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  SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Rum
Rum is a spirit made from sugar-cane by-products such as molasses and sugar cane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation.
Rums from Cuba and Puerto Rico are typical of this style.
Rums from Jamaica and the Demerera region are typical of this style.
www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Rum   (1200 words)

  
 Rum Geology; Volcanoes and Giant Eruptions
Rum has received a lot of well-deserved public interest in its wildlife whereas comparatively little general attention has been focused on the geology, the foundation of the island.
Figure 4, Simplified geology map of Rum, the Northern Marginal Zone (NMZ) and the Southern Marginal Zone (SMZ) are the remnants of the early Rum "Caldera" and its ash-flow tuff and sedimentary breccia infill, while the "Central Igneous Complex" is the remains of the later layered ultrabasic intrusion which preserves the "volcanic heart" of Rum.
This is elegantly observed in north-west Rum, on Orval and Fionchra, where lava flowing from the nearby giant volcano on the Isle Skye can be seen to lie unconformably on granite (Figure 8), a frozen magma chamber related to the early ash-flow eruptions on Rum.
www.tcd.ie /Geology/MAIN-PAGE/VAMP/projects/rum_geo.php   (1254 words)

  
 Scotland on Sunday - Scotland - Rum health diet drives deer to snack on chicks
Rum, a national nature reserve owned and run by Scottish Natural Heritage is the main breeding colony for Manx shearwater, with an estimated 100,000 pairs or a fifth to a third of the world population.
Calcium levels in the vegetation are low on Rum, he said, and bird killing could happen in both mineral-deficient areas with high densities of ground-nesting seabirds.
And as with the Rum deer, the Orkney sheep displayed a predilection for the crunchy bits of their prey, their legs and beaks in particular.
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=870952003   (929 words)

  
 Kinloch Castle Friends Association, the island of Rum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Rum (or Rhum in some literature) is a diamond shaped island which lies off the west coast of Scotland and covers an area of about 10,700 hectares.
Rum eventually became the property of the Macleans of Coll who retained control until 1845.
In 1870 Rum was sold to Farquhar Campbell and it is thought that he built the "White House".
www.kcfa.org.uk /rum.html   (760 words)

  
 Hebridean islanders seek new blood to halt decline Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
Rum has one of the world's largest colonies of breeding Manx shearwaters, a flourishing population of white- tailed sea eagles and an enormous herd of red deer.
Although the name Rum has nothing to do with the drink of the same title, their romantic idea of the Highlands and desire for probity led to the island being referred to as Rhum in some literature.
The word rum is of pre-Celtic origin, meaning wide island or Isle of the Ridge, which considering that the remote idyll is probably the most important Scottish island for mountains outside Skye and Arran, is descriptively appropriate.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040918/ai_n12809068   (885 words)

  
 GPD RumFieldtrip
Rum has a population of about 20, the majority living at Kinloch where the SNH has its office and staff quarters, and where there is a shop/post office and public telephone (NB: mobile/cell phone reception is poor except on the extreme east coast of the island).
The sandstones cut by numerous NW- to N- trending (predominantly) basaltic dykes of Paleocene age and, in NW Rum are overlain by Triassic sandstones and lavas of Paleocene age.
Rum was almost completely covered by the major Pleistocene ice sheet sourced in mainland Scotland and, at a later stage, it supported a local ice cap with several valley glaciers.
www.mantleplumes.org /Chapman/RumFieldtrip.html   (2790 words)

  
 Prehistoric & Early Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Scotland, at various times, had been a desert, a swamp, tropical rainforest and a frozen, partially trapped, land under mountains of ice.
The land 'plates' shifted and moved and until eventually, Scotland was lying south of the equator.
In Scotland the Caledonii and Picti (in the north), made of the bulk of the early Celts, along with smaller tribes in southern Scotland such as the Votadini, Novantae and the Selgovae.
members.aol.com /scothist/scot1.html   (3650 words)

  
 Belizean Drinks ® The Cultural phenomenon and Caribbean influence of rum in Belize
For Belize, rum symbolizes more than an alcoholic beverage; rum is a cultural phenomenon that visitors from around the world associate with the essence of the
If the rum is consumed immediately, it will have a harsh taste due to trace amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas formed during fermentation.
Coconut rum mixed with pineapple juice is locally referred to as a "panty ripper".
www.belizeanjourneys.com /features/drinks/newsletter.html   (1034 words)

  
 The Small Isles: Rum, Eigg, Muck and Canna - The Internet Guide to Scotland
AquaXplore is an offshore RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) operating from Elgol on Skye to the isles of Rum and Canna.
The Rum Cuillin mountains are the remains of a huge, ancient volcano and attract geologists from all over the world.
This new book by John A. Love reveals the human story of the island of Rum, both in the tragedy of the clearance and in the interlude of the Bullogh period when the folly at Kinloch was built.
www.scotland-inverness.co.uk /small-is.htm   (2236 words)

  
 rum - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Rum, alcoholic beverage produced by the distillation of various fermented cane sugar products.
The most common mixtures used in making rum consist of...
Rum Rebellion, uprising on January 26, 1808, that deposed Captain William Bligh as governor of the British colony of New South Wales.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=rum   (147 words)

  
 Rùm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rùm (a Scottish Gaelic name which is often anglicised to Rum) is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, administratively part of Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.
A linkspan has been recently built (2005) and this is used by the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, MV Lochnevis, which links Rùm and the neighbouring Small Isles of Canna, Eigg and Muck, to the mainland port of Mallaig (2½ hours away).
Rum is also noted for its bird life - for its eagles, and especially for its manx shearwaters.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rum,_Scotland   (909 words)

  
 BBC - Western Isles - Rum
Rum - previously dubbed 'Rhum' in a bout of faux gaelicism sits to the north of Eigg, the largest of the Small Isles.
It is owned by Scottish Natural Heritage and stands as controversial memorial to conservation and human habiattion in Scotland.
As Ian Mitchell writes in 'Isles of the West': "The mountains on Rum are among the highest in the Hebrides, exceeded only by Ben More on Mull, and the fl Cuillin on Skye.
www.bbc.co.uk /scotland/islandblogging/westernisles/rum.shtml   (179 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Election 2005 | Scotland | Voters' views: George Whillans
In Scotland the Labour/Lib-Dem pact has brought some benefits, although I have to admit that Jack McConnell's choice of people to fill the posts sometimes leaves a lot to be desired.
The SNP is certainly not that party, with its narrow views and conflicting stances depending where in Scotland you live, Socialist in the central belt and 'tartan tory-like' when it suits them in the areas north of Perth.
Areas such as the north east of Scotland are routinely ignored by politicians except when it suits them, and we need a party in government that will give the power back to the people by way of allowing more choice and freedom, not more nannying and cuddling up to Europe.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/4365801.stm   (1099 words)

  
 rumcuillin
Sailing towards the island of Rum, the first thing you spy on the horizon are the dramatic peaks of the Cuillin.
For the tops of the Rum Cuillin are all that remains of a giant volcano which must have exploded with quite some ferocity to leave such a trail of destruction in its wake.
Over the centuries that followed, the peaks - which began their life close to the equator - were weathered by time and changing climates to leave the ridge as it is today.
www.walkscotland.com /rumcuillin.htm   (1015 words)

  
 Spain v Scotland (friendly) - Predicting the future, one post at a time.
We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole multi colored collection of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers...
Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls.
Spain are a far more skillful side than Scotland, we have also had a series of very poor results (starting with a 6 - 0 hammering at the hands of the Dutch and more recently a 3 - 0 spanking at Hampden at the hands of the Hungarians).
www.icalledit.com /forums/showthread.php?p=15059   (684 words)

  
 Location Explorer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Rum was for many years a private island with a chequered history involving crofting, sheep grazing and field sports.
The island is renowned for its archaeological riches, including Scotland’s first know settlement, post-clearance sites, and Victorian buildings.
Also on the North side a long-term study of red deer is in progress.
www.cruise.com /LE5/Default/LocationID_11332/index.html   (135 words)

  
 JOINT FUTURE: DATA STRATEGY RESOURCE USE MEASURE (RUM) AND THE INTEGRATED CARE ASSESSMENT DATA SUMMARY (RUM-ICADS): ...
The RUM is a standardised tool that will group individuals according to their level of relative need following a Single Shared Assessment (SSA).
The RUM appendix to the 'Next Steps' letter stated that the ongoing work with the 5 sites and the RUM Information Sub-Group and RUM Reference Group included looking at how RUM scores could be combined with other information already collected.
The RUM Reference Group oversees the development and implementation of the RUM and reports to the CAG.
www.scotland.gov.uk /consultations/health/rumc-01.asp   (946 words)

  
 Scotland on Sunday - Scotland - Rum deal sought to save island castle
Completed in 1900, the building was one of the first in Scotland to have electricity, air-conditioning and state-of-the art jet showers.
Around 8,000 people already visit Rum every year with most of them either visiting or staying at the castle, which has room for up to 60 beds.
Kinloch Castle on Rum is one of Scotland’s oddest publicly owned treasures.
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=317832003   (999 words)

  
 Troctolite from the Isle of Rhum, northwest Scotland
Troctolite from the Isle of Rhum, northwest Scotland
The figured sample, seen in fresh-broken and weathered faces, is from the Rhum (Rum) layered intrusion, a textbook classic example of a layer-cake of genetically-related igneous rocks formed in a magma chamber within the crust, during the birth of the North Atlantic Ocean in Paleocene time, some 60 million years ago.
Palacz,ZA (1984) Isotopic and geochemical evidence for the evolution of a cyclic unit in the Rhum intrusion, north-west Scotland.
www.turnstone.ca /rhumal.htm   (1524 words)

  
 WHOI Geodynamics Program > 2002 > Field Trip - Isle of Rum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Isle of Rum is fascinating from a geological standpoint for four reasons:
Rum is one of the oldest volcanoes in the west of Scotland, pre-dating the centers in Skye and Mull.
Others have argued that the chamber was originally semi-solid and relatively homogeneous, with the banding the result of the late stage injection of a series of gabbroic sills.
www.whoi.edu /science/GG/geodynamics/2002/trip_rum.html   (434 words)

  
 Malibu Rum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Malibu Rum is a rum made in Barbados with natural coconut extract.
Although the drink is made in Barbados, it is bottled in Dumbarton, Scotland by Pernod Ricard.
The first variation of the rum was Malibu Lime which was only sold in Barbados and night clubs in France.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malibu_Rum   (264 words)

  
 Rum - Find a NNR - Scotland's National Nature Reserves
The jagged peaks of the Rum Cuillin are a familiar sight on the western seaboard.
Once the core of a volcano, the island was one of the earliest human settlement sites in Scotland.
There's also a unique mountain top colony of Manx shearwaters, host to around a third of the world population, and Rum was the base for reintroducing sea eagles to Scotland.
www.snh.org.uk /nnr-scotland/reserve.asp?NNRId=22   (164 words)

  
 Isle of Rum - Small Isles - Highlands of Scotland
Bought by the Nature Conservancy Council (now called Scottish Natural Heritage) in 1957, Rum is one of Scotland's finest National Nature Reserves.
The Cuillins of Rum, with their Norse names - Askival, Hallival, Trollaval, Orval - lend an air of mystery to an island that was known as the Forbidden Island.
Rum is a granite island but Kinloch Castle is made entirely of Red Sandstone from Annan.
www.road-to-the-isles.org.uk /rum.html   (862 words)

  
 Peter's Rum Pages - Europe: United Rum Merchants Limited
The rums Harts supplied to the Navy were from Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and Demerara (Guyana); the same sources we rely on in the 1980’s.
In 1888, he registered the brand red Heart rum and in 1981 was honoured by becoming Master of the Vintners Company.
This position was reinforced by the acquisition of James Burroughs Distillers in 1989 and the buy-out of Whitbread's 50 per cent holding in the companies joint venture company, European Cellars (Holdings) Limited.
www.rum.cz /galery/eur/uk/united_rum   (532 words)

  
 The Silver Sands of Morar and Arisaig Information and Picture Gallery
These pictures were made on saturday 14th of may and months later (september) we found out that Doug Hill from Scotland The Movie was at exactly the same moment at Camusdarach beach as we were.
The trees are all very small for their age, and look a bit like the trees on the island in Loch Maree.
Rum harbour, only busy when the ferry arrives or departs.
www.scotlandview.co.uk /morar.htm   (369 words)

  
 Western Seaboard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In between lie the Small Isles - Eigg, Rum and Muck - and two lonely tips of the Scottish mainland, the Ardnamurchan and Morvern peninsulas.
The geology throughout the Western Seaboard is rich and complex - this is where Scotland's first fossilised dinosaur remains were discovered.
A fifth of the world's manx shearwater population nests in burrows on Rum, while a small island in the Sound of Mull has the largest common tern colony in Scotland.
www.visitscotland.com /library/westernseaboard   (303 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Rum: A Landscape Without Figures: Books: John A. Love   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This is an account of Rum, one of the Hebrides and the people who contributed to its story.
It was also an isolated haven for the early Celtic Church in the figure of Beccan the Solitary, and later formed part of the territories of the Vikings and Clanranalds, and ultimately the Macleans of Coll.
Its population were driven out to North America between 1826 and 1828 and the Bulloughs, a family of Lancashire industrialists, bought the island towards the end of the nineteenth century and left a bizarre legacy of Edwardiana in the form of Kinloch castle and its grand contents.
www.amazon.co.uk /Rum-A-Landscape-Without-Figures/dp/1841582247   (308 words)

  
 Magmatic Processes, Fluid Flow & Textural Studies
Current field projects include ongoing study of the Rum layered Intrusion (NW Scotland),  the Bushveldt layered Intrusion (S. Africa), the Stillwater Intrusion (Montana) and the South West Indian Ridge in the Indian Ocean.
Rum has an ultramafic layered suite which is at least 1000 cubic kilometres in volume.
They are studying rocks from both the Rum and Bushveldt Intrusions and their results will help confirm whether processes like current flow and/or compaction played a role in the formation of the Rum cumulates.
faculty.gg.uwyo.edu /cheadle   (3053 words)

  
 Pictures From Scotland Photo Gallery by James Ross at pbase.com
Scotland is always my dream land, just had no chance to visit it...
Thank's for some brilliant pictures of Scotland, James, keep taking them and continue posting them for others to see how great Scotland is no matter what the weathers like.
Anyone who asks why we holiday in Scotland every year in will in future be invited to view this gallery.
www.pbase.com /carrhighlander/scotland   (947 words)

  
 Realbeer.com: a Taste of Scotland
The former national headquarters of the Commercial Bank of Scotland hosts a spectacular pub.
For many, Scotland's history is tied closely to its breweries.
Traquair House (right) is well known as the oldest inhabited and most romantic house in Scotland and contains a small brewery.
www.realbeer.com /edu/scotland.php   (340 words)

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