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... NOAA FISHERIES PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION plays a signifcant role in the HEALTH of our OCEAN and the nation’s ECONOMY and COASTAL COMMUNITIES. Our dedic... ...e, and inform decision-makers. The NOAA Fisheries Service touches the lives of everyone in the U.S. Pacifc islands and we are proud of our role in co... ...ing valuable, healthy fsheries. NOAA Fisheries Pacifc Islands Region’s area of responsibility is bound by the Hawaiian Archipelago in the north, Amer... ... Aloha Friends, Our unique history and multi-cultural relationships are the bedrock of our diverse ... ...ralia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philipp... ...ALIA//BRUNEI//DARUSSALAM//CANADA//CHILE//CHINA//HONG KONG//INDONESIA//JAPAN//KOREA//MALAYSIA//MEXICO//NEW ZEALAND 09 Nov. 7-10: ABAC IV, Hawai‘i Co... ... special magazine given to APEC atten- dees will educate them about Hawaiian history, music, language and art. The Hawai‘i Host Committee also created...

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...ever, it goes much deeper than that—much, much deeper! This didactic novel reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones — and open a hidden world of long-guarded secrets. http://ansonchi.webng.com...

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... reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones and open a hidden world of long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT ... ... social, political and retired — — engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on the Outside, ... ...to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Any part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, disseminated or transmitted... ...lture, specifically East Asian culture which includes Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Chinese, etc. This novel is not based on the Asian culture... ...Theorems, I can reveal the truth about Asian culture whether it's Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, etc. and all the reasons — — why Asia... ... king it's still not the top. How many kings have fallen throughout — — the history of human civilization? Last I checked, kings and queens of our cu... ...cr@p, and maybe go to a regular restaurant instead of those in Chinatown or Koreatown.” He's right again, especially about the last part. I do admit ... ...ers, domineering and controlling, and their actions pervasive throughout the history of Korean culture. Korean men have furious tempers. If you don't... ...tball player; every person in China claims that he's the best center in the history of the NBA, yet he's never won a NBA championship, let alone win...

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...The book is a descriptive overview of the culture of the villages. It contains material on the villagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. Th...

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...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005... ...duplicated, printed, distributed and sold without permission or agreement of the author. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indi... ... Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Cultu... ... govern the former way of life remains in the new culture. In the cultural history of man, great technological structural changes may be discerned, wh... ... localization of storytelling - moralistic narratives local heroes - local history Non-local (national) environment - external resources and energy - ... ...nd entertainment - consumer culture - national heroes and idols - national history C. Postlocal culture Global environment - urban technonature - glo... ...al level, Thailand is still behind the Asian 'top countries', Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, but it is catching up fast. The government aims to in... ...civilizations. Brothels were brought to Thailand by the US army during the Korean war; sex trade has always flourished around all American military ba...

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...This study analyzes the air war plans in World War II and the Persian Gulf War. The goal of this study is to ascertain whether there is a continuity of thought reflected in American air planning over the years. This study assesses Air War Plans Division–1/42 and Instant Thunder as to their importance to contempo...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN AIRPOWER THEORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 AIR WAR PLANS DIVISION–42 . . . . . . . . .13 4 KOREA AND VIETNAM: THE BRIDGE . . . . . .25 5 INSTANT THUNDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...By the end of the Vietnam War, advances in technology allowed these FACs to control strikes against targets at night, in bad weather, and with improved precision. Laser-guided weapons systems, new computer navigation equipment, and adva...

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...The decline of the Soviet Union upset the world’s balance of power and opened the door to third world proliferation since the superpowers no longer have tight control over their client-states. This increase in proliferation raised the is...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 Notes . . . . 2 2 PREVENTIVE ATTACK . . . . . 3 Notes . . . . 5 3 PAST CASES OF PREVENTIVE WAR . . . . . 7 Notes . . . .14 4 NORTH KOREA: A REPRESENTATIVE THREAT . . . . . 17 Notes . . . .25 5 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . .27...

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...Shooting Down a Star: Program 437, the US Nuclear ASAT System and Present-Day Copycat Killers, by Lt Col Clayton K.S. Chun, is a case study of an early US antisatellite (ASAT) weapon system. In this study, Colonel Chun shows how the US Air Force developed a rudimentary ASA system from obsolete Thor intermediate ballistic missiles, an existing space tracking syste...

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.... .4 WHY ASAT WEAPONS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 NIKE-ZEUS BECOMES A RIVAL. . . . . . . . . . . 8 OPERATIONAL CONCEPT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM 437 . . . . . . . . 10 LIMITING FACTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Funding Shortfalls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Location, Location, Location. . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The Nuclear Specter ...

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...At first glance, strategic aerial reconnaissance appears to be a mere technical tool. The term refers to the use of aircraft to collect strategic intelligence using photographic or electronic means. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), strategic intelligence refers to “intelligence that is required for the formation of policy...

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...1 THE ORIGINS OF STRATEGIC AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2 GROPING IN THE DARK: RECONNAISSANCE BEFORE CONTAINMENT, 1945 –1946 . . . . . . 25 ...

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...This study analyzes Gen O. P. Weyland’s impact on close air support (CAS) during the Korean War. First, the author briefly traces the history and evolution of air-ground support from its infancy to the start of the Korean War. Second, he shifts his focus to the effectiveness of CAS throughout the conflict and...

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...1 Close Air Support in 2006 . . . . . . . . .1 2 History and Evolution of Close Air Support: World War I to the Korean War . . . . . . . 5 3 Background on Gen O. P. Weyland . . . . 17 4 Close Air Support in Korea: The Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a prec...

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... write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...tml http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Terrorists and Freed... ...donians III. The Black Hand IV. The Insurgents and the Swastika V. KLA – The Army of Liberation VI. Appendix: Pathological Narcissism, Group Behav... ...cause (in most cases, the freedom of a group of people). They base their claims on history - real or hastily concocted, on a common heritage, on a ... ...balanced personalities and project them to great effect. They are the footnotes of history that assume the role of text. And they rarely enjoy the ... ...ree nations: the Greeks, the Bulgarians, and the Serbs. Each invoked ethnicity and history and all conjured up the apparition of the defunct Treaty... ...ral-democracy pitted against the "Evil Empire" (USSR), or the "Axis of Evil" (North Korea, Iran, and Iraq). We-against-they. Every regime must find... ...Thirdly, there is a treasure trove of successful nation- building in Germany, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore by the much maligned USA. These exercis...

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Hawaii Business Magazine in tribute to the APEC meeting of 2011.

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...t Grid -- 32 Air Conditioning from Seawater -- 36 America’s Most Diverse State -- 38 Local Economy -- 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies -- 42 A History of Innovation -- 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences -- 48 Turning Science Into Practical Inventions -- 56 Winners of the Hawai‘i Business Innovation Showcase -- 60 Breakthroughs in Health and Medicine -- 68 Ha...

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...URE UNIQUE CROPS WIND POWER WELCOME APEC DELEGATES DISCOVER ANOTHER SIDE OF HAWAI‘I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee 3 ... ...itton Prada Salvatore Ferragamo Tiffany & Co. Hawaii’s largest collection of luxury retailers amidst 290 STORES AND RESTAURANTS. Walking distance fr... ...mber Production Manufacturing Jobs Electronic Tree Tracking/ Secured Chain of Custody Research & Development Eco-Tourism Funding Sources for Non-Pro... ...se State 38 Local Economy 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies 42 A History of Innovation NATURAL SCIENCE 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sc... ... • Russia Saudi Arabia • Serbia • Singapore • Slovakia • Slovenia • South Korea • Spain • Sri Lanka Sudan • Sweden • Switzerland • Taiwan • Tajikist... ... HAWAII BUSINESS We’re proud to be “America’s Best Bank” , with a year history of helping businesses throughout the Pacific navigate their way to ... ...verse State White 24.7% Asian (mostly Filipino, Japanese, Chinese and Korean) 38.6% Mixed Race 23.6% Native Hawaiian or Pacifc Islander 10% B... ...ame from APEC economies: JAPAN 1,239,481 CANADA 406,452 AUSTRALIA 143,742 KOREA 81,920 CHINA 63,032 NEW ZEALAND 18,050 TAIWAN 15,663 MEXICO 7,091 HON... ...at unifes Hawaiians, one begins to understand the cultural importance of history, inclusiveness and sharing, education and organization, a traditi...

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...APEC Leaders in 2009 endorsed an APEC-wide improvement of 25 percent by 2015 in five key areas of doing business: 1) Starting a Business; 2) Getting Credit; 3) Enforcing Contracts; 4) Trading Across Borders; and 5) Dealing with Permits, with an interim 5 percent improvement by 20...

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...ommons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Singapore License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-s... ....org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/sg/. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of APEC Memb... ...ance in preparing this report and the Economic Committee, particularly its Friends of the Chair on Ease of Doing Business, for valuable comments and ... ...’S EASE OF DOING BUSINESS ..................................................... 1 HISTORY .............................................................. ... Chapter 1: APEC’s Ease of Doing Business 1 1. APEC’S EASE OF DOING BUSINESS HISTORY APEC’s Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) initiative dates back... ...Trading Across Borders: Hong Kong, China 3 and Singapore • Enforcing Contracts: Korea 1 See APE... ...adult population listed in a public credit registry with information on repayment history, unpaid debts, or credit outstanding from the past five ye... ...ng all the regions. Processing data electronically in Brunei Darussalam and Korea Brunei Darussalam made improvements in the area of trading... ...ng up the submission of documents including online payment of fees and duties. Korea has made full use of IT for cargo clearance as part of their ...

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...A PARADISE FOR INNOVATION HOST OF 2011 LEADERS’ WEEK AS WELL AS THE “ALOHA SPIRIT” OF ITS PEOPLE. WHAT ... ...RENEURS AND CORPORATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. HAWAI‘I’S UNIQUE COMBINATION OF INCOMPARABLE LOCATION, ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES, AND CULTURE OF CO... ... HEALTH SCIENCES, AND CORPORATE CONVENTIONS. HAWAI‘I’S DIVERSE ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CULTURE OF COLLABORATION CREATE THE PERFECT PARAD... ... of Chemistry (NZIC), the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), the Korean Chemical Society (KCS), and the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS). Haw... ...ercent speak an Asian language (most notably Chinese, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, and Tagalog) TOURISM Attracts millions of visitors from around the... ...ting ground for the Americas and Asia. The eight-island chain has a long history of welcoming people from around the world. Since the late 1700s, ... ...the world. Since the late 1700s, waves of immigrants from Europe, China, Korea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Japan have settled the 50th State of ...

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The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...com http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After... ...e Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam... ...ervid demonstrations against its military presence in places as disparate as South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Saudi Arabia. In January 200... ...t party's mouthpiece People's Daily. Expansionism is an "eternal theme" in American history and a "main line" running through its foreign policy. ... ...agnet, as exclaiming, during the US-Spanish War, that "If you review the commercial history, you will discover anyone who controls oriental trade wi... ...hod of Crusades." This is a patently non-Orthodox, non-Marxist interpretation of history and of the role of the United States - the prime specime... ...omed the demise of the Taliban and is content with regime changes in Iraq and North Korea - all American exploits. It can - and does - contribute to... ...rochemicals sector is reliant on the kindness of strangers: Indian, Canadian, South Korean and, lately, Chinese. Singapore and Malaysia are eyeing ...

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...The financial crisis which erupted in mid-2007 has been widely viewed as the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developing countries and the rest of the world. The turbulence in financial systems was followed by a significant reduction in real economic a...

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...The purpose of this project is to contribute to ongoing efforts tailored toward promoting greater financial markets stability and integration in APEC economies, achieved by: 1) undertaking research to determine the conditions that foster...

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...nancial Markets Stability in APEC Economies iii Acknowledgements The completion of the Report is attributed to the support of the officials of ... ...t is attributed to the support of the officials of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, and Republic of Indonesia, led by Dr. Andin Hadiyan... ...d Republic of Indonesia, led by Dr. Andin Hadiyanto, who is also the Project Overseer of FMP 02/2009. Our gratitude also goes to Mr. Yoopi Abimanyu, ... ...a 7.1 225 31,591 Indonesia 234.4 706.7 3,015 Japan 127.5 5,458.9 42,820 Republic of Korea 48.9 1,007.1 20,591 Malaysia 28.3 238 8,423 Mexico 108.... ...nitiative set for 2007. 3. The APEC Response policy to the aging issue, sponsored by Korea and motivated by concerns that an aging population will ... ...ppines 13.1 12.6 12 11.7 11.7 10.6 11.1 Peru 9.3 9.8 7.7 9.5 8.8 8.3 9.9 Republic of Korea 7 8 9.3 9.2 9 8.8 10.9 Russia 14.6 13.3 12.8 12.1 13.3 1... ...ical innovation provided a secure foundation for Australian economic growth (Economic History Services 2010). Table 3.25: Australia: Selected Econ... ...nge in the Australian financial system. It has been one of the unusual changes in the history of Australia’s financial system. Financial system struc... ...averages.com/?view=industrial&page=reports&show=performance&symbol= DJI). Economic History Service 2010, The Economic History of Australia from 17...

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...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...

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... 1 . “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 3 My Visit to Kino A Modern Sino-Provin... ...-Province 2 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 3 MY VISIT TO KINO by Lemuel Gulliver XVI a... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-2-5 3 able of Contents GLOBAL POLICIES ................................................ ...................................................................... 7 THE HISTORY OF CHINA ............................................................ ...e in the ways of business and statesmanship. All this in a brief moment of history. It‟s like a cosmic Siegfried and Roy changing a paper tiger into... ...university at Timbuktu and to the Muslim scholars to its east. There was a history of great philosophers of Greece—Democritus, Aristotle, Plato, Socr... ...in the continental Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and Korea. Finally over lunch I had a chance to make some comments and a... ...nt the farmers going into the information technology businesses. But South Korea is just as high, and I don‘t know how many snow plows they need! (1... ...f the same negative things that the advanced economies of the U.S., Japan, Korea and Europe do. When the Chinese people have as many cars per capita...

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...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of Southeast A... ... 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SINGALING by Lemuel Gulliver XVI a... ...9 2 Table of Contents THE COUNTRY OF SINGALING ........................................ ... factor in the minds of the Oriental leaders whose multi- 9 millennial history is not based on the pragmatism of profit found in the West. But, as... ... of Disney‟s standing, moving, talking Abe Lincoln at Disneyland. “Korea has been a leader in the domestic uses of robots. Today every Korean ... ...ce and English. We use their robotics technology extensively.” —“Korea leads in a lot of electronic areas. The country was the first to have... ...ians, particularly to Chinese and Indians. It has been obvious throughout history that we all want our families and our societies to be as similarly... ...rn the languages. They are also tested on their knowledge of our customs, history and philosophy. Then they have to be ready to immerse themselves i... ...are aware that the advanced Asian nations like Singaling, Singapore, South Korea and Japan consistently outperform the U.S. and Europe in both math a...

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...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book7 Our Visit to Indus ... ... - “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia — 1 BOOK 7 OUR VISIT TO INDUS by Lemuel Gulli... ...t work by Susie Kleiner © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-6-3 Table of Contents Arriving in Indus ............................................... ...e look at a few aspects of our similarities and differences. India‘s long history, particularly with its caste system, has resulted in a number of hi... ...es, but China now seems to be winning the diploma derby. But India‘s long history with English as a primary language has made its graduates in medic... ... were where we are today. Seventy years ago it was Japan, sixty years ago Korea, forty years ago China, thirty years ago Vietnam and Thailand—now it... ...ater. ―The lord knows that we in this part of the world have a long history of recognizing the problems, we just have not followed our rhetori... ...ry and secondary education are way down the list. Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Finland and most of Europe are far ahead. How can you claim to have...

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... “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book One Touch Down Return to Earth “. . . And ... ...o Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-... ...ie Kleiner © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-0-1 3 Table of Contents THE RETURN FROM SPACE ......................................... ...2-1-Touch down! . . . and Gulliver returns. The greatest adventure in human history! Commander Lemuel Gulliver the 16 th has completed the first jo... ...ere we have just witnessed the final leg of the greatest human adventure in history, even greater than that of his illustrious ancestor, Lemuel Gull... ... 180 who was born then killed? Children have been abused so much throughout history and throughout the present day world. I don’t think it’s right. ... ...ng their native populations. Countries like Japan, Germany, Italy and South Korea would lose population if they didn’t take in immigrants from poore... ... bit of a safety advantage for the drivers and the pedestrians. “Korea went from a third world country to a first world country in 40 year...