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|2009-03-20, 08:38
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Location: U.K. Hampshire
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|2009-03-20, 17:53
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Generally I've never been a big fan of anything dubbed, though I will say that the dubbed voices for Ed and Al, in my opinion, are fantastic. It's perhaps the only dubbed Anime that I've actually taken a liking to. And as for the original voices in the Japanese version, I think it should go without saying what amazing talents they are too ^^
|2009-03-21, 02:06
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Right behind you.
Age: 30
There are only three anime that I've seen that I have either truly enjoyed the dubbed versions or thought the english was better than the japanese version.
Fullmetal Alchemist is one of those three. Another is G-Gundam, but I can't remember the last one. I KNOW there's one more, but its name escapes me. Damn, I have seen way too many anime to keep them all straight in my disorganized head. Maybe DBZ? I dunno. Probably.
Though I hate to say it, depite the fact that for the most part I think the voice acting in the japanese version is superb, I really don't like Edward's seiyuu. I don't know why... there's just something about Edward being voiced by a woman that bugs me and distracts me away from whatever it is he's saying. I like Vic Mignogna way better than Romi Paku, personally. Given that Ed and Al are the main characters that we see (and hear) ALL THE TIME, that really was a clincher for me.
|2009-03-21, 02:59
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
Well, as a sub fan, I respect Romi-san as a successor of sorts to Ogata Megumi: women who sound convincing as young boys. Kobayashi Sanae is somewhat convincing as well, but when you have ladies like Noto Mamiko voicing a young boy, something is just not right.
Also, the Hitsuguya-Ed similarities give me laughs everytime. And Romi-san learns Shaolin kempo. Not tough enough? Don't think so.
|2009-03-24, 19:53
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Best Place In The WORLD
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Generally, I prefer the japanese seiyuus over the american dubs. And in FMA, i'd say it still holds true. I watched like 15 episodes in english, and then re-watched the 15 in japanese audio just because i liked the voices so much more in japanese...Idk why, but whenever i listen to the english dubs, something just doesn't "feel" right/click with me...it just all seems very cheesy. And perhaps that might be the fact that i don't understand japanese completely, so it sounds better, but i still feel that in general, the japanese voice actors sound more "convincing"/less "fake".
Anyone shed some light on that?
|2009-03-24, 20:22
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
As a general rule of thumb, seiyu do sound more convincing and do so more consistently than dub actors. Competition is stiff, especially among the ladies. If you don't have what it takes, someone else is going to get the role.
|2009-03-25, 16:53
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Suburban DC
I think over all the FMA dub is one of the best I have heard (the best is Bebop's). Everyone did a very good job. Favorites were Vic as ED and Wendy Powell as Envy.
I can understand how some people say that original seiyuu performances are better than dubs in general.
BUT, I think in context a lot of anime is TERRIBLY over acted compared to regular japanese acting like how we complain about in dubs.
The only MAJOR beef I have with modern dubs is that there is such a small talent pool compared with the seiyuu. Many modern dub actors are quite competent but compared to many non anime american voice actors they don't play characters by way of disguising their voices so often it's hard to wrap your head around one actor playing a certain character, no matter how much energy they have, it can't save the fact that they were miscast (For me that was ViC Migconiga playing Tamaki Sou in Ouran or Wendee Lee playing the famous Haruhi).
|2009-03-25, 21:48
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
Regular Japanese acting? Well, the J-drama craze of the 90s had died long ago, at least here in Singapore. As I discussed somewhere else, the main difference between live action and anime is the ability of the animators to project body language and facial expression. In live action, the actor/actress in the role has to do the job. In animation, the animators have to get it right.
Let's face it: The animators go for over-the-top expressions and body language. If the voice doesn't go along with it, we'll have a problem somewhere. Personally, I'll take "trying too hard" over "not bothering at all" any day.
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|2009-03-26, 19:12
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: New York, USA
Age: 32
I'd usually take subbed over dubbed any day of the week, but after trying FMA in both formats, the dubbed version just floored me. Vic/Dismuke/Willingham did masterful jobs as Ed/Al/Roy with the rest of the cast rounding up the nicely done, English dubbing of the series.
|2009-03-31, 15:30
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: gs series
Age: 29
i just realize that if fma remake get dub will it also get same thing like it jap version few original dub return with re-dub on other characters?
give a fact some years have past since recent fma movie dub.
|2009-04-02, 04:06
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Observer/Bookman wannabe
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
The setting is non-Japanese. Personally, I wouldn't mind listening to dubs of anime with non-Japanese settings, if the actors showed that they bothered to put in effort for their voices.
|2009-04-04, 02:50
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Location: Right behind you.
Age: 30
FMA dub was successful because they had good voice actors that also fit their characters.
|2009-04-04, 02:54
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Observer/Bookman wannabe
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
Personally, I do have minor issues with Japanese being used in non-Japanese settings, despite the medium. It's that often these minor issues are quite insignificant compared to the dub coming out badly.
|2009-04-04, 18:49
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So Like A Rose
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Foxglove
Age: 30
For the second series I do hope that Vic Mignogna (sp?) reprises his role as Edward Elric (it just wouldn't feel like Full Metal Alchemist without him imo), and possibly a newer young kid to replace the original VA for Al, since he has probably hit puberty by now and his voice would be deeper. Wendy Powell definitely needs to come back as Envy, she owned the tole
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Pasta Modern by Francine Segan
Think you know Italian pasta? Think again. There are some very interesting things happening over in Italy. Things that might make your Italian grandma raise her eyebrows. Pasta Modern takes us into the restaurants and home kitchens that are taking the art of Italian pasta to a whole 'nother level.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Francine Segan
• Who published it: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
• The angle: Red sauce is so yesterday. Time to modernize your pasta game.
• Number of recipes: 100
• Recipes for right now: Pasta with Artichokes, Prunes & Sage; Lemon-Fennel Pesto with Strozzapreti; Radiatore with Radicchio, Beer, and Hazelnuts; Farro Pasta with Jerusalem Artichokes; Risotto-Style Spaghetti with Potatoes; Ziti with Octopus & Orange-Almond Pesto; Cavatelli with Goat Ragu, Spaghetti with Rosemary & Cacao Nibs
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I wasn't sure what to expect from this book when I first picked it up. Restaurant recipes that look awesome, but that no home cook would ever make? Purposefully-shocking ingredients tossed with pasta just to make me gasp? Genuinely tasty dishes that give me new ideas for pasta night?
In reality, there's something of all three here: These recipes feel like something you'd order in a fancy restaurant, but they also feel simple and approachable in a way that makes me want to run out and buy some radicchio. There are definitely some combinations of ingredients that shocked me (artichokes and prunes? smoked trout and licorice? rosemary and cacao nibs?), but look at the dish as a whole, give it a minute to sink in, and suddenly I want nothing else for dinner.
I also really enjoyed the stories with each dish. Some are adapted from restaurant dishes, some come from people the author met on her travels, some are actually very traditional Italian dishes, but not ones many people outside Italy know about. The stories are short and informative, and they add another layer of understanding to the dish.
P.S. There's a surprise if you look under the dust cover. You're welcome.
• Who would enjoy this book? Pasta lovers far and wide
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Pasta Modern by Francine Segan
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Danger Den Water Box Plus Case (Part 5)
The anticipation...it's killing me. We have taken a look at all of the water cooling components we will be using with this case project, so now it's time to dig in and get it all set up. We will show the installation step-by-step to show what is really involved with a project of this kind. The system components that will be installed in addition to the case and cooling components are listed below.
System Setup:
- Processor: Intel E6700
- Motherboard: DFI NF 680I-LT
- Memory: Mushkin HP2-6400 2x 2048MB 4-3-3-10
- Video Card(s): 2x EVGA 8800GTS 640MB in SLI
- Power Supply: Mushkin XP-650 Enhanced
- Hard Drives: 2x Western Digital 74GB Raptors in RAID 0
- Optical Drives: BenQ DW-1655 DVD-RW, Sony DVD-ROM
Upon completing the installation, I will do a series of tests to validate the cooling performance that the components we have chosen have given us. Cooling performance will be measured at both idle and load settings with comparisons being made against the air cooling setup the system previously used. Another item we will look at is the change in overclocking ability of the hardware. Currently, the CPU being used in this project tops out at 400x9 prime stable with 1.61v on the core. This gave my air cooling setup fits and it was unable to manage the heat at that voltage. With the cooling capacity of a liquid cooled system, I look for some serious improvement in load temperatures as well as an increase in overclockability. The two video cards being used for this setup top out at clock speeds of 600MHz on the core and 950MHz (1900) on the memory when air cooled. Danger Den quoted that a performance improvement of up to 30% is possible with the lower temperatures the full coverage blocks for the graphics cards provide. We shall put that claim to the test. Follow along in this final installment of Project Danger Den.
What I found out while building this project is that the bottom half is built from the inside out. This means that once it's in there, very little room exists for people like myself with big hands to maneuver around inside the lower compartment. With that being said, the first item I installed was the radiator. It is held to the case with 8 number 10-32 screws. I used standard wire grills because I feel they offer the least amount of obstruction to the incoming airflow. The biggest thing to be careful of is that the screws do not protrude into one of the liquid tubes in the radiator. These tubes run right under the screw holes, so measure carefully. I had pre-installed the fans because it would have been a bear to get them in otherwise, so the whole assembly is screwed onto the case. Tighten the screws evenly to prevent twisting the radiator out of shape.
The hard drives mount one of two ways, either upright on the side or mounted directly to the case wall. I chose to mount them to the case wall to keep as much free space as possible to provide as much airflow through the case as I could. The head screws provided with the case do a great job holding the drives in place. Before I mounted them in place, I attached the SATA cables and power supply cabling because once mounted, the process was more difficult.
Seeing as how things will get tighter down the line, I went ahead and ran the 8-pin 12v auxillary power supply connection up to where I wanted it in the back corner. This puts it behind the optical drives back out of the way .


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Not too many years ago, I received a decorative license plate holder as a birthday gift. It bore a picture of an old hound and the words "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch." Perhaps it was a critique of my feeble attempt to recapture my youth by jogging. The plate is gone, as is my wish to stay in shape by running. Shin splints and exhaust fumes killed that.
But the admonition about keeping up with the big dogs has stayed, tucked away in a back pocket of my memory. It came to mind a few weeks ago after Metal Management Inc. (MMI) and Sims Group Ltd. announced their plan to partner up and become the big dog in the scrap industry—not just here in the United States, but around the world. By their own estimates, together they will be handling some 15 million tons of scrap metals a year, including 1 billion pounds of nonferrous (or roughly 500,000 tonnes of copper, brass, aluminum and other metals).
This is not the first time that Metal Management looked like it was destined for marriage. Shortly after it emerged from bankruptcy five years ago, European Metal Recycling Ltd. (EMR), Britain's largest scrap processor, was eyeing the company. It had acquired 15 percent of Metal Management's shares and even lent money to the company's former chairman to buy shares and possibly sell them to EMR.
Jeremy Sutcliffe, Sims' chief executive officer, provided a simple explanation why he would be yielding the top job to his U.S. counterpart, Daniel Dienst, Metal Management's chairman, president and chief executive officer. The new company needs a chief executive in the same time zone as the company's main area of operation, making "minute by minute" decisions. "I recognize that this business really needs to be driven from North America," he told a reporter for the Sydney Times.
Wherever the company is based, its sales will soon balloon from a little more than $1 billion to several billion dollars a year, regardless of whether you are counting them in U.S. or Australian dollars. Those figures will be big numbers for the scrap metals business, an industry that arose in the past century as mainly a collection of small family owned and operated businesses. Many started with little more than a small lot or garage in a rundown part of a city. Some with even less. One successful secondary aluminum industry executive used to boast that he started in the scrap business "with $500 and a pickup truck."
Where does the industry go from here? Some veteran traders and executives wonder whether this megadeal (at least from a scrap industry perspective) would set off a wave of more buyouts, much as Philip Services Corp. did in 1997 when it acquired Luria Brothers, Steiner-Liff Industries and Southern Foundry Supply, three major industry players, in one swoop. It was seen as a blockbuster deal then and foreshadowed a flurry of buyouts in subsequent months.
Several acquirers have cited one major hurdle the current high prices of both ferrous and nonferrous metals. That price spiral hasn't just affected the value of the inventory on the ground or the metals stacked in gaylord boxes in a warehouse. Most successful scrap dealers aren't just good at evaluating a pile of metal and making a couple of bucks from selling it. They are traders. It's almost a part of their DNA. As a result, most know the value of their own business—its accounts as well as the equipment and assets on the ground—and can even inflate a bit.
This is not to say that companies like Sims, Metal Management and others have not been acquiring scrap companies recently. Three months earlier, the Australians inked a joint venture with Adams Steel, a West Coast shredder operator; Metal Management acquired Detroit-based Mars Industries earlier this year; Alter Trading continues to widen its footprint in the Upper Midwest; and EMR gobbled up four Minneapolis-St. Paul yards to go along with its takeover of Camden Iron & Metal and Southern Scrap's chain of Gulf Coast yards.
The weakness of the U.S. dollar vs. other major currencies has made many U.S. companies attractive takeover targets. Consolidation in the steel industry also seems to have been mirrored by scrap and its other supplier industries. That might be a key part of the next wave of acquisitions. Companies like Commercial Metals Co. and Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. already have scrap-processing facilities as part of their operations; others have newly moved into the scrap business through acquisitions of yards or the addition of shredder plants.
Indeed, some in the scrap trade speculated that Metal Management might be a potential takeover target by a steel mini-mill. Dienst could not comment on such speculation, but a company spokesman noted that he had said in conference calls with industry analysts that Metal Management is a publicly held company and as such is for sale every day.
Perhaps that's why the notion of the old dog lazing on the porch came to mind. If there was another potential suitor eyeing either Sims or Metal Management, they should have been out there running a lot harder.
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LO had 2-month check-up today. Everything's great - very good weight gain and no health issues. The pediatrician told me to start him on vitamins, apparently the practice's recommendation for all breastfed babies.
I already checked kellymom, Dr. Sears, and Jay Gordon to see what they had to say on the topic, and I'd love to hear what the moms here have to add.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNCG outdoor track seniors Shaina Sumney (Washington, Pa./Trinity) and Chelsea Sumney (Washington, Pa./Trinity) travelled out to Stanford, Calif., this weekend for the annual Stanford Invitational and were two of 113 runners in the 5,000-meter distance at the Cobb Track and Angel Field.
Shaina ran in Section 3 of the five-section 5,000-meter distance and finished fourth in her heat. She posted a personal-best time of 16:26.39, trimming almost 10 seconds off her previous top tim of 16:35 set at the Virginia Challenge in 2012. Chelsea ran in Section 5 of the 5,000-meter distance and turned in a time of 17:19.80 to finish 15th in her heat.
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City hires new manager
Claremont has a new city manager.
City Council decided unanimously at a special meeting Wednesday night to offer the city manager position to Doug L. Barrick, of Cornelius.
Mayor David Morrow contacted Barrick after the meeting to offer him the job, and Barrick officially accepted the offer Thursday.
"We're very excited to have (Barrick) come to Claremont," Morrow said. "There's a lot of things that he's done where he's from that he will bring to Claremont."
Barrick has worked as project manager for the town of Cornelius since May 2005, and he holds Master of Public Administration and Bachelor of Science degrees from Appalachian State University. Barrick also serves as a volunteer firefighter for Cornelius.
Barrick was one of six candidates City Council interviewed for the manager position. More than 35 people applied for the position.
"It's the enthusiasm that (Barrick) shows to help guide the city and to keep it running smoothly," Morrow said.
During the interview process, council members kept a score sheet ranking applicants based on their responses to interview questions.
"His score surpassed others," Morrow said.
City Council will appoint Barrick to the city manager position at its Tuesday meeting. Barrick, who will be on vacation with his wife and 3-month-old daughter, will not be able to attend the meeting.
"I didn't want him to drive back and miss his family vacation," Morrow said.
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I use a lot of HST's in my work and have for over 10 years nearly every day. So here are a few of the things I have learned.I do mostly scrappy so we cut swatches and sew them together and cut out a square from the center. If I am making a lot of the same color HSTs I cut strips and sew two strips together. Open and iron the seam flat. Turn over center your template on point on the seam and cut out with your rotary. Make sure your template does not move as you cut. I use a mini mat and hold the template with the fingers on my left and swivel the mat between cuts with my right.
It doesn't matter what method you use to make the HST's however I think my cut down method is the most accurate.
Cut down method and HST's
You can continue to cut them out til you get to the end of the strip and then pull the strips apart and sew the other two sides together and continue to cut. Any leftovers we recycle into more blocks or smaller blocks.
Ok now for the prevention list. These are things to watch and be aware of so you won't lose your points!! Accuracy and attention to detail will help keep those points from disappearing!
1. Make sure your HST is truly square. If it is not gently trim it to square or as close as you can without losing the integrity of the HST
2. Make sure the seam is exactly in the middle of both fabrics on the corners.
This is one of the main reasons you will lose your points. If it is not exactly even on both sides of the seam then you need to gently trim to get it even.
4. When you join two HSTs you need to look at the seams and match them as closely as you can. I like to tack them so they won't move. Pins still will allow things to slide a bit more than I like.
5, Iron everything at every step. How can you get a good clean connection between blocks if the fabric is not crisply flat? If it is wrinkled at all it will affect the position of your pieces. If it is flat then you can better see what your are working on.
6. Check the accuracy at every step. (example)- Take a look at the 4 patch you just joined together. Does it look like a square or a rectangle or even a triangle? Now is the time to fix anything that is not square. Don't get so caught up in the steps that you don't look to see if the quality of what you are doing is ok or not.
Strategies to fix problem areas
1. Sew along the seam to fix any uneven seams(tightening a seam)
I chain sew and I join two's together. then I lay them on the table and look at each one and I pull any to the side that look like they are not straight lines.
If they are bowed in the middle then I start at the middle of the seam and sew along the seam and sew a little more to the left or the right depending on which side needs to be tighter or looser so the two will lay together in a straight line. (pictures below) 2. You can stretch cotton to some extent to make it fit.
3. If you find you have a HST that the point is too close to the edge
You can sew a seam along the first seam and the deeper seam will
allow for a 1/4" seam allowance.
4. If you have an HST that the point is too close to the edge and you
really don't want to mess with fixing it you can use a scant 1/4" or
a 1/8" seam to use as little of the fabric between the point and the
edge as possible and still have a solid seam.
Square HST where the fabric is even on the corners
The fabric is the same on each side of the seam.
The corner has one side of fabric bigger than the other side. This corner needs to be trimmed so the fabric on both sides of the seam are the same.
Here is my cut down method with stripsMiddle picture is first step -Top pic is second -and last pic is last step
When you join two blocks
Tack the corners so they can't move
Sew again along seam to tighten the seam
Check to make sure they are sewn together straight
When you have points too close to the edge
These have loaded backwards so start at the bottom.
Go back and tighten the seam to a 1/4"
Seam is not 1/4" I sewed a 1/4" so you could see where it would go
Now you should have a point that won't disappear. Here again you can see where the 1/4" seam will go
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College-Year Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTES): Target FTES (T), Reported FTES (R), and Percentage Difference (P), from 1985-86
Note: Summer Arts, Statewide Nursing, and International Programs are not included in the Academic Year or College Year figures of campuses.
Also note that totals may differ slightly from Statistical Reports because of rounding for campus FTE.
* T = Targeted or Historically Budgeted FTE Enrollment; R = Reported; P = Percent difference. A negative sign indicates the reported FTE enrollment was less than the budgeted FTE. Off-campus center FTE are included in campus figures.
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I can assure you that's not the case here. Malevolence is hard. REALLY hard. Just like the old CRPGs to which it is an homage.
I should probably explain my vision for the game...... This is how I
envision an average new player experience might go in the final version:
Basically the idea would be that a new player would start, get the quest
to visit Eddya Anic's Holdfast and head off in that direction, but then
they'd find Shoba Nohr on the way there and think "what the hell, I'm a
warrior!" and wander on down into the dungeon. They'd be beaten to within an inch of their miserable life by a
pack of orcs and leave the dungeon, sobbing, after only having explored
about 10 squares of it. Through their tears they'd see the urns in that
graveyard and look inside, where they'd find a bottle of unicorn urine
and a handful of coins. They'd notice that the sun was beginning to set,
and, heeding the advice of Clergyman Al-aeks, they'd sprint for Eddya
Anic's holdfast. Once there, they'd get a room at the tavern until the
morning when they'd sell the unicorn urine and use the money to buy a
decent weapon. They'd head back to Shoba Nohr to get some revenge and
perhaps clear one floor of the dungeon, but be in fairly bad shape after
it, so they'd be forced to wander the countryside, scavenging where
they could, sneaking into dungeons to loot crates without being spotted
by monsters, running where they could, fighting where they had to... But
then one day they'd do something stupid. They'd get cornered by a
minotaur. But by this stage they had some basic bits of armour, an OK
weapon and a couple of health potions... They decide to make a final
stand... An epic battle later, they are standing on the corpse of the
fallen minotaur with a renewed sense of vigour. They've levelled up,
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Udaipur [24], the capital of the former princly state of Mewar, is a beautiful city in Rajasthan, India famous for its lakes and palaces. A current tourist favorite, especially for up-market Westerners, it was a backdrop for numerous movies including the James Bond flick "Octopussy".
Udaipur is referred to as the "Venice of the East", the "Most Romantic City of India" and the "Kashmir of Rajasthan" (a reference to Dal Lake) and not without reason. Tourists flock to this enchanting old & modern town in the heart of the Aravalli Mountains, which offers three interconnected lakes within the town - the Fateh Sagar Lake, the Lake Pichhola and the smaller Swaroop Sagar Lake; along with forts, palaces, temples, gardens, mountains and narrow lanes lines withdrawn with stalls, relives the reminisces of a heroic past, valor and chivalry.
Udaipur was the capital of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar, ruled by the Sisodia clan with jhala's loyalty. The founder of Udaipur was Rana Udai Singh, father of Maharana Pratap. The ancient capital of Mewar was Nagda, located on the Banas River northeast of Udaipur. Legend has it that Maharana Udai Singh came upon a hermit while hunting in the foothills of the Aravalli Range.
In 1568, the Mughal emperor Akbar captured Chittorgarh, and Udai Singh moved the capital to the site of his residence, which became the city of Udaipur. As the Mughal empire weakened, the Sisodia ranas, and later maharanas, reasserted their independence and recaptured most of Mewar district. Udaipur remained the capital of the state, which became a princely state of British India in 1818.
After India's Independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Udaipur acceded to the Government of India, and Mewar was integrated into India's Rajasthan state.
Udaipur receives ample number of tourists from all over the world every year. The city is still inhabited by people of Bhil tribe. Udaipur dwellers are really friendly and good to be with. On your first look, you will find them rugged, but these people are really good at heart. Untouched by the pace of modern times, these desert people are well-built, simple and cheerful. Here, people usually prefer wearing bright colored clothes. Colorful festivals and fairs depict the cultural prosperity of Udaipur.
The climate of Udaipur is tropical, with the mercury staying between a maximum of 42.3°C and a minimum of 28.8°C during summers. Winters are mild with the maximum temperature rising to 28.8°C and the minimum dipping to 2.5°C. Best time to visit is during the winters preferably September to March.
Get in
Udaipur is easily accessible from every major destinations of India. The city is well connected with Agra 630km, Delhi 670km, Mumbai (formerly Bombay) 739km, Ahmedabad 260km, Ajmer 265km, Chittorgarh 115km, Jaipur 405km and Jodhpur by 275km.
By air
Dabok airport, also known as Maharana Pratap Airport, is 24km from the city centre.There are daily flights from Delhi, Mumbai and Jaipur on Jet Airways, Indian Airlines, Air Deccan, and Kingfisher Airlines. Taxis to the city cost INR 500 and are the only means of transport to and from the airport. You pre-pay for the taxi inside the airport. Come prepared with cash since they don't take credit cards and there is no ATM at the airport.
By train
Train service has improved over the last few years after Udaipur was converted to broad gauge railway line. There are now daily trains from New Delhi and Jaipur. You can take Mewar Express (Train No. 2963DN) from H. Nizamuddin Station, which leaves at 7.00 P.M. and reaches Udaipur at 7.00 A.M. next day. One can also travel by broad guage trains up to Ajmer and then take bus or train from Ajmer to Udaipur.
Trains Delhi-Udaipur:
12963 Mewar Express, daily from NZM at 7:05 PM, arrival UDZ 07:20 AM 12981 Chetak Express, day 1,2,4,6 from DEE at 07:40 PM, arrival in UDZ 07:50 AM
12965 Gwalior-Udaipur Express, daily from JP at 10:30 PM, arrival UDZ 6:10 AM
12965 Gwalior-Udaipur Express, daily from AII at 00:50 AM, arrival UDZ 6:10 AM 12992 Ajmer-Udaipur Express, daily from AII at 4:15 AM, arrival UDZ at 9:30 PM
Trains Mumbai - Udaipur
12995 Bandra-Udaipur SF Express, 3,5,7, from BDTS at 3:45 PM, arrival UDZ 8:55 AM
By bus
Udaipur is connected by an efficient bus service with most Rajasthani towns including Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Ajmer, Mount Abu. Buses also head south to Ahmedabad with connections to Mumbai but it is not a short journey. There are comfortable sleeper coaches available for longer trips.
The city lies on the Golden Quadrilateral, midway between Delhi and Mumbai National Highway (NH) 8; it is around 700km from either metro. The roads in this part of the country are paved and fit for private vehicles.
State Transport Authorities and private tour agents operates daily buses between Udaipur-Jaipur, Udaipur-Delhi, Udaipur-Ahmedbad, Udaipur-Jodhpur. Some of these buses also have sleeper coaches for a comfortable journey.
Get around
Most of the sightseeing places in Udaipur centered around the Lake Pichhola and can be seen on foot. However, hiring a local cab or three-wheeler is the best option is you could good to bargain.
By car rental
You can easily visit Udaipur by hiring a car to drive. There are many car rental companies available which provides cars on rent. You would require to submit the photocopy of your international driver's license to rent vehicles. Prices depend on the kind of transport you rent and the length of time you rent it for.
By taxi
A taxi is needed for viewing more of the surrounding areas such as the nearby wilderness park and Monsoon Palace (Sajjan Garh) - which provides a nice view especially at sunset. In Udaipur, you will not find black and yellow taxis, which are regularly visible in the metropolitan cities. If you are touring the city, you can hire taxi/cab that is available in variety, ranging from luxurious cabs to average ones. You can choose taxi as per your preference, comfort and luxury. The luxurious you opt, higher the rent you have to pay.
By autorickshaws
The best option to travel around Udaipur's old city is to opt for autorickshaws or three-wheelers, which are easily available throughout the city.
Do bargain with the drivers for the autoriskshaw fare: The usual price for Rickshaws is split into day and evening prices. During the day, you can get most tourist places for 30-50Rs, in the evening, it will be almost 100 as a flat-rate.
The drivers are sometimes overly courteous, especially to single female foreigners. If you are staying in Udaipur for a significant amount of time, then you can collect the numbers of a few drivers, and call them when you are close to their area, and give them some time in advance.
Use your better judgment while traveling to distant locations alone.
By horsecarts
Horsecarts or tongas (as they are known locally) is the cheapest mode and available mostly within the tourist areas. Tongas being the cheapest mode to travel, is used by local people to a great extent.
By bicycle
To make your trip interesting, you can also enjoy bicycle ride. Udaipur is a small city and not crowded with vehicles, so one can get around the city on a bicycle. You can hire bicycles that are available all over the city.
Udaipur offers numerous tourist attractions to gratify the thirst of tourists. Places of interest could be different for different persons. The beautiful palaces of the city depict the lavish lifestyle of the ancient rulers. The temples of Udaipur are known for their striking architecture and impressive structures. The gardens of Udaipur would definitely help you to lighten up with their refreshing appeal. Apart from these, the city has one of the best solar observatory worth visiting.
Udaipur City Palace
The splendid City Palace, posing over the fascinating Lake Pichola, is one of the most beautiful palatial structures. The elegant palace originally built by Mahrana Uday Singh II rises 30 meters above Lake Pichola and extends up to 244 meters.
The City Palace of Udaipur has number of small and big palaces, museums and the gardens. There are many popular palaces inside the City Palace Complex. The unique aspect of this conglomeration is that the architectural design (a rich blend of Rajasthani, Mughal, Medieval, European and Chinese Architecture) is distinctly homogeneous and eye catching.
The palace complex has been built entirely in granite and marble. The interiors of the palace complex with its balconies, towers and cupolas exhibit delicate mirror-work, marble-work, murals, wall paintings, silver-work, inlay-work and leftover of colored glass. The complex provides a fine view of the lake and the Udaipur city from its upper terraces.
Key destinations in City Palace
Udaipur is a lovely blend of water, lush green hills that set fire and passion in poet and considered as Venice of East. The city has 5 beautiful lakes that adds to its kaleidoscope.
Other Attractions
Though, the city is otherwise small and most of the tourist places will take approximately 20-25 minutes for viewing but visit as each one has its own unique architecture that worth viewing.
Udaipur offers great excursions to its outskirts. Hire a cab or explore by yourself to the some of the great escapades on the city outskirts.
Since the city has been the home of the Royalty, the methods of leisure are distinctly imperial. Entertainment in Udaipur doesn't match the tune of Discos and parties of the metropolitan cities.
Horseback riding
What camel riding is in Jaisalmer, horseback riding is in Udaipur, a must! Situated in the middle of the Aravalli-Mountains, Udaipur offers a fantastic landscape and unrivaled views. Various operators offer horse rides here:
Princess Trails [25], run by an Indo-German couple. They have around 15 very well kept Marwari horses and always some foals and young ones on their farm, approximately 8 km outside Udaipur. They organize trail rides for individual riders and small groups of 2 hours, 4 hours and full day through the tribal villages of the Aravalli foothills and also arrange overnight accommodation in comfortable Swiss Tents (with attached bathroom, AC and private terrace) on their farm. Horseback lessons and nature hikes are also arranged and non-riding companions can spend a relaxing morning/afternoon in the garden of their farm with a beautiful Hollywood swing. They offer free pick up from the hotels in town and have a collection of riding helmets and half-chaps which they lend out to their riders. Longer horseback safaris with overnight stays in a Safari Camp, are also arranged. Very safe!
Dinesh Jain's Krishna Ranch[http//www.krishnaranch.com] A very popular and excellent choice. Dinesh organizes professionally guided horse-rides, starting from his ranch which is located 7 kilometers out of Udaipur in the beautiful Arravali mountains.All rides include a visit to the beautiful and unspoiled Tiger-lake and pass through small traditional villages.The horses are very well looked after and the experienced guides are all fluent in English. Hotel pick-up and a tasty vegetarian lunch are included. Imported riding helmets are being provided and the size of the groups is kept small (max.6). Possibilities: 2.5 hours, half day, full day and multi-day safaris with camping. Treks by walk also can be organized. Stay at the ranch in comfortable, nicely decorated rural cottages is also possible.
Pratap Country Inn
Camel Riding
Camel Safari is another feature of entertainment in Udaipur and would be really a memorable experience for you. Tourists usually enjoy this unusual ride mounting on the back of camels roaming in the deserts of Rajasthan. The adventurous Camel Safari will acquire your one whole day. In this expedition, you will start from a definite point in the city and get into the interiors of the desert. If you want to meet the tribals, you can encounter them on your journey. During your trip, you need not to worry about your food as our tour operators would arrange for your breakfast and lunch. Enjoy the beauty of lofty lakes, architectural temples, majestic forts and palaces of Udaipur.
Puppet Show
Puppet shows make the best part of Udaipur recreation. Being an inseparable aspect of Rajasthani culture, Puppet shows of Udaipur are really captivating. These shows are arranged by the Hotels to entertain their guests during their stay. Otherwise, you can always go to Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum to enjoy the exclusive puppet show in the evenings. The puppets attract people with their innocent faces, bright colored dresses, and dazzling jewelry.
Theatre Shows
You could go to Chetak and Swapnalok theatre that are located near Chetak Circle. Other options could be Ashoka theatre and Picture Palace in Surajpol. There is also a new PVR cinema located in the Celebration Mall - try the 'first class' seating for a cinema experience that you can't get in the West!
Cultural Shows
There is a dance and puppet show at the Bagore-ki-Haveli, which is located near Gangaur Ghat in the heart of the old city. It starts nightly at 7 pm. Charge 100rs + 40 for camera. The show demonstrates many dying tribal rituals of Rajasthan.
Ropeway in Udaipur
Spend the evening overlooking the city lights from the high altitude. Udaipur's ropeway servicces gives a chance to have bird's view of the entire city. Recently started Karni Mata Ropeway has been getting popular amongst domestic and international tourists. Its a ride of about 500m from Doodh Talai Garden to Ropeway junction (to the adjacent hill). A multi-cuisine Restaurant adds up to the reson for staying longer on top of hill and keep staring the natural beauty around.
Animal Shelter and Rescue Center
No doubt you have seen injured street animals in your travels in India. At Animal Aid Unlimited[26] about 200 animals are treated, nursed back to life, and encouraged to thrive each day.
Did you ever scratch a donkey under his chin? Have you ever bottle fed a baby goat? Ever helped a dog who lost her leg learn to walk again? Here's your chance. Visits and tours are free (you may need to call in advance).You can also volunteer your time for one (or many) 9am-5pm day/s. Donations are encouraged but not mandatory.
While passing through the markets of Udaipur, you would trace many articles that can make part of your wardrobe and lifestyle too. These markets present an assortment of items covering handicrafts, pottery, jewelry, wooden toys, antique items and paintings. Udaipur is particularly famous for its miniature paintings inspired by style of Rajputs & Mughals. These range in price from as little as a INR 100/- and make a beautiful gift or keepsake.
They may range from toys, bewitching puppets, wall hangings, pen stands, cloth lanterns, handmade papers, painted wooden box to Greeting cards. Udaipur has an assortment pottery too that can be availed in both metal and mud. Pottery covers all kings of pots, plates, vessels and different kinds of containers. Apart from this, brassware and terracotta sculptures are also popular.
Coming to the shopping places, Hathi Pol, Bada Bazaar, Chetak Circle, Bada Bazaar and Palace Road are some of the popular shopping arcades of Udaipur. While shopping in these markets, don't forget to bargain with the shopkeepers to get the value of your money. If you are running short of time to explore the markets, the Government of Rajasthan has made adequate arrangements for you.
There is an old address here - it may be a satelite store:Kee Baudi, Kasaron Ki, Gangaur Ghat, Udaipur
You are in Mewar! You must not miss the opportunity to have the really loaded Daal-Baati-Choorma. It is an experience you will remember forever. Look out for a helping of Gatte-ki-sabzi, as well. Udaipur is also famous for its spicy snacks - Mirchi bada, Kachori, etc. Also, for those with insatiable appetites and no desire for self-service, there are a couple of worthwhile Thali restaurants where you can get unlimited servings of a selection of Rajasthani and Gujarati dishes (rotis, savoury bites, daals, vegetables, rice, sweets and more):
There are many hotels in Udaipur which suit to the requirements of all categories of traveler. Majority of the Udaipur hotels offer a view of the placid waters of the Lake Pichola. For those who want to have a luxurious as well as completely fulfilling time in Udaipur, the luxury hotels in Udaipur are the best choice. The luxury and heritage hotels of Udaipur include some of the best known hotels in northern India.
For the large number of tourists traveling on a budget, there are numerous low cost places to stay in Udaipur. These hotels are clustered around the City Station road which is a bustling area. There are also many hotels between the Bandstand to the City palace. Their scattered location and low tariffs make them attractive to most tourists.
Sheraton Udaipur Palace Resort & Spa - [27] - Opened 1 Aug 2010. From Rs 11,000/night
Stay healthy
There are many clinics and hospitals in Udaipur which provide quality treatment at affordable prices, and health tourism is on the upswing.
Government Hospitals
Private hospitals
Blood Bank
Fairs and festival
The city of Udaipur celebrates all the fairs and festivals with equal fervor. The important fairs and festivals that are closely associated with Udaipur are Mewar Festival and the Shilpgram Fair. If you want to catch the vigor of these desert people, catch them during their famous fairs and festivals.
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UH West Oahu Hokuleʻa math field study teaches students real-world mathematics applicationsUniversity of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
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UH West Oʻahu (UHWO) students and their Math Center tutors recently embarked on a field study at Sand Island on the internationally renowned sailing vessel, the Hokuleʻa. While sanding surfaces and varnishing rails, students learned about the mathematical calculations for voyages aboard the famous canoe from Kaʻiulani Murphy, Polynesian Voyaging Society navigator. During the field study, Murphy discussed the interconnectivity of math and ancient pathways based on celestial navigation.
"I didn't realize how much math had to be factored into going on a voyage," said UHWO student Mhoana Bello. "The amount of supplies, the dimensions of each canoe, and distance and travel time all had to be factored in. It was interesting to learn about the historical aspects of the voyage and also how it relates to math in terms of what exact proportions of each material had to be put into making the canoe in order to better the voyage."
This spring, UH West Oʻahu opened a new undergraduate Math Center where student math tutors and tutees work together on real-world mathematics applications in addition to traditional class assignments. Funded by the Islands of Opportunity Alliance-Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (IOA-LSAMP) program, the Math Center enhances the student experience at UH West Oʻahu through a culturally-sensitive mathematics curriculum, and combines academic mentoring with personalized tutoring.
"One of the concepts I stress in class is ethnomathematics, or the connection of math to sociocultural, linguistic and historical traditions," says UHWO Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Linda Furuto. "While it is very important to learn about textbook mathematics, it is equally critical to understand that there were great mathematicians that emerged from Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands, including the students' ancestors."
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DOVER — Welcoming roughly 500 people Monday evening, and celebrating 100 years of excellence in Catholic education, Father Aggie Jean, Jr. led the opening prayer during St. Mary Academy's Centennial mass.
Before a packed school gymnasium, Jean said he was very pleased to be part of the ceremony and celebration for an institution he said has a great reputation.
"The children who come through these doors of education were truly taught to see the love of the Lord," he said of generations of students both past and present adding that " many a child and their parents have come through those doors."
Joined by Reverend Dennis Audet, interim superintendent of the school; Rev. Michael Taylor; and Deacon Robert Gagnon, Jean was also accompanied by a handful of students who continued to lead the mass in prayer.
Taking a moment at the podium to pray for victims of Hurricane Sandy; safe travels for those traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday; those suffering from poverty, hunger and homelessness; the hundreds of people gathered at SMA Monday evening, the school itself during its 100th year and "the special attentions we hold dear in our hearts," student participation was a large part of the ceremony.
The choir comprised of kindergarten students through eighth graders sang throughout the service providing a cheerful musical component.
As the traditional Catholic mass unfolded, attendants exchanged greetings of peace with one another, took part in receiving communion, and Audet took a moment to honor principal Carrie Wood and thank her for her dedication to the school.
"I think it's one of the best things I've done so far," he said of interviewing Wood and selecting her as principal.
Celebrating mass just days before the Thanksgiving holiday, Audet asked students to do one thing as they join with family and loved ones on Thursday.
"Thank your parents and I want you to hug them for the great gift of Catholic education," he said, cheering for 100 years more years of St. Mary Academy.
"One hundred years of school is something to truly celebrate," he said.
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DOVER — Welcoming roughly 500 people Monday evening, and celebrating 100 years of excellence in Catholic education, Father Aggie Jean, Jr. led the opening prayer during St. Mary Academy's Centennial mass.


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On August 3 the most unpredictable league in the world will kick-off for another exciting season.
Last year there was only a 25 point difference between relegation and promotion - this makes the Championship an almost impossible league to predict.
Relegated Premier League side QPR will start as favourites, and have already started strengthening their squad for a tiring season.
The London club have recently had success in the Championship, winning it in the 2010/11 season. This should help them next season and with an experienced manager don't be surprised to see them do well.
The other two relegated clubs Wigan and Reading will also have a good chance of promotion. Reading will be hoping to achieve what they did two seasons ago and regain the title. They still have many of that Championship winning squad and will have a great chance especially will some good signings. Wigan have had a long stay in the Premier League and will lose many of their key players from last season. The FA Cup holders will also have a congested fixture list with Europa League football at the DW Stadium. I think fatigue and lack of Championship experience means there is little chance of Wigan returning to the top flight straight away.
Watford narrowly missed out on promotion last season with a play-off final defeat to Crystal Palace. Unfortunately for them many of their star players from last season were on loan and have returned to their clubs. Promotion this season will be a lot harder but they may surprise a few as they did last season.
Leicester, who also missed out in the play-offs, will have a good chance next season. They have a strong side, and have been unlucky in recent years - could the 2013/14 season be the year of the Foxes?
I do not expect Brighton to be as much as a threat as last season after sacking Gus Poyet but I wouldn't be surprised to see Nottingham Forest and Bolton challenging once again.
The 2013/14 Championship season promises to be another exciting one and will prove once again why it is the fifth most watched league in the world.
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Since it was launched in June 2007, the Ergenekon investigation has become the largest and most controversial case in recent Turkish history, resulting in over 300 people being charged with a membership of what is described as a clandestine terrorist organization seeking to destabilize the country's Islamist government. In the parallel Sledgehammer investigation, 195 members of the fiercely secularist Turkish military stand accused of plotting a coup in 2003. Yet not only is the evidence in both cases deeply flawed, there are also increasing indications that much of it has been fabricated.
On June 12, 2007, acting on an anonymous tip-off, the Turkish police discovered a crate of grenades in a shantytown in the Istanbul suburb of Umraniye in the beginning of what later became known as the Ergenekon investigation. By May 2011, a motley collection of over 300 people had been formally charged with membership of what public prosecutors described as the "Ergenekon terrorist organization," which was allegedly plotting to use violence to try to destabilize the government of the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (JDP). In January 2010, prosecutors launched a parallel investigation into claims that members of the Turkish military had plotted to stage a coup against the JDP in early 2003. By May 2011, 195 serving and retired members of the Turkish military had been formally charged with involvement in the alleged plot.
In a country where conspiracy theories are rife and where the Turkish military has a record of intervening in the political arena, initially at least, many were prepared to take the allegations at face value. However, as the investigations progressed, another–more disturbing–picture began to emerge. From the outset, the investigations were characterized by outlandish claims and numerous abuses of due process. The indictments against the accused ran to thousands of pages. Yet not only were they riddled with absurdities and contradictions, but they contained no convincing proof that either the Ergenekon organization or the coup plot existed. On the contrary, some of the evidence adduced to support the prosecutors' claims had clearly been fabricated.
Equally troubling was the profile of the accused, particularly in the Ergenekon case. Not only was there no proof that they were members of Ergenekon but they held disparate views, covering almost the entire political spectrum except for the Islamist right. Indeed, the only characteristic that the accused all appeared to share was an opposition to the JDP; and particularly to the movement inspired by the exiled Islamist preacher Fethullah Gulen, which has been the JDP's more important political ally.
For most of the last 50 years, politics in Turkey has been conducted under the watchful eye of the country's military. Fiercely secular and nationalistic, it seized power in full-blooded coups in 1960 and 1980. In 1971, it forced the elected government from office and replaced it with a government of technocrats. Most recently, in 1997, the military instigated a campaign of pressure and persuasion to topple modern Turkey's first ever Islamist-led government. Even between interventions, the military effectively set parameters for civilian governments, which varied both over time and between policy areas; with military control being tightest on issues that were regarded as being strategic or security-related and relatively loose in areas such as the economy.
Yet by the beginning of the twenty-first century, the military's political influence was based mainly on bluff and bluster. Its past record of staging coups and its still considerable public prestige meant that few civilian governments were brave enough to defy a warning from the Turkish General Staff (TGS). Nevertheless, there was a general awareness inside the officer corps that–even if they had wanted to do so–a seizure of power was impossible in all but the most extreme of circumstances. The price had simply become too high.
Unlike in 1980, when the military had last staged a full-blooded coup, Turkey was now integrated into the global economy and vulnerable to shifts in international investor confidence. The end of the Cold War and the disappearance of the perceived threat from the Soviet Union had made the United States less willing to tolerate military regimes among its allies; particularly in a country that, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Washington had been touting to the Islamic world as an example of a Muslim, pro-Western democracy. In addition, in December 1999, Turkey had been named as an official candidate for EU accession; a process that still enjoyed overwhelming public support when the JDP first came to power in November 2002 and that would have been immediately suspended if the Turkish military had seized power.
As a result, although many members of the officer corps wanted General Hilmi Ozkok, who had been appointed chief of the TGS in August 2002, to warn repeatedly the new JDP government to preserve the secular state, they were also aware that their options were limited if the JDP refused to take his advice. In the event, much to the frustration of his subordinates, Ozkok adopted a low profile and rarely attempted to apply pressure on the government.[1]
In addition to direct pressure on the government, one of the means by which members of the Turkish military had traditionally exercised political influence was through the networks known to Turks as the derin devlet, or "deep state." The Turkish deep state had its origins in the Gladio-style organizations created by NATO during the Cold War in order to form the basis of a resistance movement in the event of a Soviet occupation of an alliance member. Selected members of the Turkish military received specialized training in covert warfare and intelligence gathering in what was called the Special Warfare Unit (SWU). They subsequently returned to their units, where they pursued a normal career path in parallel to their new responsibilities. In theory, this meant remaining in a state of readiness for a possible Soviet invasion. In practice, many put their newly-acquired skills to immediate use; running intelligence-gathering networks, planting black propaganda and even becoming involved on the side of the rightists in the factional fighting that brought Turkey to the brink of civil war during the 1970s–not least because they regarded the Turkish leftist movement as a Soviet fifth column.
However, contrary to the image in the popular imagination, the deep state was never a single, centrally-controlled organization. In fact, officers were specifically trained to create small, self-contained cell networks, in which only one member of each cell had contact with anyone else from the same network. As a result, it would probably be more accurate to speak of the Turkish deep state in the plural, in which there was a multitude of autonomous and semi-autonomous groups, gangs, and networks, which shared merely common goals and–if the need arose–an ability to ensure that they enjoyed immunity from prosecution.
The end of the Cold War robbed the SWU of its original raison d'être. In the early 1990s, it was closed down and replaced by a new unit, which focused on conventional counter-insurgency training. Yet the disappearance of the Soviet threat came at a time when the deep state had shifted its focus to trying to combat the Kurdistan Workers' Party (KWP), which in 1984 had launched a violent campaign for greater rights for Turkey's Kurdish minority. There is considerable evidence to suggest that through the late 1980s and early 1990s, SWU-trained officers played a key role in what rapidly became a dirty war against the KWP; recruiting KWP defectors, forming links with ultranationalist elements in the Turkish underworld, and running death squads responsible for the deaths of hundreds–probably thousands–of Kurdish nationalists and KWP sympathizers.
By the late 1990s, the KWP was in retreat. In 1999, following the capture and imprisonment of its leader Abdullah Ocalan, the KWP announced an indefinite suspension of violence. At the time of Ocalan's capture, the influence of the deep state was already in decline. With the KWP insurgency apparently contained, the groups and networks that had been formed to combat it either disintegrated or turned full-time to organized crime. No new members were being trained in the SWU. Many officers who had received covert training in the past either retired or concentrated on pursuing a conventional career. Those who remained active focused almost exclusively on intelligence gathering, particularly against the growing Islamist movement.[2]
On April 27, 2007, General Yasar Buyukanit, a hard-line secularist who had replaced Ozkok as head of the military in August 2006, posted a memorandum on the TGS website implicitly threatening a coup if the JDP pushed ahead with its plans to appoint Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to the Turkish presidency a move secularists feared would give the JDP a stranglehold over the apparatus of state. The JDP responded by calling an early general election for July 22, 2007, which it won by a landslide, taking 46.6 percent of the popular vote. On August 28, 2007, Gul was sworn in as president. Buyukanit did nothing.
Despite Ozkok's lack of assertiveness, during its first term in power, the JDP was sincerely convinced that the TGS might stage a coup and tried to avoid doing anything that could provoke the military. The decision to hold an early election was the first time it had effectively called the military's bluff. Buyukanit's passive response to Gul's election as president demonstrated to the JDP what many in the military already knew; namely that the military was now powerless to respond if the civilian government ignored its warnings. The result was a massive surge in confidence among the JDP and its supporters, and a rapid expansion of the Ergenekon investigation.
On October 5, 2007, Zekeriya Oz, the main prosecutor in the Ergenekon case, applied to Police Headquarters in Istanbul for details of a string of assassinations, racist murders, terrorist attacks, and even protest marches going back to 2002. On January 21, 2008, the police arrested 27 people on charges of membership of the organization, which had allegedly hidden the crate of grenades in Umraniye. Two of those detained were retired military officers widely regarded as having been involved in the death squads that had terrorized southeast Turkey in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their arrest triggered excited speculation in the Turkish media that, freed from the threat of a military intervention, the JDP was finally going to bring to justice those responsible for one of the darkest chapters in modern Turkish history. However, it soon became evident that something else was going on, although initially it was unclear whether it was politically motivated or simple paranoia.
From the evidence subsequently presented in court, it is clear that when he applied to the police in October 2007, Oz had not uncovered anything to link those in custody with the files he had requested. The doubts intensified through the first half of 2008, as wave after wave of arrests led to the detention of scores of suspected members of what the pro-JDP media was now confidently referring to as the "Ergenekon" organization,[3] which they claimed was synonymous with the deep state. Yet the profile of those detained suggested something different. Those named in the arrest warrants included university rectors, lawyers, journalists, television presenters, the author of some erotic novels, retired generals, the head of the Ankara Chamber of Commerce, and even Turhan Comez, a dissident former parliamentary deputy from the JDP who had resigned in 2007 in protest at Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's authoritarian management style. Indeed, the only thing that all of the detainees appeared to have in common was opposition to the JDP.
More worrying was the regularity with which, starting in spring 2008, transcripts of wiretaps– some of alleged Ergenekon members, others of government opponents or those who had begun to question the Ergenekon investigation-began to appear in pro-JDP newspapers and on pro-JDP websites. Under Turkish law, both the tapping of telephones by private individuals and the publication of the contents of court-approved wiretaps are crimes. Yet no attempt was made to investigate the sources of the leaks.
The first indictment in the Ergenekon case was published on July 10, 2008. A total of 2,455 pages in length, it formally charged 86 suspects with "membership of an armed terrorist organization" and "inciting the people to armed rebellion against the government of the Turkish Republic." It maintained that Ergenekon was a single, centrally-coordinated, hierarchical organization, which had been responsible for every act of political violence in Turkey over the previous 20 years. The indictment further argued that the organization was controlling every military group active in the country–from the Marxist Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (RPLP/F) to the KWP and the Islamist organization known as the Turkish Hizballah (unrelated to the Lebanese organization of the same name). Yet, despite its extraordinary length, the indictment provided no convincing proof to support its claims. More remarkably, neither did it provide any evidence that Ergenekon even existed, much less that the accused were members. Indeed, the indictment was so riddled with absurdities and contradictions that it frequently defied credulity. For example, on page 81, it asserted that Ergenekon planned to "manufacture chemical and biological weapons and then, with the high revenue it earned from selling them, to finance and control every terrorist organization not just in Turkey but in the entire world."[4]
Nevertheless, the indictment was hailed by the pro-JDP media, particularly Zaman, the daily newspaper of the Fethullah Gulen Movement (FGM), which described it as "analyzing a contra-guerilla organization with cogent reasoning and fluent language."[5] Indeed, by summer 2008, the FGM's media outlets had become a major player in the Ergenekon case, repeatedly running stories about "evidence" it claimed investigators had uncovered and conducting smear campaigns against those who questioned the conduct of the case, several of whom were subsequently detained and themselves charged with membership in Ergenekon.
The concerns about the real motives of the Ergenekon investigation increased as hundreds more suspects were taken into custody through late 2008 and into 2009. They included an improbable array of academics, journalists, retired members of the police, serving and retired members of the military, doctors, businessmen, actresses, charity workers, politicians, and even a transsexual concert organizer. Two more prodigiously long indictments followed. The second indictment of March 8, 2009, ran to 1,909 pages and charged 56 people with membership in Ergenekon. The third indictment of July 19, 2009, was 1,454 pages long, and accused a further 52 people of belonging to the organization. As with the first indictment, both documents were strewn with absurdities and contradictions and failed to provide any convincing proof that Ergenekon existed much less that the accused were members.
More disturbing were increasing signs that the case was being used as an instrument of intimidation. For example, pages 188-189 of the third indictment contain a transcript of a tapped telephone conversation from December 2008 between the Ergenekon suspect Professor Mehmet Haberal and the former JDP Minister Abdulatif Sener, in which the latter discussed a recent family holiday in Spain. Nothing else was mentioned, and Sener was not charged. However, the indictment was published at a time when JDP supporters were concerned about the possibility of Sener establishing a rival political party. Similarly, the third indictment also includes a transcript of a tapped telephone conversation between one of the more elderly male suspects and his young mistress. The conversation is so brief and innocuous that it is difficult to explain its inclusion in the indictment except as a means of psychological intimidation.
In recent years, the provision of educational scholarships in Turkey has become dominated by Islamist organizations, such as the FGM, which currently provides financial support for tens of thousands of students, many of whom live in dormitories regulated in accordance to the FGM's values and precepts. There are only two large non-religious organizations that provide educational scholarships: the Association for the Support of Contemporary Living (ASCL) and the Daddy, Send Me to School (DSMTS) campaign, which specializes in providing financial assistance to enable young girls in the east of Turkey to attend school. On the morning of April 13, 2009, police raided ASCL and DSMTS offices across the country, seizing computers and taking staff–most of them women–into custody. The police later announced that they had received intelligence that the two organizations were recruiting students to Ergenekon and then using them to infiltrate and control terrorist organizations. Most of the members of the ASCL and DSMTS staff were later released, albeit after spending up to 60 hours in custody. It was several months, however, before the police returned the computers, thus severely disrupting the ability of the organizations to function. After a lengthy investigation, on March 18, 2011, seven executives from the ASCL appeared in court on charges of belonging to Ergenekon.
In retrospect, the raids of April 13, 2009, can be seen to have marked a turning point in the Ergenekon investigation. Few impartial observers inside or outside the country genuinely believed that the ASCL and DSMTS were grooming children in order to control terrorist organizations. Yet the relentless disinformation and defamation campaigns by the pro-JDP media and the alacrity with which critics of the Ergenekon investigation were themselves imprisoned or intimidated into silence meant that few Turks were prepared to speak out. Emboldened, those driving the investigation gradually abandoned any attempt to disguise its real purpose.
Starting in 2007, Ilhan Cihaner, a public prosecutor in the eastern province of Erzincan, had begun investigating the activities of local elements of the FGM and another Islamist organization known as Ismailaga, including allegations that they were using their connections with leading members of the JDP to fix state contracts. In late 2009, the JDP began to try to pressure Cihaner to drop his investigation. He refused. They then tried to have him suspended for alleged abuse of office. Eventually, they succeeded in physically removing him from his office and transferring his investigations to Osman Sanal, the public prosecutor from the nearby province of Erzurum, who was widely regarded as being sympathetic to the JDP. The investigations were then quietly shelved. On February 17, 2010, Cihaner was arrested and charged with membership in Ergenekon.
In August 2010, Hanefi Avci, the veteran head of the police in the central Anatolian city of Eskisehir published a book of memoirs.[6] During the 1970s and 1980s, Avci had frequently been accused of overseeing the torture, and sometimes disappearance, of leftist activists. Personally pious, Avci had long been regarded as being sympathetic to the FGM and had even sent his children to schools run by the organization. Yet in his book, Avci claimed that his conscience would not allow him to remain silent in the face of what he described as the infiltration of the police force and judiciary by the FGM, who he alleged were protecting corrupt members of the JDP, fixing appointments and promotions, and fabricating evidence against perceived opponents of the movement. On September 28, 2010, two days before he was due to hold a press conference at which he had promised to provide documentary evidence to support his claims, Avci was arrested and charged with membership in a militant leftist organization. On March 14, 2011, while he was still in prison pending trial, Avci was also formally charged with membership in Ergenekon.
Through 2009 and 2010, a series of anonymous tip-offs had resulted in investigators uncovering what they claimed were secret arms caches belonging to Ergenekon. Yet the discoveries had raised more questions than they had answered; not least because they contained material of no obvious military value for a covert organization, such as empty shell casings and ammunition for an anti-aircraft gun but no gun. More bizarrely, many of the small number of weapons that would have been genuinely useful–such as assault rifles–had been buried in damp soil wrapped only in newspaper, something no one with even the most basic knowledge of firearms would ever have done. On February 14, 2011, police raided the premises of an anti-JDP internet television channel called OdaTV as it prepared to post footage on its website apparently showing members of the police planting weapons in the alleged Ergenekon arms dumps. Four OdaTV employees were arrested and charged with membership in Ergenekon.
On March 3, 2011, investigators ordered the detention of nine journalists who were known for their opposition to the FGM. All were subsequently charged with membership in Ergenekon. They included Nedim Sener of the daily Milliyet, who had won international press awards for his work on the alleged involvement of the security forces in political assassinations, and Ahmet Sik, a left-wing reporter for the daily Radikal. Sik had recently completed the first draft of a still unpublished book on the activities of the FGM in the police entitled The Imam's Army. On March 25, 2011, the police raided the offices of Radikal and Sik's prospective publisher and deleted every digital copy they could find of Sik's manuscript. Prosecutors subsequently refused to allow Sik's lawyers to see a copy of the manuscript they had taken from his home computer on the grounds that it had been produced by a "terrorist organization". Yet on March 27, 2011, pro-JDP newspapers, such as Zaman, published detailed of a leaked 49-page police report on the book, including copious quotations. However, Sik had already taken precautions. On March 31, 2011, a copy of his manuscript appeared anonymously on the internet and immediately went viral recording over 100,000 downloads in the first 48 hours.
As if to confirm the allegations in Sik's book, on March 30, 2011, the day before his text appeared on the internet, police raided premises associated with seven Islamic theologians, and confiscated documents and computer files. The only characteristic that the seven shared was that each had questioned Gulen's credentials as a theologian.
Since January 2010, the Ergenekon investigation has been running parallel to what has become known as the "Sledgehammer" case, after the alleged codename of a purported coup plot. On January 20, 2010, an article by a journalist called Mehmet Baransu appeared in the daily newspaper Taraf. Though largely staffed by anti-militarist leftists, the publication has long been vigorously supported by the FGM. Baransu claimed that an anonymous member of the military had provided him with a suitcase full of documents containing details of a planned coup, which had been discussed at a seminar at the Turkish First Army Headquarters in Istanbul on March 5-7, 2003. Over the weeks that followed, scores of serving and retired members of the military were arrested on charges of complicity in the alleged coup attempt.
Doubts about the plausibility of a coup plot being debated at a seminar attended by 162 members of the military were reinforced when it emerged that First Army Commander General Cetin Dogan had ordered audio recordings of what he claimed were discussions not of coup plots but war gaming scenarios similar to those that are conducted in all other NATO countries. Suspicions about the plausibility of the alleged coup plots had been further fuelled by stories that appeared in the pro-JDP media–apparently based on sources involved in the investigation–through early 2010. For example, one of the elements of the coup plot the pro-JDP media claimed was discussed at the seminar on March 5-7, 2003, was a plan to try to destabilize the country by bombing a mosque on February 28, 2003.
Any possibility that such inconsistencies were the result of clerical errors was demolished by the "evidence' contained in the Balyoz indictment, which was finally completed on July 6, 2010. Although Baransu had been given 2,229 pages of documents, 19 data CDs, and 10 audio cassettes, all of the material related to the purported coup plot was contained on just one CD, which was named "No. 11" in the indictment.[7] The other CDs and hard copies were all genuine documents, which had apparently been stolen from the military's archives, including some dating back 30 years.
According to a forensic report presented to the court, the metadata of CD No. 11 showed that all of its contents had been burned to the disk in a single session on March 5, 2003, and there had been no subsequent additions, deletions, or changes. However, the documents on the CD contained numerous errors and inaccuracies. Most damning were the anachronisms. For example, the CD contained a list of newspapers, including Gurcu Ekspres (which was not established until September 12, 2003) and Ilk Adim (founded August 15, 2005). A list of NGOs regarded as being sympathetic to a coup in 2003 included the Turkiye Genclik Birligi, which was not founded until 2006. A list of pharmaceutical companies that would be taken over during the coup included a reference to Yeni Recordati Ilac. Yet in March 2003, the company was called Yeni Ilac and did not acquire its new name until October 2008, when it was bought by an Italian company. Similarly, another document referred to NATO's southern command as CC MAR NAPLES. However, in March 2003, it was called Headquarters Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe (HQ NAVSOUTH). It was not called CC MAR NAPLES until July 2004.
CD No. 11 includes hundreds of other similar errors and anachronisms. The unavoidable conclusion is that the documents have been fabricated and the clock on a computer changed–which is a very straightforward procedure–in a clumsy attempt to make it look as if they were part of a coup plot discussed at the seminar in March 2003.
On December 6, 2010, acting on an alleged anonymous tip-off, investigators raided the Turkish naval base in Golcuk on the Sea of Marmara and found another haul of documents and CDs. The pro-JDP media hailed the finds and, ignoring the documents cited in the Sledgehammer indictment, began to trumpet the new evidence as conclusive proof that the coup plans were genuine. However, it soon became clear that the material from Golcuk was as riddled with errors and anachronisms as the documents given to Baransu. For example, one of the documents has a reference to a naval vessel being part of the Turkish fleet in 2003, whereas it did not actually join the fleet until 2005.
As more inconsistencies in the Golcuk documents emerged, on April 27, 2011, acting on yet another anonymous tip-off, police raided the Eskisehir home of a retired air force colonel called Hakan Buyuk, where they claimed to have found more documents related to Sledgehammer. These too, however, were plagued by errors and anachronisms. For example, one of the documents, which according to a police report had last been saved on April 5, 2003, included quotations from what it described as the "current" Armed Forces Personnel Law. Yet the passages quoted included amendments that were not made until June 15, 2005.[8]
Still, the flaws in the Sledgehammer evidence appear to have had little impact on the prosecution of the case. By July 2011, 223 serving and retired members of military had been charged with plotting a coup in 2003, of whom a total of 177 remained in custody pending the completion of the trial. Those imprisoned included more than 10 percent of the Turkey's serving generals and admirals.
By July 2011, more than 300 suspects had been formally charged with membership of Ergenekon, many of whom had already spent years in prison, their requests for bail consistently refused. Despite the construction of a purpose-built courthouse in Silvri, approximately 100 miles west of Istanbul, there appeared little prospect of an imminent conclusion to the case. Indeed, with new suspects continuing to be arrested and charged, the Ergenekon trial appeared likely to drag on for years.
Although the JDP has undoubtedly benefited politically from Ergenekon and Sledgehammer–not least because they have made many of its opponents reluctant to criticize the JDP for fear of being arrested–the government appears to be allowing the cases to proceed rather micromanaging or actively driving them. Exactly who is behind the cases remains a topic of often heated debate, but most critics blame the FGM.
To date, no evidence has emerged to tie Fethullah Gulen, who has been living in Pennsylvania in the United States since 1999, personally to the investigations. Nevertheless, there is no question that elements from within the FGM community are heavily involved. Gulen sympathizers now dominate large swathes of the judiciary and the police force, particularly the intelligence branches, which have been providing most of the evidence for the investigations. Since the outset, the FGM's media outlets have sought to shape domestic and international public opinion about the cases by running vigorous disinformation campaigns, including inaccuracies, distortions and outright untruths. They have also mobilized their resources to launch vicious defamation campaigns against anyone who criticizes or questions the investigations.
Nor is it possible to ignore the regularity with which, particularly since 2009, the Ergenekon investigation has targeted the FGM's critics and rivals. Through early 2011, there were increasing signs that, even in a country as awash with conspiracy theories as Turkey, the public was finally beginning to question the plausibility of the outlandish claims made for Ergenekon and Sledgehammer. Similarly, the frenzied coverage of the investigations in the FGM media and the consistency with which they targeted the movement's rivals and opponents for arrest and imprisonment was increasingly looking like a coincidence too far.
*Gareth Jenkins is a writer and analyst who has been based in Istanbul since 1989. He is currently a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program.
[1] For example, in May 2004, when the General Ozkok issued a statement opposing the JDP's attempts to make it easier for students at Islamic seminaries to enter university. See http://www.tsk.mil.tr/genelkumay/bashalk/aciklama/2004/a07.htm.
[2] For more details on the deep state see Gareth Jenkins, Between Fact and Fantasy: Turkey's Ergenekon Investigation (Washington/Stockholm: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, 2009), pp 14-24.
[3] Ergenekon is the name of a valley in Turkish nationalist mythology where the Turks of Central Asia are reputed to have taken refuge before emerging to conquer the surrounding region.
[4] Author's translation. The full Turkish text of the first indictment is available at: http://www.cnnturk.com/2008/turkiye/07/25/ergenekon.iddianamesinin.tamami/485342.0/index.html.
[5] Mumtaz'er Turkone, "Ergenekon Dedikleri Neymis?" ["What Is This Thing That They Call Ergenekon?"], Zaman, July 27, 2008.
[6] Hanefi Avci, Halic'te Yasayan Simonlar: Dun Devlet, Bugun Cemaat ["The Simons Living on the Golden Horn: Yesterday the State, Today the Community"] (Ankara: Angora, 2010).
[7] Page 81, Balyoz Iddianamesi, July 6, 2010. The complete indictment, in Turkish, can be found at http://www.ergenekonteror.com/readfile.php?id=108.
[8] Changes to Law No. 926 of June 15, 2005, published in the Turkish Official Gazette of June 20, 2005.