled.
4. Mist all over with anti-frizz hairspray and gently smooth down your flyaways.
Holly Madison Curly, Romantic, Ponytail
Claire Danes Wavy, Tousled, Blonde Hairstyle
Holly Madison Blonde Hairstyle with Braids and Twists
Kristin Cavallari Straight, Blonde Half Updo
Claire Danes Straight, Blunt, Blonde Hairstyle
Claire Danes Curly, Chic, Blonde Hairstyle
Scarlett Johansson Short, Wavy, Tousled Bob
Scarlett Johansson's new, shorter hair looks great with her bone structure. Steal her style:
1. Part damp hair down the middle. Apply texturizing mousse to your hair and air dry to bring out its natural texture.
2. If your hair is naturally straight, wrap sections around a 2-inch curling iron to add wave to it.
3. Put some styling wax on your fingers and run them through your hair to make it look piece-y and tousled.
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Carrie Underwood's girly ponytail is so easy to do. Steal her style:
1. This look works best on dirtier hair, because it gives your pony some grip. Rub texturizing mousse through dry hair and let it set.
2. Use your fingers to comb your hair into a low ponytail. Secure it with an elastic, and tug at the back of your head to add a bit of volume.
3. Smooth your bangs behind your ear, and mist hair with a light-hold hairspray.
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AnnaLynne McCord Medium, Blonde, Tousled Hairstyle
Cameron Diaz Medium, Straight, Blonde Hairstyle
Amanda Seyfried Chic, Blonde Hairstyle with Braids and Twists
Lauren Conrad Straight, Chic, Blonde Ponytail
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Carrie Underwood Chic, Layered Blond Hairstyle
Carrie Underwood's layered hairstyle is soft and romantic. Steal her style:
1. Apply a smoothing cream and blow dry hair straight using a paddle brush.
2. Now switch to a round brush, and use it to angle the ends of each face-framing layer inwards. On the back of your hair, use the round brush to curl your ends outwards to add more volume and flair.
3. Slightly tease the top of your hair, and pull one side of your hair back. Pin it down right above your ear with a fun, sparkly barrette.
4. Mist your layers with a flexible-hold hairspray for a soft, touchable-looking finish.
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12 Nov
This is my last free weekend before the Christmas seasons starts, which means that every weekend up to Christmas Eve, I will be working. Therefore I decided to do some gift shopping and sort out my home and most importantly my office.
For that occasion, I like to wear relaxed outfit … nothing fancy, just a hoodie with pair of skinny jeans, like I am wearing here. Honestly, I just want to feel comfy and be able to run out of doors if need and still look decent … Here is few inspirations for casual weekend outfit here, here and here.
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Folding Guard
Safe Guarding & Identifying Property
Specialty Steel Producer Designs Storage Solutions to Withstand Years of Use
Most people use a locker for storage at some point in their lives, particularly in public places, such as schools, the workplace and in gymnasiums. With the addition of a lock or padlock, the clothing, equipment, products and tools inside the unit are expected to be safeguarded and secured. Yet, all lockers aren't created equally, nor are the storage solutions they provide adequate to protect personal property.
That's how Folding Guard, a division of global diversified manufacturer Leggett & Platt, Inc., has continued to grow and evolve since its founding in 1962. Headquartered in Bedford Park, IL, the fabricated steel wire manufacturer designs lockers that aid in loss prevention, security and safety for customers in the industrial, commercial, government, military and consumer markets.
"The lockers we make are expected to last at least a generation," says Colin Burt, Folding Guard marketing manager. "While our customers and their needs vary, the products we provide are built to last at least 25 years on average and enhance our customers' operations."
Protecting merchandise and inventory, as well as personal property, is of paramount concern to the businesses that purchase Folding Guard's products. The company offers over 800 safety and security products, many of which are customized to fit the customer's specific purpose. For instance, apartment complexes that purchase Folding Guard's storage lockers can choose different modules for the space available and decide which steel construction to use, such as an industrial welded wire or commercial expanded metal frame. Similarly, they can select various finishes, ranging from galvanized and grey enamel finishes to a palette of colors that complement different decors. Additionally, the number of shelves can also be modified from a single, double or triple tier option so that the units maximize space allocations.
"Our customization features, heavy duty construction and years of maintenance-free performance are strong selling features to our customers," Colin says. "We offer eight different types of lockers among our product line, all of which are designed to be durable, versatile, economical and customizable."
Ease of use is one of the selling points that customers of Folding Guard's lockers have come to expect. So, when the company sought a permanent identification solution, it wanted a product that offered the same ruggedness and lasting durability as any of its sstorage lockers. The right option would also allow the use of logos or customized images to help with brand recognition without the worry of ever needing replacement.
"The product is durable and...easy...to apply."
"We found Metalphoto of Cincinnati several years ago," he says. "We're able to specify what we need and MPC provides us with locker tags produced on its photosensitive anodized aluminum. The product is durable and because they are manufactured with an adhesive backing, they are easy for us or our customers to apply to the locker units."
Images on the lockers tags are sealed beneath a sapphire-hard anodic layer making them virtually impervious to wear and tear. Additionally, the fact that the tags are graffiti, abrasion, corrosion, sunlight, temperature and chemical resistant means that no matter where the lockers are placed, the locker tags will be readable for decades to come.


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A sick child has no appetite and refuses to eat … This situation though psychologically sad for the relatives is generally understandable. Any adult is aware that it is temporary, that the disease is to blame. Memories from one's own "painful" experience help to calm down: When I'm as sick, I do not want to eat too.
Completely different thoughts appear in the minds of loving parents when there's no any sign of an illness and no appetite as well. The uncertainty scares. In fact, loss of appetite is completely physiological, i.e. normal, natural.
In order to understand this, you should know and consider factors that may influence appetite. Let's consider these factors in details.
1. Specific characteristics of metabolism in both children and adults.
Numerous examples from everyday life are the confirmations of this factor. Johnny and Steve eat the same amount of food. Johnny is thin and Steve is thick. Skinny Mary eats a lot, and thick Lisa – a little. And not the amount of eaten food matters but the amount of assimilated one.
2. Hormone production rate.
The process of growth is not uniform. During the first year of life as well as during adolescence the more amounts of growth hormone, the thyroid and parathyroid hormones are produced, the child actively grows, appetite is increased. Growth rate depends on genetic characteristics. If Johnny's parents are about two feet tall, then Johnny will likely eat more than Steve, whose dad is much shorter.
There are seasonal regularities: in the wintertime growth is slowed down (less hormones), in summer time – it is activated (more hormones). It is clear that the appetite is better in summer time.
3. The level of energy consumption.
Food, in fact, has two global goals: first, to provide the body with nutrients necessary for growth and proper work of the internal organs; second, to replenish energy consumed due to locomotor activity. Everything is quite obvious here – the more the child consumes energy, the better his appetite.
Parents cannot completely influence these three factors that determine appetite in a healthy child. We can affect neither the production of hormones nor the individual characteristics of metabolism. But to regulate the energy consumption is clearly within the parents' competence. Current energy consumption is determined not only by physical activity. Maintenance of body temperature is very important: the warmer and more comfortable, the more clothing items the less energy and less appetite.
The ratio of the intellectual and physical activities, daily schedule, food, and room temperature are the main elements that characterize such a well-known concept as lifestyle.
Let's take a look (as objective as it can be) at the classic situation when parents of a healthy child are extremely worried about his decreased appetite. In most cases, the family has enough food, the child is always warm – the family has enough money to buy a coat, socks and a heater. Child goes to kindergarten or school. He visits additional classes (foreign language, music school, educational games, and so on). And he spends his free time playing computer games or watching television. And not the loss of appetite is surprising in such a situation but the fact that his parents are surprised about it!
Civilization has a very serious impact on the human health and especially the children's one, for within the most crucial period of their life – when the internal organs are growing and developing, when their health is being formed for the whole life time – children grow in completely unnatural conditions. It's not so much a problem of parents as a problem of the whole society: the entire school system is a system of intelligence and health opposition.
If a healthy child refuses to eat, first lifestyle should be corrected in order to activate the energy consumption. This is true for any age. Elimination of overheating, doing gymnastics, cool water, active games, prolonged exposure to fresh air – all these are equally important for 5 month olds and for 14 year olds.


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Ok. I am always writing about our health needs, but what about the health needs of your pet. I have always been very skittish about dropping my dog off to be groomed. I don't like her caged for hours as she waits her turn. By the time I would pick her up, she was shell-shocked beyond belief. Then I found Animal Palace....
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Hi Joyce,
Chris mentioned that I should send you pictures of Xander and Willow after being groomed. I also wanted to let you know that Chris did a wonderful job. He put them totally at ease making it a great experience for the puppies. He also did a terrific job with the grooming. He clipped them to match the picture that we provided and made sure that we were pleased with the outcome.
Thanks and tell Chris to keep up the good work!
Rick and Mary Densmore
We decided to try Animal Palace today. It was so great that they were able to come out to the house on a Sunday with short notice and the groomer they sent (Chris) was a true dog whisperer. Our Cocker, who tends to be very distrustful, took to Chris right away. He did a fantastic job grooming her and I would highly recommend him,as well as, Animal Palace's services to anyone looking for a reputable and professional groomer.
Lynda Shaffer
Your groomer Leeana is wonderful!
She just left my home after grooming my baby and he looks awesome.
He is very calm and now sleeping peacefully with his new haircut!
Leeana was very proficient in taking care of problem areas that other groomers could not.
She also has a wonderful personality and is very kind!
Thanks to all of you for employing such a talented worker!!
Donna Loxahatchee
Good morning!
Just wanted to let you know that everything worked out very well with Rascal & Princess! I suppose we are typical dog owners and so protective of our babies! I don't remember the groomer's name but she (Leeanna) did an excellent job for us. She must have been very sweet to them because they both were calm and relaxed afterwards. Please let her know that she groomed them nicely. We apologize for any confusion or misunderstanding on our part.
Just a quick note to let you know that everything went great today with Chris. He is a very sweet person and handled Bella so kindly. I didn't set up another time yet,wanteed to see how she responded first. So far, you would never know she was groomed except for her beautiful hair cut and she isn't scratching.
Thank you so much,
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Hello Joyce,
Joe and I Just wanted to let you know how Happy we are with the job Chris did on Hooch. Not only did he calm the Puppy down but he kept me calm as well (not a easy task) anyways, again Thank you so much everyone has been kind and very professional.
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Animal Law Symposium
Sat, September 10, 2016
Presented by the Animal Law Section of the San Diego County Bar Association and the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
This program is worth 5.5 GEN CLE
- Elizabeth Baker, Esq., Senior Science Policy Specialist with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
- Leslie Rudloff, Esq., Senior Counsel for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
- Catherine Doyle, Director of Science, Research & Advocacy at Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
- Ted Griswold, Esq., with the Nature Conservancy
- Jane Henning, Esq., Professor of Animal Law at USD
- Harold Holmes, Esq., Deputy Director of the San Diego County Department of Animal Services
- Deborah Knaan, Esq., Deputy District Attorney
- Bryan Pease, Esq., Animal Protection and Rescue League
- Anne Perry, Esq., specializing in Federal Animal Protection Laws
- Jill Ryther, Esq., specializing in Animal Rights Law
- Kevin Schneider, Nonhuman Rights Project
- TJ Tumasse, Animal Legal Defense Fund
Are you interested in combining your law degree with your passion for helping animals? Join us to hear from a dynamic panel of experts who will explain how they do exactly that in the context of academia, policy and legislation making, administrative law, state, federal and criminal law and civil litigation. The program will cover following topics:
- What is animal law and how it is evolving in California and throughout the United States
- How to successfully run a 100% animal law practice, while only taking on cases for the benefit of animals and earning a living at the same time
- Drafting and passing animal welfare legislation
- Enforcement and prosecution of animal abuse, including the evolution and current status of criminal law in California
- Enforcement of federal animal trafficking and protection laws, including the Endangered Species Act, the Lacey Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act
- Using Habeas Corpus and other creative legal tools to promote the advancement in the status of nonhuman animals, including nonhuman primates
- Handling dog shooting cases and how to prevent avoidable officer dog shootings in the line of duty
- Legal implications relating to undercover investigations, criminal convictions and the law and policy changes arising out of undercover investigations
- Registration and breakfast: 8:30am
- Seminar: 9:00am - 4:30pm
- Networking mixer: 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Pricing includes: Vegan continental breakfast, lunch, and hosted cocktail networking event
Registrations are due by noon on September 7, 2016 to avoid the late fee. By registering, you are agreeing not to record, photograph or otherwise capture any video or audio of this seminar. The SDCBA has the right to refuse registrations. Late registrants and walk-ins will incur a $5.00 late registration fee. Registration fees apply to the actual program being purchased and are not transferable to another seminar attendee or online program. Walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows. Registrations will be held until 15 minutes after the published seminar start time. The SDCBA certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE by the State Bar of California.
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He was not pierced for a selection of my less shocking transgressions. He was not crushed for the iniquities of a select few. He was crushed for our iniquities – all of them. The salient question Isaiah raises, amazingly, is mere belief. "Who has believed our report?" Isaiah 53:1
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25 "I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.
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Isaiah 43:25-26 NASB
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Far more than license to sin, living under grace is a new and living way to invite holiness and freedom into our lives. Grace creates community and invites the gifting and presence of the Holy Spirit to serve one another…
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Sermon 4 from the Reasonable Grace series – 6 weeks of sermons on Isaiah 1:18. Escaping the Prison of Ought – living as one beloved instead of living as one judged. Listen: Download: http://breadwine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/reasonable_grace_04.m4a
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Sermon 3 from the Reasonable Grace series – 6 weeks of sermons on Isaiah 1:18. Why is the church so rigid on moral issues? Why can't the church just go along with the times? And yes, sermon 2 is missing…
Reasonable Grace Session 1: Why Does God Focus on Guilt?
Sermon 1 from the Reasonable Grace series – 6 weeks of sermons on Isaiah 1:18. Why does God focus so hard on our guilt and sin? Listen: Download: http://breadwine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/reasonable_grace_01.m4a


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2008 Myanmar Cyclone Nargis
The Basics:
Survivors mark 1 year anniversary of Cyclone Nargis
Emotional survivors have gathered in Burma to remember the 138,000 people left dead or missing by cyclone Nargis, despite authorities largely ignoring the storm's first anniversary. No official ceremonies were planned and state media made no mention of the deadly storm, which lay waste to large swathes of the country on May 2 and 3 last year and drew worldwide criticism for Burma's military rulers. The UN estimates that 183,000 people still live in temporary shelters. The United Nations is seeking close to $1 billion to continue its rebuilding programs over the next three years. But some donor countries remain reluctant to commit to a junta which appears to have learned few if any lessons. AFP/ABC_ 5/2/09
Myanmar cyclone survivors still need water wells and other aid
With tents still serving as homes and schools seven months after Cyclone Nargis lashed Myanmar, survivors say they are struggling to rebuild their lives as international aid trickles in. In a small sign of progress this week, a ceremony was held in Kungyangon to mark a 500,000-dollar donation from a Taiwan-based Buddhist monk, through the Taiwan Red Cross, to build two primary schools and water wells. AFP_ 12/25/08
Six months later, Myanmar cyclone survivors face water shortage
For most of the survivors of Cyclone Nargis, the annual monsoon rains that have lashed Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta for the last six months only compounded the misery. But life without the rains could be even worse. Many village wells and ponds throughout the densely populated rice-growing region remain contaminated by sea water and the rain, collected in jars, plastic sheets or tarpaulins slung outside huts, were the only source of fresh drinking water. Now, with the rainy season coming to an end this month, aid agencies are warning of a renewed threat of diseases such as typhoid and diarrhea from dirty drinking water. In most cases, destitute villagers have saved enough rain water to last a month, they say. With no money to buy bottled water, their options are bleak. Reuters_ 11/3/08
UNICEF stresses water shortage in Myanmar
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) stressed on Monday that although children's need are being met four months after a cyclone storm hit Myanmar, the potential threat of water shortage issue should be addressed immediately, warning that the risk of water shortage is looming in the coming dry season. "Despite ongoing efforts to pump contaminated water out of the ponds, there is a risk that not all the water ponds can be cleaned and refilled before the beginning of the dry season," said UNICEF in Myanmar in its media release. Xinhua_ 9/1/08
Myanmar cyclone victims endure in spite of junta, aid workers say
More than six weeks have passed since Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, leaving a trail of flattened villages and broken lives and arousing international sympathy that turned to anguish as the military government obstructed foreign aid. While it is estimated that the cyclone may have killed 130,000 people, the number of lives lost specifically because of the junta's slow response to the disaster appears to have been smaller than expected. Those who survived were not likely to be injured in the aftermath by falling rocks or collapsing buildings, as often happens during natural disasters, like the earthquake in China. That appears to be the primary reason villagers were able to stay alive for weeks without aid. As they waited, the survivors, most of whom were fishermen and farmers, lived off of coconuts, rotten rice and fish. Relief workers say the debate over access for foreigners and the refusal of the government to allow in military helicopters and ships from the United States, France and Britain overshadowed a substantial relief operation carried out mainly by Burmese citizens and monks. They organized convoys of trucks filled with drinking water, clothing, food and construction materials that poured into the delta. New York Times_ 6/18/08 (logon required)
In Myanmar, a Los Angeles Times reporter worked in secret to cover the story
More than a month after Cyclone Nargis, the government continues to deny unhindered access to the disaster zone for foreign experts, such as medical and water-purification teams, threatening thousands of lives, especially those of children, pregnant women and the elderly, the United Nations and other agencies say. At one village visited by the Los Angeles Times reporter, what they all needed most, said Pyinar Wata, 60, was a pump and some diesel fuel to run it, so they could empty a 150-square-foot reservoir of seawater and corpses and let it fill with clean rainwater. He might as well have been asking for a rocket to Mars. Los Angeles Times_ 6/13/08 (logon required)
Myanmar junta begins evicting cyclone victims from shelters
A visit to villages here in the Irrawaddy Delta, hit hardest by the May 3 cyclone, suggests that the story of the death and destruction, compounded by the junta's actions, has been neither fully told nor even fully seen. Even as the junta publicly praised its own largess, it more quietly began evicting destitute families from monasteries and sending them back to their villages for "reconstruction" and a life of isolation. It then began shutting down its own refugee camps. Forcing the survivors to move deep back into the sprawling delta will further stymie aid groups that have been obstructed by the junta from reaching victims and sending in disaster experts and vital supplies. The United Nations said this week that at least 1.1 million survivors still lacked sufficient food and clean water. And despite promises from General Than Shwe to the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, aid groups were still being required to apply for travel permits at least 48 hours before any trip to the delta. So far, only a few have been granted; in some cases, aid workers can visit delta villages only with government escorts. Interviews with survivors there continue, still a month later, to reveal how the combination of weather, topography and a government determined to keep its people isolated and ignorant of their rights turned the cyclone, Nargis, into the world's deadliest natural disaster since the Asian tsunami in 2004. New York Times_ 6/7/08 (logon required)
Myanmar lashes foreign media over 'despicable' cyclone reports
Myanmar on Friday accused foreign media of fabricating "despicable and inhuman" stories about the cyclone, as new delays hampered efforts to reach one million hungry and homeless survivors. The official newspaper New Light of Myanmar denounced "self-seekers exploiting storm victims," who they said were "shooting video films featuring made-up stories in the storm-affected areas ... and sending the videotapes to foreign news agencies." Cyclone Nargis left 133,000 people dead or missing. The United Nations says 2.4 million people need emergency aid in the wake of the storm, but five weeks after the storm hit, one million of them have yet to receive any. While aid agencies as well as Southeast Asian and UN experts have been allowed into the region, they say access remains patchy -- especially for remote villages hidden in the maze of rivers that laces the delta. The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) won permission more than two weeks ago to bring 10 helicopters into Myanmar, but so far only one is actually flying between Yangon and the delta. AFP 6/6/08
Myanmar's growing peril: Disease
Myint Hlaing's family bathes and cooks with water from an irrigation ditch fouled by human waste and a rotting cow carcass. His 10-year-old daughter drinks bottled water donated by aid groups, but she still suffers from diarrhea. Myanmar's junta insists that health conditions are normal in Myanmar's devastated Irrawaddy delta. But in many areas of the delta, they are a recipe for disease. A relief group, Church World Service, has reported finding elderly and child survivors of the cyclone dying from dysentery in some areas because many have no choice but to drink dirty water. Other groups have detected a number of ailments including pneumonia, malaria, cholera and diarrhea. The monsoon season, which begins next month, adds yet another challenge. "The rain is a real problem," said Eric Stover, lead author of a critical report published last year about Myanmar's health system. "The water is rising up, and the latrines are just outside [flowing] into the water, and there's livestock around. That's the perfect breeding ground for diarrhea and cholera." UNICEF has been canvassing the area and has reported a growing number of diarrhea cases - up to 30 percent of young children in one township. The World Health Organization says it still does not have a clear medical picture because tight government restrictions have kept the delta off-limits to its foreign experts. Remote villages accessed only by boat remain the biggest question mark because many still have not been reached more than three weeks after the storm. AP/Philadelphia Inquirer_ 5/27/08
U.N. chief: Turning point in Myanmar aid crisis
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is hopeful "a turning point" has been reached in tackling Myanmar's cyclone crisis as an international conference Sunday pledged tens of millions of dollars for some 2.4 million survivors who need aid. The one-day, 52-nation conference began on an optimistic note after the ruling junta promised that foreign aid workers could enter the most devastated areas, from which they have been banned since the cyclone struck three weeks ago. After the conference ended, Ban said he was "confident" the junta will honor its commitment to open up. Myanmar's Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Thein Sein, shedding his military uniform for the traditional sarong-like "longyi" and jacket, said that international aid "with no strings attached" was welcome, but that only civilian vessels could take part in the aid operation. U.S., British and French warships, loaded with humanitarian supplies, have been cruising off Myanmar's coast. But last week state-media said they would not be allowed into the country, citing fears of an American invasion to snatch the country's oil supplies. Myanmar's generals have a long history of making promises to top U.N. envoys, then breaking them when the international spotlight on their country fades. AP/CNN_ 5/25/08
Myanmar concedes to access ahead of donor meeting
Aid agencies geared up Saturday to go into Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta after the country's ruling junta vowed to open its doors to help ahead of an international donors meeting. After weeks of stubbornly refusing assistance, Myanmar's ruling generals have told the United Nations they are now willing to allow workers of all nationalities to help survivors of the storm that left about 78,000 people dead and another 56,000 missing. The ability to assess the situation will be critical in securing pledges from foreign governments, and the junta's about face was seen as a concession to get more aid when 45 potential donor nations meet Sunday in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city. An estimate released Saturday by the U.N. said that while about 42 percent of the 2.4 million people affected by the storm had received some kind of emergency assistance, only 23 percent of the 2 million people living in the hardest-hit areas had been reached. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Myanmar's ruling generals had told him that international aid workers will be able "to freely reach the needy people," a pledge the junta has not publicly acknowledged. AP/ABC News_ 5/24/08
Myanmar to allow U.N. helicopters to deliver aid to some of nation's least accessible areas
Myanmar's reclusive government has agreed to allow U.N. helicopters into some of the least accessible areas of the country's cyclone-devastated delta, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. Little aid has reached victims of Myanmar's cyclone as flooding continues. "This is a critical moment for Myanmar," said Ban, who plans to visit Myanmar on Wednesday. "We have a functioning program in place, but so far we have only been able to reach about 25 percent of Myanmar's people in need." Nine U.N. helicopters will be allowed into the country, he said. Myanmar's leaders agreed Monday to let its South Asian neighbors send medical personnel and an assessment team to the devastated region, more than two weeks after a storm that killed tens of thousands of people. On Sunday, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United Nations are hosting a conference in Yangon on disaster relief and other topics. CNN_ 5/20/08
Myanmar junta leader visits refugees; U.S. ships carrying fresh water arrive in area
Two weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, the country's reclusive junta leader Than Shwe visited a refugee camp outside Yangon, according to video broadcast on state television. The visit comes on the day that United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes arrived in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, to assess the scope of the disaster. He will meet with the country's rulers and try to convince them that a disaster of such magnitude cannot be handled by one nation alone, said spokeswoman spokeswoman Amanda Pitt. Meanwhile, Pentagon officials said the USS Essex, USS Juneau and USS Harpers Ferry are in international waters off the coast of the country, laden with more than 14,000 containers of fresh water and other aid and awaiting orders to deliver by air or landing craft. CNN_ 5/18/08
Clean water most urgent for Myanmar: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
The international Red Cross says a lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in Myanmar in the coming days. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims in the Southeast Asian country need clean water urgently or risk falling victim to diseases such as dysentery. The Geneva-based group says its partner organization in Myanmar currently lacks the logistical and material capacity to distribute water purification units to all those who need it. The head of IFRC's global operations division made the comments Friday as the group launched a $51 million appeal to fund its aid operation in Myanmar over the coming years. AP/Time/CNN_ 5/16/08
Myanmar official death toll soars to more than 77,000
Torrential rain lashed survivors of Cyclone Nargis on Friday as Myanmar's junta raised its toll sharply to more than 133,000 people dead or missing, putting the disaster on a par with a 1991 cyclone that killed 143,000 in neighboring Bangladesh. In a shocking update to a count that had consistently lagged international aid agency estimates, state television said 77,738 people were dead and 55,917 missing after the May 2 storm in the military-ruled country formerly known as Burma. Up to 2.5 million survivors are clinging to life in the low-lying Irrawaddy delta, with thousands of people lining roadsides to beg for help in the absence of large-scale government or foreign relief operations. Reuters_ 5/16/08
Myanmar junta warns against hoarding cyclone aid
Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods. Myanmar's military, which has ruled for 46 years, has itself come under suspicion of diverting relief supplies. Its warning against hoarding alluded to the allegations, saying the regime is rushing all donated supplies to those in need. Tons of food, water, blankets, mosquito nets, medicine and tents have been flown in to Myanmar from international donors, but delivery to the 1.5 million to 2 million affected by the May 3 storm has been slowed by bottlenecks, poor infrastructure and bureaucratic tangles. New York-based Human Rights Watch said countries delivering aid to Myanmar should insist on monitoring the shipments to ensure all aid reaches the neediest and to prevent the military from diverting any supplies. The group also said it had confirmed an Associated Press report this week that the junta took control of high-protein biscuits supplied by the international community and then distributed low-quality, locally produced substitutes to civilians. AP_ 5/15/08
Aid groups say Myanmar supplies stolen by military
The directors of several relief organizations in Myanmar said Wednesday that some of the international aid arriving into the country for the victims of Cyclone Nargis was being stolen, diverted or warehoused by the country's army. The United States military's Joint Typhoon Warning Center said there was a possibility that "a significant tropical cyclone" — a second big storm — would form within the next 24 hours and head across the Irrawaddy Delta, the region that suffered most from the first storm that struck on May 3. Thailand's prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, flew to Yangon on Wednesday to persuade Myanmar's leaders to allow more foreign aid workers into the country. The members of the military junta told him they were in control of the relief operations and had no need for foreign experts, he told reporters after returning to Bangkok, The Associated Press reported. The government said there were no outbreaks of disease or starvation among the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the cyclone. Marcel Wagner, country director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, said the Adventist group specializes in rainwater collection, water filtration and sanitation — just the kinds of expertise most needed now — and he said outside experts were needed to train local people in the proper use of filters, pumps and hygiene practices. New York Times_ 5/15/08 (logon required)
Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors
Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating the already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease. As more foreign aid trickled into the former Burma, critics ratcheted up the pressure on its military rulers to accelerate a relief effort that is only delivering an estimated tenth of the supplies needed in the devastated delta. Myanmar state television said the official death toll had risen to 34,273 from nearly 32,000 and 27,838 were missing. At the United Nations in New York, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered his most critical comments to date. "I want to register my deep concern -- and immense frustration -- at the unacceptably slow response to this grave humanitarian crisis," he told reporters on Monday. "We are at a critical point," he said. "Unless more aid gets into the country very quickly, we face an outbreak of infectious diseases that could dwarf today's crisis." Reuters_ 5/13/08
Austrian Red Cross to send water specialists to Myanmar
The Austrian Red Cross said Monday it would send three Austrian and several German drinking-water specialists to cyclone-hit Myanmar Wednesday. The team, which will remain on the ground for six to eight weeks, will be tasked with setting up drinking water facilities, the Red Cross said in a statement. AFP/NASDAQ_ 5/13/08
Cyclone victims may have to wait weeks for aid
Relief workers who are still prohibited from entering Myanmar warned that it could take weeks to reach many cyclone victims due to the nation's decrepit infrastructure. Such a delay will increase the number of people at risk and raise the possibility of unrest, they said. As many as 1.5 million people -- including more than 200,000 now believed to be congregating in temporary camps along Myanmar's coast -- face an increasing risk of epidemics of malaria, cholera and other potentially deadly diseases, aid workers said. A doctor in the town of Bogalay, in the heart of the affected region, said many victims are drinking unpurified water from lakes and other places, with many freshwater sources littered with decaying human bodies and animal carcasses. Oxfam, an international development agency, says as many as 1.5 million are "in danger" if clean water and sanitation aren't provided. Myanmar now faces a "massive public-health catastrophe," Sarah Ireland, Oxfam's regional director for East Asia, said Sunday in Bangkok. She described factors including lack of water, lack of food and a new round of severe weather expected this week that could make aid delivery even more challenging. Wall Street Journal_ 5/11/08
Myanmar junta still blocking cyclone aid
A trickle of aid shipments arrived in Myanmar on Sunday, more than a week after a massive cyclone smashed the country, but officials continued to bar major shipments to the storm's hard-hit survivors. The junta is refusing to grant entry to foreign aid workers, who relief officials say are crucial to preventing more deaths from disease among an estimated 1.5 million victims of the May 3 storm. In another blow to aid efforts, a ship carrying aid sank on the way from Yangon, the financial capital, to the Irrawaddy Delta, which bore the brunt of the storm. Reuters reported Sunday that state-run Myanmar TV had said that 28,458 people had died in the cyclone and that 33,416 were missing. Reuters also reported that the UN humanitarian agency had said in a new assessment that 1.2 million to 1.9 million people were struggling to survive in the aftermath of the storm. "The number of deaths could range from 63,290 to 101,682, and 220,000 people are reported to be missing," the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. Some water and electricity had been restored by Sunday in Yangon, but prices for rice and fuel had increased sharply, along with prices for candles while the power was out. As aid shipments continued Sunday, a spokesman for the World Food Program, Paul Risley, said that they amounted to about one-tenth of what was needed and that the country also needed to start a major logistical operation to help victims of the storm. The focus of the military junta, meanwhile, was on its referendum for a constitution that was intended to perpetuate its rule. Many residents said the vote followed a campaign of coercion and propaganda. The military appeared to have diverted some resources from helping cyclone victims to overseeing the voting, which was held in all but the hardest hit areas. Relief officials warned of an epidemic of cholera and said there was generally a 10-day window after a disaster before the death rate rose steeply. Health officials were concerned about the potential for cholera, typhoid and dysentery, which can be spread by contaminated water and food. Severe diarrhea can be rapidly fatal, especially in children, and clean water and rehydrating solutions must be made available quickly to save lives. International Herald Tribune_ 5/11/08
UNICEF plane with 3 million water purification tablets lands in Burma
UNICEF Ireland has confirmed that a Thai Airways plane carrying UNICEF emergency supplies has landed in Burma. Three million water purification tablets, which can purify five million litres of contaminated water were on board. This is enough to provide clean water for around 200,000 people for a week. UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Melanie Verwoerd said that with many roads blocked, distributing purification tablets is a quicker and more practical solution than trying to distribute large quantities of portable water containers. Ms Verwoerd said that the levels of contaminated water in the region following the cyclone will create an even larger humanitarian crisis. "Pools of standing water permeate cramped makeshift shelteres, creating a breeding ground for mosquitoes", she said. Given these conditions, we are going to see a rise in malaria cases, and diarrhoea, which are two of the deadliest threats to children." According to UNICEF workers on the ground in Burma, 20 per cent of children in the worst affected areas already have diarrhoea and cases of malaria have been reported. Irish Times_ 5/11/08
Myanmar death toll rises, Red Cross boat with water purification supplies sinks
Myanmar says the death toll from Cyclone Nargis that struck the country on May 3 has jumped by 5,000 to 28,458. The announcement came as the Red Cross aid agency said that a boat carrying vital relief supplies to cyclone survivors sank in the disaster zone after hitting a submerged tree trunk. No one was injured in Sunday's incident. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC) said that the locally hired boat was carrying 100 bags of rice, 5,000 litres of drinking water, 10,000 water purification tablets, jerry cans, stretchers, clothes, household goods, soap, rubber gloves and surgical masks. The incident happened near the Irrawaddy delta town of Bogalay, one of the regions worst hit by Nargis. Diplomats in Yangon, Myanmar's former capital, say up to 100,000 people may have been killed by Nargis, while more than one million have been left without shelter. Survivors have begun to pour out of the Irrawaddy delta in search of food, water and medicine. Aid workers cautioned that thousands of them will die if emergency supplies do not get through soon. The Myanmar government is accepting aid from the outside world, including the UN, but officials have made it clear that they will not let in foreign logistics teams who are needed to transport the aid into the delta. Al Jazeera_ 5/11/08
U.N. resuming aid to Myanmar after dispute with junta
As misery grew for a sixth day for uncounted survivors of the devastating cyclone in Myanmar, the United Nations said Friday that the government had seized its relief supplies in Yangon, while a Pentagon official said that the junta had come to a breakthrough agreement to allow a single American aid plane to land on its territory. Both developments underscored the painstaking negotiations over aid and its excruciatingly slow pace as the country's iron-fisted military rulers block relief workers and most supplies. Altogether, by one count, 11 chartered planes with relief supplies have landed in Myanmar, a tiny amount for a disaster that the United Nations said may have affected 1.5 million people. Six days after the cyclone struck, ravaging much of Myanmar's coast, the scale of the damage has yet to be fully assessed. Reports from inside the country, including from the few outside organizations allowed to operate there, suggest that food and clean water are scarce or entirely unavailable in the worst-struck areas, and that the death toll could escalate from the official count of 22,500. Aid officials and health experts are deeply worried about new ravages from diseases like cholera and acute diarrhea. But there is little hard data. The first United Nations flights arrived Thursday, carrying high energy biscuits, water containers, food and plastic sheets. But one aircraft and two relief workers were reported to have been turned back at the airport. And on Friday, the United Nations World Food Program said the aid it had delivered had been seized. After saying it would halt deliveries, the agency said flights would continue on Saturday while the issue is worked out. A spokesman for Unicef, Christopher de Bono, said in an e-mail that millions of water purification tablets had been delivered thursday and that although customs clearance could take two days, "as far as we know there has been no indication of any problems so far." In a telephone call from Myanmar, an official of the International Red Cross, Micheal Annear, said delivery work was proceeding normally in cooperation with other agencies and local businesses. Among the forces the United States could call on is the Essex Strike Group, which was in the region for Cobra Gold military exercises with Thailand. Among the ships, the Essex can produce 50,000 gallons of fresh water per day, while the Harpers Ferry and Juneau each can produce 10,000 gallons of fresh water per day. Also, a larger C-17 was flown to Thailand with water purification systems and packaged military meals on board. New York Times_ 5/9/08
UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies
Myanmar's junta seized UN aid shipments today meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help. At least 62,000 people are dead or missing in Myanmar, entire villages are submerged in the Irrawaddy delta and aid groups warned that the area is on the verge of a medical disaster. The UN has grown increasingly critical of Myanmar's military rulers' refusal to let foreign aid workers into the country while the junta appeared overwhelmed and more than 1 million homeless people waited for food, medicine and shelter. The junta said in a statement today it was grateful to the international community for its assistance — which has included 11 chartered planes loaded with aid supplies — but the best way to help was just to send in material rather than personnel. Nearly a week after the storm, survivors are now having to contend with rotting corpses of people and animals as they wait for food, clean water and medicine. AP/Detroit Free Press_ 5/9/08
The name 'Nargis' means daffodil in Urdu for the cyclone was suggested by Pakistan to the India Meteorological Department, which is a Regional Specialised Meteorological Center recognised by the World Meteorological Organisation, IMD Director B P Yadav told PTI. IMD has the mandate to provide weather advisories to seven countries -- Bangladesh, the Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Thailand and Sri Lanka [Images] besides India. It also asks these countries to suggest names for the cyclones, which are then listed in an alphabetical order of the names of the member countries, he said. The main north Indian Ocean tropical season runs from May to November and Nargis was the first this season. The convention of naming cyclones dates back to the early 20th century when an Australian forecaster named major storms after politicians he disliked. PTI/Rediff_ 5/9/08
Canada's Commons urges Myanmar military to accept world aid
The Commons unanimously adopted a resolution Friday urging Myanmar's reclusive military regime to accept international relief teams in the wake of last weekend's catastrophic cyclone. The xenophobic Burmese junta has said it will accept aid, but is leery of allowing foreign aid workers into the country. Canada has already offered to send the military Disaster Assistance Response Team to the hurricane-ravaged country and has pledged $2 million for relief efforts. The disaster team is an air-portable organization of about 200 soldiers. It includes doctors and medics who can provide basic medical care. Its engineers can rebuild basic infrastructure and run water-purification units that can produce up to 50,000 litres of drinking water daily. It can also provide sophisticated communications services. The team has been deployed to Turkey, Honduras, Sri Lanka and Pakistan since it was established in 1996. The motion came as the UN announced it would resume aid shipments on Saturday after briefly suspending its airlift into the country because it said the military was seizing the supplies. The International Federation of the Red Cross said Friday it has not had problems with aid being seized and was expecting flights to go in every day next week. Cyclone Nargis, which crashed over the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta on Saturday is believed to have killed more than 100,000 people and left countless others without clean water, food, medicine and shelter. Myanmar's isolationist regime has indicated it wants international relief but not foreign aid workers.
Canadian Press_ 5/9/08
Cyclone Nargis had all he makings of 'a perfect storm'
It was Asia's answer to Hurricane Katrina. Packing winds upwards of 120 mph, Cyclone Nargis became one of Asia's deadliest storms by hitting land at one of the lowest points in Myanmar and setting off a storm surge that reached 25 miles inland. Forecasters began tracking the cyclone April 28 as it first headed toward India. As projected, it took a sharp turn eastward, but didn't follow the typical cyclone track in that area leading to Bangladesh or Myanmar's mountainous northwest. Instead, it swept into the low-lying Irrawaddy delta in central Myanmar. The result was the worst disaster ever in the impoverished country. It was the first time such an intense storm hit the delta, said Jeff Masters, co-founder and director of meteorology at the San Francisco-based Weather Underground. He called it "one of those once-in-every-500-years kind of things." When the storm made landfall early Saturday at the mouth of the Irrawaddy River, its battering winds pushed a wall of water as high as 12 feet some 25 miles inland, laying waste to villages and killing tens of thousands. U.N. officials estimate 1.5 million people were left in severe straits. The delta had lost most of its mangrove forests along the coast to shrimp farms and rice paddies over the past decade. That removed what scientists say is one of nature's best defenses against violent storms. AP/Yahoo!_ 5/8/08
UNICEF: Safe water is the difference between life and death in post-cyclone Myanmar
The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as the international community prepared to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported. Up to 1 million people may be homeless after Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian nation, also known as Burma, early Saturday. Some villages have been almost totally eradicated and vast rice-growing areas are wiped out, the World Food Program said. AP_ 5/6/08
Cyclone sends Myanmar back in time: Power cuts, water scarce
Residents of Myanmar's largest city were plunged into a primitive existence Monday, using candles instead of electricity, lining up to buy shrinking supplies of water and hacking their way through streets blocked by trees felled in a cyclone that killed more than 350. Neighboring Thailand announced it would fly in the first planeload of emergency assistance Tuesday requested by the Myanmar government, easing fears that the ruling junta would reject international aid. Older citizens said they had never seen the capital, Yangon, a city of some 6.5 million, so devastated in their lifetimes. With the city's already unstable electricity supply virtually nonfunctional, citizens lined up to buy candles, which doubled in price, and water since lack of electricity-driven pumps left most households dry. Some walked to the city's lakes to wash. AP/Yahoo_ 5/5/08
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Who we are
Why Not Manston? is a voluntary organisation based in East Kent. It was established in July 2012, primarily to encourage greater use of Manston Airport. We have over 500 supporters, and our website is www.whynotmanston.org.
How Manston was operating before closure in March 2014
In 2012 Manston Airport in East Kent was already running a highly successful cargo business, and late in 2012 announced that KLM would be running two return flights a day to Schiphol, Amsterdam. These flights started in April 2013, and ran successfully until March 2014, when KLM were forced to withdraw the service, once the new owner of the airport announced she intended to close it.
The Closure of Manston
In December 2013, a new owner, Mrs Ann Gloag, bought the Airport, and gave assurances that she was intending to run it for two years, to put it back into profit. Just two months later, in March 2014, she announced she was thinking of closing the airport, and so began the necessary consultation process before doing this. She then closed the airport in May 2014. This resulted in the loss of 147 jobs, and an estimated 400 to 600 jobs in related businesses.
The Importance of Manston
Manston is not just of local importance. It is also of national importance, in part because of its history during WW2, but more especially because it could be immensely important in the next two decades. If a major new runway is announced by the Davies Commission next year, it will still take 15-20 years for this to be completed. In the meantime, Manston would provide an immediate and short term solution, by providing additional airport capacity in the SE of England at minimal cost.
Runway Facilities
Manston's runway is 2748 metres long by 60 metres wide. It is double the width of most runways, and was nominated as the emergency runway if needed to be used by Concorde, and the Space Shuttle. It also became the official diversion airport for British Airways. From these facts, it is obvious that aircraft of any size can take off or land at Manston.
Connectivity with the SE
Manston has very good connectivity with London. From London, there is already a major motorway, the M2, which connects with the A229 dual carriageway to within a mile of the Airport, in about an hour. Likewise, the Rail High-Speed line gets to Ramsgate in just over an hour, from which there is a five-minute taxi-ride to the airport. Kent County Council has said it will going ahead with a railway terminal built directly into Manston, for which the money has already been set aside.
Speed of Departure for Passengers
While operating, Manston had two major advantages over Heathrow and Gatwick. There was no need to use the heavily congested M25, which normally meant one had to allow an extra hour to reach the airport. For those living in Kent, there were no traffic jams whatever to reach Manston. But when passengers reached Manston, they could normally guarantee to be flying within an hour of their arrival. This compares favourably with the compulsory three hour wait imposed on passengers who take off from Gatwick or Heathrow.
Freight Operations
While still operating, Manston had an outstanding record as a freight terminal: indeed, it was able to turn freight around more quickly than any other freight terminal in the country. Till it closed, it was the fifth largest freight airport in the UK. Cargolux, among others, said they preferred Manston, and would return if the airport were reopened. So just by reopening and taking freight, it could free up slots for more passenger planes to get into Heathrow or Gatwick, and so immediately alleviate some of the pressure on those two airports.
Its geographical position
Unlike most of the major airports in SE England, there has never been stacking of planes arriving at Manston, and this is highly unlikely to occur. Rather, if the airport were reopened, most planes from Manston would, as before, take straight out over the sea, after a short flight over agricultural land. If by some mischance a plane were to crash on take-off or landing, the most likely casualties would be a sheep or a cow.
The Benefits of Aviation
Back in August 2014, the Aviation Minister Grant Shapps said that the latest research undertaken into Aviation showed that it adds around £1.4 billion to the UK Economy, and supports up to 50,000 jobs directly and indirectly. Although further research is being undertaken into these figures, it was good to hear from the Minister (who is himself an experienced pilot) that "Decisions about creating a more protective planning environment for existing airfields will be taken." (General Aviation News, 21st August 2014)
The closure of airfields: Recommendations for Action
a) Whatever may be the case for Manston, there is a strong case for a 12 month moratorium on the closure of any airfield, whoever it is owned by, to ensure that a priceless local asset is not being closed down owing to a short-term wish to make a profit out of the land, or for any other reason.
b) The Aviation Minister should also have the power to call in any announced intention to close an airport.
c) Once an airport has closed, the Minister should also have the power to freeze the disposal of any assets of an airport, until he or she can assess whether it would be worthwhile trying to save that particular airport.
The Reasons for these Recommendations
Since May 2014, there has been widespread auctioning of the infrastructure of the Airport, possibly in a deliberate attempt to frustrate its reopening, in the hope that housing might be allowed to replace it. In practice, it is extremely unlikely that permission would be given for such additional housing. This is an area with the worst employment levels in Kent: it does not need even more housing for even more unemployed. Such a closure of an airport should never be allowed without a widespread and detailed consultation in any area likely to be affected by such a decision.
A Compulsory Purchase?
Manston comes under the authority of Thanet Council. It is the lack of any action by the government, possibly because it has no power to act, which has resulted in Thanet Council itself starting the procedure for a possible Compulsory Purchase Order for them to acquire the airport. But that is a lengthy and expensive procedure, while the airport site stays empty.
Nicholas Reed
Why Not Manston?
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