Taylor Swift Hits AMAs in Same Gold Dress That Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Wore on Shoot with Harry Styles [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p><br><span class="authorMeta">von<br><br><br><br><br><br><br> Rose Curiel<br><br><br><br><br></span><br><br><span>| Übersetzt von Rose Curiel</span><br><br></p> <p><span class="timeMeta">25. November 2013 – 15:17</span></p> <p></p> <div> <p><strong>Taylor Swift</strong> made for one very glam golden girl at Sunday night’s 2013 American Music Awards in her Julien Macdonald mini dress, but she wasn’t the first leggy lady to rock the sexy look.</p> <p>Yep, before Swift walked the red carpet at the annual awards show in the glittering design, model <strong>Rosie Huntington-Whiteley</strong> stunned in the teeny-weeny number—with Swift’s ex, no less!</p> <p>The British babe posed alongside Tay-Tay’s former flame <strong>Harry Styles</strong> and the rest of the <strong>One Direction</strong> boys in the pages of <em>Glamour</em>‘s August 2013 issue in the strapless metallic number.</p> <p><strong>NEWS: How Taylor Swift stays in shape despite avoiding the gym</strong></p> <p>Huntington-Whitely flaunted her cleavage with the frock’s plunging neckline, but the singer took a more modest route, having a sheer illusion lining added that was sure to aid in the prevention of any unwanted wardrobe malfunctions. (No nip slips here!)</p> <p>Nevertheless, both gals proved the sultry look was made for the cameras, with Huntington-Whiteley stealing the spotlight from her 1D costars in the <em>Glamour</em> shoot, and Swift heating up the AMAs red carpet and even landing a spot on our best dressed list.</p> <p>Which gilded gal rocked the look better? Sound off in the comments!</p> <p><strong>PHOTOS: See more celebrity fashion twinsies</strong></p> <p class="moreVideosTitle">VIDEOS:</p> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Taylor Swift Hits AMAs in Same Gold Dress That Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Wore on Shoot with Harry Styles [ BeritaTerkini ]

von Rose Curiel| Übersetzt von Rose Curiel 25. November 2013 – 15:17 Taylor Swift made for one very glam golden girl at Sunday night’s 2013 American Music Awards in her Julien Macdonald mini dress, but she wasn’t the first leggy lady to rock t…

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Republicans put spotlight on Obamacare critics in Georgia [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div id="yom-ad-LREC" class="yom-ad yom-ad-LREC"> <center> <div id="yom-ad-LREC-iframe" class="yom-ad"></div> </center> </div> <p><br></p> <p>By Steve Norder</p> <div class="body-slot-mod"> <div class="yom-remote"> <div class="yom-loading" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div> </div> </div> <p>GAINESVILLE, Georgia (Reuters) – Republicans went to the American South on Monday to press their opposition to President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law in a U.S. congressional hearing that the law’s supporters called a one-sided political attack.</p> <p>The hearing, chaired by Republican Representative Rob Woodall of Georgia, heard from witnesses picked by the panel’s Republicans who said that the healthcare law – intended to help millions of uninsured and under-insured people get affordable medical insurance – actually will raise insurance costs and reduce coverage choices for many people in rural America.</p> <p>Michael Boyette, a 28-year-old businessman from Ellijay, Georgia, said his insurance premium was increasing by almost $ 200 per month for his family of three.</p> <p>“You may think that we went with a more expensive plan or have gotten more coverage,” Boyette said during the hearing, the second of four events on the Affordable Care Act to be held outside Washington by the Republican-led House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.</p> <p>“In fact, we have not,” Boyette said. “We have less coverage than before, also higher out-of-pocket expense and a premium that has risen 65 percent. This is not affordable to me.”</p> <p>Supporters of the law, also known as Obamacare, complained that the hearing was merely the latest attempt by Republicans to denigrate it.</p> <p>Carolyn Reed-Smith said she came from Spartanburg, South Carolina, hoping to speak about the benefits of Obamacare.</p> <p>“They gave only one side of the story and were not looking for the other side,” Reed-Smith said.</p> <p>DeLane Adams, from the Atlanta area, had hoped to address the hearing to urge the lawmakers to press Georgia’s Republican governor, Nathan Deal, to allow the expansion of the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor in the state as permitted under Obamacare. Deal, like some other Republican governors, has declined to do so.</p> <p>“If this was a true hearing, they should let everyone speak on both sides,” Adams said.</p> <p>HealthCare.gov, the U.S. government’s web portal for offering private health coverage to uninsured Americans in 36 of the 50 states under Obamacare, has been at the center of a political fire storm over technical problems that overwhelmed its October 1 launch and have dogged the system ever since.</p> <p>In addition, insurance companies have canceled millions of existing insurance policies because they do not meet the law’s standards for coverage even though Obama had promised that people happy with their insurance would be able to keep it.</p> <p>‘STICKER SHOCK’</p> <p>Woodall said during the hearing that many Americans are experiencing “sticker shock” as they face the cancellation of their current policies and seek new coverage under Obamacare.</p> <p>Those new policies “cost more and cover less of those things that are most important to them,” the congressman said. “Many more are learning that their doctor isn’t available to them under their new, ‘better’ plan.”</p> <p>Another witness called by the panel, Raymer Sales Jr., who is with a Duluth, Georgia-based firm that works with employers to develop employee healthcare plans, spoke of rising costs.</p> <p>“The insurance community has known from the very beginning that prices were expected to increase because of the required additional benefits,” Sales said. “However, talking about the prospective increase in the cost of health insurance pales in comparison to showing someone real numbers.”</p> <p>The first of the committee’s field hearings was last Friday in North Carolina. The panel’s chairman, Representative Darrell Issa of California, attended that one but skipped Monday’s hearing. Two more are set for Texas and Arizona next month.</p> <p>The committee’s top Democrat, Elijah Cummings of Maryland, last week called the hearings “a destructive political exercise” aimed at tearing down Obamacare.</p> <p>(Editing by Will Dunham and David Lindsey)</p> <ul id="topics" class="hidden"> <li>Health Care Policy</li> <li>Insurance</li> <li>President Barack Obama</li> <li>Republicans</li> </ul><p></p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Republicans put spotlight on Obamacare critics in Georgia [ BeritaTerkini ]

By Steve Norder GAINESVILLE, Georgia (Reuters) – Republicans went to the American South on Monday to press their opposition to President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law in a U.S. congressional hearing that the law’s sup…

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Senior Manager, PCS (Yield Expert) ( Inspection tools | Metrology tools | Yield Improvement) (# 110424)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Position:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Senior Manager, PCS (Yield Expert)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Location:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Duration:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Full time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Business Unit:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Corporate marketing at KLA-Tencor works to deliver highly valued, unique marketing services and solutions that maintain and improve our penetration, share and adoption (PSA) among manufacturers in semiconductors, LEDs and other related nanoelectonic industries. We strive to create a better customer experience in order to add value and differentiate the company from our competitors. Corporate marketing includes: corporate communications (brand, employee communications, P.R., social media, web and advertising); strategic marketing (business intelligence, forecasting and market analysis); field/technical marketing (competitive intelligence, PSA programs/value modeling and technical communications); and groups focused on specific technology segments or markets such as the Process Control Solutions (PCS) group, which provides technical roadmap planning, consulting on yield enhancement and collaboration with customers. The corporate marketing group reports to the President and CEO of KLA-Tencor.<o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The group collaborates with top tier customers to help them improve yield<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Define and develop unique KLA-Tencor solutions and use cases for mission critical inspection and metrology problems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Test prototype features/tools at customer sites and identify solutions/BKM with high customer value<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Interface with mid to high level technical personnel at customer sites, as well as KLA-Tencor marketing and engineering to develop or enhance current and new KLA-Tencor products<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Act as technical advisor for KLA-Tencor products and customer applications<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Work as a team with KLA-Tencor marketing, sales, technical directors and Apps to define/execute the project plan and deliver the results<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Regularly interacts with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning functional area and/or customers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Promote KLA-Tencor's process control solutions and tool applications to technical and management levels at customer sites</span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Excellent understanding of semiconductor fab processes, LED or Backend Assembly required<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Good technical written and verbal communication skills in English and Chinese required<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">5+ years experience in process modules or defect reduction/yield improvement preferred<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Knowledge and hands on experience on KT inspection/metrology tools is preferred<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Self starter with ability to manage and coordinate project. Individual must be independent, hands on and team oriented<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Good technical presentation skill and customer interface capability<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Willingness to travel extensively both domestically and overseas where skill set is required for project support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BS degree in engineering, physics, chemistry or material science.  MS/PhD preferred<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 5 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Kindly send your resume to <b><a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>

Senior Manager, PCS (Yield Expert) ( Inspection tools | Metrology tools | Yield Improvement) (# 110424)

Position: Senior Manager, PCS (Yield Expert)Location: Milpitas, CADuration: Full timeJob Description:Business Unit:Corporate marketing at KLA-Tencor works to deliver highly valued, unique marketing services and solutions that maintain and improve o…

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Shenandoah Valley: VDOT prepares for wintry weather

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8MlBeOvgWvp9sUbX7AcI1f9TbyrgboD4asZFw8ryYwaLHwYvVA2BzE9Q5qaY4fM5xXiiZ7CzsKQ-g9P31sMvGy4jUaZ7eYfbhbkU7wFXwkDHCa8Z2HvIWHmVsY6L2ibwcXwled-Uby8/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8MlBeOvgWvp9sUbX7AcI1f9TbyrgboD4asZFw8ryYwaLHwYvVA2BzE9Q5qaY4fM5xXiiZ7CzsKQ-g9P31sMvGy4jUaZ7eYfbhbkU7wFXwkDHCa8Z2HvIWHmVsY6L2ibwcXwled-Uby8/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The Rt. 262 bypass around Staunton was being treated this morning as VDOT put down anti-freezing fluids on the roadways preparing for incoming wintry weather that could include snow, ice, and freezing rain. By this afternoon, both sides of the road had been done as well as many other main thoroughfares around Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IjOQhvU8vfTi3VBL8J__X2y_kSkNu-7HAamp_K0HSb-ag6XGAookafbOeFP7B54fw9aHykFNoTx1m_ehPjOb2p4Jh1YsGratGpWjFZUcuBhWwcMS0S_5o2nmyeSPw7zyx4wrEgzwUxs/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IjOQhvU8vfTi3VBL8J__X2y_kSkNu-7HAamp_K0HSb-ag6XGAookafbOeFP7B54fw9aHykFNoTx1m_ehPjOb2p4Jh1YsGratGpWjFZUcuBhWwcMS0S_5o2nmyeSPw7zyx4wrEgzwUxs/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This VDOT worker was retrieving trash from the middle of the road. Keeping us safe ... many thanks for VDOT and the men and women who make our highways and byways safe all year round but especially during winter. It looks like they will have their hands full the next 24 hours.</div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />November 25, 2013

Augusta County highway safety Shenandoah Valley Staunton VDOT Virginia Department of Transportation Waynesboro western Virginia Shenandoah Valley: VDOT prepares for wintry weather

 The Rt. 262 bypass around Staunton was being treated this morning as VDOT put down anti-freezing fluids on the roadways preparing for incoming wintry weather that could include snow, ice, and freezing rain. By this afternoon, both sides of the road …

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Ohio superintendent, coaches charged in teen rape case - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/25/ohio-ag-plans-announcement-about-rape-case-inquiry/3697199/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/25/ohio-ag-plans-announcement-about-rape-case-inquiry/3697199/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Report: Newtown motive unknown, but shooter had many obsessions - Boston.com :: <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/education/2013/11/25/report-due-sandy-hook-shooting-investigation/JUHvhsWRlYbIrieu0R8cuM/story.html">http://www.boston.com/news/education/2013/11/25/report-due-sandy-hook-shooting-investigation/JUHvhsWRlYbIrieu0R8cuM/story.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Syria talks aim to build on momentum of Iran deal - Houston Chronicle :: <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Syria-talks-aim-to-build-on-momentum-of-Iran-deal-5009210.php">http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Syria-talks-aim-to-build-on-momentum-of-Iran-deal-5009210.php</a><br /><br><br /><br>Contractor charged in Philly building collapse - WDAM-TV :: <a href="http://www.wdam.com/story/24066281/contractor-charged-in-philly-buiding-collapse">http://www.wdam.com/story/24066281/contractor-charged-in-philly-buiding-collapse</a><br /><br><br /><br>Obama, Countering Critics, Defends Iran Nuclear Deal - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/world/middleeast/longer-term-deal-with-iran.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/world/middleeast/longer-term-deal-with-iran.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Nasty winter storm could snarl holiday traffic in East - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/25/winter-storm-mid-atlantic-east-thanksgiving-travel/3696571/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/25/winter-storm-mid-atlantic-east-thanksgiving-travel/3696571/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Obama willing to split up immigration bill - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/11/25/obama-san-francisco-immigration/3699645/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/11/25/obama-san-francisco-immigration/3699645/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Fla. special election may showcase 'Obamacare' effect - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/25/florida-special-election-health-care/3680771/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/25/florida-special-election-health-care/3680771/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Police say hoax possible as Yale lockdown lifted - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/25/yale-university-gunman-shelter-in-palce/3698273/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/25/yale-university-gunman-shelter-in-palce/3698273/</a><br /><br><br /><br>FDA warns Google-backed 23andMe to halt sales of genetic tests - Reuters :: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/25/us-23andme-fda-warning-idUSBRE9AO0MG20131125">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/25/us-23andme-fda-warning-idUSBRE9AO0MG20131125</a>

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Ohio superintendent, coaches charged in teen rape case - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/25/ohio-ag-plans-announcement-about-rape-case-inquiry/3697199/Report: Newtown motive unknown, but shooter had many obsessions - B…

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November ... bare trees and firewood piles

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGKN2uZCaNBFdsds1W2PI8YAQyAjMvRHn9hLd7rW8AoCFks9ypv7Fuk649j6EtbZLg3uPiVu6-SxodFsIeSYWFFcQ90OuyhK_39J9MBUlwc973d-4N2-lg1SxhJ6tjoPVIfTuul4p0LM/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGKN2uZCaNBFdsds1W2PI8YAQyAjMvRHn9hLd7rW8AoCFks9ypv7Fuk649j6EtbZLg3uPiVu6-SxodFsIeSYWFFcQ90OuyhK_39J9MBUlwc973d-4N2-lg1SxhJ6tjoPVIfTuul4p0LM/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> November landscape ... bare trees, leaves on the ground, cold wind blowing. It's almost Thanksgiving.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTcBXnGk5nxBXzVTtrjKjVDQs6sCD2bJpCKxhUVw_7-1-T5oIO6xoaoKSW71M_P6H2wDYFRE3pXZN6T_QG2jyM-d7ODoh91OWLDSXpmXzf19D-7UqCYG6j5UTawhG7TUwGXg_oGbOjLo/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTcBXnGk5nxBXzVTtrjKjVDQs6sCD2bJpCKxhUVw_7-1-T5oIO6xoaoKSW71M_P6H2wDYFRE3pXZN6T_QG2jyM-d7ODoh91OWLDSXpmXzf19D-7UqCYG6j5UTawhG7TUwGXg_oGbOjLo/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bill's wood lot. The latest pile waiting to be split and added to the big stack. There is nothing like a wood stove to keep the house warm during wintry weather.</div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />November 25, 2013

bare trees November Thanksgiving winter woods wood stove November ... bare trees and firewood piles

 November landscape ... bare trees, leaves on the ground, cold wind blowing. It's almost Thanksgiving.Bill's wood lot. The latest pile waiting to be split and added to the big stack. There is nothing like a wood stove to keep the house warm during wi…

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Thanksgiving greetings from Congressman and Mrs. Eric Cantor

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_9QsPjoowfExtl-cS5gZPVQ8F_3aiU4ZBA1ZB7s4ZvLxGh8ns1mCEyVF88itDeQ1H9sF-WCuIRIJmHbxjE8UvgJsbLO6a19xAKb950gpPmNaGboR6_eZPLE5HkX5J3dNQSjFGfzQHbY/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_9QsPjoowfExtl-cS5gZPVQ8F_3aiU4ZBA1ZB7s4ZvLxGh8ns1mCEyVF88itDeQ1H9sF-WCuIRIJmHbxjE8UvgJsbLO6a19xAKb950gpPmNaGboR6_eZPLE5HkX5J3dNQSjFGfzQHbY/s640/1.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We received a Thanksgiving card in the mail today from Congressman Eric Cantor and his wife Diana. In these tough political times, we are thankful for the leadership from the U.S. House's majority leader who happens to be from Virginia.<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah to Congressman Cantor and his family from the Shenandoah Valley!</div>

Eric Cantor. U.S. House of Representatives Hanukkah Majority Leader Thanksgiving Thanksgiving greetings from Congressman and Mrs. Eric Cantor

We received a Thanksgiving card in the mail today from Congressman Eric Cantor and his wife Diana. In these tough political times, we are thankful for the leadership from the U.S. House's majority leader who happens to be from Virginia.Happy Thanksgi…

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Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future — Medium

After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? <br /><br><br /><br>A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no one had ever spoken of. I registered on Ancestry.com, plugged in the little I knew, and soon was found by a cousin whom I had not known existed, the granddaughter of my grandfather's older sister. We started exchanging documents: a copy of a birth certificate, a photo from an old wedding album. After a few months, she sent me something disturbing.<br /><br><br /><br>It was a black-and-white scan of an article clipped from the long-goneArgus of Rockaway Beach, New York. In the scan, the type was faded and there were ragged gaps where the soft newsprint had worn through. The clipping must have been folded and carried around a long time before it was pasted back together and put away.<br /><br><br /><br>The article was about my great-uncle Joe, the youngest brother of my cousin's grandmother and my grandfather. In a family that never talked much about the past, he had been discussed even less than the rest. I knew he had been a fireman in New York City and died young, and that his death scarred his family with a grief they never recovered from. I knew that my father, a small child when his uncle died, was thought to resemble him. I also knew that when my father made his Catholic confirmation a few years afterward, he chose as his spiritual guardian the saint that his uncle had been named for: St. Joseph, the patron of a good death.<br /><br><br /><br>I had always heard Joe had been injured at work: not burned, but bruised and cut when a heavy brass hose nozzle fell on him. The article revealed what happened next. Through one of the scrapes, an infection set in. After a few days, he developed an ache in one shoulder; two days later, a fever. His wife and the neighborhood doctor struggled for two weeks to take care of him, then flagged down a taxi and drove him fifteen miles to the hospital in my grandparents' town. He was there one more week, shaking with chills and muttering through hallucinations, and then sinking into a coma as his organs failed. Desperate to save his life, the men from his firehouse lined up to give blood. Nothing worked. He was thirty when he died, in March 1938.<br /><br><br /><br>The date is important. Five years after my great-uncle's death, penicillin changed medicine forever. Infections that had been death sentences—from battlefield wounds, industrial accidents, childbirth—suddenly could be cured in a few days. So when I first read the story of his death, it lit up for me what life must have been like before antibiotics started saving us.<br /><br>Lately, though, I read it differently. In Joe's story, I see what life might become if we did not have antibiotics any more.<br /><br><br /><br>More ...<br /><br><br /><br><a href="https://medium.com/p/892b57499e77">https://medium.com/p/892b57499e77</a>

Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future — Medium

After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no one had ever …

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvOtRe-7sLYoi3or7IXYW5LEsRO7KTPnxG6RbhrXgQKdKx22_OfN9_M2aHnKjiV0bclUQ9XZocOdqKZB_I64j_3a4QU1GJIPFd8ev77m5gg-PvPjxHl5kV0MjdwfUeX0J8odZC1A_7zOb/s640/blogger-image-980114732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvOtRe-7sLYoi3or7IXYW5LEsRO7KTPnxG6RbhrXgQKdKx22_OfN9_M2aHnKjiV0bclUQ9XZocOdqKZB_I64j_3a4QU1GJIPFd8ev77m5gg-PvPjxHl5kV0MjdwfUeX0J8odZC1A_7zOb/s640/blogger-image-980114732.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ciaran got his new laptop today.  It's huge!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm just getting used to it.  Straightaway I find it to be very fast.  Hopefully I will blog more regularly - it is way easier to blog on my tablet so already I am loving it!</div>

New laptop

 Ciaran got his new laptop today.  It's huge!! I'm just getting used to it.  Straightaway I find it to be very fast.  Hopefully I will blog more regularly - it is way easier to blog on my tablet so already I am loving it!…

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Black Friday: Is Shopping A Workout? [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div class="float_left"> <div class="ad_share_box hidden"> <div id="ad_sharebox_260x60" class="ad_wrapper"></div> </div> </div> <div class="articleBody"> <p><em>By Hanna Brooks Olsen for Blisstree.com</em></p> <p>The day after Thanksgiving, the last thing you’ll be thinking about is weight loss. And if you’re debating about whether or not you should hit the gym to make up for yesterday’s edible indiscretions, if the alternative is getting up and moving long before the sun shines for Black Friday, you may actually want to skip your run and go shopping instead — it burns more calories than you think.</p> <p>Assuming that all you do is wander the aisles from the hours of 5 a.m. until 11 a.m. or noon, you’ll have been walking, on and off, for a total of 6 or more hours. Which, even at a very, very leisurely pace (unlikely if you’re caught up in the rush of deal-hunting), can burn around 600 calories (according to SparkPeople’s calorie estimator), depending on your size and fitness level. Which is about as must two to three pieces of pie, or a serving of stuffing, a side of cranberries, and half a roll.</p> <p><strong>More from Blisstree.com:</strong><br> Black Friday Fitness: 9 Exercises You Can Do While Standing In Line<br> You’re Doing It Wrong: Burn More Calories By Changing This Gym Behavior<br> 6 Ways To Burn Extra Calories With Red Peppers</p> <p>But if you’re walking briskly (and not pushing a cart, or lifting deeply-discounted microwaves and flat-screen TVs), you could burn up to 900 or more calories — just from being there. Add a little shivering (which burns calories) while you were waiting outside the store, plus some trying on of clothes and a bit of carrying and lifting, and you’re looking at burning as many as 1,500 calories over the course of six hours.</p> <p>If you’re less concerned about calories, and more worried about building lean muscle, shopping can still be a physical challenge. Offer to lift, carry, and push the cart every chance you get, and throw in a few lunges and other checkout-line moves, and you’ll get a miniature resistance workout that may rival what many people put in at the gym.</p> <p>As a general rule of thumb, skipping your workout in favor of shopping probably isn’t the wisest for your wallet or your well-being. But on special days and around the holidays, stressing out over how much you ate and how much you’re burning just isn’t worth it — especially if it turns out that racing through the aisles and waiting in line with friends is enough to give your metabolism a much-needed post-Thanksgiving boost.</p> <div class="promo_holder clearfix"> <img src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/315392/thumbs/s-ALSO-ON-THE-HUFFINGTON-POST-hugebw.jpg"><div style="overflow: hidden;"></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="submissions_shortcuts" class="contribute-story clearfix"> <ul> <li class="title bold">Contribute to this Story:</li> <li class="no_border">Send us a tip</li> <li>Send us a photo or video</li> <li>Suggest a correction</li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Black Friday: Is Shopping A Workout? [ BeritaTerkini ]

By Hanna Brooks Olsen for Blisstree.com The day after Thanksgiving, the last thing you’ll be thinking about is weight loss. And if you’re debating about whether or not you should hit the gym to make up for yesterday’s edible indiscretion…

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The Power of Bearing Witness [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div class="float_left"> <div class="ad_share_box hidden"> <div id="ad_sharebox_260x60" class="ad_wrapper"></div> </div> </div> <p><em>With the holiday’s fast approaching, we must remain mindful that this is a time when many experience a sense of loss and grief rather than joy. The holidays can be a lonely time and they may deny how they feel for the sake of putting on a brave face. One of the greatest gifts we can offer them is the gift of bearing witness and holding space. As a physician who has the sacred responsibility and honor to do this for my patients, I am poignantly aware of how powerful this can be. For many, it can be the greatest gift of all.</em></p> <p>I have been seeing a patient, who I will call Ann, for 10 years. She is a therapist who is a gentle and sensitive soul. I can only imagine the gentle yet powerful space she is able to hold for her clients. As she bears witness to the many facets of their lives, they have a powerful witness to their process. They have her love, guidance, expertise and strong arms that hold them through their journeys. They are fortunate to have her in their lives. With the space she holds they know they are not alone.</p> <p>I saw Ann the other day when she needed me to bear witness to her process. She had to hold space for a mother who had lost her daughter. She was not sure what to say to this mother to help her pain. It rattled her to her core.</p> <p>As I sat with her and held space for her, all I could do is bear witness to her process. I told her that the most powerful gift she could give the grieving mother was her presence. Bearing witness is a gift we can offer each other at any time. In a world that is moving at warp speed, it is easy to forget that we matter. Since we don’t live in communities like we once did that marked our passages and witnessed our lives, it is common to spend our milestones alone. Once they pass, people get occupied again with their busyness and forget that we are in process. When a person experiences a loss, the process through grief takes time. It is important for them to be supported through its different stages.</p> <p>Bearing witness is a sacred act. It even changes the one who bears witness. It deepens and fortifies one’s soul. It makes one trustworthy.</p> <p>As a person’s grief transforms and shifts through its various stages, one gains access to the inner endurance that lives within. The vacuum that is left in one’s life is somehow filled with memories and a deeper level of wisdom. This is an alchemical process. The pain of loss never goes away, but it changes form and also changes the griever in profound ways. Without bearing witness, one could never experience the power of Soul in process.</p> <p>Many of us feel alone in our process. This is not good for our health. We feel isolated. We may feel that our process is a burden on others. Isolation is one of the most profound stressors on Earth. Being witnessed, on the other hand, makes us feel like we matter. Mattering is good for our health. It makes our life worth living.</p> <p>Mattering is a form of love.</p> <p>As a physician, I feel that bearing witness is the most sacred part of what I do each day. Holding space and bearing witness to sometimes unbearable suffering deepens my heart and fortifies my soul. It makes my patients feel that they matter, that their pain and suffering matters. To be asked to bear witness for another is a profound honor. Life presents us with so many ways to bear witness to each other every day. We must embrace these opportunities for loving.</p> <p>Like Ann, who will be changed forever by her witnessing, we must hold our strong arms around each other with open hearts. As Ann bears witness to a grieving mother, I bear witness to Ann. Somehow, I feel that my arms are around her and this mother, all at the same time. My heart is open to holding space for all of this. For me it is a great honor and a blessing.</p> <p>Making another feel like they matter also makes my life matter. Isn’t this ultimately what we are on Earth to experience? For me, this is one of the greatest form of love.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <div class="clear full"> </div> <div class="related_block" id="top_news"><</p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br> </div>

The Power of Bearing Witness [ BeritaTerkini ]

With the holiday’s fast approaching, we must remain mindful that this is a time when many experience a sense of loss and grief rather than joy. The holidays can be a lonely time and they may deny how they feel for the sake of putting on a b…

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BISHOP DAN'S THANKSGIVING MESSAGE: 2013

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QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Calibri;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     At the heart of Christian faith is the word <i>charis.</i> It means gift. Because <i>charis</i> is associated with charity in the New Testament, it has the special meaning of a love-gift, a gift that has value added because of the spirit in which it is given. So what is God’s gift to us? The answer culminates in Jesus (For God so loved the world that he gave . . .. _) but it begins with Genesis. God made it all, saying of each created thing, “That’s good,” and saying of the whole “That’s very good.” God is the Source of all good things. Because creation was not a one-time act but rather what God is doing all the time, God is the Source of each moment of blessing, each instance of grace. The basic gift that contains them all is Reality itself. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Our central act of worship is <i>eu-charis-t. </i>It means "thanksgiving," a particular act of thanksgiving, a gift back as an expression of gratitude. For the gift which we have received, we give something back as a sign of gratitude. Of all that God has given us, we have only one thing we can give God in return </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">-- ourselves. Ignatius of Loyola prayed, “Accept O God my memory, my will, my understanding, my imagination. All that I am and all that I have, you have given me. I give it all back to be disposed of according to your good pleasure. I ask only the comfort of your presence and the joy of your love. With these I shall be more than rich and shall ask for nothing more.” Our pledges and alms are symbols of that gift of self.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">  </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">That is why pledges and alms are essential to our own spiritual health.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     What good is God’s gift to us, if we must give it back? Giving it back is not a grim duty but a joy. God gives us our lives that we may give them back to him to be blessed and returned to us yet again, with all the more value added, that we may return them again in a perpetual gift exchange. Breathe in. Breathe out. The giving and the receiving are reciprocal, part of one great movement of grace (<i>charis)</i>, which is the rhythm of Reality, the Spirit of Life.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     In <i>Gratefulness: The Heart of Prayer</i>, Brother David Stendl-Rast (<a href="http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/">http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/</a>) observes that a gift is not fully received, not completely appreciated appreciate, not properly swallowed, not truly enjoyed until we have said “thank you” – for in saying “thank you” we appreciate the quality of gift, the graciousness of gift, the fact that what we have received flows out of love (<i>charis) </i>as distinguished from a wage we have earned. A gift is better than a wage because a wage is contingent upon our own continuing struggle. A gift is contingent only upon the generosity of the giver. Since God’s generosity is infinite and eternal, it is non-contingent. We cannot lose it. We may, if we choose, worry over whether the sun will come up tomorrow, but not over whether God will still be God, limitless in generosity and mercy. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Sometimes we lose sight of grace. Our troubles, fears, sorrows, and ambitions ensnare our consciousness. Sometimes even trivial things can block our view of the light. Other times our troubles really are deep and consuming. Think of the devastated lives of people in the Philippines this month. Perhaps you know someone who is having difficulty right now fully receiving grace because they are lost in the hardship of life. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     The best way to give yourself to God is to be God’s messenger of grace. That does not mean to deliver some platitude like “Smile, God loves you.” It means to a genuine bearer of grace, to be present in the most authentically helpful way you can. And you can be more authentically helpful than you know. “Glory to God whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 408.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     In this Thanksgiving week, do take a moment to acknowledge the goodness you have tasted, and to thank God for it by an act of kindness and generosity to someone else God also loves, for they are part of God’s gift to you and you are part of God’s gift to them. One of the greatest gifts is to be a gift. That is what God makes you when you give yourself to him.<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->

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Senior Software Engineer ( Visual Studio | C#/C++ | OOD | GUI ) (# 110441) Austin, TX

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Position:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Senior Software Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Location:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Austin, TX<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Duration:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Full time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Business Unit:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">KLA-Tencor's Process Control Information Division provides leading-edge data analysis and simulation software solutions to the semiconductor industry that enable the industry to continue pushing the device manufacturing capabilities for current and future design nodes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We are looking for a senior software engineer with experience in the Microsoft Visual Studio C#/C++ development environment. The candidate must be skilled in modern development practices, including object oriented design and automated unit testing and have the ability to document and communicate the produced work products.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The software engineer will be a technical contributor on our data analysis software development team working on all aspects of software development, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, debugging and testing. The development tasks will include implementation of graphical data representation and user interfaces as well as data analysis algorithms of moderate complexity. Key attributes of the successful candidate are being a self-starter, problem solver, collaborative team player, and high productivity contributor.<o:p> </o:p></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Developing software requirements based on input from marketing and applications staff<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Software design, implementation and unit testing using Microsoft VS C# and C++<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">GUI design and implementation using .Net WinForms<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Documentation of software design artifacts and algorithm specifications<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Collaboration with SQC team on test case development and test execution<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Estimation of task sizes and project duration<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Remote communication with US and international project contributors<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Preferred Qualifications</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BS/BA in computer science, computer engineering or similar field; minor degree in mathematics, statistics or other natural sciences a plus<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">8+ years of experience in professional software development<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio C#/C++ development environment<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Strong skills in OOD principles, interface definitions and use of UML<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Strong verbal and written communication and documentation skills<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Proficient in Microsoft Office products<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience with agile development practices and virtual/international teams a plus<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience in semiconductor industry a plus</span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BS/BA in computer science, computer engineering or similar field<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">7+ years of experience in professional software development<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio C#/C++ development environment<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Strong skills in OOD principles, interface definitions and use of UML<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Strong verbal and written communication and documentation skills<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Proficient in Microsoft Office products</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Kindly send your resume to <b><a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</a></b> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>

Senior Software Engineer ( Visual Studio | C#/C++ | OOD | GUI ) (# 110441) Austin, TX

Position: Senior Software EngineerLocation: Austin, TXDuration: Full timeJob Description:Business Unit:KLA-Tencor's Process Control Information Division provides leading-edge data analysis and simulation software solutions to the semiconductor indu…

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Software Engineering Manager (# 110509) Austin, TX

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Position:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Software Engineering Manager<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Austin, TX<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Full time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Business Unit:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">KLA-Tencor's Process Control Information Division (PCID) provides leading-edge data analysis and simulation software solutions to the semiconductor industry that enable the industry to continue pushing the device manufacturing capabilities for current and future design nodes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Responsible for supporting KLA-Tencor's software product life cycle, management of new software releases, alignment with divisions outside of PCID for products developed in the division, and management of released systems in the field, including customer and technical support escalations. The ideal candidate will work in a matrix environment of cross functional teams to drive the implementation and deployment of the completed product features and releases, develop and document requirements, budgets, and project schedules.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The ideal candidate possesses 7-10 years of experience in technical program management, plus experience managing complex and large-scale technology projects in the semiconductor space. A Bachelor's degree is required, with a demonstrated ability to lead others in a technical environment. Successfully delivering aggressive project deliverables while effectively managing budgets is essential. The successful candidate will be an exceptionally strong communicator both written and verbally, and will lead multi-discipline, highly technical project initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. systems engineer, network engineer, software development engineer). They will have successfully managed multiple enterprise-scale technology projects. Their experience includes semiconductor automation technologies, with software delivery, operating systems, database, and automation tools. Candidate must be comfortable managing remote project delivery teams, and possess the ability to facilitate technical whiteboard sessions to troubleshoot project implementation issues, and remove barriers to project success. The Program Manager will be fully competent in project management tools and techniques for all phases of the project lifecycle.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Demonstrates excellent judgment, discretion, and sensitivity when dealing with confidential information<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Maintains a high degree of professionalism when dealing with internal customers and senior leaders<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Provide efficient communication paths to drive requests to resolution<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Strong written and verbal communication skills<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Detail oriented with strong prioritization skills<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Maturity, judgment, negotiation/influence, analytical and leadership skills essential to successful program/project management<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ability to work independently and demonstrated excellent problem solving skills</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bachelor degree in Computer Science or similar<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">10+ years of work experience in software development (or 8+ years with Graduate degree)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">7+ years of management experience OR strong tech lead experience<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Software Engineering best practices experience<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience working with or leading offshore teams is a plus<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Project management experience<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Kindly send your resume to <b><a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>

Software Engineering Manager (# 110509) Austin, TX

Position: Software Engineering ManagerLocation: Austin, TXDuration: Full timeJob Description:Business Unit:KLA-Tencor's Process Control Information Division (PCID) provides leading-edge data analysis and simulation software solutions to the semicondu…

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TURKEY ON THE MOVE

<div class="MsoNormal">                </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitO0Sq5H7DJOaGN2o8rId0b-8zcFLaGG9WnhsOyH57jM-UXqP0n-94X21r0jxHiQ0RsTs3Zf-yb-hGogSZJhloupf0eN5w5FPit0XA0aHMhQRgAtZuJRoI0uAwAVFeiGh5tZmnCUVNQIL5/s1600/h-turkey3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitO0Sq5H7DJOaGN2o8rId0b-8zcFLaGG9WnhsOyH57jM-UXqP0n-94X21r0jxHiQ0RsTs3Zf-yb-hGogSZJhloupf0eN5w5FPit0XA0aHMhQRgAtZuJRoI0uAwAVFeiGh5tZmnCUVNQIL5/s640/h-turkey3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">TURKEY PUSHES CROSSROADS </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">POLITICS</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Pepe Escobar via AsiaTimes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">While everyone is concentrated on the possibility of a tectonic shift in US-IRAN relations, and while a solution may be found for the SYRIAN tragedy in another upcoming set of negotiations in Geneva, TURKEY is silently toiling in the background. Let's see what these sultans of swing are up to. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We start on the internal front. Abdul Mejid I, the 31st Ottoman sultan (in power from 1839 to 1861) always dreamed of a submerged tunnel under the Bosphorus linking EUROPE to ASIA. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It took "Sultan" Erdogan, as in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to make it happen, when last month he inaugurated – on the 90th anniversary of the founding of Ataturk's Republic - the US$3 billion, 76-kilometer Marmaray rail system which, in the hardly hyperbolic words of Mustafa Kara, mayor of Istanbul's Uskudar district (where the tunnel comes out), will "eventually link London to Beijing, creating unimagined global connections". <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It certainly helps that this technological marvel fits right into CHINA'S extremely ambitious New Silk Road(s) strategy which, just like the original Silk Road, starts in XIAN, and aims to cross to EUROPE via, where else, Istanbul. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #444444;">Background Information</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #444444;">: </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #134f5c;">CHINA AND TURKEY</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #990000;">CHINESE - TURKISH GEOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AMBITIONS COINCIDE</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/05/china-and-turkey.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/05/china-and-turkey.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQNlNMhErB3tMjlZfEkY7jxmv2yWuaIUqJfO2tnR9kzqUTrdQ909x-8UTuamEBs59F3NMosJx87XxS2MEsWv5n0-uutpIj9VYsSNBcIGhcWHSEHS7JI6WSXy53bx4o-ccr3B8oJdN5YOM/s1600/china-land-bridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQNlNMhErB3tMjlZfEkY7jxmv2yWuaIUqJfO2tnR9kzqUTrdQ909x-8UTuamEBs59F3NMosJx87XxS2MEsWv5n0-uutpIj9VYsSNBcIGhcWHSEHS7JI6WSXy53bx4o-ccr3B8oJdN5YOM/s400/china-land-bridge.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">SECURITY DILEMMAS</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/11/china-and-uyghur.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/11/china-and-uyghur.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">TURKEY AND CHINA AT ODDS OVER 10 MILLION TURKISH UYGHUR MINORITIES LIVING IN CHINA</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/10/is-turkey-swerving-eastward.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/10/is-turkey-swerving-eastward.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">ERDOGAN’S MEGA-PROJECTS - SUPPORTED BY MILLIONS IN RURAL ANATOLIA</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gASrwqpqe0e0xGR49F9xB3To-UjaQL8mtBAGA1_wqTYYlZzDiC1RMetlKs3soUudI0he_DmCjqWXD7e24edOgUbwMZ0YjZz5NZ3TM4zC7aU0DU5jYaVjFG0MjtUAVb2lo1NpULOFxnub/s1600/turkiye-bayrak-wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gASrwqpqe0e0xGR49F9xB3To-UjaQL8mtBAGA1_wqTYYlZzDiC1RMetlKs3soUudI0he_DmCjqWXD7e24edOgUbwMZ0YjZz5NZ3TM4zC7aU0DU5jYaVjFG0MjtUAVb2lo1NpULOFxnub/s320/turkiye-bayrak-wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So the fact remains that "Sultan" Erdogan simply has not been downed by the Gezi Park protests last June. All the ruling party AKP's mega-projects - supported by millions in rural Anatolia, ignored for decades by the secular elites in Istanbul - are alive and kicking. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">By 2025, more than a million commuters will be using the Marmaray. The third Bosphorus bridge, close to the Black Sea, is being built - despite Alevi fury that it will be named after Selim The Grim, a sultan who ordered the slaughter of thousands of Alevis. Same for the new six-runway airport northwest of Istanbul. And then there's the 50 km "crazy canal" (Erdogan's own definition), linking the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea, so monstrous tanker traffic may be diverted away from the Bosphorus. The TURKISH green movement insists this could destroy whole aquatic ecosystems, but Erdogan is unfazed. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">THAT OILY KURDISH FACTOR </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the wider world, TURKISH foreign policy is now on overdrive. And inevitably, it's all related to energy. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu earlier this month hosted IRANIAN Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Ankara. Then he went to Baghdad and met Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Davutoglu also visited Washington; he wrote an editorial published by Foreign Policy praising the US-TURKISH "strategic partnership", now facing "an increasingly chaotic geopolitical environment"; and he made sure to support US-IRAN negotiations. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #444444;">Background Information</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #444444;">: </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #134f5c;">KURDISH EQUATION </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">TURKEY’S DREAMS OF BEING ENERGY HUB STRENGTHENED BY PKK NEGOTIATIONS?</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/turkey-and-kurds.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/turkey-and-kurds.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">KURDISH MARCH TOWARD AUTONOMY GAINS MOMENTUM</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-syrian-policies.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-syrian-policies.html</a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">TURKEY'S GAMBLE ON KURDISTAN OIL</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-erratic-foreign-policies-all.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-erratic-foreign-policies-all.html</a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">TURKEY WILL TAKE MILITARY ACTION IF THE SYRIAN KURDS MAKE MOVES TOWARD AUTONOMY & </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">TURKEY – SYRIA - WATER DISPUTE (1989)</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/turkeys-foreign-policy-poker-game.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/turkeys-foreign-policy-poker-game.html</a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/turkeys-foreign-policy-poker-game.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/turkeys-foreign-policy-poker-game.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOthioL0hd5Lz50PJIenaurudtKQPRAaB6wI1FXYwyng-A6ZRJ1_HtOhJjN72Vf4QFQ5aEFlt499-MClWTtZvkpdSVUGmeTGSubgypUodkC1Q4lXxrNrgiCCOqsefhav6UkJdu4ZLlRxOD/s1600/734px-Kurdish-inhabited_area_by_CIA_(1992).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOthioL0hd5Lz50PJIenaurudtKQPRAaB6wI1FXYwyng-A6ZRJ1_HtOhJjN72Vf4QFQ5aEFlt499-MClWTtZvkpdSVUGmeTGSubgypUodkC1Q4lXxrNrgiCCOqsefhav6UkJdu4ZLlRxOD/s320/734px-Kurdish-inhabited_area_by_CIA_(1992).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Recently, Davutoglu teamed up with Erdogan for a high-level meeting with RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in St Petersburg. In due course he'll be in Tehran. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The question is what does Ankara want from Washington for so eagerly supporting a US-Iran normalization? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The key is IRAQI KURDISTAN. Ankara wants Washington's blessing for the now famously fractious 250,000 barrel-a-day oil pipeline from northern IRAQ, bypassing Baghdad. This pipeline would add to the perennially troubled Kirkuk-Ceyhan, controlled (sort of) by Baghdad; currently operating at best at one-fifth of its official capacity of 1.6 million barrels a day, bombed virtually every week, and with zero maintenance. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It's not as much about the oil (which TURKEY badly needs) as a political/economic alliance that ideally translates into more KURDISH votes for the ruling AKP party in the 2014 TURKISH elections. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The (insurmountable) problem is the Obama administration has no intention - at the present negotiation junction - to provoke Tehran by allowing a TURKISH project that most of all provokes IRAN'S ally Baghdad. That's just another instance that everything of consequence happening in SOUTHWEST ASIA nowadays involves IRAN. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So it all depends on how far the US-Iran rapprochement will go - leaving Ankara unable to alienate Baghdad and Tehran at the same time. Ankara, though, is also aware of huge potential benefits down the line. That would mean much more oil and gas flowing from IRAN than the current long-term annual contract for natural gas via the Tabriz-Ankara pipeline if - and when - Western investment start pumping again into IRAN'S energy industry. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">THAT WAHHABI-LIKUDNIK AXIS</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">President Obama gets along very well with TURKISH Prime Minister Erdogan. But while Obama has nothing but praise for Erdogan, for the House of SAUD the name "Obama" is now worse than any plague. And Erdogan is not exactly that much popular. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Erdogan enthusiastically supported Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood in EGYPT, while the House of SAUD'S hero is coup plotter General Sisi. In SYRIA, Erdogan once again supports the Muslim Brotherhood-linked "rebels", while the SAUDIS, with Bandar Bush ahead of the pack, de facto finance and weaponize all sorts of nasties including the al-Qaeda offshoot Islamic State of IRAQ and the Levant. Erdogan has evolved an extremely fractious relationship with ISRAEL, while the Wahhabi - Likudnik anti-IRAN/SYRIA axis has never been stronger. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It's easy to forget an Ankara-Damascus-Tehran alliance was in place before the foreign-imposed SYRIAN civil war. That was part of Davutoglu's "zero problems with our neighbors" doctrine, then morphed into "all kinds of problems". The House of SAUD obviously did what it could to undermine the former alliance with the carrot of more trade and investment in TURKEY. It worked for a while, when the myth of an "Arab Spring" still held sway, and TURKEY and the Saudis were even coordinating their support for assorted SYRIAN "rebels". <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Now it's a totally different configuration. Only in TURKEY we find assorted Islamists, secularists, the left and assorted liberals all in agreement that the House of SAUD is a pretty nasty bunch. And not by accident "Sultan Erdogan" - who allegedly wants the return of the Caliphate - has been derided non-stop all over pan-Arab media, which for all practical purposes is 90%-controlled by SAUDIS. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">SYRIAN KURDS ARE FIGHTING SAUDI-SUPPORTED JIHADIS</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ankara seems to have finally realized it must be very careful regarding its SYRIA position. Not very far from its borders, SYRIAN KURDS are fighting SAUDI-supported jihadis. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Worse; scores of al-Qaeda-linked jihadis-to-be - a Mujahideen International - are congregating in a network of safe houses in southern TURKEY, including Antakya, the capital of Hatay province, before being smuggled over the border to mostly join the Islamic State of IRAQ and the Levant (ISIL). Predictably, NATO is not amused. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">IT'S ALL ABOUT PIPELINEISTAN </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">TURKEY'S number one foreign policy aim is to position itself as a critical energy crossroads for any oil and natural gas coming from RUSSIA, the CASPIAN, CENTRAL ASIA and even the MIDDLE EAST to EUROPE. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Yet TURKEY has been squeezed by two conflicting Pipelineistan narratives. One is the never-ending soap opera Nabucco, which basically means delivering natural gas to EUROPE from just about anywhere (AZERBAIJAN, TURKMENISTAN, IRAN, IRAQ, even EGYPT) except RUSSIA. And the other is the South Stream pipeline, proposed by RUSSIA and crossing the Black Sea. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #444444;">Background Information</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #444444;">: </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">AZERBAIJAN AND THE TRANS - ADRIATIC ENERGY PROJECT</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/the-caspian-region-future-war-zone.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/the-caspian-region-future-war-zone.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">DON'T FORGET "PIPELINEISTAN"</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/05/pipelineistan.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/05/pipelineistan.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">STRENGTHENING TIES IN THE CAUCASUS</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/09/europe-and-caucasus-europe-fails-to-tap.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/09/europe-and-caucasus-europe-fails-to-tap.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Insisting in its role as a neutral bridge between East and West, Ankara hedged its bets. But after the EUROPEAN financial crisis took over, Nabucco was, for all practical purposes, doomed. What's left now is the so-called Nabucco West - a shorter, 1,300 km pipeline from TURKEY to CENTRAL EUROPE - and the much cheaper Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), just 500 km from TURKEY across the BALKANS to ITALY. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The consortium (including BP, Total and AZERBAIJAN'S SOCAR) developing the huge Shah Deniz II field in AZERBAIJAN ended up choosing TAP. So Nabucco is now virtually six feet under. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To say that's been a nifty deal for Moscow is a huge understatement. TAP does not threaten Gazprom's hold on the EUROPEAN market. And besides, Moscow got closer to Baku. Dick Cheney must adjust his pacemaker for another heart attack; after all his elaborate energy plans, Moscow and Baku are nothing less than discussing transporting RUSSIAN oil through the notorious Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which Dr Zbig Brzezinski dreamed up to exactly bypass RUSSIA. On top of it, they are also bound to reverse the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline to pump RUSSIAN oil into AZERBAIJAN. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">TURKEY AND ITS EAST-WEST ENERGY TRANSIT CORRIDOR</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Additionally, that's the end of TURKISH (and EUROPEAN) pipe dreams of having wacky "gas republic" TURKMENISTAN supplying energy across the CASPIAN through the CAUCASUS and TURKEY to EUROPE. For Moscow, this is non-negotiable; we control the transit of CENTRAL ASIAN energy to EUROPE. Moreover, TURKMENISTAN already has better sturgeon to fry - via its ultra-profitable gas pipeline to CHINA. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1afur3AaaPn4TYbWTbwfyAqmM9Xak1v-BgLiuM5g6pWroR_DTo0Sl02aS4LVpNLa01DwFUQbZCChnP8fCy4IvhFqS94t_lZqjb1CX-D9gYMro31tN1Qwpqm8Jboix28k8c7NZOTyDEy5r/s1600/map-turkey-east-west-energy-corridor-2009.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1afur3AaaPn4TYbWTbwfyAqmM9Xak1v-BgLiuM5g6pWroR_DTo0Sl02aS4LVpNLa01DwFUQbZCChnP8fCy4IvhFqS94t_lZqjb1CX-D9gYMro31tN1Qwpqm8Jboix28k8c7NZOTyDEy5r/s400/map-turkey-east-west-energy-corridor-2009.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The bottom line: RUSSIA getting even more ascendant in the CAUCASUS equals TURKEY - which imports nearly all of its oil, coal and natural gas - becoming even more energy dependent on RUSSIA. RUSSIA supplies nearly 60% of TURKEY'S natural gas - and rising. IRAN supplies 20%. Moscow is sure TURKEY will soon overtake GERMANY as its biggest energy client. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That's certainly what Erdogan was discussing in detail this past Wednesday in Moscow. And then there is TURKEY'S ambitious plan to build 23 nuclear power plants by 2023. Guess who's ahead? Moscow, of course. Not only as builder but also as primary supplier of nuclear fuel. No package of Western sanctions seems to be on the horizon. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So Ankara seems to be (silently) hectic on all fronts. Erdogan is carefully cultivating his friend Obama - positioning himself as a privileged sort of messenger. Erdogan supports Iran's civilian nuclear program - which instantaneously placed him as highly suspicious in the eyes of the Wahhabi-Likudnik axis of fear and loathing. That's the key reason for the widening estrangement between Ankara and Riyadh. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ankara's desire to be a key actor in an eventual US-IRAN rapprochement springs out of a simple calculation. Faced with tremendous political, economic and security barriers, TURKEY may only fulfill its wish of becoming the privileged EAST-WEST energy transit corridor with IRAN by its side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>

TURKEY ON THE MOVE

                TURKEY PUSHES CROSSROADS POLITICSBy Pepe Escobar via AsiaTimesWhile everyone is concentrated on the possibility of a tectonic shift in US-IRAN relations, and while a solution may be found for the SYRIAN tragedy in another upcoming set…

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