objectivity. After reading each others' remarks—a variation of a research tool called the Delphi technique—panelists filed their final stewardship scores. For a list of panelists, click here. The resulting [...] strong. On Koltur, visitors can meet a farmer, tour the island, experience a living museum of farm life today, and sample local traditional cuisine. The farmer is part of a green certification program. If the [...] rates the qualities that make a destination unique—"integrity of place." It's not about consumer service, so a poor but unspoiled island like Palawan can rate higher than a Hilton Head, called "the best

killing a cow, a sheep, or a pig raised for human consumption. This is akin to killing a mountain gorilla, a chimpanzee, or an orangutan. It is simply ethically and morally wrong. And humanity as a whole [...] people in the world have an affinity for the whales and dolphins. Most of the world feels their uniqueness and most of the world values these wondrous creatures alive. Most of the world views the “grind” [...] told we were not welcome to speak. Next, we made a reservation for a conference room at the Torshavn Hotel. With the reservation confirmed, we issued a notice of the event to take place on Saturday, August

direction by throwing the kast (a white stone tied to a long line) overboard on the edges of the scool…. The forman gives the order, and the slaughter begins…… When a whale is dead, a large iron hook is driven [...] away……. To the Faroeman, whaling is not only a necessary means of procuring food, it is also an adventure, a sport, a social celebration. For the evening after a whale-hunt the townfólk gather in the dance-hall [...] the twilight from dusk to dawn.” In 1947 a young faroese girl delivered a lecture on whale hunting at a Swedish folk high scool. The lecture was in Danish and a variant of Scandinavian: ”Grindedrabet er

gas as well. He sees a good chance that some of the oil may come Shetland?s way, particularly if a »critical mass of discoveries« can not been made to justify the construction of a similar oil terminal [...] whether Shetland ? within its limits of its devolved power ? has turned into a mini-welfare state, almost into a sort of ideal-world-socialism? Far from it! Wealth is visible in the amount of new houses being [...] massive oil terminal at Sullom Voe will be able to handle oil extracted from Faroese wells. A simple look at a map of the North East Atlantic reveals how close the infrastructure, which is being developed

at hava okkurt at lesa við hondina. - Eg eri júst byrjaður uppá bókina Auschwitz, The Nazis & the Final Solution eftir Laurence Rees. Bókin er útgivin av BBC books og varð útrópt "History Book of the Year" [...] ein sonn fragd at lesa bøkurnar hjá honum, sum altíð hava ein nokkso markantan boðskap. Brave New World hjá Aldous Huxley man eisini hoyra til ein av mínum favorittum. - Ein tann besta bókin innan søgu [...] lesnaður hjá øllum skúlaungdómi. - Annars dámar væl humoristiskan lesnað. Bøkurnar hjá Ben Elton - m.a. kendur sum teksthøvundur á Blackadder sjónvarpsrøðini - eru frálíkar. Flashman røðin, skrivað av George

verður lagt aftrat eftir fjøruti leikir. Kappingin verður ikki ratað. Telvað verður um eitt pláss í World Cup. The winner takes it all. Byrja í kvøld Tíggju telvarar eru, allir hava eitt talv hvør móti øðrum [...] og umboðað Monaco í fleiri ár. Teir tíggju telvararnir eru hesir (settir upp eftir styrkitølunum): Small Nations kappingin 2021 GM Helgi Dam Ziska (FØR) 2539 IM Michael Wiedenkeller (LUX) 2435 GM Igor Efimov [...] ((MON) 2416 IM Fred Berend (LUX) 2323 Pavlos Constaniou (KYP) 2120 Jake Darmanin (MAL) 2106 Luitjen A. Apol (FØR) 2092 Luke Brezmes (AND) 2043 Paul Carpenter (JER) 1982 Ezio Righi (SMR) 1915 ##med2## 15

rúgvuni: We are the world We are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start giving There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives It's true we'll make a better day Just you [...] um, gav og bað okkum: Heal the world Make it a better place For you and for me And the entire human race There are people dying If you care enough for the living Make a better place For you and for me [...] øldir og at hon hvørvur, tað er utopi. Heldur skulu vit gloppa hurðar og síggja møguleikar. Og her er m.a. ferðavinna avgjørt ein góð íløga. Øll tey mongu sermerktu og servøkru støð vit eiga, teir mongu møguleikar

micro-states in the years of independence should inspire confidence and not anxiety. Is is a world where the very small can mingle with the large and thrive in the process.” Er løgmansrøðan umboðandi samgonguna [...] , no Ottawa, no Brussel, no bailout. To sink or swim on their own is a national mantra. And swim they have, using their powers as a sovereign state to navigate their economy through difficult and dangerous [...] disadvantage in very small and remote states. While not alone, it is the quintessential succesful micro state. The choice of sovereignty is, of course, not one for all very small societies. But the experience

man made - and serves as a powerful symbol of the impact oil has had on the Orkney Islands. A huge orange flame has blazed above the Flotta Oil terminal for almost a quarter of a century now. It can be seen [...] when news broke that Orkney was to benefit from a massive oil boom. To taste a flavour of the mood in the islands, look no further than the film Local Hero, a huge hit in Britain when it opened in cinemas [...] across the country in 1983. One scene in particular struck a chord with people here. The Hollywood star Burt Lancaster steps out of a helicopter on to a remote Scottish beach. Playing an American oil tycoon

Fitzgerald Kennedy. A mind so free of fear and myth and prejudice, so opposed to cant and chlicés, so unwilling to feign or be fooled, to accept or reflect mediocrity, is rare in our world – and even rarer [...] danskari ætt)) ”If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe [...] sjón fyri søgn, at har var hvørki Sovjetsamveldið, Castro ella nøkur samansvørjing aftanfyri – bara »a lone nut«. Men júst tað, at frágreiðingin varð almannakunngjørd, førdi við sær, at til bar hjá teimum