Myth Making: The Misfits (1961)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-d5nhyphenhyphenntnkn57-YVQM7WUF3rpTllhiCwRvWDwbQ697crUKN4o_KB1giPa8-zhdtvQHcSkqOBl4PGl4wdTJD64QLGZNIDNUrcuV4rSWgZHgEKDHQ7nwv8j7Nq2phWPnTI4GjbU5xz-Sm0/s1600/Shoshone+by+Kat+Livengood.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-d5nhyphenhyphenntnkn57-YVQM7WUF3rpTllhiCwRvWDwbQ697crUKN4o_KB1giPa8-zhdtvQHcSkqOBl4PGl4wdTJD64QLGZNIDNUrcuV4rSWgZHgEKDHQ7nwv8j7Nq2phWPnTI4GjbU5xz-Sm0/s400/Shoshone+by+Kat+Livengood.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller traveled to Reno, Nevada, in the spring of 1956 to divorce his first wife. Fulfilling the state's six week residency requirement until the marriage was legally dissolved, Miller stayed at a cabin on Pyramid Lake, about 100 miles from "the biggest little city in the world." During his time in this "forbidding but beautiful place," he got to know a few modern-day cowboy types who made their living capturing wild mustangs and selling them to be butchered for dog food. Miller was invited to join them on one of these hunts. From his experiences in a "whole state full of misfits," Arthur Miller later fashioned a short story that was published the following year in Esquire magazine.</span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqh_LfvJr4n4iDXWPMPUZZMa1u3zfvVM3ORl3vw073PhGhFICxB_0zubKgnoIvKl37ctyMiqX7LGfnvrCoyvwzMRB2svspHanGXzuebwNMqTz0EJVuZaJ6rXtgizcALTFSKipSUC7fK6wt/s1600/Miller+and+Marilyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqh_LfvJr4n4iDXWPMPUZZMa1u3zfvVM3ORl3vw073PhGhFICxB_0zubKgnoIvKl37ctyMiqX7LGfnvrCoyvwzMRB2svspHanGXzuebwNMqTz0EJVuZaJ6rXtgizcALTFSKipSUC7fK6wt/s320/Miller+and+Marilyn.jpg" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But before he wrote the story and just after he returned from Reno, Miller wed Marilyn Monroe, then at the height of her enormous fame. It was a time when the actress was desperate to make films of substance, and once she and Miller moved to New York she began studying at the Actors' Studio and making plans to set up her own production company. After Miller's story appeared in Esquire, a friend suggested he develop it into a screenplay. Inspired by the idea of writing a part for his wife that would allow her to demonstrate her overlooked acting ability, Miller scripted the moody tale of a disaffected divorcee who encounters three disparate cowboys and ends up accompanying them when they go "mustanging" in the high desert of Nevada.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Anticipation began to build the moment word started to spread that the great playwright had written <i>The Misfits</i> for his glamorous movie star wife. Before it was released, the film had become the stuff of legend.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhlzAbTLIyvLCrUeKtHeerZpGmyXBxqChBoH56SqVAVgIC1oCrBkavhsJe7F-kCf7N593hmh8LB52ADb-nubx8nIHgXOUSEJ9RNp0SQKvuvDrvdAtlx2k2il5-mqkIvf8JkskeaVTp74n/s1600/cast+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhlzAbTLIyvLCrUeKtHeerZpGmyXBxqChBoH56SqVAVgIC1oCrBkavhsJe7F-kCf7N593hmh8LB52ADb-nubx8nIHgXOUSEJ9RNp0SQKvuvDrvdAtlx2k2il5-mqkIvf8JkskeaVTp74n/s400/cast+photo.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An iconic photo...Front row: Montgomery Clift, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable. Second row:  Eli Wallach, John Huston. In back: producer Frank Taylor, Arthur Miller (on ladder).</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Huston was living in Ireland in 1959 when Frank Taylor, Miller's one-time publisher and the man chosen by the writer to produce the film, sent him the script. Huston pronounced it excellent and agreed to direct. Huston had been Marilyn Monroe's director of choice for <i>The Misfits</i>. She remembered that he had cast her as Angela in his film, <i>The Asphalt Jungle</i> (1950), one of her early breakthrough roles, was ever grateful to him for it and trusted him to guide her through the challenging dramatic role Miller had written for her.</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCp0VzEVbxTl95aFsJVMCcyMzPHKD2bTmWvvDKA6hu7L9kBhHaqVaZc2tryIHV3tnAYIK9Ofgqc2IBu8v8vqNOccQMAvMn8rEo9lD39RigFZyi5ctqmb0HbYFvmCIHhn6Nf039S6wBjn0/s1600/Clark+Gable+1961+on+set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCp0VzEVbxTl95aFsJVMCcyMzPHKD2bTmWvvDKA6hu7L9kBhHaqVaZc2tryIHV3tnAYIK9Ofgqc2IBu8v8vqNOccQMAvMn8rEo9lD39RigFZyi5ctqmb0HbYFvmCIHhn6Nf039S6wBjn0/s320/Clark+Gable+1961+on+set.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clark Gable on the set of <i>The Misfits</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Clark Gable, who by this time had been appearing in films for more than 35 years and had been a movie star - "the King" - for most of them, had to be cajoled to accept the male lead. Though he found the script intriguing, he didn't know what to make of the story. Miller persuaded him, calling it an "eastern western," about people trying, but afraid, to connect. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Huston remembered working with Gable on <i>The Misfits</i>: "He thought of himself as an actor, not a screen personality. He liked reminiscing about his early days in the theater - old-time actors' talk. I saw very soon that Clark knew exactly what he was doing. Two or three times I thought I saw ways to improve his performance. I was mistaken." Gable's portrayal of Gay Langland, an aging wrangler displaced in the modern world, is complex and moving. Co-stars Eli Wallach, Montgomery Clift, and lately Marilyn Monroe, were committed "method" actors, but Wallach later recalled Gable and the other Hollywood veteran on the set, Thelma Ritter, as true acting "pros."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Clark Gable was impressed, too<i></i>. Watching Montgomery Clift, as rodeo cowboy Perce, deliver his first major scene (below) in one take, Gable remarked, "My God, he's really good, isn't he?"</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9M53pOYYlX0" width="560"></iframe> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Misfits</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> has been called Arthur Miller's valentine - in Eli Wallach's words, a "love piece" - to Marilyn Monroe, and members of the crew observed that Miller seemed besotted with her as filming got underway. But when the grueling shoot came to an end three months later, not only would the Miller/Monroe marriage be over but Marilyn Monroe would never complete another film.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkAR6l83iP-QBL8NtHQaFMdd5hkQTcGONY-bM4MC9yw71qDJhWZlnSoiNp0tLFa7GFPmXGH-nNb-9sNS8bfWD1XmSD7qYdgUyvd1tUXTU0Hn3334ilqN2dKjFGqJfuzva8VT87wnWHoAk/s1600/marilyn+on+the+set+color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkAR6l83iP-QBL8NtHQaFMdd5hkQTcGONY-bM4MC9yw71qDJhWZlnSoiNp0tLFa7GFPmXGH-nNb-9sNS8bfWD1XmSD7qYdgUyvd1tUXTU0Hn3334ilqN2dKjFGqJfuzva8VT87wnWHoAk/s320/marilyn+on+the+set+color.jpg" width="264" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marilyn Monroe on the set</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Colin Clark, author <i>My Week with Marilyn </i>and <i>The Prince, the Showgirl and Me</i>, wrote that when he met Billy Wilder he mentioned to him that he, too, had worked with Marilyn Monroe. Wilder replied, "Ah, then you know the meaning of pure pain!"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">By the time <i>The Misfits</i> was being made in 1960, Marilyn's erratic on-the-set behavior was well known. Cast and crew would wait...and wait...and wait. Sometimes she would appear, sometimes she wouldn't. She had great trouble remembering and delivering her lines and often required multiple takes. Her latest drama coach, Paula Strasberg, was ever present and Marilyn would look to her rather than John Huston for direction while filming her scenes. And there were drugs and alcohol...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Huston recalled, "She was taking pills to go to sleep and pills to wake up in the morning...she seemed to be in a daze half the time." She became less and less reliable, eventually broke down completely and had to be hospitalized. Clark Gable, according to Huston, "...was nonplussed by Marilyn's behavior. It was as though she'd revealed some horrid fact of life that just couldn't be accepted in his scheme of things."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But Huston also remembered, "When she was herself...she could be marvelously effective. She wasn't acting - I mean she was not pretending to an emotion. It was the real thing."</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdHXut3qACMIHiryIIZahzzwYJy9NBOEHG_74HwBGrgUpnvnWykV1g-e3q5ZNa4v03bKRT3h1JkqjL7icWqNabjUkzubBbZ0Ed8joJDEHlJiYrdIZX8Wwb1yznV-nHORldQ9MH9n2m3uP/s1600/Marilyn+in+the+Misfits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdHXut3qACMIHiryIIZahzzwYJy9NBOEHG_74HwBGrgUpnvnWykV1g-e3q5ZNa4v03bKRT3h1JkqjL7icWqNabjUkzubBbZ0Ed8joJDEHlJiYrdIZX8Wwb1yznV-nHORldQ9MH9n2m3uP/s400/Marilyn+in+the+Misfits.jpg" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marilyn as Roslyn</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>The Misfits</i> was released on what would have been Clark Gable's 60th birthday, February 1, 1961, but Gable had died of a massive heart attack 2-1/2 months earlier, shortly after the film wrapped. Fortunately, the actor had seen Huston's first cut and was so happy with it he told both the director and Arthur Miller that he thought it the best work of his career. Despite Gable's enthusiasm - and producer Frank Taylor's intention to make "the ultimate motion picture" thanks to an all-star cast and crew - <i>The Misfits </i>was a commercial failure and received a mixed critical response. In Miller's view the critics were "baffled" by it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If the <i>The Misfits</i> has problems it may be that it was too much Miller's film and not enough Huston's. Regardless of compelling themes, strong performances, photography by <a href="http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/metty.htm" style="color: #cc0000;">Russell Metty</a>, film editing by <a href="http://www.editorsguild.com/v2/magazine/newsletter/directory/tomasini.html" style="color: #cc0000;">George Tomasini</a> and an evocative score by <a href="http://alexnorthmusic.com/" style="color: #cc0000;">Alex North</a> (listen below), the film too often becomes theatrically talky and contrived. And Roslyn, the central character, is so unreal at times that she seems to have been spun out of arty fancies about the actress who portrays her. It is also likely that the difficulties and complications that plagued the production afflicted the film itself. </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/R5G3VNqNouo" width="420"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>The Misfits</i> is an unusual and poetic film that may not entirely mesh, but it does fascinate. The powerful climactic mustang capture sequence is as disturbing to watch as it is difficult to forget, and the final scene between Gable and Monroe seems the prophetic farewell of two of Hollywood's biggest stars.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Roslyn: "How do you find your way back in the dark?"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gay: "Just head for that big star straight on. The highway's underneath it, it'll take us right home."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Fg4kgAG-QLvkmbEy3hpXKpSWD86equbvkUQk8CXOJZjaLKgjztRSMyFA4KUc0_eyx91Nhcs7JzS_5ZyrPEa0LATLul4z-bv4qpkTJnjFQj29JUI3wewdt8McRGOFWHd9Bd0lQUuxYMDA/s1600/last+shot+in+movie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Fg4kgAG-QLvkmbEy3hpXKpSWD86equbvkUQk8CXOJZjaLKgjztRSMyFA4KUc0_eyx91Nhcs7JzS_5ZyrPEa0LATLul4z-bv4qpkTJnjFQj29JUI3wewdt8McRGOFWHd9Bd0lQUuxYMDA/s400/last+shot+in+movie.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable...fade out...</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>~</i></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The largest remaining band of wild mustangs in the United States roams the high desert areas of Nevada. About 33,000 horses live in 10 western states and another 30,000 are kept in government corrals.  <a href="http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/equine-cruelty/wild-horses.aspx" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> to learn more about the history and continuing plight of our wild horse population.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJO7u3g4Sed_eA7LGV6Ao8YUj-bvBEUM0STDvPku45NDL6RfEv0yz4M6n-gRm9pZmR0MaZapCFiutSb5S5wJdE9DP2tt3viq-HOOvcl4U1H1YMfR1hOSu6ebu0SG09uqPfCt4fADs7QTJ-/s1600/Misfits+by+Kat+Livengood.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJO7u3g4Sed_eA7LGV6Ao8YUj-bvBEUM0STDvPku45NDL6RfEv0yz4M6n-gRm9pZmR0MaZapCFiutSb5S5wJdE9DP2tt3viq-HOOvcl4U1H1YMfR1hOSu6ebu0SG09uqPfCt4fADs7QTJ-/s400/Misfits+by+Kat+Livengood.jpeg" width="312" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">~</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2012/05/horseathon-list-of-participants.html" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> to go to <i>My Love of Old Hollywood</i> and links to the other participating blogs in Page's blogathon...</span></b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~</div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><u>Sources</u></b>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>An Open Book</i> by John Huston, McMillan (1980)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>The Misfits: Story of a Shoot</i> by Arthur Miller and Serge Toubiana</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">, Phaidon Press (2000)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Making the Misfits</i>, a production of WNET New York, et al</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> (2002)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kellymoore.net/wild_horses.htm" style="color: #cc0000;">wild mustang photos</a> by Kat Livengood</span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div></div>

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Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller traveled to Reno, Nevada, in the spring of 1956 to divorce his first wife. Fulfilling the st...

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Wonderful Wordstash

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>This is a guest post from Lisa Gair who is the Technology teacher at the Rock Academy in Fish Hoek. She originally placed this post on her lovely ICT blog: <a href="http://icteducator.blogspot.com/" title="http://icteducator.blogspot.com/">http://icteducator.blogspot.com/</a></i><i>, and since Lisa is a keen SchoolNetter I asked her if I could use her post on the SchoolNet blog. Thank you again Lisa!</i></span> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A friend recently introduced me to <a href="http://www.wordstash.com/">Wordstash</a>.  (The Wordstash website has changed since this blogpost was written and is now found at <a href="http://flashcardstash.com/">http://flashcardstash.com</a>/).  It's very easy to sign up for and just as easy to use. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have introduced it to my Grades 4- 7 already and will be introducing it to our Teachers early next month. My desire is that the Teachers will bring their classes into the ICT Centre and allow them to create their lists each week, and the learners will be able to log on at home and either use the site to assist in learning or else create their own lists.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another thing I enjoy about Wordstash is that it also automatically gives various definitions of the word, and allows you to either choose which definition you would like, or, alternatively, to add your own. In this way, the child is not just learning how to spell a word, they are also learning the definitions of each word. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One also has the choice of adding an image to the word. The site automatically sources images from either Wikipedia or Flickr for the learner to choose from.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When playing, they are presented with a variety of games and ways to test their Spelling.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzpUVL3yt5QX2KqZTKWdcdzelv439t1VdsYzMrJN_O40cJbCdwcBH_Lec8B3AluZnSBi94AFbCPZCSufsiXHEZC2CaHrmk3B9p-Xnj9oSFTqfUr5-TpodNignG1s3cqQhSRdFPDLHqVg/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCgObFl9SfqmRCH0ZFhFomm0RcWrzsHgtjruLqetmMaRICKddHD2QR088V4vAmgpxzel7iIIiVZ1kavOIBzXJCVbHF_9waHyaeZcRuqTbJphPNoIMhOEvUdU4vow30sHBKdv2HjFbFSQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another way that this site could be used is just for learning definitions. I am thinking specifically of things like in English that one needs to know for language or poetry. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMMk2y9skI4ds8EYCdZ65LhTVBAFlkq-FpN1GHCFYn3XmmNsN2-ihe1bEadg_IFXvthtvCODKbK3VZE3xrj58F9U_66ShAQXuxSbsuOOBxGLYO9ENJwL7-WM8Cizt4WDOru1lfw1EC1A/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpygSv9dSUOgJ4gl7Qaj2IhmXOjbmDMul6T5bZhrSgRxzMkByxK2prVUYPBhKi5Vk-XTkqo7WQZtotyMRF3Lb3DdVchWcAR07SWFOb9TSSCk7QtkfvV4n7mJlWTzCnIPhm6R_OlA1rvzE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy! </span></div>

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CHINA and TURKEY

<br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3FOE2rIAnp5JU2YuhQdbqxZiPFkLrB7slwOf3wI70avlg2NWOgB-4-0F6vyP0F8Mu0z8n9GCnKlS_Q4F8ft2yQ53yZKysNemOIrG_VzeZ7laOcg8Hk2SHBDRMBEVnd2259skv7b7tjjs/s1600/6fc2f533-d840-40d9-ad54-8ada58169e82-444x333.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3FOE2rIAnp5JU2YuhQdbqxZiPFkLrB7slwOf3wI70avlg2NWOgB-4-0F6vyP0F8Mu0z8n9GCnKlS_Q4F8ft2yQ53yZKysNemOIrG_VzeZ7laOcg8Hk2SHBDRMBEVnd2259skv7b7tjjs/s320/6fc2f533-d840-40d9-ad54-8ada58169e82-444x333.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;">CHINA’S LAND BRIDGE TO TURKEY CREATES NEW EURASIAN GEOPOLITICAL POTENTIALS</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">by </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">F. William Engdahl</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The prospect of an unparalleled EURASIAN economic boom has been further solidified following recent talks between TURKISH and CHINESE leaders. The first steps are being constructed with a number of little-publicized rail links envisioned to connect CHINA and parts of WESTERN EUROPE. It is increasingly clear to all nations concerned, especially CHINA and RUSSIA, that their natural tendency to develop these markets faces only one major hurdle: NATO and the US Pentagon’s Full Spectrum Dominance obsession. According to Engdahl, rail infrastructure is a major geopolitical tool for obviating that obstacle.</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring previously stated that:</span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Romans created cobblestone roads to move its armies faster and became an Empire</span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The British created railroads to connect trade routes and became an Empire</span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Americans created the Information Highway and became an Empire </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHINESE - TURKISH GEOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AMBITIONS COINCIDE </span></b></span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHINA and TURKEY are in discussions to build a new high-speed railway link across TURKEY. If completed it would be the country’s largest railway project ever, even including the pre-World War I Berlin-Baghdad Railway link. The project was perhaps the most important agenda item, far more so than SYRIA during talks in Beijing between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the CHINESE leadership in early April.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The proposed rail link would run from Kars on the easternmost border with ARMENIA, through the TURKISH interior on to Istanbul where it would connect to the Marmaray rail tunnel now under construction that runs under the Bosphorus strait. Then it would continue to Edirne near the border to GREECE and BULGARIA in the EUROPEAN UNION. It will cost an estimated $35 billion. The realization of the TURKISH link would complete a CHINESE Trans-Eurasian Rail Bridge project that would bring freight from CHINA to SPAIN and ENGLAND.</span></span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVkiu9Y3CzuVTx5Q4OBf4UUODGOjH3Antnss49GuqtW3utXBmeCLOKkXZdjXN4d-z2kuq4Ff2wdpNh1dwtyZvb1enjtAtmbzmWMeFPR0J3RLun4Y3Lgg76_mrYpPjtZtUrf-fh0VzwNhR/s1600/china-land-bridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVkiu9Y3CzuVTx5Q4OBf4UUODGOjH3Antnss49GuqtW3utXBmeCLOKkXZdjXN4d-z2kuq4Ff2wdpNh1dwtyZvb1enjtAtmbzmWMeFPR0J3RLun4Y3Lgg76_mrYpPjtZtUrf-fh0VzwNhR/s400/china-land-bridge.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">With the planned connection of the Marmaray project under the Bosphorus to the Edirne-Kars high-speed railway line, a train line from China’s easternmost Lianyungang to Spain and England would be completed. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(Map: Yunus Emre Hatunoğlu) </span></i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> The Kars-Edirne line would reduce travel time across TURKEY by two-thirds from 36 hours down to 12. Under an agreement signed between CHINA and TURKEY in October 2010, CHINA has agreed to extend loans of $30 billion for the planned rail network. In addition a Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway connecting AZERBAIJAN’S capital of Baku to Kars is under construction, which greatly increases the strategic importance of the Edirne-Kars line. For CHINA it would put a critical new link in its railway infrastructure across EURASIA to markets in EUROPE and beyond.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Erdogan’s visit to Beijing was significant for other reasons. It was the first such high level trip of a TURKISH Prime Minister to CHINA since 1985. The fact that Erdogan was also granted a high-level meeting with CHINESE Vice President Xi Jinping, the man slated to be next CHINESE President, and was granted an extraordinary visit to CHINA’S oil-rich Xinjiang Province also shows the high priority CHINA is placing on its relations with TURKEY, a key emerging strategic force in the MIDDLE EAST.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ECONOMIC PRIORITIES FROM BOTH SIDES HAVE CHANGED THE POLITICAL CALCULUS</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Xinjiang is a highly sensitive part of CHINA as it hosts some 9 million ethnic Uyghurs who share a TURKIC heritage with TURKEY as well as nominal adherence to the TURKISH SUNNI branch of Islam. In July 2009 the US government, acting through the National Endowment for Democracy, the regime-change NGO it finances, backed a major Uyghur uprising in which many HAN CHINESE shop owners were killed or injured. Washington in turn blamed the riots on Beijing as part of a strategy of escalating pressure on CHINA. During Uyghur riots in Xinjiang in 2009, Erdogan accused Beijing of “genocide” and attacked the CHINESE on human rights, a dicey issue for TURKEY given their KURD ethnic problems. Clearly economic priorities from both sides have now changed the political calculus.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BUILDING THE WORLD’S GREATEST MARKET</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">With the end of the Cold War in 1990 the vast under-developed land space of EURASIA became open again. This space contains some forty percent of total land in the world, much of it prime unspoiled agriculture land; it contains three-fourth of the entire world population, an asset of incalculable worth. It consists of some eighty eight of the world’s countries and three-fourths of known world energy resources as well as every mineral known needed for industrialization. NORTH AMERICA as an economic potential, rich as she is, pales by comparison.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYPPwkTsG5Lijsz1LXm14yx9QI_oV0HJZoDNrCJG0OyIn2CSGda8tuzxphBpzNFOxKRwlttHHi1QKI1iuVAJjo5gywQnpRj6wHyzTQP8DdOorjNafSOQezOGT8aiaQN5Dax_8mdWiwwCh/s1600/1Unbenannt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYPPwkTsG5Lijsz1LXm14yx9QI_oV0HJZoDNrCJG0OyIn2CSGda8tuzxphBpzNFOxKRwlttHHi1QKI1iuVAJjo5gywQnpRj6wHyzTQP8DdOorjNafSOQezOGT8aiaQN5Dax_8mdWiwwCh/s400/1Unbenannt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The TURKISH-CHINA railway discussion is but one part of a vast CHINESE strategy to weave a network of inland rail connections across the EURASIAN Continent. The aim is to literally create the world’s greatest new economic space and in turn a huge new market for not just CHINA but all EURASIAN countries, the MIDDLE EAST and WESTERN EUROPE. Direct rail service is faster and cheaper than either ships or trucks, and much cheaper than airplanes. For manufactured CHINESE or other EURASIAN products the rail land bridge links are creating vast new economic trading activity all along the rail line.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Two factors have made this prospect realizable for the first time since the Second World War. First the collapse of the SOVIET UNION has opened up the land space of EURASIA in entirely new ways as has the opening of CHINA to RUSSIA and its EURASIAN neighbors, overcoming decades of mistrust. This is being met by the eastward expansion of the EUROPEAN UNION to the countries of the former WARSAW PACT.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Comment by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring: </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The European Union’s indecisiveness regarding its directions on Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia reflect the current geopolitical development in the region and will most probably end in losing the leverage, the EU once had in the region, to Turkey and other influential Muslim countries who have been focusing on this region for some time now. More details regarding this topic can be read on Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring under the Title: </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Europe’s ignorance: The Balkan (<i><span style="font-size: small;">to be published soon</span></i>)</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WORLDWIDE CONTAINER TRAFFIC HAS REACHED SATURATION POINT</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The demand for faster rail transport over the vast EURASIAN distances is clear. CHINA’S container port activity and that of its EUROPEAN and NORTH AMERICAN destinations is reaching a saturation point as volumes of container traffic explode at double-digit rates. SINGAPORE recently displaced Rotterdam as the world’s largest port in volume terms. The growth rate for container port throughput in CHINA in 2006, before outbreak of the world financial crisis was some 25% annually. In 2007 CHINESE ports accounted for some 28 per cent of world container port throughput. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHINESE GEO-STRATEGIC VULNERABILITY: SOUTH CHINA SEA SHIPPING PASSAGES </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwgej9sX1xTTLauw3UezY_LjZkWaCd4FXZdDU2kcW3xhbJWbvYumCx6d1C90FL4KA2xKtAlXxQ_V4LybDRF1RJWiVqpynlaf7PzQZqNIQtk0y6YpjBUOXrIvP6T7vQKVIVhrfFG-Bp6DQ/s1600/_45552694_south_china-sea_466.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwgej9sX1xTTLauw3UezY_LjZkWaCd4FXZdDU2kcW3xhbJWbvYumCx6d1C90FL4KA2xKtAlXxQ_V4LybDRF1RJWiVqpynlaf7PzQZqNIQtk0y6YpjBUOXrIvP6T7vQKVIVhrfFG-Bp6DQ/s320/_45552694_south_china-sea_466.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">However there is another aspect to the CHINESE and, to an extent, the RUSSIAN land bridge strategies. By moving trade flows over land, it is more secure in the face of escalating military tensions between the nations of the SHANGHAI Cooperation Organization, especially CHINA and RUSSIA, and NATO. Sea transport must flow through highly vulnerable narrow passageways or choke-points such as the MALAYSIAN STRAITS of Malacca.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WESTERN SOLE FOCUS ON SHIPPING INDUSTRY HAS MISSED CHINA'S EXTENDING RAIL LINKS INTO CENTRAL ASIAN AND BEYOND </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The TURKISH Kars-Edirne railway would form an integral part of an entire web of CHINESE-initiated rail corridors across the EURASIAN landmass. <b>Following the example of how rail infrastructure transformed the economic space of EUROPE and later of AMERICA during the late 19th Century</b>, the CHINESE government, which today stands as the world’s most efficient railroad constructor, has quietly been extending its rail links into CENTRAL ASIA and beyond for several years. They have proceeded in segments, one reason the vast ambition of their grand rail infrastructure has drawn so little attention to date in the WEST outside the shipping industry.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHINA BUILDS SECOND EURASIAN LAND BRIDGE</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By 2011 CHINA had completed a Second EURASIAN Land Bridge running from CHINA’S port of Lianyungang on the EAST CHINA SEA through to KAZAKHSTAN’S Druzhba and on to CENTRAL ASIA, WEST ASIA and EUROPE to various EUROPEAN destinations and finally to Rotterdam Port of HOLLAND on the Atlantic coast.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLL2lO1Q55WLcWamKXnJHKNayV5hljil7bZgblNvQk0t3b-WML6C5bWnhoDufm7uXYM8VsBeQnra837omooc2CqRB1AlzJw9ekSu4O8S41JLIZAdZNo8q0rUAkNvdh8KQCbaI-7x6BrDo/s1600/photo_verybig_121602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLL2lO1Q55WLcWamKXnJHKNayV5hljil7bZgblNvQk0t3b-WML6C5bWnhoDufm7uXYM8VsBeQnra837omooc2CqRB1AlzJw9ekSu4O8S41JLIZAdZNo8q0rUAkNvdh8KQCbaI-7x6BrDo/s400/photo_verybig_121602.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Second EURASIAN Land Bridge is a new railway connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic that was completed by CHINA to Druzhba in KAZAKHSTAN. This newest EURASIA land bridge extends west in CHINA through six provinces—Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Xinjiang autonomous region, which neighbors respectively with Shandong Province, Shanxi Province, Hubei Province, Sichuan Province, Qinghai Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Inner MONGOLIA. That covers about 360,000 square kilometers, some 37% of the total land space of CHINA. About 400 million people live in the areas, which accounts for 30% of the total population of the country. Outside of CHINA, the land bridge covers over 40 countries and regions in both ASIA and EUROPE, and is particularly important for the countries in Central and WEST ASIA that don’t have sea outlets.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">GERMAN INDUSTRY PROFITS FROM RAIL LINK</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1i1r1l5nUrrIIwAPdErFvpn9qUU021_MeBy7KuDUkngvy_xDueS8PnLkDep4baORzKtoYHr99Byx4VyXgZv_Ay3hWLQ-5qff_KYw5LOYN3mFRde5vq0a9F3AYYFFwX7TISQSf2wZIWkSr/s1600/china-train_1931904c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1i1r1l5nUrrIIwAPdErFvpn9qUU021_MeBy7KuDUkngvy_xDueS8PnLkDep4baORzKtoYHr99Byx4VyXgZv_Ay3hWLQ-5qff_KYw5LOYN3mFRde5vq0a9F3AYYFFwX7TISQSf2wZIWkSr/s320/china-train_1931904c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 2011 CHINA’S Vice Premier Wang Qishan announced plans to build a new high-speed railway link within KAZAKHSTAN, linking the cities of Astana and Almaty, to be ready in 2015. The Astana-Almaty line, with a total length of 1050 kilometers, employing CHINA’S advanced rail-building technology, will allow high-speed trains to run at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">DB Schenker Rail Automotive is now transporting auto parts from Leipzig to Shenyang in northeastern CHINA for BMW. Trains loaded with parts and components depart from DB Schenker’s Leipzig trans-shipment terminal in a three-week, 11,000 km journey to BMW’s Shenyang plant in the Liaoning province, where components are used in the assembly of BMW vehicles. Beginning in late November 2011, trains bound for Shenyang departed Leipzig once each day. "With a transit time of 23 days, the direct trains are twice as fast as maritime transport, followed by over-the-road transport to the CHINESE hinterland," says Dr. Karl-Friedrich Rausch, member of the management board for DB Mobility Logistics’ Transportation and Logistics division. The route reaches CHINA via POLAND, BELARUS, and RUSSIA. Containers have to be transferred by crane to different gauges twice—first to RUSSIAN broad gauge at the POLAND-BELARUS border, and then back to standard gauge at the RUSSIA-CHINA border in Manzhouli.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TRAIN VERSUS SHIP </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In May 2011 a daily direct rail freight service was launched between the Port of Antwerp, EUROPE’S second-largest port, and Chongqing, the industrial hub in CHINA’S southwest. That greatly speed-ed rail freight transport across EURASIA to EUROPE. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Compared to the 36 days for maritime transport from east CHINA’S ports to west EUROPE, the Antwerp-Chongqing Rail Freight service now takes 20 to 25 days, and the aim is to cut that to 15 to 20 days. Westbound cargo includes automotive and technological goods, eastbound shipments are mostly chemicals. The project was a major priority for the Antwerp Port and the BELGIAN government in cooperation with CHINA and other partners. The service is run by SWISS inter-modal logistics provider Hupac, their RUSSIAN partner Russkaya Troyka and EURASIA Good Transport over a distance of more than 10,000km, starting from Port of Antwerp through to GERMANY and POLAND, and further to UKRAINE, RUSSIA and MONGOLIA before reaching Chongqing in CHINA.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Second EURASIAN Land Bridge runs 10,900 kilometers in length, with some 4100 kilometers of that in CHINA. Within CHINA the line runs parallel to one of the ancient routes of the SILK ROAD. The rail line continues across CHINA into DRUZHBA where it links with the broader gauge rail lines of KAZAKHSTAN. KAZAKHSTAN is the largest inland country in the world. As CHINESE rail and highways have expanded west, trade between KAZAKHSTAN and CHINA has been booming. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">From January to October 2008, goods passing through the Khorgos port between the two nations reached 880,000 tons - over 250% growth compared with the same period a year before. Trade between CHINA and KAZAKHSTAN is expected to grow 3 to 5 fold by 2013. As of 2008, only about 1% of the goods shipped from Asia to Europe were delivered by overland routes, meaning the room for expansion is considerable.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">From KAZAKHSTAN the lines go on via RUSSIA and BELARUS over POLAND to the markets of the EUROPEAN UNION.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Another line goes to Tashkent in UZBEKISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA’S largest city of some two millions. Another line goes west to TURKMENISTAN’S capital Asgabat and to the border of IRAN. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">With some additional investment, these links, now tied to the vast expanse and markets of CHINA could open new economic possibilities in much-neglected regions of CENTRAL ASIA. The SHANGHAI Cooperation Organization (SCO) could provide a well-suited vehicle for coordination of a broad EURASIAN rail infrastructure coordination to maximize these initial rail links. The members of the SCO, formed in 2001, include CHINA, KAZAKHSTAN, RUSSIA, KYRGYZSTAN, TAJIKSTAN, UZBEKISTAN with IRAN, INDIA, MONGOLIA and PAKISTAN as Observer Status countries.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RUSSIA’S LAND BRIDGE</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RUSSIA is well positioned to benefit greatly from such an SCO strategy. The First EURASIAN Land Bridge runs through RUSSIA along the TRANS-SIBERIAN Railway, first completed in 1916 to unify the RUSSIAN Empire. The Trans-Siberian remains the longest single rail line in the world at 9,297 kilometers, a tribute to the vision OF RUSSIAN Sergei Witte in the 1890s. The Trans-Siberian Railway, also called the Northern East-West Corridor, runs from the RUSSIAN Far East Port of Vladivostok and links in EUROPE to the Port of Rotterdam some 13,000 kilometers. At present it is the less attractive for Pacific-to-Atlantic freight because of maintenance problems and maximum speeds of 55 km.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There are attempts to better use the Trans-Siberian Land Bridge. In January 2008 a long distance EURASIAN rail freight service, the "Beijing-Hamburg Container Express" was successfully tested by the GERMAN railway Deutsche Bahn. It completed the 10,000 km (6,200 miles) journey in 15 days to link the CHINESE capital to the GERMAN port city, going through MONGOLIA, the RUSSIAN FEDERATION, BELARUS and POLAND. By ship to the same markets takes double the time or some 30 days. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9p3zjxMBpHC4bJ66Ce7u2t1Rj6xWRgYt16gljB68tUbwWjruSuheqe829rGiRuE6OHxH1f4ZltnbzBWvoi_UVfERPFfhLxXaOiWQ0E7BUEgocn4IQ4E-oZ1jmPhPry-Px2bt3r4UAr0ZO/s1600/04chdr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9p3zjxMBpHC4bJ66Ce7u2t1Rj6xWRgYt16gljB68tUbwWjruSuheqe829rGiRuE6OHxH1f4ZltnbzBWvoi_UVfERPFfhLxXaOiWQ0E7BUEgocn4IQ4E-oZ1jmPhPry-Px2bt3r4UAr0ZO/s320/04chdr.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This route, which began commercial service in 2010 incorporates a section of the existing Trans-Siberian Railway, a rail link using a broader gauge than either CHINESE or EUROPEAN trains, meaning two offloads and reloads onto other trains at the CHINA-MONGOLIA border and again at the BELARUS-POLAND border.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Were the Trans-Siberian railway passage across RUSSIAN EURASIAN space to be modernized and upgraded to accommodate high-speed freight traffic, it would add a significant new economic dimension to the economic development of RUSSIA’S interior regions. The Trans-Siberian is double-tracked and electrified. The need is minimally to improve some segments to insure a better integration of all the elements to make it a more attractive option for EURASIAN freight to the west.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There are strong indications the new Putin presidency will turn more of its attention to EURASIA. Modernization of the First Eurasian Land Bridge would be a logical way to accomplish much of that development by literally creating new markets and new economic activity. With the bond markets of the UNITED STATES and EUROPE flooded with toxic waste and state bankruptcy fears, issuance of RUSSIAN state bonds for modernization or even a new parallel high-speed rail Land Bridge linking to the certainty of growing freight traffic across EURASIA would have little difficulty finding eager investors.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RUSSIA is currently in discussion with CHINA and CHINESE rail constructors who are bidding on construction of a planned $20 billion of new high-speed RUSSIAN rail track to be completed before the 2018 RUSSIAN hosting of the Soccer World Cup. CHINA’S experience in building some 12,000 km of high speed rail in record time is a major asset for CHINA’S bid. Significantly, RUSSIA plans to raise $10 billion of the cost by issuing new railroad bonds.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A THIRD EURASIAN LAND BRIDGE? ENHANCING TURKEYS AMBITIONS OF BECOMING THE KEY PLAYER IN THE MIDDLE EAST?</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 2009 at the Fifth Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional (PPRD) Cooperation and Development Forum, a government-sponsored event, the Yunnan provincial government announced its intention to accelerate construction of needed infrastructure to build a third EURASIAN continental land bridge that will link south CHINA to Rotterdam via TURKEY over land. This is part of what Erdogan and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao discussed in Beijing this April. The network of inland roads for the land bridge within Yunnan province will be completed by 2015, said Yunnan governor Qin Guangrong. The project starts from coastal ports in Guangdong, with the Port of Shenzhen being the most important. It will ultimately go all the way through Kunming to MYANMAR, BANGLADESH, INDIA, PAKISTAN and IRAN, entering EUROPE from TURKEY.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The route would cut some 6,000-km from the sea journey between the Pearl River Delta and Rotterdam and allow production from CHINA’S eastern manufacturing centers to reach ASIA, AFRICA and EUROPE. The proposal is for completing a series of missing rail and modern highway links totaling some 1,000 Km, not that inconceivable. In neighboring MYANMAR a mere 300 km of railways and highways are lacking in order to link the railways in Yunnan with the highway network of MYANMAR and SOUTH ASIA. It will help CHINA pave the way for building a land channel to the Indian Ocean.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The third Eurasian Land Bridge will cross 20 countries in ASIA and EUROPE and have a total length of about 15,000 kilometers, which is 3,000 to 6,000 kilometers shorter than the sea route entering at the Indian Ocean from the southeast coast via the Malacca Straits. The total annual trade volume of the region’s the route passes through was nearly US$300 billion in 2009. Ultimately the plan is for a branch line that would also start in TURKEY, cross SYRIA and ISRAEL, and end in EGYPT, facilitating transportation from CHINA to AFRICA. Clearly the Pentagon’s AFRICOM and the US-backed Arab Spring unrest directly impacts that extension, though for how long at this point is unclear. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/05/china-and-israel-enter-dragon.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/05/china-and-israel-enter-dragon.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div>

CHINA and TURKEY

CHINA’S LAND BRIDGE TO TURKEY CREATES NEW EURASIAN GEOPOLITICAL POTENTIALS by F. William Engdahl   The prospect of an unparalleled EURASIAN...

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Senior System Engineer (Windows, VMware, Unix and Linux Server/Storage) (#108109)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Position</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">: Senior System Engineer<br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Location</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">: Austin, TX<br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Duration</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">: Full time<br />  <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Job Description</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">:<br /> </span><span lang="en" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We are looking for an experienced hardware/systems engineer with experience in design and administration of servers for database and web services applications. The candidate must be proficient in various server environments, including HP/Windows and Sun/Solaris systems. Key attributes of the successful candidate are being a self-starter, collaborative team player and the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">.<br /> <br /> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentPlaceHolderBase_ContentPlaceHolderRight_JobDetail_jobDetailTabStrip1" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Major Tasks and Responsibilities:</b><br />1) Overall supervision, maintenance and support of all Process Control Information Division  (PCID) DYS/FabVision (Server/Storage) Infrastructure<br />    a)Act as Level 3 Support Escalation point for all issues affecting PCID DYS/FabVision Servers in Global KLA-Tencor and contractor locations<br />    b)Provide day to day user support for all PCID DYS/FabVision developers, engineers and     tech support teams<br />2) Design and architect the PCID DYS/FabVision Systems (Server/Storage) Infrastructure<br />    a) New technology exploring for N+1 and N+2 <br />    b) Help to research, define, configure, qualify, and finalize technology stack roadmap for PCID DYS/FabVision products<br />    c) Formulate, implement and create procedural documentation for PCID DYS/FabVision products Server HW setup and installation<br />    d) Create BOMs, coordinate ordering of parts and build multiblade FabVision Windows-based servers<br />3) Conduct the yearly PCID DYS/FabVision CAPEX planning and create the budget plan document for HW, SW and Maintenance requirements<br />    a) Research, test and implement cost-effective solutions targeted at improving the PCID DYS/FabVision Systems (Server/Storage) Infrastructure<br />    b) Determine HW requirements from all PCID DYS/FabVision groups and create configuration plans and solutions to support  the requirements<br />    c) Create and submit purchase orders for various FabVision, Klarity Defect(KD) and ACE HW, SW and Maintenance requirements<br />4) Assist in resolving complex server issues in-house as well as various customer installations<br />    a) Design and setup complex server configurations in support of customer requirements as requested by Marketing and Project Teams<br />    b) Conduct and implement remote setup and configuration of KD Unix and Linux servers in various global KT or customer locations<br />5) Review and test 3rd party products to verify compatibility with PCID platforms.<br /><br /><b>Qualifications:</b><br />1) Self starter and excellent organizational skills<br />2) Ability to take ownership of problems and resolve them in a timely manner<br />3) Flexible work hours to support global locations<br />4) Ability to work with different functional groups. Be able to adapt to different technical levels.<br />5) Ability to multitask between several projects in a fast paced environment<br />6) Vendor management skills including negotiation and coordination<br />7) Ability to work well with customers. Provide direct and remote support/troubleshooting, and recommend solutions to customers. <br />8) Ability to persevere, successfully bring tasks to completion, on schedule<br />9) Excellent verbal and written skills<br />10) Technical skills desired/Required<br />       a) RH Linux including kernel parameter and tuning<br />       b) GFS (Clustering file systems)<br />       c) RP Multi-passing</span></span><span lang="en" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">.<br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Basic Qualifications</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">:<br /> </span><span lang="en" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">BS/BA in computer engineering or similar field.<br /> 7+ years of experience in hardware engineering.</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> Kindly send your resumes to</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</span></u></span></a></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span></div></div>

Senior System Engineer (Windows, VMware, Unix and Linux Server/Storage) (#108109)

Position : Senior System Engineer Location : Austin, TX Duration : Full time   Job Description : We are looking for an experienced h...

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Director, Product Marketing- Mature FABS (Sales | Marketing | semiconductor capital equipment management experience) (#107733)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Job Title:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Director, Product Marketing- Mature FABS</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Milpitas, CA</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Duration:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Fulltime</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Job Description:</span></b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Customers with stable production processes have unique equipment service needs, often emphasizing a reduction in overall service costs while maintaining adequate service quality and responsiveness.  This position will own the strategies and tactical direction required to maximize KLA-Tencor's service position and profitability at these Mature customer sites. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Activities include but are not limited to; analyzing the market space and identifying the best opportunities, aligning with regional service teams to develop account strategies and proposals, pitching proposals directly to customer decision-makers, overcoming customer objections, aligning with internal functional groups on the service delivery strategy, providing structured, periodic updates to company senior management.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Preferred Qualifications:</span></b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1. Essential</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> -- semiconductor capital equipment management experience, participation in the equipment service delivery chain, direct communication with customers, ability to communicate effectively across functional organizations, ability to develop and internally align on creative service concepts, generate support for decisions by manipulating and analyzing large datasets.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2. Preferred</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> -- experience in service sales or marketing, demonstrated success leading large scale tactical and strategic projects. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3. Bachelor’s</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> level degree in a technical field with at least 10 years of experience in a semiconductor related field. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4.25-35% international travel is required.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Basic Qualifications:</span></b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bachelor's Level Degree in a technical field with at least 10 years of experience in a semiconductor related field. </span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ability to travel internationally approximately 25%.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Please send your</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b> <span style="font-family: Arial;">resumes</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</span></b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></div></div>

Director, Product Marketing- Mature FABS (Sales | Marketing | semiconductor capital equipment management experience) (#107733)

Job Title: Director, Product Marketing- Mature FABS Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: Customers with stable prod...

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Principal System Design Engineer (Optics | Metrology | system Design) (108003)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Job Title:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Principal System Design Engineer</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Milpitas, CA</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Duration:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Fulltime</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Job Description:</span></b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1. Responsible</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> for system and subsystem architecture definition, modeling, design, integration and characterization of optical inspection and metrology systems in semiconductor industry.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2. Define</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> the requirements and architecture for whole systems, subsystems and improvement projects and makes sure the system is designed, developed, integrated and tested to meet the requirements.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3. Define</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> the top level system specifications, allocates requirements to the subsystems, calculates the system error budget, defines and resolves interfaces and working parameters for the optimum hardware/software solution.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4. Provides</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> significant contributions to the definition of system requirements and the architecture of complex subsystems and systems.   </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Preferred Qualifications:</span></b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1. Background</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> in any of the following is a strong plus: optical microscopy, optical design, near-field optics, EM modeling, opto-mechanical system design, optical metrology, interferometry, control systems, Monte Carlo simulation,</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Arial;">and semiconductor</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> processing.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2. The</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> ideal candidate is an innovative thinker, with solid background in multiple areas, including theoretical and experimental knowledge of physical optics, optical metrology, light sources and sensors, data analysis, signal processing, logical and systematic conversion of customer/market requirements into total system solutions and/or improvement projects that consider technical, schedule and cost constraints.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3. Able</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> to make whole system connections and see the big picture.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4. Capable</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and willing to design, build and use optical lab setups as a proof-of-concept benches or component test beds.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">5. The</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> candidate needs to be a self-motivated individual with ability to multitask and work independently or in a team. Strong written and verbal communications skills are needed for extensive interactions with members of a multi-disciplinary global team. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Basic Qualifications:</span></b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">OR</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Master's Level Degree with at least 8 years of experience</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">OR</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 7 years of experience</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Please send your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</span></b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></div></div>

Principal System Design Engineer (Optics | Metrology | system Design) (108003)

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Weekend Plans

This week is going to be interesting for me.  Joel leaves tomorrow for a week for his bachelor party.  They're going fishing - big surprise! :)<br /><br />I, on the other hand, am interested to see how life proceeds without Joel around.... life in terms of weight loss.  It'll be a good experiment and one that I'm hoping yields some good last minute weight loss for the upcoming nuptials. <br /><br />My weekend plans include a hair cut/color (today!) in preparation for the wedding, as well as lots of shopping for our trip.  I might even buy a dress or two - gasp!  Typically when we go to the eastern shore of MD, I'm usually packing "bum" clothes, which are usually gym outfits.  What do I need to look nice for?  I'll spend most of my time on the beach indulging in a book.  But in Jamaica, I think it's going to be a lot different and so I need to be prepared.  I'd also like to snag another bathing suit as well.  Any and all clothing suggestions are welcomed!<br /><br />Since it is a long weekend for us feds, I fully plan on taking advantage of that time to get in at least 3 days of activity along with 3 days of sun :).  I want to spend as much time as possible at the pool this weekend so that I can work on my tan for the dress (yes, I'll be wearing sunscreen!).  I've been using the Jergen's sunless tanning lotion and that's working pretty well thus far, but I know sometimes it has a tendency to make me look a little on the orange side, and I don't want that happening for the pictures. <br /><br />I'm also looking forward to cooking for the upcoming week and doing some major meal planning that I hope will help me lose some more weight before our trip.  <br /><br />I wish all of you a happy and safe <b><span style="color: red;">Memorial</span> <span style="color: blue;">Day</span> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">weekend</span>!  May God continue to bless those who serve our nation, those who have served, and those who will.  Freedom isn't free - thank you for keeping our country safe!<br /><br /><b style="color: #351c75;">What are your weekend plans?</b>

Jamaica wedding Weekend Plans

This week is going to be interesting for me.  Joel leaves tomorrow for a week for his bachelor party.  They're going fishing - big surpr...

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Add navigation pages to your wiki and write on them!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last week I wrote a blogpost and challenged teachers to consider creating a wiki if they don’t already have one. My post was called  ‘<a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-not-create-wiki-for-your-classroom.html">Why not create a wiki for your classroom’</a>?  A wiki is a superb calssroom tool, really. Well, if you took the challenge and created a wiki, I have some more fabulous tips for you to spruce it up a bit. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Add navigation pages</span></b></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first thing you could so is add navigation pages on the left hand side to give it that website feel. If you would like to do that I have created a Slideshare that could assist you. It is called ‘How to add navigation pages to your wiki'. Take a look:</span></div><div id="__ss_12955901" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/how-to-add-navigation-pages-to-your-wikispaces-wiki" target="_blank" title="How to add navigation pages to your Wikispaces wiki">How to add navigation pages to your Wikispaces wiki</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/12955901" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </div></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>How to write on a wiki </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">O</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">nce you have done that you might find that wikis are sometimes tricky to write on. But don’t worry as I have created some information on how to write in a wiki. Let me add this an a Box.Net embed.(I love the way one can so easily upload to Box.net and then got an embed code to put the document on a wiki. </span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="400" src="https://www.box.com/embed/988lzc5revrez7e.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="466" wmode="opaque"></embed></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, in the next wiki post that I write I’ll add some information about adding a header and some gadgets to your wiki. Really, for a teacher, a wiki is a MUST in this day and age. </span></div></div>

Teaching Tutorials Web tools Wikis Add navigation pages to your wiki and write on them!

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Progress

<p align="center">It took me only took me 10+ months, but I’m down 10lbs and that means progress pictures! Yes 10 months is a long time to only lose 10lbs, but like I mentioned in my <a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2012/05/down-to-business.html">“Down to Business</a>” post: this is my journey, everything has led up to this point, I can’t change the past, the future is mine! I promise it won’t be another 10 months for the next 10 lbs! <em>(keep in mind that my July ‘11 pictures are only 2 1/2 weeks post partum)</em></p> <p align="center">So without further ado, here are my progress pictures!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExRzx8QJhGZH_0piAbd5Z87Ne7jowJ-EvVocEm-4WZj2k3EP2Uvu49lhIumnvS699HTDhuIxjra-tGSxnDPo5iIVKndXIgGVfPjASmPq6_E_E8FkWgG00dL7Byvz5_G6zjf68rzes37WF/s1600-h/Blog2%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog2" border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcGl0ZxXI7YJ5y3rrHeOins5ktZEOEAVQjUZ8v_a40fDzwekWyRQNdUgBquZjUmyU7q6O-M4dz-JKqfESX9et6SYAUSRVASnfrnbRjN-9XIS6ESoJqTH0w8GBBJhFugnIN8qY_sMlgHUY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog2" width="404"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tAXTrZ-WdDQWaa5Tr1-73Lau5tN5Bm2m-g2Ha3irBVgRet0IoUhyphenhyphenD6XheK6CLX3GqjC2NJGZ1PPNNzV-qYKPH_1swFcmUrw1BsqdqIN3bpxqdre6i23U04Q_gTmEHQWJ9gER8oH_mDLh/s1600-h/Blog3%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog3" border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5DwbvGT6xU7WbOYUZy59_XZ-5WbAu5BMVr3U_va_RkuJaOZ8bmCCEkYrUUBS4_DIHLmatlfhWFdlQ_JpTtckpaduCjYRdbSIhQdHEEd83JNG1rpIWNDqtMRIOQRDe3ZQeteVrRMq-Exb/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog3" width="404"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYTPONlMJZ5LMU_ZrWKuVxf1i8Z1Jrn5djGI9bcMenF_WhCRpuzgCFTD-Ju1L4Be3InBwunm7VAFEgNiceR_l90Nh2llNJNnW6gnOGVjioE49hm5CVgbC4heRP1FMYcvSXcnInAykyUAdP/s1600-h/Blog4%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Blog4" border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwABYlnX5nU0Kebv8rh1G6UobFcU9iizqHK5v5OUDZJ_nh8jfTc-LhUoVlSSJ3oAd-V5gpx8MGfCCPmeyBlLUkDrQKZEruKx2T6wKu-4s3BnS6AHWh8H8x_5tlp-9GewWF_Hr7oMw9Kmt/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Blog4" width="404"></a></p> <p align="center">A few comments: I need to get some sun, I can see the changes in my love handles & stomach (still a ways to go though), and I really need to work on my things & ham strings!</p> <p align="center">I do have a confession: I didn’t post the back shot in my original <a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2011_07_03_archive.html">“before” pictures</a>, I was embarrassed. I’m still not pleased with what I see, but I think posting it will give me even more motivation to work harder towards my goal. </p> <p align="center">Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend!</p>

Progress

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what's in a name

We are in the home stretch (whoop whoop) of this master bedroom and what is one of the last things you do before leaving your room each morning?<br /><br />I would accept 'hide dirty clothes in closet' but really 'make the bed' is the answer I'm looking for.<br /><br />Since the beginning I've had monogrammed shams in mind. Now we've already established my love of out-of-my-budget-linens, but I though since I wasn't going crazy with linens on the rest of the bed, I could certainly spring for two Euro shams.<br /><br />Turns out I couldn't. Everything I found that would work was upwards of $75 each and still not right. And I'm not spending that much on something I don't absolutely love. I do have a pair of old <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/pearl-embroidered-duvet-cover-sham/?pkey=call-duvet-covers-shams" target="_blank">Pottery Barn shams</a> but their polka dot color wouldn't work. Too green and gray.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhyEqXFrnPWZjvqK4AsKt4ywKuWOo5iVzMHmhzRGCBzGUD6PsuKsNWC2gzaYIAeTe8FsCDHRrUA7rkjOLGecgmmZCxKFVvI0U9nJGBvk5sUALligYRxJnACCXMUBDojLPcmFQcd5M66fT/s1600/img69o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhyEqXFrnPWZjvqK4AsKt4ywKuWOo5iVzMHmhzRGCBzGUD6PsuKsNWC2gzaYIAeTe8FsCDHRrUA7rkjOLGecgmmZCxKFVvI0U9nJGBvk5sUALligYRxJnACCXMUBDojLPcmFQcd5M66fT/s400/img69o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Other than the color though, they <i>were</i> in perfect shape. I couldn't see spending money on new shams when I had two perfectly good ones sitting in my <strike>perfectly organized</strike> linen closet. So... I bleached them.<br /><br />I figured they would either sit in my closet forever and never get used, or I could take a chance that the bleach would work.<br /><br />And luckily, it worked. Wonderfully. I should have done it long ago.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfWuiPkyh7yDO80Cp1DDrFC1KLw7ZjFOpjG7OG6b6kqsimUuyuP4zX8v2b54E0aXjyA7BXbVc-OOPy_UBp9h5Xrmqvbf-4PDHc8RT36dXpb3nqstXeiNamyVqZmjeNYeHrYhyphenhyphenwaJ9nDR6/s1600/P5236865.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfWuiPkyh7yDO80Cp1DDrFC1KLw7ZjFOpjG7OG6b6kqsimUuyuP4zX8v2b54E0aXjyA7BXbVc-OOPy_UBp9h5Xrmqvbf-4PDHc8RT36dXpb3nqstXeiNamyVqZmjeNYeHrYhyphenhyphenwaJ9nDR6/s640/P5236865.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>With crisp white (and wrinkly) shams in hand I called the local monogram shop that I've used several times before.<br /><br />"How much would it be to monogram two Euro Shams?"<br /><br />"Well, it depends on the size of the monogram and the type, but it would start around $150 per sham."<br /><br />Excuse me?<br />Does that include the crack you are smoking, or is that separate?<br /><br />Did she not know the conversation I'd been having with myself about cost? See paragraph above lady!<br /><br />I mourned my perfectly stitched monogramed shams for about two minutes and then thought, I'm just going to have to do this on my own. <a href="http://www.restoredstyle.com/tgidiyfriday-stenciled-pillowcases/" target="_blank">Kirsten at </a><a href="http://www.restoredstyle.com/tgidiyfriday-stenciled-pillowcases/" target="_blank">Restored Style</a> and <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2012/03/bean-jar-method-and-freezer-paper-diy.html" target="_blank">Jenny at Little Green Notebook</a> have both tried similar things. So I know I wasn't crazy. I can do this.<br /><br />First step, finding the monogram. I played with some fonts on the computer until I found the style and size I wanted.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUp7B2SU3ag28t0ugqr8Lu1_0m-CUvxP21coW6wxYzQSoTRK0584EbR9fUsvrAVL0UC2CwaWZm1zuq40dBWl3eoLhVIk1Bl2zQcM6c5DWdqZBd5v9oH9x7g6q4dLjZUzco_1RWyQGNZHa/s1600/P5236864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUp7B2SU3ag28t0ugqr8Lu1_0m-CUvxP21coW6wxYzQSoTRK0584EbR9fUsvrAVL0UC2CwaWZm1zuq40dBWl3eoLhVIk1Bl2zQcM6c5DWdqZBd5v9oH9x7g6q4dLjZUzco_1RWyQGNZHa/s640/P5236864.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>After printing out the monograms, I laid them out on my cutting board to cut out the letters. If you have 'B' 'O' or any letter that has a cut out, be sure to keep those cut outs as you will need them later.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvMbDS3bV-YCV5DhecwZVczxgSkj1Ro17rV2dotFTPBYh7Q98uhsjXS0Dl-wgAsIIEjHhaeYguy2g6Bk6Ka8JX2VMPQHPpW-gGw1BH26wth-O60QpTXnai0QoW2hUHbI9INwTtLLNTbVu/s1600/P5236873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvMbDS3bV-YCV5DhecwZVczxgSkj1Ro17rV2dotFTPBYh7Q98uhsjXS0Dl-wgAsIIEjHhaeYguy2g6Bk6Ka8JX2VMPQHPpW-gGw1BH26wth-O60QpTXnai0QoW2hUHbI9INwTtLLNTbVu/s640/P5236873.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>With the monogram cut out, it was time to transfer the template to the sham. I taped it down super tight and put a book inside the sham to 1. prevent any bleed-thru from the paint and 2. keep as flat and hard a surface as I could for painting.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQzoCi5itz22czpIFpxlAW57p_QeSqHoDCKtGTPKUBJhtoAjnNJu3489PqUHWfEv9YA1ZrOvgY8JxsAMW-o6AC3edQNUTHqPW3Oohlc1AGPByF8r1CBUVgFoBbEbYAp42XCOq8Ym-Kips/s1600/P5236874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQzoCi5itz22czpIFpxlAW57p_QeSqHoDCKtGTPKUBJhtoAjnNJu3489PqUHWfEv9YA1ZrOvgY8JxsAMW-o6AC3edQNUTHqPW3Oohlc1AGPByF8r1CBUVgFoBbEbYAp42XCOq8Ym-Kips/s640/P5236874.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Time to get down to business. I used craft paint I already had on hand (fabric safe) and a little, very stiff, paint brush. It is super important to always brush away from the paper so you don't paint 'outside the lines'. Slow and steady wins the race. Full concentration is required. I even had to turn off Bravo (gasp) for a bit as it was too distracting.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiMNAFq1T7f9J8ipekGe4i_ozZgzgXTJt0HF1phwH1iY1VxP8rhWkfM-86f6n7Yp6BOX2sjtvRgPLyVVqQhy1nQ-Udnc-IGZLocA14clVxhH8wglZyZ-r0cqR9St9G0M0dzINFZDXmquL/s1600/P5236880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiMNAFq1T7f9J8ipekGe4i_ozZgzgXTJt0HF1phwH1iY1VxP8rhWkfM-86f6n7Yp6BOX2sjtvRgPLyVVqQhy1nQ-Udnc-IGZLocA14clVxhH8wglZyZ-r0cqR9St9G0M0dzINFZDXmquL/s640/P5236880.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>After its all painted, pause for a quick 'Did I really just paint my bedding?!' and then<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbTYxl8_UF_3NIjptNVIyZuROKRczy66symmZhKimanvJjte2KEtNGXo-EE9kUP4t5l0Y0D-2iQTWBUU1u81S-X7VS8Mh4uzHcGPVLW2TcPRelTbRVrJ_AyL8QZd_5iRw-SwWcvaMe7MH/s1600/P5236875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbTYxl8_UF_3NIjptNVIyZuROKRczy66symmZhKimanvJjte2KEtNGXo-EE9kUP4t5l0Y0D-2iQTWBUU1u81S-X7VS8Mh4uzHcGPVLW2TcPRelTbRVrJ_AyL8QZd_5iRw-SwWcvaMe7MH/s640/P5236875.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>slooowly pull the tape and stencil off. I admit, I did this with only one eye opened.<br /><br />Tadah!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcsBPycK6A6g2o6oV8K_hIjhiCn0-0ADahEv3gxHxKzHNMHTVN-nixp8oOrzzDz1CD5oyJqq9E-fYeWDue3Quto4igonFF37wMKwGz4KKZTp9TpybfIJ8HczjfVlOxa2szPZO8IZV9Gi3/s1600/P5236876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcsBPycK6A6g2o6oV8K_hIjhiCn0-0ADahEv3gxHxKzHNMHTVN-nixp8oOrzzDz1CD5oyJqq9E-fYeWDue3Quto4igonFF37wMKwGz4KKZTp9TpybfIJ8HczjfVlOxa2szPZO8IZV9Gi3/s640/P5236876.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Wahoo!<br /><br />Now just lather, rinse and repeat with the second sham. I did lay the second sham onto of the first one (after it was dry of course) to make sure to line up my stencils. It was faint, but just strong enough to help.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQ0UB_cDXrX0-LUY7v2NREyRfszwpjEMMlnA2ctnZjAyG6oi5jpNTAwfiNpDC9FsptkS7XegWHC2nbIwPpAAU_qmIN5xkjxUnVn1tzdtAy6d-Bt89sc97b0UGEYcjFzHYCV1h1tK0o3bR/s1600/P5236877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQ0UB_cDXrX0-LUY7v2NREyRfszwpjEMMlnA2ctnZjAyG6oi5jpNTAwfiNpDC9FsptkS7XegWHC2nbIwPpAAU_qmIN5xkjxUnVn1tzdtAy6d-Bt89sc97b0UGEYcjFzHYCV1h1tK0o3bR/s640/P5236877.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Now I've got what I was picturing in my head and didn't have to spend $$$ to get it. This project was 100% FREE since I already owned everything I needed.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiM2IcgRFrsWG1TiSBrHXmmQhlhV9qgOYrCKBG4lhuDEJqxpEqm9eKQIDi6V0_t70pq37NrauYn7Ja3aJ055c7Vy4iympRBOdzo3hWFizY1CwXRFsbzCAtCOqIjDuUqzf7WDWlZ-DxSTQ/s1600/P5246883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiM2IcgRFrsWG1TiSBrHXmmQhlhV9qgOYrCKBG4lhuDEJqxpEqm9eKQIDi6V0_t70pq37NrauYn7Ja3aJ055c7Vy4iympRBOdzo3hWFizY1CwXRFsbzCAtCOqIjDuUqzf7WDWlZ-DxSTQ/s640/P5246883.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVhyphenhyphen9lt_cQ_VFLYTKbExsf2Hjh52tRb-vo2gK_p85EE393n3cJFBZJDgAxX4Tb0lapjhentH5q7IOuriiWA251SV0SWUtEhJndmBsY0ZGS_Simcd5ddOsN_ofuop3dltTUZxaiLREsI1G/s1600/P5246884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVhyphenhyphen9lt_cQ_VFLYTKbExsf2Hjh52tRb-vo2gK_p85EE393n3cJFBZJDgAxX4Tb0lapjhentH5q7IOuriiWA251SV0SWUtEhJndmBsY0ZGS_Simcd5ddOsN_ofuop3dltTUZxaiLREsI1G/s640/P5246884.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibU3SDX0uUFUvSW9_DGkvd7sBa1tBIit3jMaBbTnFAd9S_IoZClUP36f4wFGmZAm6_m9MvkLugSZAMBzGuOMPFxMMieXID-Y7wU5iPGCpv7KOIqZtJX7CAD_Gb5Q2ogY6djc_dmCbzOufb/s1600/P5246890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibU3SDX0uUFUvSW9_DGkvd7sBa1tBIit3jMaBbTnFAd9S_IoZClUP36f4wFGmZAm6_m9MvkLugSZAMBzGuOMPFxMMieXID-Y7wU5iPGCpv7KOIqZtJX7CAD_Gb5Q2ogY6djc_dmCbzOufb/s640/P5246890.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 20px;">This means I can cross another thing off my 'f' list:</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 20px;">find a rug</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 20px;"><strike>finish art project for walls</strike></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 20px;"><strike>finish bedding</strike></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 20px;">find bedside table alternative</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 20px;">finish seating - 80% finished</span></li></ul><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I'm making one final push this weekend and then I'm slapping a big old 'done' sign on this sucker.  Wish me luck that I keep my momentum going for a few more days. What do you have planned this weekend? Tackling any projects? Tackling any BBQs?</span></span>

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