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Delightful stay
Wonderful surroundings with a quiet & calming atmosphere ideal if your are visiting the surrounding areas of Bournemouth Poole Christchurch etc then wish to retreat from the hustle & bustle of the day
Amazing little cottage
Very nice and cozy room, clean towels and very comfy bed
Haven away from home
Victoria and Roger made us very welcoming me indeed at their delightful cottage retreat.
They looked after us very well indeed and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay with them. Their helpful advice led to good evening meals out and a more pleasant holiday.
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'Just close your eyes and imagine....'
If you were to close your eyes and begin to imagine what staying under the eaves of a quintessential English thatched cottage would be like then if you are thinking chic modern rooms with modern fixtures and fittings then perhaps you shouldn't think about staying here!.
From the moment you walk through the door you are enveloped in the Olde World charm of a well loved home full of curiosities, exposed beams, creaking floorboards and walls crammed with an eclectic mix of pictures posters and photographs. Your hosts are extremely welcoming and attentive and suit the charm of the cottage perfectly.. Breakfast is served around a large table in the dining room with the other guests and everything is cooked very well to order and presented on plates covered with silver domes to keep the food warm!. Perhaps the rooms are a little old fashioned with sheets and blankets on the bed and deep pile carpet underfoot however this did not spoil our experience in fact it was somewhat refreshing in a nostalgic sort of way..... Thankyou Victoria and Roger for your hospitality and providing us with a unique and very enjoyable stay...
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Blooming lovely!! Such a quaint place covered in hanging baskets.
The landlady of this hotel is so very friendly and absolutely charming.
The room was small, but cozy, and overlooked a beautiful garden. Great place to stay just off the main road. The breakfast well and truly filled us up, and was served in a very unusual, fascinating room. Would recommend Smugglers Cottage to those who like quaint and quirky.
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Home from home - made to feel very comfortable and welcome.
Was in the single ensuite room that is on the ground floor overlooking the garden. Lovely clean white cotton bedding towels and bath mats. Fantastic breakfast cooked to order. Remember to unplug the TV though as I had left it on stand by and was awoken by flashing light. Loved the olde world atmosphere- so many interesting things to see. Thank you for a lovely stay.
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A little treasure waiting to be found.
We needed to stay for one night and this was a perfect location.
Close to the main road but easy to find. Very friendly owners and we had a a charming stay, with a wonderful breakfast ( cooked to order) in the mornng. A big thank you for making our stay so welcoming and delightful.
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We had a two night stay at smugglers cottage and really enjoyed our stay there.
The room was clean and bed comfortable, tea and coffee available. Breakfast was cooked to perfection and filled us up for the day ahead. Victoria and Roger were the perfect hosts and nothing was too much trouble for them. Would recommend staying there and have had people asking about it after posting pictures on facebook, would definitely go back.
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B&B owners great -pity about laterooms
the b & B owners couldn''t have been nicer - unfortunately they had had no notification from laterooms about my booking and no-one was available at laterooms to take their call.
Wouldn't use laterooms again.
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A lovely place to relax and unwind. Wonderful character house and marvellous host.
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our night at Smugglers Cottage.
Victoria was very welcoming and informative about the place and the surrounding area. There was plenty of very hot water, towels, extra pillows and a gorgeously comfy bed. Breakfast was beautifully cooked and served. We couldn't fault our stay.
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MY TRUE COWBOY (4) by Shelley Galloway: Cal Riddell has his hands full with a busy ranch, a rambunctious baby sister and a fractious father recovering from heart surgery. Already a man with a wounded heart, Cal feels he's losing control of his life, especially as he is drawn to Susan Young and her young, ailing son. Single mom Susan has moved west to find an easier way of life and spend more time with her son. With a rocky start thanks to the high jinks of two spirited children and an interfering old man, Cal and Susan feel their way through a relationship. The tale has a nice cadence, smart dialogue and realistic characters.
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Event: UN-REDD Workshop: Identifying and Promoting Ecosystem Co-Benefits from REDD+ [viewed]
This workshop is organized by the UN Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
This workshop is organized by the UN Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
20 April 2010: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released a study titled "Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Dairy Sector: A Life Cycle Assessment." The study examines the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with milk production and processing for a variety of farming systems.
This Regional Conference is held every two years and provides a regional forum to evaluate activities of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and formulate recommendations for the coming biannual period. The Conference also analyzes the main challenges that both FAO and governments face, and represents an opportunity to establish a high level dialogue on rural development, fisheries, forestry, and food security and agriculture. Climate change and its impact on agricultural, forestry and fisheries production in Latin America and the Caribbean is a key item on the agenda.
The European Forestry Commission is one of six Regional Forestry Commissions established by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to provide a policy and technical forum for countries to discuss and address forest-related issues on a regional basis. The main topics for discussion during this session will be: climate change and forests; forests and energy; forests and water; and regional cooperation on forests.
1 April 2010: The implementation of UN-REDD activities in Indonesia was officially launched at the UN-REDD Inception Workshop, held from 30-31 March 2010, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Representatives of various ministries, provincial governments, and international and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) discussed reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) in Indonesia and the UN Programme's activities.
The fifth World Urban Forum (WUF-5), which took place from 22-26 March 2010, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under the theme "The Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide," was hosted by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the Government of Brazil.
2 April 2010: Silva Mediterranea, a statutory body of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) covering the Mediterranean region, released its third newsletter, which presents activities, studies and projects on adaptation of forests to climate change across the Mediterranean region.
March 2010: Global Witness, a non-governmental organization (NGO) representing civil society on the UN-REDD Policy Board, has submitted an assessment of the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Readiness-Preparation Proposals (R-PPs) and Joint Program Documents (JPDs) of the UN-REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries) Programme. A key finding of the assessment is the need for further guidance on non-carbon monitoring from the FCPF, the UN-REDD Programme, and the international community.
This symposium is supported by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the North Pacific Marine Sciences Organization (PICES). Participants will: discuss techniques for investigating the impacts of climate change on populations of fish and shellfish in capture and cultured fisheries; examine observational, analytical and modelling approaches; identify analytical techniques for forecasting climate change impacts on marine fish and shellfish populations; and discuss policies and strategies for society and users of marine resources to consider in the face of a changing climate and altered marine ecosystems.
30 March 2010: Indonesia and the UN-REDD Programme launched efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) in Indonesia by supporting the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry in their preparations for national REDD implementation.


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He had abruptly converted to Islam -- going by the name of Tarq Kahn -- before returning to California in 2011, living in a recreational vehicle in front of his father's North San Jose house.Background:
Matthew Aaron Llaneza bragged to his accomplice that after blowing up a Bank of America branch in Oakland, "he would dance with joy." Then after an act of terrorism that Llaneza hoped would be blamed on anti-government militias, federal officials say, he planned to flee to Afghanistan and train Taliban fighters. But Llaneza's co-conspirator was not, as he believed, a member of the Taliban. He was an undercover FBI agent, and that's why early Friday morning, Llaneza, a 28-year-old San Jose resident and former Marine, was arrested after federal authorities say he attempted to detonate a car bomb that they had secretly rendered inoperable as part of a months-long sting.Llanez targeted Bank of America specifically because of the symbolism of the company's name.


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Kirby Camp: Red Bull Air Force Training
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Some awesome behind-the-scenes footage of the Red Bull Air Force Training Camp, dubbed "Kirby Camp," in Arizona this past Spring (2011). Big thanks to Mike Shore Photo for sharing this video. And don't forget to check out Andy Farrington's photo and video of the insane Red Bull Air Force wingsuit fly-by at Kirby Camp.


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The hardest adjustment Oswalt had to make for his new home was Ganymede's measurement of time. It was reasoned by the first colonists that, because the new world shared nothing in common with Earth in terms of seasons and axis rotations, adopting a metric system of time was the most appropriate choice. After all, what was the point of having a calender with a new year once every 7.15 Earth days? Anticipating that a new system of time would be confusing to recent immigrants, the Ganymede government printed pamphlets, books, and audio to explain it all. Oswalt was thumbing through the pamphlet he kept in his coat pocket, re-familiarizing himself with the document while he waited for his turn in the employment centre.
By now, you've surely noticed that time measurement on the Jovian colonies is very different from Earth. Our system is adapted from the decimal system of time developed in France during the revolution of the 18th century. How does it work? Here's a breakdown of the basic units of measurement:
100 seconds = 1 minute
100 minutes = 1 hour
100 hours = 1 day
10 days = 1 month
10 months = year
This would mean that there are 100 days in a Jovian Colony year. This system does not use weeks. For illustrative purposes, one Jovian Colony Year (JCY for short) is the equivalent of approximately 400 Earth days.
The construction of the Jovian Colony day was a complicated one for the first colonists to design. A 10 hour day, such as the one used during Revolutionary France, was deemed far too short to be of any use. But in keeping with the base 10 system, they also found that the 100 hour day had its own problem of being too long! Therefore, to make the everyday functioning of citizens an easier process, each day was broken into four quarter-days, consisting of 25 hours each.
So now that we know the basic components of a Jovian Colony calender, let's look at how the time and the date are written. Time is written to reflect quarter-days, and dates account for both full-days and the current month. As an example, let's use 04:13:65 on 07/02/0340 to breakdown how it works. Here, the number 4 represents the current quarter-day, 13 represents the current hour, and the number 67 represents the number of minutes that have passed in this hour. As well, the number 07 refers to the current full-day, 02 refers to month in which it appears, and 340 refers to the year. Therefore, this sample represents the 4th quarter of the 7th day in the 2nd month of the 340th year, in which 13 hours and 65 minutes have passed.
The rest of the document was filled with examples of situations that refer to time. "Hello! How has your quarter been?," an inoffensively drawn man says to greet to his equally inoffensive wife. "I was born on day 3 of month 10, 332," a inoffensive woman says to her date. In the later pages of the pamphlet there was a chart for converting Earth dates to the Jovian Colony equivalent, but he hadn't needed to use it thus far.


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Joseph Crehan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in Union Pacific and They Died With Their Boots On. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died in Hollywood, California from a stroke.


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Seagate 1TB Backup Plus USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Review
In a world of ever increasing quality in audio, photography and especially video – the need for yet more space to store all this information is a constant battle. Although storing content in online cloud storage is becoming more and more practical, the need to have it with you all the time even when you are away from an internet connection leaves you with the requirement for an external hard drive.
The Seagate 1TB Backup Plus Portable Hard Drive is one such solution. Extremely portable and supporting USB 3.0 for quick transfer speeds, the 1TB hard drive is ready for all your media storage needs.
Windows 10 Hands On – The Start Menu is Back, Start Screen Evolves
Windows 8 and its free update Windows 8.1 certainly upset a lot of traditional Windows fans. Aiming for the tablet world when the iPad was becoming a dominant force to be reckoned with, the Windows team made drastic changes to Windows 7 to adapt to this new world of touchscreen interactivity. In doing so, Microsoft instead alienated a lot of its users with some pretty bizarre design changes that released to the world as Windows 8.
I for one accepted Windows 8 into my life with little resistance and actually liked much of the new 'desktop' additions, but even I as a techie could see that there was a growing number of individuals who just couldn't or indeed wouldn't adapt to the changes.
Windows 10 will be released by the end of 2015 for free to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users (if you upgrade within the first year) and with this new operating system – a much more refined approach to what a modern computer interface should be.
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It wasn't that long ago I was enjoying my immensely powerful 7.1 surround system. Well I could, I lived in a detached house with plenty of room. Now though, I currently live in an apartment which I love, however sharing a block with 5 other people means I have to consider the neighbours and there simply isn't the room to accommodate 7 speakers and a meaty subwoofer.
So, for the last few months I have been enduring the lacklustre sound of TV speakers. As televisions become thinner and thinner, speakers have less room available and the sound quality inevitably suffers. Soundbars have become an option for those who are looking for a speaker system that takes little room, yet still offers superior sound compared to those tiny built-in speakers found on most HDTVs.
Official HTC One M8 Dot View Case Hands On – Mobile Fun
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Thetis eats ice cream by Lady2011Watch
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esta muy bueno!
Thetis !! *glomp ><*
Hahaha, now why can I imagine Thetis enjoying an ice cream so much? Simply lovely artwork, and your colouring skills are just amazing! The almost patchy pattern really gives this a lot of charm.
mmm bacon ice cream.
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Thetis is one of my most favorite characters from megaman ZX Advent. Lol takes me back to when I was younger and playing it.
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Reebok Court Victory Pump 'OG' Fall 2014 Collection
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The Michael Chang classic Reebok Court Victory Pump is set for a comeback.
Reebok Classics will be dropping three original colorways for Fall of 2014. Included in this collection are the white/green-citron, white/ion blue-yellow jet and white/royal-crimson pairs. Look out for them at online at reebok.com as well as select Reebok Classics retailers later this year.
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Brentwood Lib Dem County Councillor David Kendall has used a Freedom of Information request to find out how much the County Council is paying out to drivers because of potholes:
Over the last three years a staggering £0.5 million has been paid out by Conservative run Essex County Council to 1502 residents whose cars have been damaged by potholes on the County's roads. This staggering statistic was revealed in a freedom of information request by Liberal Democrat County Councillor David Kendall.
Cllr Kendall commented:
"These figures show the true scale of the problem and prove that Essex County Council is still struggling to repair roads after years of neglect by the Conservatives. Whilst I am pleased to see that 1500 residents have recieved some compensation from the County Council I am concerned that there are at least another 2,000 residents who have made claims over the same period and will be getting nothing".
"These shocking figures may have forced the Tories into investing £11 million pounds in emergency pothole repairs just 8 months before the County Council Elections but for many long suffering Essex residents this will be to little to late as the damage has been done".
They may be shocked in Brentwood, but here in Rayleigh some of us are surprised that the figures aren't even higher, considering the state of our roads in recent times….
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The Essex roads have been in a worse state of repair in the last year than in any other year anywhere in the UK in my more than 75 years'experience of motoring, boy and man.


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President Obama is pulling troops out of Iraq, but also says a 'residual force' will remain through 2011. He's adding 17,000 troops to the fight in Afghanistan. Neither of these commitments requires congressional approval. But should there be a requirement for congressional participation?
We talk about it with John Diamond, author of "The CIA and the Culture of Failure" and a National Security Expert, who wrote an op-ed about this for USA Today.


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Joe Rogan, color commentator for UFC, received his black belt in jiu jitsu this week under bjj legend Jean Jacques Machado. Joe Rogan received this award earlier in the week, which is a tremendous achievement for any jiu jitsu practitioner. Joe shared this news via Twitter.
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A great honor today – I received my black belt from the great Jean Jacques Machado http://instagr.am/p/PsJ3PMpyNS/
Joe Rogan has been an avid jiu jitsu practitioner and has even competed in amateur kickboxing competitions as a young adult. He also holds a black belt in jiu jitsu under the rubber guard wizard Eddie Bravo. Not only that, but Joe is the UFC color commentator and goes on tours doing stand up comedy.
Talk about a multi-talented person. Even more interesting is that several UFC fighters have raved about how well Joe would have done if he would have competed in mixed martial arts as a young adult. There are many videos on the Internet that display his dynamic spinning back kick; a move that current welterweight champ George St. Pierre took advise from Joe Rogan in order to develop the move better.
The thought of Joe Rogan competing inside the UFC at welterweight certainly does intriguing, but the UFC are happy to have him with their company. He is one of the best commentators in terms of breaking down the moves, and helping casual viewers understand what exactly is taking in place inside the cage. Congrats to Joe; hard work certainly does pay off for those who put the work in.


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I finally got own to coloring her!!!! I am bad at shading lol so this will her color reference.
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Appathon uses tech to tackle human rights issues in NepalFeb 9, 2016
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Nepal's buiding permit system goes onlineDec 6, 2015
Lhakpa Lama: Physical disability no barrier to leadershipDec 3, 2015
Accelerating towards an end to AIDS: the UN backs the Fast-Track agenda in Nepal to mark World AIDS Day 2015Dec 1, 2015
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UK, Bangladesh, Nepal and China Discuss Community-based Disaster Risk ReductionDec 1, 2015
Taking responsibility for peaceNov 27, 2015
Resurrecting communities through reconstructionNov 27, 2015
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Spencer, Elmer G., Ferrisburgh, Panton p. o., was born in East Addison in 1824. He was married on January 20, 1845, to Laura M. Smith, of East Addison, Vt., who was born in 1826. They have had one son and six daughters born to them — George C., Laura, Ella, Matie, Lucy, Bertha, Minnie. Four of the daughters have been teachers, and Bertha and Minnie graduated with great credit from the Castleton State Normal School in 1885. Elmer G. Spencer was a son of Joseph, jr., and Lucy (Elmer) Blakeley, who were married in 1816. They had eight children born to them, of whom two sons and three daughters are now living — Elmer G., Joseph, Charlotte, Elizabeth, and Jennie. Joseph, jr., died in 1874, aged eighty-three years, and his wife died in 1884, aged eighty-nine years. Joseph was a prominent man of his town, and held many of the town offices. He was a son of Joseph, sr., and Elizabeth (Sackett) Spencer. Joseph. sr., came to this country from England with his two brothers and settled on Block Island for a time, after which Joseph settled near Grand View Mountain, where he died, leaving a family of one son and five daughters
Biographical Sketch of Elmer G. Spencer
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US's strategic interests in Sri Lanka- Taraki[TamilNet, Saturday, 30 July 2005, 18:45 GMT]
What are the US governments strategic interests in Sri Lanka? If the US has specific strategic interests in the island, then what are the means and modes by which it was and is securing them? Dharmaretnam Sivaram, popular military analyst and senior editor at TamilNet was working on this feature when he was abducted and killed on 28 April 2005.
The US governments strategic interests in Sri Lanka are intertwined with its military objectives in South Asia and Asia.
Therefore a brief overview of the strategic objectives of the US in Asia in general and South Asia in particular is necessary to identify and understand the development of US army and intelligence interests in Sri Lanka.
Central to the US strategic objective in Asia is the desire to preclude the rise of a regional or continental hegemon. The objective is considered important for two main reasons:
The US believes that no nation in Asia poses such a threat to it at the moment. But it believes that China, India and Iran have the potential to develop into continental hegemons either on their own or as partners of regional coalitions including Russia that could threaten US interests in Asia and, in the long run, in the world.
A declassified section of a study commissioned by the US Department of Defence discusses three ways in which the US can preclude a country from becoming a regional or continental hegemon. A fourth method is also pointed out here.
The strategic deployment of the USAF with support from the US pacific fleet has therefore become the main means of projecting US power in the subcontinent now. And more importantly, it would also be the main component of enhancing and consolidating Americas strategic presence in South Asia.
The US Department of Defense (DoD) studied and identified basing requirements in the region requirements that could be expected to arise over a wide range of scenarios and operations, chief among which were full-scale war between India and Pakistan and Indian military aggression into neighbouring countries.
It was also decided to increase reconnaissance activities by sending additional surveillance assets to the area. The US army was mainly tasked to provide these assets which included the enhancing the presence of the National Security Agency (NSA) in Sri Lanka. Intelligence preparedness for all possible scenarios was as important as developing basing opportunities for US expeditionary forces in South Asia.
This was done also with a view to monitoring the nuclear and missile development facilities in peninsular India. Currently the eastern littoral of the subcontinent and most of peninsular India is monitored from Thailand and Singapore where the US Defence Intelligence Agency and the NSA have considerable electronic intelligence and other (mostly humint access) assets. The NSA base in Thailand monitors, among other things, LTTE communications in Sri Lanka for ex: the Voice of Tigers is made available in English to Washington HQ in less than an hour of broadcast by NSA translators at the agencys station in Thailand.
A declassified section of a US DoD study of basing opportunities to support USAF operations in the subcontinent notes that they are "somewhat limited in this part of the world." The study observe further, Diego Garcia is the permanent US outpost nearest the subcontinent, but we use the term near advisedly for that base lies approximately 2500 nautical miles from Islamabad. (The base is approximately the same distance from Kashmir ) and 2200 nautical miles from New Delhi.
The study identifies three general regions for basing opportunities around India. They are east, west, and north of India.
The first region is east of India. "This region has limited facilities and relations between Burma and the United States are stressed," the authors say. Finally given the proximity of this region to China, opportunities for close military relations may be limited in the event of heightened tensions." "The second region consists of Central Asian republics. Improved access to South Asia could grow from enhanced relations with these former "Soviet republics." The study notes that Central Asian states such as Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan could serve as valuable entrepots to the Subcontinent.
The third region is the Middle East, and it is here that we see the most prominence for conducting operations in South Asia. As was shown during the Gulf War, the air base facilities in this region are second to none, and the governments in the region are relatively stable, often with national interests that align with those of the United States."
With regard to geography, Oman is closest to the Indian-Pakistani border about 500 nautical miles. Relations between the government of Oman and United States are good, and Oman has shown itself to be a steadfast ally. In addition the basing infrastructure is well developed. Two bases Seeb International and Masirah Island are particularly well suited for the conduct of USAF operations. (This part of the document provides a guideline to a similar but still classified study of USAF basing opportunities in Sri Lanka. See below for further details)
The other bases available to the USAF for operations in South Asia are in Thailand and Singapore. The US has a long-standing defence treaty relationship with Thailand and use of a Royal Thai naval air station in U Tapaho. It has a similar defence treaty arrangement with Singapore. But the above-mentioned US DoD study notes that New Delhi is 1600 nm from Bangkok bases in central Saudi Arabia and 2600 nm from Singapore.
Therefore the US began to actively look for and seek basing opportunities in countries closer to India from 1990. In this process, the US availed itself of intelligence, military, diplomatic and economic leverage and access enjoyed in the target countries by its main security partners i.e., Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Singapore.
It should be noted in this context that the US is only seeking and looking for basing opportunities in South Asia but not constructing new military installations for USAF operations.
According to the DoD study, The identification of bases that are currently capable (or nearly so) of supporting USAF operations has both political and financial advantages. There appears to be little appetite, either in the United States or in the region, for the construction of additional American military installations The bases identified in this analysis should not require significant upgrades that could be costly in terms of either USAF budget dollars or American political capital.
The study focused on five key attributes: the length of the runway(s) at the facility, runway width, the amount of ramp space, the number of fighter sized parking spaces available, and whether or not weapons storage is available. It also looked at pavement loading characteristics (which are critical to operating large heavy aircraft such as air-lifters), the availability of fuel and other factors.
The US access strategy for the Indian subcontinent, according to the DoD study, is centred on increasing opportunities for deployments and exercises and on the development of contingency agreements with potential security partners in the area Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal. It should be noted here that the access strategy also includes plans to significantly increase electronic and other intelligence assets in the territories of potential security partners in the region.
Sri Lanka was a prime candidate for two reasons:
(The CIA station chief in Colombo is the Deputy Chief of Mission of the US embassy) The CIA station in New Delhi also liases with the DII on specific projects.
The worlds largest intelligence organization, the National Security Agency (NSA), has a presence in Colombo and works through the US army/Defense Intelligence Agency office in the US mission in Colombo. The level of its operations is not clear.
The DIA/NSA stations report direct to their headquarters in Washington DC. The CIA is under the purview of the Ambassador.
NSA/CSS representatives work on State Department or US army postings in US diplomatic missions abroad. Some former second secretaries in the Colombo mission appear to have been NSA/CSS personnel, seconded through the state department.
The CSS Central Security Service is an arm of the NSA, which, among other things, manages the agencys listening posts and operations in countries other than the primary security partners of the US. (The NSA has its own ambassadors called Special US Liaison Officers SULOs in the capitals of Americas primary security partners London, Ottawa, Tokyo, Bangkok, Canberra, Wellington, Seoul and Singapore).
The Defence Special Missile and Astronautics Centre DSMAC, another arm of the NSA, which is tasked to do initial analysis and reporting on all foreign space and missile events, stepped up its monitoring activities and resources on India in the last six years. The NSA came under particular pressure to enhance its surveillance assets in the region after it failed to report in advance Indias nuclear tests in 1999.
Any perspective on the NSAs operations in Sri Lanka has to take into account the fact that the US had developed a substantial intrastructure facility in the Voice of America station on the islands west coast in the mid eighties and that similar VOA facilities in other parts of the globe also accommodate NSAs electronic surveillance assets.
The MI6 is represented in Colombo by the Deputy High Commissioner of the UK mission. The British Military Intelligence and the MI6 liase with the NIB also through the second secretary of the mission. The MI6 had its own station in Colombo headed by an officer holding the rank of first secretary until 1994. The station has coalesced with the MI6s regional station in Jakarta since then.
The British have a mutual defence and intelligence treaty with America. The UKs traditional military and intelligence relationship with Sri Lanka has therefore been beneficial to the US. (Until 1997 the cream of the Sri Lankan aarmys officer corps was trained in UK. All the commanders of the SLA until Lt. Gen. Sri Lal Weerasooriya were graduates of the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, UK.)
It has to be noted here that all the primary security partners of the US have direct access to Sri Lankas intelligence establishment. Officials from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) station in Singapore are regularly briefed by the DII in Colombo. The Australian missions Deputy High Commissioner (who actually holds the rank of second secretary) liases for the ASIO in Colombo.
By focusing on very close military to military and intelligence-to-intelligence relations with primary security partners since World War II, the US was able to preserve most of its strategic interests from being affected by pressures from the political and public domains of those countries. The US intelligence assets in the UK, Australia, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand are little or not accountable to the political establishments of those countries.
For example, the Australian Parliament has no access to the NSAs installations in that country (the matter was last raised in 1999) and the US intelligence priorities in Canadian immigration policies which were channelled and implemented through the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) were not accountable to that countrys Parliament until recently.
This has helped the US defence establishment in pursuing its global strategic interests and goals with little or no interference caused by changes in the political domain of its primary security partners. Canadian immigration policy historian Reg Whitaker (author of Double Standard) said that the Canadians let Tamils settle in large numbers from late eighties in deference to US interests. He asserted that its was in tune with US strategic motives which the CSIS accepted as routine.
In developing and cementing close military to military relations with potential security partners in the neighbourhood of regional powers the US takes special care not to provoke adverse reactions from the American public and from the government of the target country. The US aims to permeate the security forces system of the potential security partner to make it eventually malleable, obviating thereby the political pressure and red tape which usually stymie or delay the cementing of strategic ties. The permeating silently takes place over the years by gradually increasing joint exercises, training (locally and in the United States), advice, supply of military equipment, active intelligence support etc,. The process is specifically aimed at bringing elite units and intelligence in the army, navy, air force and the Police within the fold the US military brotherhood.
The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Access and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) are the US militarys most effective instrument for cementing the gains of the close relationship developed with a potential security partner. The SOFA and ACSA constitute the basis for flexibility in projecting US military power into regions where potential hegemons are located. Their informal nature draws little publicity in the region, in the US and in the country with which it is signed while giving the key to the US army to open doors and permeate the host military.
In 1999, US army signed the ACSA with the Philippines and Nepal, both in regions considered important for current USAF global access strategy Western Pacific and South Asia. The US has politically, diplomatically and economically manoeuvred to exploit specific internal circumstances in the target country to cement the ACSA or SOFA at the right conjuncture.
Philippines offers an interesting parallel to Sri Lanka. The USAID set about developing the particular Mindanao harbour and its surroundings which were eventually ceded to the US when it signed the ACSA with Manila. Norway facilitated peace talks between New Peoples Army and Manila which eventually had the effect of reducing the threat of anti US NPA guerrilla activity around the harbour region in Mindanao. USAID and Norwegian facilitation had helped pacify the harbour region by the time ACSA was signed.
Relations between the US and the Philippines reached their nadir in the mid 1990s following the closure of the Subic Bay base. The US military had several points of leverage to re-establish a close institutionalised relationship with the Philippines. The Philippine military was under constant pressure from the Islamic militancy in Mindanao, which was being covertly funded by Saudi Arabia, a US military ally. US Special Forces training and joint exercises aimed at honing and modernizing the Philippine armys counter insurgency capability were therefore welcome. The traditional links between the two militaries made the process smooth, culminating in the ACSA. Economic and diplomatic instruments were also deployed to cajole the political establishment of the country for a consensus on the treaty.
The US would complete its strategic positioning in the Subcontinent once it signs the SOFA or ACSA with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Maldives.
The management of the ethnic conflict, among other things, is also important for the US to sufficiently expand and consolidate its military and intelligence relations with Sri Lanka as an important security partner in the region. The escalation of the war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers has offered the US Pacific Command a wide range of opportunities to do so.
The structure of the Sri Lanka army and its war doctrine underwent remodelling along the lines of the US military since relations started to expand from 1993. The emphasis on the greater role of airpower in the SLA war doctrine has largely been due to US input and assistance. Special training programs for the SLAF by the USAF have focused on developing strategic airpower as opposed to a counter insurgency related tactical air fighter fleet.
This witting or unwitting shift of emphasis on airpower in the Sri Lankas war doctrine in 2000-2001 increased the need to enhance its facilities.
In this context it is interesting to note what a US DoD study says of potential security partners such as Sri Lanka. In the near term, access strategy for Asia should centre on increasing opportunities for deployments and exercises and on the development of contingency agreements with a number of potential security partners in the area.
Depending on the closeness of the resulting relationship, this could include measures to tailor local infrastructure to USAF operations by extending runways, improving air traffic control facilities, repairing parking aprons and the like.
A USAF team has already carried out at least two preliminary surveys of basing facilities in the island. Met some members of the team for lunch at DAs residence in February 2001. Questioning was largely about LTTEs ability to attack Palaly, Indias response if LTTE were to overrun the base.
A member of the team who was introduced only as Mr. Smith (no rank) is currently working with the US de-mining group in Jaffna called RONCO.
Smith is alleged to have liased with local journalists questioning about a) whether LTTE is planning to instigate refugees at some point to enter high security zones in Jaffna, mainly the Palaly-KKS region. b) How serious is LTTE infiltration in settlements allowed near HSZ periphery c) What is LTTEs political cadre strength in army controlled areas of Jaffna.
Stabilizing the Sri Lanka state was considered critical for the US at this juncture to consolidate and cement its strategic interests here. The LTTE was a stubborn impediment to achieving this end particularly the constant threat to Trincomalee and Palaly.
Containing the Liberation Tigers and making them more malleable were also identified as priorities.
A CIA regional analyst in Washington said in July 2001: containing the LTTE while stepping up pressure on the civilian population under its control by stepping up terror bombing might create conditions for unseating Prabhararan. In April 2001, the DIA obtained an End User Licence of an LTTE arms shipment through its Indonesian counterpart. The document was traced to Bulgaria. The DIA spoke to the Bulgarians, got a history of earlier dealings, and stopped further sales. This, according to DIA chief in Colombo, was expected to turn the screws on the LTTE to negotiate.
However, both US and British intelligence specialists regret that gaining any kind of direct leverage on the LTTE seems impossible. Several US directed actions in the home territories of Americas main security partners to turn the screws on LTTE operations there did not secure the expected response.
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Everyone has imagination. These Pokemon games have the same gameplay because it works. If Nintendo changed it, then people would stop playing Pokemon, same goes if a developer changes it. You're losing some of your audience.
You don't have to wait 5 more years to make a game. You can start now, just have to put yourself to it. It'll take a lot of practice before you make something worthwhile.
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Do we really want our politicians to be 'normal'?
The Prime Minister has said that the Ukip leader isn't a "normal bloke down the pub" – a slight spark of irritation visible, there – but is, rather, a "consummate politician." I don't disagree with either assertion. Normal blokes down the pub don't become millionaire MEPs who top the poll in a nationwide election. In any case, whether or not Mr Farage is "like" his image or not doesn't interest me.
But enough of my own spark of irritation. There is no doubt that part of Mr Farage's electoral success is down to his portrayal as a blokey man-of-the-people. What I'm wondering is: how "normal" do we want our politicians to be? I suspect we're using the wrong adjective here – or at least, a necessary but not sufficient one – to describe what it is we're really after.
What we don't want: robots who can't stray from party lines in case of creating a "gaffe", otherwise known as "thinking out loud", perhaps suggesting an idea about policy which hasn't first been focus-grouped to oblivion. As with so many of the ills of modern-day Britain, this toxin first entered the body politic at the deliberate design of New Labour. That nice Mr Blair (talk about "acting normal"; the man who hired Alistair Campbell to do his dirty work still manages to bewitch a significant part of the commentariat) realised that if his robots, sorry, if his candidates were permitted to speak their mind, three quarters of the electorate would recoil in horror from their socialism (see Ed Miliband's results last week for details.) The contrast between the 2010 Tory intake and Blair's version in 1997 is striking.
(Ukip supporters: a desire for freethinking doesn't translate into going easy on candidates who talk about shooting gay people or expelling black Britons from the country or who are found making "light-hearted" Nazi salutes. If you really want to show you're a serious party, get over that victim-status whinging.)
What we also don't want: party apparatchiks suddenly popping up in safe seats. This is less solely the fault of New Labour, but Blair in Sedgefield, Miliband in Doncaster, Mandelson in Hartlepool etc etc, and now – am I right in remembering this? – the son of Jack Straw in some other safe Labour seat – no wonder voters look at the vast bulk of candidates put forward for election and think: "Those people are nothing like me. They have moved smoothly from university to either working as an assistant to an MP or as a trade union 'researcher' before being shoved into a seat where anything with more than two functioning brain cells would be elected for life." I suspect this homogeneity of candidates is one of the worst turn-offs, even if more people identify it as an effect ("They look … oddly similar") than as a cause ("Because of the way they were selected.")
Both problems could be fixed, overnight, by insisting on open primary selections for all candidates of all parties who wish to stand for the UK Parliament. I've been banging on at my own party about this for years, largely following the trail blazed by men like Douglas Carswell. If we don't open up the candidate selection process, we shall simply go on replicating the status quo, give or take a bit of centralised tinkering here and there – all women shortlists for the Left, the horrors of the A-list for the Right. All-women shortlists or jazzy A Lists which, surprise surprise, select exactly the same form of person that the party always selected. Hurrah for progress.
Even if we had open primaries, even if CCHQ/LabourHQ backed off about "messaging", though, I still don't think we'd elect candidates who were "normal." This may sound like semantics – especially from the man whose column last Saturday was a hymn of praise to the normal men and women who fought to become councillors last week – but I think there's a qualitative difference between the desire to be an MP, and the desire to be a councillor. "Normal" has a precise meaning to the statistician. It means "average."
Do we only want "average" people in Parliament? I'm not convinced. Often, when English people say "normal", they really mean something quite different: "natural." We want candidates who are natural (they make jokes and sometimes forget their lines and don't always know how to answer a question and sometimes agree with their opponents and sometimes disagree with their own party), yet who still manage to be representative. For me that means someone of above-average ability, but who has worked in a "normal" job ("normal" means not "lobbying", "PR", "trades union", "government adviser".) I'd like them to be financially solvent, but that a far higher proportion would have a more "normal" income. So "normal" yes, in terms of life experience and inherited privilege, but not only that: "natural", too.
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Marth is the Prince of Altea, from the Fire Emblem series. He is one of the playable characters from the Fire Emblem series to appear in the Super Smash Bros. series, along with Roy, Ike, Robin, and Lucina, other characters from the Fire Emblem series. He wields the Falchion, a divine blade.
Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]
Marth first appears in the Super Smash Bros. series in Super Smash Bros. Melee as an unlockable character. He can be unlocked by playing as every default character in a Melee match, clearing Classic with all of the default characters, or by playing 400 Melee matches. or fight in Vs. Mode, and then defeating Marth when he challenges the player. Marth is a fast, average power character of below-average weight, despite his armor.
Marth's attacks are all stronger at the tip of his sword. His neutral special is Shield Breaker, a slash that can be charged to be more powerful that can also instantly break an opponent's shield when charged fully. His side special is Dancing Blade, a series of sword slashes that can be altered depending on the direction inputted on the control stick. His up special is Dolphin Slash, an upward slash that has Marth leaping into the air. Finally, his down special is Counter, in which Marth delivers a counterattack when hit.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
Marth also appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, alongside fellow Fire Emblem character Ike. He is unlocked by either playing 10 Brawl matches, clearing Classic Mode on any difficulty, or by meeting him in The Subspace Emissary. For the first two methods, he will be fought afterwards, and must be defeated to be unlocked.
Although Marth's moveset is unchanged, his Shield Breaker has been changed to a stabbing attack. He is also given a Final Smash: Critical Hit, a single powerful hit that almost always instantly KOs whoever it hits. In addition, the sweetspot on his sword has been made smaller, and his grab has a shorter range.
The Subspace Emissary[edit]
Marth is seen standing over a castle watching down at the desert. Marth sees the Subspace Bomb exploding in the distance and creating a large hole in space that remains in the middle of the desert. Marth takes out his sword and walks over to it to inspect it, while defeating some Primids along the way. He finally is in front of the hole in space. Suddenly, Meta Knight comes out of the sky and attacks Marth, thinking that he is an enemy. The two fight, until abruptly, Primids are sent out. Marth and Meta Knight both cut the Primids in half.
Marth and Meta Knight look at each other surprised and realize that they are in the same team. Primids keep emerging as the two stand back to back seeing them grow. They then charge at the Primids and attack them. Later, Ike gets to join the party by managing to take a Subspace Bomb away from the Ancient Minister. The three warriors chase him until he manages to get away.
Later, Marth and the others discover a strange tank in the middle of The Wilds. After a bit of hesitation, Marth follows the others to the tank, which then reveals itself to be Galleom. After Galleom's initial defeat, it tries to get away, but ends up falling into The Ruined Hall. It eventually emerges carrying Lucas and the Pokémon Trainer into a sky while detonating a Subspace Bomb. While Lucas manages to free himself and the Pokémon Trainer from Galleom's grasp, they are rescued from a fall by Meta Knight, and thus tag along with Marth's team as well.
Marth and his companions eventually arrive at the foot of the Glacial Peak, finding Meta Knight's ship, the Halberd, attacking the Great Fox. Meta Knight leaves Marth's team to scale the mountain in an attempt to board the Halberd. After a while, the Ice Climbers fall to where Marth and his team are, and are faced with more Primids until Mario, Link, Yoshi, Kirby, and Pit intervene.
Eventually, every character comes together to track down the evil source at Subspace, discovering Tabuu as the one behind the Subspace Army. Everyone, including Marth, gets hit by Tabuu's Off Waves and turned into trophies. However, King Dedede had foreseen this happening, and created badges that revive whoever was wearing them. Reviving Luigi and Ness this way, King Dedede heads off with his companions to rescue a majority of the others, Marth included, before settling the score on Tabuu.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U[edit]
Marth is also a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. He is one of the several unlockable characters from Super Smash Bros. Brawl who was made a starter for this game, with the others being Luigi, Toon Link, Lucario, Sonic, Captain Falcon, Ness (Wii U version only), Ganondorf (Wii U version only), and Jigglypuff (Wii U version only). Marth's appearance has been updated, incorporating elements from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and later games. Aside from this, his moveset is unchanged from the previous game, though most of his sword swinging attacks now feature a trail that glows brighter at the end to make the sweetspot more visible.
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Marth appears as a playable character in Super Mario Maker, as one of the Mystery Suits that are part of Costume Mario. When his amiibo is scanned, a Mystery Mushroom is inserted into the game that transforms Mario into an 8-bit Marth.
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