to the eigtheen-nineties when it served as storage for salt, and for the shipping companies’ supplies with the sailmakers and their workshop. The storehouse and its activities were crucial for the islands’ [...] always delightful, especcially when up in the hills, to hear people naming and identifying the sheep. In the "Sheepbook", by Robert Joensen, there are around 250 names for the colours of sheep.##med4## ##med5## [...] main export: salted cod. By then, the immense importance and total dominance of sheep and wool in the agricultural society had slowly come to an end, and the richness of the sea had taken over and has been
1919. But it was on the 25 th of April 1940 that the British Government officially recognised our flag as the ensign of the Faroe Islands. This was soon after Denmark had been taken over by the Nazis, [...] far back as the Viking age, when the Faroes were first settled, there was a healthy portion of Celtic DNA in the mix, together with the Norse settlers. ##med6## ##med7## We learnt from the Shetlanders [...] “fixed link” to the rest of the world. It is a symbol of our nationhood and national identity. But without the opportunity to raise our flag alongside the flags of other countries of the world, its significance
denied a share of the spoils. When all the whales are measured, and their value noted, the Sheriff´s officer begins to do his sums. He has before him the grind register, containing the name of every name [...] Officer with the British Trust for Ornitology. Fellow of the Royal Society Edinburgh. In 1948 he authored the book The Atlantic Islands, a Study of the Faroe Life and Scene. (Wikipedia) The Faroe Islands [...] butchery felt indisposed, when he was observing the mass-slaughter in the East Harbour in Tórshavn. There´s no comparison between the bayonet lessons and the whales-slaughter: The kapokdummy was not bleeding
instance requires that the survival of the human is by killing the animals for food. We must respect the nature. Live with it, from it, and therefore we must do the hunting with respect for the sustainability [...] it. I´ve noticed that you on Sea Shephard homepage yell at the Faroese people and shout "give them Hell". I can tell you, that you give the whales in the oceanes Hell every day. You might forget, that it [...] 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 yesterday. But, God, the opponents. Here is a small portion of it: • "
chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah - [...] sailor When He walked upon the water And He spent a long time watching From His lonely wooden tower And when He knew for certain Only drowning men could see Him He said,"All men will be sailors then Until [...] Until the sea shall free them - Cohen hevur góðar og djúpar tekstir. Hann dugir framúr væl at brúka myndamál, bæði úr gamla og nýggja testamenti. Um Dávid kong, Ábraham, Ísak og so framvegis. Hann dugir framúr
we are here, the letter below is our explanation. Why We Defend the Whales By Captain Paul Watson They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all, and the wildest, the most urgent [...] brought the horror of the Taiji dolphin slaughter to the attention of the world with the Academy Award-winning film The Cove, we now must turn the barrel of the most powerful weapon ever invented on the Faeroes [...] room at the Torshavn Hotel. With the reservation confirmed, we issued a notice of the event to take place on Saturday, August 13. But just the next day, the hotel cancelled the reservation on the advice
n, but can write the malfunction on a simple blog - something everyone is familiar with. -The blog is the pocketbook of the employees. Instead of staff writing everything down in a pocketbook, the information [...] advantages, but the danger is that the market is not familiar with the product. Experience shows however, that if we are presented with the opportunity to explain/demonstrate the system, the interest is [...] not leave with the staff who originally installed it, but is retained within the system. -This knowledge exists already, but is very often spread to the various company branches or to the individual staff
struggle to get the immigration law improved before it was passed. I must say that I do understand very well, that you are sorry, frustrated and angry over parts of the law. The campaign However, the campaign [...] apologize to the foreign workers and guests of our country. Then, continue your fight addressing those who can actually do something about the problem - the politicians. Big disappointment When I first read [...] received a job offer in the Faroe Islands, and who are coming here in good faith. In my opinion the ad is repulsive. In the text, you try to make it sound like you are doing the foreigners a favor by providing
of you They asked, why do you stare". "The following day I had to check To see if you were on MySpace. I found your name, a picture I saw It was your beautiful face". "The night at the party, when leaving [...] friends And hey, what do you know." "I saw you dancing on the floor And then you caught my eye. I walked away, like once before Thinking, I gotta fly." When telling his side of the story My heart began [...] about You should do the same. Never put a mask on your face Never feel ashamed." "Religious suroundings I do have, So this I cannot do. But one thing you must know, Real, my feelings are for you." "Come
has had the ultimate responsibility for the world’s most important and most difficult decisions, has to say to the people of the Faroe Islands. He will be paid a few dollars for it, well then, but considering [...] great credit to the House of Industry. I recently read the book about Bobby Fischer, the American chess player who defeated the Soviet chess machine in Reykjavík way back when. This was the first time Icelanders [...] event that would draw the merciless and powerful light of the whole world’s projectors to the combatants in the Laugardals hall, Fischer and Spassky, as well as to the rest of the Icelandic society. This