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Review: The Sage of Waterloo by Leona Francombe

sage of waterloo by leona francombeFormat read: print book provided by the publisher
Formats available: hardcover, ebook
Genre: historical fiction
Length: 240 pages
Publisher: Norton
Date Released: June 1, 2015
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On June 17, 1815, the Duke of Wellington amassed his troops at Hougoumont, an ancient farmstead not far from Waterloo. The next day, the French attacked―the first shots of the Battle of Waterloo―sparking a brutal, day-long skirmish that left six thousand men either dead or wounded.

William is a white rabbit living at Hougoumont today. Under the tutelage of his mysterious and wise grandmother Old Lavender, William attunes himself to the echoes and ghosts of the battle, and through a series of adventures he comes to recognize how deeply what happened at Waterloo two hundred years before continues to reverberate. “Nature,” as Old Lavender says, “never truly recovers from human cataclysms.”

The Sage of Waterloo is a playful retelling of a key turning point in human history, full of vivid insights about Napoleon, Wellington, and the battle itself―and a slyly profound reflection on our place in the world.

My Review:

“What is legend, though, but history written in the way that moves us most?”

The above quote is from The Sage of Waterloo by Leona Francombe, and it seems like a pithy saying that contains much truth.

The story itself is a mixture of what history, through the survivors, records of the truth of the Battle of Waterloo, or at least one small but vital section of it, and the legends that have accreted around that truth, both among the humans and among the rabbits who are the narrators of this particular little tale.

While it’s the stories writ small, downright rabbit-sized, that fascinate them most, it is still a truism that, as the narrator-rabbit William says, “Truth and legend are tricky bedfellows.”

This is not a coherent, day-by-day or hour-by-hour account of the huge battle, or even of the events that took place in one small theater of that battle, the farm at Hougoumont. Instead, it is the persistent legends that occupy the telling – those big events encapsulated into small, nibble-sized pieces.

But while the rabbits see the events in small and distant bits, they still see the whole of the battle. Also a few of the events that legend created out of the whole cloth, like the story of the haunted well.

waterloo by bernard cornwellIf you are looking for a factual, but still eminently readable, account of Waterloo, take a look at Bernard Cornwell’s Waterloo: The True Story of Four days, Three Armies and Three Battles, reviewed yesterday.

One wants to label The Sage of Waterloo as the story of the battle, as told by rabbits living on the farm two centuries later, as though it were Waterloo filtered through Watership Down, or possibly Redwall. It isn’t really.

Besides, Redwall is about mice. Not the same thing at all.

Instead, it’s a story about collective memory, collective consciousness, and the way that history fades into legend. It’s also about all of those places that send a shiver up your spine because you can feel what happened there, whether there is any evidence on the ground, or not.

It just so happens that this particular version is told by a fluffy bunny, who is far from fluffy in the head where it counts.

In William’s world, that long-ago battle is a metaphor for everything that happens in his life and to his little clan. His grandmother, Old Lavender, is a military historian who has gleaned her knowledge from the collective consciousness, from the currents in the air, and from tourists who wander the old battlefield while reading accounts of the battle to each other within earshot of the hutch.

Some of the history that Old Lavender learns and passes on is correct as history records it. Some is legend. But all of it informs her life, and William’s life after. As William said, “What is legend, though, but history written in the way that moves us most?”

Escape Rating B: I’m very glad that I read Cornwell’s book first. The Sage of Waterloo references a lot of the facts, as well as some of the legends, of that battle, and it helped a lot to have the knowledge of what happened when, and what didn’t happen at all, fresh in my mind.

There is, as I said, a temptation to think of this as Waterloo by way of Watership Down or Redwall, but it isn’t. Old Lavender, and William, tell and retell their version of the story of the battle, they do not experience it or anything like it themselves.

There’s no dangerous quest for them, just a determination to keep the history alive for the lessons it teaches, even when there is no one to teach it to.

One of those lessons, that the rabbits ponder upon because they have no analogy in their own lives is, “Strange, isn’t it, how men who can fight, suffer and die in close proximity to each other have such difficulty actually living side by side?”

There is a surprising amount of philosophical musing going on between William’s fluffy ears. In that way, the book reminded me a little of Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder, which is a study of philosophy wrapped in an adventure tale.

In short, The Sage of Waterloo isn’t nearly as twee as it sounds. The way that William’s family tells the story of the battle isn’t that much different from how it is remembered in legends, and the device is a cool (and cute) way of showing how legends persist.

But personally, I much preferred Cornwell’s strictly factual account. The extensive quotes from survivors gave the story all the human drama it needed.

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Real Beer co-founder Mark Silva interviews Charlie Papazian . . . with the help of Neal Stewart and Flying Dog Ales.

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  1. Chipper Dave Says:

    I wonder if Charlie ever thought the GABF would get so big. I can’t imagine how big it could become in another 10-20 years. They would need to build a much bigger convention center to hold all of the beer fans!

    I hope that the GABF doesn’t get much bigger (people wise) for a while. It’s crowded now and while most people behaved themselves, I don’t think it could really add many more people and still allow you to wander around easily. Perhaps they could add another day (Sunday afternoon?).

    The brewers I talked to seemed a bit concerned that their beer was all disappearing sooner than they expected it to. If they have to end up bringing a lot more beer then it might get a bit too cost prohibitive for them to sign up for next year.

    Given the economy, such as it is, I think it will be difficult to keep topping the numbers at the GABF each year.

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    Ha! I knew I saw Mark Silva in Denver this year … twice actually. Once at Falling Rock where I was given a hockey-style check from him. Thankfully I’m big and from Boston so I only noticed the hit but was unmoved. The second time was during our epic pub crawl that we do every year in Denver … Mark walked into Great Divide looked at the crowd and walked back out.

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Cream taco seasoning and cream cheese together. Spread in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Top with chicken. Cover chicken with coating of taco sauce (as much as you like). Cover with shredded cheese. Place in 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and mixture is warmed through. Garnish with chopped lettuce, tomatoes, jalapenos and olives. Serve with tortilla chips.

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smoky sweet potato & mixed bean stew.

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Sweet Potato Bean Stew Recipe

The final of my three Domu challenges - to make a meal for a family for under £4. For this I created a smoky stew packed with pulses and extra vegetables. Not forgetting the secret weapon for making budget meals extra tasty - the trusty slow cooker! This sweet potato and mixed bean stew recipe came in at a savvy £2.72 and served four portions - so I knew I had enough dosh leftover for my favourite posh Red Leicester and sunflower seed bread too.

Shopping list.
♥ Four sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped (75p)
♥ 1 tbsp tomato puree (5p)
♥ 400g can of borlotti beans (60p)
♥ 400g can of cannellini beans (60p)
♥ One red onion, sliced (30p)
♥ One carrot, chopped (7p)
♥ 1 tbsp paprika (30p)
♥ 2 garlic cloves, crushed (5p)

= £2.72

Obviously had a little help from store cupboard ingredients but I hope you'll forgive me - this recipe is still a super bargainous one even if you invest in paprika and tomato puree for future creations!

Step one. Take all your ingredients and put them in the slow cooker.

Step two. Fill one of the 400g cans with water and pour that in too.

Step three. Set your slow cooker to low for 5-6 hours or high for 3-4, depending how much time your have for extra sloooooow cookin' time.

Let the slow cooker do its work and serve with crusty bread and lots of real butter (remember to get soya butter for your vegan friends)! This particular model is the VonShef 6.5l Electric Slow Cooker which retails at £19.99 - it has a high or low setting as well as auto mode.

What's your favourite go to recipe for budget grub? How do you get secret veg into your meals?

Read about my other Domu challenges here too - the twist on a classic Bakewell Mess and unusual ingredient Mexican Pulled Jackfruit.

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Note: I was sent a slow cooker for review from Domu. All recipe and opinion are my own.

  1. This looks amazing!!! Definitely adding it to my list of ones to try. I'd probably add some chopped chorizo chunks in as well, for some extra meatiness. xx

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  2. This looks fantastic, pinning it straight to my slow cooker board - easy, thrifty and slow cooked makes it a total winner!

  3. Love the look of this - I adore smoked paprika! Bet it's lovely with the hint of sweetness from the potatoes. Yummy :)

  4. Super frugal! Like Becca I also love smoked paprika. Thanks for linking up to both #creditcrunchmunch and #extraveg

  5. Great recipe. Looks really nice too.
    I did a blog entry a few months ago based on a meal for under a fiver:
    Am also intrigued by the Sunflower Seed and Red Leicester bread :-)

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Artichoke Pizza

So I asked for a pizza stone for Christmas from my dad. And I got one...and 2 boxes of dough mix, about four jars of gourmet pizza sauce from Williams Sonoma, a pizza peel, and 2 pizza cook books with pictures on every page (the best kind).

For my first attempt I wasn't quite daring enough to mix up my own dough. That requires measuring most likely (even with a mix) and lord knows I'm not good at that. I bought the Pillsbury thin crust in a can. It will now be a fridge staple for me.

Keys to Pizza at home:

* Heat the Stone at 500 degrees for 15-20 before if you want crunchy crust
* You must use parchment paper or it will stick to your peel or stone
* Cornmeal is one of your best friends
*Keep the can of dough in the fridge until the last moment. Warm = sticky = messy

My toppings: chopped artichokes hearts (from the jar, drained), grape tomatoes, carmelized onions, and of course cheese.

1. Carmelize Onions. (good time to heat pizza stone) Thinly slice. heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in skillet on med-hi heat. add onions and 1 Tbsp of water. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally for 20 mins. Uncover and cook another 5-10 minutes until liquid is gone and golden brown. Salt and
pepper...add 1 tsp of minced garlic if you like.

2. Chop Veggies. slice grape or cherry tomatoes in half. It's ok if their skins are a little 'wrinkly' from being in the fridge...this is the best way to use them before they go bad: roasting. Drain and coarsely chop artichoke hearts (i like the ones from the jar better than the can).

3. Take oven temp down from 500 to temp instructed on your dough can. Get you pizza peel (what is that? find out here) and put a piece of parchment paper over it...then sprinkle with cornmeal. Roll out your dough and slide your pizza (parchment paper too) onto the pizza stone. Bake for 5 mins.

4. Remove from the oven by pulling the parchment paper and pizza back on your pizza peel. top with pizza sauce. This one was amazing from Williams Sonoma:

5. Top evenly with artichokes, caramelized onions, little crushed red pepper flakes, sprinkle cheese (my term for any shredded package cheese I have in my fridge), shredded Parmesan cheese, tomatoes and a little dried parsley.... in that order

6. Bake for another 8-10 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is bubblin'! Slice with pizza cutter or knife.

What would I have done differently: Possibly roasting the tomatoes before. Depends on if you want a burst of tomato flavor (not roasted before) or more wilted and sweet tomato (roasting before. Also, some yummy roasted garlic cloves on top would have been superb!

  1. omg. this looks incredible. I would probably like the tomatoes roasted a bit more. would chicken be good to add?

  2. Yes, definitely. I love getting those roasted chickens at the grocery store. They're so flavorful and stay juicy on the bone until you're ready to pick some pieces off! :)

  3. Ummm yummmy! I think we registered for a pizza stone too. I'll have to save this!

  4. Since I have two cook books worth of pizza recipes there will be many versions of this to come....

  5. Best pizza ever!!! I cant wait for round 2!

  6. This pizza was unreal, we put a bunch of Sirracha on top to make it extra spicy!

  7. Made this the other night and I must say, this is a winner,,can make a wonderful meal . I love that pizza.

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Smoked Salmon Spread

I've been on a Smoked Salmon kick recently. I have a Cameron's Stove-Top Smoker and smoked a couple fillets with Alder Chips for this recipe.  Don't have a smoker?  Did you know you can smoke fish using a Wok and some foil.  Genius! I was looking for an appetizer to bring to a party, but didn't want some typical cheese dip.  I loved it even more the next morning spread on a bagel for breakfast.  It's hard to beat with thinly sliced red onions and capers.

My favorite salmon to smoke at home is Scottish Salmon. You can order it online at Chef's Fresh Fish.

-12 ounces smoked salmon, roughly torn into pieces
-8 ounces light cream cheese
-3 Tbsp light sour cream
-2 Tbsp light mayo
-2 dashes Tabasco sauce
-2 cloves garlic
-1 bunch green onions, chopped
-1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
-juice from 1/2 lemon
-1 tsp horseradish
-1 Tbsp tomato paste

Serve with sliced English cucumber or crackers

If you're going to smoke your own salmon, do that first, following these instructions.  Make sure to use a lighter flavored wood chips such as alder or cherry.  Just squeeze a little lemon juice over the fillets and sprinkle with salt and pepper.  I smoked about 2-2.5 fillets.

Roughly tear the salmon into pieces and put the salmon in the food processor.  Chop the 1 bunch of green onions and add to the food processor as well.

Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the salmon, add the block of softened cream cheese, 3 Tbsp light sour cream, 2 Tbsp light mayo, 2 dashes Tabasco sauce, 1 Tbsp tomato paste, 1 tsp Worcestershire, 2 cloves chopped garlic, and 1 tsp horseradish sauce.

Blend in the food processor until well combined.

Spoon the spread into a small bowl and garnish with extra chopped green onions and a little squeeze of lemon juice.  I served the spread with sliced cucumbers, just make sure not to slice too thin or they will be wobbly for the spread.  Almond Thins is also a great match.  Enjoy the spread at room temperature and store any leftovers in the fridge to spread on a bagel for a fancy at-home breakfast!

  1. Loved it as a dip, but even more on bagels the next morning. Yum!

  2. This sounds and looks delicious, very versatile for parties! Can't wait to try it, I need a new recipe:

  3. Great recipe, thanks for sharing.

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A Ravenna man was arrested Friday and charged with making methamphetamine near Brown Middle School.

Dennis W. Haworth, 43, of 115 N. Scranton St., was arrested by the Portage County Drug Task Force and charged with illegal manufacturing of drugs, a first-degree felony, for allegedly making meth at the residence, which is within 1,000 feet of the school.

Arraigned Monday in Portage County Municipal Court, Haworth was ordered held in the Portage County jail on 10 percent of $100,000 bond pending future court dates.

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anonymous Nov 26, 2012 2:21 PM

This same man has been charged at least 3 times for drug charges. Last time was in Jan.,2012. In a school zone, with drugs, criminal tools,no license & on papers. I smell a rat.

anonymous Nov 22, 2012 10:46 AM

I live right by this punk and its about time they did something I've only called and gone to the police station I don't know how many times they didn't get them all tho better keep eyes on it still and maybe check out the house few down its his too. And never mind ripping off the old man across the street too who is in his 80's.

anonymous Nov 20, 2012 1:18 PM

When are these type of people going to grow up? Seriously! 43 years old and you are cooking meth by a school????? I have no patience for stupidity.

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Gift vouchers go the eway this new year

December 27, 2007 02:16 IST

With the market offering quite a few options, it may be difficult to choose a gift this New Year.

But corporates have been exploring various innovative ways to dole out gifts, especially at a time when mass mailing of the same gift to all its staff is not widely accepted. One such new route is e-vouchers.

Going a step further, they are providing custom-made vouchers for a specific target group, which are redeemable on a range of mutually-agreed product portfolio. Employees are involved in decision-making through an internal online voting process where they shortlist the products of their choice, says Ranjith Boyanapalli, head (etail), eYantra Industries Limited.

"This involves running special promotional electronic direct mailers (EDMs) among the employees from at least two weeks prior to the active date of redemption.

However, senior management is still rewarded with high-level electronics, while the middle-level management gets evouchers of anywhere between 500 points and 1,000 points to be redeemed for T-shirts, travel trolley bags or electronic gadgets," he says.

eYantra, the Hyderabad-based brand merchandising and corporate gifting firm, started its customised online branded stores initiative in May this year. These online stores sell branded company merchandise, besides non-branded third party products. It has already set up 20-odd such online shops for corporates like HCL Technologies, Genpact, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, ING Vysya and CSC.

Stating that there has been a lot of maturity in the product portfolio offering, he says electronic gadgets such as iPods and mobiles are emerging as a leading product category. "Personalisation such as name-inscribed pens is now the most desired," he adds.

eYantra had initiated a 'Red and White' campaign for Christmas on its online brand stores, wherein gifts including T-shirts, mugs and MP3 players, bearing red, white or both colours, bought by the employees of corporates attracted special offers.

"Besides, we are launching a post-Christmas campaign, for those employees who missed on the Red and White promotion due to their Christmas vacation, from December 26-31. We would offer magazine subscriptions, MP3 and MP4 players, iPods and mobiles and durables like dryers and washing machines, at a factor less than the market price," Deepthi Raj, business development manager, says.

The online gifting market in India is currently pegged at Rs 2,200 crore and is expected to touch Rs 4,000 crore by 2008.

eYantra is on the verge of raising $5 million (around Rs 20 crore) from a US-based venture capital firm in a month's time to fund its proposed expansion plan. This includes setting up of 15 online brand stores within the next three months, and taking the number of its retail stores within corporate campuses to 12, from the present eight.

"Contracts with three more companies have been finalised and our retail stores at their campuses in Mohali, Gurgaon, Chennai and Bangalore would come up in the next four months, each at an investment of Rs 10 lakh," he added.

The six-year-old company clocked revenues of Rs 17 crore last year, and its outlook for the current financial year is Rs 25 crore..

K Rajani Kanth in Chennai


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Reading Eyes May Give Clues To Health Of The Pancreas
November 19, 2013

Reading Eyes May Give Clues To Health Of The Pancreas

April Flowers for - Your Universe Online

An innovative way to study glucose regulation in the body has been discovered by a research team from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

By transferring the vital insulin-producing cells from the pancreas to the eye, the team found that the eye can serve as a window through which health reports can be obtained from the pancreas. The results, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), are expected to have a significant impact on diabetes research.

Insulin, the hormone that is released into the blood at an amount that is in direct proportion to the amount of food ingested, is produced and secreted in the Islets of Langerhans, the endocrine portion of the pancreas. Large amounts of insulin are required to compensate for the high consumption of food and insensitivity to the hormone in patients with conditions such as obesity.

The Islets adapt themselves to obesity by increasing the number of insulin-producing beta-cells and/or modulating the cells individual secretion of insulin in response to the intake of sugar. This plasticity is necessary for maintaining normal blood sugar levels. The malfunctioning of this plasticity leads to diabetes, a serious disease that has reached pandemic proportions.

Studying the exact workings of the Islets of Langerhans and how they adapt to individual conditions presents challenges. The biggest challenge is their relative inaccessibility -- they lie deeply embedded in and are distributed throughout the tissue. The research team has found a new way to study the insulin-producing beta-cells by transferring them to the eye.

"What we've done is made the cells optically accessible by grafting a small number of 'reporter islets' into the eyes of mice, which allows us to monitor the activity of the pancreas just by looking into the eye," says Per-Olof Berggren, professor of experimental endocrinology at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, and director of the Rolf Luft Research Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology. "We're now able to really study the insulin-producing beta-cells in detail in a way that wasn't possible before."

The researchers say that the eye can be used as a sort of reporter by reproducing the activity of the pancreas and allowing readings of the status of the pancreas under different conditions in health and disease.

"The Islets of Langerhans can be visualized repeatedly over a period of several months, and our work shows that during this time, functional and morphological changes occur in them that are identical to those occurring in the pancreas," says Dr Erwin Ilegems, researcher at the Rolf Luft Centre.

The team used the new monitoring system and pharmacological treatment to reduce food consumption in obese mice models. This stopped the enormous growth in beta-cell population, meaning that the team is now able to individually tweak drug doses.

"We'll also be using the system to identify new drug substances that regulate beta-cell plasticity and function," says Professor Berggren. "In the future we may also conceive a similar use of reporter islets in humans in order to find unique, tailored treatment principles, to measure the effects of personal medication, or to diagnose problems with the pancreatic islets."


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Cleveland Clinic Researchers Identify Urgent Need For Alzheimer’s Drug Development

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Analysis of clinical trials shows pipeline for therapeutics is small; 99.6 percent of drug attempts fail

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health have conducted the first-ever analysis of clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease (AD), revealing an urgent need to increase the number of agents entering the AD drug development pipeline and progressing successfully towards new therapy treatments. The paper, "Alzheimer's Disease Drug Development Pipeline: Few Candidates, Frequent Failures," was published today in the journal Alzheimer's Research & Therapy.

A comprehensive look at all clinical trials underway shows:

There are relatively few drugs in development for Alzheimer's disease.
The failure rate for AD drug development is 99.6 percent for the decade 2002-2012.
The number of drugs has been declining since 2009.

"Our goal was to examine historical trends to help understand why Alzheimer's disease treatment development efforts so often fail," said Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D., ScD, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. "With an estimated 44 million people living worldwide with the condition, the study shows that the Alzheimer's disease drug development ecosystem needs more support given the magnitude of the problem."

Using the advanced search mechanisms of ClinicalTrials.gov, a government website that records all ongoing clinical trials, Dr. Cummings, along with Kate Zhong, M.D., Senior Director of Clinical Research and Development, and Touro University medical student Travis Morstorf, constructed a comprehensive analysis to examine all trials since 2002.

"By analyzing both completed as well as on-going trials and currently active compounds, we were able to provide insight into longitudinal trends in drug development," said Dr. Zhong. "What we found was that the investment in AD drugs and therapies is relatively low compared to the challenge posed by the disease. The pipeline is almost dry."

This comprehensive analysis illustrates the high rate of failure of compounds and the need for a constant supply of new drugs or a higher focus on repurposing, which can be assessed for efficacy in AD. With AD more expensive to the U.S. economy than cardiovascular disease or cancer, the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health research team believes the system of AD drugs must be supported, grown and coordinated to improve the success rate and development of new therapies.

In order to accelerate the drug development process and reduce the need to constantly invent new drugs, researchers note the need for more repositioning studies, which involve studying an already-approved drug in a new use or condition. For example, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health are leading a landmark Phase IIa clinical trial to determine if bexarotene (Targretin™), a drug currently FDA approved to treat skin cancer, can remove a protein build-up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, as it did in a recent animal study.


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Virgin Airlines To Give Space Ride To Most Frequent Flier
August 30, 2012

Virgin Is Giving Away A Free Space Flight To The Person Who Flies The Most

Michael Harper for — Your Universe Online

Many businesses and companies have some sort of reward program for frequenting customers. I, for instance, am rewarded with at least two free cups of coffee every month at my local coffee conglomerate, as well as free syrups, refills and soy milk.

Credit card companies have cash back programs, giving these card-wielding customers a small percentage back of how much they´ve charged. Sure, it´s not a way to save any significant amount of money, but apparently it´s enough to entice some customers.

Airlines offer their customers free miles which can add up to free trips for choosing to fly their airline.

Virgin Airlines, however, is taking this reward program farther than a cup of coffee or a free trip; They´re running a clever little contest rewarding the traveler who racks up enough miles on Virgin flights during the next 12 months a free trip to outer space.

Richard Branson, Virgin CEO, started Virgin Galactic, his own little space tourism company, back in 2004. Since then, many have been keeping tabs on his company´s progress as they await their turn to track a trip into outer space. Some 500 starry-eyed passengers have even coughed up $200,000 for a chance to be one of the first to take a sub-orbital space flight on Virgin Galactic.

Last month, Virgin America announced their newest, space-aged contest at the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Convention in Boston. The rules are seemingly straightforward: The contest began a few weeks ago, August 8th, and will run until August 7th, 2013. The Elevate Member with the most miles accumulated in this time frame will earn themselves a free seat into sub-orbital outer space.

“As we prepare to mark our five-year anniversary, we wanted to roll out a new level of benefits to the loyal business and leisure travelers who got us where we are today,” said Virgin America President and CEO David Cush in a July press statement.

“Since Virgin America´s launch, our goal has been to reinvent domestic flying for the better, whether through inventive cabin amenities or a no black-out date loyalty program — which in 2007 was something unique in the domestic industry. We´ve been fortunate enough to attract a loyal guest following, and are pleased to take Elevate to the next level by offering meaningful new benefits for our most valued travelers.”

Of course, Virgin is offering other incentives to frequently fly with them besides the promise of a free, $200,000 flight.

Those who reach Elevate Gold and Elevate Silver status can take advantage of perks such as priority check-in, security clearance and boarding and enhanced “digital/social rewards.”

Members of the Elevate Red set will have first pick at some of the plane´s most jealousy-inducing seats for only $20 extra. Furthermore, these Red members will have the option of booking any unsold seats for a partner 24 hours prior to a flight for free. Very swank, indeed.

Joining the social push, Virgin is also giving Elevate Gold and Silver members double points when they check into a Virgin Airline terminal on Facebook, Foursquare or Twitter.

If you´re a Virgin Airline fan and have always had your eye on a free trip to outer space, looks like you might do well to clear out the next year and spend your life savings on flights across this great country of ours. You´d better hurry! There are likely a few strong contestants who already have a few weeks advance on you!


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  1. I've only met one famous person. Former MLB player Joe Crede. I've been out to his farm a couple of times to work on his round baler. He helped me put new belts on it on a 90 degree day. I saw him today in fact. He came in to get a tooth bar for his skid steer bucket. Nice fella.
  2. Tulsa again. My Wife's 4 year old gelding Eli. She broke him herself. He has turned out to be a really good horse. He has a ton of character. Last but not least My Wife's gelding Dusty. He is 23 years old and still in great shape. He will be the horse our daughter will learn to ride on. He is our Daughters first ride this past weekend on Dusty
  3. Bigfoot again in Arkansas. My 15 year old palomino gelding Tulsa pushing 700hd of bred cows 15 miles to calving pasture.
  4. The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man. I can't live without horses now. I grew up without them but when I met my wife she got me on a horse and I really enjoyed it. We started out just trail riding and then we moved to a ranch and feedlot in Nebraska and began using the horses for roping, sorting, and moving cattle. Best job I ever had. Now we are back in Missouri and I am a mechanic for a Case IH dealer and don't ride for employment just enjoyment. We still trail ride and do some team sorting. This is my 6 year old gelding Big Foot. 16 hands, part Shire, QH, Thoroughbred. He was bred to be a bucking horse but wouldn't buck. A guy from central Nebraska trained him as a ranch horse and he is a good one.
  5. I was spreading manure on some hilly ground with 3588 and big spread all a couple years ago. It was a little slimey on top but had not been having any trouble. The last load I decided I would spread towards home which was down a decent hill. I got part way down and the manure made it behind the tandems on the spreader. That took all the weight off the hind end of the 2+2. This caused the rear end to try and pass the front. I was trying to counter steer but with an articulated tractor it only made it worse. Finally it all slid to a stop and I was able to get going again without any damage but there was a moment of pucker factor.
  6. Each parent has 2 genes for color. Since black is dominant, the black cow has to have at least one black gene, call it gene "B". The red bull, since it is showing the recessive color, must have 2 red genes, "rr". Since when they were bred, you got a red calf, then your black cow has to be carrying a red gene, "r", also. So the cow is "Br" and the bull is "rr". The baby gets a gene for color from each parent, and it apparently got "r" from mom and an "r" from dad. You can still end up with a black calf from the same pair if the calf gets the "B" gene from mom instead of the "r". "B" would cover up the "r" it gets from dad. It's all luck of the draw. There is a separate gene for color dilution, which is how sometimes people get grey or orange-ish calves.
  7. That is one nice looking Percheron. I've always been fond of a draft's looks. Maybe that's why my bay roan has a good bit of shire in him.
  8. You didn't offend me. I just wanted to point out the difference between horse people and people who own horses. I don't want to be lumped into the horse people group. BTW a four wheeler can't turn on a dime like a horse either. Like a good horse anyway.
  9. My first ride was a 1978 Chevy C20. Then between my junior and senior year I bought a 79 Chevy K20 4 speed. I still have it 12 years later. I actually drove it to work today.
  10. The wife on her then 2 1/2 year old gelding.
  11. The Wife and I fall under the "people who own horses" and definitely not the them crazy horse people. That being said I love my horses and wouldn't be without them. I was a horse hater until my wife converted me. I got my first horse then a couple years later we moved to Nebraska to a ranch/feedlot and I found out just how handy they could be. We are back in Missouri now and we don't get to do as much ranch work anymore. We still trail ride and have started team sorting and team penning in the summer. Most of the the people we see at the sorts are pretty good folks and not to nuts. There are always some that are though. They pull up in their fancy living quarters with one tons or Freightliners and here we are in our 1/2 ton and 16 foot gooseneck stock trailer and plain jane crossbred ranch horses.
  12. We have 4 horses that we ride. Like to ride each one once a week. It doesn't always happen but they are pretty well behaved even with a couple weeks off. You can also pick up all their feet anytime you want, haltered or not. Horses can be dangerous but alot of it has to do with training and being firm when required. After working on a ranch and feedyard in Nebraska I know for a fact cattle handling is easier horseback. So they can be useful.
  13. Looks like a good ride. Nice looking mules. We never made it to Fort Robinson while we were living in Nebraska. We did ride in the National Forest near Halsey and the Black Hills is SD. Definitely need to go to Fort Robinson someday.


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While we're still wearing our snow boots more than we'd like to admit, spring deliveries on our favourite e-commerce sites are in full-swing. There's a sigh of happiness that comes from seeing the home pages of our go-to retailers covered in skirts, mini dresses, and (finally!) open-toed sandals, even if our actual everyday wear doesn't yet reflect fashion's items du jour. And this morning, during our typical daily scan through Zara's new arrivals, we stumbled across its mid-season sale. That's right, with less than a week left until the (official) seasonal change, Zara has blessed us with an array of discounts to help get our warm-weather wardrobe in-check.
At the moment, the sale includes just about every essential you're going to want to wear over the next few months: lightweight sweaters, block-heel sandals, and shiny metallic skirts. Plus, there's even a few longline coats to get you through spring's WTF weather (which, one look outside, and you know what we mean). With unbeatable prices (seriously, there's a whole lot for under $20), we have a feeling the stock will sell out, fast. Click on for the pieces we're scooping up before they're gone.


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Security agency enlisting Muslims to rebut radicals

After nearly six years of intense law enforcement scrutiny of Muslims in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is reshaping his agency’s approach to Muslims and invited four prominent Muslims to help the agency prevent homegrown radicalism.

The four leaders Chertoff called on — a former ambassador from Pakistan, a Santa Monica author who grew up in San Jose, a Houston city councilman and an Austin, Texas, blogger — suggest increasing youth services, working with bloggers to fight extremist ideology on the Web and even changing the terminology the government uses to describe terrorists.

The May 8 meeting — the first of its kind the Homeland Security secretary has called with Muslims — was part of a series of gatherings that Chertoff told Congress in March would be “an unprecedented level of cooperation” with various ethnic and religious communities to “prevent radicalization.”

Daniel Sutherland, the department’s officer for civil rights and civil liberties, said Chertoff invited the four leaders last month because they are among the most influential Muslim scholars and thinkers in the nation. Sutherland, who has been with Homeland Security since its inception, said he believes that previous secretary Tom Ridge never had such a meeting.

The department also is working with Sikhs, South Asians, Arabs and Iranians to counter radicalism, Sutherland said, and Chertoff has pointed to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing as the best example of homegrown radicalism.

Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, domestic anti-terrorism efforts have included sweeping measures such as requiring all men and boys without permanent residency from many largely Muslim nations to register with the government. Federal authorities have also planted informants in mosques.

Participants in last month’s meeting praised Chertoff’s desire to gain a more sophisticated understanding of the 2.5 million to 8 million Muslims in the United States and figure out how to find terrorists of all nationalities.

“I like the idea of shifting the focus from policing an entire community to doing ideological battles with the very people who are threatening,” said Shahed Amanullah, 39, an Austin blogger and editor of “It’s much more surgical. You’re going right after people who are causing the problem.”

The 90-minute conversation produced no specific plans, and participants said the U.S. government must develop long-term policies toward the world’s billion-plus Muslims and the major Muslim nations.

“This is not going to be a quick affair,” said Akbar Ahmed, 64, an American University professor and former ambassador from Pakistan. “Emotions have been unleashed. This is going to be a long, simmering relationship.”

For all participants in the meeting, the two top concerns were finding commonly acceptable terminology for terrorism and figuring out how to keep young people from radicalizing, Sutherland and the participants said.

Chertoff has said that the period immediately after Sept. 11 was a time of crisis when policies were developed based on “imperfect information.” And he has talked about the need to constantly “recalibrate” anti-terrorism efforts.

“Our department’s conclusion is that the American Muslim community is very strong,” said Sutherland, who helped organize and attended the meeting with Chertoff. “It’s well-educated. It’s well-integrated. It’s different than Europe and other parts of the world. How do we preserve that strength?”

The four Muslim leaders suggested increasing interfaith efforts and social services for Muslim youth and encouraging parents and community leaders to allow disaffected young people to talk about their concerns.

“Just like we’re concerned that our children don’t get involved with gangs and drugs, we have to be proactive and make sure they don’t have interaction with people with extremist ideas,” said M.J. Khan, 57, who is in his second term as a Houston city councilman. “The responsibility lies with community members, and especially parents, to make sure we have open discussion and guide them properly.”

Ahmed said Muslim leaders in the United States and abroad must create a public discussion about Islam so non-Muslims have a more accurate understanding of the faith. American Muslims also must study American history and learn from the progress of other minorities, particularly African Americans, he said.

Amanullah, 39, the blogger, said extremists don’t come to mosques or Muslim community centers because they fear scrutiny from law enforcement. But they thrive unchallenged on the Web, where it’s easy for people to find them — and difficult for leaders to control them.

He said he and other Muslim bloggers would like to be able to fight extremists on the Web through blogs and critiques in other online forums. He wants to create a program that would give some Muslims explicit freedom to visit extremist sites and do that work.

“We’re not going to get the hard-core ‘jihadis,’ but at least we’ll get to the disaffected people who are wondering what side they should be on,” said Amanullah, who lived in the Bay Area for eight years until 2004 and remains an adviser to regional Muslim groups such as San Jose-based Islamic Networks Group and American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism.

Sutherland, the Homeland Security official, said Chertoff was “very interested” in Amanullah’s proposal but wanted the blogger to work out details.

Starting the conversation about terrorism is problematic. The term “Islamofascism,” used by President Bush and others, offends Muslims who believe their faith condones no violence and other religions are rife with examples of terrorism. Many Muslims also reject terms such as “Islamic terrorism,” “Islamist terrorists” or “Muslim terrorists” for the same reason.

Amanullah and Reza Aslan, author of “No god but God” and a professor of religion and creative writing at the UC Riverside, prefer the term “jihadist.”

Many Muslims object to it because it modifies the Islamic term “jihad,” which refers to an inner struggle — not a military one. But “jihadist” has been widely adopted in the Arab world as a way to describe terrorists, said Aslan.

Aslan, 35, who grew up in San Jose, went to Santa Clara University and taught at De La Salle High School in Concord, said agreeing on terminology is vital.

“If you’re in an ideological war, as we’re told we’re in, then your most powerful weapon becomes your words and your words become very important,” he said.

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Chronic corruption by LGU official

WHILE people in Metro Manila and in other major urban areas in the country are agog with the disclosures on so-called hidden bank accounts of the Chief Magistrate, and with revelations in social media of alleged hidden wealth of some of the top officials in the land, many constituents of local politicians are wondering why instances of large-scale corruption in their localities are given little attention to or are totally ignored.

In October 2011 constituents of a mayor in a municipality in the South have requested my help to bring to the attention of President Aquino the corrupt ways of a partymate who is said to be total anathema to the latter’s anti-corruption campaign.

What is the gravity of the offense? I have filled almost half of my notebook pad with notes on the large-scale corruption— ghost projects, IRA amounting to more than P7 million a month kept almost to the mayor’s self, non-existent projects awarded to his group of companies with dummies bearing Chinese-sounding names to make them appear like real businessmen.

The mayor almost “owns” every conceivable business there could be in the area—trucking services for his ghost projects, gasoline stations, hardware, general merchandise that supplies the LGU’s office requirements from computers to bond paper, pharmacies, convenience stores, a hotel with functions rooms where LGU meetings are held, water refilling stations, recreation area (cockpit), ice plant, security services, resorts, piggeries and fish ponds.

He has passbooks for various bank accounts, and at least nine vehicles, including two Mitsubishi Pajeros, a Toyota Fortuner, a Mitsubishi Montero, and three utility pick-up vehicles.

The campaign to fight graft and corruption cannot rest on one shoulder alone.

Collaboration with media and other agencies of government could, hopefully, nail or at least strike fear in the hearts of the corrupt.

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Rejoice and take pride, Loveland. A native son, Collin Klein, is one of three finalists for college football's most prestigious award, the Heisman Trophy. It's an award given to the best collegiate football player in the nation.

The other two finalists are Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te'o and Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel.

Klein, the starting quarterback for Kansas State, is the main reason his team is 11-1 and will play Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 3 in Glendale, Ariz. The 6-foot-5 senior has 2,490 yards passing with 15 touchdowns and a completion percentage of 66 percent. A comparison can be made to former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, too. He has 894 yards rushing on 194 carries and 22 touchdowns. All told, he's accounted for 37 touchdowns for the Wildcats.

Some will and have asked: How did he escape the notice of his home-state schools, the University of Colorado or Colorado State University? The answer is simple but also complex.

Klein wasn't heavily recruited at Loveland High by most larger universities, let alone by coaches from the Buffs and Rams. He's not a prototypical drop-back passer, and that was what then-new CSU head coach Steve Fairchild craved, although he made a late offer. At CU, former coach Dan Hawkins also was looking for a quarterback to operate in a very different manner, where running would not play a large role. Klein wasn't even brought to Manhattan, Kan., home of Kansas State, as a quarterback; he was slated to be a wide receiver.

What is overlooked by coaches, recruiters and scouts is heart. You can't measure it like you can a 40-yard dash, vertical jump, arm strength or throwing motion. Based on that alone, when you look at the current state of the programs at CU and CSU, a young man like Klein might have gone a long way to right what has gone so wrong.

As for what we do know, it's been a special season for Klein, his K-State team, fans and for this city.

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To see this happen to a young man who "gets it" makes it all the more worthy of praise.


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Somalia Pirates

By BlakeyV - Posted on 09 April 2009

Just hadn;t seen it posted yet, I know this direct article is a day old.  Also wonder what consequences you feel there will be or should be?  Thoughts and prayers with the captain and may God be with you.

I'm with Blakey with the thoughts and sincere prayers.  I have following this story closely, and find it most distressing.  I don't know what I think the consequences will be, as I know we have limited powers in international waters.  What I would LIKE for them to be is to have these pirates brought to American to be charged and stand trial.

My guess is that they will be brought back to Somolia for "justice...yea right" in exchange for the Captain.

What's your opinion, Blakey?

An international court of justice would be more appropriate in my opinion.
 My opinion is we need to have other nations involved, these Pirates are a threat to all and need to be dealt with. Somalia ports maybe need some rearranging from airplanes and these particular pirates are asking for 10 million, give it to them, then give a few ton of rocks to go with it.  And also these cargo ships need some sort of protection also, be it from sideline vessel on on board. The pirates here don;t have many options as last I heard are surrounded right now, so they should know if anything happens to the captain they are toast.   Again though I have no idea of the size of how many pirates are out there, wouldn;t think by using a bit of force they would be much to deal with.  I feel other nations will get involved as others are dealing with this constant threat.  As far as having a trial back here,,nah I personally don;t give em that option..what pirates..I didn't see any pirates,,there were pirates out there,,no way,,shoot must have been that spot where we had that mishap with out fighter plane.

The people backing these pirates (the BIGWIGS) have to be found and dealt with. These are not just Somali nobodies getting together and saying, "lets hijack some ships, and hold the crews and cargoes for ransom." Someone big is behind them. They have moved from the Gulf of Aden out into the open Indian Ocean, where maritime or military patrols are much less likely to get in the way.

Here is an idea if pirates are ever captured (one was captured but let go): rig the captured pirates to the sides of a small boat in open waters, and let them stay there until sharks come by and have their meal. It wouldn't take doing this too many times for this message to get back to the remaining pirates.

Very true, but apparently the options are limited: 1) Despite international support, there are a limited number of ships that maritime nations will commit to this region. 2) There's only so much we can do with limited patrol routes and boats indistinguishable from small fishing vessels. 3) Since this attack came in the Indian Ocean, it was way outside the normal hot zone for the Somali pirates.

They could use convoys with light torpedo boats or something, but with the shipping traffic in that area, I'm not sure that's feasible. What would be really nice is a regular EWACS sweep of the region and the CIA pinning down who's profiting from these raids (my tinfoil hat guess is al Qaeda), but now that they've expanded into the open seas, that drastically increases the amount of water to cover

And as a disclaimer: No, I'm not an analyst. I do, however, play lots of strategy games...

It's sad that we've reached a point where 'government service' is a dirty word... If we're the greatest country on earth, maybe we can have the greatest government.

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It's sad that we've reached a point where 'government service' is a dirty word... If we're the greatest country on earth, maybe we can have the greatest government.

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I have been praying for a peaceful end to this since it began to unfold.

I think we also need to look a the big picture: the extreme poverty in Somalia. I don't think we can argue that living under very poor conditions only increases the likelihood of expanding crime "proejcts" like this. Look at Mexico and the drug war. Until we address the root of the problem, things may just get worse.

Update from MSNBC

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
A senior U.S. official says the federal government has put together a working group to advise the Navy on how to talk to the pirates. The FBI is part of that group but, the official says, is by no means in charge of the negotiations.

FBI hostage negotiators are offering their advice, as are others in the federal government with experience and knowlege about talking with captors.

But, the official says, the FBI has not taken over the negotiations.

Also, there are ships from many nations that have come into the area (Including China and Russia) and are more or less on stand by.
Now, if I could just wrest the TV away from the four year old and cartoon network, I could catch up on this story...*sigh*

They should them, don't they???

 I will not throw the first punch but I wil certainly throw the last.....President Barack Obama.

I have become really obsessed with this story, constantly checking for updates. My heart is aching thinking of this brave American and his family. If the boat was not covered, I'm sure they'd have snipers on the case-but this seems extremely complicated. They can't just destroy the boat with a hostage on board. And the pirates realize this.  I know that in many cases the ship company will just agree to pay the ransom. Obviously, this is not the best outcome but at least the man would return alive. If they did pay the pirates, couldn't the gov't find them later and charge them? They certainly have evidence. I truly believe the State Dept./our government is doing everything in their power, but this is a worse case scenario. Maybe it will finally bring to light the need to address the piracy problem. I've seen reports on pirates in the last year but often they are discussed with a chuckle like "yes, I said pirates" and it does not seem to be taken seriously. Let's all say some extra prayers for a positive outcome. This is Day 3!

update from CNN

The problem is that we're not negotiating with the pirates on the boat. The people in charge of this operation are not in that boat. We're negotiating with whoever is controlling this from the shore. We know where they are. And that's the problem. If the pirates on the boat don't give up the captain, they're probably dead. And if they do give up the captain, without ransom, they're probably dead too.

Pirates holding an American hostage on a drifting lifeboat want $2 million for his release, a fellow pirate onshore said on Friday. The pirate, speaking to Reuters from Haradheere port, also said other pirates were taking a hijacked German ship, with foreign crew on board, towards the scene in the Indian Ocean where the lifeboat is floating, watched by U.S. warships.

"Knowing that the Americans will not destroy this German ship and its foreign crew, they (the pirates) hope they can meet their friends on the lifeboat," said the pirate, who has given reliable information in the past but asked for his name not to be used. (Source)

From CNN.

Earlier Saturday, pirates holding a German cargo ship returned to port after failing to reach a lifeboat containing four pirates and their American hostage, a local journalist told CNN.

The German ship Hansa Stavanger was among several hijacked vessels that pirates were using to reach the lifeboat some 300 miles off the Somali coast, a Somali journalist told CNN.

The ship had set sail to help the pirates holding Phillips, but turned back because of the U.S. naval presence, the journalist said. The Hansa Stavanger is now at the Somali port of Eyl, the journalist said.

The Hansa Stavanger, with a crew of 24, was hijacked April 4 off the Somali coast.

Pirates have been searching the waters off Africa's coast to try to find the lifeboat, a U.S. military official with knowledge of the situation said Friday. They are using hijacked vessels and skiffs launched from larger ships, the official said.

 Should we take this as good news? There seem to be few options. The conditions must be getting pretty awful on board. They don't even have a toilet. Maybe the negotiators hope time will wear them down. Misty is right-these pirates have nothing to hold on to for hope. They are doomed either way. Maybe they would welcome some kind of sentence in which they are turned over to the Americans rather than the Somalians. That says alot right there. I just hope they don't see death as the best option right now. With the world they live in, you just never know.

The most frustrating thing for a retired serviceman is that I want to go get them. I know we have the ability to free that captain right now. With any measure necessary, we can kill all the pirates and bring that man home for Easter.

 But thats the military in me. The diplomat in others keeps nuts like me in check!

 Im just frustrated about the situation, but proud of that Captain for his heroism! I pray for him a lot each day!

The pirates and the captain are in a closed lifeboat.  I don't see how anyone could get to them to rescue him, without them having a chance to kill the captain.

Miltary strategists have probably already came up with at least 3 different ways to do it, regardless of the enclosed boat. Technology on naval ships is incredible. And snipers are pretty accurate when it comes to taking someone out, even through a wood wall.

 I am sure they have several plans, but no "go ahead" to initiate. And its probably best. Let the diplomacy experts try first. Then let the military try!

Distractions: Recent U.S. experience with Somalia not good

President George H.W. Bush, describing it as "God's work," sent U.S. combat troops to the east African nation in late 1992 to lead an international U.N. force to secure the environment for relief operations.

"We will not stay one day longer than is absolutely necessary," Bush said.

President Bill Clinton inherited the problem. He pulled most of the U.S. troops out in early 1993.

But those that remained were sent to track down warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed, ultimately leading to a 17-hour firefight in Mogadishu in which 18 American soldiers were killed, a disastrous battle that led to the book and movie, "Blackhawk Down."

The recent pirate episode was a reminder to the United States that Somalia is a festering failed state -- or as Foreign Policy magazine called it, "The Most Dangerous Place in the World" -- and poses a foreign policy dilemma that will not go away.

The recent pirate episode was a reminder to the United States that Somalia is a festering failed state -- or as Foreign Policy magazine called it, "The Most Dangerous Place in the World" -- and poses a foreign policy dilemma that will not go away.

 To that I say ..... Then lets go get em! But I am a soldier. Thats what we always say! Its the training!

For clarity's sake, the preceeding line in the source Misty quoted is "Somalia came to U.S. attention in 1992 when warring factions created a humanitarian crisis."

This is a really good article that explains the actual situation in Somalia.  Thanks Misty.

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