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New troops
Fear and terror!
Long forgotten writings know the creature from the old time.
A being from the legends that likes enormous heat.
It flies like no one else sees.
Do not look up!
Air Force!
The E.R.Y.N.N. is fed by the inferno. If he does not get it in time, he dies and leaves double area damage. Once 300 by the Megabombe he carries with him and another 300 by his smoke. If it dies, it expands, imploding and leaving behind black toxic smoke. The smoke is causing damage. Small troops like eg. Barbarians do not survive him. Since he has not quite as many hit points (max LV 5200) he must reach the inferno early or protected. Within the inferos, the E.R.Y.N.N. stronger. The inferno charges him with hit points. Especially the singel infernos will be more interesting.
The troupe is thought of as Air Golem with area-effect damage, with the preferred target inferno. Slowly he flies, but he does a lot of damage! The ability to recharge through the infernos makes the troop very strong. Spells or the new wavespell can be useful. By means of the Warden you can guide him ideally to centrally located infernos.
The Grand Prince (Gremking)
Alternative: Gremarch, Gremaiser, Gremar, Gremeister {Gremling [Disney®Rights!]}
Send a wild horde of little monsters!
Small, furry and cute, but annoying like mosquitoes.
Without their king they are willless. But with,
they will sabotage everything.
Use the "scream of greed" and they are all yours!
These nasty things are damn fast!
Fast as goblins, strong as a magician and as stable as a pig rider, but stupid as the P.E.K.K.A!
This new branch is used as follows:
* Without king of the wild goblins
They serve as very good farmer (resource thieves), however, stronger and more durable than normal goblins. The Gremkings take more space (living room 5), but are stronger (740 TP [hit points] {at max LV}). They do a lot of damage to resource buildings. Especially to resource collectors (damage per second 105 {times 2 [210] at collector, warehouse, CB, RH). Only after all resource buildings have been destroyed, the Gremkings attack other buildings (target no matter).
* With king of the wild goblins
By his presence alone, the Gremkings become more disciplined.
With the king of the wild goblins the preferred goals are claimed. Well, centered, dark elixir stores can be targeted. Of course, also town halls and clan surgeries, but can be changed in the king of the wild goblins only between gold, elixir or dark elixir (always only one alone, other goals, so collectors and camps are only then). That is, with the settings of the king of the wild leprechauns (similar to the warden, ground or air), are hereby, only by means of Gremkings and or goblins, targets such as. dark bearing and drills preferred. Only after the camps and the collectors have been destroyed, so here at the preferred, the Gremkings will attack other targets (target does not matter). With the special ability of the king of the wild goblins "scream of greed" gremkings can be used again, but only briefly, so long as the cry sounds, or the special ability of the new hero works. Within the scream the gremikings will attack defenses. Since the gremkings do hit points like pig riders, damage like magicians, they can also be used wonderfully during a war attack. Ideal here is the "scream of greed". Similar to the wardens ability, tremendous forces are released here, albeit briefly.
Crawled out of the sea and went to land.
The crab is ideal for distracting. When she dies, she divides into two and joins four. A single masterful leap they create.
New spells
This potion makes for mood!
This dark elixir was used before hours. It lends
your troops tremendous vibrational forces, which the attack strategy
lends completely new dimensions. Watch as they destroy harmonious and focused buildings.
All troops attack defenses!
Troops become more effective. Similar to the Wutzauber, only modest, cheaper and less ravaging, since he only needs 1 living room. Above all, the potion should be useful for troops with little damage! Eg. Golem, brickbreaker, giants, witches or even in combination with the skeleton spell ect.
You're supposed to get a bit more damage (128% more damage per second) {troops with a lot of damage per second, eg. Wizard, Dragon P.E.K.K.A, QUEEN etc. stay the same}. All troops in the radius are becoming more consistent. This means, among other things, that the troops who do not claim any preferred targets (Wizards, P.E.K.K.A etc.), through the magic focus entirely, within the magic duration, on defenses. P.E.K.K.A, dragons, magicians, baby dragons, witches and even wallbreakers are herewith redefined!
Waterfall Spell
Create a waterfall anywhere!
Arrows, bullets and gusts of wind are swirling and progress slowly.
Defense systems such as X-bows or air buffs are greatly reduced.
After the whirlpool, each drop joins a devastating waterfall.
But beware! Tesla's are dangerous in water.
X-bows, archer towers, cannons, mine throwers, air bombers, air bombs, enemy clancastle forces (except Heavy Golem troops, Dragon P.E.K.K.A, Giant, and Lava Hound) and Bomb Tower are slowed down considerably. Small units like archers, barbarians ect. and air bombs that have been triggered are flushed away. (The swirling water causes reductions.) A suction is created, which brings loose things out of its usual trajectory and causes light damage to surrounding buildings {about 10-20% of hit points).
Deadly fall of the water
To the above, there is another factor. As each drop collects to a waterfall, we finally the magic time, any building completely destroyed. The waterfall always crashes on any building (random algorhythmic). The deadly fall of the water!
Patt effect
If a Tesla trap is triggered within the magic radius, ie actively cause damage as it has targeted troops, then a stalemate arises. (This effect does not apply to Tesla Traps triggered by the 50% total damage achieved.)
Since water conducts electricity, every building within the magic radius is easily damaged (about 15-25% of the hit points). Unfortunately also the attacking troops in the radius (about 30-50% of the hit points).
This is just an idea. Possibly. The stalemate kills small troops such as mages, barbarians, and archers. The strength of the stalemate can be negotiated.
Spell is ineffective against
Inferno, Eagle Artillery, Mage Tower, seeking Air Mine, enemy Heroes, Air Defense enemy clancastle troops such as Golem, Dragon P.E.K.K.A, Giant, and Lava Hound.
They all do the same damage as usual!
Legend Spell
Retribution complacent?
Increase your attack power many times. HP are converted to damage. Praised be the magic brewing arts. The Avenger's Heart
beats short, but an incredible power is unleashed!
Silence is supposed to be revenge
for the will to win is yours.
This spell is supposed to make life easier for the many nobs.
Legendary magic makes all troops within the radius much stronger (max 50Troops). Namely, any HP (Hit Points of Troops) will be subtracted and added to Attack Strength (damage per second). Although the troops die, but here is guaranteed with a safe attack strategy and of course a tremendous fun! Because the troops lose their HP (hit points), they are instantly dead on the slightest scratch. That's why the Warden Special ability or a Healing and / or a Frost spell is essential. If a healing spell (level does not matter) is combined with the Legend spell, this will prevent the immediate dead of the troops. As long as the healing spell works, the troops will not die, which means they are close to invulnerable and extremely strong. 2 stars are always safe.


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Well, here are a few I forgot to post last year, but they were pretty amazing so I thought I should show you. These are my customers quilts that I had the privilege of quilting.
Barby's Geometric Quilt
Sharon's Presents
|Beth's Fall Leaves
|Beth's Flowers
|Lani's Autumn
Catherine's Frozen
So, have an awesome January and I will see you next month with more quilts to blog about.
Happy Quilting,

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So the older players of this game remember the good ol' days when conflicts would reward you with alloy or credits or contra, and then stack it all up in the currency tab in your HQ, safe away from raids and misuse until you need it, and can instantly zap it all into your regular storage if you just needed that last amount of gold or whatever.
But Those days are over, and all currency rewarded go directly to your regular storage buildings, and the currency tab (along with the buildings tab - when has that ever been used?!) is thus unused, unless you happen to have saved some of the stuff and left it there like myself for the future.
My suggestion is this:
Every time someone in your squad purchases a perk using either CB, credits or alloy (or a combo) a percentage of the price gets evenly spread out to all the players in squad. This percentage can be accessed from the "currency" tab, and will stack up over time with no upper limit (like before). Cancelling perks will not give you anything back regardless, but if every time someone activated a perk, everyone got a little something in their HQ, over time that could eventually stack up to something.
Then it would serve a dual purpose, perks themselves being the obvious goal but getting something else everyone benefits from in the long run too!
If I (and the others in the squad) got maybe 0.5% of the cost, it could look like this:
400 credits + 450 alloy + 500 alloy every time someone got the planet hopping perks, (based off lvl 46 perks costs) everyone could get 450 credits and 950 alloy every time.
Maybe not muh, but compared to a - say - 2% system, it would be 1600 credits and 3800 alloy every time, for everyone. It shouldn't be a huge number like 5% or so, but made so that over time it can be useful. Sorta like the daily crate with up to 9000 alloy or gold; not much, but in the long run, better than nothing!
It's just something that has been going on in my head for a long time now, thought I'd share
Any thoughts? Is the currency tab old school, useless? Or could a revival be nice, serving a dual purpose?


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Tupolev Tu-134 UBL 3DS Max source file
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Protesters, police clash in Malaysia
July 9 - Police use tear gas on demonstrators in Malaysia as opposition leader is among those injured. Andrew Raven reports.
Tear gas wafts through the streets of Kuala Lumpur. The barrage comes as police square off against protesters in the Malaysian capital. More than 900 people were detained Saturday during what became a massive anti-government rally. Chanting "long live the people", they called on Prime Minister Najib Rizak to speed up a slate of long-promised economic and political reforms. But their protest was met with police force. The melees that followed even engulfed the leader of the country's opposition movement, Anwar Ibrahim. He was knocked down and tear-gassed along with members of his entourage. SOUNDBITE (English) MALAYSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ANWAR IBRAHIM "We have seen extremely brutal and completely uncalled for. A peaceful walk, no provocation. It's planned. And the Najib administration must answer what is our demand - free election. And they are so scared of free elections, they beat people up, just to deny us our vote." Street protests are rare in this Southeast Asian nation. But analysts say the demonstrations Saturday are evidence the opposition is becoming more vocal. Andrew Raven, Reuters


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Mahagun Mantra is celebrated as the latest luxury address in Greater Noida. At present, Noida is coming up with innumerable job offers. Therefore, people from different cities even from different countries are trying to get settled over there. Mahagun India is trying to offer a home like atmosphere to these migrated people so that they can get accustomed with this new land soon. Mahagun Mantra will work like a magic mantra to transform your ordinary life into a royal life. This place is known as a hub of well furnished 2BHK and 3BHK apartments. Mahagun Mantra will serve all your basic needs along with pampering your royal dreams. They are giving you the license to dream high. All you have to do is dream big and leave the rest on them. They will take the responsibility to fulfill all your dreams and that too in an affordable price. You do not have to waste a large amount of money to buy such big dreams because Mahagun India values the emotions of middle class people.
Standing high at Yamuna expressway in Sector 10 Noida Extention, Mahagun Mantra offers you the direct access to Delhi, Agra and Uttar Pradesh along with all the famous places of this city such as the school, colleges, hospitals, city parks, shopping malls and night clubs. Yamuna Expressway is nearer to the proposed metro station. You can move to any of your desired pace from here easily since this place is enjoying a great communication system. Though Mahagun Mantra is located in a happening area of city is closer to the earth quake area. Therefore Mahagun India has already equipped their Mahagun Mantra Noida with all the precautionary facilities in order to keep the inhabitants safe. They are also taking care of the security of their inhabitants and so they have already arranged security guards for twenty four hours and have placed video cameras and CCTVs in each floor.
Mahagun India is offering you the 2BHK and 3BHK apartments with the living rooms, kitchens, studies, hall spaces, car parking area and elevator. Mahagun Mantra will change your life with its magic wand. You can taste style, comfort, luxury and diversity at one sip. Mahagun India is planning to introduce the schools, colleges, hospitals and shopping malls within the premises. Therefore you will not even have to step out of your very own abode to serve your purposes. This place is already facilitated with a large swimming pool, kids playing zone, cafeteria and club house within the enclosed bay. You can swim out all your stress in the water of the pool and energies your soul with optimism inspired by the eco friendly nature of this place. You can kick of all your worries with a cup of coffee and your favorite beverages in the cafeteria. The club house will pamper the party animal within you and will inspire you to act a little naughty with the top class wines. So do not waste time because Mahagun Mantra Noida Extension is eagerly waiting to kiss your feet.


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Copywriting Tips. the Secret of Good Headlines
In copywriting, what is a good headline? Well a good headline must excite your reader, it must connect with them in some way, it must be relevant to them, it must fire up their ambitions, awaken their dreams their desires and make them read on.
In marketing that's what copywriting is all about, getting your prospective customer to read your copy, good copywriting means being able to connect with the prospective customer, understand them and offer the benefits that will satisfy their desires.
Your headline must make the reader think that it's written specifically with them in mind, in other words your headline is not about your product; it's about your customer.
The object of your headline is to help generate sales by connecting with the reader in such a way that the thought of ignoring it is totally eliminated.
So the secret to good copywriting and in particular good headlines is to:
Know your product … Know your customer.
So let's assume that you have now identified your target market, you need to write your headline aimed specifically at them. So how do we do that?
Well before we start let me explain how a headline is made up.
A headline normally contains 3 parts, the first line, called the 'over-line'. The middle line or lines are called the 'main headline'. And the last line called the 'main subhead'.
Now I normally write my headlines in three parts as explained above. In other words I write down all the ideas I can come up with, keeping in mind the want's of my target market (customers).
I can end up with around 20 first lines or 'over-lines', I do the same thing for the 'main headline' and the 'main subhead'.
{I go into great detail regarding headlines, amongst other copywriting skills in my new course 'The Rules of Copywriting', you can download this free for a limited period, see link below}
Now once you have come up with a list of opening lines for your header, go through them and pick the one you consider the most appropriate, the one you think is most likely to grab the readers attention.
You can involve your family and friends in this, explain the product to them and ask which opening line of your header would most attract them, which would inspire them to find out more and read on.
Now the opening line that you have come up with, or indeed the headline itself, is not written in stone, by that I mean that your present best attempt to come up with a compelling line or headline may not be the one you end up using.
You may be watching TV or reading the newspaper when a blockbuster headline pops into your mind.
This often happens to me, should this happen to you then write it down immediately, some of the most brilliant headlines are born this way.
So just to recap.
1) You must know your product, you must be passionate about it, you must believe in it, you need to know every possible benefit that your product offers, and above all, it must do what you claim it does.
2) You must know your customer, you must establish your target market, you must find out all you can about your potential customer, you must try to imagine their problems, worries, dreams and their goals in life.
3) Your headline must be about the customer not your product, it should state the most powerful benefit using the most powerful words most suited to your target market.
Remember one very important fact when composing your headline:
People do not buy products, they buy the BENEFITS that the product can give them.
The author has given permission for his 50 page course 'The Rules of Copywriting' to be used or given away. Conditions on download page


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Archivio Fonografico Moderno
Livin Up / Stop (Blackway & Helene) Vinyl 12"
↳ timeless Italo classic reissued
Somethings never get old. Italian producer Stefano Zito was responsible for some of Italo disco's biggest jams. From the uptempo sleaze of Mr. Master's "A Dog In The Night" to the robo disco of Casco's "Cybernetic Love," it seems Zito had a knack for producing classic tracks. For B.W.H. he teamed up with his wife, Elena Zito, who took on vocal duties for both "Livin Up" and "Stop." The two had previously collaborated on the now impossible to find Blackway & Helene funk bomb "Music For Us." Both "Livin Up" and "Stop" are killer tracks on their own and to find them on the same release back in 1983 must have been mind blowing. There's no doubt that either one will absolutely tear up the dance floor. The repress takes the original 7" cover and blows it up for this 12" version. Limited press as with all of the Archivio Fonografico Moderno releases. Don't sleep!
- music label: House Of Music 1983 / Archivio Fonografico Moderno 2014
reviewed by Señor Sueño Latino 10/2014
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Wow, big story: Eric Rudolph caught in Murphy NC; suspect in Olympics and abortion clinic bombings, caught in the area where the FBI's been looking for him for several years. I have a special interest in this story since we spend a lot of time in Murphy (and hope to spend a lot more).
Asheville Citizen-Times; Info on Rudolph from Court TV; Washington Post stories. Cherokee County website; Chamber of Commerce; Cherokee Scout (weekly newspaper, published Wed.)
I can't help commenting on this, from reading the first AP story: I see John Ashcroft is taking credit for this. And no mention of the name of the Cherokee County sheriff's deputy who's the real hero here.....
(Later: After watching the press conference held in Murphy, glad to see the attention given to the 21-yr-old Murphy police officer who caught Rudolph (it was a sheriff's deputy who arrived later who recognized him). )
Some interesting links on the Administration and the fallout from the "battle of Iraq" (apparently that's the Administration's new spin, not a "war"):
The useful links....
Governments, Politics:
News, Public Records, Florida, Tools: No links this week.
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This reporter, on a bus ride from from Kollupitiya, en route to an assignment at the World Trade Centre (WTC) on Monday, saw soldiers, stationed on the seaside of Galle Road, with their guns pointing towards the roads and buildings, including at some hotels that way. I don't know whether a similar scene was enacted on the landside of Galle Road, from Kollupitiya to Fort as well.
The assignment was to cover the opening of a coffee shop at WTC. When I recalled my bus ride experience to Ashvin Mohinani , one of two local investors (the other being Godfrey Aloysius, whose father founded Free Lanka Trading) of this project, who holds "The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf," a US brand's franchise here, and who was optimistic about the growth of tourism and investments in relation to business at his eatery, despite interjecting the phrase, "with the finger on the trigger" when I recalled my observations, an admittance of the situation here.
The winter tourism season is to begin next month. "But it was worse before," continued Mohinani. "One doesn't get such scenes in tourism hotspots like Singapore and Malaysia," I countered and asked him whether he had brought this negative feature to the notice of the authorities? He replied in the affirmative and was optimistic that these drawbacks would disappear with time.
"That's why I invited Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman Dr. Nalaka Godahewa for the opening," said Mohinani, who already runs two such coffee shops in the city and in the airport respectively. He was reluctant to disclose financials, other than saying that his airport outlet, opened in 2007, was beginning to turnaround, while his outlet at Horton Place Colombo, opened a year later, saw sales grow by 12% year on year. Constraining factors? The duty on imported coffee being 150%. What about using local coffee? "They are not roasted properly.
In fact Ethiopian coffee (one of six country of origin coffees used in his business; Colombian, Costa Rican and Brazilian coffees to name a few being others)) is sent to Germany for roasting," claimed Mohinani. Germany is the best place to roast coffee, he said. What about tea?
"We serve 31 different types of tea," replied Mohinani. He stressed the importance of more international brands having a play in the economy with tourism and investments looking up, the presence of armed soldiers with their fingers on the triggers notwithstanding.
Mohinani said that the NGO community, mostly funded by First World foreign missions here, were some of his key customers.


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The Liguria Region is a coastal region of north-western Italy, with a capital Genoa. The region is popular with tourists for its beaches, towns, and cuisine. Liguria is bordered by France to the west, Piedmont to the north, and Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany to the east. It lies on the Ligurian Sea. The narrow strip of land is bordered by the sea, the Alps and the Apennines mountains. Some mountains rise above 2000 meters and the watershed line runs at an average altitude of about 1000 meters.
Mountains and steep cliffs that rise loftily out of the Ligurian Sea in the most northerly part of the Western Mediterranean. This is the fascinating landscape that will impress people on their journey through this historically rich and dynamic region. The capital Genoa, one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean and home to Christopher Columbus, was already a powerful maritime state in the Middle Ages. Today one can find impressive buildings, elegant mansions, and wonderful churches, all of which bear witness to Liguria's glorious past and which blend in perfectly with the modern city. In other parts of Liguria, there are also numerous historical treasures.
An intact and luxuriant Mediterranean vegetation exists in the mountain regions of Portofino and Cinque Terre. On the other hand, Portovenere is a small jewel on the Mediterranean coast. Sanremo is one of Italy's most famous bathing resorts and the place where the annual Italian pop music festival takes place. The beautiful Benedict monastery S. Fruttuoso merits special attention. And needless to say there are many other important historical monuments to be explored. Liguria is where pesto is originally from, one of the most popular sauces in Italian cuisine. Seafood is a major staple of Ligurian cuisine, as the sea has been part of the region's culture since its beginning. Another important aspect of the culture there is the beach. Tourists have been flocking to the Italian Riviera for decades to experience its calm, deep blue water. Besides Italian which is the official national language, Ligurian, the local language, is also spoken.
Genoa Province (the region's capital), Imperia Province, Savona Province, and La Spezia Province
The winding arched extension of region goes from Ventimiglia to La Spezia. Of this, are mountainous (65% of the total) and are hills (35% of the total). Liguria's natural reserves cover 12% of the entire region, or 60,000 hectares of land. They are made up of one national reserve, six large parks, two smaller parks and three nature reserves. The continental shelf is very narrow, and so steep it descends almost immediately to considerable marine depths along its 350-km coastline. Except for the Portovenere and Portofino promontories, it is generally not very jagged, and is often high. At the mouths of the biggest watercourses there are small beaches, but there are no deep bays and natural harbours except for those of Genoa and La Spezia. The ring of hills lying immediately beyond the coast together with the sea account for a mild climate year-round. Average winter temperatures are and summer temperatures are , which make for a pleasant stay even in the dead of winter. Rainfall can be abundant at times, as mountains very close to the coast create an orographic effect. Genoa and La Spezia can see up to of rain in a year; other areas instead show the normal Mediterranean rainfall of annually.
The Ligurian Sea also attracts several specimens of sperm whales, rorquals and dolphins, who find their natural habitat and live safely in this area known as the "Sanctuary of Cetaceans." The extensive woods of Liguria with their centuries-old trees, a true natural legacy, are an excellent alternative to traditional tourism. Immersion into the region's natural environments allows one to get to know and see the places where man, with love and dedication, has managed to cultivate the best possible fruits from this land. Places full of history, culture and traditions, which witness the passage of ancient peoples coming from the sea.
Most of the coastline of the region is known as the Italain Riviera and the authentic character of the region can still be found in the quiet corners of certain seaside villages or in the rare coves still unaltered by the hands of man. In the Cinque Terre, for instance, a group of picturesque fishing villages clinging to a rocky coastline, cars are banned. The beautiful inland area, bypassed by the tourist hordes, is surprisingly and unexpectedly fascinating and deserves greater attention. Behind Sanremo alternative itineraries touch the medieval villages of Taggia and Triora; Pigna with its characteristic chibi (alleys) surrounded by olive groves; Apricale, a medieval village magnificently facing south; Dolceacqua, with the Doria castle and vineyards. Farther north, on the slopes of Mount Saccarello (2,200 m.) lies Monesi, a winter sports resort.
Physical Profile of the Liguria Region
- Rock Climb the Liguria Region
- Bike Tour the Liguria Region
- Hike/Walk the Liguria Region
- Other Outdoor Activities
Cinque Terre – Famous collection of five coastal towns, incredibly popular for the hike that connects them, UNESCO World Heritage Site.
La Spezia – City just south of the Cinque Terre, Roman amphitheatre in nearby Luni
Portofino – Small town on the Italian Riviera, beautiful port, nearby beach
Portovenere – Town near La Spezia in southern Liguria, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ventimiglia – City in northern Liguria, home to Balzi Rossi caves where the remains of a Cro-Magnon family were found
Sanremo – City on the Italian Riviera, very close to France, host of annual Sanremo Music Festival and Milano-Sanremo bicycle race


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Microsoft duels Amazon over cloud computingNovember 7, 2010
Five years after unveiling a plan to shift into cloud computing , Microsoft Corp. may finally be making headway.
Microsoft's then-Chief Technology Officer Ray Ozzie penned a memo in October 2005, saying the company was at risk if it didn't reinvent itself as a provider of software and computing services over the Web.
Heeding the warning, Microsoft has signed up customers including Toyota Motor Corp., 3M Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. for its cloud product. By March, 90 percent of the company's engineers will be working on cloud-related products, says Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. And the server unit may generate $10 billion in annual revenue from cloud services in a decade, says Microsoft President Bob Muglia.
"We will see those numbers and more," Muglia said in an interview.
Developers learned more about the cloud strategy during a recent conference at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., where Microsoft highlighted tools that make it easier to move applications to the cloud.
Cloud computing is Web-based processing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand over the Internet.
Further progress in cloud computing will hinge on whether Microsoft can narrow Amazon.com Inc.'s lead. Microsoft last year released its flagship cloud product, Azure, which stores and runs customers' programs in its own server farms.
That came three years after market leader Amazon introduced a suite of cloud services that let companies rent, rather than buy, servers — the powerful machines that run networks and handle complex computing tasks.
Still, Microsoft ranks high in surveys asking chief information officers which cloud vendors they plan to use, said Sarah Friar, a software analyst at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
"What Microsoft is doing well from a cloud perspective is they are enterprise class and understand what it means to both sell to large enterprise but also meet all their requirements," said Friar, who is based in San Francisco.
The approach won over Toyota . The automaker is using Azure to track the 2,000 calls daily that come into the Lexus roadside and crash assistance service. The program took days to implement, compared with weeks for an internal database, said Glen Matejka, a Toyota manager.
3M, whose products range from Post-It notes to flu tests, uses Azure to host a new program, called Visual Attention Service, that lets website designers assess which parts of a site catch the human eye.
3M halved costs by entrusting the program to Microsoft's machines instead of its own, said Jim Graham, technical lead for the program.
Cloud computing can make it affordable for companies to tackle projects that previously would have required purchasing and maintaining tens of thousands of servers.
"Look at the so-called quants on Wall Street," said Microsoft General Manager Bill Hilf. "They say, 'I want to ask a question, but it's going to take me 20,000 servers to answer.' " Each time that happens, banks don't want to build a new server farm. They want to just access those machines as needed.
Getting customers on board wasn't easy. During Microsoft's mid-year reviews, a series of meetings in hotel ballrooms near Microsoft's campus early this year, executives got a sobering message from sales staff, Muglia said. Customers weren't convinced Microsoft took its cloud push seriously, Muglia said.
"When we talked about choice, what they heard was we were hedging our bets," he said.
Microsoft sales chief Kevin Turner decided that the pitch needed to change. Rather than discussing various options, Microsoft's sales force has altered its pitch to "lead with the cloud" and now focuses customer meetings on cloud technologies, Muglia said.
"These are powerful new platforms that are creating a wave of new opportunity," Ballmer said at Microsoft's developer conference.
Microsoft's biggest challenge in cloud computing may come from Seattle-based Amazon. Amazon generates about $500 million in sales from cloud services, more than five times Microsoft's cloud-related revenue, according to Friar.
Amazon's Goal
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has said Amazon Web Services, which includes the company's cloud services, will eventually be as large as its electronic-commerce business, which makes up 97 percent of sales. Neither Amazon nor Microsoft discloses cloud- related revenue.
Among small and medium-sized businesses, 77 percent surveyed by Goldman Sachs said they used Amazon, compared with 10 percent for Microsoft and 17 percent apiece for Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. Larger businesses reported 12 percent use for Microsoft, compared with 18 percent for Salesforce and 11 percent for Google. Amazon wasn't included in that survey.
Amazon isn't encountering a lot of competition when it bids for customers, said Adam Selipsky, an Amazon vice president.
"We're really not being told by customers or prospects about material adoption of broad cloud offerings that are currently out there from other vendors," he said.
IBM's Role
International Business Machines Corp. started offering cloud programs in March that let businesses develop and store programs in IBM data centers.
VMware Inc., a software maker, has an edge over Microsoft in so-called private clouds, which store programs in a company's own servers, Friar said. And Google and Salesforce have some high-end features Azure lacks, according to David Smith , an analyst at Gartner Inc. in Stamford, Conn.
Selling software as a service may also squeeze Microsoft's profit margins because it entails additional costs of operating data centers to run customer programs, Friar says.
Still, the company should be able to generate more revenue from cloud products than for its regular software, Muglia said.
Cloud products, which are sold as a subscription, may help Microsoft get more customers on multiyear agreements. Those make revenue flow more predictably and lessen reliance on the vagaries of product cycles and computer upgrades, Smith said.
Catching Up?
Microsoft may not lag behind rivals long, Goldman Sachs research suggests. When the firm's analysts asked companies about the future, 29 percent listed Microsoft in their cloud purchasing plans. IBM came in second, with 25 percent, Salesforce racked up 24 percent and Google garnered 20 percent. Amazon trailed, with 8 percent.
Muglia likens the advent of cloud computing to the shift away from mainframes toward personal computers and servers. He says he doesn't want to see Microsoft consigned to a role as leader in a has-been technology, citing IBM.
"The threat is that we become like IBM is on the mainframe," Muglia said. "People still use mainframes an awful lot, but it's not where the future lies. I just have no interest in running the Microsoft mainframe business."


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Baja hotel & resort offers special monthly packages plus a masked Valentine's Ball
Declaring February the "Month of Love," Baja California's largest and best known beachfront lodging, the Rosarito Beach Hotel & Resort, is offering one-night My Sweet Valentine Packages at special prices for all 29 days.
And on Valentine's weekend (Feb. 12 and 13), separate one- and two-night packages are available that include tickets to the Saturday night Valentine's Ball, a romantic dinner event featuring live music and dancing.
The Rosarito Beach Hotel & Resort has been a top destination for visitors from California and the Southwestern U.S. since 1925. A short scenic drive south of the border, yet rich in Old World charm, the resort is the perfect spot for a two-nation vacation.
With 500 rooms – 271 suites in its Pacifico Tower – the resort has rates and specials to fit almost any travel budget. Lodging choices range from standard oceanfront rooms to a variety of elegant, fully-equipped suites.
Mexican presidents and a galaxy of Hollywood stars including Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe , Gregory Peck and Rita Hayworth have been guests over the years. And the property is conveniently close to many major Baja attractions, including the Puerto Nuevo Lobster Village (10 miles away), and the wine country of Valle de Guadalupe (just 37 miles south).
All February, one-night weekday packages in a standard oceanfront room are $159. Each includes getaway dinners for two, complimentary bottle of Guadalupe Valley wine, plate of chocolate-covered strawberries and marshmallows, and two 30-minute Swedish massages.
On Valentine's weekend, one-night packages in a standard oceanfront room are $159 and two-night packages $249. One-night packages in a deluxe one-bedroom condo are $229 and two-night packages $389. All include a late Sunday check-out.
Each package includes a complimentary bottle of wine, chocolate-covered strawberries and marshmallows, two tickets to the Valentine's Ball, plus getaway dinners for two with two-night stays, Tickets to the ball purchased separately from a package are $39 per person.
The Valentine's Ball will start at 7 p.m. in the Salon Mexicano Ballroom. Each ticket includes welcome margarita, carnival mask and free parking, As well as an expansive buffet and live music by Sonora con Inamita.
Plus, those who wear red to the Ball will have the chance to win a weekend getaway at the resort.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday gave its approval for Google to proceed with its initial public offering (IPO).
"Google has been granted its requested approval effective immediately," said SEC spokeswoman Amy Best.
Now that the company's registration statement has been declared effective -- a day later than had been expected -- Google can close its share auction inviting bids from potential investors and allow its underwriters to begin accepting some of those bids to start public trading.
Google representatives could not immediately be reached for comment.
Earlier on Wednesday, Google posted a notice on its IPO Web site that the offering price for shares will be in the range of US$85 to US$95, down from the estimate of US$108 to US$135 originally cited in its IPO prospectus.
Google, which will trade shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol "GOOG," said it is hoping to raise about US$1.3 billion from the sale of about 14.1 million shares.
Along with lowering its opening share price, Google has hit a number of hurdles in its highly anticipated, yet rather unorthodox IPO bid.
The company drew the attention of SEC and California authorities when it revealed that certain US securities laws may have been violated when Google issued unregistered shares to employees and consultants in the past. Though Google has offered to solve the problem by buying back the shares in question, at a potential cost of about US$25.9 million, on Aug. 5 the company announced that informal inquires had been launched to look into the matter.
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Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has hit back at critics who say he doesn't deserve the Netherlands captaincy, claiming his relationship with Louis van Gaal gave him an unfair advantage. (Daily Star)
The Red Devils boss appointed Van Persie as skipper during his time as national team coach, and the 32-year-old has retained the armband under the new stewardship of Guus Hiddink.
Detractors have suggested that the talisman is not the right man for the job, having singled Van Persie out for criticism during Holland's disappointing start to their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
With two defeats from their opening three games in Group A, the World Cup semi-finalists are currently six points off the pace behind Iceland and the Czech Republic.
However, Van Persie remains confident that they'll book their place in the tournament, having shown no signs of stepping down from his role as captain.
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"I have the feeling I'm in the middle of the group," he said. "The critics don't hurt me, because I get appreciated by people who can really judge.
"I receive the appreciation and feel it every day. The Netherlands is a country with a lot of opinions. Those get harder and harder, increasingly ruthless. That's a trend. I have to deal with it.
"Everyone can have his opinion. That's the world we live in. I was chosen by Louis van Gaal on the basis of who I am and what I did and am doing. I don't see why I should change."
The £250,000-a-week star has also received additional criticism for his performances at club level, with some Red Devils supporters suggesting that Van Persie should be dropped from the Old Trafford first-team, but Van Gaal has kept faith in him.
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Check out all the latest Manchester United news and transfer gossip from today.
Manchester United will waive their right to a transfer fee in order to let Brazilian midfielder Anderson leave Old Trafford for nothing in January. (Daily Mail)
Joining from FC Porto for a fee of around £20 million in 2007, the 26-year-old arrived with a glowing reputation, but has failed to make the grade having made just five first-team appearances for the Red Devils over the past two seasons.
Juan Mata has revealed that Manchester United are still waiting for Victor Valdes to make a decision over his next club. (Daily Star)
The 32-year-old is currently a free agent having left Barcelona in the summer and has been training with the Red Devils in recent weeks, during which time he has impressed manager Louis van Gaal.
Gareth Bale's agent has rubbished rumours of a possible swap deal with Angel Di Maria, pouring cold water on speculation linking Real Madrid's Welsh winger with a move to Manchester United. (The Mirror)
It was reported over the weekend that Carlo Ancelotti wanted to bring the Red Devils playmaker back to the Bernabeu, which in turn could pave way for Bale's possible switch to Old Trafford.
However, the transfer talk has been trashed by one of the 25-year-old's representatives David Mannaseh, insisting that the player will remain in the Spanish capital.


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When Bill Low created AudioQuest in 1980 it was really just a small variation of the audio activities he had started in 1972. During high school and early college, Bill had struggled to have the best audio system he could. He had built dozens of Heathkit and Dynakit amplifiers, preamps and tuners for classmates. Each US$10 or $15 he earned building kits went to buy records or to upgrade to a better piece of used equipment.
While at college in Oregon, Bill realized that instead of simply offering audio component recommendations to other students, he should sell the equipment. His small appointment-only business evolved from selling BSR turntables and Hitachi receivers in 1972, to Linn Sondek, Radford, Celestion and Yamaha (first dealer in the Northwest) in 1974. In 1975 his little shop was the largest Linn Sondek dealer in the US.
By 1976, with college long over, the urge to move to California was irresistible. The retail business was passed on to a friend and Bill set himself up as a manufacturers' representative in northern California, an especially conservative market. Dealers were fond of saying: "If I don't already carry it, I obviously don't need it." It was difficult to even get a chance to demonstrate the superb equipment was representing, which included Decca, Audionics, Koss Electrostatic, AEA, Dunlap Clarke, and Celestion among others.
During visits to southern California, Bill learned that the two markets were very different. The standard answer from the southern dealers was: "Sure, bring it in and let's listen." So, in 1977 Bill moved south. Unfortunately, the combination of open-minded dealers and excellent equipment (Cizek, Decca, RAM, Koss Electrostatic, RH Labs, PSE, Ariston, Armstrong, Rogers, Chartwell) still didn't work. The truth was (and is) that Bill was just plain not good at selling! He never became a professional salesperson, he never learned how to sell other peoples' products.
After six years inside the audio business, both as a retail proprietor and a manufacturers' representative, Bill once more started a by-appointment-only store out of his living room in Santa Monica. This time Bill made one small but very important decision … he decided to make custom audio cable for his store.
Audio cable became a visible subject in the US in 1976 when Polk Audio introduced a Japanese sourced cable under the name Cobra Cable. This high capacitance/low inductance Litz cable encouraged some amplifiers into self-destruction, but it usually made systems sound better. By 1978, Polk, Bob Fulton, and Jonas Miller Sound had made audio cable an important subject for those at the leading edge of audio.
Since the 1960s, Bill had appreciated the advantages of using better than average cable. In 1977 Bill bought a spool of the 12 awg lamp cord that Noel Lee (future "Head Monster") was selling to his dealers in northern California (Bill and Noel used to sub-rep each other's lines in the two California territories). In 1978, Bill and another small retailer cooperated in ordering a custom-made twisted pair litz speaker cable. In some ways Bill is embarrassed to remember this cable which he refers to as "original recipe" … it had 435 strands per conductor and didn't use very good copper. However, as a starting point it was really very good. It clearly outperformed the Fulton Gold cable that was considered top-of-the-hill at that time. It was spiraled and it did not have any electrical contact between bare strands.
Over the next two years, Bill manufactured this cable, and a second smaller model, simply with the intention to sell them in his small store. However, other dealers in the Los Angeles area began to buy this cable from Bill. It was also distributed in Japan. In 1980, Bill realized that it was time to make cable for the purpose of selling to other dealers. He started AudioQuest.
The evolution of AudioQuest cables has taken place over the entire life of the company, however several of the most important basic design criteria were established very near the beginning. These basic priorities were established as a result of empirical experience and not by abstract theorizing.
For example, the significance of the relationship between multiple conductors, one of the foundations of AudioQuest design, was learned thanks to an accidental experiment. In 1980 a sub-woofer manufacturer asked Bill to make a heavier cable for use with his woofer. He suggested spiraling four conductors together instead of the normal two as a way to increase the cross sectional area. Bill made this cable … and he listened. The performance was much better than he expected and Bill learned that this four-conductor geometry significantly outperformed the same four conductors run as two twisted pairs. Further experimentation revealed the benefits of other variations. By the fall of 1980, Bill was setting new standards with a six conductor cable known as LiveWire Litz Green. Today, almost every AQ speaker cable uses four or more conductors in an optimized arrangement.
Around the same time Bill had an awkward but educational experience when a speaker manufacturer invited him to do a demonstration. The manufacturer was using ten feet of a brand-name audio cable. Bill hooked-up a twenty-five foot pair of his "original recipe" cable, everyone was very impressed with the much better sound. Wanting to make an even bigger impression, Bill went out to his car and came back with a ten-foot pair of his cable. Knowing that with speaker cables "shorter is better," Bill justifiably expected even better performance.
Much to everyone's surprise, the ten foot pair did not sound as good as the twenty-five foot pair (though still much better than the other brand). The two AudioQuest cables had exactly the same internal construction and both had the same thickness of clear PVC jacket. The only difference in construction was the hardness of the PVC jacket. The newer ten-foot pair used a softer jacket in order to be more "consumer friendly." This unintended experiment proved the significance of mechanical stability … an important priority in every AudioQuest cable that followed.
By the end of 1980, AudioQuest was selling to forty-two outlets in southern California and one dealer in Denver. In January of 1981, AudioQuest exhibited for the first time at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. A month later, AudioQuest was selling in Europe, Asia and most of the US.
Over the following twenty years Bill has continued to refine his understanding of the mechanisms that cause distortion in cable. There has been a logical and rational progression leading up to today's extremely coherent line of audio, video and digital cables. In 1987 Bill first published a paper he titled "Cable Design; Theory versus Empirical Reality." Even though every cable in the AQ line has improved since that time, the basic priorities Bill laid down in 1987 have not changed. His ability to implement those priorities has evolved and surely will continue to evolve.
In 1987 Bill also started to design and manufacture 75Ω video and digital cables. These were not warmed-over audio cables. They were dedicated designs based on the same fundamental low distortion principles as the audio cables, but which took into account the different priorities required for wide bandwidth applications. Over the years the video and digital range grew to include a full line of "S," "component," and RGB video cables, and cables optimized for long runs of very delicate signals such as from a satellite dish or for HDTV. In 1999 this whole family of cables was grouped under the CinemaQuest sub-brand. While a picture alone does not stimulate an emotional response as effectively as audio, the ability to use an emotionless video test pattern to objectively prove superior video performance has helped make AudioQuest/CinemaQuest's home theater business a lot of fun, and very successful.
AudioQuest has been the largest cable supplier to the high-end specialist market for many years. AudioQuest is sold in several hundred outlets in the US and in over sixty countries. Bill is especially pleased that this success has been possible despite his insistence that the foundation of the company, and the foundation of AudioQuest marketing, must be the performance of the product. In the audio world, many professionals have learned that it is not always convenient to listen to the products they sell … they might learn something they don't want to know! Bill has always understood the challenge of basing the existence of AudioQuest on the performance of the product. However, to Bill, this is the only reasonable way to do business and the only acceptable way to combine his passion for music (and all things high performance), with his need to make a living.
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The eye can be examined with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A functional assessment includes the capability to relocate the orbit and the response of the pupil to light and lodging.
The function of the eye may be evaluated in numerous methods. The client might be asked to recognize illuminated letter or things of varying sizes on what is understood as the Snellen chart.
Alternatively, the assessment of the structural part of the eye might be made in several ways. Tension within the eyeball is measured by a "tonometer." In particular illness, especially in glaucoma, the stress in the eyeball is increased considerably.
It must be well remembered that a patient with an eye problem may have other problems. Often other physical conditions are main and affect the eye as a effect. The appearance of the eye can signal the doctor and the patient to problems in some disturbances of other parts of the body even prior to other signs present themselves.
As a result, one's dependence on sight is stressed when one deals with a short-lived or possible long-term loss of this crucial sense. When restorative measures are looked for, certain kinds of vision correction such as contact lenses or eyeglasses are recommended.
On the other hand, some individuals are bothered with that they have actually some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this reason, advanced surgeries were established to motivate decreased utilization of contact lenses or glasses. Among which is the now popular LASIK eye surgery.
Essentially, LASIK eye surgical treatment is the short-term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its tangible equivalent, LASIK eye surgery is another form of vision correction. The only distinction is that with this type of surgery, one's vision is fixed permanently.
With LASIK eye surgery, the refractive errors in the cornea are permanently transformed. This can be done utilizing an "excimer laser."
The primary function of this surgery is to develop a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea using a blade understood as "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is lastly reformed, enabling better the eye to direct more light into the retina.
Popularity vs. Disadvantages
In the middle of the growing popularity of LASIK eye surgical treatment, there are still disadvantages that individuals should understand. Most likely, the primary reason this type of eye surgical treatment has actually ended up being well accepted is due to the fact recommended you read that many of its cases had achieved success.
However, in spite of its success, there are still some disadvantages. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation used click here for more to the most sensitive part of the eye
Since LASIK eye surgical treatment includes the operation of the retina, which is one of the most delicate parts of the eye, the majority of people state that the operation can be extremely risky.
Simply puts, a basic mistake could almost trigger an individual's life time loss of sight. Hence, it is necessary to think about numerous elements before deciding whether LASIK eye surgery is the right restorative step one has to go through.
2. It is not a best procedure
LASIK eye surgical treatment may remedy your vision however it does not always indicate that it can give you a twenty-twenty. Even if analytical reports show that 70% of the patients might have 20/20 vision, this does not always suggest they have perfect vision.
Provided all these things, it can be internet deduced that, in spite of the appeal of the operation, LASIK may not constantly be the ideal eye surgical treatment the method the majority of people see it
On the other hand, the assessment of the structural part of the eye might be made in several methods. It needs to be well remembered that a client with an eye problem might have other issues. Often other physical conditions are primary and affect the eye as a consequence. The appearance of the eye can notify the doctor and the client to problems in some disruptions of other parts of the body even prior to other signs provide themselves.
Like its tangible counterpart, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another type of vision correction.
2 Factors You Do Not Understand Relative To LASIK Eye Surgical Operations
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Chinese Espionage Cases Uncovered in the US in 2010
Last week STRATFOR posted an in-depth analysis of Chinese espionage in the US during 2010. The post comes as French car manufacturer Renault (alongside the national counter-intelligence agency, DCRI) investigate leaks to an unnamed foreign state after restricted information on the company's electric vehicle development made its way into the hands of 'persons unknown'.
The most telling part of the lengthy report was the huge table summarising the cases, which I present to you below (click for the full-size image):
|Chinese Espionage Cases Uncovered in the US in 2010
(Source: STRATFOR.)
Chinese Espionage and French Trade Secrets is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
North Korean defectors and the ROK Army
|North Korean defectors hold protest in Seoul
on November 29, 2010 (Source: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Public Radio International's The World carried an interesting report by Jason Struther this week on the desire of some North Korean refugees to fight liberate their former state.
South Korea is understandably reluctant (but unwilling to talk about why):
Andrei Lankov, a North Korea analyst at Seoul's Kookmin University, said in the past both Koreas trained defectors to infiltrate enemy lines. But times have changed, he said, and there are at least two good reasons these North Korean defectors should not be armed.
"One is that a creation of such a group, especially if it's publicized to some extent, will be seen to the North Koreans as a provocation, and indeed this is a provocation, " he said. "Second, if you arm these people, most of whom are ideologically motivated and probably quite selfless people who have nothing to lose, and who are determined to fight for their cause, well, you will create a loose cannon."
Lankov added that the Ministry of Defense is probably also concerned that these defectors could be spies.
In the event of a war, former North Korean soldiers could work as pathfinders and guides, and it is hard to believe that Seoul has not considered this eventuality. However, as Lankov states above, the creation of the unit would be a provocation – such a unit could only be created with the intention of toppling the Kim regime. There would be no disguising it. In addition, going public on such a move would open the door to agents posing as refugees in the future (if not some of those already in the South). Thus, for the sake of the cease-fire and their security, South Korea couldn't even admit such a unit even if it existed.
South Korean missile limits
Under the 1979 US-ROK Accord, updated in 2001, South Korea is restricted from developing missiles with "a range of up to 300 kilometers and a payload of up to 500 kilograms." The map below illustrates this current range:
|300-km range from South Korea's borders
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South Korea, however, is unhappy with the current limits and would like to be able to "extend it beyond 1,000 kilometers," according JoongAng Daily's government source.
What would 1000 km include? Have a look:
|1000-km range from South Korea's borders
While GI Korea at ROK Drop suggests that the limits might be in place to prevent South Korea from legitimising the North's missile programme through pursuing one of its own, it is hard to dismiss the notion that the US is unwilling to put Tokyo in range of South Korean missiles.
It also raises the question of just why South Korea requires missiles capable of hitting targets over 1000-km away. The projections above are deceptive in that they show range from South Korea's borders.* It is most likely that South Korea just wants to able to strike anywhere in the North from bases anywhere in South Korea.
However, could it also be forward planning? Beijing would also be within Seoul's sights, for whatever that's worth. Regardless of South Korea's intentions, just giving it a capability that might raise Chinese ire is reason enough for the US to want to keep a lid on those missiles.
Note on maps:
*The overlays showing the ranges as measured from South Korea's approximate borders. This would mean that the furthest reaches of the range would require launchers to be placed near the border or DMZ making them extremely vulnerable. Thus, in reading the maps, it is necessary to subtract a South Korea-sized range in order to account for a more practical range.
Weekend Update: Jan 23 2001
#1: Obama Hears a Hu
|Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao at a joint press conference
in Washington on January 19.
(Source: Reuters)
Chinese President Hu Jintao was in the US this week for what was expected to be his 'legacy' visit. Unfortunately, it didn't seem that any concrete political developments came out of the talks besides pledges for closer cooperation. As The Daily Beast summed up concisely, 'Obama didn't get the concessions he wanted from China's Hu. But then, he didn't have the cards he needed.'
For some, however, it was good enough:
The Obama administration accomplished exactly what it set out to do: stake out its positions on a wide range of issues in the U.S.-China relationship, appear strong on concerns such as human rights, bring a little forward momentum to the relationship, and get a few deliverables (on the trade and investment front) in the process.
If anything, Hu seemed to go into the talks hoping to settle US fears over China's recent antagonism:
It is only normal, in any relationship, to have disagreement and friction, Hu said. But he added that a strategic and long-term perspective will ensure relations will not be affected or held back by any individual incident at any particular time.
Despite this blogger's expectations to the contrary, Hu did not offer any progress on bilateral military talks. It seems ever more likely that that option is not Hu's to offer.
One of the more important discussions between Hu and Obama manifested into a joint statement on North Korea. In the statement, there was still some support for the Six-Party Talks (in whatever form they can finally settle on – it has been suggested that the inclusion of the talks in the statement was a compromise by Washington), as well as the specific mention of 'the DPRK's claimed uranium enrichment program,' which could be read as China giving some ground on North Korea's nuclear development – although China denies such a change. Whether any of what was said will amount to anything depends on inter-Korean talks, as well as North Korea more specifically.
The joint press conference with both leaders was plagued by interpretation issues which should cause the White House some embarrassment – or not, but Obama handled himself well, perhaps noticeably better than his Chinese counterpart. [Transcript here via CFR]
#2: Kan: "Japan-U.S. alliance is the foundation of Japan's foreign policy"
|Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa arrives
at Kadena AFB, Okinawa on January 20
(Source: USAF)
At a speech for the Friendship Exchange Council, Prime Minister Kan reaffirmed the necessity of the US bases in Okinawa, and promised "to strengthen efforts through various opportunities to seek the understanding and cooperation of those living outside Okinawa regarding the burden of hosting U.S. bases."
The speech came as Japan and US signed a new five-year Special Measures Agreement on 'host nation support,' often called the sympathy budget (omoiyari yosan). Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara wants to put a stop to this nickname:
"Host nation support is often referred to as 'sympathy budget,' but we will no longer use this term since host nation support is a strategic contribution by Japan," he said. "I'd like to declare that it is something that is agreed based on mutual strategic grounds."
Regardless of those mutual grounds, "Japan wanted to pay less because of its financial straits and the U.S. was hoping it would pay more in light of elevated tensions on the Korean Peninsula and China's rising might." It looks like Japan won out, but also allowed the US to insert a clause whereby Japan might "partially or completely compensate the United States for the cost of shifting U.S. military drills to other venues." A hedge against developments in Okinawa?
Appropriately timed, Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa announced that Kadena AFB's F-15 three-week training sessions would take place in Guam from April.
The Japan Times reported that:
Japan will cover the cost of relocating the F-15 drills under a bilateral pact to partially move them from U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, so about 20 F-15s can take part in each drill on Guam, with each lasting up to 20 days. Support aircraft, including aerial tankers, will also have to take part in the drills. The U.S. military can conduct the drills alone or jointly with the Self-Defense Forces.
Stars and Stripes added:
Kitazawa also told [Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima] that both governments reached an agreement to close the 149-acre Marine Corps Gimbaru Training Area, located near Camp Hansen. Closure of the Marine training facility was first agreed to in 1996 by the Special Action Committee on Okinawa on the condition that the helicopter landing zone would be relocated to the nearby Kin Blue Beach Training Area and other Gimbaru facilities moved to Camp Hansen.
The announcements came as Kitazawa visited Okinawa (and Kadena AFB) – new Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister for Okinawan Affairs Yukio Edano made a visit yesterday, and Maehara will follow before the end of the month. It shows a determined push by Kan to look strong on the problem of Okinawa, and it shows once more how Kan and his men have entered 2011 with fists swinging. His position is helped by an apparent softening on the issue following SecDef Robert Gates' trip to East Asia last week:
"They're looking for a compromise, to give Kan something that he can show to the public," explains John Swenson-Wright, associate fellow of the Asia Programme at Chatham House. "It makes sense for Washington to offer practical concessions, but I'd be very surprised if the relocation of Futenma [within Okinawa] didn't go through as originally agreed."
Regardless of whether or not this is the result of America having thrown Japan a bone, Kan could certainly do with the support.
#3: South Korea and North Korea agree to high-level military talks
|South Korean and North Korean guards at Panmunjom
(Source: Debate It Out)
North Korea's offer of talks has finally gained it some ground as South Korea agree to high-level military talks "only if the agenda included the two events that have soured relations – the sinking of a southern warship in March, and the shelling of a southern island."
North Korea latest proposal for talks came on Thursday following the US-China Joint Statement on North Korea in Washington. The question remains whether North Korea will be happy to talk about those events and whether the answers it gives will be sufficient for the South.
With a cautiously optimistic wind in its sales, South Korea is also looking at having preliminary talks on denuclearisation:
"Our position is that separate high-level talks are essential to check sincerity about denuclearization and we will propose" such talks, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said at a New Year's reception for foreign diplomats stationed in Seoul.
"If North Korea demonstrates sincerity through specific action and then six-party talks resume, our government will seek a comprehensive resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue" through its "grand bargain" idea of a one-time major deal of swapping denuclearization and concessions, he said.
"North Korea should decide on its own whether it will choose a dead-ended road of confrontation and enmity or a road of peace and prosperity," he said
An editorial in the Chosun Ilbo guesses at the reason for North Korea's willingness to come to the table:
Until now the North has told its starving people that normalized relations with the U.S. would solve the food shortage and economic problems. But the only country in the world with the ability and willingness to help North Korea is the South. This reality seems finally to have hit the North when Seoul halted all trade and exchanges following the sinking of the Cheonan. The only way for the North to reach out to Washington is through Seoul, and only through Washington can the doors to the wider world open.
One writer, Nuno Santiago de Magalhaes, was willing to connect the Yeonpyeong Island strike to the talks as part of a connected strategy to get Seoul to the table. It certainly describes North Korea's past behaviour quite well, but it's hard to say whether the Yeonpyeong attack was so well devised.
North Korea has to play its cards right as South Korea is unwilling to taken for a ride. That might be asking too much of the North.
The Small Print
Taiwan's disappointing missile test = US arms opportunity?
Abductee Yaeko Taguchi spotted in North Korea last year?
Parents of abductee Keiko Arimoto fail to secure MOFA official interview tape in damages trail
The tale of North Korea-Iran cash flow
Robert Neff at The Marmot's Hole has a fascinating post detailing the money trail from North Korea to Iran via Seoul. This quote of a Choson Ilbo article is a brief introduction:
Iran paid North Korea US$2.5 million for arms purchases in 2008 through the South Korean branch of Bank Mellat, U.S. diplomatic cables unveiled by WikiLeaks suggest. They also say that China exported to North Korea dual-use products that could be transformed into parts for Scud missiles.
For the full details, read the post at The Marmot's Hole: Following the North Korean-Iranian money trail through Seoul. Fantastic stuff.
S Korea and Japan: Hopes Dashed?
|Protest outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul (source: AP via NPR)
Some time earlier today, a South Korean fishing boat was apparently involved with a confrontation in Japanese-controlled waters near the disputed island Takeshima (Dokdo to Koreans, Liancourt Rocks to the rest of the world). From Xinhau:
Patrol ships of the both sides began the joint investigation at around 3:53 p.m. local time in waters about 36 sea miles southeast off the disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, to find out whether a 29-ton South Korean fishing boat intruded into Japan's exclusive economic zone, Korea Coast Guard said in a press release.
Earlier reports said a South Korean coast guard vessel have involved in a confrontation with four Japanese patrol ships as of 2:00 p.m. local time.
Seoul's coast guard dispatched the patrol vessel to conduct joint investigation with the Japanese side after the receiving report from the fishing boat "SSangyong", which was chased by Japanese coast guards' ships when it was sailing in waters about 42 sea miles southeast off Dokdo earlier in the day and then sailed back toward South Korean side, the press release said.
The timing of this incident could not be worse. With Japan hoping to convince the South Koreans to strengthen military ties between the two countries, there is a chance that this incident could revive South Korean anti-Japanese passions.
Of course, it is safe to assume that the timing is no coincidence either. During the talks between Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and his South Korean counterpart Kim Kwan-jin, a dozen protestors gathered outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to condem the talks. All it takes is one fervent nationalist in a fishing boat to stir up some tension, and the house of cards could all come crashing down.
It's early days yet, and we don't know anything about the pilot of the boat and his motives, but I know where my money lies.
Is China the Reason Behind Japan's Push for S. Korean Ties?
|Possible partners against rising China? (source: World Security Network)
Charlie Reed at the Stars and Stripes quotes Denny Roy of the East-West Center in Hawaii as saying:
Certainly, regardless of what motives are behind the Japanese push for better ties, China will interpret it as US-directed encirclement. That would no doubt accelerate Chinese military development and give the Chinese a sense of urgency.
The US has to tread a delicate line between hedging against and placating China's ambitions and Japan will play an important role in maintaining that balance. That will require a lot of foreign policy savvy on the Japanese side, something that was in short supply in 2010.


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c) Establishment III – Farakka Barrage Project (FBP), Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC), Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) and Brahmaputra Board (BB).
d) Establishment IV – National Water Development Agency (NWDA), Sardar Sarovar Construction Advisory Committee (SSCAC), Bansagar Control Board (BCB), Narmada Control Authority (NCA), Betwa River Board (BRB) and Tungabhadra Board (TB).
e) Ground Water Establishment - Central Ground Water Board (CGWB).
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The endosphere
1. The endosphere
It is the interior of the Earth placed below the lithosphere (120 km thick).
According to geologists and geophysicists, the endospehre consists of concentric zones of increasing density toward the center. These zone are: the atmosphere (a), hydrosphere (b), the lithosphere (c) and
- The mantle or outer core (d) with 1,200 km thick and a density from 2.7 to 5 comprising feldspars.
- The middle core (e), with 1,700 km thick and a density from 5 to 9, formed by ferromagnesian silicates.
- The inner core (f) or NiFe, formed by nickel and iron of about 3400 km and an increasing density from 9 to 11, completely solid and greater stiffness than the steel.
In the middle core, rocks have a plasticity condition due to the high pressure and the high temperatures; pressure tends to solidify them and temperature tends to melt them. When the pressure decreases through a crevice in the lithosphere, the rocks melt and the pressure exerted by the gases causes the expulsion of those rocks as magma.
2. Choose one of these words: mantle, the middle core or the inner core:
There are feldspars
It consists of nickel and iron
There are ferromagnesian silicates
Core of 3.400 km thick
Core of 1,200 km thick
Core of 1700 km thick
3. Volcano
The activity of the Earth manifests through volcanoes, hot springs and earthquakes.
If an opening or crack in the earth's crust occurs, the molten material inside the Earth rise to the surface, resulting in a volcano.
Volcano is the rupture which allows the materials placed in the Earth's interior escape. Conical mountains are usually formed. The parts of the volcano are:
- The volcanic cone: it is a hill formed by lava.
- The volcanic pipe: it is the conduit where materials are ejected.
- The volcanic crater: it is the mouth where the pipe ends.
There are inactive and active volcanoes. Vesuvius volcano (Italy) was apparently extinct but it activated and destroyed the city of Pompeii.
Volcanoes are usually located near the seas. The most important are those that form the "Pacific Ring of Fire ".
4. Choose one of the parts of the volcano and answer: cone, pipe or crater:
Conduit where materials are ejected
Mouth of the pipe
Hill formed by lava
5. The hot springs
They are springs of heated water that usually have healing benefits.
When intermittent discharges of water are ejected, it is called geysers. Some of them reach 150 meters high in Yellowstone National Park in the United States
6. Earthquakes
They are jerky movements of earth's crust. In general they are very violent and last about one second. They happen when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. The surface where they slip is called the fault.
The region where the movement originates is called the hypocenter. The depth of focus does not reach 30 km. From the hypocenter, concentric waves that reach the earth's crust spread. (See the side picture).
The region of the Earth's surface closest to the hypocenter is called the epicenter. When the focus is on the sea is called tsunami. The instruments that measure earthquakes are called seismographs.
7. Answer if these sentences are true or false:
The hot springs are healing
Earthquakes last several hours
The geysers have cold water
Earthquakes occur when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
The hypocenter is on the surface
Focus is more than 30 km
The focus of the tsunami is on the sea
The epicenter is in the earth's surface
The thermometer measures tsunamis
The earthquake is measured by the seismograph
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Men's wear takes off on its own
Menswear designers present their new collections at the revamped New York Fashion Week Mens. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: Men's wear finally grabs the spotlight on the biggest U.S. fashion runways on Monday (July 13), as New York City catches up to other global design capitals already giving men's styles their due. More than 50 designers will unveil their looks, hoping to catch the eye of discerning buyers and critical editors who will choose their favorites for next year's spring and summer seasons. "I think it's exciting that actually here in New York that mens has its own dedicated fashion week. Many times its been rolled into the women's collections and publicly hasn't really been giving the predominance that it really deserves. There is so much great talent here in New York, there is such a great contribution from the men's designers that work here in the city. I'm thrilled to see that they are having their own moment," said Ken Downing, the senior vice president, fashion director for U.S. department store Nieman Marcus. The four-day event by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) is the New York debut of Fashion Week: Men's. Until now, men's wear shows traditionally have been mixed in with hundreds of women's shows in twice-a-year events in the city. "It's really a business decision. One that pulls the men's shows out of the women's market and aligns their shows with the mens market. The mens wholesale buying period is right now. Before there was a disconnect. And now you show and you sale at the same time which makes sense," said CFDA CEO Steven Kolb. U.S. men's apparel sales totaled $62.7 billion (USD) in the 12 months ending May 2015, according to the NPD Group, a trend and sales tracking company, just over half the total for women's apparel over the same period. Men's apparel sales grew 2 percent, just short of the 3 percent rate for women's. Trained architect Carlos Garciavelez launched his business early in 2015 and is excited to be showing his second full line. "The collection centers around light, about the ephemeralities of the qualities of light. And then can we translate that into the body and wear ability about picking and showing, you know, some of them are more subtle, some of them are bright, but it is more about the way you reveal. Maybe a little adventurous part that we have inside," said Garciavelez, who also teaches at Harvard. London, Milan and Paris already hold separate men's Fashion Weeks. Recent men's styles in Europe ranged from a fanciful see-though black lace jumpsuit to crinkled nylon jackets and shoes with light-up soles. New York based designers Raul Arevalo and Brad Schmidt founded their brand Cadet in 2011 and found inspiration in wartime. "The collection is inspired by a vintage photograph of World War II paratroopers who invaded Normandy - they were the first to come into Normandy. And I was so inspired by the picture because it's very timeless it's very masculine, but what I did was, we updated the silhouettes and we updated the fabrics. So we're using a lot of tech fabrics, we're using natural fabrics, such as cotton, merino wools," said co-founder Arevalo. Feeding the trend, more public figures and celebrities are now style icons, younger workers have transformed workplace attire and technology gives consumers quicker access to styles, they say. Other brands showing on the first day included Boyswear, CWST and David Hart. New York Fashion Week Mens will run from July 13 until July 16.


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