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by Adrian Chan and Andreas Weigend
This post has been translated into German (GDI Impuls 2/2010), Spanish, and Chinese (simplified).
The social data revolution
We live in an age in which social data has become the air we live and breathe. As individuals, our actions, preferences, habits, and even friendships, leave behind a wake of data. Not only data about us, but data that captures our communication and connections. Even our conversations are now data. Conversations that can be captured, stored, and re-distributed as data. Data that connects to us, and is shared with companies and brands with whom we have relationships. Like it or not, the social data revolution is the new business environment. Smart analysis of this social data demands a new mindset.
Business in this new environment has already been profoundly affected by the new datascape. Adaptation is an imperative. But for those who will do more than survive and actually thrive in this environment, the question is not one of adaptation. It is a matter of how best to respond to the world of social data, how to metabolize it, and incorporate it as if it belonged to the very company DNA.
If social data powers the new business ecosystem, then we must ask how it affects company fortunes. The business climate today is tough. It is highly competitive, customers have more choices than ever before, and loyalty is fickle, if it exists at all. Power has moved to the consumer side of the equation. Purchases and consumer power are no longer a matter of branding and brand image, but a matter of customer choice and decision-making. Consumers drive company fortunes today, and they do so with the help of an open marketplace that is overflowing with information. Consumers are empowered by their knowledge.
If we live in an era of social data, it is in part confirmation that the original age of information is behind us. Our technologies have evolved, and with this evolution, what we know and how we know it have changed. Where in the past we produced information, we now produce communication. The history of the information age began with information processing. It continued with machine connectivity, and then document connectivity. Today, it is not only machines and documents that are connected, but people. Information alone may be informative, good for discrete transactions and closed systems. Today, it is conversational, deeply relational, and open.
Self-constructed identity
The era of social data era is marked by a self-empowered consumer, and a consumption-empowered Self. Self, not society, is the new social construct. So the individual today is no longer simply a reflection of social currents and trends, a walking manifesto of cultural forces or a tidy representative of social norms and values.
The self is not an externally-constructed identity, a reflection of social forces, but is a self-constructed identity. The Self of today discloses, shares, contributes, and creates. The value produced by the individual today is visible, is public, is social, and conversational.
Society may be made up of individuals, but the great paradigm shift in consumer trends today is not manifest in the steady march of consumers falling in line with mainstream trends. Individuals are not socialized. Society is now individualized.
Social data is data socialized
The consumer is empowered by the knowledge with which to make his or her own decisions, to share them with friends, and become a public and social identity through them. In sharing, today's consumers validate their social relevance and capture the attention of friends and peers. These and other efforts facilitated by the use of social media center on the individual. Social data is not data about the social. It is data socialized. Data that may represent social interests, but always starting as individual selections and interests. Data become social through actions and choices shared across social connections.
Brands, businesses, and institutions no longer control their own markets or messaging. They are not even in control of their brand image. All of these belong to and are defined increasingly by the consumer. For the consumer knows as much as he or she needs to know about the brand already. And connected communities know more about company products than many companies do themselves.
GetSatisfaction is an example of a site that handles customer feedback, comments, and questions. It is a site on which consumers tell brands what to do to improve and repair their products, reputations, and even their values. It is an example of how power has shifted to the consumer – for on GetSatisfaction, reputation has moved to the medium.
Transactional media
Transactions that used to entail a high cost of production and distribution, both of products and information, now take place over a medium that is virtually frictionless. We could say that where physical transactions used to distribute consumer media, consumer media today conduct transactions. Social media are the production and distribution of brand image, messaging, of product, and even its consumption.
In the age of social data, the distance between production and consumption collapses because both occur in the same place: online. Music is discovered, purchased, played, and recommended, all in the same place. Television, movies, and videos are discovered, rented, viewed, and shared in the same place. Content is also consumed in more places than in the past, when sound and image were bound to the physical medium on which they were pressed.
We might say that media today are media of transactions, and mean it as a metaphor. But we mean it literally and very concretely indeed. Media that in the past were the physical storage of content mass produced and consumed compete today with an entirely new mode of mediation. Social media not only capture and transmit content, but mediate the social connections along which it is so often distributed. The medium is not only the message. It is the messenger, too.
Content today can be consumed immediately after its production. This is one source of the transformative power over which social media presides. Note that we say "immediately." Content available immediately is content already here – delivery is not an obstacle. Mediated transactions provide immediacy: what we want, when we want it, here, and now.
Attention is interest
Of course not all consumption occurs online. But even offline, the social data revolution is driving a transformation. Because what the consumer wants, starts not with your brand or its image, your products or their utility, but with the interests that frame the consumer's decision-making. If it is said that social media create an attention economy, it is because consumers pay attention to what interests them. They pay for the brand experience with their attention, and on terms that are theirs alone to negotiate.
Consumers have the choice, and the consumer is always right. Interest and attention precede the discovery, precede the comparison, the sale, and the relationship. All of these are anchored in the consumer and the consuming Self: interested, engaged, rational, irrational. But most importantly to us, connected.
What matters to today's consumer is this freedom of self-determination. An ethos of choice, and an ethic of freedom, for an age in which companies no longer drive their markets. Consumers do the driving. Companies today are driven by customer demands, expressed through social data. This is to say that the enormous power harnessed by connecting machines to machines, documents to documents, and people to people – in short, the socialization of data – now presents us with an indisputable paradigm shift.
Everything changes: the consumer produces, impressions express intentions, brand image has become talk, segments are individuals, communication is listening, sales is service, and transactions are conversation.
The relational economy
At the heart of the social data revolution is the relation. For the new rules of the social data economy are relational. Data in the social age does not just capture value, it captures a relation. By its connections with the intentions, attention, and conversations through which it is shared and distributed, data has is socially connected.
Companies did not bring this about, consumers did. Consumers chose to share, to connect, and to communicate. And on this basis, we can say that the relational economy is the choice of consumers to express themselves not as market segments, but as individuals.
In the relational economy, relations that matter to consumers express interests. Social data captures the interests consumers relate to. Interested, engaged, and knowledgeable consumers relate to what they want, what they like, and what their friends like. They relate because it is through communication and shared connections that they build and maintain relationships.
If an individual wants to share his or her credit card purchases through a site like Blippy, then this is not because they are just a fanatic for sharing data. It is because in sharing data, and in socializing it, they relate. Atomic actions, perhaps, in the form of discrete purchases and transactions. But atomic actions with the valence of social bonding. No company will be as smart at designing the relational bonds among products and brands that matter to a consumer, as the individual consumer is in expressing those relations in the first place.
Consumers disclose their interests and relate their preferences in actions captured in realtime. Forty-thousand tweets per minute, half a million items on Facebook, four million searches on Google. At a rate that doubles every one and a half years, consumers produce enough data about themselves to soon dwarf everything that has until now been so carefully studied by marketers, analysts, and researchers. The bullhorn has flipped, and if there's any marketing message worth paying attention to, it is the one bellowed by the connected consumer.
The new mode of production
Conversation is the new marketing. Markets are no longer made by the brand, around brand image, and by means of brand messaging. Markets are made by consumers, through their connections, and interests as related in conversation. Distribution through conversation is the new mode of production.
Markets do not make conversation, conversation makes markets. Again, the social data revolution inverts and reverses the relationship of brand and consumer, placing the burden now on brands to behave transparently, honestly, and on terms that interest the consumer. To this end, we encourage brands to listen. To listen to what consumers have to tell them, and to get engaged with what consumers are saying to each other.
It used to be the case that brands had to struggle to supply consumers with information. But the coming age of the internet practically erased the cost of communication. What was once scarce – information – is now available in surplus. Through online access, a vast web of product names, sites, pages, reviews, and other searchable results, consumers face little difficulty learning about the products that meet their needs and interests.
Conversational marketing
The new marketing, then, listens to the conversations in which consumers express and share their interests through social data. It listens not just for mentions of itself, hoping to see itself and its brand reflected in the consumer. It listens to what consumers share about themselves, in how consumers brand themselves and their identities. The new marketing recognizes the power in helping consumers see themselves reflected in the brand. This is not about image, it's about interaction. For consumers will recognize themselves in brands that repay their attention and reciprocate their interest.
The social graph and the many sites that tie into it are where much of this interaction is possible. Examples are numerous, from Facebook Connect and its new Open Graph, to twitter, realtime search and more. All of these point to an ever-expanding distributed conversation. One in which the mode of distribution is friends talking to their friends, and brand engagement is mutual, genuine, and reciprocal.
This is not just a matter of the eyeballs having turned from one screen, the TV, to another. It's not just a matter of changing medium – it's about talking now instead of looking. And this is new, even still, to many brands. Of course brands like to see themselves mentioned and reflected in consumer opinion. But then so, too, do consumers. Consumers are the new brands, and they do their branding in person. Conversation is the highest form of shared value, individually produced, and mutually engaging.
Conversation is the new marketing because it is the right way to engage with the medium. Indeed, social media carry so much conversation that it is the consumer's attention that presents the new bottleneck. We have left the old paradigm, in which information presented the bottleneck for its scarcity and unavailability – a problem now solved by search. Today's paradigm is marked by the scarcity of consumer attention. So much information is now available, in the form of blogs, comments, reviews, recommendations, status messages, and tweets, that the greatest challenge facing the marketer is capturing the consumer's attention.
Consumers do the branding
When conversation replaces image-making and messaging as the new marketing, old techniques of market segmentation and targeting fall by the wayside. Communication becomes relational. Social networks and online social spaces, including those carved out by streaming applications for status and short messaging, replace display spaces and screens. Marcom and online social interaction are fundamentally different. They engage consumers by means of the interests that consumers take up in brands and companies. Products valued not just for image or function, but for the values expressed by the companies that make them.
In any marketplace, sharing is of the essence. Sharing builds relations that communicate to friends and across social circles. Shared values, interests, and pastimes spark and engender conversations that are more meaningful to consumers than at any time in the past. Because what consumers share is always within a context that is relevant to them, through a medium that has become a daily habit, and at a time when it counts. Consumers create conversation around their tastes and interests that is rich in social utility. The ways that consumers identify themselves in their talk weaves a web of personal and social interests in which the relationships in data can be deeply human and meaningful.
It is the brand that now wants to be seen in the proximity of the consumer, not the consumer who desires to identify with the brand. The social self is now so self-constructed and socially connected that consumers expect to see themselves reflected in the brands they relate to. Consumers make brands in their own image, revealing this in their own words and interests. Brands that adopt a conversational approach to marketing will benefit from this shift the most. For it is then that brands can best anticipate, respond to, and engage with consumers.
The relational economy comes to life across the many screens and through the many channels that social media make available today. At the present time, mobile devices promise perhaps the greatest set of new opportunities. Mobile devices belong firmly in the hands of the consumer, and involve deeply personal and habitual uses and practices. They are the closest to the consumer and provide honest and accurate social data. Increasingly, this data tells us where a consumer is, and what he or she is doing, and sometimes even with whom. Conversations held in public and across services like Foursquare will soon unfold across and around Facebook and twitter.
Join the revolution
With the participation of savvy merchants and brands, consumers embrace deals and offers that they receive dynamically, socially, and situationally. Situational awareness in fact represents an entirely new frontier to the socialized brand. For it provides the opportunity for the salesperson to greet consumers before they have even stepped into the store. Street-aware marketing, not on the basis of the guerrilla tactics of past viral agencies, but using relational and personal sensibility. Imagine a day when marketing may not have to approach the consumer, because it will instead be able to anticipate the consumer's approach. Many consumers may willingly disclose that they are on their way, with products on their mind, and with a little company from their friends.
If service is the new sales, helping customers serve themselves is the new customer service. With social media today providing consumers the means to get their satisfaction, brands are realizing that the new consumer not only helps him or herself, but helps others, too. Service is leaving the call center and joining the web, driven not by corporate headquarters, but by consumers themselves. Service of this kind happens whether you like it or not, for it is in helping others that proactive consumers find their motivation. Smart brands will connect these consumers, will listen in, and provide expertise when needed and gratitude when it is not.
Mobile devices will bridge the digital divide between off and online, providing a view of the customer rich in dynamic perspectives onto their interests and interactions. In such a realtime environment, the challenge of social data becomes not one of how to obtain it, but of how to extract meaning from it. Yesterday was the best time to start learning from this data. Today is too late, and tomorrow will belong to your competitors. Data sourcing and measurement, data analysis and metrics, these are the new marketplace. Success will come to those companies that have learned how to use it.
So join the social data revolution. This one, for sure, will not be televised.
Andreas Weigend is former Chief Scientist at Amazon.com, and teaches at Stanford and UC Berkeley.


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This Christmas travel season could be the busiest in six years, with AAA predicting that 93.3 million Americans will hit the road. That's 1.6 percent more than last year and just 400,000 people shy of the 2006 record.
More cars will crowd the highways than ever before, largely because finding a seat on a plane at a desirable price has gotten more difficult. AAA says a record 84.4 million people will drive at least 50 miles between Dec. 22 and Jan. 1. That's 90.5 percent of holiday travelers, up from 89.3 percent six years ago.
Put another way: one in four Americans will be driving long distances for Christmas and New Year's. So expect plenty of traffic jams, crowded highway rest stops and overflowing toll plazas.
The price of gas could be close to the average of $3.23 a gallon that drivers paid last Christmas Day. The price has dropped about 50 cents since September. AAA estimates the average price will range between $3.20 and $3.40 a gallon by New Year's Day, according to AAA. That's pricey, but hardly a deterrent to holiday travel.
"The year-end holiday season remains the least volatile of all travel holidays as Americans will not let economic conditions or high gas prices dictate if they go home for the holidays or kick off the New Year with a vacation," say AAA president and CEO Robert Darbelnet.
The travel forecast done by IHS Global Insight for AAA, one of the nation's largest leisure travel agencies, is based on interviews with 655 Americans and factors in estimates about the overall health of the economy.
While about 1 million more people will driver, fewer will travel by plane.
Airlines for America, the industry's trade group, estimates that about 15 million people will fly between Dec. 17 and Jan. 6. The group says there will be 42 million segments — a takeoff and landing — flown by passengers. That's about 300,000, or 1 percent, fewer segments than last year.
Planes will also be fuller than last Christmas. The group's chief economist John Heimlich expects 86 percent of seats to be filled with paying passengers, up from 85 percent last year. That number could climb to 90 percent on the busiest days: the weekend before Christmas, the day after Christmas and Jan. 2.
Once fliers arrive, they'll pay more for hotels and car rentals. AAA three diamond lodgings are forecast to cost $129 a night, up $3 from last year. Two diamond properties are also up $3 a night to $95. Daily car rental rates will average $56, compared to $40 last year.

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Pay The Man
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Well, it turns out the Blue Jays 13 year streak of avoiding salary arbitration may not be in jeopardy after all.
In light of some new developments, Alex Anthopoulos announced the team has postponed their salary arbitration with Jose Bautista. That can only mean one thing; they are definitely working on signing Bautista to a multi-year deal.
It's a bit surprising because like many others, I expected the hearing would go down as planned. Then all of a sudden, there was word it had been postponed and that's when the floodgates opened.
Since the Silent Assassin is so tight-lipped about contract negotiations, we won't hear a peep about it until the ink dries on the new contract. The particulars of a contract extension are a little fuzzy, but I'm here to say that it's definitely a positive thing the Blue Jays are moving towards locking up Jose Bautista.
Worst case scenario is the Blue Jays sign Bautista to a multi-year deal and he ends up being a complete bust. That's why there are such things as club options and buyouts; so teams have an exit strategy just in case players turn out to be a huge flop.
Rest assured though, Alex Anthopoulos will not make the same mistake as previous regimes and be hand-cuffed by an outrageous deal. He's a very crafty cat and will find some way to make sure the team won't be on the hook for another Vernon Wells version 2.0 contract.
Even if Jose Bautista doesn't return to his preeminent self, it doesn't mean the Blue Jays will have to shell out money for the entire contract either. If AA7 can get the Vernon Wells contract off the books, he can get any contract off the books.
There are negative side effects of signing a player to a big contract, but there are also a lot of positives. For example, signing Jose Bautista now could end up working in favour of the Blue Jays if he continues to perform well above market value.
As talented as some of the Blue Jays prospects are, at this point they're still prospects. Guys like Anthony Gose, Brett Lawrie, Jake Marisnick and Adeiny Hechavarria still have a long way to go to make it to the show.
There are no guarantees they will become the stars we are hoping they will be. Proof of that was very evident when the Jays traded Brett Wallace. He was not the player they thought he was, and so they had to abandon ship and find another solution.
So in that sense, it makes perfect sense to ink Jose Bautista to a long-term deal because he has quantifiable major league experience and talent. We know he can play with the big boys, and he should be paid as such.
It's also in the best interest of Jose Bautista to sign a contract now because if he completely flops in 2011, then he could have an extremely tough time commanding a multi-year deal as a free agent.
If I'm Jose Bautista, I'd much rather take the security of a long-term contract than risk testing the free agent waters. It will likely mean taking a little less money now, but that's the price you pay when you commit to a long-term contract.
Even if Bautista inks a deal with the Blue Jays before his rescheduled arbitration hearing, remember that it doesn't mean he's untouchable. Another solid year on his part could make him an extremely valuable trade commodity, especially if his base salary is reasonable.
However, I don't think that's something Alex Anthopoulos and the Blue Jays are looking at doing right away; signing Jose Bautista to a multi-year contract, building up his value, and then trading him.
Although it's paramount for an assassin to be cold and calculated, that's just not the way the Blue Jays are doing business these days. If Bautista signs long-term, I'm certain he'll be sticking around for the long haul.
Like I alluded to earlier, there are no guarantees with prospects and the very same bodes for major league players. No one knows for certain what Jose Bautista is capable of in 2011 and beyond. He could hit 50 home runs, or he could hit 5. Nonetheless, that's a risk I'd be willing to take.
Just pay the man, Alex.


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TORONTO — Canada's largest university student association has passed a resolution to endorse the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel.
The York Federation of Students (YFS), which represents more than 52,000 undergraduates at York University, voted on the resolution at a March 21 board meeting, after the Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA), a campus group, collected the requisite 5,000 student signatures to force the item onto the YFS' agenda. SAIA began collecting the signatures last fall.
The vast majority of YFS members present at the meeting voted for the motion, with 18 in favour, and only two against, according to a statement from SAIA.
In addition to having the YFS endorse the BDS campaign, the resolution also calls on York itself to "abide by the BDS call; specifically urging the university to withdraw its investments from Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Amphenol and other companies that are selling weapons and military equipment to Israel," SAIA said.
The YFS is the third student union in Toronto to endorse the BDS campaign in the current school year. The University of Toronto's Graduate Student Union and York's Graduate Students Association both voted to do so last fall.
Chaim Lax, president of Hasbara at York, a pro-Israel group, said he was upset by the March 21 result, since he believes the majority of York students don't support the boycott.
In a joint statement issued by Hillel and Hasbara groups at York, Lax called the BDS endorsement "fundamentally racist, and a possible violation of the university's anti-discrimination codes."
Ever since York's graduate students association passed its BDS motion last November, Jewish and pro-Israel groups at York have tried to galvanize student opposition to the BDS campaign, collecting some 4,000 signatures on a petition against it.
Five members from Hillel and Hasbara, including Jessica Cherkasov, president of the Hillel-affiliated York Students for Israel, spoke at the March 21 YFS meeting, presenting their own petition against BDS and urging the student federation not to vote on SAIA's motion.
Some pro-Israel supporters also questioned the vote's validity, saying they were surprised the YFS allowed SAIA to present the motion immediately after the group said it had gathered 5,000 signatures from York students, since the signatures hadn't been checked.
SAIA said it reached its total on March 19, but an external audit to verify the authenticity of the signatures had not been completed before the YFS meeting.
The issue of the signatures' validity was raised at the meeting, but did not affect the outcome of the vote, Lax said.
"Those signatures have not been verified for authenticity or duplication," said Howard English, senior vice-president of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. "We don't really know whether these are 5,000 genuine students."
The decision to hold the March 21 vote was made the previous day, giving pro-Israel students little time to mobilize.
Nevertheless, about 100 pro-Israel students showed up to the meeting, carrying Israeli and Canadian flags, Cherkasov told The CJN.
Cherkasov added that she's dismayed that the YFS, which is supported by mandatory dues from York undergraduates, would take a stand on a non-student issue, especially one that it says doesn't have strong student support.
"While we may have lost the vote, we do feel like we do have the support of the majority of students on campus who don't want to see their student government, to which they owe money, radicalized or politicized," Lax said.
Now that the motion has passed, SAIA will try to "bring its demand for divestment to the York University administration by lobbying for the implementation of a socially responsible investment policy," the group said in its statement.
However, York spokesperson Janice Walls noted that the YFS is completely independent from the administration.
"York University uses best practices in developing its policy on investments, and this is built on advice from major investment consulting firms," Walls said.
The pro-Israel students say the YFS vote has only strengthened their resolve.
"We will not let the YFS intimidate us and other groups," Cherkasov said. "We came in with a very positive attitude. We wanted to show that we have a unified front, as we always do."
The motion passed just two weeks after SAIA hosted Israeli Apartheid Week at York.
Representatives of SAIA and the YFS could not be reached for comment.


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MIAMI – Jim Harbaugh forced the Miami Dolphins to call an audible.
Harbaugh and the Dolphins broke off talks Thursday, and the team was expected to retain Tony Sparano as coach, two people familiar with the negotiations said. Both people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the negotiations were to remain confidential.
Dolphins owner Stephen Ross courted Harbaugh in a meeting in the San Francisco area, two other people with knowledge of the situation said. But after the meeting, Harbaugh was still considering staying at Stanford, one person said.
Harbaugh also met Thursday with the president of the university and the provost. The school made an amended offer to the coach with enhancements from an offer presented in early December.
A late-season collapse by the Dolphins put Sparano's job in jeopardy. He has a year left on his contract and was at work at the team's complex in Davie, while Ross was on the other side of the country courting Harbaugh.
Sparano tried to make the best of the bizarre situation. While still uncertain of his fate, he took an afternoon walk outside the team offices Thursday and encountered a cluster of media staking out the facility.
"You guys need to find a better hobby," Sparano said.
The odd sequence of events threatened to undermine the authority of a coach whose status was already shaky because of a late-season meltdown. The Dolphins lost their final three games, including a 38-7 drubbing at New England in their finale last Sunday, and finished a disappointing 7-9.
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck may have helped the Cardinal's chances of keeping Harbaugh by deciding to stay to get his degree instead of cashing in on the chance to be the likely No. 1 pick in this year's NFL draft. Luck, a sophomore, announced his decision Thursday.
Harbaugh met Wednesday with the San Francisco 49ers about their coaching vacancy. He may consider other suitors as well.
The Cardinal coach returned Tuesday to the Bay Area following their 40-12 Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech in the stadium Ross owns. Ross, Dolphins CEO Mike Dee and general manager Jeff Ireland were on the Stanford sideline before the game.
Ross flew to the Bay Area late Wednesday and departed California for Florida 24 hours later without a new coach. Harbaugh is the only candidate Miami is known to have interviewed.
Ross said before the season he expected the Dolphins to reach the Super Bowl. Instead, for the eighth time in nine years they failed to reach the playoffs. The Dolphins lost at home in December to three sub-.500 teams, and their 1-7 home record matched the worst in franchise history.
Sparano led Miami to the AFC East title in 2008, his first year as an NFL coach. He has a three-year record of 25-23 with the Dolphins, who haven't won a playoff game since 2000 and haven't reached the Super Bowl since 1984.
Among teams still in the market for a coach are Denver and San Francisco. New Broncos chief football executive John Elway has said he hopes to interview Harbaugh for their job, and new 49ers general manager Trent Baalke is looking for the coach to replace Mike Singletary, who was fired.
AP Sports Writers Larry Lage in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Janie McCauley in San Francisco contributed to this report.


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President Welcomes Russian President Putin to the White House
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PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you all. Please be seated. I'm pleased to welcome my friend, Vladimir Putin, back to the White House. We just had a constructive meeting and a candid conversation. I told the President how much I enjoyed visiting Russia earlier this year, and how much I'm looking forward to going back to Russia for the G8.
I also thanked President Putin -- Vladimir -- for Russia's offers of assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. It meant a lot to know that you cared enough to send critical supplies, and our country really appreciates it. People are going through some tough times down there, and I think it lifts their spirits to know that not only Americans, but Russians care about their future.
We've got a strong ally in Russia in fighting the war on terror. You know, it was about four years ago that our country got attacked; one year ago, there was Beslan, both of them brutal attacks, both of them attacks by people who have no regard for innocent life. And we understand we have a duty to protect our citizens, and to work together and to do everything we can to stop the killing. That's why we hold office.
And I appreciate you very much, and your understanding of this war on terror. We also understand that we've got to work to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction. We understand the stakes that people who kill in cold blood, if they have weapons of mass destruction, will kill in cold blood on a massive scale. And I want to appreciate you for your understanding, and thank you for your understanding of that.
We both signed the International Convention on the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, which was a positive statement by the world. We discussed our efforts to work together in Iran and North Korea. We both -- we have the same goal: We don't want the Iranians to have nuclear weapons and we don't want the North Koreans to have nuclear weapons. We talked about ways to achieve those goals.
We talked about the need to improve nuclear security. This year we reached a milestone in nonproliferation cooperation by completing the conversion of 10,000 Russian nuclear warheads into peaceful fuel for U.S. power reactors. And I appreciate very much that sense of cooperation. That's good for the world to see.
We talked about our economic relationship. Russia has got a growing economy. We have products that they want, and they've got products that we want -- like energy. And it's necessary for us to have a good economic relationship, one where we resolve our differences in a wise way. I told Vladimir that I'm very interested in seeing if we can't get -- complete the negotiations for Russia's entry into the WTO, the World Trade Organization, by the end of this year.
As we strengthen our economic ties we'll work to advance freedom and democracy in our respective countries and around the world. Russia has been a strong partner of the United States, and will be an even stronger partner as the reforms that President Vladimir Putin has talked about are implemented -- rule of law, and the ability for people to express themselves in an open way in Russia.
I don't know how many visits we've had. I haven't been counting them because I've run out of fingers on my hands, but there's been a lot. And every time I visit and talk with President Putin I -- our relationship becomes stronger. And I want to thank you for that. Thank you for coming to the White House to visit. Welcome.
PRESIDENT PUTIN: (As translated.) Thank you very much. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, first and foremost, I'd like to thank the President for the invitation to visit the White House. And at the outset, allow me to relate the words of most sincere compassion and support to the American people with regards to the strikes of Mother Nature that's Katrine Hurricane, which caused the death of many human lives, and caused serious destruction. Believe us, we are sincerely and genuinely having the feeling of compassion with that tragedy, with you.
Russia, in the very first hours after the tragedy, proposed its support. Of course, this aid is in no comparison with the scale -- the plan which was laid down yesterday by the President of U.S. to restore that part of the ct. But that was sincere support, and we wanted to shore up morally the people which they currently need most -- that's medications, that's the first need objects. And I must say, these events, to the entire world, have become a serious lesson not only for the U.S. It's not an accident that we have paid a lot of attention today and while we had meetings in New York, since it's a global catastrophe. Global, absolutely global catastrophe, which must make us think.
And today I told it to George, to ourselves in Russia, we, too, will draw our conclusions regarding organization activities of services related to averting such catastrophes with efficient response to the similar catastrophes which are, indeed, of a global nature. This is precisely why we've discussed these tragic events and our cooperation as regards averting of this -- catastrophe -- infectious disease, and so forth. I'm sure if we pool our effort, then our activities will become more efficient.
In general, the qualitative new level of interaction between our two countries allows to efficiently address these breakthrough strategic tasks in many spheres of our interaction. And today's meeting was another confirmation of that. The traditional, high priority subjects of our interaction is anti-terrorist cooperation of U.S. and Russia. We have agreed to enhance the bilateral coordination, including on the level of the working group to combat terrorism.
Hereby, we believe that special attention should be paid to a joint effort to avert terrorist activities, generally, and of course, with the possible use by terrorists of weapons of mass destruction. You know that a relevant decision has been adopted in New York, in the United Nations organization.
Significant attention was paid to the subject of nonproliferation, and here we have discussed the North Korean problem and the Iranian nuclear dossier. And I must say that our positions are very close with the American partners here. We will continue to coordinate our work. On our part, I'd like to point out, that the potential of diplomatic solutions to all these questions is far from being exhausted, and we'll undertake all the steps necessary to settle all these problems and issues, not to aggravate them, not to bring them to extremalities.
We have in detail discussed other crisis-related situations in the world, and I must say that on all these issues, our foreign policy agencies are in touch constantly.
We have discussed also the upcoming meeting of the G8 group, and I'm thankful to George for some of his recommendations. We will continue with our partners to be in touch, closely coordinating preparation of this event and working out the agenda, so that the meeting of G8 in the Russian Federation be organized at high level quality, but also would take the torch and uphold it, and also bring some fresh breath as regards the relevance of all the subjects as they are considered by our countries and the entire world.
We also discussed today the situation of the post-Soviet Union space. Our countries have joint interests in maintaining stability and economic prosperity of this vast territory. The position of Russia is well known. We come out for the consistent advancement of integrational process within the frameworks of this community of independent states, with respect to sovereignty of all our neighbors, their own right, without pressure from outside, to choose their mode of national development. And we will coordinate our activities with all our partners on that one.
In the course of negotiations, we have also assessed the course of fulfillment of all -- of instructions given on Russia-U.S. relations, and I'd like to point out the economic ties and this development President just mentioned, the fact that we have mutual interest towards each other, including as regards the growing Russia economy and in the sector of energy. We have discussed that in detail.
Basically, this is always the subjects of our bilateral meetings. We have vast reserves to further develop our economic interaction, and, first and foremost, as regards energy dialogue, high technologies, space research, and you know that over the past years a lot has been done both by U.S. and the Russian Federation in this area jointly.
We have discussed the possibility of accession of WTO by Russia. We discussed that in further detail, and I'm very thankful to the President of the U.S. for understanding of our interests during the negotiation process, and I hope that at the expert level, too, our specialists will be able to ultimately find some practical solutions. Even if the questions they have to coordinate are quite a few, but the positive dynamics is there, and I would like to express the hope that it will result in specific outcomes.
And in conclusion, I'd like to underscore one more time that we are convinced with the President that the firm basis of the Russia-U.S. partnership should be based on the broad ties of our societies, citizens, civil societies. And after this meeting in the White House we will have a chance to talk with the leaders of the American companies. And I hope that those meetings will also be of help and be useful, since we will discuss specific projects of participation of major U.S. companies in the Russian economy, first and foremost, in the energy sphere.
And I'd like to thank, one more time, the U.S. President that even if very difficult situation is known right now, where Mother Nature has revealed itself, well, he has found it possible to materialize our agreements and this meeting has occurred, even if it was clear that constantly with his mind he is out there, with his thoughts, with those people, with those problems. But, still, it was possible to run through the entire agenda. We have discussed all the questions there. We have agreed on the immediate steps in future, as regards to interaction between U.S. and Russian Federation. And I hope this will be a good impulse for our cooperation in all those spheres I have just enumerated.
Thank you very much.
PRESIDENT BUSH: We'll take two questions a side, starting with Terry.
Q Mr. President, with billions of dollars flowing out of Washington for hurricane relief, some Republicans are worried that you're writing a blank check that will have to be paid by future generations. Who is going to have to pay for this recovery, and what's it going to do to the national debt?
PRESIDENT BUSH: First of all, for our citizens who haven't seen what I've seen -- you've seen what I've seen -- it's -- we lost a lot of life and a lot of property. I mean, the area destroyed by the storm is the size of Great Britain. And we've got whole towns just completely flattened, just wiped out. And one of our great cities, New Orleans, is -- a lot of it is underwater. And by "underwater," I mean water over the rooftops. And those homes will be destroyed. Thousands of people won't have homes. And so this is an enormous task to help the region start growing again.
One of the commitments that I made last night is for the federal government to fund a significant portion of the infrastructure repair and rebuilding; in other words, our bridges and our roads. Our schools, the water systems are ruined, the sewer system is ruined. And I meant that when I said we will do that. Part of the recovery is to make sure there's an infrastructure that works.
Yesterday in New Orleans, for example, the Mayor was so thrilled that a portion of New Orleans, the French Quarter, for example, has got lights and sewers -- you can't drink the water, but the sewer system works. In other words, he's beginning to see some life. And it just reminded me that as we can get the infrastructure up and running as quickly as possible, get the debris cleared, get the infrastructure up and running, then life will begin.
And so, you bet, it's going to cost money. But I'm confident we can handle it and I'm confident we can handle our other priorities. It's going to mean that we're going to have to make sure we cut unnecessary spending. It's going to mean we don't do -- we've got to maintain economic growth, and therefore we should not raise taxes. Working people have had to pay a tax, in essence, by higher gasoline prices. And we don't need to be taking more money out of their pocket. And as we spend the money, we got to make sure we spend it wisely. And so we're going to have inspectors general overseeing the expenditure of the money.
Our OMB will work with Congress to figure out where we need to offset when we need to offset, so that we can manage not only to maintain economic growth and vitality, but to be able to spend that which is necessary to help this region get back on its feet. So it's a big role for the federal government.
There's a big role for private sector. And that's why I call for economic growth zones, an economic enterprise zone. Look, there's not going to be any revenues coming out of that area for a while anyway, so we might as well give them good tax relief in order to get jobs there and investment there. It makes sense. The entrepreneurial spirit is what's going to help lift this part of the world up. So we've got a -- I started laying out the outlines of a plan, and it's one that we want to work with Congress on.
Q What will it cost?
PRESIDENT BUSH: Well, it's going to cost whatever it costs. We're going to be wise about the money we spend. I mean, you're -- we haven't totaled up all the bridges and highways, but I said we'll make a commitment to rebuild the infrastructure, and to help rebuild the infrastructure. We're also spending money on -- $2,000 a family to help these people get back on their feet. There's a variety of programs. The key question is to make sure the costs are wisely spent, and that we work with Congress to make sure that we are able to manage our budget in a wise way. And that is going to mean cutting other programs.
Do you want to call on somebody?
Q The Russian-U.S. relationship largely is based on your good personal relations. In year 2008, you both will cease to be Presidents. So have you laid any guarantees so that U.S.-Russia relationship could go on not worse than it does right now?
PRESIDENT BUSH: That's a good question.
PRESIDENT PUTIN: Are they already firing us? We still want to work. (Laughter.) To be serious, well, I might say that guarantees of the positive development of the U.S.-Russia relations are based on the mutual interests to develop such relations between the two countries, with their steps, leaders can either help such an objective process of development, or be an impediment. We try to do whatever it takes to support this process. So far, we are responsible, and will continue to do so.
PRESIDENT BUSH: For example, we will leave behind some legacies -- the Moscow Treaty, which commits both countries to reducing our nuclear warheads; trade. In other words, as our countries and different companies begin to invest -- companies begin to invest in both countries, that leaves behind a legacy that will be hard for future governments to undo. There's kind of a strategic dialogue, we get in habits sometimes and the idea of setting a way for governments to talk to each other at different levels of government is a good legacy.
And so, we do have three more years, which I found out is a long period of time. And we'll be able to do more together that people -- that future governments will view as a way to move forward to keep the peace, and to be -- to deal with big issues in a complex world.
Q Last night you said that greater federal involvement and troops may be required in future disasters. Could you elaborate on that a little bit? And were you able to convince President Putin on the need to send Iran to the Security Council? Sorry to do a two-part.
PRESIDENT BUSH: No, that's -- hit me with a two-part question.
First, on Iran, we agree that the Iranians should not have a nuclear weapon. That's important for people to understand. When you share the same goal, it means, as you work diplomatically, you're working toward that goal.
Secondly, I am confident that the world will see to it that Iran goes to the U.N. Security Council if it does not live up to its agreements. And when that referral will happen is a matter of diplomacy. And that's what we talked about. We talked about how to deal with this situation diplomatically.
The first part of the question was -- oh, was how to deal with disasters.
Q Federal involvement in disasters.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Yes. I don't want to prejudge the commission's -- what do they call it, the bipartisan commission that is set up in Congress. I don't want to prejudge their findings. But I do think they ought to seriously consider the fact that there are -- a storm, for example, of a certain category, which will require an overwhelming response by government that can only be provided by, say, the United States military through NORTHCOM, because of its ability to muster logistical -- logistics and supplies so quickly. And that's what I want Congress to consider. And I think it's very important that Congress consider this.
It's important for us to learn from the storm what could have been done better, for example, and apply that to other types of situations -- such as a pandemic. At the U.N. I talked about avian flu; we need to take it seriously. I talked to Vladimir about avian flu; I talked to other world leaders about the potential outbreak of avian flu: If avian flu were to hit this country, do we have the proper response mechanisms? Does the federal government have the authorities necessary to make certain decisions? And this storm will give us an opportunity to review all different types of circumstance to make sure that the President has the capacity to react. And that's what I was referring to. I wasn't drawing any conclusions; I was just suggesting that this be a matter of debate and discussion with the bipartisan commission that is going to be set up there, with Democrats and Republican senators and congressmen.
PRESIDENT PUTIN: With regards to the Iranian subject, I might as well say that the our position is very clear and understandable. We support all of the agreements on non-proliferation, which includes Iran and others, fully, and we've always, in this regard, been open with our partners, transparent completely. And yesterday in the meeting with the President of Iran, we directly told him so. And, of course, we are against the fact that Iran would become a nuclear power, and we'll continue to do so in future, under any circumstances.
Now, as regards as to how we can control the situation, there are many ways and means to do so. We wouldn't like our -- steps could bring us to a situation similar to that one in the Korean Peninsula. We're in touch with all the partners in the process with the European-3, with the U.S. We have understanding of what we need to do, and I hope that our activities will be coordinated and will bring positive results.
Once again, yesterday I heard from the Iranian leader a statement that Iran does not seek to acquire nuclear weapons. That's the first thing I wanted to share with you.
Now -- and if you allow me, today, this way or the other, still we'll come back -- and for quite a while, I guess, in future, too -- to the fact of this horrible catastrophe, which was passed on to the soil of the U.S., having to do with this Hurricane Katrine. If, George, you don't mind, I would come back to this first question, which relates to the fact that we are taking away money from the future generation pockets. In the Soviet Union, for many decades, we lived under the motto, we need to think about the future generation. But we never thought about the existing, current, present generations. And at the end of the day, we have destroyed the country, not thinking about the people living today.
Therefore, of course, yes, we need to spend money. There is no two ways about it. And I believe that both U.S. and we in Russia, and in other countries of the world, we've been analyzing, all of us, what has transpired, how the state and the bodies responded to the current events. Many of us will draw their conclusions as regards restructuring the activities of the relevant services and bodies of the state which ought to minimize the repercussions of such catastrophes.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Final question.
Q The question to Mr. President of the United States. Mr. President, while talking in the United Nations organization, you, probably conscientiously -- talking about the strive for the road to democracy -- mentioned such countries as Afghanistan, Iran, Georgia, Ukraine, and Iraq. Do you believe the situation politically in this country is similar?
And to you, Mr. President, since we're talking about it, what is your assessment, in Iraq and in Ukraine, please? Thank you.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Let me make sure I understand your question. Do I believe the country in -- the situation in our country is similar to their countries?
Q You spoke at the United Nations about the strive for democracy --
PRESIDENT BUSH: Right.
Q -- and you --
PRESIDENT BUSH: I remember that.
Q And you mentioned Georgia, Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan -- just do you think the situation in these countries is similar?
PRESIDENT BUSH: Oh. Well, no, I think they're all different. I think, as a matter of fact, democracy tends to reflect the cultures and histories of each different country. I do think, though, they're bound by some common principles -- one that governments that are elected by the people tend to respond to the people; that they've got minority rights and rule of law. But they're all on different stages of the development of democracy.
Democracy just doesn't happen; it grows, it takes a while. It's the experience of our country. It's the experience of the Russian Federation. I mean, democracies take on the customs and habits of the particular people, and they mature. And so they're at different stages. I mean, clearly, Iraq is a struggling democracy. But one thing is for certain: the people have made their mind about what they want. They want democracy: 8.5 million Iraqis went to the polls, see, and they've got a constitution that's been written. It wasn't written under bayonet or under the barrel of a gun -- it was written by people from different factions of the society that have come together. And it will be voted on soon. And then there will be another election. So this is an emerging democracy and it's different from a more mature democracy.
Q Can I follow up?
PRESIDENT BUSH: No. (Laughter.) Got to keep order and discipline. Right, Steve?
PRESIDENT PUTIN: On the last question about Iraq and Ukraine -- on Iraq, we are aware of the situation in Iraq. Unfortunately, we are facing constant violence, and that relates to known factors having to do with the upcoming referendum on constitution there. I believe that if it will be possible to get constitution, this will be a good, strong step forward to achieve stability in that country.
In my opinion, it will be only possible if the main political forces, ethnic groups, will get a sense that it's their own constitution. If this document will be confirmed, agreed upon by the overwhelming segments of the population, if the current leadership makes a strong case and convinces population that this constitution is satisfactory to all, if it will maintain territorial integrity, will take into account the interests of major minority groups, then it will be a real step forward in settlement. And we hope very much that will occur.
Now, as regards Ukraine, well, what can be said here? The political crisis, as I said recently in Berlin, the situation is under control of the President.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Good job. Thank you. Good job.
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This is where we give key peripherals, components, and networking products their due. The competition was particularly fierce in the router market this year, as companies jockeyed for position in both the nascent 802.11ac space and the more established 802.11n segment.
Video card manufacturers answered Intel's challengethe integrated graphics in Chipzilla's Ivy Bridge processors are actually pretty goodby introducing new GPUs that are amazingly powerful. And there was plenty of action on the printer, keyboard, and mice fronts.
Here are our picks of the best PC components and peripherals.
Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs (microprocessor family)
Intel brings its 22nm fabrication process to the mass market. Though these CPUs sip power, they pack a big performance punch. Desktop systems idling at under 70 watts and laptops delivering 8-hour battery life are practically commonplace now. Ivy Bridge (number 7 on our list) sets a new standard for performance per watt.
Asus RT-AC66U (wireless router)
Ready to make the leap to the fledgling 802.11ac standard? Asus has the fastest router with the most features, including a cloud-storage service that allows you to sync files on any device and provides remote access to any PC on your network. The RT-AC66U is number 9 on our list
Dell UltraSharp U2713HM (display)
This big little monitor (19th on our Top 100) delivers the same number of pixels as a 30-inch model in a more affordable 27-inch package. An LED-backlit IPS panel boasting accurate color, excellent uniformity, and wide viewing angles, its an excellent choice for both PC and Mac users, even without a Thunderbolt connector.
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Gaming Keyboard
This is easily the best mechanical gaming keyboard weve tested this year. Its durable, useful, and just plain satisfying to use, whether youre playing games or powering through email. If you havent upgraded to a fully mechanical keyboard yet, this modelnumber 27 on our listis the one to buy.
Western Digital MyBook Thunderbolt Duo (storage device)
If you need a lot of storage right at your desktop, and your computer is equipped with a Thunderbolt port, take a long look at WDs Thunderbolt MyBook Duo. This dual-drive device (number 28) is available in 4-, 6-, and 8TB configurations with a blistering-fast Thunderbolt interface.
Linksys WUMC710 Media Connector (wireless bridge)
Most 802.11ac router manufacturers expect consumers to buy two of their routers and configure one as a bridge. Thats an expensive and unnecessarily complicated solution. Linksys was a little late to the 802.11ac party, but it arrived with the absolute best product29th on our listfor the client side.
HP ZR2440w (display)
This 24-inch desktop monitor35th on our listhas it all: A 1920-by-1200-pixel IPS panel that produces brilliant images with wide viewing angles, an easy-to-adjust stand that can pivot to portrait mode, a four-port USB hub, and an energy-saving LED backlight. It can connect to your computer via DVI, DisplayPort, DVI, or HDMI.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 (GPU)
If you find the size and power consumption of AMDs Radeon HD 7970 objectionable, this Nvidia GPUnumber 37blends the high performance of the companys Kepler architecture with the terrific efficiency of its earlier Fermi design to deliver a well-balanced powerhouse thats suited to both gaming and GPU-compute applications.
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (GPU)
AMD made a few tweaks to the reference design it originally released in December 2011. This single-GPU cardnumber 41now overpowers Nvidias GeForce GTX 680 in most of our benchmarks. Its still too big and consumes too much juice, but well accept the trade-off.
Asus RT-N66U (wireless router)
Hey, we get it. Not everyone is ready to embrace a draft networking standard. If you need a new router, but want to stick with the tried-and-true 802.11n standard, you'll find no better model than the dual-band Asus RT-N66U. For performance and features, nothing else comes close. It's number 43 on our list.
Epson WorkForce WP-4540 (multifunction printer)
This fast, capable, business-minded inkjet multifunction is a leader among the new generation of no-regrets inkjets for the office and is number 63 on our list. The best-balanced among many strong contenders, it brings swift performance, spiffy output quality, and a whopping 580 sheets of standard input. Ink is cheap, too. Low-end color lasers should be worried.
Western Digital Passport 2TB Drive (portable hard drive)
Cloud storage is greatuntil you cant access the cloud. When you need to take a lot of data on the go, Western Digitals biggest My Passport drive packs two terabytes into a 2.5-inch chassis, and it draws all its power over a USB connection. It's number 66 on our list.
Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse (computer mouse)
Windows 8s emphasis on touch controls will change how you use your computer. If youre not ready to invest in a touchscreen display, Microsofts Sculpt Mouse has a touch-sensitive strip in its middle mouse button that can move the cursor up and down and left to right. It's number 74 on our list.
Razer Naga Expert MMO Gaming Mouse (computer mouse)
Playing World of Warcraft with an ordinary mouse after playing with the Razer Naga will feel like bringing a banana to a knife fight. The 17 programmable buttons under one hand leaves the other hand free to concentrate on using your QWERTY keyboard's WASD keys to move within the game world. It's number 79 on our master list.
Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid (750GB internal hard drive)
By marrying an 8GB SSD with a midsize hard drive, the Momentus XT delivers some of the speed of an SSD with the superior capacity of a mechanical drive. This is a highly recommended laptop upgrade; for desktops, we recommend using a discrete SSD with a second mechanical drive. This Seagate drive is number 93.
Brother MFC-J4510DW (printer)
This printers innovative design finally gives Brother a reason to say follow me, instead of me, too. A wider print head prints more of the page at one time, accelerating performance, while a wider paper path allows paper sizes up to 11 by 17 inches. Best of all, this printerour number 95 productuses low-price inks.


text: 297 From Homes of Saints Glad Songs Arise Joyfully 1. From homes of Saints glad songs arise, For there the Lord is King. There faith is learned and prayers ascend, The Spirit's peace to bring. For homes where scriptures old are loved, And living prophets, too, All thanks we give; the Father praise For guidance sure and true. 2. God's truths protect the hearth from wrong When error's ways allure, Lift minds from self to nobleness, Keep thought and action pure. Then sing, O Saints, in hymns of praise; Sing thanks to God on high, Whose counsels kept in homes on earth Bring heaven's glory nigh. Text: Vernald W. Johns, 1902–1999. © 1985 IRI Music: G. William Richards, b. 1918. © 1985 IRI Isaiah 54:13 Psalm 149:1–2


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Azerbaijan Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Date of Information: 6/11/2012
|Ilham ALIYEV
|Prime Min.
|Artur RASIZADE
|First Dep. Prime Min.
|Yaqub EYYUBOV
|Dep. Prime Min.
|Elchin EFENDIYEV
|Dep. Prime Min.
|Ali HASANOV
|Dep. Prime Min.
|Abid SHARIFOV
|Min. of Agriculture
|Ismat ABBASOV
|Min. of Communications & Information Technology
|Ali ABBASOV
|Min. of Culture & Tourism
|Abulfaz GARAYEV
|Min. of Defense
|Safar ABIYEV, Gen. Col.
|Min. of Defense Industry
|Yavar JAMALOV
|Min. of Ecology & Natural Resources
|Huseyngulu BAGIROV
|Min. of Economic Development
|Shahin MUSTAFAYEV
|Min. of Education
|Misir MARDANOV
|Min. of Emergency Situations
|Kamaladdin HEYDAROV
|Min. of Finance
|Samir SHARIFOV
|Min. of Foreign Affairs
|Elmar MAMMADYAROV
|Min. of Health
|Oqtay SHIRALIYEV
|Min. of Industry & Energy
|Natiq ALIYEV
|Min. of Internal Affairs
|Ramil USUBOV, Gen. Col.
|Min. of Justice
|Fikret MAMEDOV
|Min. of Labor & Social Security
|Fizuli ALEKPEROV
|Min. of National Security
|Eldar MAHMUDOV
|Min. of Sports & Youth
|Azad RAHIMOV
|Min. of Taxation
|Fazil MAMEDOV
|Min. of Transport
|Ziya MAMMADOV
|Chmn., National Bank
|Elman RUSTAMOV
|Ambassador to the US
|Elin SULEYMANOV
|Permanent Representative to the UN, New York
|Agshin MEHDIYEV


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It's hot, hot, hot! Any spacecraft that plans to visit the innermost planet, Mercury, gets double the trouble.
On one side, it's baked by the Sun, receiving some 14,000 watts per square metre, about 10 times what a spacecraft in orbit around Earth would receive.
But the spacecraft is also then baked on the other side because the planet itself is a "hot potato", where surface temperatures can reach 470C.
It's a hellish nightmare and designing a probe that could handle this extreme environment very nearly flummoxed Europe's best engineers.
The BepiColombo mission's difficulty in arriving at technical solutions to meet the thermal challenge greatly increased costs and brought the venture perilously close to cancellation.
Bepi is now progressing well through its construction phase - albeit way behind on the original schedule - and should be ready for launch in 2015.
The European Space Agency (Esa) mission is a joint venture with Jaxa, the Japanese national space agency.
Europe is providing a Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO). This will carry 11 scientific instruments. It will fly in a polar orbit around the planet, imaging the surface, generating height profiles, and collecting data on surface composition and the wispy "atmosphere".
Japan's contribution is the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO). This will have five instruments and will investigate the planet's magnetic field. Mercury, you will recall, is the only terrestrial planet (apart from Earth) to have global magnetic field.
The UK has a prominent role on the mission. Its engineers have been responsible for the construction of the MPO spacecraft's structure and propulsion system. British brains have also done the complex mission analysis to work out how to fly into the deep gravity well of the inner Solar System. BepiColombo will have to swing by Earth once, Venus twice, and Mercury four times to get itself into the right position to map the planet.
The image at the top of this page is the main structure of the MPO at the Astrium factory in Stevenage. It's being shipped this week to Thales Alenia Space in Turin for further fitting, including the installation of the European mission's 11 instruments.
The MPO has an unusual shape for a planetary probe but, again, that's a consequence of where it needs to operate. The long edge along the bottom will be the location for a big radiator that will be kept pointed away from the Sun at all times.
"We have lots and lots of heat pipes on board," explained Astrium spacecraft systems engineer Jess Marshall.
"These have a small amount of ammonia in them. This evaporates, whizzes up the tubes and then condenses at the radiator. Everything about this spacecraft is about staying cool.
"Bepi is unusual in that it will look white. Our spacecraft normally have a gold-coloured, multi-layered insulation. Bepi's insulation will have to be much more robust - it will be a lot thicker, a lot heavier. The white outer covering will reflect a lot of heat away, but we must be very careful also that there are no holes anywhere - no gaps - or that heat will creep in."
Many people's reaction to Mercury is that it is a bit of a dullard. Unlike Mars with its many Earth-like vistas, the inner world appears very one dimensional. The US Messenger probe now in orbit has gone a long way I think to countering that viewpoint.
It has thrown up many surprises and challenged our assumptions about what the closest planet to the Sun should be like.
Messenger has revealed Mercury's rich volcanic history. It has confirmed the existence of great lava plains, but also uncovered evidence for explosive volcanism.
The probe has identified lots of sulphur (2-4%) in the surface. That wasn't expected. Indeed, there are many more volatile substances in Mercury's surface than would be expected. They simply shouldn't be there in a planet that orbits so close to the Sun, or one that - according to the popular idea - was involved in a mighty collision that ripped away its upper-most layers. And then there are these dramatic hollows that have been discovered.
This strange pock-marked terrain is yet further evidence of the release of volatile material evaporating away into space.
"We're not quite sure what that material is yet," said Dr Dave Rothery. The Open University researcher is chief scientist on BepiColombo's Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS).
"[With Bepi] we'll have sufficiently high spatial resolution with the X-ray telescope to see what the elemental distribution is within these quite small hollowed areas. "Messenger can't do that - it has a much cruder, coarser resolution. So, we'll learn a lot more when we get a more sophisticated spacecraft there, but we already know it's an absolutely fascinating planet which is not doing what it ought to do.
"That's the joy of planetary exploration - you work out what you should expect to see to test your hypotheses and then you go there and find, 'crikey, this wasn't what we expected at all'.
"We've got to have a big re-think and until we understand how Mercury formed we won't understand how our own planet formed."


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more than 35,000 from around the world
CURITIBA, Brazil—January 13, 2011 — Scouts from every corner of the world will soon have the experience of a lifetime at The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia [http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheBechtelSummit]. The bid to host the 2019 World Scout Jamboree is a combined effort of the Boy Scouts of America, Scouts Canada, and the Scout Association of Mexico. This will be the first time the World Scout Jamboree has been held in the United States in more than 40 years.
The bid to win the 2019 World Scout Jamboree was voted on by the World Scout Conference, which comprises 160 national Scout associations that represent 220 countries and territories around the world. The 160 associations make up the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and each member association is able to send Scouts to represent their country at a world jamboree.
The North American bid committee began its work in 2009 and met six times to plan the bid process. A youth contingent from Canada, Mexico, and the United States submitted its bid to the World Scout Conference, and toured the West Virginia site. The group wanted to experience the site firsthand and gather photos and other testimonials to support its presentation to the World Scout Conference in Brazil in January.
For 12 days, thousands of young people from around the world gather in a tented city for activities and adventure during a world jamboree. Scouts have an opportunity to interact and participate with others from different cultures and to build solidarity and understanding across cultural and geographical boundaries.
The Summit, the Boy Scouts of America's newest high-adventure base and the permanent home for the BSA's national Scout jamboree beginning in 2013 and continuing in 2017, consists of 10,600 acres.
"Scouts who attend the 2019 World Scout Jamboree at The Summit will, for the first time at a world jamboree, be able to participate in white-water rafting, rock climbing, and mountain biking. We are very pleased that the conference saw the wealth of new and exciting activities that will be available at this site and will make it available to young people in the program," said James Turley, international commissioner.
Aimed at 14- to 17-year-olds, Scouts attend the world jamboree in groups called contingents. They are encouraged to meet other Scouts from different cultures, religions, and countries, ultimately learning that strangers can become friends. The event is supported by thousands of international adult volunteers.
While Scouts Canada has hosted a world jamboree in the past—1955 and 1983—this will be the first time that Asociación de Scouts de México, Asociación Civil will share hosting duties with Canada and the United States. "The Asociación de Scouts de México is proud to join Scouts Canada and the Boy Scouts of America to host the 2019 World Scout Jamboree. The opportunity before us is magnificent because the Asociación de Scouts de México is a smaller Scout association and most likely would never host a world Scout jamboree on our own. Here, we will combine our talents and our cultures to bring what will prove to be one of the most incredible, successful jamborees ever!" said Presidente Nacional Omar Lugo Aguirre.
To enhance international contingents' visit to North America, some Scouts will begin this trip in Mexico, where they can immerse themselves in more than 3,000 years of Mesoamerican culture. Also available will be tours of Canada's vibrant cities and unspoiled wilderness. U.S. tours will include Washington, D.C., the Grand Canyon, and Hollywood.
"There has always been a wonderful relationship between Scouts Canada, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Asociación de Scouts de México," said Mike Scott, international commissioner for Scouts Canada. "The planning process for the 2019 World Scout Jamboree will help develop this friendship and spirit of cooperation even more. This event will involve and engage a huge number of our adult volunteer leaders and young people in a process that will immerse them in different cultures and cause them to be terrific ambassadors for Canada."
About the Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America prepares young people for life by providing the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. The Scouting organization is composed of 2.7 million youth members between the ages of 7 and 21, and more than a million volunteers, in nearly 300 local councils throughout the United States and its territories. For more information on the Boy Scouts of America, please visit www.scouting.org.
About Scouts Canada
Scouts Canada was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. With a membership of about 146,000 it is the second largest Scout association in North America. Scouts Canada has always been in the forefront of world Scouting, providing leadership and financial support to other Scout associations. Scouts Canada hosted the last world Scout jamboree held in North America in Calgary in 1983. For more information on Scouts Canada, please visit www.scouts.ca.
About the Asociación de Scouts de México
The Asociación de Scouts de México has always been a leader for Scouting in Spanish-speaking countries throughout the Americas. It continues to host large regional events and provide leadership to several Scout associations. Founded in 1920, the Asociación de Scouts de México is headquartered in Mexico City and boasts a membership of more than 30,000 members, making it one of the largest Scout associations in Latin America. For more information on the Asociación de Scouts de México, please visit www.scouts.org.mx.


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A few notes after reading some of the documents and clippings about the UN vote:
- This annual event is really a demonstration of
's relentlessness when it comes to multilateral diplomacy. The Havana embargo is a very important theme in its political messaging at home and abroad, and the debate on this resolution raises the issue to a high profile every fall. It forces a discussion in the UN, it forces the U.S. government to address the issue, and the whole event resonates in U.S. , so that Cubans see that virtually the whole world votes "yes" on a resolution that their government proposes. And beyond the vote there's the resolution's feature of an annual report (pdf), which results in an annual compilation of governments' and international agencies' views on the embargo and its impact. Cuba
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and Israel voted with the Palau . I have never heard anyone ask an Israeli official for an explanation, but United States 's vote has always seemed tongue-in-cheek to me – "We'll vote with the Americans, and we'll keep on investing in Israel ." Cuba
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, Australian radio put the question to Sandra S. Pierantozzi, the Palau 's Minister of State in this interview. The minister refused to tie the vote to Republicof Palau 's request for $225 million in Palau aid over the next 15 years, but she indicated that the U.S. offer of $156 million is "not acceptable for our people." U.S.
- The two new votes in favor of the resolution are
(the new FMLN government) and El Salvador . Iraq
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? Blame it on the Bush Administration; that country last voted with the Marshall Islands in 2007 and now abstains. United States
- Amnesty International renewed its call for the
to end the embargo. United States
- Speaking of forcing the issue, the statements of the State Department spokesman and Ambassador Rice are interesting. The Cuban use of the term "genocide" is way out of bounds and deserved rebuke. And the Obama Administration is right to tout its diplomatic contacts with
and its liberalization of some Cuba regulations. But the shots at "Cold War" rhetoric are kind of funny in defense of a Kennedy Administration policy. Ambassador Rice talked about policies based on humanitarian concern for the Cuban people, holding up Cuba agricultural sales and private humanitarian aid as emblems of our virtue. Let's hope the Administration, with that concern in mind – not to mention its aversion to Cold War relics – further defines its policies on the kinds of trade that should be permitted and the degree of contact that should be allowed between our societies. Finally, the Administration completely let pass the Cuban contention that the U.S. embargo goes beyond bilateral economic relations and effectively disrupts other countries' commerce with U.S. . Cuba


text: MAKEUP FOR MEN Should men hire a professional makeup artist? The choice is up to you, whatever makes you the most comfortable. We are happy to schedule a professional makeup artist if you like; The makeup artist is there to help eliminate shine, lighten under-eye shadows, cover blemishes, even skin tone, etc; They can also help with male grooming, tweezing eyebrows and stray hairs; For some men, the main reason the artist is there is for hair styling, often helpful for longer hair; Some men simply prefer to have a makeup artist, and that is great. On the other hand: While we strongly recommend a makeup artist for women, most men don't need one; For many men, you just want to reduce shine, and perhaps lighten undereye shadows, which you can learn to do yourself. We are not discounting the value of a talented makeup artist, but rather making the point that men should look natural and masculine in their headshots, and not "made-up." Either way, we also recommend you learn to do the basics for yourself. Besides photo shoots, this will help you to look your best for auditions and events as well. Go to a MAC Cosmetics store or counter (we recommend the MAC Pro Store on Robertson Blvd. in Los Angeles) and pick up some basics. Start with a translucent powder (or mattifier) to eliminate shine. Next you could consider concealers and lip balm. For some, you could learn about matte bronzers, clear eyebrow gel, etc. The people at the pro store cater to actors, so they will be very helpful. The can teach you about the products, and how to apply them.


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Eagle County woman fuels her car with used fry oil
EAGLE COUNTY — A local environmentalist is putting her money where her motor is, fueling her car with used fry oil from a local restaurant.
Amanda Nichols drives her 1977 Mercedes 300 D diesel every day between Gypsum and Avon, for her job as the education and outreach director for the Eagle River Watershed Council.
And we'll answer the obvious questions right away: Yes, she says, sometimes it smells like hamburgers.
"I always think about the bicyclists as I'm going by. They could be smelling diesel fumes, but they're smelling hamburgers," Nichols said.
Her Mercedes weighs 3,186 pounds and hasn't gained an ounce on the fry oil. Sometimes it'd be good to be like that car.
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The Eagle River Watershed Council's office are above the Northside Café in Avon, where, not so long ago they started selling Benderz Burgers and all the wonderful stuff that goes with them.
The Watershed Council folks are Northside regulars and one day Amanda asked owner Jim Pavelich what he did with his used vegetable oil. It turns out that some company comes around and picks it up, and pays the restaurant a few pennies per gallon.
Amanda asked if she could have some, Pavelich said something like, "Certainly," and Amanda started using about five gallons a week in her car.
Amanda said she and her boyfriend were looking for diesel trucks that were either converted to run on vegetable oil, or they could convert themselves. When they found the Mercedes, they grabbed it.
It has two tanks. She starts it on the diesel and when it's warm enough —about five minutes — she switches it to vegetable oil.
"It's messy and extra work, but it's very gratifying," Nichols said.
Fuel science
Daniel Olsen, Ph.D., is a professor with Colorado State University's mechanical engineering department. He checks out stuff like this all the time, and says Nichols' setup checks out. It has to be an older diesel, like Nichols', or a newer diesel that's been tuned to do this, Olsen said.
"This is great for someone running an older engine. With a newer engine you'll void the warranty. If you're outside the warranty and you don't mind some increased maintenance and you want to try this, go ahead," Olsen said.
Olsen has been working exclusively in clean energy for more than a decade. There's more of this than one might imagine.
"Lots of people are using biofuels. A group in Rocky Ford is blending gasoline with vegetable oil. That thins it out and it does not require the two tank system," Olsen said.
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text: How Trim Level & Options Affect Trade In Value What Is My Car Worth?When you go to trade your car at a dealership, some of the more obvious things to consider is the condition of the vehicle, trim level and options of your car. The dealer looks at its resale value which is driven by factors such as how popular the model is, how much demand there is for that model and what the going rate is for similar models.How does the condition of the vehicle affect trade in value?Mechanical and cosmetic conditions are the two biggest factors that affect a car's value. If your car is in good mechanical condition, it means that it doesn't have any major problems and is safe to drive. A car in good cosmetic condition will have a clean interior and exterior with no major dents, scratches or rust.Cars that need mechanical work means the dealer will likely have to spend money fixing it before they can sell it, so they'll give you a lower trade-in value. Likewise, if your car has cosmetic damage, the dealer will want to repair it or discount the price to sell it as-is.How does mileage of the vehicle affect its trade in value?According to an article on KBBThe United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration said that the average person drove 14,263 miles per year in 2019. That's roughly 1,200 miles per month per driver or about 39 miles per day. By comparison, the DOT said the average annual miles was 13,476 in 2018.If your car has more than that, it may have a lower trade-in value because it has been driven more than average. A car with low mileage is typically worth more than a car with high mileage. The reason for this is that cars with low mileage are less likely to have mechanical problems.What are trim levels for a car?The trim level of your vehicle can play a role in trade-in value because it indicates what features are included. For example, a lower trim level may not have certain features like power windows and locks, while a higher trim level will have all the bells and whistles. When it comes to options, things like a sunroof or navigation system can add value to your car.The base model is usually the cheapest because it has the least amount of features. As you move up in trim levels, the price of the vehicle will increase because there are more features included. The most expensive trim level is typically the luxury model or the performance model.How do options affect the trade in value of a car?Options can add both practicality and luxury to a vehicle, making it more desirable and, as a result, increasing its resale value. Luxury models will have features like heated seats, leather upholstery and a premium sound system. Performance models will have a more powerful engine and better handling.Options that come standard on a particular trim level will usually have less of an effect on resale value than options that are available as upgrades. This is because cars that come with certain options already included are more common, so there is less demand for them.How does demand affect the trade in value of a car?The demand for a certain model can play a role in its trade-in value. If there is high demand for a certain model, the trade-in value will be higher because dealerships know they can sell it quickly. On the other hand, if there is low demand for a certain model, the trade-in value will be lower because it will take the dealership longer to sell.What is your car worth?Trade in value can depend on a number of factors such as condition, mileage, trim level, options and demand. Dealers rely on these factors as well as industry specific resources to establish what they're willing to give you for.Is it time to trade in your vehicle?We would love to give you a great offer for your old car. We are always looking for new inventory. Selling a car can be a hassle, so we take care of all the paperwork for you. You won't have to worry about haggling with buyers or setting up appointments for test drives.Contact us today to learn more about the process. 04/10/2023 in Trade Your Car


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