And this night he caught my eye. His hand flies into my hand "Hi, what is your name?" I give him a smile and toss my hair "Mike! can I ask the same?" "´x´ is my name, how do you do?" Smiles and sends me his [...] leaving the house I´m sorry for making you feel. As if I didn´t care about you As if you weren´t real." "I was scared of what others would think If you and I would talk. So I turned my back and walked away [...] Did I give him a fright? Why do I think so much About someone I don´t really know? It was only a brief encounter But sure makes my head grow. Weeks have passed, a weekend is planed The girls and I will

• "You defend the slaughter? If so your nothing but a monster! An evil monster!" If this way of talking to other people is representative for Sea Shephards, I must admit my sceptical view on you as an animal [...] whales - and you don´t seem to care. That is what threatenes all the whales in all the oceanes every day. Why don´t you do something about that? I tried to say my opinion on one of Sea shephards homepage [...] logic say that we must treat creatures depending on how sweet and intelligent they are? That´s scary! But if we stay with that view, we allready know that many animals are more intelligent than the whales

heart of Scotland’s beautiful capital. I know I speak for my fellow Faroe Islanders when I say that Edinburgh has aways felt very much like a home away from home. I am also extremely honored to be joined [...] and peoples - or perhaps I should call them “fixed links”. This is how I like to think about our national flag – as our political “fixed link” to the rest of the world. It is a symbol of our nationhood [...] we all know that flags can symbolize something completely different. They can be symbols of quite the opposite. We can use our flags to oppress others. To say that my flag can only fly if yours is crushed

have been transferred to southern European countries, where tax is substantially lower. Another issue is, how do you tax people and how do you tax investments?”, says the minister. While all these questions [...] abroad instead: -“If the oil revenues, which the Faroes have received to date would have been larger or less if this dual tax agreement had been in force all the time, we will never know, but we are aware [...] person lives or the country in where the pension fund is located? This is just one of the many questions which must be settled before an agreement is signed. Over these past few years there are many examples

experience. The Faroe Islands is a country which is – and is not. It is in constant flux. It keeps disappearing: One moment it’s lost in the fog, and suddenly – there it is again in all its magnificent [...] has a total imports of DKK 3,911,600,000 (2005). •… GDP is DKK 9,699,000,000 (2003). Do you want to know more? If you would like to get to know the Faroe Islands, you can e.g. visit: http://www.faroeislands [...] develop strong networks is becoming more important. And still it is crucial for us to hold on strongly to our unique identity if we want to stay competitive. The burning question is: What role can a little

catching a bumpy flight north. I do not know everything that awaits us in the Faroes, but I highly anticipate the natural beauty, a new family and comm­unity, and the wool. If you see me on the street over [...] Kirkbride abby.kirkbride@gmail.com Photos: Ben Rasmussen This is one of the first lessons the Mother Continent (Europe, ed.) taught my husband and I on our month-long honeymoon trip en route to the Faroe Islands [...] where my husband, Ben, waited 30 minutes for me to clear foreign immigration after he had zipped through the European Union queue. Lacking a purple passport, I realized quickly that being American is not

doing it! Living the American Dream!” In the reality of what is the United States, I have not yet encountered this dream. And I doubt if I really believe in its existence. It’s simply too intangible an [...] as I think is more fitting). However much I like the U.S., it does have its less positive sides. Some stereotypes about its citizens are true to a great extent. Americans know America. Period. I am left [...] maybe even a little dangerous. The usual reaction I get when talking to people at home about studying in the U.S. is something like this: “I don’t think I could live there, it’s just too far away, and isn’t

whale, I feel it too and I can identify with the horror they experience. I know I cannot easily convince other humans to understand what I feel and what I have experienced but it is real and it is profound [...] a dying whale once spared my life, and since that day in June 1975, I have dedicated my body, heart and soul to defending whales and other species in our oceans. I do what I do for them and because of a [...] as they would react if they had the means to do so, and because I am human, I have the means to react to defend them and I do. Empathy is the experience of a foreign consciousness and the ability to see