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A World Burns The Amazon is burning. The dragons stir beneath Russia's soil. Africa is ablaze. Asia is split by the Shadow War. The Garou's European homeland is under siege. There's nowhere to run. The whole world is a battlefield. But wherever the Wyrm stirs, the Garou are there. No matter the city, country or continent, they rage against their foe.
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The Dragon's Talon Existence is war. The Exarchs' power cannot be thrown off by calm words and gentle gestures. The Banishers won't relent if they see you're harmless. Sometimes you need to fight harder than you've ever fought before — swift and unbreakable, like arrows made of adamantine. A Character Book for Mage: The Awakening™
Out of the shadows they come, scrabbling on eight million tiny legs. They have no friends, only food. They have no enemies, only the dead. They are the children of Weaver, Wyrm and Wyld all in one, the predators among predators. They are without mercy or compassion, but they are never without style. They are the Ananasi, the children of Grandmother Spider and theyre... [click here for more]
La batalla final.
Ya no queda sito al que huir. El Enemigo ha roto las cadenas y comparece en el campo de batalla definitivo. Las profecías se han cumplido. Los monstruos de las profundidades de la tierra vagan libres por las ciudades en llamas y las estrellas caen del cielo. La civilización humana muere y solo los hombres lobo pueden presentar batalla. Ha llegado el ... [click here for more]
The Final Battle There is nowhere left to run. The Enemy has broken loose and come to the final battleground. The prophecies have come true. The monsters from deep within the Earth run free in the burning cities, and the stars are falling from the sky. Human civilization is ending, and the werewolves are the only ones left to fight. The End Times are here. it is time to save Gaia, or die... [click here for more]
Titles among the Damned arent always primogen or prisci. Somebody has to do the dirty work. From fighting Lupines to hunting rogue Cainites, from enforcing the Traditions to leading a crusade, a few bold vampires step forward to the head of the charge. Those vampires are the unsung champions of the night.
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L'avante-garde des Grandes SectesLes titres des Damnés ne se limitent pas à Primogène et Priscus, Quelqu'un doit faire le sale boulot. Combattre les Lupins, traquer les Caïnites dévoyés, faire respecter les Traditions, mener les croisades, certains vampires courageux en ont la charge. Ces vampires sont les champions tacites de la nuit.Archonte... [click here for more]
When the Fire Burns Low Only the Ashes Remain...
The forged in steel chronicle continues: Ordered by Modias, the prince of Gary, to present themselves to Lodin, the Prince of Chicago, a group of neonates find themselves shoved headlong into a maelstrom of Kindred Intrigue. While the characters desperately search for Lodin, the Prince inexplicably disappears, and one of ... [click here for more]
Listen. Can you hear it? The thunder of your soul, roaring within the thousand thousand worlds that exist within you. Gods are there, inside you. Worlds of dream and knowledge, chains of purest gold that bind you to each and every other mind that walks this earth. Sink beneath this base flesh and find the noble self within. Read the words written on your soul. Speak the names you find ther... [click here for more]
All the leaves are yellow,All the grass is brown.All the nights are longer,Sun goes down.Crows are in the branches,Wolves are in the wild.Others in the shadows,Goodbye, child.--AnonymousThis book includes:• Motivations, methods and examples from the antagonist changeling factions• In-depth treatment of the True Fae, complete with new potential Keepers• E... [click here for more]
Suffer Not the Witch Only a few have the vision to see magic for what it is — anathema. Those who wield this unnatural power must be converted or destroyed, lest they unravel the fabric of the world itself. This is the crusade of the few, the zealous — the Banishers. A Character Book for Mage: The Awakening™
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The Shadow Children walk the twilight days unafraid, For none may rival them in their sleek majesty. None can equal their ferocity: The jungle trembles like smoke at our furious roars, The sun grants us strength to slay the rain, With a blow from our paws we shake the earth. None can equal their honour: The wisdom of forever rid... [click here for more]
Vampire Vandals and ViolenceFrom its roots in antiquity to its brutal modern blood-baths, Belial's Brood have been the rampaging barbarians at the gates of vampire society. For the first time, venture inside the vicious culture of Belial's Brood and find out what it is they're after that's worth their very souls. An antagonists book for Vampire: ... [click here for more]
What do the Kindred fear more than the prince of a city? When a city has two princes...and they're at war. Then, every battle takes on new meaning. Every argument has a sinister purpose. Every decision risks offending one of the mighty rulers. Every decision may be the last, fatal one.
Such is Berlin. Ages-old capital of t... [click here for more]
"Is there some sort of appeal to being ignorant? Do you sleep better without the knowledge of things outside your tiny boundaries? Perhaps it suits you not knowing why you should be afraid. If you die having only known a single beautiful lie, perhaps you'll be happier. Or perhaps that will be the worst regret to haunt you in hell."-- Olivia CitysmithBlasphemies is a s... [click here for more]
You can look out over the city and see what you want to see. Maybe you see the bright lights, and it gives you hope. Maybe you see the tall buildings casting their powerful shadows, and it makes you feel small. But high up, it's not that you can't see the forest for the trees—it's that you can't see the trees for the forest.
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Eldritch Texts and Kindred Blood
Blood magic, the jealously guarded secret of Clan Tremere, has long been observed with a wary eye. Is it the power of summoned demons? An application of the Blood's mystic properties? The will of spirits? Or is it something else altogether? Only those who master its dark secrets can know.
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Heart of the Predator What's it like to have the soul of a beast and the calling of a monster, all concealed within the skin of a person? How do you live among the human herd when your instincts tell you they're prey? What sort of strain does shapeshifting have on your system? What does it mean to have the blood of the wolf? A character book for Werewolf: The Forsaken™
Hidden Sorcery
While the Tremere have potent magic at their command, Hermetic tradition isnt the only source of mystic power. The ancient ways of Egyptian magic, the Sufic trances of the Middle East, sacrificial Hindu rites and the natural magic of Caribbean craft can all be used to affect the Final Nights. But what are these thaumaturgies capable of?
God doesn't love me. But He's given me these teeth to spill your blood and these words to speak over your remains. And when I do that, He's going to make my dreams come true. God is good.-- Sister Snow, upstart Bishop of New Orleans
Being a vampire is inherently trading humanity for power, but most Kindred don't do it on purpose. B... [click here for more]
Foul Ancestry"In the dark corners we dwell, still-born Kindred for whom your clans have no meaning. Our blood is your blood, yet different. It has been willed, strained and afflicted until it has taken a different course in our veins. We are your worst nightmare, childer who defy your designs to forge our own veiled destinies. Placate us, serve us and we might give you a taste of ou... [click here for more]
"One of you.A score of me.A score of us.You will belong, blood and soul.You will be mine and ours."- Hannah Featheringay, Melissid MatriarchThese are the vampires other Kindred whisper about in the dark. These monstrous lineages, terrifying, taboo and bizarre, mystify even the Damned. Each is surrounded with a fog of rumor and myth that makes the truth of their power impossib... [click here for more]
The tricker; the shaman; the judge; the bard; the warrior. Each werewolf follows one of the five auspices, according to the blessings of the moon. A werewolf has a great obligation to follow the ways of the moon phase under which he was born - but it isn't in vain. If he is true to his moon, he can reap great rewards and bring glory to his people. If he shames his mo... [click here for more]
Suck it Up, maggots! Fall In!
All right, you scum-sucking little wimps! I don't wanna hear you crying to Momma anymore, just 'cause you're dead! We're all dead here, so stop whining about it, suck in your Shadows, and stand at attention! We've got a war to fight, babies, and you've just been drafted. Stygia needs you, and the Empire ain't takin' no for an answer!
For the first time, the Book of Nod has been restored with new files that perfectly replicate the first edition, but cleaned up so that the text can all be read, and many previously-lost details of the art are finally able to be discerned.
Legends of the Undead
The first vampires remember their first nights, but do not ... [click here for more]
The Urban Jungle
The cities of the World of Darkness are a dangerous place to be. Rampant crime and widespread corruption are only the tip of the iceberg - the cities are also the homes of the vampires, and breeding grounds for the spirits of the Wyrm and Weaver. But there's also life in the cities, and where there's life, there's hope. The modern-day city is an urban b... [click here for more]
BOOK OF THE KINDRED is the sourcebook for VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE, created by Mark Rein-Hagen, co producer of TV's KINDRED: THE EMBRACED.
It tells the tale of the Kindred from the legends of ancient times to the harsh realities of modern nights. It investigates mysteries and reve... [click here for more]
The Skeins of Progress, Technology & Permanence She is the mistress of technology, the queen of science. Her servants skitter across the Pattern Web of the entire world, fortifying the walls between spirit and flesh. Hers are the powers of invention and stasis alike; hers is the force of conformity and order. And she is utterly, completely and irrevocably out of her mind.
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Primal Chaos
The Weaver has tried to bind it. The Wyrm has tried to devour it. It's beset on all sides, it's back to the wall. But the Wyld isn't giving up yet. It's the fountain of all possibilities, the fount of creation. And to the Garou who try to protect it and its children from extinction it's something more - it's hope itself. But be careful, because the Wyld's h... [click here for more]
The Rot at the Core of the WorldAtrocity is its wine. It feasts on disease. It fattens itself on the corruption in the hearts of human and werewolf alike. It is as old as the stars, vaster than suns, blacker than the voids of space. It is the corruption that gnaws at the World Tree's roots, the hatred that threatens to devour Gaia. It is the Wyrm.
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Break free from the shackles of humanity with a blast of dragon fire. Take flight with wings of bright feathers and leave the mundane world behind. Monsters are the products of imagination; theyre not real or are they? Dreams take shape in the hidden places of the world, and beyond the Earth itself. Unicorns, dragons, goblins theyre all too rea... [click here for more]
Cette Terre DésiréeLe monde est la chair de Gaïa, la Terre Mère. Elle est sacrée pour les Garous. Sur Sa surface se trouvent des lieux où Son pouvoir est puissant, et où les Garous peuvent encore contacter le monde des espirits. On peut encore trouver ces sites dans les bois, les vallées et les montagnes. Ce sont les caerns, les anciens lieu... [click here for more]
Hidden behind veils of secrecy and mystery, the Black Hand serves as the martial arm of the Sabbat. When the blood and fire of the sect's packs and prisci fail to win the night, the Black Hand arrives like a grim cavity on the cusp of the night. With all its autonomy and authority, however, the Black Hand has turned upon itself - does it ... [click here for more]
Older than both of the warring sects combined, Cairo sits perched atop the Nile like a pharaoh upon a throne, but all is not well in the city. Ancient conspiracies play out nightly while the Caitiff prince struggles with the resident Kindreds issues of faith. Cairo hides a myriad of secrets from itself as well as its shadowy denizen... [click here for more]
Idealism and BloodThey are the young idealists and passionate revolutionaries of the Damned, rallying in the dark against the jagged, outdated social chains of Kindred society. When Carthians have their way, the Danse Macabre plays out on a level floor still sticky with blood. Come together and change the night!A Covenant Guide for Vampire: The Requiem™&b... [click here for more]
Not all Kindred follow the sacred Path of Humanity. Some forsake their mortal ethics, giving themselves wholly over to the vampire condition. Others abandon the moral struggle altogether - and find themselves in the throes of frenzy. How can the race of Caine steel itself against its murderous impulses?
By popular demand, Chaining the Beas... [click here for more]
A Storytelling Game of Beautiful MadnessTaken from your home, transformed by the power of Faerie, kept as the Others' slave or pet — but you never forgot where you came from. Now you have found your way back through the Thorns, to a home that is no longer yours. You are Lost. Find yourself.The Core Rulebook for Changeling: The Lost™ • A rulebook for playing ... [click here for more]
It makes me shiver to the bone to recall what I saw of the Restless during the Second World War. There began to appear in the Shadowlands scores upon scores of wraiths, from the outer realms of Poland and Russia - whole families.
They breached the Shroud, naked, heads shaved, scarred and cut. And there was an abhorrence in the air when they came, a stink of burning. It happened in the W... [click here for more]
In the world of the Kindred, vampires lurk behind every shadow, planning their machinations and watching their prey. But who watches the watchers? Powerful Kindred from all sects (and none) move among their peers, protecting the Masquerade, interpreting the traditions of Caine, leading the Sabbat against the Antediluvians or subtly pulling strings in the darkness. Who are the most feared and mo... [click here for more]
ENTREZ LIBREMENT ET DE VOTRE PLEIN GRÉÀ la suite de la Révolte Anarch, toute l'Europe est en ébullition. Des anciens centenaires tombent de leur trône sanglant, et des meutes hurlantes de morts-vivants ravagent la nuit. Dans tout ce chaos, une silhouette solitaire se dresse. Homme, vampire ou démon, Vlad Tepes, Dracula, Prince de Valachie, est une ... [click here for more]
Un Époque Tumultueuse
Dracula erre dans la nuit. Kupala fait rage sous les terres maudites de Transylvanie et Paris brûle sous la Révolution. Les personnages - des princes aux rebelles - se trouvent au milieu des flammes et sont assiégés tant par leurs amis que par leurs ennemis. Peuvent-ils survivre aux terreurs du monde surnaturel et du B&eacut... [click here for more]
HUIT SIÈCLES DE MALÉFICESLes prophéties de la Géhenne continuent de se dévoiler. Dans les plus noirs recoins de Transylvanie, Dracule s'éveille. À l'autre bout de monde, une conflagration détruit tout un clan de Caïnites du Sabbat. La toile géomantique s'effiloche, revélant la plus grande pièce d... [click here for more]
Beware! Beware those who would keep you from this book and prevent you from gleaning the truths within, Their claws are sharp, their reeth many and their sinews mighty. Their fur stinks of the heath and their breath steams the vision. They lie with beasts and walk like beasts, yet speak as men. They would hinder the true path of the soul onward, binding it to the e... [click here for more]
"We don't worship the same gods, you and I,but we're more alike than you think.Together, we are keeping something alive - something that has lived for thousands of years despite the wavering faith of mortal men.The old gods are not dead. They live within us.We give them life, warm blood, and they keep us from death.That's our covenant, our promise. Everything else is fashion."... [click here for more]
It is a city whose influence touches the hearts and minds of millions across the globe. The fallen are drawn to LA's potent mix of power, decadence and decay, and fearsome demons stake their claims amid the city's violent streets and opulent boardrooms. Intrigue and bloodshed abound as ancient rivalries mix with the dizzying possibilities of the modern age, and the stage is ... [click here for more]
The Sultry Night Beckons New Orleans lives on borrowed time. Steeped in the customs and traditions of the Old World and ruled with an iron fist by a pious Prince, the Kindred of the city keep the sanctity of the Traditions at court and sate their desires amid the neon glare of Bourbon Street. From the stately manors of the Garden District to the seedy lanes of the French Quarter, New Orl... [click here for more]
The clans of Caine have only recently seen the true face of Clan Assamite. Once assumed to be mere assassins, the Assamites have thrown off the Camarillas debilitating curse and their mantle of silence. A diverse clan of noble warriors, erudite scholars, learned sorcerers and murderous diablerists, the Assamites have stepped forth to claim th... [click here for more]
The history of Clan Brujah has been one of struggle and passion since its first nights. Whether challenging the tyranny of feudalism or rallying against stagnant institutions, the Brujah take their fight into the modern nights. Whether she is a political dissenter or a common thug, a Brujah wears her emotions on her sleeve, and woe to those who get in her way.
The sands of Egypt conceal a frightening menace a cult of vampires dedicated to their fallen lord. The Followers of Set are scattered all over the world, seducing mortals into cults and enslaving other Kindred through their own vices. Yet the Setites do not exist for excess alone: They gather secrets from the darkness t... [click here for more]


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"In my View" - a Print presentation by Christine Widdall EFIAP MPAGB
Christine was brought up taking pictures and processing them in a darkroom from a very early age. The excitement of taking and making images has never diminished and photography is now a major part of her life as an exhibitor and judge to international level and a Past President of L&CPU.
She is a member Oldham P.S. one of the oldest photographic societies in the world. Christine has now "gone digital" and uses a digital SLR. In 2012 she achieved MPAGB with colour prints.
Christine's aim is very simple to try to capture places, people and moments in time and make them as interesting as possible. She tries to go beyond objective recording of fact and provide a personal interpretation of her subjects.

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Heat and Temperature
Student Extras
View a NOVA interactive titled Sense of Scale and travel from absolute zero to absolute hot.
PhET Simulation: Gas PropertiesNeed to see it? Add heat to a container of gas and observe the effect on gas particles of different mass.
Teacher's Guide
Need ideas? Need help? Explore The Physics Front's treasure box of catalogued resources on heat and temperature.
About TemperatureThis page takes a historical approach to the discussion of temperature and thermometers.
PhET Simulation: Gas PropertiesThis PhET simulation allows students to add heat to a container and to observe the effect of increasing temperature upon the motion of particles of different mass.
SUPER PhysicsThese workshop-style tutorials and accompanying activities guide students through various wave topics - including heat and temperature.
Hard Sphere Gas ModelThis EJS simulation from Open Source Physics (OSP) demonstrates the motion of a gas particles, accompanied by a speed distribution chart.
Thermometers as Speedometers
On the previous page of this lesson, temperature was defined as the reading on a thermometer. The process of calibrating a thermometer was explained and the variety of commonly used temperature scales were described. Finally, the concept of an absolute lowest temperature was discussed. But in the end, the fundamental definition of temperature was not given. Temperature was only defined in practical terms - the reading on a thermometer. Now we have to answer the more fundamental question: what is the reading on a thermometer the reflection of? What is temperature a measure of?
It is at this point that we can use a more sophisticated definition of temperature. Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles within a sample of matter. In a previous unit of The Physics Classroom Tutorial, kinetic energy was defined as the energy of motion. An object ... or a particle ... that is moving has kinetic energy. There are three common forms of kinetic energy - vibrational kinetic energy, rotational kinetic energy and translational kinetic energy. Up to this point of the tutorial, we have associated kinetic energy with the movement of an object (or particle) from one location to another. This is referred to as translational kinetic energy. A ball moving through space has translational kinetic energy. An object can also have vibrational kinetic energy; this is the energy of motion possessed by an object that is oscillating or vibrating about a fixed position. A mass attached to a spring has vibrational kinetic energy. Such a mass is not permanently displaced from its position like a ball moving through space. Finally an object can have rotational kinetic energy; this is the energy associated with an object that is rotating about an imaginary axis of rotation. A spinning top isn't moving through space and isn't vibrating about a fixed position, but there is still kinetic energy associated with its motion about an axis of rotation. This form of kinetic energy is called rotational kinetic energy.
A sample of matter consists of particles that can be vibrating, rotating and moving through the space of its container. So at the particle level, a sample of matter possesses kinetic energy. A warm cup of water on a countertop may appear to be as still as can be; yet it still has kinetic energy. At the particle level, there are atoms and molecules that are vibrating, rotating and moving through the space of its container. Stick a thermometer in the cup of water and you will see the evidence that the water possesses kinetic energy. The water's temperature, as reflected by the thermometer's reading, is a measure of the average amount of kinetic energy possessed by the water molecules.
When the temperature of an object increases, the particles that compose the object begin to move faster. They either vibrate more rapidly, rotate with greater frequency or move through space with a greater speed. Increasing the temperature causes an increase in the particle speed. So as a sample of water in a pot is heated, its molecules begin to move with greater speed and this greater speed is reflected by a higher thermometer reading. Similarly, if a sample of water is placed in the freezer, its molecules begin to move slower (with a lower speed) and this is reflected by a lower thermometer reading. It is in this sense that a thermometer can be thought of as a speedometer.
At the onset of this page, temperature was defined as a measure of the average amount of kinetic energy possessed by an object. But what exactly is meant by average kinetic energy? In any sample of matter, particles are moving. Consider the sample of helium gas inside of a helium-filled balloon. The predominant motion of the helium atoms is translational motion. The helium atoms move through the space of the balloon from one location to another. As they do, they encounter collisions with one another and with the balloon walls. These collisions result in changes in speed and direction. As a result, there is not a single speed at which the helium atoms move, but a range of speeds. Being that there is a range of speeds with which the helium atoms move, there is a range of kinetic energies possessed by these particles. This is often referred to as a Boltzmann speed distribution and is represented graphically by the diagram below. We will return to discuss this topic in the next chapter of The Physics Classroom Tutorial.
If you've been following through this lesson from the beginning, then you understanding of temperature is becoming increasingly sophisticated. You now know that the temperature is more than what the thermometer reads; it is a reflection of the average kinetic energy with which the particles move. The macroscopic description of matter - a thermometer reading - is tied to a particulate description of matter - the speed with which particles move. Now we have to probe the question: what is the relationship between temperature and heat? What is heat? Is temperature the same thing as heat? Is temperature in any way related to heat? What is the cause of heat? These are the questions that we will probe in the next section of Lesson 1.
Check Your Understanding
1. Consider two samples of different gases. One sample consists of helium atoms and the other sample consists of diatomic oxygen molecules. If the samples are at the same temperature, will the particles within the sample have the same average speed?
2. The particles in a sample of table salt (sodium chloride) are not free to move about. They are locked in place in a structure known as a crystal lattice. Can the particles of sodium chloride possess kinetic energy?


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You can just send one to me!
Tue May 1, 2012 21:21
We can work out the details later! Ha! They are both super cute. I love Bandito!
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Valerie See,
Tue May 1 17:06
I'm holding back 2 females from my current litter that are now 6 wks. old. can't pick till they are 8 wks. but I'm liking what I see in both. I even Vet Gen them to see if one carried cream to help...
My vote is for Purple girl.. luv her face
Wed May 2 09:18
Re: Chocolate Parti Female breeder available
Wed May 2 08:55
Oh, Valerie, you're killing me! You know how badly I want one of these girls, but can't have one! They are sooooooo adorable!
Carolyn~Doodle Around,
Wed May 2 08:18
No possible way to choose, they are both too adorable! Congratulations.
Just adorable...I vote Purple :)
Tue May 1 21:48
At least this week, both should turn out lovely :) Carol/scl
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Hilary @Greenwoodpark Labradoodl,
Tue May 1 21:21
Never know what will work out?? thanks Hilary (nm)
Tue May 1 21:35
Very nice, I'd take either one, purple slightly ahead. (nm)
Todd, Canadian Chocolate LDs,
Tue May 1 20:16
THanks :o) (nm)
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Re: Chocolate Parti Female breeder available
Tammie ~ Earth Angels,
Tue May 1 19:49
Pink is my fave:)
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda recently visited the island of Okinawa, where the issue of relocating U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma has created notable controversy. Noda's visit preceded a two-day meeting between Japanese and U.S. officials in Tokyo over the issue. Washington's relocation plan has prompted strong opposition, hindering its implementation. This matter has helped keep U.S.-Japanese relations cooled, but deeper geopolitical imperatives and shared interests guarantee that the alliance between Tokyo and Washington will remain strong.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda made his first official visit to the island province of Okinawa the weekend of Feb. 25-27. The visit came ahead of a two-day meeting between Japanese and U.S. officials about the fate of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which is currently located in Okinawa and set for relocation within the province. The plans to relocate the base have fueled a powerful controversy -- Okinawans vocally oppose both the continued presence of Futenma in its current location and the 2006 U.S.-Japanese agreement calling for the base to be moved to a more rural location. This opposition is delaying the execution of the 2006 agreement, and officials from both countries are in negotiations to try to overcome this impasse.
The episode comes during a stalled period in U.S.-Japanese relations. At least six years of frequently changing Japanese Cabinets have made it difficult to move forward with the planned U.S. realignment of forces and with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement -- two strategic parts of Washington's re-engagement with the Asia-Pacific region. Though the Futenma issue has become problematic, the United States and Japan have too many shared interests and geopolitical imperatives for their alliance to crumble.
Okinawa's Importance
Okinawa, which saw the last major World War II battle in the Pacific theater, was a de facto U.S. protectorate for almost 30 years. Its strategic location near Taiwan, the Chinese mainland, the Korean Peninsula and Japan made Okinawa important in U.S. forward deployment of forces in the western rim of the Pacific Basin. The island was a regional hub for U.S. armed forces in both the Korean and Vietnam wars, giving the United States a logistical base from which to project air power over the East and South China seas.
However, since the adoption of Japan's pacifist Constitution, there has been local opposition to military use of the province, especially since the number of U.S. bases it hosts is disproportionate to its size (Okinawa is 1 percent of Japanese territory but hosts 70 percent of the bases in the country that are used exclusively by the United States). Since Okinawa returned to Japanese rule in 1972, opposition to U.S. bases on the island has increased.
Controversy and Current Developments
Partly as a response to local concerns, but also with the broader goal of updating the strategic alignment of U.S. forces in the region, the Japanese and U.S. governments reached an agreement in 2006 that would send approximately 8,000 Marines of the III Marine Expeditionary Force stationed in Okinawa to Guam. According to the agreement, the transfer would be finalized by 2014. But the agreement had an important condition: Japan would be responsible (logistically and financially) for transferring Futenma's equipment and facilities from Ginowan City to its new location in Henoko Point, a more rural part of northern Okinawa. Opposition to this agreement has delayed the relocation.
The main point of contention is that the original relocation plan called for the construction of an offshore runway that would sit atop a coral reef -- the home of the dugong, an endangered marine mammal. Opposition has come not only from locals concerned for their natural environment (and in some cases livelihood), but also from outside environmentalist, left-wing and pacifist groups calling for a total U.S. withdrawal from Okinawa. Local resistance became particularly strong after successive Democratic Party of Japan Cabinets were seen as mishandling the issue.
Okinawan Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima, who holds de facto veto power over the decision, is pressuring the central government to move the Futenma base out of the province, though there are not many other places where the base could feasibly go. Futenma is not a stand-alone facility -- it is linked to the network of U.S. facilities elsewhere in the region, particularly the other Marine bases in Okinawa (including Camps Courtney, Foster, Hansen, Lester, Kinser and Schwab) -- making relocation outside of the province tactically problematic for Washington. Moreover, very few governors of other provinces seem willing to host the base, which leaves Henoko as the only viable option.
The U.S.-Japanese Alliance
In February, U.S. and Japanese officials engaged in negotiations about revisions to the 2006 agreement. The first revision announced stated that the United States will move only approximately 4,700 Marines to Guam, with the remaining 3,300 being sent to different Asia-Pacific locations on a rotational basis. Moreover, the proposed move will be detached from the Futenma part of the agreement, meaning it will take place regardless of further delays in the base's relocation. Negotiations have continued in what Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba called a "flexible manner," which indicates that more changes can be expected.
The outcome of this issue is uncertain, and although the Noda Cabinet has declared the U.S.-Japanese alliance the cornerstone of its foreign policy, so far the Cabinet has not been able to dispel the general sense of stagnation and frustration in the relationship. Despite the seeming intractability of this issue, it is not likely to lead to an unraveling of the U.S.-Japanese alliance, which is governed by many underlying regional strategic imperatives.
First, the United States wants to distribute its forces in a manner that is more sustainable politically and economically, which means spreading its forces more broadly across multiple countries. Moreover, the need to make the U.S. presence in the region resilient against both political and military threats dictates the need to distribute U.S. forces evenly throughout several countries. This likely will mean an eventual reduction in the area occupied by U.S. bases in Okinawa and the number of forces based there.
Second, although Japan is seeking to improve its relationships with its Asian neighbors (particularly China), tensions within the region tie Japanese interests to those of the United States. The divergent Japanese and Chinese geographic and economic imperatives in the region (such as control over disputed territories and resources) and historical rivalry give Tokyo reason to continue its close cooperation with Washington. More importantly, Japan's desire to increase its influence in the region both economically and militarily coincides with Washington's plans for Tokyo to play a greater role in the United States' Asia-Pacific re-engagement.
Third, Japan faces a continued threat from a seemingly erratic North Korean regime and, more important, from the ongoing growth of China's navy and repeated incursions of both civilian and military Chinese vessels into territory that Japan either claims or controls. China's strategic imperative to control its "first island chain," of which the southern archipelago of Okinawa and Taiwan are a part, emphasizes the value of the U.S.-Japanese alliance and the basing of forces in Okinawa. Japan benefits from the deterrent power of an armed U.S. presence, while the United States gains the capability to project its power into the Far East from bases in Japan. The U.S. presence is particularly important given Japan's traditional reluctance to engage in military ventures that could raise the ire of neighboring countries that harbor deep anti-Japanese sentiments.
Potential Developments
Though political inertia in Japan's central government and strong opposition in Okinawa are complicating the Futenma issue, the relocation controversy is not insurmountable. Most local citizens are opposed to the original relocation plan mainly because the new location would involve building offshore, which would damage the environment and the livelihoods of local fishermen. Changes in the plan could make relocation more palatable to the locals, especially since the base's presence could help reactivate the local economy. This would be an important step, since local politicians' opposition to the relocation plan stems more from political need than personal opinion. If the locals agree to it, then provincial and municipal officials could agree to it as well.
Although the Futenma controversy might seem like a hindrance to U.S. forces' capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region, other regional hubs in Japan -- such as the Kadena and Misawa military facilities -- will still give the United States robust power projection capabilities, even if Futenma ceases to provide basing for Marine air assets in Okinawa. Moreover, current political dynamics could lead this issue to evolve in such a way that the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) assumes more responsibility for national and regional security. The JSDF is gradually moving toward greater involvement in security matters outside Japan's immediate vicinity. Furthermore, Chinese incursions into waters claimed by Japan have sparked a domestic debate on whether Japanese security services, such as the Coast Guard, should have broader authority. This trend would only grow if the United States seems to have less of a presence in the area because of a continued impasse over Futenma. (Similar trends have emerged in Taiwan, where a potential reduction of the U.S. presence in Okinawa is seen as necessitating stronger, independent Taiwanese defense capabilities.)
The Futenma controversy does not pose a long-term threat to the U.S.-Japanese alliance, nor does the current Japanese political landscape. Though there is a sense that the U.S.-Japanese relationship has stalled because of difficult issues like domestic resistance to the Okinawa bases and the TPP, regional dynamics and more than half a century of close relations will help ensure the endurance of the security alliance between Tokyo and Washington.
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Stratfor: Japan's Naval Strategy
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July 26, 2012, 07:38:31 AM »
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A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter flies beside a Japanese destroyer
As an island nation, Japan is by necessity a maritime power. For the last half-century, its maritime strategy has been primarily mercantile in nature. But as both China and the United States expand their naval presence in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan will increasingly seek to reinforce its commercial, territorial and energy interests through a more proactive, open maritime military strategy.
Japan comprises four major islands and roughly 6,800 minor ones. For as long as it has been a unified political entity, Japan has been a maritime nation, though it has not always been a maritime power.
The arrival of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry in the second half of the 19th century catalyzed a group of forward-looking oligarchs under the Meiji emperor to radically reform Japanese military practices; only then did Japan emerge as a capable naval power. As a resource-impoverished island nation undergoing modernization, Japan possessed a vibrant maritime culture and a strong need to acquire the energy and raw materials it lacked at home. These qualities, along with Meiji leaders' insecurity and sense of purpose over Japan's changing position in Asian affairs, fueled the nation's drive toward empire.
In the power vacuum left by China's crumbling Qing dynasty, the Japanese Empire grew quickly. In 40 years starting in 1868, Japan built an industrial base and a fleet to rival those of most European empires. In 1905, the Imperial Japanese navy defeated the Russian navy, and by 1942 the Japanese Empire included nearly all of East and Southeast Asia. Japan's core imperative, to control the Asia-Pacific maritime sphere, began to clash with the United States' need for dominance in the Pacific Ocean. Conflict was inevitable unless one country or the other ceded its claim to control maritime flows in East Asia. World War II decided the balance of power in the Western Pacific, forcing Tokyo to relinquish the Japanese Empire's military maritime strategy and shift toward a post-war mercantilist maritime strategy.
Japan's Post-War Strategy
After World War II, Japanese leaders moved quickly to embed Tokyo firmly within the United States' emerging Cold War security framework in East Asia. In making itself crucial to the United States' Asia-Pacific strategy, Japan laid the foundation for an industrial resurgence.
Taking advantage of the U.S.-imposed constitutional ban on military activity, Japan instead relied on support from and favorable trade policies with the United States to rebuild itself as Asia's key economic buffer against Soviet and Chinese communism. On Washington's prodding, Japan gradually rebuilt its navy, with its new name -- the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force -- reflecting its ostensible defensive orientation. During the Cold War, these forces operated fully within America's security framework for the Asia-Pacific region. Japan remained a maritime power, but its influence was built on growing economic might and on its increasing importance as Asia's merchant power.
The fall of the Soviet Union triggered a massive shift in the geopolitical dynamics of East Asia and affected Japan profoundly. First, it removed Washington's incentive to maintain preferential trade conditions with Tokyo. Decreased attention from Washington was one factor that triggered Japan's "Lost Decade." Second, throughout the 1990s and especially after 2001, the United States dramatically reoriented its foreign policy focus toward the Middle East, withdrawing much of its military presence from East Asia. With its primary patron shifting its attention elsewhere, Japan gradually ceded influence in East and Southeast Asia to China, the rising regional power. This process coincided with Tokyo's realization, especially after the 1996 Shining Path incident in Peru, that it could no longer rely on the U.S. Navy to protect its economic and political interests abroad.
Over the fifteen years that followed, Japanese efforts to revive economic growth moved alongside a quiet but steady build-up of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force -- not only as a key component in a U.S. maritime strategy increasingly focused on containing China, but also as an independent national security force. This process has proceeded apace despite some domestic criticism for its perceived noncompliance with Japan's "pacifist" constitution. For Japan, every step toward normalizing the Self-Defense Force reflects Tokyo's deeper need to secure and expand its sphere of influence and its access to resources in an increasingly competitive, crowded environment.
Contemporary Japan's Maritime Strategy
Today, Japan's maritime strategy is determined by its security and economic needs and their proximity to the core Japanese islands. Tokyo's geopolitical environment unfolds in concentric circles moving outward from these islands.
.The first ring includes the East China Sea, the Sea of Japan, parts of the Yellow Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. This is Japan's immediate sphere of influence, and historically has been the source of or gateway for existential threats to the islands. Tokyo's interests here are shaped primarily by two factors. One is the need to protect the islands themselves from any form of attack, and to guarantee security for the immediate shipping lanes that carry resources and raw materials into the country. Another is Tokyo's growing desire to explore for undersea energy and mineral resources in its immediate territorial waters, and the resulting need to provide security for those assets.
The East China Sea is at the core of Japan's maritime strategy. It brings Tokyo into contact with most of its major near- and long-term strategic threats, from North Korea to China, South Korea, Taiwan and even the United States. Japan is active in the other seas of the first ring, especially the Sea of Japan, where it faces North Korea, but its long-term strategic interests center on the East China Sea and on China. While North Korea does represent a threat to Tokyo, it is not an existential threat. China and to a lesser extent South Korea and Russia pose significant threats, especially to Japan's underwater energy and mineral assets in the region. The ongoing low-level tensions over the Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in China) and the Takeshima islets (known as the Dokdo islets in Korea) manifest the underlying geopolitical dynamic that governs the East China Sea and Sea of Japan.
The next concentric ring centers on the South China Sea. About 88 percent of the goods that reach Japan pass through this sea first. Japan has significant bilateral trade relationships throughout the region, and much of its industrial base now sits in countries that border the South China Sea. Moreover, much of the sea is claimed by Tokyo's greatest strategic threat: China. Japan has a direct interest in making sure that China does not gain a naval and commercial monopoly in the region -- either through overwhelming maritime power, energy exploration, trade or diplomatic influence. Tokyo has stepped up its naval relationships with countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines, even as it works to maintain a cordial political and economic relationship with Beijing.
The third concentric ring includes the larger Pacific Rim, from Hokkaido to the Arabian Peninsula and south to Australia. These represent the real limits of Japan's strategic environment. While Tokyo is actively working to enhance long-range naval capabilities, as seen most clearly in its participation in counterpiracy exercises off the Somali coast, it is not yet building the capacity to sustain significant, protracted global force projection. While the Maritime Self-Defense Force possesses highly sophisticated diesel-electric submarine, anti-submarine, and ballistic-missile defense systems, it does not have a single fleet aircraft carrier, not to mention the vessels required to refuel and resupply its fleet when operating far from the home islands. For now, Japan's maritime expansion is focused on providing immediate territorial security, protecting proximate assets and supply lines and guarding against China's aggressive maritime push.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force eventually may prove to be less defensive in orientation than its name suggests. China's economic, political and naval expansion will probably continue to be a threat for at least a decade, but it also hinges on Beijing's ability to maintain internal stability. If China were to suffer a political crisis or economic collapse that derailed its rise, Japan would have an opportunity to reassert itself as the economic and military hegemon in the Asia-Pacific region. This could dramatically alter its place within the U.S. security framework and even bring it into conflict with the United States.
Read more: Japan's Maritime Strategy | Stratfor
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Re: Japan
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July 26, 2012, 09:46:43 AM »
Japan has a modern Naval force with a lot of ships and interaction with US Naval Operations in the Pacific. I would not be surprised if they step up their activities in the region to assert their power in the face of an increasing Chinese threat, a threat that has not yet matured in terms of its physical assets (i.e.. air craft carriers).
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Re: Japan
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July 26, 2012, 10:04:31 AM »
Sounds like a good thing to me!
I have no idea what Stratfor is talking about in its last line.
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Re: Japan
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July 26, 2012, 11:47:20 AM »
Stratfor's policy on China is that its domestic stability in terms of rural uprising and political dissent will dictate whether or not it can successfully assert itself internationally.
This is wishful thinking on Stratfor's part, but has a historical basis in CHinese society.
China has a ton of subs that spreads its sea coverage, but not an effective long range fleet yet. However, that is changing fast.
Japan will need to assert itself sooner rather than later.
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Japan shifting further away from pacifism
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Japanese Nationalism and Shifting Policies
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Japanese Nationalism and Shifting Policies
April 24, 2013 | 0601 GMT
The dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands still risks triggering trade tensions, boycotts and confrontations at sea. Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, warned Tuesday that his country would use force to repel any Chinese nationals who landed on the disputed islands. Abe's statement was just one headline amid a flurry of activity surrounding this perennial source of strain on Sino-Japanese relations. On Tuesday, the Japanese Coast Guard prevented Japanese protesters from a group known as Ganbare Nippon from landing on the islands, around which they were sailing as a way of expressing Japanese sovereignty. Eight Chinese patrol vessels also wound their way through the islands, prompting Abe's warning. Japanese and Chinese diplomats and ministers swiftly filed complaints.
Meanwhile, in Tokyo, 168 lawmakers paid homage to those who died in the service of the Japanese Empire. The action stirred controversy especially because it took place at the Yasukuni Shrine, a site that commemorates, among many others, 14 Japanese soldiers convicted of war crimes at the end of World War II. This visit was reportedly the largest since 1989 -- though comparable to a visit in 2005 that triggered a period of rough Sino-Japanese relations that Abe himself helped to smooth over.
Visits by Japanese citizens to Yasukuni always spark outcries from those who suffered under Japanese occupation during the war, especially Korean and Chinese citizens. The visits are also interpreted as indications of a broader Japanese refusal to recognize the misdeeds of the past. South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se has already canceled a scheduled trip to Japan as a result of the latest visit.
Japanese nationalism has been a prominent topic since the country's December elections, not only because the Liberal Democratic Party -- the dominant party in postwar history -- regained the lower house, but also because the Japan Restoration Party -- an alliance of nationalists led by a few popular governors in major cities -- won more than 50 seats, putting unprecedented pressure on the right wing. Thus, while the ruling party is following a time-tested tactic in stirring up national passions, it now must win back political turf that it once considered its own.
The ruling party has its sights set on the upper house elections in July, when it hopes to regain total control of the legislature. The party has therefore gone to great lengths to distance itself from the perception that it is a collection of elderly lifelong politicians. The Liberal Democratic Party hopes to appear bold and unconventional by rolling out an economic revitalization plan and showing unparalleled devotion to its country. So far the effort has succeeded, especially on the economic front by means of new fiscal stimulus and redoubled monetary easing.
Nevertheless, the emergence of a popular nationalism beyond the party's control points to a development far more significant than a mere turning of the political cycle. Japan's response to population decline and to the economic crisis of the early 1990s saw the government borrow funds to support the country's aging population and prevent retrenchment in the corporate sector; hence the buildup in debt that surpasses all other rich countries.
Since the early 2000s, a range of factors have challenged this strategy. Some of these factors relate to increased geopolitical competition -- from China's rise and Russia's resurgence to economic competition from the likes of South Korea. Japan has also dealt with a drop in global demand for Japanese goods after 2008, a domestic political shakeup in 2009, and a massive earthquake and nuclear crisis in 2011. Popular nationalism has thus emerged as a response to two decades of socioeconomic malaise and a shifting international environment. This trend is now forcing the traditionally dominant party and bureaucracy to revise old-fashioned policies.
The political elite, regardless of party, has the unenviable task of revising policies while challenged by population decline. It must do so while moving within the confines of a political model focused on preserving wealth rather than pursuing growth and of an increasingly threatening geopolitical environment. In this context, it is notable that there is one area in which the new government has avoided harping on nationalist themes: Russia. Japan's history of enmity with Russia goes back to the 1904 war. The two countries never signed a peace treaty at the end of World War II, and Japan continues to claim the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands.
However, learning from the previous administration's botched attempt to win back the islands, the Liberal Democratic Party has decided to try a different tack and negotiate with the Russians on investment and trade, with a special focus on energy. Japan needs to contain energy costs as part of its attempts to reinvigorate growth, and Russia is looking at Pacific markets as a destination for its energy exports.
Abe and a large business delegation will head to Moscow in the coming days. The two still have deep differences and cannot normalize relations overnight, but Japan has at least signaled a willingness to become more pragmatic.
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I recall the same publication, WSJ editorial page, writing at the beginning of this 20 year funk that what Japan needed was bold economic reforms and what Japan's political system was totally incapable of was bold reform, hence the 20 years of stagnation. One thing that makes the current situation more interesting is the trouble in China, since China only very recently surpassed Japan as the world's second largest economy (using cooked books). Also interesting to me is that Japan lowered its corporate income tax rate, a pro-growth move, making the US rate the highest in the developed world.
The Prime Minister's party and allies just won a majority in the upper house, in addition to the lower house, now they need to carry out unspecified reforms that he promised. They already are doing the easy part, more spending and monetary devaluation - dubious strategies.
The third leg is deregulation.
"Now the question is how strongly Mr. Abe will move on what he calls the "third arrow" of Japanese reform. These include deregulatory changes that go beyond the free-lunch appeal of more spending and easy money. That means opening up Japan's economy to more competition with free trade, making it easier to fire and thus also hire workers, busting up domestic cartels such as in retailing, reforming laws on land use to allow more development, and cutting corporate taxes. Mr. Abe was circumspect on most of these fronts during the campaign, no doubt because they challenge powerful domestic constituencies. One exception was Mr. Abe's endorsement of Japan's entry into the trans-Pacific free trade talks, for which he now has a clear mandate. Such a trade opening could be precisely the foreign shock Japan needs to stimulate more domestic animal spirits. That assumes Mr. Abe won't now try to limit how far the pact goes on agriculture, among other protected parts of Japan's economy. He should consider trade to be his political ally in driving reform."
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