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<title><![CDATA[Permafrost - Aernoudt Jacobs]]></title>
<link>http://noreille.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/permafrost-aernoudt-jacobs/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Découverte hier de la très belle installation Permafrost, au Kaaitheater Studio, dans le cadre du Bu]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Découverte hier de la très belle installation Permafrost, au <a href="http://www.kaaitheater.be/productie.jsp?productie=672">Kaaitheater Studio</a>, dans le cadre du Burning Ice festival, qui rassemble artistes, philosophes, politiciens et scientifiques pour &#8220;formuler les enjeux du changement climatique&#8221;. Permafrost est une structure sonore qui s’inspire du processus de gel de l’eau. Ce processus de cristallisation devient la source sonore, la matière qui déborde devient visible et tangible. <a href="http://www.lamediatheque.be/med/rech_n.php?ser=&#38;intervenant=tmrx&#38;titre=&#38;morceau=&#38;descripteur=&#38;label=&#38;ref=&#38;supa[1]=1&#38;supa[2]=1&#38;supa[3]=1&#38;supa[4]=1&#38;supa[5]=1&#38;supa[7]=1&#38;supa[6]=1&#38;supa[8]=1">Aernoudt Jacobs</a> est artiste sonore. Il analyse le son en fonction de la matière et de la perception, et présente ses constatations dans des installations et des concerts. Permafrost est une structure double, une cuve remplie d&#8217;eau en train de geler, une autre en train de dégeler. Durant le processus des micros amplifient les craquements de l&#8217;eau en train de changer d&#8217;état, la glace qui se fissure et fond, l&#8217;eau en voie de solidification. A la fois sculpture et machinerie musicale, l&#8217;installation rend audible un processus lent qui se traduit tantôt en un léger cliquetis, tantôt en crépitement, et parfois en craquements plus impressionnants. Comme toute les bonnes installations sonores, Permafrost captive l&#8217;attention de manière très subtile et donne envie de suivre le processus complet de trois heures pour assister à la progression entière, avec ses variations et ses transitions.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabonthemoon/tags/aernoudtjacobs/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2596/4132288432_526de31bba.jpg" alt="" width="420" height="316" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabonthemoon/tags/aernoudtjacobs/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2568/4131531357_bedf565011.jpg" alt="" width="420" height="315" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabonthemoon/tags/aernoudtjacobs/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/4131527275_a8be65747f.jpg" alt="" width="420" height="315" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Photo par<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabonthemoon/tags/aernoudtjacobs/"> Fabonthemoon</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Koldioxiden slår rekord!]]></title>
<link>http://tokstan.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/koldioxiden-slar-rekord/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nu kan vi glädja oss åt att koldioxiden i atmosfären slår nya rekord. Halterna 2008 året var de högs]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Permafrost - Pervers &amp; Geisteskrank]]></title>
<link>http://blankdreams.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/permafrost-pervers-geisteskrank/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Soi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Grupo: Permafrost Álbum: Pervers &amp; Geisteskrank Año de salida: 2007 País: Alemania Género: Black]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1488" title="Pervers &#38; Geisteskrank" src="http://blankdreams.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/permafrost-pervers-geisteskrank.jpg" alt="Pervers &#38; Geisteskrank" width="484" height="484" /><strong>Grupo:</strong> Permafrost</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Álbum:</strong> Pervers &#38; Geisteskrank</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Año de salida:</strong> 2007</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>País:</strong> Alemania</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Género:</strong> Black Metal</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Seguimos con Alemania, país que se ha convertido en una de las fuentes de música principales de este black de este blog. Permafrost es otro de los grandes descubrimientos del mes pasado, y, aunque no me apasionen tanto como Blutklinge, sus trabajos me siguen despertando bastante curiosidad.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Cuándo los conocí, tenía por entendido que guardaban cierto parecido con grupos como Absurd, Satans Elite Kommando o Hellfucked, así que me pilló totalmente desprevenido el estilo del grupo, ya que, personalmente, no me recuerda en absoluto a estos grupos. Se aleja de estos grupos, perdiendo un poco la crudeza tan excesiva que tienen, y ganándo toques más melódicos sobretodo en lo que respecta a las guitarras, ya que la voz es hooligan total.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">El grupo está formado por cuatro miembros. Dos guitarristas, <em>Pervers Masturbator</em> y <em>Misanthrop</em>, un bajista, <em>Morbid</em>, y, llegando al punto más extraño de la formación, <em>Porcus</em>, baterista y vocalista. Wow.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Éste es su primer LP (mejor que el segundo, Vergewaltigt &#38; Verflucht), que editaron en primer lugar en cinta en 2006. Al igual que en Hellfucked, también aparecen transiciones con violaciones, torturas, mutilaciones, y matanzas, que se deducen de los gritos femeninos que se oyen. De aquí parece ser que deriva este parecido con los grupos antes relacionados, la fascinación mórbida que tienen por la misantropía.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Es un trabajo bastante bueno, realmente, y destacan sobretodo las voces y la batería, muy intensas y presentes en todo momento, sin pausas ni treguas, lo que convierte a este trabajo en lo que es, cuarenta minutos de black metal agresivo, pero con toques atmosféricos que le dan un estilo atípico al grupo. Las guitarras son un factor muy determinante para éstas atmósferas, y más teniendo en cuenta el juego que le dan dos guitarristas a un mismo grupo.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Sin más, aquí os lo dejo. Disfrutadlo.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Canciones más recomendadas: <strong>Das Nichts</strong>.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Tracklist</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">01. Intro (03:06)<br />
02. Ein Zarter Körper (05:06)<br />
03. The Throne Of Satan (03:59)<br />
04. Das Nichts (06:14)<br />
05. Depression (05:17)<br />
06. Mord &#38; Totschlag (09:07)<br />
07. Antinomie (02:45)<br />
08. Kraft Durch Krieg (04:00)<br />
09. Tod Geboren (01:23)<br />
10. C.O.A. (01:32)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Duración total: </strong>42:29</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Página oficial de la banda:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://permafrost-horde.de/">http://permafrost-horde.de/</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Link</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nmwymj5xn34">http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nmwymj5xn34</a></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Si te gusta, ¡compra!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.nebelklang.web-republic.de/__shop/">http://www.nebelklang.web-republic.de/__shop/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[210 metros de permafrost]]></title>
<link>http://amazingsnow.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/210-metros-de-permafrost/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[El pozo de Shergin es único, ya que es el más profundo pozo excavado en el mundo en zona de permafro]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Studying Plants, Permafrost, and Carbon near Barrow, Alaska]]></title>
<link>http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/studying-plants-permafrost-and-carbon-near-barrow-alaska/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Share Over thousands of years, the remains of plants (and animals) that never fully decomposed have ]]></description>
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<p>Over thousands of years, the remains of plants (and animals) that never fully decomposed have become part of the frozen soil in Alaska, Canada, northern Europe, and Russia. Scientists estimate that these frozen landscapes store <a href="http://athenadr.wordpress.com/wp-admin/%20http://www.livescience.com/researchinaction/ria-090609.html">twice as much carbon</a> as is found in the atmosphere.  As permafrost melts releases carbon dioxide  which are going accelerate global warming in the coming century, but increased photosynthesis by tundra plants will help to lessen the impact for a time.</p>
<p>Methane clathrates are also known to be present on the seabed usually at depths of 200 metres to 400 metres. There is an increasing interest the last few years of clathrates as an energy source. But if methane started leaking, it could exacerbate global warming because it is 20 times more powerful at warming the air than carbon dioxide. The great worry though is that as gas is extracted its pressure will break up neighbouring clathrate crystals and there will be an uncontrollable chain reaction or &#8220;methane burp&#8221; which could trigger landslips, undersea eruptions and even tsunamis. It occurred 251 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, when a series of methane burps came close to wiping out all life on Earth.</p>
<p>Back to how plant productivity is changing as permafrost thaws. NASA-funded scientists are using <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Glossary/?xref=hyperspectral">hyperspectral</a> satellite images to map the extent of different plant communities in the northernmost part of the United States. This pair of images from the <a href="http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov/Technology/Hyperion.html">Hyperion</a> sensor on NASA’s EO-1 satellite shows the lake-dotted tundra around Barrow, Alaska. The site is part of the <a href="http://www.arcticscience.org/researchBases.php#3">Barrow Environmental Observatory,</a> a large tract of Iñupiat tribal land dedicated to scientific research into Arctic climate and ecosystem change.</p>
<div id="attachment_1888" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 570px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1888 " title="barrow_hyp_2009201_swir" src="http://athenadr.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/barrow_hyp_2009201_swir.jpg" alt="barrow_hyp_2009201_swir" width="560" height="194" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Image acquired July 20, 2009. False Colour</p></div>
<p>The top image ( in false colour) uses light in wavelengths that people can’t even see to distinguish landscape features that the eye couldn’t tell apart in photo-like imagery and photo-like natural colour. It uses shortwave-infrared light in place of red, near-infrared in place of green, and red light in place of blue. Water is dark blue, and undeveloped land areas range from bright green to dull orange to yellow. The natural-color digital image is made from a combination of red, green, and blue light.</p>
<div id="attachment_1889" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 570px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1889 " title="barrow_hyp_2009201_rgb" src="http://athenadr.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/barrow_hyp_2009201_rgb.jpg" alt="barrow_hyp_2009201_rgb" width="560" height="194" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Image acquired July 20, 2009. Natural colour</p></div>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.jcet.umbc.edu/directory_jcet/huemmrich_fred.html" target="_blank">Fred Huemmrich</a>, from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, these colours reflect unique habitats and plant communities that are largely influenced by the amount of available water. The leafiest, most productive vegetation in the area appears bright green. The orange areas are slightly drier and would be favoured by mosses and some sedges. The yellow areas are the driest habitats, and would contain plants like heath along with lichens.</p>
<p>The lakes in this area are known as thermokarst lakes. They form when summer melt water ponds up on the permanently frozen ground below. As permafrost thaws, the lakes sometimes drain out through cracks that develop. The warmer soil and the availability of water make these former lake beds oases for plants in the harsh Arctic climate, and Huemmrich has found that these are usually the most productive locations on the tundra.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=40853&#38;src=eoa-iotd">Earth Observatory, NASA</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[L'effet papillon du rechauffement climatique... ]]></title>
<link>http://climat360.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/leffet-papillon-du-rechauffement-climatique/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Les scientifique du Met Office à Londres ont developpés une carte interactive montrant les impacts à]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Les scientifique du Met Office à Londres ont developpés une <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2009/oct/22/climate-change-carbon-emissions" target="_blank">carte interactive </a>montrant les impacts à différents endroits de la planète sur un réchauffement global de 4°C. Les effets sont édifiants!<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2009/oct/22/climate-change-carbon-emissions" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-22" title="carte 4°c de plus" src="http://climat360.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/a-map-showing-the-impact-0032.jpg?w=300" alt="carte 4°c de plus" width="234" height="143" /></a>Tel l&#8217;effet papillon, même si on gagne 4°C en Europe, en Arctique on mesurera 16°C de plus. Ajoutons que le dégel du permafrost en Sibérie provoquera la libération de millions de tonnes de méthane participant à l&#8217;accélération massive du réchauffement climatique.<br />
Vidéo du lancement de la carte :</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Allarme Polo Nord]]></title>
<link>http://serrature.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/231/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Il Polo Nord resterà all’asciutto entro il 2030. Niente più ghiacci; il livello del mare crescerà es]]></description>
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<p>Il Polo Nord resterà all’asciutto entro il <strong>2030</strong>. Niente più ghiacci; il livello del mare crescerà esponenzialmente e l’orso bianco, funestato dagli stravolgimenti climatici, si estinguerà. Questa ipotesi è stata avanzata dai ricercatori britannici che nell’ultimo periodo hanno effettuato analisi scrupolose sul territorio. <strong>Peter Wadhams</strong>, professore dell’Università di Cambridge, sentenzia che &#60;&#60;la calotta artica si scioglierà totalmente in estate entro 20 o 30 anni, e una parte rilevante sarà già scomparsa nei prossimi dieci anni&#62;&#62;. Una previsione sconvolgente. Le ragioni di un simile mutamento, secondo i ricercatori dell’<strong>ESA</strong>, potrebbero essere ricondotte ai violenti uragani estivi.</p>
<p>C’è qualcosa<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-232" title="north-pole-polar-bear" src="http://serrature.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/north-pole-polar-bear.jpg?w=150" alt="north-pole-polar-bear" width="150" height="99" />, però, che va ben al di là dei semplici e ormai consueti allarmismi: per esempio, ultimamente è stata rilevata un’<strong>alta pressione </strong>del tutto inusuale nei pressi dell’area artica vicina al Nord America, legata allo scioglimento dei ghiacci; ciò interessa lo stazionamento dei venti caldi cui è connessa una parabola delle precipitazioni nevose. Le temperature del <strong>permafrost</strong>, in poco meno di un quarantennio, sono cresciute di 2°C; ciò significa che, dopo i 1000 km di ghiaccio persi da nove anni a questa parte, presto si aggiungeranno nuovi zeri, e Gaia si trasformerà in un pallone incandescente.</p>
<p>Commentare un simile disastro è un mero esercizio di retorica, ormai. La lista nera delle specie a rischio estinzione si allarga ancora: narvali e balene, insieme al già citato orso polare, verrebbero sbattuti fuori da una piramide ecologica impazzita. Si sta cercando di adottare qualche provvedimento efficace, tra cui la ricerca di fonti energetiche alternative proprio vicino alla calotta; ma tutto giace nel dubbio, almeno per il momento. Pensate che, se la previsione di Wadhams si rivelasse esatta, in linea teorica potrebbero aprirsi nuove rotte marine tra l’Europa e il Nord America: in un quadro talmente disastrato le specie delle regioni fredde non hanno scampo.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Per darvi un’idea solida di quel che sta accadendo, provate a visualizzare una voragine di circa 84 mila chilometri: più o meno ciò che si è verificato l’estate appena trascorsa presso l’arcipelago di <strong>Svalbard</strong>, situato nell’Oceano Artico tra la Norvegia e il Polo Nord, dove appunto si è aperto, fra i ghiacci perenni, un cratere di dimensioni spaventose.</p>
<p>Cosa possiamo attenderci ancora? Il mondo ha la febbre e noi dobbiamo intervenire subito, attraverso metodi drastici e risolutivi. Ricordiamo che manca sempre meno al summit di <strong>Copenaghen</strong>: una delle ultime possibilità di salvezza che ci restano, l’ultima chance di impegnarsi per adottare le misure che occorrono per affrontare la crisi climatica. Molte case costruttrici di automobili (<strong>BMW</strong> e <strong>Toyota </strong>in particolare) sono intenzionate a lanciare i primi modelli ad alimentazione ibrida nel corso del 2010: questa rivoluzionaria linea di marketing, se adeguatamente supportata dalle volontà governative, potrebbe essere un buon punto di partenza per assestare il colpo di grazia allo sfruttamento dei combustibili fossili. Resta tuttavia da capire quanto i governi vogliano liberarsi del petrolio.<img class="size-full wp-image-233    alignleft" title="global_warming" src="http://serrature.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/global_warming.gif" alt="global_warming" width="450" height="311" /></p>
<p>Concludo con una citazione, a mio avviso significativa, tratta dal frasario del celebre James Lovelock: “<em>Quando stavo facendo ricerche su Marte, mi resi conto che la prima cosa che si poteva studiare, guardando il pianeta dall’esterno, era la sua atmosfera, per confrontarla con quella della Terra. Mentre l’atmosfera di Marte è vicina all&#8217;equilibrio, l’atmosfera della Terra, un pianeta su cui è presente la vita, è molto lontana dall’equilibrio. In essa sono presenti gas incompatibili fra loro, come l&#8217;ossigeno e il metano, in una percentuale che viola le leggi della chimica.</em><br />
<em>Ho cominciato a credere che tutto il complesso della materia vivente sulla Terra, dalle balene, alle piante o ai virus, fosse un’unica entità capace di manipolare l&#8217;ambiente allo scopo di soddisfare i propri bisogni</em>”. E l’uomo?</p>
<p><em>I. Bececco</em></p>
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<link>http://otaku1612.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/wahrend-andere/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[sich cool dabei fühlen 20 Hunde an Stahlseilen vor ein Quad zu spannen sich zu dritt auf selbigem ru]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>sich cool dabei fühlen 20 Hunde an Stahlseilen vor ein Quad zu spannen sich zu dritt auf selbigem rum zu flegeln und Kilometer auf Teufel komm raus zu fressen, trainieren wir derzeit noch die Hunde in kleinen Einheiten um Ihnen die <a href="http://otaku1612.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/kommandos-die-ein-schlittenhund-2/" target="_blank">nötigen Kommandos</a> und sozialen Fähigkeiten für das fahren auf Wildtrails im Gelände,  sowie das Überleben mit dem Menschen als Teil des Teams in der Natur  zu vermitteln,  oder diese Fähigkeiten nach der Sommerpause wieder zu vertiefen.</p>
<p>Den nur so werden wir im Winter wieder absolut harmonische Teams haben die mit uns gemeinsam im Zelt oder der Hütte die Winternächte verbringen können, wochenlang ohne Unterstützung von außen als perfekte Einheit ohne viel Worte agierend.</p>
<p>Ein paar Fotos von der Schlammschlacht gestern:</p>

<p>Und wer mal genau hinschaut wird folgendes bemerken: Auch &#8220;fette&#8221; und &#8220;voll gefressene&#8221; Hunde arbeiten super hart ( das ist mindestens der 7te steile Anstieg auf 10 Kilometern,  letztes Drittel der Trainingsstrecke ) wenn man es versteht seine Hunde zu motivieren. Dazu braucht es keinerlei Nahrungsentzug, verhaltensgestörte Hunde durch Ketten- oder Zwingerhaltung oder sonstige &#8220;Druckmittel&#8221; oder Zwangsmotivationen.</p>
<p>Sondern nur Kenntnisse und Handeln nach der natürlichen Bedürfnisse der Hunde und sanfte,  nachhaltige Steuerung des natürlichen Willens zum laufen und arbeiten.</p>
<p>Und dann, dann kann man im Winter auch richtig fahren, überall. Ohne Skiidootrails, Trailmaker , Depotsäcke und schlag mich tot. Und wenn es dann mal kritisch werden sollte, laufen die Hunde auch 400 KM im Tiefschnee mit 600 KG auf dem Schlitten ohne jegliche Nahrung. Für Ihr Team. Ihren Menschen.  Ohne gesundheitliche Schäden ( weil genug Substanz zum &#8220;zusetzen&#8221; vorhanden)  , &#8220;langsam&#8221;, aber stetig und sicher !!</p>
<p>Und bringen uns in jeder Situation sicher nach Hause&#8230; .</p>
<p>Das sind Schlittenhunde. Nichts anderes&#8230;.</p>
<p>Have fun<br />
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</a>Nachtrag: Und den erbarmungswürdigen Wixern die dauernd die &#8220;Eskimos&#8221; als Beispiele für Ihre Tierquälerei heranziehen sei mal folgendes gesagt: Das heißt Inuit,  den Rohfleischfresser = Eskimo ( man sollte die Worte kennen die man benutzt ) ist eine miese,  rassistische Beleidigung. Und zweitens: Lebt doch erst mal einige Monate  mit Inuit die wirklich noch traditionell leben und ernährt euch selbst mal eben solange fast ausschließlich von Blubber ( Wer nicht weis was das ist soll lernen ). Dann, dann dürft Ihr mitreden. Ansonsten gilt nämlich: Wenn man keine Ahnung hat, einfach mal die Fresse halten !!</p>
<p>Nachtrag 2: Man teilt mir mit ich soll doch nicht immer verbal so auf die Kacke hauen und mal freundlich formulieren&#8230;. Hm&#8230;. Sehe ich gar nicht ein. Das hier ist mein virtuelles Wohnzimmer und da ziehe ich mir die Pantoffeln an, machs Bierchen auf und habe es bequem&#8230; .  Aber nun gut Friedensangebot: Statt Nachtrag wie oben folgende Formulierung: Bildung nebst Lebenserfahrung in der großen,  weiten Welt  tut nicht weh und hat auch noch keinem geschadet <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> ) . Ferner soll das den Horizont , so vorhanden, erweitern&#8230; . Und eine Universität die einen beißt habe ich auch noch nicht gesehen&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Why global warming keeps me up at night]]></title>
<link>http://omaried.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/why-global-warming-keeps-me-up-at-night/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mariadeathstar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://omaried.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/why-global-warming-keeps-me-up-at-night/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve confessed here before, I am something of a weather geek. I watch the weather, track th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As I&#8217;ve <a href="http://omaried.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/on-being-a-weather-geek/">confessed here before</a>, I am something of a weather geek. I watch the weather, track the weather, watch weather disaster shows on tv, consult the weather channel frequently, and think about the weather.</p>
<p>I actually studied the weather in college and grad school in the early 1970s, and learned about the greenhouse effect and global warming long before it became a popular media subject.</p>
<p>The amount of carbon dioxide human activity pumps into the atmosphere has only increased dramatically since then, of course. As has general awareness of the issue. And since today is a day when bloggers are invited to blog action day on climate change (see blogactionday.org for more info) participate in a <a href="http://www.blogactionday.org/">global project</a> to bring more attention to this issue, I am compelled to share what I believe I know for sure. (Sorry Oprah!)</p>
<p>What I believe I know for sure about global warming:</p>
<p>1. There has been a dramatic rise in CO2 in the last three centuries of human history. <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-681" title="%co2graph" src="http://omaried.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/co2graph.jpg" alt="%co2graph" width="500" height="294" />While there are short term variations, the <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/7849520/Al-Gore-Global-Warming">graph below</a> shows an unmistakable exponential increase over time since 1700. This is not a scam, it is not a conspiracy, it is simply data. Period. It&#8217;s not political, it&#8217;s not left or right, it&#8217;s just data. Data doesn&#8217;t care about our debates and arguments. It just exists. It doesn&#8217;t lie, it doesn&#8217;t care whether we listen or not. It just is.</p>
<p>2. If you look at the graph, you see that the dramatic rise started around the mid-19th century. What happened at that time? The industrial revolution, of course. Just as it dramatically altered the human experience, it dramatically changed the extent to which human activity produced CO2, and the only place for it to go was the atmosphere.  I think there is a lot of evidence that human activity is contributing significantly to CO2 level increases. It&#8217;s <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090902133637.htm">not the only cause</a>, of course, but it is a contributing factor.</p>
<p>3. The global warming effect that gets the most airtime is rising sea levels. While that would be catastrophic for much of humanity because they live next to the sea, I think there are worse things to worry about. Like the release of methane, released into the atmosphere from melting <a href="http://www.terranature.org/methaneSiberia.htm">permafrost</a>, from the <a href="http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2009/aug/30/troubling-bubbles/">ocean</a> as water temperature rises.  And methane traps heat radiating from the earth (which is where our heat comes from as opposed from direct solar radiation) 20 times more efficiently than CO2. At certain levels, it actually begins to burn. As in massive fire. The atmosphere ablaze? Now that would be bad. Even worse than rising water.</p>
<p>3. Given that data clearly shows that global temperatures (see right hand graph above) are on a rising trend, wouldn&#8217;t we humans want to do everything we can to keep our actions in check so we aren&#8217;t fouling our own nest? Disrespecting the only home we have? Can&#8217;t we live without consuming so much, satisfying our every desire or fancy? Can we bring it down a notch? Might it actually improve our quality of life? Beginning with us. Me. You?</p>
<p>4. And in the end, as this video shows, we may as well do whatever we can to take action to save our planet, because it&#8217;s a win-win or lose-lose proposition.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORv8wwiadQ">Please take the 10 minutes to watch this video</a>. Do it for me. Do it for you. Do it for the future of humanity.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tag 17; Saison 2009/10]]></title>
<link>http://otaku1612.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/tag-17-saison-200910/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>otaku1612</dc:creator>
<guid>http://otaku1612.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/tag-17-saison-200910/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Heute ohne Worte dafür kommen später noch einige Videos, muss Sie nur ins Flash Format umrechnen und]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Heute ohne Worte dafür kommen später noch einige Videos, muss Sie nur ins Flash Format umrechnen und  nach YouTube hoch laden.<br />
Ach ja: Die goldene Regel für das Siberian Husky Training am MTB: Die Hunde werden immer am Mann, nie am Gerät befestigt.<br />
Lasst euch bloß von egal wem nicht irgend einen anderen Blödsinn erzählen&#8230;</p>
<p>Die Daten:</p>
<p>Fahrt 1;<br />
Startzeit : 10.55 MEZ, 06.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG  Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Taiga:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 64 KM<br />
Rookie:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 88 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 2;<br />
Startzeit : 11.35 MEZ, 06.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Stripe:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 64 KM<br />
Snow:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 56 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 3;<br />
Startzeit : 12.25 MEZ, 06.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Spirit:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 72 KM<br />
Sugar:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 56 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 4;<br />
Startzeit : 16.15 MEZ, 06.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Twister:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 64 KM<br />
Sue:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 64 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 5;<br />
Startzeit : 16.50 MEZ, 06.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Thunder:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Trubel:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 56 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 6;<br />
Startzeit : 17.45 MEZ, 06.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Nemo:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 64 KM<br />
Merlin:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 88 KM</p>
<p>Gesamtstrecke over all: 680 Km<br />
Außentemperatur: zwischen plus 2 Grad und minus 5 Grad, Grund angefroren, teilweise Schnee/Eisbelag, sonnig, Vollmond</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tag 16; Saison 2009/10]]></title>
<link>http://otaku1612.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/tag-16-saison-200910/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>otaku1612</dc:creator>
<guid>http://otaku1612.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/tag-16-saison-200910/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Gestern der erste Schnee und die Wege sind teilweise auch schon gut voll Eis, zumindest da wo die So]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Gestern der erste Schnee und die Wege sind teilweise auch schon gut voll Eis, zumindest da wo die Sonne nicht mehr hinkommt. MTB fahren für Könner und das alles ohne Spikes <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> ) . Die Jungs machen sich angesichts der viel zu wenigen Trainingskilometer sehr gut, die erste Streckenverlängerung auf 10 Kilometer wird es wohl diese Woche geben. Und dann hoffe ich das ich bald mein Quad bekomme, den lange geht das hier nicht mehr ohne, in spätestens 2 Wochen ist Schluss mit MTB Training. Wobei dieses, weshalb wir es derzeit auch noch machen, einen entscheidenden Vorteil hat: Man kann 2 Hunde sehr viel besser und genauer beobachten als 8 bis 14 Hunde am Trainingswagen /  Quad. Und da ich die Teams diese Saison ja komplett neu zusammenstellen muss, ist es extrem hilfreich die Hunde mal einzeln beim Laufen exakt beobachten zu können.</p>
<p>Fahrt 1;<br />
Startzeit : 16.30 MEZ, 05.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG  Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Blizzard:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Thunder:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 40 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 2;<br />
Startzeit : 17.35 MEZ, 05.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Trubel:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Merlin:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 80 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 3;<br />
Startzeit : 18.15 MEZ, 05.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Nemo:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 56 KM<br />
Blacky:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 56 KM</p>
<p>Gesamtstrecke over all: 632 Km<br />
Außentemperatur: zwischen plus 2 Grad und minus 5 Grad, Grund angefroren, teilweise Schnee/Eisbelag, sonnig</p>
<p>Noch ein paar Fotos:</p>

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<link>http://otaku1612.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/tag-15-saison-200910/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>otaku1612</dc:creator>
<guid>http://otaku1612.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/tag-15-saison-200910/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nach dem Pausentag gestern endlich wieder fahren. Und endlich auch einmal ein Tag mit anständigen No]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Nach dem Pausentag gestern endlich wieder fahren. Und endlich auch einmal ein Tag mit anständigen Nord-Schwedischem herbstlichem Wetter: Wind bis 5/6. Schnee- Eis- oder normaler Regen bunt gemischt, teilweise nur feuchte, teilweise aber auch vereiste Waldwege und Hunde die,  Sorry man kann es nicht anders sagen, laufgeil bis zum umfallen waren. So muss das sein, so macht das Spaß. Bonita fängt langsam Feuer, sprich bekommt auch Husky-Fieber. Wollte gar nicht mehr runter vom MTB heute,  trotz dessen was einige wohl ein Schweinewetter nennen würden. Alles in allem war es der erste wirklich optimale Trainingstag den wir dieses Jahr hatten.</p>
<p>Fahrt 1;<br />
Startzeit : 14.00 MEZ, 04.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG  Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Blacky:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Stripe:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 56 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 2;<br />
Startzeit : 14.50 MEZ, 04.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Nemo:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Blizzard:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 40 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 3;<br />
Startzeit : 15.30 MEZ, 04.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Spirit:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 64 KM<br />
Sugar:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 48 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 4;<br />
Startzeit : 16.20 MEZ, 04.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Twister:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 56 KM<br />
Snow:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 48 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 5;<br />
Startzeit : 17.00 MEZ, 04.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Rookie:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 80 KM<br />
Taiga:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 56 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 6;<br />
Startzeit : 17.45 MEZ, 04.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Sue:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 56 KM<br />
Merlin:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 72 KM</p>
<p>Gesamtstrecke over all:   608 Km<br />
Außentemperatur: zwischen plus 3 Grad und  minus 3 Grad, Wind, Schneeregen, Grund angefroren, teilweise, Schnee/Eisbelag,</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tag 13/14; Saison 2009/10]]></title>
<link>http://lapplandsafari.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/tag-1314-saison-200910/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>otaku1612</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lapplandsafari.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/tag-1314-saison-200910/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So ab jetzt wieder regelmäßige Einträge im Trainingsdiary, so hoffe ich wenigstens. Gestern und heut]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So ab jetzt wieder regelmäßige Einträge im Trainingsdiary, so hoffe ich wenigstens. Gestern und heute hat es wieder nur für drei Fahrten gereicht, aber mit einem Wurf Welpen und der derzeit laufende Integration der Junghunde in die Rudel nebst allem anderen, blieb einfach nicht mehr Zeit. Hoffentlich ist bald Dezember dann sind wir zu Dritt, so alles glatt geht.</p>
<p>Die Daten der fehlenden Tage summiere ich einfach auf und schreibe das Diary einfach fortlaufend weiter, so ist das Zahlendurcheinander am kleinsten. Und als kleines Bonbon gibt es hier demnächst mal Fotos von Bonitas Beinen, nach rund einem halben Duzend Stürzen mit dem MTB  sehen diese laut ihrer Aussage fast überall wundervoll gelb,  grün und blau aus.:-)). Gehört alles zum lernen dazu, gelobt sei was hart macht. Aber nachdem Sie Ihre erste Fahrt mit Nemo und Blizzard alleine überlebt hat, wird Sie kaum noch etwas schockieren können. <em>( Natürlich gibt es die Fotos hier NICHT , aber scherzen wird man ja noch dürfen, traurige Zeiten wo man so was noch dazu schreiben muss. ) </em></p>
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<p><strong>01.10.1009</strong></p>
<p>Fahrt 1;<br />
Startzeit : 06.10 MEZ, 01.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Taiga:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Rookie:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 72 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 2;<br />
Startzeit : 16.15 MEZ, 01.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Stripe:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Snow:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 40 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 3;<br />
Startzeit : 17.30 MEZ, 01.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Blacky:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 40 KM<br />
Sugar:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 40 KM</p>
<p><strong>02.10.2009</strong></p>
<p>Fahrt 1;<br />
Startzeit : 16.00 MEZ, 02.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Nemo:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 40 KM<br />
Blizzard:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 32 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 2;<br />
Startzeit : 17.00 MEZ, 02.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Thunder:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 32 KM<br />
Trubel:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 40 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 3;<br />
Startzeit : 17.45 MEZ, 02.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Twister:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Spirit:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 56 KM</p>
<p>Gesamtstrecke over all:   560 Km<br />
Außentemperatur: zwischen plus 4 Grad und  minus 3 Grad, sonnig, Grund angefroren,</p>
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<link>http://otaku1612.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/tag-1314-saison-200910/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So ab jetzt wieder regelmäßige Einträge im Trainingsdiary, so hoffe ich wenigstens. Gestern und heute hat es wieder nur für drei Fahrten gereicht, aber mit einem Wurf Welpen und der derzeit laufende Integration der Junghunde in die Rudel nebst allem anderen, blieb einfach nicht mehr Zeit. Hoffentlich ist bald Dezember dann sind wir zu Dritt, so alles glatt geht.</p>
<p>Die Daten der fehlenden Tage summiere ich einfach auf und schreibe das Diary einfach fortlaufend weiter, so ist das Zahlendurcheinander am kleinsten. Und als kleines Bonbon gibt es hier demnächst mal Fotos von Bonitas Beinen, nach rund einem halben Duzend Stürzen mit dem MTB  sehen diese laut ihrer Aussage fast überall wundervoll gelb,  grün und blau aus.:-)). Gehört alles zum lernen dazu, gelobt sei was hart macht. Aber nachdem Sie Ihre erste Fahrt mit Nemo und Blizzard alleine überlebt hat, wird Sie kaum noch etwas schockieren können. <em>( Natürlich gibt es die Fotos hier NICHT , aber scherzen wird man ja noch dürfen, traurige Zeiten wo man so was noch dazu schreiben muss. ) </em></p>
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<p><strong>01.10.1009</strong></p>
<p>Fahrt 1;<br />
Startzeit : 06.10 MEZ, 01.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Taiga:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Rookie:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 72 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 2;<br />
Startzeit : 16.15 MEZ, 01.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Stripe:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Snow:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 40 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 3;<br />
Startzeit : 17.30 MEZ, 01.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Blacky:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 40 KM<br />
Sugar:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 40 KM</p>
<p><strong>02.10.2009</strong></p>
<p>Fahrt 1;<br />
Startzeit : 16.00 MEZ, 02.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Nemo:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 40 KM<br />
Blizzard:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 32 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 2;<br />
Startzeit : 17.00 MEZ, 02.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Thunder:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 32 KM<br />
Trubel:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 40 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 3;<br />
Startzeit : 17.45 MEZ, 02.10.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 30 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Twister:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 48 KM<br />
Spirit:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 56 KM</p>
<p>Gesamtstrecke over all:   560 Km<br />
Außentemperatur: zwischen plus 4 Grad und  minus 3 Grad, sonnig, Grund angefroren,</p>
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<link>http://stephenleahy.net/2009/09/24/the-arctic-the-earths-freezer-is-defrosting-with-dire-results/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/post/homepage.htm"><img class="size-full wp-image-1489 " title="Post 6" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/post-6.jpg" alt="A caribou cow and calf in southern Greenland. Changing seasonality is not good news for the breed, a new article says. Photo: Eric Post. Click the picture to visit his lab." width="405" height="270" /></a></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">A caribou cow and calf in southern Greenland. Changing seasonality is not good news for the breed, a new article says. Photo: Eric Post. Click the picture to visit his lab.</dd>
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<p> &#8221;The Arctic as we know it may be a thing of the past,&#8221; writes Eric Post (Penn State) in the journal <strong><em><a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/environment/2009/09/10/arctic-may-be-changed-forever-study-finds.html">Science</a></em></strong>.  He’s not just talking about polar bears and sea-ice. Post and colleagues synthesized material from a myriad of recent studies aimed at understanding the effects of rapid warming on the Arctic to show that changes are afoot all over the ecosystem. Earlier spring thaw is causing the northward march of new kinds of plants, which impacts not only the animals that feed on them, but more esoteric things like snow cover and ground temperature.  Post himself has an <a href="http://www.vecopolar.com/arlss_reports/ARLSS_ProjectsDetail.aspx?cbPropNum=0713994">NSF grant</a> to study the impacts of changing seasonality on caribou in southern Greenland, and his data suggest that the timing of caribou births is out of sync with green-up, resulting in lower percentages of yearling calves. Other animals benefit from the seasonal shift&#8211;geese and wild reindeer on Svalbard, for example.</p>
<div id="attachment_1493" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 324px"><a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/fig_tab/nature08471_F2.html#figure-title"><img class="size-full wp-image-1493" title="natureGreenland08471-f2_2" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/naturegreenland08471-f2_2.jpg" alt="Red dots indicate hot spots where glaciers have accelerated. Click the image to see the original, which shows antarctic hot spots as well." width="314" height="559" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Red dots indicate hot spots where glaciers have accelerated. Click the image to see the original from the article in Nature, which shows antarctic hot spots as well.</p></div>
<p>“We must protect Arctic ice,” <a href="http://www.csrwire.com/press/press_release/27690-HSH-Prince-Albert-II-of-Monaco-Calls-for-International-Action-to-Protect-Arctic-From-Climate-Change-New-Industrial-Threats">said HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco</a> at a UN meeting attended by international leaders, including President Obama, in New York City this week, a forerunner to the <a href="http://unfccc.int/2860.php">UN Framework Convention on Climate Change</a> in mid-December. Meanwhile, a new article in the weekly, <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature08471.html">Nature</a>, reports that Greenland’s and Antarctica’s glaciers are accelerating, probably contributing to sea-level rise more dramatically than previously expected. &#8220;To some extent it&#8217;s a runaway effect. The question is how far will it run?&#8221;, the study’s lead author says in <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOlWiujpOldgk2YCQMLpBQStXRMAD9AT58IG0">this related article</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_1498" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/a-kenji-drills1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1498" title="a. Kenji drills" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/a-kenji-drills1.jpg" alt="Don't tell anyone, but this mild-mannered, permafrost-drilling scientist is actually Tunnel Man!" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Don&#39;t tell anyone, but this mild-mannered, permafrost-drilling scientist is actually Tunnel Man!</p></div>
<p>“[H]e single-handedly captured the attention of all our students in grades 5-12 for 45 minutes. Short of setting myself on fire and doing cartwheels across the room I really have not been able to accomplish that feat.” So says a school teacher in a rural Alaskan community where Kenji Yoshikawa and his alter ego, Tunnel Man, have visited. Force-of-nature Yoshikawa has an <a href="http://www.vecopolar.com/arlss_reports/ARLSS_ProjectsDetail.aspx?cbPropNum=0731739">NSF grant</a> to conduct permafrost outreach in the Arctic. This <a href="http://www.alaskadispatch.com/news/rural-alaska/1733-permafrost-rap-music-and-climate-change-for-village-kids">Yoshikawa profile</a> by noted scientist/author <a href="http://cold-the-book.homestead.com/biography.html">Bill Streever</a> captures Kenji’s unique spirit, and his approach to permafrost education. Long live <a href="//www.youtube.com/v/-l0JdVtmNus&#38;hl=en&#38;fs=1&#38;border=1&#34; type=&#34;application/x-shockwave-flash&#34; allowscriptaccess=&#34;always&#34; allowfullscreen=&#34;true&#34; width=&#34;660&#34; height=&#34;525&#34;&#62;&#60;/span&#62;">Tunnel Man</a>!</p>
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<link>http://doublehuman.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/90/</link>
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<link>http://otaku1612.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/tag-12-saison-200910/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Bei gerade noch vertretbaren Nieselregen ( die Hunde hassen Feuchtigkeit geradezu, zudem gibt es nichts was der Gesundheit von Siberian Huskys abträglicher ist als Feuchtigkeit, die Pfoten weichen auf, das Fell wird struppig und verliert zumindest teilweise sein Isolationsfähigkeit und bei steigender Luftfeuchtigkeit wird auch die Selbstregulation der Körpertemperatur u.a. durch das Hecheln schwieriger ) der mehr oder weniger den ganzen Tag dauerte haben wir den gestrigen Trainingstag absolviert. Noch ist der Boden nicht total aufgeweicht und mit Glück friert es bevor das passiert, obwohl die Wettervorhersage anderes meint. Aber wer glaubt schon der Wettervorhersage.</p>
<p>Bemerkenswert waren außer Sue, die sich langsam aber sinnig zu einem hervorragenden Leader zu entwickeln scheint, vor allem Akira und Sugar. Die alte Dame war wieder mal in Lauflaune was nicht mehr so häufig vorkommt. Aber wenn, dann.. . Und prompt hat Sie wirklich und wahrhaftig Merlin buchstäblich platt gelaufen. Was einiges heißen will, Merlin läuft normalerweise Wheel und ist um einiges kräftiger im Körperbau. Woran man mal wieder sieht das Größe beim besten Willen kein Zeichen für Kraft und Ausdauer ist. OK, OK ich schreibe wieder Binsenweisheiten&#8230; .</p>
<p>Sugar unsere Angorakatze aka, wie Bonita seit neustem meint Garfield, war dann diejenige die jede Menge Mätzen gemacht hat obwohl normalerweise Spirit unser Klassenclown ist.</p>
<p>Aber niedlich ist Sie schon wenn Sie mal wieder wie ein Welpe jedes Blatt jagen will, was nur leider immer dazu führt das man zu so manchen abrupten Stopp gezwungen wird. Und gelegentlich die Leine aus den Vorderrädern des MTB poppeln muss, weil so schnell wie ein Sib stehen bleiben kann, kann kein Mensch bremsen. Diese Unart gibt sich aber, wie jedes Jahr, spätestens wenn wir größere Strecken fahren.</p>
<p>Die Daten der Fahrten:</p>
<p>Fahrt 1;<br />
Startzeit : 10.30 MEZ, 17.09.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG Ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 40 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Akira:  Tagesstrecke 8 km; Gesamt 8 KM<br />
Merlin:  Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 24 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 2;<br />
Startzeit : 14.30 MEZ, 17.09.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 40 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Spirit: Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 32 KM<br />
Twister: Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 24 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 3;<br />
Startzeit : 19.30 MEZ, 17.09.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 80 KG Bonita plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 40 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Sugar: Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 16 KM<br />
Sue: Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 24 KM</p>
<p>Fahrt 4;<br />
Startzeit : 00.30 MEZ, 18.09.2009<br />
Distanz: ca. 8 KM, Straße, Waldweg,<br />
Gewicht ca. 90 KG ich plus MTB<br />
Zeit: ca. 40 Minuten incl. Pause und Wechsel<br />
Höchstgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit: – km/h<br />
Cheyenne: Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 24 KM<br />
Silver: Tagesstrecke 8 Km, Gesamtstrecke 16 KM</p>
<p>Gesamtstrecke over all: 206 Km<br />
Außentemperatur: zwischen plus 3 Grad und  plus 7 Grad,  teilweise leichter Nieselregen, Bewölkt, Untergrund nass aber noch tragend<br />
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<link>http://marecromwell.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/brilliant-wake-up-freak-out-then-get-a-grip-video/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mare Cromwell</dc:creator>
<guid>http://marecromwell.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/brilliant-wake-up-freak-out-then-get-a-grip-video/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Climate Change Feedback Loops video Frankly, I find this a very exciting time to be alive and find s]]></description>
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<link>http://ugleeviews.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/a-pretty-mean-bug-anubarak/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The final challenge in the Trial of the Crusader is a familiar foe.  Anub&#8217;arak is a massive sc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The final challenge in the Trial of the Crusader is a familiar foe.  Anub&#8217;arak is a massive scarab that we all fight and easily kill in AN in dragonblight.  But this time, he has some new tricks.</p>
<p>After killing off the Twins, the floor drops out from under you and you land in a cold, icy pit.  You land in water, but you really need to be grouped in the center of the arena&#8230;if you dont land in the water, you die.   In the distance you see a bunch of little neutral scarabs skittering around, minding their own business.  Beyond that is the final challenge to overcome before unlocking heroic mode so you can start it all over again.</p>
<p>The fight is broken up into three phases.</p>
<p>If you look up, there are Frost Orbs swimming above you.  These need to be shot down by one or two ranged players to create an icy platform called Permafrost.  Permafrost slows down anything that is standing on it &#8211; including the boss and the adds.  This is imperative to success as Anub&#8217;arak needs to be tanked on it thru phase 1 and 2 and <strong><em>adds need to be killed on it or they will burrow and regen to full health</em></strong>.  Permafrost disappates so it needs to be shot down thruout the first two phases.   We found that 6-7 orbs was a sufficent amount for tanking the boss and adds at any given time. </p>
<p><em>Thruout the entire event, a cast called <strong>Penetrating Cold</strong> will be on five random raiders.  The cast creates 3500 frost damage every 3 seconds for 18 seconds.  Once the cast drops off of the five raiders, another five will gain it.  This is on-going until the end of the event.</em></p>
<p><strong>Phase One :  </strong>The raid was grouped up and our designated ranged shot down the frost orbs to create the permafrost platform under Anub.  The main tank ran in and quickly turned him so that he was tanked facing away from the raid as he has a nasty cleave that can one shot anything that isnt a tank.  Dps starts on the boss.  A few moments in two Nerubian Burrowers will pop up - our off tank grabbed them and they were tanked on the permafrost platform right next to the boss.  This way those of us that can aoe damage did so.  The priority was to burn those burrowers out as fast as possible as they put a debuff on the tanks called Exposed Armor that can stack to 10 increasing physical damage taken.   On 25, we only had one off tank, so we switched full dps when there was more than 2 on the off tank, as the stacks of exposed armor can reach ridiculous levels and obviously kill.  When Anub burrows, this will signal the beginning of&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong>Phase Two</strong>:  This phase has Anub burrowing every 90 seconds..and the pesky nerubian burrowers are still a factor as well.  When Anub burrows, a random raid member is targeted and will be pursued by Anub&#8217;s spikes.  This raid member needs to kite the spikes around the parameter of the room by running and heading toward a platform of permafrost.  The spikes do increase in speed very quickly so any speed enhancement you can use is advisable.  Once the targeted raider is on the permafrost, the spikes are absorbed, the permafrost disappates and the raid member is safe and another random raider is targeted.  If the spikes reach the player, they will be impaled. </p>
<p> This part of the phase continues for about 60 seconds.  During this kiting, chasing phase those neutral scarabs that were seen skittering around are now summoned as an angry swarm and biting raid members with a nature debuff that causes damage.  They have very little hp but need to be killed as those bites of nature damage can kill raid members.  Anub resurfaces, the tank will still have threat on him &#8211; we then go back to our phase one tactic, with nerubian burrowers popping up and everything. </p>
<p><strong>Phase Three:</strong>  Begins when Anub reaches 30%.  We made sure to have all adds dead prior to hitting this mark because phase three is hard enough on our healers as it is.  Once Anub hits 30% its a tank and spank with a twist:</p>
<p><strong><em>Leeching Swarm</em></strong> is cast on the entire raid &#8211; A swarm of insects attack the raid leeching 10% of each raid members current health every  1 second.  This cast also heals Anub.  What this means, is that no one except the tank should be over healed or kept at full health.  I watched my health meter and I was hovering around 30%.  The more health a raid member has, the more health will be leeched per second and healing Anub. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a fine balancing act and very hard to watch out of concern for your own health bar, but if your healers are awesome, you will see very little drop below that 20% mark.  You do NOT want to be at full health as it only prolongs Anub&#8217;s death.  In a full health, 25 man raid Anub would be healed for 60,000 hp per second.   The challenge is of course keeping those five random players with penetrating cold from dying &#8211; they will need spam heals just to keep them up at 30 percent.</p>
<p>This is the final fight to unlock heroic mode and once we knew about all of the debuffs and stopped underestimating the adds, we have been able to go in and one shot this bug every time.</p>
<p>Heroic mode was next!  Our guild finally bested the Northrend Beasts last week &#8211; it was no joke.  The hits are HARD and there is no room for error.  You need every raid member alive and participating, doing their very best the entire time.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Travel Insanity Tour Day 8]]></title>
<link>http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/travel-insanity-tour-day-8/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hortihoney</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/travel-insanity-tour-day-8/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So, I cannot tell you hour by hour what I did today.  However, I will tell you that it was a cultura]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So, I cannot tell you hour by hour what I did today.  However, I will tell you that it was a cultural experience on par with visiting Morocco.  Ok, I just want to start off by saying that I officially have a crush on the village of Barrow and would love to try to live there for a year or two.  Yes, you read that right, I would love to live in Barrow, Alaska the most northern incorporated town in the United States.  The sense of community there is absolutely amazing.  The pride that the folks take in even their municipal systems is pretty amazing, as well it should be.  Living in a permafrosted, isolated place like that causes a lot of innovation in the ways that everyday things are done, like a sewer system or electricity.  Or just how they even get stuff to them.  Everything is either brought in by plane</p>
<div id="attachment_1611" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1611" title="DSC_3927" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3927.jpg?w=300" alt="A 737 Combi" width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A 737 Combi</p></div>
<p>or shipped up on one large barge that arrives in June.  All building materials, cars, gasoline everything is brought up on the barges (there is one for stuff and one for gas and diesel).  They endure 65 continuous days without seeing the sun each year and even at the height of summer the temperature hovers in the 40’s.<br />
So, I left Fairbanks on an Alaskan Air flight at about 7:30am.  The views out the gate areas were amazing of the mountains in the distance.  The flight left early and arrived in Prudoe Bay early.  There we took on quite a few more people and the testosterone level in the plane skyrocketed.  It was all guys that had had jobs working in the oilfields and on the pipeline.  All but the high-up engineers had a little bit of a scruffy look about them, like they were a couple of weeks overdue for a haircut.  Admittedly, some of the guys looked like they were a couple of years overdue for their trim.  Anyway, talking to one of the guys I found out that a lot of them were nice Midwestern boys working up there for the summer to earn enough money for the rest of the year.<br />
<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1612" title="DSC_3941" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3941.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC_3941" width="300" height="199" /><br />
The plane ride from Prudoe bay to Barrow was just a quick 45 minute jump and we were dumped out into the smallest airport that I have ever seen a 737 land at.<br />
<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1613" title="DSC_4175" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_4175.jpg?w=300" alt="DSC_4175" width="300" height="199" /><br />
One of the ground crew that escorted us on the ground into the building was wearing a native style, fur lined parka, which each woman makes in an individual style, with the fluorescent safety vest over it.<br />
We got into the tour bus which is a school bus not much converted.  In fact, I feel as though it could be the same exact bus that I rode to school in 20 years ago!  Anyway, our tour guide Ryan started showing us the town.  Ryan is a native to Barrow and was a wonderful tour guide.  He started off wearing jeans and a t-shirt and, get this, sandals!  We went too and fro throughout the town, he showed us sights such as the Will Rogers monument,</p>
<div id="attachment_1614" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 209px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1614" title="DSC_3951" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3951.jpg?w=199" alt="The Will Rogers Monument" width="199" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Will Rogers Monument</p></div>
<p>all  the schools and churches in town, the fire department and in general, the whole town.  Some of the coolest things that we saw:<br />
The remains of sod houses from the Inupiat Eskimo forefathers.</p>
<div id="attachment_1615" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1615" title="DSC_3980" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3980.jpg?w=300" alt="The white things sticking up out of the ground are whale bones that were used to support the sod houses.  These ruins are quite old, possibly 2000 years old." width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The white things sticking up out of the ground are whale bones that were used to support the sod houses.  These ruins are quite old, estimated to come from between 500 and 900 AD.</p></div>
<p>A high school football game on their new football field.</p>
<div id="attachment_1616" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1616" title="DSC_4058" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_4058.jpg?w=300" alt="The football field is made entirely of astroturf and it is probably 20 yards from the Arctic Sea.  When the Barrow Whalers win a game the entire team take a dip in the water!" width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The football field is made entirely of astroturf and it is probably 20 yards from the Arctic Sea.  When the Barrow Whalers win a game the entire team take a dip in the water!</p></div>
<p>The Arctic Ocean:</p>
<div id="attachment_1617" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1617" title="DSC_3981" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3981.jpg?w=300" alt="The Arctic Ocean in all it's glory." width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Arctic Ocean in all it&#39;s glory.</p></div>
<p>And not one but two Snowy Owls on the tundra.</p>
<div id="attachment_1618" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1618" title="DSC_3997" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3997.jpg?w=300" alt="This one was out near Freshwater Lake, which is out towards the airport." width="300" height="254" /><p class="wp-caption-text">This one was out near Freshwater Lake, which is out towards the airport.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1619" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1619" title="DSC_4146" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_4146.jpg?w=300" alt="And this ballsy one was right across from the pizza place in the archeological site with the sod house mounds." width="300" height="200" /><p class="wp-caption-text">And this ballsy one was right across from the pizza place in the archaeological site with the sod house mounds.</p></div>
<p>Going to Barrow is by far one of the coolest things that I have done yet travel wise and I so want to go back!</p>
<p>Some cool random photos:</p>
<div id="attachment_1620" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 209px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1620" title="DSC_3934" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3934.jpg?w=199" alt="A mountain range that we flew over on the way to Prudoe Bay." width="199" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A mountain range that we flew over on the way to Prudoe Bay.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1621" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1621" title="DSC_3945" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3945.jpg?w=300" alt="This is what permafrost tundra looks like from the sky." width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">This is what permafrost tundra looks like from the sky.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1622" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 209px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1622" title="DSC_3947" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3947.jpg?w=199" alt="This is the begining of the Trans Alaskan Pipeline near Prudoe Bay." width="199" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">This is the beginning of the Trans Alaskan Pipeline near Prudoe Bay.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1623" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 209px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1623" title="DSC_3948" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3948.jpg?w=199" alt="The sign post in downtown Barrow." width="199" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The sign post in downtown Barrow.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1624" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1624" title="DSC_3952" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3952.jpg?w=300" alt="One of the skin boats that the natives still use for hunting whales.  Seriously.  " width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">One of the skin boats that the natives still use for hunting whales.  Seriously.  </p></div>
<div id="attachment_1626" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1626" title="DSC_3959" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_39591.jpg?w=300" alt="Downtown Barrow" width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Downtown Barrow</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1628" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1628" title="DSC_3969" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_39691.jpg?w=300" alt="This is Ryan, our tour guide, taking a dip in the Arctic Ocean." width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">This is Ryan, our tour guide, taking a dip in the Arctic Ocean.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1630" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1630" title="DSC_3986" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_39861.jpg?w=300" alt="We had the honor of watching the Olympiuc Torch being run through Barrow.  It was totally a coincidence but a very cool one.  I loved the dog running along with him!" width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">We had the honor of watching the Olympic Torch being run through Barrow.  It was totally a coincidence but a very cool one.  I loved the dog running along with him!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1631" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1631" title="DSC_4068" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_4068.jpg?w=300" alt="This is me out at Point Barrow, well, as close to the point as I could get without a 4-wheeler!" width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">This is me out at Point Barrow, well, as close to the point as I could get without a 4-wheeler!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1632" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1632" title="DSC_4093" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_4093.jpg?w=300" alt="The is a whale skull with the top of the BOMB that they use to kill them still sticking out.  Believe it or not, this is the humane way to kill a whale!" width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The is a whale skull with the top of the BOMB that they use to kill them still sticking out.  Believe it or not, this is the humane way to kill a whale!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1633" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 209px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1633" title="DSC_4104" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_4104.jpg?w=199" alt="Here I am in the famous photo-op site." width="199" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Here I am in the famous photo-op site.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1634" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1634" title="DSC_4152" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_4152.jpg?w=300" alt="The reason that I thought that the 2nd owl was ballsy was that it was sitting a few yards away from this sign which reads, &#34;Welcome to the ancient village of Ukpaigvik 'The place where we hunt snowy owls'&#34;." width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The reason that I thought that the 2nd owl was ballsy was that it was sitting a few yards away from this sign which reads, &#34;Welcome to the ancient village of Ukpaigvik &#39;The place where we hunt snowy owls&#39;&#34;.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1635" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1635" title="DSC_4177" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_4177.jpg?w=300" alt="Barrow from the sky." width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Barrow from the sky.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1636" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1636" title="DSC_4187" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_4187.jpg?w=300" alt="A glimpse of the Arctic meeting the tundra" width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A glimpse of the Arctic meeting the tundra</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1637" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><img class="size-large wp-image-1637" title="DSC_3972" src="http://hortihoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/dsc_3972.jpg?w=1024" alt="My personal favorite.  I am IN the Arctic Ocean!" width="1024" height="680" /><p class="wp-caption-text">My personal favorite.  I am IN the Arctic Ocean!</p></div>
<p>Travel knitting:  A few rows on the lace stole on the flight.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hunting Anub'arak!]]></title>
<link>http://outdps.com/2009/09/03/hunting-anubarak/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>euripidesoutdps</dc:creator>
<guid>http://outdps.com/2009/09/03/hunting-anubarak/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After you finish all the bosses in ToC, Arthas himself drops you down into a cavern beneath where yo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>After you finish all the bosses in ToC, Arthas himself drops you down into a cavern beneath where you have to face <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=34564" target="_blank">Anub&#8217;arak</a> to get out. One of my guild&#8217;s DKs cast path of frost on me while I was falling, resulting in the frozen lake critting me for, like, a billion. I am going to take this as a sign that he likes the challenge of being <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=34477" target="_blank">misdirected</a> to when he&#8217;s least expecting it.</p>
<p>Anyways, despite a rocky start, we learned and killed this boss in under 15 minutes and you can too!<!--more--></p>
<p>First up, you&#8217;ll notice a bunch of yellow bugs skittering around. We didn&#8217;t bother them and they didn&#8217;t bother us. Until their assigned place in the encounter, at least. When you engage Anub&#8217;arak, your tank needs to face him away from the raid to avoid a frontal cleave one shotting the melee. There are floating frost orbs drifting about that need to be killed as they will spawn an area of <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=67856" target="_blank">permafrost</a>. This is important for several reasons, and your raid leader will probably assign someone to bring these down.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Phase 1</strong></span></p>
<p>During phase 1, he spawns <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=34607" target="_blank">Nerubian Burrowers</a> fairly quickly, and these have to be tanked on an area of permafrost to prevent them from burrowing and healing to full by two tanks (on 25 man), and they have the highest priority. They stack an armor debuff, and it gets worse the more of them there are on a tank. The ranged DPS needs to focus fire them down. At the end of this phase, he&#8217;ll burrow and let you finish off the remaining burrowers.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Phase 2</strong></span></p>
<p>While you&#8217;re finishing off the burrowers, tons of creepy little <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=34605" target="_blank">Swarm Scarabs</a> will spawn. These things are nasty little critters and they&#8217;re everywhere. They can be kited, but there&#8217;s too many to tank as they debuff their target. Just AOE when you can, and kite when you can&#8217;t. Pull them off healers liberally. While this is going on, Anub&#8217;arak is busy <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=67574" target="_blank">following</a> people and trying to <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=67859" target="_blank">poke holes</a> in them. This never happened to me, but I think I saw the hunter&#8217;s mark sticking out of the ground allowing the player he was chasing to see how much room he had. If you&#8217;re being pursued, you need to run him over some permafrost and make sure when he spikes, he&#8217;s not right under you. He has to hit his head on permafrost a few times before he comes back up. [<em>ed: Thanks Kat</em>!]</p>
<p>He also throws spikes at people- these move slowly at first but speed up. They have to be kited into a permafrost, which will despawn on impact. This is partly why it&#8217;s important to have someone bringing down more orbs. During this phase, he alternates between burrowing and being tanked. Luckily, it&#8217;s not a threat reset when he burrows. You need to make sure that you have most of the adds cleared before you get him below 30% though, because:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Phase 3</strong></span></p>
<p>This is the money phase, and it starts when he&#8217;s at 30%. Save your heroism/bloodlust, and blow your speed potion here. He starts dealing massive amounts of raid damage with <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=66125" target="_blank">leeching swarm</a>, which heals him. You need to have finished most of the adds at this point, and do nothing but execute Anub. Your healers will be trying to keep you in the 5000 range of health so as little healing as possible is done to Anub (who is taking a percent of your health). This very quickly becomes unhealable, but with enough alive DPS, you&#8217;ll get it.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Summary</strong></span></p>
<p>So, as a hunter, what are the takeaways here? You need to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Focus fire the Nerubian Burrowers while they&#8217;re up</li>
<li>AOE, kite, and peel swarm scarabs from healers while they&#8217;re up</li>
<li>Kite spikes to permafrost</li>
<li>If you get followed, make sure you&#8217;re standing on a permafrost when he catches you</li>
<li>Maybe shoot down permafrost orbs if you&#8217;re assigned to it</li>
<li>Save cooldowns for phase three</li>
<li>Have some emergency heals ready if your healers get overwhelmed at 1%</li>
</ul>
<p>Sounds hard, but it&#8217;s not.</p>
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