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Basics of computer architecture

2007-09-07T22:54:23Z

70.190.68.169: /* Questions for self-test */

===Instructions for this lesson===
Read the text and try to understand it. If something is not clear, follow the links for explanations.

===Contents===
''see also [[Computer Architecture Lab]]''
[[Image:ALU symbol.svg|thumb|200px|A typical schematic symbol for an ALU: A & B are operands; R is the output; F is the input from the [[Control Unit]]; D is an output status]]
At the heart of any computer, modern or early, is a (usually) simple circuit called an ALU, or Arithmetic Logic Unit. Its comprised of a few simple operations which can be done fairly quickly. This, along with a small amount of memory running at processor speed called registers, make up what is known as the CPU, or Central Processing Unit.

A CPU isn't very useful unless there is some way to communicate to it, and recieve information back from it. This is usually known as a Bus. The Bus is the input/output, or I/O gateway for the CPU. The primary area the CPU communicates with is system memory, commonly known as RAM, or Random Access Memory. Depending on the platform, the CPU may communicate with other parts of the system, or it may communicate just through memory.

[[Image:80186 arch.png|thumb|left|350px]]
The "word" size of a platform is the native amount of bits that can be moved over the RAM<->CPU bus. Early computers varied on bit sizes, but most modern computers work in multiples of 8 bits, commonly known as a Byte. The first general purpose CPU on a chip, built by Intel, was the 8080 built in 1974. The 8080 used an 8 bit word, meaning it would communicate over the bus 1 byte at a time. In contrast, the 80386 has a 32 bit (4 byte) word, and the IA64 is a 64 bit (8 byte) word.



===Questions for self-test===
{{ABCD
| Question = What is the job of the ALU?
| Atext = Process information
| Aanswer = No. This answer is far too vague. What is meant by processing information?

| Btext = Check security of the system
| Banswer = No. This though this may be true on a much higher computing level.

| Ctext = Perform simple calculations.
| Canswer = Yes. The job of the ALU is to perform simple calculations.

| Dtext = Powering up the main systems.
| Danswer = No. The ALU is a very simple processor.

}}

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Archive:Fanboy

2007-05-20T08:03:11Z

70.190.104.11: /* Webcomics */

'''Fanboy''' is a term used to describe an individual (usually male, though the feminine version '''fangirl''' may be used for females) who is utterly devoted to a single fannish subject, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an [[obsession]]. ''Fanboys'' remain loyal to their particular obsession, disregarding any factors that differ from their point of view. Fanboys are also typically aggressive and hateful towards the opposing brand or competition of their obsession regardless of its merits or achievements.

== Background ==
Fanboys are attributed with a sycophantic devotion to the creators and principles behind a work with which they are currently enthralled, but will quickly move their attention elsewhere once something better or just newer comes along. Fanboys are noted for a very emotional attachment to their chosen subject, often taking negative remarks about it as a personal attack. They will readily engage in debates, but will fall back on emotional responses. For example, a "fanboy" may go out of their way to point out negative and often untrue statements about their obsession's rivals; this is commonly known as [[FUD]].

The stereotypical image of the fanboy is as an unkempt, socially awkward, young man who may be perceived as a loud mouthed [[pseudo-intellectual]]. As electronic entertainment gained popularity, the term became increasingly applied to [[video game]]rs and television addicts. As a result, a subculture emerged which readily labeled itself as fanboys. Within this group, more effort is taken to fit in with a perceived standard, resulting in a more outgoing attitude, even among those with insecurities. This outgoing stance is often felt to be abrasive by those not involved in the culture as deeply.

More recently, especially in the [[video game industry]], fans of a particular video game console manufacturer have begun exhibiting slavish devotion to their brand of choice. Conversely they hold an unreasonable amount of animosity towards the other brands which they consider to be competition. They are extremely rude to fans of the other companies or even people who don’t hail complete and utter devotion to the object of their fanaticism. These people seek out every opportunity to annoy others whose opinions differ from theirs. This trend has led to the term “fanboy” deriving a more and more negative connotation.

==History of fanboys and the term==
The term originated in [[comic book]] circles, to describe someone who immersed himself in the fictional worlds of comics and the culture of comics fandom. The term is often used in a derogatory manner by other less obsessed fans. In the songs of the fannish [[parody]] [[musician]] [[Luke Ski]], many characters proudly consider themselves ''fanboys''. The term is most commonly associated with adolescent and teen males but can be applicable to any age or sex. Common subjects of reverence by fanboys are [[TV show]]s, [[film|movie]]s, [[music]], [[anime]], [[comic books]], [[car]]s, [[video game console]]s, [[video games]], [[operating system]]s, [[MMORPG]]s, [[Computer Hardware|hardware]] and [[software]] companies.

Popular depictions of Fanboy stereotypes include the [[Comic Book Guy]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and columnist [[Larry Groznic]] from the satirical newspaper ''[[The Onion]]''.

The earliest published uses of the word "fanboy" have been dated to 1982. One reference is to the cover of the "Official Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide". On this cover page are sketched overweight, overzealous comic book collectors wearing T-shirts that state "Fanboys of America," and are describing the extreme measures they would go to, including moving to San Francisco, to preserve their comics. Also published in 1982, a comic strip appeared in Jim Engel and Chuck Fiala's "Fandom Confidential" comic. In the strip, Jim and Chuck met comic artist/writer [[John Byrne]] and collapsed into "mindless paroxysms of adoration." The John Byrne character responded that they were "a couple of fanboys in bondage" which was a play on words referring to a [[List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes#8. Archaeology Today|Monty Python skit]] in which an Elizabethan era character reads what she claims to be "'Gayboys in Bondage' by William Shakespeare".[http://www.byrnerobotics.com/FAQ/listing.asp?ID=7&T1=Miscellaneous+Questions#154] Another early use is in a smart-alec editorial reply by "[[Ambush Bug]]" to a letter in his comic in [[1985]].

==Subjects of obsession==
Some current examples of brands and products which have fanboy supporters:
*The competing video game consoles [[Xbox 360]], [[Wii]] and [[Playstation 3]].
*The competing computer hardware and software produced by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Microsoft]], and [[Linux|GNU/Linux]]. (See also [[Operating system advocacy]]).
*The internet [[web browser]]s [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]], [[Internet Explorer]] and [[Opera (internet suite)|Opera]].
*The various technology companies: [[Google]], [[Sony]], [[Apple]], [[Microsoft]], [[Nintendo]].
*The [[graphics processing unit]]s produced by [[ATI Technologies|ATI]] and [[NVIDIA]].
*The [[computer]] [[microprocessor]] companies [[Advanced Micro Devices|AMD]] and [[Intel Corporation|Intel]].
*The competing [[DVD]] successor formats [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] and [[HD DVD]].
*The competing handheld video game consoles the [[Nintendo DS]] and the [[PlayStation Portable]].
*The various [[MP3]] players, notably the [[iPod]] and the [[Zune]].
*The various [[automobile]] manufacturers, such as [[General Motors]] and [[Ford]].
*The long running [[science-fiction]] franchises [[Doctor Who]], [[Star Trek]], [[Star Wars]], [[The Matrix]], [[Godzilla]] and [[Babylon 5]].
*The Japanese style of animation and comics, also known as [[Anime]] and [[Manga]], respectively.
*The comic book brands [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]].
*The wrestling companies [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]], [[Wrestling Society X|WSX]] and [[Ring of Honor|ROH]].

==Media==
===Comic Book===
*[[Sergio Aragonés]]' ''Fanboy''

===Television===
*''[[The Simpsons]]'''s [[Comic Book Guy]] refers to himself as a fanboy.
*''[[Freakazoid!|Freakazoid]]'''s [[freakazoid!#Other characters|Fan Boy]]

===Radio/Podcasts===
*[[Fanboy Radio]] - [http://fanboyradio.com]
*Drooling FanBoy - [http://droolingfanboy.com]
*ifanboy - [http://www.ifanboy.com]
*[[The Fanboy Smackdown Podcast]] - [http://www.fanboysmackdown.com]
*[[The Opie and Anthony Show]] - [http://www.opieandanthony.com]

===Webcomics===
*Fanboy Almanac (webcomic) - [http://fanboyalmanac.com Fanboy Almanac]
*[http://www.ngeb.net/fanboys Fanboys web comic]
*[http://www.fogclub.net F.O.G.Club web comic]
*[http://www.fanboysonline.com Fanboys!! Beyond Geekdom!!! (webcomic)]
*[http://www.fanboys-online.com Fanboys-Online]

==See also==
* [[Addiction]]
* [[Cyberstalking]]
* [[Editor war]]
* [[Anorak (slang)|Anorak]]
* [[Astroturfing]]
* [[Otaku]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanboy Urban dictionary: fanboy]
* [http://www.netjak.com/review.php/1013 Dissecting the Fanboy Mind] - A discussion of the fanboy behavior in regards to video games.
* [http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=6463 The trial of the Fanboy] - A criticism of the fanboy concept and overusage of the term.

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Archive:Fanboy

2006-05-19T11:12:27Z

70.190.104.11: /* Webcomics */

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'''Fanboy''' or '''fanboi''' is a term used to describe an individual (though the femanine version ''fangirl'' may be used for girls or women) who is utterly devoted to a single subject or [[hobby]], often to the point where it is considered an [[obsession]].

==History of fanboys and the term==
The term originated in [[comic book]] circles, to describe someone who immersed himself in the fictional worlds of comics and the culture of comics fandom. The term is often used in a derogatory manner by other less obsessed fans. In the songs of the fannish [[parody]] [[musician]] [[Luke Ski]], many characters proudly consider themselves ''fanboys''. The term is most commonly associated with adolescent and teen males but can be applicable to any age or sex. Common subjects of reverence by fanboys are [[TV show]]s, [[film|movie]]s, [[anime]], [[car]]s, [[video game console]]s, [[video games]], [[operating system]]s, [[MMORPG]]s, and [[software]] companies.

The stereotypical image of the fanboy is as an unkempt, socially awkward, young man who may be perceived as a loud mouthed [[pseudo-intellectual]]. A popular depiction of this stereotype is the [[Comic Book Guy]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]''. As electronic entertainment gained popularity, the term became increasingly applied to video gamers and television addicts who readily labelled themselves.

The earliest use of the word "fanboy" has been dated to 1982, to the cover of the "Official Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide". On this cover page are sketched overweight, overzealous comic book collectors wearing T-shirts that state "Fanboys of America," and are describing the extreme measures they would go to, including moving to San Francisco, to preserve their comics. Another early use is in a smart-alec editorial reply by "[[Ambush Bug]]" to a letter in his comic in [[1985]].

==Trivia==
Fanboys can be a mnemonic for the conjunctions of the English language, "for", "and", "nor", "but", "or", "yet", and "so".

==In Media==
===Comic Book===
*[[Sergio Aragonés]]' ''Fanboy''
*Doug Holverson's 'Fanboy' (anthropomorphized rotary fan obsessed with comics, who uses his electrical plug for a hand). Dates from the prolific minicomic wave of the 1980s.

===Television===
*[[The Simpsons]]' [[Comic Book Guy]]
*[[Freakazoid]]'s [[Fan Boy]]

===Radio/Podcasts===
*[[Fanboy Radio]] - [http://fanboyradio.com]
*Drooling FanBoy - [http://droolingfanboy.com]

===Webcomics===
*[[Fanboy Almanac (webcomic)]] - [http://fanboyalmanac.com Fanboy Almanac]
*[http://www.ngeb.net/fanboys Fanboys web comic]
*[http://www.fogclub.net Fanboy Otaku Gamers Club web comic]

==See also==
* [[addiction]]
* [[otaku]]
* [[anorak (slang)|anorak]]

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[[Category:Anime and manga terminology]]

[[de:Fanboy]]

Archive:Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Somalia

2006-03-20T06:30:51Z

70.190.232.55: /* Aftermath */

[[Image:Somalia.png|right|thumb|200px|Map of Somalia with Puntland roughly highlighted in blue. Hafun is the small peninsula in the northeast.]]
Villages and coastal communities in [[Somalia]], as far as 4,500 km (2,800 miles) from the [[epicentre]] of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]] were swept away and destroyed by the resulting [[tsunami]] on [[26 December]] [[2004]]. As of [[5 January]] [[2005]] the confirmed death toll stood at 298. According to presidential spokesperson [[Yusuf Mohamed Ismail]] of the transitional government, more than 50,000 people were displaced.

Most of the damage was in the coastal region of the semi-autonomous [[Puntland]] area, particularly the region between [[Hafun]] in the [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]] region and [[Garacad]] in the [[Mudug]] region. The narrow and low-lying peninsula of [[Hafun]], 1150 km (715 mi) northeast of [[Mogadishu]], was particularly devastated. In Puntland, rising waters destroyed properties in especially Hafun and Kulub, while parts of the towns and villages of Bander Beyla, Eyl, Foar and Bargaal were flooded. Other coastal areas including [[Lower Juba]] were also somewhat affected. The UN reported that the water destroyed 1,180 homes, smashed 2,400 boats and rendered freshwater wells and reservoirs unusable. The main sand bridge connecting Hafun to the mainland was damaged. As of [[6 January]], the village of [[Kulub]], near [[Gara'ad]], was still partially submerged. At [[Kulub]] and other places such as [[Hurdiye]], teams from the [[World Food Programme]] reported that all the boats and other fishing equipment used by the residents to make a livelihood had been lost.

== Aftermath ==

Around [[12]] tonnes of [[rice]], [[maize]] and [[vegetable oil]] were delivered to Hafun on [[30 December]], four days after the tsunami. Previous attempts to deliver aid failed after trucks were unable to pass tsunami damaged roads near [[Foar]], a village of 1000 people living in [[mud-and-wattle]] huts that was destroyed. The main sand bridge which connects the Hafun peninsula to the mainland was damaged. The twelve tonnes were then transferred onto two four-wheel drive vehicles that managed the 60 km (40 mi) trip from Foar to Hafun in seven hours. The UN warned that the tsunami had worsened the situation after four years of [[drought]] in northern Somalia and further aid is desperately needed. It has distributed 200 [[tonne]]s of food aid to 12,000 people, but states that food for 30,000 is needed. The UN has four teams in the area and on [[4 January]] appealed for [[U.S. Dollar|US$]]13,000,000 to assist 54,000 Somalis affected by the tsunami. As part of the flash inter-agency appeal of US$977,000,000 made by the [[UN Secretary-General]] on [[6 January]], US$10,000,000 was requested for Somalia. In February, the U.S. government made one million dollars available for tsunami relief in Somalia. [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-69E4K3?OpenDocument&rc=1&cc=som]

Much of the remote 1,000 km (600 mi) coast is controlled by various clan-based militias, making obtaining accurate information difficult. Relief officials have been unable to make observation flights because of the fear of being fired upon by anti-aircraft batteries. The transitional Somali government is based in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] because the capital city of Mogadishu is too unsafe. Prime Minister [[Ali Mohammed Ghedi]] cancelled a trip on [[4 January]] [[2005]], which would have been his first visit to Somalia since being appointed.

==External links ==
* [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-01-06-somalia-usat_x.htm Remote Somali village reels from latest hardship], [[USA Today]], [[6 January]] [[2005]]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4147097.stm Somali tsunami victim toll rises], [[BBC]], 5 January 2005
* [http://mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=177267 Somali tsunami death toll climbs], [[Mail & Guardian]], [[2 January]] [[2005]]
* [http://www.irinnews.org/S_report.asp?ReportID=45125 SOMALIA: After the tsunami], [[IRIN]] ([[UN]] Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs).

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[[Category:Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake by country|Somalia]]
[[Category:December 2004 news|Indian Ocean earthquake]]
[[Category:History of Somalia]]

Archive:Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Somalia

2006-03-20T06:29:30Z

70.190.232.55: /* Aftermath */

[[Image:Somalia.png|right|thumb|200px|Map of Somalia with Puntland roughly highlighted in blue. Hafun is the small peninsula in the northeast.]]
Villages and coastal communities in [[Somalia]], as far as 4,500 km (2,800 miles) from the [[epicentre]] of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]] were swept away and destroyed by the resulting [[tsunami]] on [[26 December]] [[2004]]. As of [[5 January]] [[2005]] the confirmed death toll stood at 298. According to presidential spokesperson [[Yusuf Mohamed Ismail]] of the transitional government, more than 50,000 people were displaced.

Most of the damage was in the coastal region of the semi-autonomous [[Puntland]] area, particularly the region between [[Hafun]] in the [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]] region and [[Garacad]] in the [[Mudug]] region. The narrow and low-lying peninsula of [[Hafun]], 1150 km (715 mi) northeast of [[Mogadishu]], was particularly devastated. In Puntland, rising waters destroyed properties in especially Hafun and Kulub, while parts of the towns and villages of Bander Beyla, Eyl, Foar and Bargaal were flooded. Other coastal areas including [[Lower Juba]] were also somewhat affected. The UN reported that the water destroyed 1,180 homes, smashed 2,400 boats and rendered freshwater wells and reservoirs unusable. The main sand bridge connecting Hafun to the mainland was damaged. As of [[6 January]], the village of [[Kulub]], near [[Gara'ad]], was still partially submerged. At [[Kulub]] and other places such as [[Hurdiye]], teams from the [[World Food Programme]] reported that all the boats and other fishing equipment used by the residents to make a livelihood had been lost.

== Aftermath ==

Around [[12]] [[tons]] of [[rice]], [[maize]] and [[vegetable oil]] were delivered to Hafun on [[30 December]], four days after the tsunami. Previous attempts to deliver aid failed after trucks were unable to pass tsunami damaged roads near [[Foar]], a village of 1000 people living in [[mud-and-wattle]] huts that was destroyed. The main sand bridge which connects the Hafun peninsula to the mainland was damaged. The twelve tonnes were then transferred onto two four-wheel drive vehicles that managed the 60 km (40 mi) trip from Foar to Hafun in seven hours. The UN warned that the tsunami had worsened the situation after four years of [[drought]] in northern Somalia and further aid is desperately needed. It has distributed 200 [[tonne]]s of food aid to 12,000 people, but states that food for 30,000 is needed. The UN has four teams in the area and on [[4 January]] appealed for [[U.S. Dollar|US$]]13,000,000 to assist 54,000 Somalis affected by the tsunami. As part of the flash inter-agency appeal of US$977,000,000 made by the [[UN Secretary-General]] on [[6 January]], US$10,000,000 was requested for Somalia. In February, the U.S. government made one million dollars available for tsunami relief in Somalia. [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-69E4K3?OpenDocument&rc=1&cc=som]

Much of the remote 1,000 km (600 mi) coast is controlled by various clan-based militias, making obtaining accurate information difficult. Relief officials have been unable to make observation flights because of the fear of being fired upon by anti-aircraft batteries. The transitional Somali government is based in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] because the capital city of Mogadishu is too unsafe. Prime Minister [[Ali Mohammed Ghedi]] cancelled a trip on [[4 January]] [[2005]], which would have been his first visit to Somalia since being appointed.

==External links ==
* [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-01-06-somalia-usat_x.htm Remote Somali village reels from latest hardship], [[USA Today]], [[6 January]] [[2005]]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4147097.stm Somali tsunami victim toll rises], [[BBC]], 5 January 2005
* [http://mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=177267 Somali tsunami death toll climbs], [[Mail & Guardian]], [[2 January]] [[2005]]
* [http://www.irinnews.org/S_report.asp?ReportID=45125 SOMALIA: After the tsunami], [[IRIN]] ([[UN]] Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs).

{{Tsunami2004impact}}

[[Category:Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake by country|Somalia]]
[[Category:December 2004 news|Indian Ocean earthquake]]
[[Category:History of Somalia]]

Archive:Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Somalia

2006-03-20T06:27:55Z

70.190.232.55: /* Aftermath */

[[Image:Somalia.png|right|thumb|200px|Map of Somalia with Puntland roughly highlighted in blue. Hafun is the small peninsula in the northeast.]]
Villages and coastal communities in [[Somalia]], as far as 4,500 km (2,800 miles) from the [[epicentre]] of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]] were swept away and destroyed by the resulting [[tsunami]] on [[26 December]] [[2004]]. As of [[5 January]] [[2005]] the confirmed death toll stood at 298. According to presidential spokesperson [[Yusuf Mohamed Ismail]] of the transitional government, more than 50,000 people were displaced.

Most of the damage was in the coastal region of the semi-autonomous [[Puntland]] area, particularly the region between [[Hafun]] in the [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]] region and [[Garacad]] in the [[Mudug]] region. The narrow and low-lying peninsula of [[Hafun]], 1150 km (715 mi) northeast of [[Mogadishu]], was particularly devastated. In Puntland, rising waters destroyed properties in especially Hafun and Kulub, while parts of the towns and villages of Bander Beyla, Eyl, Foar and Bargaal were flooded. Other coastal areas including [[Lower Juba]] were also somewhat affected. The UN reported that the water destroyed 1,180 homes, smashed 2,400 boats and rendered freshwater wells and reservoirs unusable. The main sand bridge connecting Hafun to the mainland was damaged. As of [[6 January]], the village of [[Kulub]], near [[Gara'ad]], was still partially submerged. At [[Kulub]] and other places such as [[Hurdiye]], teams from the [[World Food Programme]] reported that all the boats and other fishing equipment used by the residents to make a livelihood had been lost.

== Aftermath ==

Around [[12]] [[tons]] of [[rice]], [[maize]] and [[vegetable oil]] were delivered to Hafun on [[30 December]], four days after the tsunami. Previous attempts to deliver aid failed after trucks were unable to pass tsunami damaged roads near [[Foar]], a village of 1000 people living in [[mud-and-wattle]] huts that was destroyed. The main sand bridge which connects the Hafun peninsula to the mainland was damaged. The twelve tonnes were then transferred onto two four-wheel drive vehicles that managed the 60 km (40 mi) trip from Foar to Hafun in seven hours. The UN warned that the tsunami had worsened the situation after four years of [[drought]] in northern Somalia and further aid is desperately needed. It has distributed 200 [[tonne]]s of food aid to 12,000 people, but states that food for 30,000 is needed. The UN has four teams in the area and on [[4 January]] appealed for [[U.S. Dollar|US$]]13,000,000 to assist 54,000 Somalis affected by the tsunami. As part of the flash interagency appeal of US$977,000,000 made by the [[UN Secretary-General]] on [[6 January]], US$10,000,000 was requested for Somalia. In February, the U.S. government made one million dollars available for tsunami relief in Somalia. [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-69E4K3?OpenDocument&rc=1&cc=som]

Much of the remote 1,000 km (600 mi) coast is controlled by various clan-based militias, making obtaining accurate information difficult. Relief officials have been unable to make observation flights because of the fear of being fired upon by anti-aircraft batteries. The transitional Somali government is based in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] because the capital city of Mogadishu is too unsafe. Prime Minister [[Ali Mohammed Ghedi]] cancelled a trip on [[4 January]] [[2005]], which would have been his first visit to Somalia since being appointed.

==External links ==
* [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-01-06-somalia-usat_x.htm Remote Somali village reels from latest hardship], [[USA Today]], [[6 January]] [[2005]]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4147097.stm Somali tsunami victim toll rises], [[BBC]], 5 January 2005
* [http://mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=177267 Somali tsunami death toll climbs], [[Mail & Guardian]], [[2 January]] [[2005]]
* [http://www.irinnews.org/S_report.asp?ReportID=45125 SOMALIA: After the tsunami], [[IRIN]] ([[UN]] Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs).

{{Tsunami2004impact}}

[[Category:Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake by country|Somalia]]
[[Category:December 2004 news|Indian Ocean earthquake]]
[[Category:History of Somalia]]

Archive:Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Somalia

2006-03-20T06:27:25Z

70.190.232.55: /* Aftermath */

[[Image:Somalia.png|right|thumb|200px|Map of Somalia with Puntland roughly highlighted in blue. Hafun is the small peninsula in the northeast.]]
Villages and coastal communities in [[Somalia]], as far as 4,500 km (2,800 miles) from the [[epicentre]] of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]] were swept away and destroyed by the resulting [[tsunami]] on [[26 December]] [[2004]]. As of [[5 January]] [[2005]] the confirmed death toll stood at 298. According to presidential spokesperson [[Yusuf Mohamed Ismail]] of the transitional government, more than 50,000 people were displaced.

Most of the damage was in the coastal region of the semi-autonomous [[Puntland]] area, particularly the region between [[Hafun]] in the [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]] region and [[Garacad]] in the [[Mudug]] region. The narrow and low-lying peninsula of [[Hafun]], 1150 km (715 mi) northeast of [[Mogadishu]], was particularly devastated. In Puntland, rising waters destroyed properties in especially Hafun and Kulub, while parts of the towns and villages of Bander Beyla, Eyl, Foar and Bargaal were flooded. Other coastal areas including [[Lower Juba]] were also somewhat affected. The UN reported that the water destroyed 1,180 homes, smashed 2,400 boats and rendered freshwater wells and reservoirs unusable. The main sand bridge connecting Hafun to the mainland was damaged. As of [[6 January]], the village of [[Kulub]], near [[Gara'ad]], was still partially submerged. At [[Kulub]] and other places such as [[Hurdiye]], teams from the [[World Food Programme]] reported that all the boats and other fishing equipment used by the residents to make a livelihood had been lost.

== Aftermath ==

Around 12 [[tons]] of [[rice]], [[maize]] and [[vegetable oil]] were delivered to Hafun on [[30 December]], four days after the tsunami. Previous attempts to deliver aid failed after trucks were unable to pass tsunami damaged roads near [[Foar]], a village of 1000 people living in [[mud-and-wattle]] huts that was destroyed. The main sand bridge which connects the Hafun peninsula to the mainland was damaged. The twelve tonnes were then transferred onto two four-wheel drive vehicles that managed the 60 km (40 mi) trip from Foar to Hafun in seven hours. The UN warned that the tsunami had worsened the situation after four years of [[drought]] in northern Somalia and further aid is desperately needed. It has distributed 200 [[tonne]]s of food aid to 12,000 people, but states that food for 30,000 is needed. The UN has four teams in the area and on [[4 January]] appealed for [[U.S. Dollar|US$]]13,000,000 to assist 54,000 Somalis affected by the tsunami. As part of the flash interagency appeal of US$977,000,000 made by the [[UN Secretary-General]] on [[6 January]], US$10,000,000 was requested for Somalia. In February, the U.S. government made one million dollars available for tsunami relief in Somalia. [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-69E4K3?OpenDocument&rc=1&cc=som]

Much of the remote 1,000 km (600 mi) coast is controlled by various clan-based militias, making obtaining accurate information difficult. Relief officials have been unable to make observation flights because of the fear of being fired upon by anti-aircraft batteries. The transitional Somali government is based in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] because the capital city of Mogadishu is too unsafe. Prime Minister [[Ali Mohammed Ghedi]] cancelled a trip on [[4 January]] [[2005]], which would have been his first visit to Somalia since being appointed.

==External links ==
* [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-01-06-somalia-usat_x.htm Remote Somali village reels from latest hardship], [[USA Today]], [[6 January]] [[2005]]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4147097.stm Somali tsunami victim toll rises], [[BBC]], 5 January 2005
* [http://mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=177267 Somali tsunami death toll climbs], [[Mail & Guardian]], [[2 January]] [[2005]]
* [http://www.irinnews.org/S_report.asp?ReportID=45125 SOMALIA: After the tsunami], [[IRIN]] ([[UN]] Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs).

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